Diogo Alves

Bio

Diogo Alves, contemporary jeweller and sculptor, whose passion began at 12 years old, when he entered the world of contemporary jewellery. Originally from Porto, but living most of his life in Lisbon, in 2012 he moves to Barcelona to study a degree in contemporary jewellery at the Massana school, in 2018 he enters the career of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, where he broadens his horizons and is introduced into contemporary sculpture. Diogo’s work is born from the interest originated by the research process on how time and matter can transport us to an intangible space, memory or place, expanding these concepts and driven by his roots in contemporary jewellery, he finishes the degree and receives the award for academic excellence. Later on completing a master’s degree in art education and an internship in the jewellery department at the Massana School. As for the present, Diogo runs its own workshop and studio in Lisbon, where he dedicates all of his time into artistic production and research. This year he won the price of best international designer of the year at the Slovenia Jewellery week 2025, while participating in different internarional exhibits. Using the contemporary jewelry and sculpture as media, the work eradicates in the conjunction of both, making contemporary jewelry pieces that expand on the three dimensional spaces, making it possible to conceptualize and create wearable sculptures.
 

Statement

Diogo’s work stems from his interest in how time and matter can transport us to intangible places, spaces, or memories. It reflects an architectural perspective, proposing ways of seeing, building, and creating tension by questioning social and institutional spaces, boundaries, barriers, and architecture itself, finding in deconstruction a means of building.
With the believe that constructing space/time requires deconstructing and questioning the historical to self-construct identities, memories, spaces, and communities. These spaces, shaped by pragmatism, physicality, ideology, or socio-political conditions, are never singular. Wearing conceptual jewelry already marks a political stance, generating empowerment through both the act of wearing and how we interpret it.
 

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