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Giovanni Corvaja

Published: 09.09.2024

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I believe that manipulating and transforming gold is the most beautiful activity there is.
Giovanni Corvaja Giovanni Corvaja

Bio

Born in 1971 in Padua, Italy, Giovanni Corvaja began work as a metalsmithing at the age of 13 at Pietro Selvatico High School of Art in Padua under the tuition of Francesco Pavan and Paolo Maurizio. In 1988 was awarded the Diploma di Maestro d’Arte, and in 1990 – the Maturità d’Arte Applicata. In 1990, he joined the Royal College of Art in London to continue his studies in the field of art jewellery. After graduation from the Royal College with the Degree of Master of Arts in 1992, he returned to Padua where he pursued his artistic career in goldsmithing.

Statement

Everything started because of my passion and fascination about metals. Ever since I was a child I found metals to be very interesting: the way they feel to the touch, the way they reflect the light, the way they absorb so quickly the warmth of our hands, their malleability and ductility were like miracles for me. In the earth metals are very common, but, because at its origin the earth was hot and melted, most of it collapsed to the centre of it, forming the earth’s core: a giant ball of melted iron of thousand of kilometres in diameter. Most probably the heavier of those metals are in the inner core…I am convinced that the soul of the earth is a huge sphere of gold and platinum, or at least, that is how I like to imagine it.

I believe that manipulating and transforming gold is the most beautiful activity there is. It allows you to concentrate a huge amount of energy, details, dedication and passion into small objects.


Thanks to his solid background and training, for 30 years Giovanni has been probing the artistic, formal and technical aspects of goldsmithing. Inspired by Greek mythology and the study of Alchemy, his researches led him to the creation of his own Golden Fleece: by reducing gold and platinum to the dimension of one fifth of a human hair, he discovered a whole new world of expressive possibilities in the field of jewellery.
 

Events      View / hide events

2024:
Exhibition  28 Feb 2024 - 03 Mar 2024  To Be Human in Munich.
Exhibition  28 Feb 2024 - 08 Apr 2024  Jewellery all along the line.
2023:
Exhibition  08 Mar 2023 - 11 Mar 2023  What Dreams Are Made Of.
2022:
Lectures  08 Dec 2022 - 08 Dec 2022  Thursday Talks with Giovanni Corvaja.
Fair  06 Jul 2022 - 10 Jul 2022  Schmuck 2022.
Lectures  18 Jun 2022 - 18 Jun 2022  Giovanni Corvaja: Beyond the Limits.
Exhibition  07 May 2022 - 24 Jul 2022  Beyond the Limits by Giovanni Corvaja.
Exhibition  07 May 2022 - 24 Jul 2022  Orizzonti d'Autore: Between Visions and Matter.
Meeting  07 May 2022 - 24 Jul 2022  Orizzonti d'Autore.
2019:
Fair  13 Mar 2019 - 17 Mar 2019  Schmuck 2019.
2014:
Exhibition  24 Oct 2014 - 28 Dec 2014  European Triennial for Contemporary Jewellery.
2008:
Exhibition  22 Nov 2008 - 27 Dec 2008  Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja.

Publications      View / hide publications

Book:  The Padua School. Contemporary jewellery. Folchini Grassetto, GraziellaArnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH:  Stuttgart,  2007
Book:  On Jewellery. A Compendium of international contemporary art jewellery. den Besten, LiesbethArnoldsche Art Publishers:  Stuttgart,