Lecture by Julia Maria Künnap and Matt Lambert

Date & Time: Tuesday, May 14th
17h 30 Julia Maria Künnap.
19h 00 matt lambert.
All are welcome after registration.

The lectures will be in English.


Julia Maria Künnap is a jewellery artist from Estonia. Künnap is known for her mysteriously and meticulously carved lapidary work. She works with natural gemstones and has developed a technique to combine the facet cut with free form engraving. Her work has received acknowledgement by Fashion Award Silver Needle in Tallinn (2023), Herbert Hofman Prize in Munich (2018), Red Dot Design Award in Essen (2010), Ruth Reisert Hafner Scholarship in Pforzheim (2005) among several scholarships in Estonia. Her work can be found in the collections of MAD Museum of Art and Design, New York; Museum of Fine Art in Boston, Rhode Island School of Design Museum and in the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, as well as in several private collections in Europe, Asia and in the USA.

Julia Maria Künnap graduated in 2004 from the Estonian Academy of Arts, Jewellery Art Department under Professor Kadri Mälk. She has also studied at Alchimia School of Contemporary Jewellery, Florence and Konstfack University of Arts and Crafts in Stockholm. Her work has been exhibited at international exhibitions since 1998. She has had solo exhibitions in Estonia, Sweden, Italy, USA and Taiwan.

matt lambert is a non-binary, trans, multidisciplinary collaborator and co-conspirator working towards equity, inclusion, and reparation. Their practice is based in polydisciplinamory, entangling making, writing, curating, collaborating, and performing. lambert is currently a PhD candidate in artistic practice in visual, applied and spatial arts at Konstfack University of Arts Craft and Design in Stockholm Sweden. Their research focuses on mapping collaborative movements with craft through a developed methodology of cruising. They have published, curated, exhibited, and is collected internationally. They have a MA in Critical Craft Theory from Warren Wilson College and an MFA in Metalsmithing from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

lambert currently is based in Stockholm Sweden and was born in Detroit MI, US where they still maintain a studio. They have exhibited work nationally and internationally including at: Turner Contemporary, Margate, Uk, ArkDes, and Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, Museo de la Ciudad, Valencia , Spain and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, US. lambert represented the U.S in Triple Parade HOW Museum, Shanghai, China, represented the best of craft in Norway during Salon del Mobile, Milan, Italy and was the invited feature at the Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece during Athens Jewelry Week. lambert was a curatorial fellow with Lauren Kalman at Center for Craft curating Desire Paths. lambert also actively contributes writing to: Metalsmith Magazine, Klimt02, The Vessel, Surface Design Journal, Decorating Dissidence Journal, Art Jewelery Forum, Garland and the Athens Jewelry Week catalogues and maintains a running column titled Settings and Findings in Lost in Jewellery Magazine. They were the guest editor of Decorating Dissidence Journal issue #15 on Tools, Use and Mastery.