Lina Peterson

Lina Peterson, 1979 Gothenburg, Sweden.

Education:
2004-2006 MA, Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery, Royal College of Art, London
2001-2004 BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Crafts, University of Brighton
2000-2001 Foundation Course in Art and Design, London Guildhall University 

Awards:
2010 Winner, Jerwood Contemporary Makers
2008 Runner up, Best Newcomer, Origin
2007 Crafts Council Development Award Winner
2006 Short listed for The Deutschebank Award
2004 Winner of the New Designer Association of Contemporary Jewellery Award, New Designers, London

Exhibitions:
2014 'Is It Wood?', Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, UK | Schmuck 2014, Munich | COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London | ‘From the Coolest Corner’, Design Museum Tallin, Estonia and Röhsska Design Museum Gothenburg, Sweden
2013  ‘Jewellery – new acquisitions to the collections’, Design Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden | Group show, Kobe, Japan | ‘Suspended in Pink’, Gabi Green Studio, Munich, Heidi Lowe Gallery, USA | ‘From the Coolest Corner’, Design Museum, Oslo, Norway, Design Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark | ‘Making Moves’, various venues, UK
2012 'WOOD', Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, U.S.A | CAA Focus Showcase, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, U.K | 'Interwoven', Morley College Gallery, London, U.K | 'Target the Heart', Electrum Gallery, London, U.K |  ‘Beautiful Objects’, The Aram Gallery, London| ‘When I Woke’, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Wales | ‘FlourishRing’, Kath Libbert Jewellery, Saltaire | Craft Council Showcase, Business Business Embassy Exhibition, Lancaster House, London | ‘International Jewellery - based on readymades’, Telemark Kunstnersentre, Norway | ‘Blooming Art’, Sterling Gallery, Budapest
2011 'Collect', Showing with Electrum Gallery, Booth 1.04, Saatchi Gallery, London | 'Ornament', RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin | 'A summer selection', Electrum Gallery, London | 'Matter of Life and Death', Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Saltaire | 'THE RING - jewel forever', Galleri Hnoss, Gothenburg, Sweden | 'Alchemists', New Brewery Arts, Cirencester | 'Jerwood Contemporary Makers', National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
2010 'Imagined Objects of Desire', University of Nottingham Museum of Archaeology, Nottingham | 'Jerwood Contemporary Makers', IC:Innovative Craft, Dovecot, Edinburgh | 'Portage: textiles, extremes of scale', , Shetland Arts' Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland | Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London | "Matter" 28 May - 6 June May. Dovecot, Edinburgh | "Jerwood Contemporary Makers" 16 June - 25 July. Jerwood Space, London
2009 'Bright Light', Kath Libbert Jewelelry, Saltaire | 'In their own words', Bank Street Arts, Sheffield | 'Stroud International Textile Festival', Stroud | Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London | Lina Peterson: Exploring Colour online exhibition, the Craft Council UK
2008 Solo Exhibition, Galerie Hnoss, Gothenburg, Sweden | 'The New Organics', Electrum Gallery, London, U.K, 'Jewellery in Transition', Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, U.K, 'Origin', Somerset House, London, U.K, ‘SCHMUCK 2008’, Munich and Birmingham | ‘Masters and Protégés’, The Museum of Art & Craft: MAC-ITAMI, Osaka  and Mikimoto Honten, Tokyo.
2007 ‘SOFA’, Chicago, showing with Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA | ‘500 Earrings’, Velvet Da Vinci, U.S.A | ‘dazzle’, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow | ‘30 x 30’, Yorkshire Sculpture Park | ‘Collect’, Victoria and Albert Museum, London | ‘6 Emerging Talents’, Lesley Craze Gallery, London | ‘ALCHEMY: contemporary jewellery from Britain’ | British Council exhibition touring the Middle East, opening 14th February, Muscat, Oman
2006 Graduate Exhibition, Gallery Marzee, Holland | Heirlooms’, ACJ Exhibition, London ‘dazzle’, NT, London | Christmas Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham | Christmas Exhibition, Kath Libbert Gallery | ‘Present’, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham | Christmas Exhibition, Black Swan Arts, Somerset
2005 ‘One Year On’, New Designers, London
2004 Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Awards Exhibition, London 

Residences:
2012 Artist in Residence for ‘Making Moves’, Craftspace, Birmingham
2011 Artist in Residence, Cove Park, Scotland

Teaching: 
2014 Lecturer in Contemproary Jewellery, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester, U.K |Workshop leader, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK| Master class, CityLit, London, UK
2013 Lecturer in Contemproary Jewellery, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester, U.K | Workshop leader, Reach Out RCA, London, UK, Workshop leader, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK | Master class, CityLit, London, UK
2012 Visting lecturer, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester | Visiting Lecturer, Central St Martins, London | Visiting lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University | Lecturer, Morley College, London | Workshop Leader, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2011 Visiting Lecturer, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London | Visiting Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University | Visiting Lecturer, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester | Lecturer, Morley College, London
2010 Visiting Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire | Visiting Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University | Lecturer, Morley College
2009 Visiting Lecturer, University for the creative arts, Farnham | Visiting Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
2008 Visiting Lecturer, The University for the Creative Arts, Farnham | Lecturer, Morley College, London
2007 Visiting Lecturer, University of Brighton, Brighton | Lecturer, City and Islington College, London | Workshop leader, Reach Out RCA, Royal College of Art, London | Workshop leader for various art & design workshops, Art and Design Gallery, University of Hertfordshire | Workshop leader, Muscat, Oman, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for workshops running in conjunction with ‘ALCHEMY: contemporary jewellery from Britain’. 

Electrum Gallery, U.K
Jewelers’ Werk Galerie, U.S.A
Sienna Gallery, U.S.A
Kath Libbert Jewellery, UK