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Lydia Hirte

Jeweller
Published: 02.02.2026

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4 new pieces have been added to the artist’s profile. Lydia Hirte will present her work at Munich Schmuck Fair 2026, selected by BKV Munich for the IHM presentation.
Lydia Hirte. Lydia Hirte. Photo by Georg Hirte.
Place
Reisstraße 30
D-01257 -  Dresden
GERMANY
Website Lydia Hirte
Mail:
LghirteE-mailt-online.de

Bio

Lydia Hirte was exposed to author's jewellery during her internship with a master of silversmithing. Following the renowned jewellery design programme at Pforzheim University, she quickly realised that she preferred to explore materials that were not yet well-represented in jewellery, and move away from traditional approaches. During her studies, she worked with Japanese paper on wire and even sausage strings. Lydia then became a freelance jewellery designer. To be more efficient in her experimentation, she decided to work with cost-effective models made from bristol card. In a moment of play with a bundle of these forms, she accessed a new creative space in which paper showed a stunning amount of deformation when under tension.

Statement

My artistic work with drawing cards mainly revolves around spatiality, direction, and movement. I am always aiming to link wearability with sculptural form. While working with the material, I use both its flexibility and stability. It is essential for me to generate resistance and feel the physical power of this bundled material. This determines my research and artistic search.

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2026:
Exhibition  04 Mar 2026 - 08 Mar 2026  BKV (Bayer. Kunstgewerbeverein) at IHM Munich.
 Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany
2024:
Fair  28 Feb 2024 - 03 Mar 2024  Schmuck Fair 2024.
Exhibition  28 Feb 2024 - 03 Mar 2024  To Be Human in Munich.
2023:
Exhibition  14 Jul 2023 - 02 Sep 2023  In Contrast. Annual Members' Exhibition.
Exhibition  08 Mar 2023 - 11 Mar 2023  What Dreams Are Made Of.
2022:
Exhibition  25 Nov 2022 - 14 Jan 2023  Stardust.
Exhibition  01 Jul 2022 - 27 Aug 2022  Mimesis, BKV Members Jewellery Exhibition.
2021:
Exhibition  26 Nov 2021 - 15 Jan 2022  Christmas exhibition. Selected works by Members of Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein.
Exhibition  09 Jul 2021 - 28 Aug 2021  Kunst Hand Wert - Hand Craft Worth. Annual Exhibition of BKV Members.
Exhibition  06 Jun 2021 - 03 Dec 2021  Coda Paper Art 21.
2020:
Exhibition  10 Jul 2020 - 29 Aug 2020  Open Your Eyes. Annual Exhibition of BKV Members .
2019:
Fair  25 Oct 2019 - 27 Oct 2019  Grassi for Friends at the Grassi Messe Leipzig 2019.
Exhibition  18 Oct 2019 - 28 Oct 2019  Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2019.
Exhibition  23 May 2019 - 26 May 2019  Révélations - Biennale internationale métiers d'art et de la création.
Lydia Hirte Paper Art Jewellery, STALL E7, with Grassi for Friends curated by Schnuppe von Gwinner.
2018:
Meeting  19 Oct 2018 - 06 Jan 2019  TRIPLE PARADE Biennale for Contemporary Jewellery. 4th Edition.
2017:
Exhibition  14 Nov 2017 - 09 Dec 2017  The 10th International Biennial of Textile Miniatures “ETHNO”.
2017 ETHNO, Art Gallery Arka, Vilnius, LT (C).
2016:
Exhibition  22 Sep 2016 - 16 Oct 2016  Les Confluences. Ramón Casas and Contemporary Jewellery.
Exhibition  22 Sep 2016 - 08 Oct 2016  Les Confluences / Las Confluencias.
Ramon Casas and contemporary jewellery, Museo del Modernismo de Barcelona
2013:
Exhibition  06 Jul 2013 - 27 Oct 2013  CODA Paper Art 2013.
2010:
Award  12 Sep 2010 - 03 Oct 2010  Cominelli Foundation Award 2010.
2009:
Exhibition  15 Sep 2009 - 25 Oct 2009  Paper Jewellery: poor jewellery.

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Catalogue:  Danner-Preis 2017. Danner Stiftung. Deutscher Kunstverlag:  Munich,  2017
Book:  Paper Art II. Artpower.  2015
Book:  Paper Play. Shaoqiang Wang (Ed.).  Sandu Publishing:  2014
Book:  500 Paper Objects. Gene McHugh (Ed.).  Lark Books:  2013
Book:  Jewelbook. International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art 12/13. Van Damme, Jaak.  Stichting Kunstboek:  Oostkamp,  2012
Book:  Paper Works. Shaoqing Wang (Ed.).  Sandu Publishing:  2012
Catalogue:  Paper global 2. Brigitta Petschek-Sommer, Ulrike Schwarz (Ed.).  Germany,  2012
Magazine:  Kunsthandwerk design. 2012
Catalogue:  Open Mind. Sungkok Art Museum:  Seoul,  2011
Book:  Paper Jewellery (Design and Make). A&C Black:  2011
Catalogue:  7e Triennale Internationale du Papier Viviane fontaine. Musée Charmey.  Charmey,  2011
Book:  Papercraft 2. Design and Art with Paper. Robert Klanten, Birga Meyer (eds.).  Gestalten:  Berlin,  2011
Catalogue:  Premio per il gioiello contemporaneo Fondazione Cominelli. Rosanne Padrinni, Maria Rosa Franzin and Rosella Tornquist (eds.).  Brescia,  2010
Magazine:  Dynamisches Fließen. Kirsten Jäschke.  Kunsthandwerk & Design:  2010
Papierschmuck von Lydia Hirte. Kunsthandwerk & Design, September/Oktober, 05/2010, pp. 20-27
Catalogue:  Lydia Hirte – Resistance. Anna Kloosterboer and Frank van der Ploeg (eds.).  Rijswijk,  2010
Holland Papier Biennale , Museum Rijswijk & auteur, pp. 52-55
Book:  ...et cetera pp. Oder wie man anfängt kleine Dinge zu tun.. Christina Pauls and Caroline Weiss (eds.), Jens Rüdiger Lorenzen.  Pro Business digital printing:  Deutschland,  2010
Magazine:  The Luxe Ephemere. Antonio Nieto.  2009
Le Temps Hors Serie, supplement to Le Temps, 2nd December 2009
Catalogue:  Gioielli di carta. Alba Cappellieri and Bianca Cappello (eds..  Milano,  2009
Paper Jewellery, catalogue.
Catalogue:  Grassimesse Leipzig 2008. Eva Maria Hoyer (Ed.).  GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst:  Leipzig,  2008
Catalogue:  Danner Award 2008. Gert Bruckner (Ed.).  Munich, Berlin,  2008
Catalogue:  Schmuck 2005 / Jewellery 2005. Wolfgang Lösche (Ed.).  Munich,  2005
Catalogue:  Extrakt : junge schmuckdesigner in Deutschland. Karsten Hintz (Ed.).  Berlin,  2002
Catalogue:  Schmuck ´99. Peter Nickl (Ed.).  Munich, Germany,  1999
Catalogue:  Schmuck ´98. Peter Nickl (Ed.).  Munich, Germany,  1998
Magazine:  Lydia Hirte - Fächergeschichten. Claudia Heitzler.  Schmuck Magazin:  1997
1/1997, p. 89.
Catalogue:  Studiengang Schmuck und Gerät 1965-1995. Fachhochschule Pforzheim.  Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt:  Stuttgart,  1995
Book:  Schmücken, the art of adornment. Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH:  Stuttgart, 

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Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein
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Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein
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Open Your Eyes. Annual Exhibition of BKV Members .

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Exhibition
 / 10Jul2020 - 29Aug2020
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein
Munich, Germany
Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2019.

Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2019

Exhibition
 / 18Oct2019 - 28Oct2019
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
Beijing, China
TRIPLE PARADE Biennale for Contemporary Jewellery. 4th Edition.

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Meeting
 / 19Oct2018 - 06Jan2019
HOW Art Museum
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Les Confluences. Ramón Casas and Contemporary Jewellery.

Les Confluences. Ramón Casas and Contemporary Jewellery

Exhibition
 / 22Sep2016 - 16Oct2016
Museo del Modernismo de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
CODA Paper Art 2013.

CODA Paper Art 2013

Exhibition
 / 06Jul2013 - 27Oct2013
Coda Museum
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Cominelli Foundation Award 2010.

Cominelli Foundation Award 2010

Award
 / 12Sep2010 - 03Oct2010
Fondazione Cominelli
Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy
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Paper Jewellery: poor jewellery.

Paper Jewellery: poor jewellery

Exhibition
 / 15Sep2009 - 25Oct2009
Triennale Design Museum of Milan
Milan, Italy

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