Christel van der Laan

Christel van der Laan, 1963, Son en Breugel, the Netherlands. Arrived in Western Australia in 1981.

 Academic Qualifications
1998 Diploma of Art & Design/Jewellery, West Coast College, Carine, Perth, Australia
1988 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

Awards and Grants
2011  New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts | Development Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts, Western Australia
2010 Open Award: 2010 Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group WA Inc.
2006 Open Prize: National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery Griffith, Australia | Craft-In-Site Grant (FORM and the Australia Council)
2004 Precious Metal Prize: National Contemporary Jewellery Award Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith Australia
1995 Two Highly Commended Designs: Western Mining Gold Jewellery Design Awards
1994 Highly Commended Design: Western Mining Gold Jewellery Design Awards

Solo Exhibitions
2014  Parts of the Story, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney Australia
2006 Price-less, Katherine Kalaf Gallery, Perth, Australia
 
Selected group exhibitions and Fairs
2014 A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
2013 Bodywork: Australian Jewellery 1970 – 2012,  National Gallery of Australia (touring) | Red To Wear Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney
2012 Intergalactic, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Florida, USA. Represented by Charon Kransen Arts | Design = Wzornictwo, Design Centrum Kielce, Kielce, Poland | Collect Saatchi Gallery, London, Galerie Louise Smit | 20 Years: Rhianon Vernon-Roberts Memorial Collection of Contemporary Australian Jewellery | Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia | International Jewellery based on Ready-mades, Skien, Norway | OBJECT Rotterdam 2012 Galerie Louise Smit, the Netherlands
2011 17 Curators, 17 Nominees, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Laget I Verden: From the World, National Museum of Art Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway | Cinderella Stories: Contemporary Jewellery from Western Australia, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor: 100 Years 100 Women 100 Stories 100 Brooches, Artisan, Brisbane, Australia (touring)
2010 SOFA New York, SOFA Santa Fe, SOFA Chicago, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts | 2010, Perth Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
2009 SOFA New York, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts | Evoking Mystery: 20 International Jewellers, de Novo, Palo Alto, USA | SOFA Chicago, USA represented by Charon Kransen Arts
2008 Within Without: Contemporary Jewellery from Western Australia, Zu design, Adelaide, Australia | SOFA Chicago, USA represented by Charon Kransen Arts | SOFA New York, USA represented by Charon Kransen Arts
2007 Explorations 2007, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia | Itami International Craft Exhibition - Jewellery, Itami, Japan | 30th Alice Craft Acquisition, Territory Craft Alice Springs, Australia | 50 Brooches, CQ Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2006 The Necklace Show, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA | National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia | Parameters of Preciousness, Gahlberg Gallery, Chicago, USA\
2005 Contemporary Wearables 2005, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia (touring) | 100 Brooches, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA | 29th Alice Craft Acquisition, Territory Craft, Alice Springs, Australia
2004 200 Rings, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA | National Contemporary Jewellery Award Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia | Odyssey, Gallows Gallery, Perth, Australia
2003  Contemporary Wearables 2003, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia (touring)
 
Works in Public Collections
The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Switzerland
Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia