Schmuck 2020

802 goldsmiths from 61 countries have applied to participate in the special show Schmuck 2020 at the Internationale Handwerksmesse in Munich. The interest is once again proof of how prestigious this event is in the context of contemporary jewellery and what importance it attaches to it worldwide. Most applications came from Germany, but applications from Argentina and Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan, the United States of America, followed by Italy, Israel, the United Kingdom and Australia, Israel, Denmark and France were above average this year , Norway, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Turkey and the Russian Federation, Greece, Poland, Norway, France, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Iran, the Slovak Republic, New Zealand, Austria, Hong Kong, South Africa and some also from Bosnia, Chile, Peru, Curacao, Costa Rica, Jordan, Iran, Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, Zambia, India and Saudi Arabia, India, Ukraine and Vietnam.

The selection for the year 2020 will be particularly interesting due to the juxtaposition of the works of well-known and the work of young designers selected by Chequita Nahar. All in all, the selection of the jewellery artist, who as dean of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design Maastricht, and freelance expert curates exhibitions on jewellery, shows many positions in jewellery - whether classical metalworking, the connection to fashion, poetic approaches, animal depictions, eroticism, painting, enamel, a mixture of surprisingly humorous, ironic, colorful, serious and conceptual jewelry. For the year 2020, a total of 63 participants from 29 countries will be invited to participate. Goldsmiths from Germany are the strongest in terms of numbers, followed by Korea and the Netherlands, but also Australia and the Czech Republic. The special show Schmuck is regarded as an important platform to make a name for itself in the circle of international goldsmiths, to make contacts and, last but not least, to attend the much-acclaimed awarding of the Herbert Hofmann Awards on the 14th of March at 5 pm at the Fair.


Selected artists:
Paul Adie, Great Britain; Ulla Ahola, Finland; Miki Asai, Japan; Sawa Aso, Japan; Raquel Bessudo, Mexico; Alexander Blank, Germany; Becky Bliss, New Zeland; Iris Bodemer, Germany; Donna Brennan, Great Britain; Helen Britton, Australia; Sigurd Bronger, Norway; Klara Brynge, Sweden; Kim Buck, Denmark; Chia-Ching Lu, Taiwan; Sungho Cho, Korea; Erinn M. Cox, Untied Stated; Laura Deakin, Australia; Nina van Duijnhoven, Netherland; Ute Eitzenhöfer, Germany; Veronika Fabian, Hungary; Katrin Feulner, Germany; Rebekah Frank, Untied States; Lucie Gledhill, Great Britain; Gabriella Goldsmith, Denmark; Janna Gregonis, United States; Andi Gut, Switzerland; Nils Hint, Estonia; Mária Hriešik Nepšinská, Slovakia; Reiko Ishiyama, Japan; Melanie Isverding, Germany; Cathryn Jasterzbski, United States; Karin Johansson, Sweden; Anastasia Kandaraki, Greece; Takashi Kojima, Japan; Manon van Kouswijk, Netherlands; Dongchun Lee, Korea; Helena Lehtinen, Finland; Keith Lewis, United States; Laura Leyt, Argentina; Anqi Li, China; Jorge Manilla, Belgium; Merlin Meremaa, Estonia; Bruce Metcalf, United States; Carla Nuis, Netherlands; Pavel Opocensky, Czech Republic; Ruudt Peters; Netherlands; Camilla Prasch, Germany; Ramon Puig Cuyàs, Spain; Loukia Richards, Greece; Barbara Schrobenhauser, Germany; Elwy Schutten, Netherlands; Tereza Seabra, Portugal; Karin Seufert, Germany; Silke Spitzer, Germany; Gisbert Stach, Germany; Coco Hyoun Jung Sung, Korea; Jelizaveta Suska, Latvia; Ketli Tiitsar, Estonia; Tota Reciclados, Argentina; Tarja Tuupanen, Finland; Maria Ignacia Walker Guzman, Chile; Julia Walter, Germany; Sofya Zakharova, Israel.

Robert Baines as Modern Classic 2020.


Prizes and Awards:
Herbert-Hofmann-Prize

• The prize commemorates Dr. Herbert Hofmann, the founder of the special show in 1959.
• Three contributions will be awarded the Herbert Hofmann Prize.
• Works will be acknowledged at the SCHMUCK-Catalogue of the following year (including photography and text).
• Distinguished exhibitors receive a certificate and a stele (designed by Hermann Jünger).

Bavarian States Prize

• Every exhibitor at the International Trade Fair can apply for the Bavarian States Prize.
• The Bavarian States Prize is awarded to 10 contributions of applied art within all contribution of the International Trade Fair. The Bavarian States Prize is awarded 5.000 Euros, a gold medal and a certificate.

For SCHMUCK 2020, the trade fair organiser GHM Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH is designing a special map of the city with all events in galleries, studios and museums that will take place during the special exhibition in Munich. Alongside information on SCHMUCK and on Handwerk & Design within the framework of the Internationale Handwerksmesse, it lists other venues and events – and, of course, more details on other renowned special exhibitions at the IHM: EXEMPLA, TALENTE and MEISTER DER MODERNE. The printed city map will be available at the trade fair, and the online version will also be available from mid-February 2020 on the website www.ihm-handwerk-design.com.

Another reason for the jewellery scene to make the move from New Zealand through North America and all the way to Munich are the prestigious international galleries, which, under the title FRAME, set the stage for SCHMUCK like a splendid decoration and can be experienced together only at the Internationale Handwerksmesse.


Organisation and Funding:
Promoter: Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH
Exhibition Patron: Benno und Therese Danner´sche Kunstgewerbestiftung München
Conception and direction: Wolfgang Lösche, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern
Organisation: Eva Sarnowski, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern
Arrangements: Alexandra Bahlmann

We are grateful to the Bavarian State Ministry of Commerce, Energy and Technology for the support they have lent this special show, to the Danner Foundation for their sponsorship, and to the Association of Trades Fairs as the organizer of the Crafts and Trades Fair Munich.