Felieke van der Leest

Felieke van der Leest, 1968, Emmen, The Netherlands.

Education:
1991-1996 Academy “Gerrit Rietveld“, Jewelry Department, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1986 -1991 Technical School for Gold- and Silversmithing, Schoonhoven, the Netherlands

Collections:
Gallery of Art, International Collection of Contemporary Jewellery, Legnica, Poland | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands| DSM Art Collection, Heerlen, the Netherlands | Hiko Mizuno Collection, Tokyo, Japan | Miaao – International Museum of The Applied Arts Today, Torino, Italy | Kikker Museum, The Hague, the Netherlands | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A. | mima – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, U.K. | Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A. | Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, the Netherlands | The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway | National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Trondheim, Norway | National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, U.K. | KODE Art Museums Bergen, Norway | Racine Art Museum, Racine, U.S.A. | Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K. | TextielMuseum, Tilburg, the Netherlands | Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K. | Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, the Netherlands

Solo Exhibitions:
2017 Galerie Rob Koudijs, Jewelrassic Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER 2016, From Spermhart to Mr. Zen, Legnica, Poland
2015 National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Into the Zoo, Trondheim, Norway
2015 Into The Zoo, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
2014 i Hvelvet, Galleri KRAFT, Bergen, Norway
2014 ZOO is Life, Putti Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2013 Unforgettable Stories, Galerie Stühler, Berlin, Germany
2012 Once Upon a time on My West (part 1 & 2), Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Once Upon a time on My West (part 2), Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011 Felieke van der Leest: Once upon a time in My West (part 1), Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 Jewellery Circus/Smykkesirkus - Felieke van der Leest, West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen, Norway
2010 F.I.B.S. (Festival International des Bêtes Sportives), CAJ Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2009 F.I.B.S. (Festival International des Bêtes Sportives), Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo, Japan (Solo)
2009 Harbour Front Centre, It’s a Beastly World after all, Toronto, Canada
2008 Galerie Rob Koudijs, F.I.B.S. (Festival International des Bêtes Sportives), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2007 Contemporary Art Jarfo, Animalia, Kyoto, Japan
2007 Gallery Deux Poissons, Animalia, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Galerie Louise Smit, Art Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2006 MIMA Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Animal Fables, Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough, England
2005 Dutch Textile Museum, Ostriches in Love, the wonderful jewellery of Felieke van der Leest, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2005  DSM Art Corner, Heerlen, the Netherlands
2004 Charon Kransen Arts, Animal Party, presentation at SOFA Chicago, USA
2004 Gallery Deux Poissons, Animal Party, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Galerie Louise Smit, Animal Party , Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2000 Galerie Louise Smit, Maritimities, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1997 Galerie Louise Smit, Solo Exhibition, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Group Exhibitions (selected):
2016 IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse München, Schmuck 2016, Munich, Germany
2016 World Crafts Council - BF, Chemin Croisés, Mons, Belgium
2016 Mobilia Gallery, Intoxicating Textiles: Vibrant Colors, Bold Patterns, Cambridge, U.S.A.
2016 Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Funny Business, Seattle, U.S.A.
2016 Hydrogenfrabrikken, Kunsthåndverk 2016, Fredrikstad, Norway
2015 Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, 15th Erfurt Jewellery Symposium, Hanau, Germany
2015 Galleri X, Alternatives of Textile Jewelry III, Bratislava, Slovakia
2015 Ruthin Craft Centre, Not Too Precious, Ruthin, Denbighshire, U.K.
2015 National Museum for Art, Architecture & Design, Kunsthåndverk 2015, Oslo, Norway
2015 Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, 2015 Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial, Beijing, China
2015 Art Jewelry Today, ARTIUM Presented by Mitsubishi-Jisho Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2014 Duplicata, Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Montréal, Canada
2014 Giedymin Jabłoński & Friends, Gallery of Art in Legnica, Legnica, Poland
2014 Différence et répétition / Skilnad og gjentaking, Galerie NextLevel, Paris, France
2014 Pronkstukken / Show pieces, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, the Netherlands
2014 15th Erfurt Jewellery Symposium, Galerie Waidspeicher, Erfurt, Germany
2014 Shanghai International Metalsmithing & Jewelry Art Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center, China
2014 30 Years in the Making, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK
2013 Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
2013 Kunsthåndverk 2013, National Museum for Art, Architecture & Design, Oslo, Norway
2013 Pappallona / Mariposa / Butterfly, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Barcelona, Spain
2013 Holland in Hardanger, Hardanger Folkemuseum, Utne, Norway
2013 PAN Amsterdam Fair, RAI Parkhal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 Mariposa, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
2013 New Jewelry Associations, Sense of Wonderwork, WAKO Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2013 MANO gallery, A Jewel a day keeps Wrinkles away, Thaipei, Taiwan
2013  Galerie Rob Koudijs, Collect 2013, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K
2013 Charon Kransen Arts, Frieze Art Fair NY, New York, U.S.A
2013 Kunstbanken Hedmark Kunstsenter, Skapninger, Hamar, Norway
2012 Society for Contemporary Craft, Humor in Craft, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
2012 Charon Kransen Arts, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A
2012 Design Museum, Unexpected Pleasures, London, U.K 
2012 Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo Frontline (art fair), Tokyo, Japan
2012 Gallery Art Link, Private Cosmos, Seoul, South Korea
2012 National Gallery of Victoria, Unexpected Pleasures, Melbourne, Australia
2012 Museum Bellerive, Jewellery Unleashed !, Zurich, Switzerland
2012 World Crafts Council – BF, European Prize for Applied Arts 2012, Mons, Belgium
2011 Galerie Rob Koudijs, Collect 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K.
2011 Sterling Gallery, Brooch, Budapest, Hongary
2011 Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo, Cominelli Foundation Award Exhibition for Contemporary Jewellery 2011, Brescia, Italy
2011 Gallery Putti, Conceptual Jewellery, Riga, Latvia
2011 The Sungkok Art Museum, Open Mind, Seoul, South Korea
2011 Cristiani Art Gallery, Matter vs. Form (3rd edition), Torino, Italy
2011 Creative Creatures, Gallery Electrum London U.K.
2011Grass to Gold, World Crafts Coucil International New Delhi India Abushan
2011 From Textile to Jewel, Pole Bijou, Baccarat, France
2010 Textiles Extrmes of Scale, Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, U.K
2010 Finger Symbols, Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, U.K
2010 Sofa Santa Fe, Santa Fe Convention Centre, Santa Fe, U.S.A
2010 EUNIQUE - arts & crafts 2010, Messe Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
2010 Collect 2010 (represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs), Saatchy Gallery, London, U.K.
2010 Internationale Handwersmesse Munich Germany Schmuck 2010 Germany
2010 A Nadie le Amarga un Dulce..., Dulcería de Celaya, Mexico City, Mexico
2010 Sieren met Dieren, CODA Museum Apeldoorn Netherlands
2010 Utstillingen "Kunsthåndverk 2010", The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design Olso, Norway
2010 Duo exhibition, Gallery Kunst1, Sandvike, Norway
2009 Artistic Toys, Gallery Handwerk Munich Germany
2009 Utstillingen09 - Kunsthåndverk, Nasjonal Museet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design Olso Norway
2009 Gallery Rob Koudijs, Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K.
2009 Gallery Craft2eu, Showtime, Hamburg, Germany
2009 CODA Museum Apeldoorn Netherlands De Aard van het Beest - dieren als spiegel van de ziel 
2009 Gallery Craft2eu Hamburg Germany Social Snap group 
2009 Santa Fe Convention Center Santa Fe U.S.A. SOFA Santa Fe (Reprented by Charon Kransen Arts)
2009 Gallery Rob Koudijs, Object - International Fair for Autonomous Design, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2008 Kath Libbert Jewellery, Now & Then - Antique Meets Contemporary, Salts Mill Saltaire, U.K.
2008 Villa de Bondt, Dutch Architectural Influences and Jewellery, Gent, Belgium
2008 CODA Museum, New Traditional Jewelry Symbols of Faith, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2008 Studio GR.20, Contemporary Jewellery, Dutch Masters, Padova, Italy
2008 Gallery Rob Koudijs, Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
2008 Design Museum, Challenging the Châtelaine, Gent, Belgium
2008 WCC-BF, Triennale Européenne du Bijou Contemporain 2008, Mons, Belgium
2007 Contemporary Jewellery from mima's Collection Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima), Middlesbrough, England
2007 Animals Gallery Platina, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 Challenging the Châtelaine! Estonian Applied Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2007 Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, Thread of Silk, Manchester, England
2007 Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Traditional Skills, New Thinking: Knitting and Stitching of the 21st Century, Suffolk, England
2007 Jewellery exhibition, Veluws Museum "Nairac" Barneveld, Netherlands
2007 New horizons Gallery Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007 Animals, Gallery Beatrice Lang, Bern, Switzerland
2007 Object Rotterdam, Las Palmas, Kop van Zuid Rotterdam, Netherlands
2007 Schmuck 2007, Oratorio San Rocco, Padua, Italy
2007 Beads Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006 Collect, Galerie Louise Smit, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
2006 SOFA New York & Chicago, Charon Kransen Arts, U.S.A.
2006 Challenging the Châtelaine, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Proximity, The Sensory and Displacement, Wayne State University, Detroit, U.S.A.
2005 Maker, Wearer, Viewer, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2005 Collect, Galerie Louise Smit, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
2005 De Rebus Naturae, Arti Orafe Art Gallery, Florence, Italy
2004 Designers Present 2004, Design Platform, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2004 Yellow Metallic, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2004 Collect, Lesley Craze Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, U.K
2004 Int. Contemporary Art + Design Fair, Charon Kransen Arts, West Palm Beach, U.S.A.
2004 Legnica Festival of Silver 2004, Gallery Sztuki, Legnica, Poland

Grants & Nominations:
2012 Nomination, European Prize for Applied Arts 2012, World Crafts Council – BF, Belgium
2011 Arbeidsstipend, kultur- og kirkedepartement, Norway
2011 Nomination, Cominelli Foundation Award Exhibition for Contemporary Jewellery 2011, Italy
2008 Profielprijs 2008, Stichting Profiel, the Netherlands
2008 The Price of the French Community Walonia-Brussels 2008, Belgium
2007 New Traditional Jewellery, nominated, the Netherlands
2006 Dutch Design Awards 2006, selected, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2001 Rotterdam Design Prize 2001, nominated, the Netherlands
2001 Basic Stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture.
2000 NPS Culture Prize 2000, nominated, the Netherlands
1999 Starter Stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
1997 Starter Stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture

Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands