Kaori Juzu

Kaori Juzu, 1978, Fukuoka, Japan.
 
Education:
2004-2008 Apprenticeship to Per Suntum (DK)
2002-2003 Jewellery line, The Art High School of Bornholm (DK)
1997-2002 Sophia University, the Department of Hispanic Philology, Tokyo (JP)
 
Professional positions:
2009-2010 Teacher, The Art High School of Bornholm (DK)
 
Collections:
Designmuseum Danmark (DK)
Koldinghus Museum (DK)
The Danish Arts Foundation (DK)
The Cominelli Foundation (IT)
The Art Association of the 14th of August (DK)
 
Awards and grants (selected):
2015 Work Grant, Grosserer L.F. Foght’s Foundation (DK)
2014 Nominee to Mari Funaki Award For Contemporary Jewellery (AU)
2013-2014 Work Grant, Denmark’s National Bank’s Jubilee Foundation of 1968
2013 Ole Haslund Foundation’s Artist Merit Award (DK)
2011 Nominee to the Biennial Prize 2011 (DK)
2011 Work Grant, Toyota Foundation (DK)
2010 The Danish Craftsman Prize (DK)
2009-2014 Work Grant, The Danish Art Foundation (DK)
2007 Vilnius Magistrate's Silver Medal, The International Biennial of Enamel Art II Vilnius 2007 (LI)
 
Exhibitions (selected):
2015 # 153 - Selected Pieces from The Danish Art Foundation's Jewellery Collection, Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen (DK)
2014 SOFA Chicago - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY (US)
2014 Émaux at this moment : International exhibition of contemporary jewelry and objects, Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Montréal - curated by Jamie Bennett (CA)
2014 Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU)
2014 AD 20/21 Fair, The Boston Center for The Arts - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY (US)
2014 Schmuckakzente , Galerie Slavik, Vienna (AT)
2014 From the Coolest Corner, Estonia Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn (EE) / The Röhsska Museum for Design, Fashion and Decorative Arts, Gothenburg (SE) / Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius (LI)
2014 Art Palm Beach Florida - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY (US)
2013 Even the Tress are Dreams, 15 Years Galeria Reverso, Lisbon (PT)
2013 SOFA CHICAGO - Celebrating 20 years - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY (US)
2013 Meta-Mosaic: SNAG’s 42nd Annual Conference, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto - represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h (CA)
2013 Dialogue: International Exhibition Contemporary Jewellery by Emerging Artists, Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Montréal (CA)
2013 On ordinary days... Solo exhibition, goldfingers, Copenhagen (DK)
2013 From the Coolest Corner, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo (NO) / Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen (DK) / Designmuseo, Helsinki (FI)
2013 Allegro Moderato, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon (PT)
2012 The Jewelbook-launching exhibition, Gallery Anciens Abattoirs (World Crafts Council-BF), Mons (BE)
2012 Art Basel Miami at Red Dot Fair - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY (US)
2012 SOFA, Chicago - represented by Charon Kransen Arts NY (US)
2012 Exhibition with Per Suntum and Kim Buck, at Kim Buck, Copenhagen (DK)
2012 Statements from Another Place, with Per Suntum and Castello Hansen, Galerie Reverso, Lisbon (PT)
2012 MindCraft12, Galleria Alessandro De March, Milan – curated by Cecilie Manz (IT)
2012 Enamel - A Renaissance, Galerie Handwerk, Munich (DE)
2011 Between East and West, Studio GR.20, Padova (IT)
2011 Winter Reise, Galerie Slavik, Vienna (AT)
2011 Surface and substance: International Contemporary Enamel Jewellery, Contemporary Applied Arts, London and Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales (UK)
2011 Cominelli Foundation Award 2011, Palazzo Cominielli, Brescia (IT)
2011 The Danish Cultural Institute, Edinburgh with Per Suntum and Castello Hansen (UK)
2011 Tout ce qui brille...., World Craft Council-BF, Mons (BE)
2011 The Biennial for Crafts and Design 2011, Koldinghus Museum (DK)
2011 Castello Hansen, Kaori Juzu & Per Suntum, Goldfingers, Copenhagen (DK)
2010 20 Year's Gallerie Slavik, Vienna (AT)
2010 PowerWork from Denmark, with Per Suntum and Castello Hansen, Galerie Slavik, Vienna (AT)
2010 Resonance, with Per Suntum, A-galerii, Tallinn (EE)
2010 The Danish Craftsman Prize, Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen (DK)
2009 KORU3 International Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, Imatra Art Museum (FI)
2007 The International Biennial of Enamel Art II Vilnius 2007 (LI)
2007 Solo exhibition, Gallery Huz 16 (DK)
2005 Trio exhibition, with Per Suntum and Govind, Gallery 2en (DK)
 
Recidency:
2014 Enamel residency, Künstlerwerkstätten in Erfurt (DE)

2013 From the Coolest Corner - Nordic Jewellery, Arnoldsche
2013 Influences from Japan in Danish Art and Design 1870 - 2010, Mirjam Gelfer – Jørgensen,
Arkitektens Forlag
2012 Jewelbook. International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art 12/13, Stichting Kunstboek Publishers
2011 Surface & Substance - international contemporary enamel jewellery, Ruthin Craft Centre
2011 Premio per il gioiello contemporaneo Fondazione Cominelli 2011
2009 Koru 3, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences publications
2007 II international biennale of enamel arts Vilnius 2007

Charon Kransen Arts, NY (US)
Gallery Noel Guyomarc'h, Montréal (CA)
Galerie Slavik, Vienna (AT)
Galeria Reverso, Lisbon (PT)
goldfingers, Copenhagen (DK)