Open Call for Narrative Space Transformation. An International Juried Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition and Competition
Published: 18.03.2025
InFlow
- Mail:
- inflow
inflowexpo.com
- Phone:
- +36 30 488 7332
- Management:
- Györgyi Mátyók
DEADLINE: 20/04/2025
The call is open to all contemporary jewelry designers and artists, jewellers, collectives, schools, and galleries from Hungary and abroad, regardless of age, education, and experience.
中文版 - Chinese version 
Theme: Narrative Space Transformation
Participants should explore the transformative power of narrative through the making of small wearable objects and how they interface with a wider audience - the viewer.
/ Dr. Jack Cunningham
Dr Jack Cunningham, international narrative jewelry expert, and Inflow jury member enriches the exhibition with his art.
TRANSFORMATION
We live in an era of continuous external and internal transformation.
In these fast and intense times, jewelry holds a unique role—an object inherently created for permanence and endurance. It carries emotions, strength, faith, and humility, along with a deep sense of responsibility that emerges in the process of working with materials entrusted to us. Experiencing all this requires time—slowing down, deep reflection, and tranquillity. A detachment from everyday life. And when all of this becomes part of the piece, it transforms into a vessel of emotions, strength, protection, and serenity.
The things we observe around us take shape as thoughts during the design process. As they move through our inner reflections, they are reinterpreted, transformed, and time and again materialised into tangible reality—evoking new thoughts and emotions in others.
This endless cycle holds deep personal expression, subtle movements, and delicate, unseen connections that weave together the maker, the wearer, and the viewer—infusing the space between them with meaning.
/ Katalin Jermakov.
How does your personal story inform your approach to jewelry design, and how can it catalyse creative exploration and innovation?
Feel welcome to creatively reflect on your journeys, drawing inspiration from your memories, cultural backgrounds, and personal beliefs.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The Narrative Space of Creation
The mission of Inflow is to elevate contemporary jewelry as a form of wearable art, emphasising its narrative power and cultural significance. The exhibition serves as a platform for innovative artists worldwide, fostering dialogue, inspiring creativity, and connecting audiences with the profound messages embedded in contemporary jewelry.
Enjoy a short video, Inflow 2024. Budapest at Hybridart Space Gallery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAJCXkmIMjc
Members of the Jury:
COMPETITION CATEGORIES:
The exhibitors will receive distinguished recognition and valuable awards in five competition categories.
Detailed information here: inflowexpo.com/home/open-call
PLACES AND DATES:
29th August - 19th September, Budapest Romanian Institute of Culture, City Park, Budapest, Hungary.
29th August - 5th October, Ferenczy Museum Center, Szentendre, Hungary.
16th October - 16th November, “The Best 10” Design Without Borders, Budapest, Museum Kiscell.
BASIC INFORMATION:
The call is open to all contemporary jewelry creators, collectives, schools, and galleries.
RECOGNITIONS and FEEDBACK - What We Are Proud Of
In the last scorching weekend of August 2024, the InFlow exhibition in Szentendre made an explosive entry into the domestic artistic jewelry scene. Its impact was so powerful that it surprised both the participants and the wider profession… The event’s massive domestic and international success calls for a continuation, and we hope it becomes a tradition!
/Hungarian Applied Arts Magazine
An exceptionally high-quality, well-organized series of events, with attention to every small detail. It was an honour to participate in the exhibition!
(L.Sz.)
We encourage you to embrace this journey of transformation, where each piece of jewelry tells a unique story, transcending time and connecting us through its silent yet powerful narrative.
>> Click Here for Complete Information
Inflow Team
Dr. Györgyi Mátyók.
CEO & curator at Inflow, Founder Gallery Frangipani.
Technical Support Team: Krisztián Benyó, Bence Talló, Benedek Dévényi.
Coordinator Assistant: Blanka Farkas.
CFO: Sándor Benyó.
Participants should explore the transformative power of narrative through the making of small wearable objects and how they interface with a wider audience - the viewer.
/ Dr. Jack Cunningham
Dr Jack Cunningham, international narrative jewelry expert, and Inflow jury member enriches the exhibition with his art.
TRANSFORMATION
We live in an era of continuous external and internal transformation.
In these fast and intense times, jewelry holds a unique role—an object inherently created for permanence and endurance. It carries emotions, strength, faith, and humility, along with a deep sense of responsibility that emerges in the process of working with materials entrusted to us. Experiencing all this requires time—slowing down, deep reflection, and tranquillity. A detachment from everyday life. And when all of this becomes part of the piece, it transforms into a vessel of emotions, strength, protection, and serenity.
The things we observe around us take shape as thoughts during the design process. As they move through our inner reflections, they are reinterpreted, transformed, and time and again materialised into tangible reality—evoking new thoughts and emotions in others.
This endless cycle holds deep personal expression, subtle movements, and delicate, unseen connections that weave together the maker, the wearer, and the viewer—infusing the space between them with meaning.
/ Katalin Jermakov.
How does your personal story inform your approach to jewelry design, and how can it catalyse creative exploration and innovation?
Feel welcome to creatively reflect on your journeys, drawing inspiration from your memories, cultural backgrounds, and personal beliefs.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The Narrative Space of Creation
The mission of Inflow is to elevate contemporary jewelry as a form of wearable art, emphasising its narrative power and cultural significance. The exhibition serves as a platform for innovative artists worldwide, fostering dialogue, inspiring creativity, and connecting audiences with the profound messages embedded in contemporary jewelry.
Enjoy a short video, Inflow 2024. Budapest at Hybridart Space Gallery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAJCXkmIMjc
Members of the Jury:
- Charon Kransen – former professor, and founder of Charon Kransen Arts New York. (https://www.charonkransenarts.com/)
- Dr. Jack Cunningham, Emeritus Professor. (jackcunningham.co.uk).
- Carlo Lucidi, artist, curator, gallerist, Rome, Carlo Lucidi Gallery.
- Magdalena Vélez Salinas, President, Co-Founder AdOC Contemporary Goldsmith and Jewelers Association, Madrid. (instagram.com/mvelezsalinas).
- Katalin Jermakov, Noémi Ferenczy award winner jewelry designer, Mana Design Studio.
- István Simonyi, art historian, writer, jewellery collector. (facebook.com/istvan.simonyi).
- Balázs Bajcsi-Nagy, goldsmith, artist, designer, member of the Board of the National Association of Precious Metalworkers & Related Trade, and professional curator of the Goldsmith Craft History Collection. (instagram.com/mokume.hu).
COMPETITION CATEGORIES:
The exhibitors will receive distinguished recognition and valuable awards in five competition categories.
Detailed information here: inflowexpo.com/home/open-call
PLACES AND DATES:
29th August - 19th September, Budapest Romanian Institute of Culture, City Park, Budapest, Hungary.
29th August - 5th October, Ferenczy Museum Center, Szentendre, Hungary.
16th October - 16th November, “The Best 10” Design Without Borders, Budapest, Museum Kiscell.
BASIC INFORMATION:
The call is open to all contemporary jewelry creators, collectives, schools, and galleries.
- Compliance with the criteria of the call, correctly completed Entry Form and electronically transmitted in time.
- The application is free of charge.
- Only completed artwork of origin by the designer may be submitted.
- The number of artworks that can be submitted: 1-5 pieces.
- The work was not created before 2021.
- Maximum size: 35 * 35 * 10 cm.
- The minimum content of noble materials that belong to traditional jewelry creating: 10%
(Noble materials, for example, precious metal, gemstones, glass, textile, leather, stone, etc.) - Wearability
- The timely arrival of selected artworks, the signed contract, and the payment of the participation fee.
- Acceptance of the application requirements on the application form.
RECOGNITIONS and FEEDBACK - What We Are Proud Of
In the last scorching weekend of August 2024, the InFlow exhibition in Szentendre made an explosive entry into the domestic artistic jewelry scene. Its impact was so powerful that it surprised both the participants and the wider profession… The event’s massive domestic and international success calls for a continuation, and we hope it becomes a tradition!
/Hungarian Applied Arts Magazine
An exceptionally high-quality, well-organized series of events, with attention to every small detail. It was an honour to participate in the exhibition!
(L.Sz.)
We encourage you to embrace this journey of transformation, where each piece of jewelry tells a unique story, transcending time and connecting us through its silent yet powerful narrative.
>> Click Here for Complete Information
Inflow Team
Dr. Györgyi Mátyók.
CEO & curator at Inflow, Founder Gallery Frangipani.
Technical Support Team: Krisztián Benyó, Bence Talló, Benedek Dévényi.
Coordinator Assistant: Blanka Farkas.
CFO: Sándor Benyó.
Chain: A Stone as life, 2023
Leftover local stones, used nails
33 x 35 x 3.4cm
Photo by: Igal Harari
Emerging Artist Winner, 2024.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Necklace: Opening, 2024
Porcelain, 24K gold
16 x 45 x 45 cm
Photo by: Gabor Varga
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Keeping the Faith, 2022
Silver, medical gauze, spring steel pin stem
6 x 5 x 1.25cm
Photo by: Aimee Howard Clinger
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Trace of flowing time, 2024
Wall splinter, silver, copper, plaster, resin,
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Live like a summer flower – golden mammary, 2024
Silver plated with gold
25 x 86 x 88cm
Photo by: Huimin Zhang
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
InFlow
- Mail:
- inflowinflowexpo.com
- Phone:
- +36 30 488 7332
- Management:
- Györgyi Mátyók
DEADLINE: 20/04/2025
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