Francesco Pavan
Jeweller
Published: 05.03.2025
Bio
Born in Padua in Italy in 1937, Francesco studied at the Istituto Statale d’Arte Pietro Selvatico, where he taught and was chair until 2000. He has won many awards, including the Marzee Prize in 2003. His work is exhibited internationally and can be seen in many collections, including the Marzee Collection, Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Helen Williams Drutt Collection in the US.Statement
Part of the Padua School, Francesco Pavan works with a pared back aesthetic and a refined palette of metals and colour. The effects of light, structural design and geometrical forms are the coordinates of his creative imagination and his jewellery ranges from three-dimensional forms, relief-like structures and kinetic works to painterly, almost playful surfaces. Francesco’s jewellery takes time. It does not reveal itself in a fleeting, superficial glance – its subtle complexity, balance and quiet beauty require us to pause and reflect.-
Beppe Kessler
Amsterdam, Netherlands -
Daphne Krinos
London, United Kingdom -
Jeremy Isamu Irvin
Ellensburg, United States -
Yoko Takirai and Pietro Pellitteri
Florence, Italy -
Malene Kastalje
Copenhagen, Denmark -
Maria Rosa Franzin
Padova, Italy -
Willy Van De Velde
Schoten, Belgium -
Michael Berger
Düsseldorf, Germany -
Leyla Taranto
Istanbul, Turkey -
May Gañán
Madrid, Spain -
Oles Tsura
Idar Oberstein, Germany -
Francesco Pavan
Padova, Italy -
Qianying Zhu
New York, United States -
Margit Hart
Vienna, Austria -
Carmen López
Sevilla, Spain