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David Bielander

Jeweller
Published: 09.09.2024

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David Bielander translates everyday elements into jewellery.

The aim of his trompe-l’oeils is not to mystify the viewer but to set up a humorous interplay between the wearer and the jewellery itself.
David Bielander wearing Pick Your Nose (Pinocchio's Diversity). 
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. Photo by Dirk Eisel David Bielander wearing Pick Your Nose (Pinocchio's Diversity). 

Photo by Dirk Eisel

Bio

David Bielander completed an apprenticeship as a goldsmith in his hometown of Basel and worked for the jeweller and industrial designer Georg Spreng in Schwäbisch Gmünd before studying for six years with Professor Otto Künzli at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. From 2006-10 he was assistant to Professor Daniel Krüger at the Burg Giebichenstein Academy of Art in Halle, Germany; in 2011-13 he was an external tutor at the jewellery department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. He has been awarded prestigious prizes: the Münchner Förderpreis in 2009, the Herbert Hofmann Prize in 2010, the Françoise van den Bosch Prize in 2012, the Swiss Design Award in 2012, the Bavarian State Prize in 2015 and the Swiss Grand Award for Design in 2017. He lives and works in Munich and his work is shown in galleries and museums around the world.

Statement

David Bielander translates everyday elements into jewellery. Objects such as prawns, pineapples, beetles or raspberries are immediately recognisable, yet disconcerting. The aim of his trompe-l’oeils is not to mystify the viewer but to set up a humorous interplay between the wearer and the jewellery itself. David Bielander seeks out the most suitable materials and techniques with which to simulate reality, yet it is not until his pieces are worn that they truly come to life.

Events      View / hide events

2024:
Exhibition  05 Jul 2024 - 29 Sep 2024  All Cleared Out. The Jewellery Museum extends an Invitation.
Exhibition  02 May 2024 - 05 May 2024  Natural Diversions at Cagnes-sur-Mer Jewellery Week 2024.
Meeting  01 Mar 2024 - 01 Mar 2024  Scrotum Clamp and Sasebo: 2 Jewellery bands in Munich 2024.
2022:
Meeting  09 Jul 2022 - 09 Jul 2022  Scrotum Clamp and Sasebo: 2 Jewellery bands.
2021:
Exhibition  17 Oct 2021 - 25 Nov 2021  Jewellery by David Bielander in Idar Oberstein.
2020:
Workshop  04 Feb 2020 - 06 Feb 2020  Angst and Jewellery with David Bielander.
2019:
Exhibition  06 Sep 2019 - 05 Nov 2019  MasterMakers.
2018:
Exhibition  25 Oct 2018 - 05 Jan 2019  Garden of the Lost and Found by Helen Britton and David Bielander.
2017:
Exhibition  17 Nov 2017 - 28 May 2018  Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection..
Exhibition  24 Aug 2017 - 28 Sep 2017  Minegishi. Britton. Bielander.
Award giving  14 Apr 2017 - 14 Apr 2017  Swiss Grand Award for Design.
2016:
Exhibition  18 May 2016 - 16 Jun 2016  Back home but our hearts and heads in Turnov.
2015:
Exhibition  31 May 2015 - 21 Jun 2015  The Bride, The Groom and The Best Man.
2014:
Exhibition  01 Apr 2014 - 26 Apr 2014  Escapade by David Bielander.
2013:
Exhibition  20 Sep 2013 - 05 Jan 2014  David Bielander: Demiurge.
2012:
Exhibition  15 Sep 2012 - 27 Oct 2012  David Bielander: Make it big, make it red, make it shiny.
Exhibition  25 Feb 2012 - 24 Mar 2012  David Bielander.
2011:
Exhibition  11 Oct 2011 - 05 Nov 2011  David Bielander: ripsnorter.
Exhibition  17 Mar 2011 - 23 Apr 2011  A Theatre of Appearances.
2010:
Exhibition  15 Oct 2010 - 15 Jan 2011  Helen Britton & David Bielander: Transplanted.
Exhibition  11 Sep 2010 - 16 Oct 2010  David Bielander: Wisdom Teeth.
2009:
Exhibition  24 Oct 2009 - 03 Dec 2009  David Bielander: The fruits of my labour.
2007:
Exhibition  28 Jun 2007 - 21 Jul 2007  Das erste Mal.
2006:
Exhibition  07 Sep 2006 - 11 Oct 2006  Stolz und Vorurteil.
Exhibition  08 Jun 2006 - 09 Jul 2006  Trophies. Seven goldsmiths from Munich.
2005:
Exhibition  06 Mar 2005 - 30 Apr 2005  David Bielander.
2004:
Exhibition  13 Mar 2004 - 24 Apr 2004  Pig-Headed.
2003:
Exhibition  26 Sep 2003 - 17 Oct 2003  Silk Purse from a Sow's Ear. Uus Schyssdragg Angge Mache.

Publications      View / hide publications

Book:  David Bielander. Twenty Years. 2016-1996. Britton, Helen; Emmelkamp, Rutger; Bergesio, Maria Cristina; Wild, Julia; Bakker, Gijs; Unger, Marjan; Shobinger, Bernhard; hungerbühler, Benno; Hufnagi, Florian; Bitzer, Jochen; Greenbaum, Toni; Bielander, Raphael; Krohn, Tim; Veiteberg, Jorunn; Fritsch, KarlArnoldshe Art Publishers:  Stuttgardt,  2017
Book:  Where it all begins. Jewellery Class University of Art and Design HalleJewellery Class University of Art and Design Halle:  Halle,  2015
Book:  Preziosa 2013. Un Certain Regard. Le Arti OrafeLe Arti Orafe:  Florence,  2013