Esther Brinkmann

Esther Brinkmann, 1953, Baden, Switzerland.

1973-2005 living and working in Geneva
2005-2010 living and working in Guangzhou, PR of China
2010-2014 living in Mumbai, India
since 2015 living in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland


Education:
1974-78 School for Applied Arts, Geneva, diploma as a Jeweller

Collections:
V&A Museum, London, GB
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva (CH) | Swiss federal office for culture: deposit at mu.dac (museum for Applied Arts and Contemporary Design), Lausanne (CH) | FNAC, France (National Found for Contemporary Art): deposit at Musée des arts décoratifs (museum for Applied Arts), Paris (F) |  Museo Internazionale delle Arti Applicate Oggi (MIAAO) Torino, Italy.

Awards, grants:
2015 Prix Société et Culture de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland
2000 Brunschwig-Price for Applied Arts 2000*
1998 Price for The Applied Arts, Geneva States Community Association
1981/82 Lissignol Grant, Geneva 

Solo Exhibitions:
2015 / 2016 "Carte blanche" Fingervessels by Esther Brinkmann, Musée Ariana, Geneva
2014 "Reneweable Pleasures – the India Chapter " Chemould Prescott  Road Gallery, Mumbai, India*, Galerie Tactile, Geneva, Switzerland
2010 “East West - DONG XI” Feigallery, Guangzhou*
2009 “Clouds and other dreams of Jewels”, GOELIA 225 Space, Guangzhou
2008 “Not for your body only” Feigallery, Guangzhou*
2004 Galerie Tactile, Geneva
2000/01 Clock and Enamel Museum, Geneva (Brunschwig-Price) *
2000 Villa am Aabach, Uster (CH), with Philippe Solms, sculptor
2000/1995/90/84 Galerie Michèle Zeller, Berne (CH) *
1997 Galerie Ipsofakto, Lausanne (CH)
1995 Galerie a,Carouge/Geneva (CH) | Werkstattgalerie, Berlin (D), with Juliane Brandes
1994 Galerie V&V, Vienna (A) *
1991 Galerie NO, Lausanne (CH)
1987 Galerie Farel, Aigle (CH) 

Group Exhibitions (selection):
2015 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, China
2014 "Multiple Exposures" Museum of Arts and Design | MAD | New York (USA)
2014"Distant Relations", Shanghai
2013" Design Bijou Suisse" Pavillon Le Corbusier, Paris (F)
2012 "Tradition, Possession & Beyond" Goethe Institute, Pune, India *
2012"Entfesselt – Schmuck ohne Grenzen" Museum Bellerive, Zurich (CH)
2010 « décor, design et industrie, les arts appliqués à Genève » Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Genève* |  galerie tactile, Genève
2008 “from hand to hand”, mudac, Museum of contemporary design and art, Lausanne, CH* | “just must”, Estonian History Museum, Tallinn*, Estonia
2004/05 “Pensieri preciosi” Padova (I)*, Hanau (D)
2004/05/06 “l’or” European Jewellery, St. Amont, Cagnes/mer, Paris (F)*
2004 « meeting points », Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon*
2002/2003 “Masterpieces” 2002 Centenario, Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino, (I) * |Art Jewellery in Switzerland in the 20th century, Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, Nationalmuseum, Zurich, Museo vela, Ligornetto | “Pièce à conviction”, galerie Tactile, Geneva, (CH) | Louise Smit Gallery, Amsterdam, (Nl)
2001 „Swiss made“, Museum for Applied Arts, Köln, (D)* | „Mikromegas“, Galerie für angewandte Kunst, Munich, (D)*
2000 "Alles Schmuck", Museum for Applied Arts, Zurich* | "Parures d'ailleurs,parures d'ici", MuDAC, Lausanne* | "Risonanze", Swiss Consulate, Venice (I)
1999 Galleria Marcolongo, Padova (I) | "Noir", Museum for Applied Arts, Lausanne (CH)
1998 "Jewellery Moves", National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (GB) *
1998/97 Kunstforum, Kirchberg (CH) *
1997 "Useless Things", Museum for Applied Arts, Tallinn (Estonia) * | "Millenium 2", Roterman's Saltstorage House, Tallinn *
1996 Michèle Zeller gallery, Berne (CH), | "in the Flowergarden...", Gallery V&V, Vienna (A) *
1994 Schmuckforum, Zurich (CH)
1993 "Schmuckszene 93", int. Craftsfair, Munich (D) * | "Amulet", Marzee gallery, Nijmegen (NL) *
1992/90/87 "Triennale du Bijou contemporain", Paris (F) *
1989 "Combs", Boymans Museum, Rotterdam (NL) * et Marzee gallery, Nijmegen (NL) *
1988 "Swiss Jewellery", Swiss Cultural Center, Paris (F) *
* Catalogues, books

Teaching:
2003 Appointed to a professorship HES at the University of Art and Design of Geneva (HEAD)
1987 Founding of the Jewellery department at Haute Ecole d’Arts Appliqués (HES), Genève (CH)
1987-2005 head of the department
1983-87 Teaching at Ecole des arts décoratifs, Genève (CH)

Lectures, workshops, Masterclasses:
2014 Lecture at HEAD, Geneva
2014|13|12 Visiting Faculty at NID, National Institute of Design Ahmedabad (India)
2013 Workshop at the Crafts Museum, New Delhi (India)
2010 Lecture at the Indian Institute of Jewellery, Mumbai
2010 Lecture at Guangzhou University of Technology, design department
2009 Workshops at Nanjing Art Institute, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts | Lecture at Beijing Academy of Fine Arts
2007/1993 International Summer Art Academy, Salzburg (A)
2008/07 Lectures at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Foshan University, Shunde Polytechnic University
2006 Lecture at the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou and Guangzhou Design Week
2004 Lecture at the symposium of the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust, Edinburgh (GB)
2000 Lecture at the foundation for applied arts, Berne, CH
1999 Lecture at Château Musée in Nyon (CH) | Lecture at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich (CH) Industrial Design and Jewellery department | Lecture at Akademie der Künste, Munich (D)
1997 Lecture at Rhode Island School of Design, Jewellery department, Providence, RI (USA) | Lecture at the "Millenium 2" symposium, Tallinn (Estonia)
1996 Masterclass at Art University Tallinn (Estonia)
1995 Workshop Schmuckwerkstatt, Braunwald (CH)
since 1987 Several workshops, Ateliers pluridisciplinaires de Fontblanche, Vitrolles and Nîmes (F)

Others:
2003-2005 Head of the R&D project: “A Material library for 3 Art and Design Universities”. Geneva, Lausanne, La Chaux-de-Fonds Feasibility study: state of the art, specific data base, budget.
2004 Collect, galerie tactile Geneva, V&A Museum, London
2001/2002 Co-curator of the exhibition : Art Jewellery in Switzerland 20th century. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, mai 2002 with Fabienne.X. Sturm, director of the musée de l’horlogerie, Geneva and public conference: “is ornament still a crime?” mai 2002, MAH Geneva | Expert at Academy of Arts, Tallin, Estonia, for the election of professor and head of jewellery and metal department .
2000-2005 Jury-member for the Lissignol / Berthoud grant, Geneva
2000/1999 SOFA, Charon Kransen, New York and Chicago (USA)​
1996-98 Expert at the Swiss Federal Commission for Applied Art Prices, field: Jewellery and objects.
1996 Milus watches, Bienne (CH) *
1992-98 Comity-member of the Swiss Crafts Council. (today FormForum)
*Catalogues 

Galerie Tactile, Geneva (CH)
Galerie Annick Zufferey, Carouge, Switzerland
Feigallery, Guangzhou (China)