David Bielander
Jeweller
Published: 09.09.2024
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.
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