Heidemarie Herb

Heidemarie Herb, Allgaeu, Germany


Education:
2008 Further Education of Colours and Pigments, ‘Powder coating’ by DuPont, Italy
1994 - 2000 Studio Jeweller, workshops in Italy and Germany
1992 - 1993 Diploma for First and Second Graduation for the Italian Language, Unversità per stranieri, Perugia, Italy
1991 Further education of Precious Gems, DDI (German Diamond Institute), Germany
1991 Professional Qualification as Goldsmith, Gold- und Silberschmiedeinnung (Handwerkskammer), Munich, Germany
1987-91 Apprenticeship as Goldsmith, Germany

Professional Positions:
2016 Jury member of Amberif design Award 2016 "Transition", Gdansk, (PL)
2015 - 2016 Curator of the international exhibition "Amber chamber"
2015 Curator of Amber chamber international exhibition
2012 - 2013 Member of AGC Board of Directors, Project Management AGC (Associazione del Gioiello Contemporaneo), Padova, Italy
2012 Co-curator with L. Mariani, International Competition “Sex, Drug’s & Rock’n Roll… Vices or Lifestyle?”
2012 Jury Member, “filoRosso”, International Biennale of Contemporary Jewelry, Museum of Modern Art, Muggia/Trieste, Italy

Awards:
2015 Honorary mention, filorosso, (IT)
2013 Honorable Mention, Acqua Terra, Amber Museum, Kaleningrad, Russia
2012 Honorable Mention, Amberif Award, Njoy
2011 Second Prize, OnOff 150 Open Space, Padova
2011 Amberif Design Award, International Competition for the Design of Jewellery with Amber, Additional Award Prize, Gdansk, Poland

Exhibitions (selection):
2016 San Rocco, permanent cominelli, Padova (IT)
2016 Amber trip, Ramybės Gallery, Palanga (LT)
2016 Amber and Form, Silverfestival Legnica, (PL)
2016 Amber Chamber, Gallery (AV 17), Vilnius (LT) 
2016 Filorosso, Palazzo Manzioli Isola 
2016 Magan Gallery, London (EN)
2016 Filorosso, Gallery Drat Isola,  Slovenia
2016 my home, Instytut Bursztynu, Hel, (PL)
2016 Amber Chamber, V&V, Vienna (AT)
2016 "Amber metamorphoses", Museum of house of amber, Kopenhagen
2016 Amber chamber, alternatives gallery, Rom, (IT)
2016 My home, ambertrip Vilnius, (PL)
2016 Skin, Museum of contemporary jewellry, Vicenza (IT)
2015 Winterreise,Galerie Slavik, Vienna, (AT)
2015 Filorosso, Museo d'arte moderna ugo Cara', Muggia (IT)
2015 Artist of the month, Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, (DE)
2015 Amber chamber,Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco (USA)
2015  BICMAJA, Beijing World Art Museum, China
2015 White Ickx contemp. jewelry, Belgium
2015 IAA Gallery, international amber association, Gdansk, (PL)
2015  Amber chamber, Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER 2015 (PL)
2015  II. Premio Pinton, -Donatello- San Rocco,Padova (IT)
2015  Amber chamber  Gallery Orfeo-Luxembourg (LU)
2014 La cour des miracle, Alliages, Lille, Fance 
2014 METALLOphone:Personally, Metal Art and Jewellery Faculty, Academy of Arts, Telšiai, Lithuania
2014 Cominelli Foundation Award, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy
2014 La Frontera, Center of Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
2014 Amber in Conceptual Jewelry, Gallery Putti, Riga, Latvia
2014 La Frontera, Art Gallery, Indiana University, Kokomo
2014 METALLOphone:personally, AV 17, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Pamario Zenklai, Cultural Center Kintai, Lithuania
2013 Design Week, Venice, Italy
2013 La Frontera, Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico
2013 La Frontera Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2013 The Paintings of Gustav Klimt's Preciousness, Gioielloinarte, Rome
2013 Filorosso, Palazzo Manzioli, Isola, Slovenia
2013 Materialkonzepte Applied Art, Artisthouse, Saarbrücken, Germany
2013 Sommerfestival, Gallery Slavik, Wien, Austria
2013 Jewels in Ferment, Torre Fornello Award, Zaino Piacentino
2013 Alatyr 2013, Fifth International Biennial of Amber Art Works, Kaliningrad Amber Museum, Russia
2013 Joya, Barcelona, Spain
2013 Fuer Jaeger und Sammler, Werkschau S. Winkler, Germany
2013 Cominelli Foundation Award, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy
2013 FANTASTICI Contemporary Italian Jewellery, Putti Gallery, Latvia
2013 HoHoHo, Friends of Charlotta, Switzerland
2012 Just Rings, Galerie Violaine Ulmer, Toulouse, France
2012 The Year Was 2006, Gallery Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia
2012 Small Treasures 2, online, crafthaus.ning, USA
2012 Ribos (limits), Thomas Mann Festival Nida, Lihtuania
2012 Cominelli Foundation Award, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy
2012 Joya, Barcelona, Spain
2012 Enjoya't, Barcelona, Spain
2012 Bulles, Alliages, Lille, France
2012 Gioie da Condividere, SONIA (Society for New Iniziative and Activities), Rome, Italy
2012 Torre fornello Award, jewels in ferment, Ziano Piacentino 
2012 Gioielli in Fermento, Rocca Sforzesca, Dozza, Bolivia
2012 Jewels in Ferment, Galery Rossini, Milan
2012 Adventurebox, Friends of Carlotta, Switzerland
2011 Small Treasures, online crafthaus.ning, USA
2011 METALOfonas, First International Biennale of the Art of Metal, Vilnius, Lithuanian
2011 Biennale di Arte Contemporaneo, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
2011 Gioiello in Ferment, Torre Fornello
2011 L’Arte Del Caffè Pedrocchi nel Gioiello Contemporaneo, Caffè Pedrocchi, Padova, Italy
2011 Ti do(dono), Asta del gioiello contemp. per Libera, Don Luigi Ciotti, Roronda a mare, Anzio
2011 Contemporanei pensieri indossabili, Sala delle Adunanze, Imer-Trento, Italy
2011 Stelle, Calici e Gioielli, Rocca Sforzesca, Dozza, Italy
2011 Fiorgen, Museo di Storia Natural, Florence, Italy
2011 Il Gioiello Contemporaneo Nell’arte Sacra, Museo Diocesano, Villa Lagarina, Italy
2010 Archeogioielli, Museo Archeologico di Anzio, Italy
2010 16 gioielli per Jacopo Bassano, Chiesetta del’ Angelo, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
2010 FiloRosso, Biennale Internazionale del Gioiello Contemporaneo, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Italy
2010 Ugo Carà, Muggia, Italy
2010 16 Gioielli per Jacopo, Chiesa di San Rocco, Padova, Italy
2010 HoHoHo, Galerie F. Zeitg Schmuck, Friends of Carlotta, Switzerland
2010 Mediterraneo, International Exhibition of Contemporary Jewellery, Museum of Natural History, Livorno, Italy
2010 Natura e Artificio, Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo, Livorno, Italy
2010 White, Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
2010 Allex! Du Galex, Collioure, France
2010 AdventureBox, Galerie F. Zeitgen.Schmuck, Friends of Carlotta, Switzerland
 
Collections and Acquisitions:
Private collection, AT
Private collection, USA, Lituania
Contemporary Jewellery Collection, Museum of Amber, Gdansk, Poland
The Malbork Castle Museum, Poland
Permanent Collection of the Cominelli Foundation, Cisano, Italy, selected by Rita Marcangelo
Vydunas Museum Kintai, Lithuania

Professional Development (attended workshops & symposiums):
2014 Seacoast Signs, Creative Workshop (enamel), Cultural Center Kintai, Lithuania
2013 Weekend with Jewellery, Symposium with Benjamin Lignel, Rieti, Italy
2013 International Amber Researcher Symposium, Gdansk, Poland
2012 Symposium at Mizgiris’ Artists’ House, Nida, Lithuania
2011 Symposium METALOfonas, Palanga, Lithuania
2011 International Amber Workshop, Gdansk, Poland
2010 Surface in Depth: Workshop with Stefano Marchetti, Le Arte Orafe, Florence (IT)
2010 Hacking Ideas: A way of thinking in jewellery design, Munich, Germany
2007 Glass Workshop with Lauscha and Moretti, Germany
 
Memberships:
2013 International Amber Association, Member, Poland 
2013 Berufsbundesverband f. Kunst&Gestaltung, Member, Germany
2012 Association for Goldsmith’s Art (Goldschmiedehaus), Member, Hanau, Germany
2010 Klimt02 – International Art Jewellery Online, Member, Barcelona, Spain
2009-2014 AGC (Associazione del Gioiello Contemporaneo), Member, Padova, Italy