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Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School

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Published: 16.09.2025

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Applications are open for the following courses starting in 2026: Master of Fine Arts – Major in Contemporary Jewellery and Cultural Identity, Bachelor of Fine Arts – Major in Contemporary Jewellery, Jewellery Making Course and Microscope Stone Setting Course & Engraving with GRS and GraverMax.


 
Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School.
Management:
Lucia Massei
Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School.
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Intro
There cannot be any true innovation without the knowledge of what came before. Tradition and innovation, like mind and hand, need to move together.
 
Founded in 1998 and currently directed by Lucia Massei, Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School offers comprehensive two-year BFA and MFA programs -private diploma. These programs have been consolidated over more than a decade of experience, developed in close collaboration with an international team of teachers and advisors, all of whom are recognized leaders in their respective creative disciplines.

Alchimia’s mission is to enable students to express their creativity through contemporary jewellery, while acquiring advanced technical and theoretical skills. By embracing technological developments and the most progressive cultural trends, Alchimia supports students in expanding their talents. Its pedagogical approach combines the study and refinement of traditional techniques and carefully selected materials with experimental and innovative design practices. In doing so, students are guided in transforming ideas and research into jewellery and design objects, and in preparing to engage professionally within the field.

Students are mentored by experts in jewellery, design, and the visual arts. Tutors share their knowledge of techniques, tendencies, and developments within the contemporary jewellery landscape, while fostering individual creativity. Through personalized guidance and continuous evaluation, they accompany students throughout their academic path, ensuring both artistic and professional growth.

The programme is sustained by a range of academic and professional activities, including guest lectures, study excursions, professional practice workshops and  live projects.

Alchimia is a private institution that issues its own diploma, and therefore its programs are not accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR). The school is, however, accredited by the European Accreditation Board of Higher Education (EABHES).


Programme Tutors:
David Clarke, Evert Nijland, Lucia Massei, Sanaa Khalil.

Check here the BFA Catalogue.
Check here the MFA Catalogue.
Check here the Intensive / TEC Catalogue.

 

Events      View / hide events

2025:
Exhibition  11 Jul 2025 - 12 Jul 2025  Kaleidoscope. BFA students Graduate Show 2025.
2024:
Lectures  14 May 2024 - 14 May 2024  Lecture by Julia Maria Künnap and Matt Lambert.
2023:
Exhibition  14 Jul 2023 - 16 Jul 2023  Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School. BFA Degree Show 2023.
Meeting  10 Jun 2023 - 10 Jun 2023  Open day at Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School 2023.
Workshop  22 Apr 2023 - 23 Apr 2023  Blushing Metals by Adi Toch.
2022:
Exhibition  15 Jul 2022 - 17 Jul 2022  Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School. BFA 2 Degree Show 2022.
Workshop  22 Apr 2022 - 24 Apr 2022  Metal Marks by Yasmine Dainelli.
Workshop  08 Apr 2022 - 10 Apr 2022  Blinking Lights by Elisa Deval.
Meeting  12 Mar 2022 - 12 Mar 2022  Alchimia Open Door 2022.
2021:
Exhibition  26 Nov 2021 - 28 Nov 2021  Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School. MFA Degree Show 2021.
Exhibition  22 Sep 2021 - 25 Sep 2021  Atemporal.
Open call  12 Apr 2021 - 15 May 2021  Open Call JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery & Objects 2021.
Workshop  22 Jan 2021 - 24 Jan 2021  Zougan By Takafumi Mochizuki.
2020:
Fair  10 Nov 2020 - 15 Nov 2020  Athens Jewelry Week 2020.
Exhibition  30 May 2020 - 01 Jun 2020  Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School. MFA Degree Show 2020.
Exhibition  17 Apr 2020 - 31 May 2020  IM-MÀ-GI-NÀ: The jewellery artists' works and their notebooks.
Exhibition  17 Apr 2020 - 31 May 2020  IM-MÀ-GI-NÀ: The jewellery artists’ works and their notebooks.
NTCRI Taipei Branch | No.41 Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei 10066, Taiwan.
2019:
Workshop  29 Nov 2019 - 01 Dec 2019  Exploring Pigments and Gold Leaf on Metal with Lucia Massei.
Workshop  29 Jul 2019 - 02 Aug 2019  Chasing and Repoussé: Summer course with Fabrizio Acquafresca.
Workshop  15 Jul 2019 - 19 Jul 2019  A Matter of Life and Death: a summer course with David Clarke.
Exhibition  12 Jul 2019 - 14 Jul 2019  Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School. BFA Degree Show 2019.
Workshop  28 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2019  The brooch back mechanisms by Francesco Coda.
Open call  16 Apr 2019 - 15 Jun 2019  Open Call for 2019 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition.
Workshop  12 Apr 2019 - 14 Apr 2019  Mixed Metals by Patrick Davison.
Workshop  29 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2019  Exploring pigments and gold leaf on metal by Lucia Massei.
2018:
Exhibition  19 Aug 2018 - 31 Oct 2018  Marzee International Graduate Show 2018.
Workshop  28 Jul 2018 - 31 Jul 2018  Entropy + Entities, a workshop by Iris Bodemer.
Exhibition  13 Jul 2018 - 15 Jul 2018  Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School. BFA Degree Show 2018.
Exhibition  09 Jun 2018 - 10 Jun 2018  Transition: MFA Work Process Show 2018.
Award giving  27 May 2018 - 27 May 2018  Athens Jewelry Week 2018 Winners.
Fair  23 May 2018 - 30 May 2018  Athens Jewelry Week 2018.
Fair  05 May 2018 - 06 May 2018  Autor 2018.
Meeting  26 Apr 2018 - 29 Apr 2018  Melting Point 2018.
Open call  23 Feb 2018 - 12 Mar 2018  Open Call for Autor 2018.
2017:
Workshop  04 Dec 2017 - 07 Dec 2017  Minimus by Giampaolo Babetto.
Workshop  24 Nov 2017 - 26 Nov 2017  Creating Jewellery in Resin by Yoko Shimizu.
Exhibition  18 Oct 2017 - 03 Nov 2017  Camera Lucida. International Contemporary Jewelry Contest.
Fair  05 Oct 2017 - 07 Oct 2017  JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2017.
Exhibition  16 Sep 2017 - 06 Oct 2017  A Ring is a Ring is a Ring.
Exhibition  21 Jul 2017 - 23 Jul 2017  Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School. BFA Degree Show 2017.
Workshop  11 Jul 2017 - 15 Jul 2017  Ornament by Evert Nijland.
Award giving  21 May 2017 - 21 May 2017  Angela Malhües awarded with the ALCHIMIA Award 2017.
Fair  18 May 2017 - 21 May 2017  Athens Jewelry Week 2017.
Exhibition  09 Mar 2017 - 08 Apr 2017  Hommage to Manfred Bischoff.
2016:
Exhibition  17 Dec 2016 - 22 Jan 2017  The Artist as Jeweler. The contemporary jewel in Tuscany.
Award giving  29 Sep 2016 - 01 Oct 2016  Awards at JOYA 2016.
Exhibition  25 May 2016 - 26 Jun 2016  Adornment. The shape of wearable art.
Exhibition  08 May 2016 - 22 May 2016  Gioielli In ...Fermento 2016.
Meeting  21 Apr 2016 - 24 Apr 2016  Melting Point 2016.
Exhibition  06 Feb 2016 - 07 Feb 2016  1 : 20,000 by Giulia Savino.
2015:
Exhibition  16 Nov 2015 - 20 Nov 2015  True Lies. A Collection of Oxymorons by Federica Sala.
Fair  08 Oct 2015 - 10 Oct 2015  JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2015.
Exhibition  08 Oct 2015 - 10 Oct 2015  Trascendieron by Maria Ignacia Walker.
Exhibition  08 Oct 2015 - 10 Oct 2015  Trascendieron by Maria Ignacia Walker.
Workshop  03 Aug 2015 - 09 Aug 2015  Ground Now by Ruudt Peters.
Exhibition  18 Jun 2015 - 24 Jun 2015  Loops: Alchimia Graduation Show 2015.
2014:
Fair  09 Oct 2014 - 11 Oct 2014  JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2014.
Meeting  29 Sep 2014 - 05 Jun 2015  Contemporary Jewellery Seminars.
Exhibition  19 Jun 2014 - 26 Jun 2014  Touch: Alchimia Graduation Show 2014.
Exhibition  11 May 2014 - 18 May 2014  Letters to Madonna delle Dolomiti by Robert Smit.
Fair  14 Feb 2014 - 17 Feb 2014  Inhorgenta Europe.
2013:
Fair  07 Nov 2013 - 10 Nov 2013  SIERAAD 2013.
Meeting  18 Oct 2013 - 20 Oct 2013  place-ment Conference.
Beate Eismann, Alessandra Pizzini, Johanna Zellmer
Fair  17 Oct 2013 - 19 Oct 2013  JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2013.
Workshop  22 Jul 2013 - 26 Jul 2013  Kimiake Kageyama: Traditional Copper Alloys and Coloring.
Exhibition  20 Jun 2013 - 22 Jun 2013  Humans we are.
Fair  22 Feb 2013 - 25 Feb 2013  Inhorgenta Europe.
2012:
Exhibition  15 Dec 2012 - 31 Dec 2012  Group Exhibition: Winter Times.
Exhibition  26 Oct 2012 - 11 Nov 2012  Brazil Now: Art Jewellery.
Fair  11 Oct 2012 - 13 Oct 2012  JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2012.
Workshop  06 Aug 2012 - 17 Aug 2012  Estela Saez: Daily Life, Jewelry Connection.
Workshop  21 Jul 2012 - 30 Jul 2012  Christoph Zellweger: 2000 millimetres of Uncertainty.
Exhibition  14 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012  Purus.
Fair  10 Feb 2012 - 13 Feb 2012  Inhorgenta Europe.
2011:
Workshop  04 Jul 2011 - 16 Jul 2011  Iris Eichenberg: Summer Workshop.
Exhibition  23 Jun 2011 - 15 Jul 2011  ArtOrnamento.
Exhibition  16 Jun 2011 - 18 Jun 2011  PROFONDO.
Workshop  15 May 2011 - 19 May 2011  Linking Heritage to Contemporary.
Workshop in Aswan, Egypt with Doris Maninger. Co-funded project by Azza Fahmy, and the European Union
Workshop  18 Apr 2011 - 22 Apr 2011  Giovanni Corvaja: Granulation Course.
Exhibition  18 Mar 2011 - 21 Mar 2011  Rings.
Galerie Mangold, Leipzig, Germany
Fair  25 Feb 2011 - 28 Feb 2011  Inhorgenta Europe.
Workshop  07 Jan 2011 - 16 Dec 2011  Alchimia Weekend and Evening Courses.
2010:
Exhibition  23 Sep 2010 - 15 Oct 2010  ArtOrnamento.
Fair  16 Sep 2010 - 18 Sep 2010  JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2010.
Exhibition  14 Jul 2010 - 16 Sep 2010  Abwandlungen, Umwandlungen, Verwandlungen.
Galerie V&V, Vienna, Austria
Exhibition  18 Jun 2010 - 10 Jul 2010  Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School: Final exhibitions.
Fair  19 Feb 2010 - 22 Feb 2010  Inhorgenta Europe.
2009:
Exhibition  26 Sep 2009 - 10 Oct 2009  ArtOrnamento.
Workshop  20 Jul 2009 - 31 Jul 2009  Iris Bodemer: inbetween. dimensions and decisions.
Workshop  29 Mar 2009 - 02 Apr 2009  Alchemic Experiences: How an idea can become a jewel.
Fair  20 Feb 2009 - 23 Feb 2009  Inhorgenta Europe.
2008:
Workshop  01 Sep 2008 - 01 Sep 2009  Alchimia courses.
Meeting  16 Apr 2008 - 03 May 2008  Siamo Qui -We are here.
Fair  15 Feb 2008 - 18 Feb 2008  Inhorgenta Europe.
2007:
Exhibition  18 Apr 2007 - 23 Apr 2007  NO DIAMONDS: Pathways in Contemporary Jewellery Fuori Salone.
Fair  23 Feb 2007 - 26 Feb 2007  Inhorgenta Europe.
2006:
Workshop  11 Dec 2006 - 15 Dec 2006  Winter Workshop 2006.
Exhibition  23 Sep 2006 - 21 Oct 2006  ArtOrnamento.
Exhibition  13 Sep 2006 - 15 Sep 2006  Quaternitas meeting 2006.
Workshop  17 Jul 2006 - 21 Jul 2006  Summer Workshop Kumboo with Caroline Gore.
Workshop  03 Jul 2006 - 14 Jul 2006  Summer Workshop with Arline Fisch.
Exhibition  08 Jun 2006 - 05 Aug 2006  Twilight.
A collaboration with Academy of Art and Design of Tallinn, Estonia. The exhibition has toured five cities: Tallinn, Florence (Sound Garden), Barcelona (FAD), Vienna (Galerie V&V); Idar-Oberstein (Industriedenkmal Bengel)
Fair  17 Feb 2006 - 20 Feb 2006  Inhorgenta Europe.
2005:
Exhibition  17 Sep 2005 - 14 Oct 2005  ARTornamento, gioielli contemporanei a confronto.
Workshop  04 Jun 2005 - 15 Jun 2005  Summer Workshop 2005 with Robert Smit.
Fair  25 Feb 2005 - 28 Feb 2005  Inhorgenta Europe.
2004:
Fair  20 Feb 2004 - 23 Feb 2004  Inhorgenta Europe.
2003:
Fair  21 Oct 2003 - 21 Oct 2016  Grassimesse.
Leipzig (Germany).
Fair  01 Mar 2003 - 01 Mar 2016  Schmuck.
IHM Munich (Germany).
Fair  01 Mar 2003 - 01 Mar 2016  Talente.
IHM Munich (Germany)
Fair  21 Feb 2003 - 24 Feb 2003  Inhorgenta Europe.
2002:
Fair  22 Feb 2002 - 25 Feb 2002  Inhorgenta Europe.
2001:
Fair  23 Feb 2001 - 26 Feb 2001  Inhorgenta Europe.
Exhibition  01 Jan 2001 - 01 Jan 2016  Marzee International Graduation Show.
A selected group of Alchimia students have participated in the annual "Marzee International Graduation Show" (The Netherlands).

Publications      View / hide publications

Catalogue:  A ring is a ring is a ring. British Academy of Jewellery:  London,  2017
Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School together with British Academy of Jewellery and Trier University of Applied Sciences for London Design Festival, 2017.
Book:  JOYA 2016 Catalogue. Le DepartementLe Departement:  Barcelona,  2016
Book:  Jewellery Design, Sketches Notes Renderings. Massei, LuciaAlchimia Books:  Florence,  2016
Book:  Alchimia. Massei, LuciaAlchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence:  Florence / Tallinn,  2008
Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School.
Transaction MFA II 2018, Work in progress exhibition in Amsterdam, curated by Lucy Sarneel.

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Necklace: In Conflict by Sana Khalil.Wood, leather, iron.. 2016.18 x 8 x 8 cm.From series: In Conflict. Sana Khalil
Necklace: In Conflict, 2016
Wood, leather, iron.
18 x 8 x 8 cm
From series: In Conflict
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Brooch: Nomen Nescio by Carla Movia.Iron, steel.. 2016.12 x 6 x 5 cm.From series: Nomen Nescio. Carla Movia
Brooch: Nomen Nescio, 2016
Iron, steel.
12 x 6 x 5 cm
From series: Nomen Nescio
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Brooch: Look Gently Series No.14 by Yip Hiu Tung.Paper, silver, stainless steel pin, cold enamel, varnish.. 2018.10.3 x 9.6 x 5.6 cm.From series: Look Gently. Yip Hiu Tung
Brooch: Look Gently Series No.14, 2018
Paper, silver, stainless steel pin, cold enamel, varnish.
10.3 x 9.6 x 5.6 cm
From series: Look Gently
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Estimated price: 500 €

Necklace: Controlled Freedom by Federica Sala.Glass, aegirine.. 2015.From series: True Lies. Federica Sala
Necklace: Controlled Freedom, 2015
Glass, aegirine.
From series: True Lies
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Ring: Fortezza by Alessia Prati.Shibuichi, black coral, silver, melted amber.. 2017.5.3 x 3.3 cm.From series: Gimmel. Alessia Prati
Ring: Fortezza, 2017
Shibuichi, black coral, silver, melted amber.
5.3 x 3.3 cm
From series: Gimmel
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Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School.
Drawing Class at Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School

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