Lucy Sarneel
Jeweller
Published: 26.08.2026
Bio
Lucy Sarneel, 1961-2020, Maastricht, Netherlands. Studied jewellery at Stadsakademie Maastricht (NL) and at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam (NL) with Onno Boekhoudt. Since 2015, she has been a tutor of the 2nd-year Master of Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy. Her works are represented in galleries at Netherlands, Australia, USA, Thailand, China and Spain.Private and public collections:
Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal (CAN); Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York (USA); Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (USA); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (USA); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL); Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NL); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL); CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (NL); Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (DE); Pinakothek der Moderne Munich (DE); National Gallery, Canberra (AU); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (AU); Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK); National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (UK),;MARZEE collection, Nijmegen (NL); SM's, 's Hertogenbosch (NL); Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen (NL); China Academy of Arts-Folk Art Museum, Hangzhou (CN); Rotasa Foundation (USA); AkzoNobel Art Foundation (NL)
Statement
My work arises from the field of tension between the inspiring past and the untouchable present that is created by traditions and spiritual, symbolic values.For some time my work has developed towards the idea of a jewel considered as a power-object and patron, as a counterpart of the high-tech, time-efficient, money-ruled world we live in.
The “carrying material“ of my work is zinc, representing the blue-grey sky and sea, the subconscious, dreaming away in the distance, the reassuring domestic world of rainpipes, buckets and washtubs, architectural "jewels" like little towers and dormer windows in old European cities and the protective quality of preventing steel from rusting.
I am looking for fields of tension, both in form and material as a metaphor for life in the quest for balance between forces which we are governed by.
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Catherine Large
Brisbane, Australia -
Susanne Henry
Chicago, United States -
Nora Reitelshöfer
Munich, Germany -
Zhipeng Wang
Munich, Germany -
Catarina Silva
Lisbon, Portugal -
Martina Dempf
Berlin, Germany -
Elisabetta Nevola
Padova, Italy -
Luzia Vogt
Basel, Switzerland -
Ariel Lavian
Jerusalem, Israel -
Malene Kastalje
Copenhagen, Denmark -
Ana Margarida Carvalho
Lisbon, Portugal -
Taia Tasman
Kyiv, Ukraine -
Sara Shahak
Petah Tikva, Israel -
Minjeong Kim
London, United Kingdom -
Xi Chen
Paris, France



















