Friday Talks with Corrina Goutos

Corrina Goutos (1991 New York State) is an artist working in jewelry, objects, and installations currently based in Hamburg, Germany. Having coined the term ‘Anthrosmithing’ to describe her interdisciplinary practice- Corrina renounces the concept of a ‘raw material’, instead considering that when a craftsperson imprints themselves on a material, they are but one of many agents constantly reshaping it. Corrina’s future artifacts tell a story of mankind, from achievements to decadence. Precise pre-industrial handicraft is applied to post-consumer detritus, with the same intention a smith would give a rare resource of Earth. With radical consideration of the political ecology of non-human and human agents, Corrina’s eerily harmonious conglomerates dismantle hierarchical narratives of the master craftsman with nature at his disposal, instead eliciting a sense of connection through making with materials to achieve material fluency.

Corrina received her BFA in Jewelry and Objects from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2013 and has been an active participant in international craft exhibitions, such as Munich Jewelry Week, in the decade following. She was the 2025 Françoise van den Bosch Residency recipient and has twice been honored as an AJF Young Artist Award Finalist, in addition to several distinctions in sustainable fashion. She is increasingly recognized for her large format installations, and with them, her expansive and fluid definition of contemporary jewelry and object-smithing.

This lecture is organised by the Object & Jewellery department of PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt and hosted by DIVA museum, Antwerp, within the context of OBSESSED.

Image Neogastropoda 1, Sculpture, 2022, Shell and Stainless steel.


When: Friday 21 November, 20:00 – 21:00 h.
Where: DIVA Museum.