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Published: 14.10.2024

Bio

Born in 1981 Nicole Schuster grew up in a town near Munich, Germany. Dreaming since she was little to become an architect, Nicole Schuster trained to be a goldsmith at the Technical College of Glass and Jewellery in Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz instead and graduated with a diploma in Jewellery & Objects at Pforzheim University in 2008. After several years working in Ireland she moved to Munich in 2012 and opened her own studio&store for Jewellery, Art and Japanese Tattoos together with Alex del Rio in 2021.
Her work is permanently presented by over 20 galleries and exhibitions worldwide and received several awards. Nicole also co-curated an exhibition of contemporary jewellery from Europe and Japan in Tokyo and curated an exhibition for the Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association (BKV) in Munich to show a comparison of objects and jewellery from Japan and Germany.
 

Statement

In Nicole Schusters work, deliberate formations and nature's inherent flow are utilized to render symbiotic landscapes.
Organic elements sprouting from lifeless shapes and constructions are often found in her pieces; this interaction is the core of her creative drive.

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2024:
Exhibition  24 Nov 2024 - 16 Feb 2025  European Prize for Applied Arts 2024.
Opening and Awards Ceremony: 23 November 2024
Venue: Grande Halle of the Anciens Abattoirs site in Mons (Belgium)
Exhibitors: 59, Represented countries: 17
Sharareh Aghaei (DE), Marta Armada Rodriguez (ES), Kristina Austi (LT), Vanessa Barragão (PT), Leonie Burhardt (SE), Claudio Campana (IT), Matéo Crémades (FR), Regina Dejimenez (ES), Adèle Dendaletche (BE), Sam Tho Duong (DE), Maria Bang Espersen (SE), Veronika Fabian (HU), Joaquim Falcó / Meritxell Tembleque (ES), Timothé Fernandez (FR), Kinga Földi (HU), Sam Gleeson (IE), Flora Moneka Goulidei (FR), MetteMaya Gregersen (DK), Wilfried Grootens (DE), Caroline Harrius (SE), Berenice Hernandez (SE), Sayaka Ito (IT), Abel Jallais (BE), Racso Jugarap (BE), Kaori Juzu (DK), Nikita Kavryzhkin (DE), Jeounghee Kim (FR), Kelly Konings (SE), Jungwoon Lee (DE), Meeree Lee (BE), Christoph Leuner (DE), Sigrid Luitsalu (EE), Irene Martinez / Irene Segarra (ES), Mehdi Mashayekhi (NL), Eun Ji Oh (BE), Set Byol Oh (DE), Emilie Palle Holm (DK), Johan Pertl (CZ), Konstanze Prechtl (AT), Yoav Reches (DE), Natividad Rodriguez Garcia (ES), Edita Rodriguez Oca (ES), Anima Roos (BE), Laura Saporiti (IT), Wataru Sato (BE), Helena Schepens (BE), Nicole Schuster (DE), Hisashi Shibata (NL), Annick Tapernoux (BE), Céline Vahsen (BE), Felieke Van der Leest (NL), Clem Vanhee (BE), Valentijn Vanmeihaeghe (BE), Nina Vastl Stefe (SI), Pilar Viedma (ES), Anna-Mari Vierikko (FI), Grégoire Vigneron (BE), Lotte Westphael (DK), Christoph Ziegler (DE).
 
Exhibition  24 Nov 2024 - 16 Feb 2025  Maestria.
Exhibition  08 Nov 2024 - 31 Jan 2025  "I paint flowers so that they will not die" an exhibition on Frida Kahlo and her heritage in contemporary jewellery.
Galleria Carlo Lucidi
Via Mameli 16 G, Rome 00015, Italy
Exhibition  05 Jul 2024 - 31 Aug 2024  Farbenspiel.
Venue: Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Pacellistr. 6-8, 80333 Munich / Germany.
Group exhibition.
Exhibition  05 Jul 2024 - 29 Sep 2024  Uncommonly brilliant conversations.
Venue: Kollmar & Jourdan Haus, Pforzheim / Germany.
Group exhibition.
Exhibition  17 Jun 2024 - 14 Jul 2024  Hallertauer Künstler.
Venue: Städtische Galerie, Hauptplatz 47, 85276 Pfaffenhofen/Ilm / Germany.
Exhibition  08 Jun 2024 - 28 Jul 2024  Natur/Märchen/Mythen.
Venue: SCHMAGOLD - Schmuck & Feine Dinge, Wolfsschlucht 8a, 34117 Kassel / Germany.
Showing works by: Gabriele Hinze, Kira Fritsch, Kirsten Wittstruck, Melanie Nützel, Sabine Klarner, Nicole Schuster, Kati Jünger,  Franziska Appel.
Exhibition  30 May 2024 - 30 Jun 2024  Nicole Schuster @ Pistachios - Contemporary Art Jewelry.
716 N Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
USA
(312)929-6575
Exhibition  16 May 2024 - 13 Jun 2024  Jewelry Positions.
Ann Schubert gallery, Eppendorfer Weg 274, 20251 Hamburg / Germany
Showing works by: Denise Reytan, Nicole Schuster, Karola Torkos
Exhibition  02 May 2024 - 16 Jun 2024  Surprenant! at Cagnes-sur-Mer Jewellery Week 2024.
Exhibition  28 Feb 2024 - 03 Mar 2024  JAC/messe.
28.02.-03.03. / 09.30-18h
Hall B1, booth B1.746
with Günter Block, Christine Demmel, Susanne Elstner, Michaela Köppl, Unk Kraus, Kristina Kundt, Juliane Schölß, Nicole Schuster, Christoph Straube, Danuta Uhling-Burbo, Barbara von Taeuffenbach.
 
Award  28 Feb 2024 - 03 Mar 2024  BKV Prize 2024 for Young Applied Arts.
Exhibition  27 Feb 2024 - 06 Mar 2024  6 Views of Japan.
2023:
Exhibition  25 Nov 2023 - 17 Dec 2023  Architectural Organisms by Nicole Schuster.
Exhibition  24 Nov 2023 - 13 Jan 2024  Bright View.
Exhibition  26 Oct 2023 - 06 Dec 2023  Bagues #10.
Exhibition  14 Jul 2023 - 02 Sep 2023  In Contrast. Annual Members' Exhibition.
Exhibition  09 Mar 2023 - 12 Mar 2023  JAC 15 YEAH!.
with Günter Block, Christine Demmel, Susanne Elstner, Michaela Köppl, Unk Kraus, Kristina Kundt, Juliane Schölß, Nicole Schuster, Christoph Straube, Danuta Uhling-Burbo, Barbara von Taeuffenbach
Exhibition  09 Mar 2023 - 12 Mar 2023  JAC 15 Yeah!.
Exhibition  08 Mar 2023 - 12 Mar 2023  JAC/messe.
at Handwerk & Design Fair in Munich with with Günter Block, Christine Demmel, Susanne Elstner, Michaela Köppl, Unk Kraus, Kristina Kundt, Juliane Schölß, Nicole Schuster, Christoph Straube, Danuta Uhling-Burbo, Barbara von Taeuffenbach
Exhibition  08 Mar 2023 - 12 Mar 2023  JAC messe.
2022:
Exhibition  25 Nov 2022 - 14 Jan 2023  Stardust.
Exhibition  01 Jul 2022 - 27 Aug 2022  Mimesis, BKV Members Jewellery Exhibition.
Exhibition  21 Jan 2022 - 02 Apr 2022  Monozukuri. The manufacturing of things.
2021:
Exhibition  26 Sep 2021 - 06 Oct 2021  Shape of Nature 2021. Selected artist list announced.
2020:
Exhibition  27 Nov 2020 - 16 Jan 2021  Christmas Exhibition.
Fair  10 Nov 2020 - 15 Nov 2020  Athens Jewelry Week 2020.
Exhibition  10 Jul 2020 - 29 Aug 2020  Open Your Eyes. Annual Exhibition of BKV Members .
Exhibition  13 Mar 2020 - 15 Mar 2020  JAC in centro.
Exhibition  12 Mar 2020 - 15 Mar 2020  JAC in centro.
Günter Block, Christine Demmel, Susanne Elstner, Michaela Köppl, Unk Kraus, Kristina Kundt, Juliane Schölss, Nicole Schuster, Christoph Straube, Danuta Uhlig-Burbo, Barbara von Taeuffenbach.
Room to dream, Maxburg/Lenbachplatz 7, 80333 München.
 
Exhibition  12 Mar 2020 - 14 Mar 2020  Before Dawn by Nicole Schuster and Sébastien Carré.
Exhibition  11 Mar 2020 - 15 Mar 2020  JAC in at IHM.
Günter Block, Christine Demmel, Susanne Elstner, Michaela Köppl, Unk Kraus, Kristina Kundt, Juliane Schölss, Nicole Schuster, Christoph Straube, Danuta Uhlig-Burbo, Barbara von Taeuffenbach.
Halle B1, Stand B1.746 BKV.
Exhibition  11 Mar 2020 - 14 Mar 2020  Before Dawn by Nicole Schuster and Sébastien Carré.
Werkstatt Galerie, Zentnerstrasse 3, München.
Exhibition  11 Mar 2020 - 14 Mar 2020  Broken Beauty in Munich.
2019:
Exhibition  14 Dec 2019 - 15 Feb 2020  Broken Beauty.
Exhibition  16 Nov 2019 - 24 Dec 2019  Christmas exhibition 2019 Ho!Ho!Ho!.
Exhibition  20 Oct 2019 - 01 Mar 2020  Wechselspiel.
Pforzheim Galerie, Kunstmuseum Pforzheim, Germany.
Exhibition  20 Oct 2019 - 01 Mar 2020  Wechselspiel.
Pforzheim Galerie, Kunstmuseum Pforzheim, Germany.
Exhibition  18 Oct 2019 - 28 Oct 2019  Beijing International Jewelry Exhibition.
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology.
Exhibition  18 Oct 2019 - 28 Oct 2019  Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2019.
Exhibition  10 Oct 2019 - 13 Oct 2019  Lié.e.s in Barcelona.
French Institute, Off Joya, Barcelona.
Exhibition  08 Oct 2019 - 11 Oct 2019  Lié.e.s in Barcelona.
Exhibition  21 Sep 2019 - 31 Oct 2019  Collectiva Meeting.
Iconic Parade, Associacao Joalharia de Autor, Porto, Portugal.
Exhibition  21 Sep 2019 - 31 Oct 2019  Collectiva Meeting.
Iconic Parade, Associacao Joalharia de Autor, Porto, Portugal.
Exhibition  16 Jun 2019 - 14 Jul 2019  Hallertauer Künstler.
Städtische Galerie im Haus der Begegnung, Pfaffenhofen/Ilm, Germany.
Exhibition  05 Jun 2019 - 29 Jun 2019  Lié.e.s.
Exhibition  18 May 2019 - 06 Oct 2019  The Legacy Award & Collection. The Ultimate Edition.
Exhibition  02 May 2019 - 25 Jul 2019  A flor de pell 2019.
Exhibition  13 Mar 2019 - 16 Mar 2019  Alien? by Nicole Schuster and Sébastien Carré.
Exhibition  13 Mar 2019 - 16 Mar 2019  Heart Failure in Munich.
2018:
Exhibition  14 Dec 2018 - 23 Feb 2019  Heart Failure.
Exhibition  17 Nov 2018 - 24 Dec 2018  Christmas exhibition Ho!Ho!Ho!.
Exhibition  27 Oct 2018 - 06 Nov 2018  Conversation.
Exhibition  26 Oct 2018 - 15 Dec 2018  MateriaMetamorphosis.
Exhibition  26 May 2018 - 14 Jul 2018  Sign of the Times.
Exhibition  26 Apr 2018 - 28 Apr 2018  Chaos in Valencia.
Exhibition  07 Mar 2018 - 10 Mar 2018  Chaos in Munich.
Exhibition  07 Mar 2018 - 10 Mar 2018  Biophilia by Viktoria Münzker and Nicole Schuster.
2017:
Exhibition  16 Dec 2017 - 24 Feb 2018  Chaos in Lille.
Exhibition  05 Oct 2017 - 07 Oct 2017  Selected Artists JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2017.
Exhibition  29 Sep 2017 - 31 Oct 2017  Empreintes 2017.
Exhibition  18 May 2017 - 06 Jun 2017  The After Joya Effect.
Popeye Loves Olive, Athens, Greece 
Exhibition  18 May 2017 - 06 Jun 2017  The After Joya Effect IV.
Exhibition  13 May 2017 - 30 May 2017  The Posing Jewel.
Group exhibition/competition at Creativity Oggetti, Torino, Italy
Exhibition  04 Apr 2017 - 09 Apr 2017  Adornment at Milano Design Week 2017.
Fair  04 Apr 2017 - 09 Apr 2017  Milano Design Week.
Exhibition  31 Mar 2017 - 13 May 2017  Fragmente - Fragments.
Exhibition  09 Mar 2017 - 11 Mar 2017  Transition.
Gallery Runde Ringe, Munich, Germany
Exhibition  01 Mar 2017 - 05 Mar 2017  Bijoux.
Norton Museum of Art. West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Exhibition  15 Feb 2017 - 31 Dec 2017  Impressions 2017. The Permanent.
2016:
Exhibition  10 Dec 2016 - 21 Jan 2016  Lost Paradise.
Exhibition  06 Oct 2016 - 09 Oct 2016  THE DREAMERS.
Museo Ettore Fico di Torino, Torino, Italy 
 
Fair  29 Sep 2016 - 01 Oct 2016  JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2016.
Exhibition  29 Sep 2016 - 01 Oct 2016  Selected Artists JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2016.
Fair  29 Sep 2016 - 01 Oct 2016  JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2016.
Fair  04 Aug 2016 - 07 Aug 2016  Art Aspen with Charon Kransen.
Exhibition  21 Apr 2016 - 24 Apr 2016  The Legacy Collection at The Melting Point 2016.
Exhibition  10 Apr 2016 - 21 May 2016  Transit: Jewellery from around the world.
Exhibition  06 Feb 2016 - 31 Dec 2016  Impressions 2016. The Permanent.
Meeting  03 Feb 2016 - 16 Feb 2016  Galerie Slavik, Wien Schmuckgespräch Schmuckkunst im Wandel der Zeit Nicola Heidemann und Maria Baumschlager.
2015:
Exhibition  07 Nov 2015 - 24 Dec 2015  Happy! 25 Years of Friends of Carlotta.
Exhibition  01 Nov 2015 - 31 Jan 2016  Galerie Slavik, Wien Winterreise.
Exhibition  08 Oct 2015 - 10 Oct 2015  The Legacy Award by Alliages at Joya Barcelona.
Exhibition  28 Sep 2015 - 03 Oct 2015  LOOT: MAD about jewelry.
Exhibition  29 Aug 2015 - 04 Oct 2015  Premio Fondazione Cominelli Cisano di San Felice.
Exhibition  24 Apr 2015 - 31 Dec 2015  Impressions.
Fair  11 Mar 2015 - 17 Mar 2015  Schmuck 2015.
Exhibition  05 Feb 2015 - 02 Mar 2015  Galerie Slavik, Wien Schmuckkunst und Papageno Art.
2014:
Exhibition  13 Dec 2014 - 17 Dec 2014  The Parallel Worlds.
Exhibition  15 May 2014 - 21 May 2014  Building Jewellery.
Exhibition  13 Mar 2014 - 16 Mar 2014  Galerie Katrin Eitner: Take a Walk in My Soul.
Fair  12 Mar 2014 - 18 Mar 2014  Schmuck 2014.
2013:
Fair  22 Feb 2013 - 25 Feb 2013  Inhorgenta Munich 2013.

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Book:  Shape of Nature. Sun, HermanChina Humanities Publishing House:  Hong Kong,  2022
Book:  New Bracelets: 400+ Contemporary Jewelry Designs. Estrada, NicolasPromopress:  Barcelona,  2021
Catalogue:  JaMS 2019 – Jewelry and Metals Survey. Society of North American Goldsmiths:  2020
Book:  Growth & Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition. Sun, HermanChina Modern Publishing House Limited:  Hong Kong,  2020
Book:  Wechselspiel. Anina GrögerZum Kleinen Markgräflerhof:  Basel,  2019
Catalogue:  Alliages Award 2016. Alliages:  Lille/France,  2017
Book:  CAST: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity’s Most Transformational Process. Townsend, Jen; Zettle-Sterling, RenéeSchiffer Publishing:  New York,  2017
Book:  Narrative Jewelry. Fenn, MarkSchiffer Publishing:  New York,  2017
Catalogue:  JOYA 2016 Catalogue. Le DepartementLe Departement:  Barcelona,  2016
Catalogue:  Alliages Award 2015. Alliages:  Lille/France,  2016
Magazine:  Inspiration Lab: Made in Germany. Munich,  2015
3D-interactive and printed magazine
Magazine:  Einfach HAPPY: Friends of Carlotta. 2015
Magazine:  Schmucktendenzen Zürich: Friends of Carlotta: Nicole Schuster: Crystal City. 2015
Inform Design Handwerk Gestaltung.
Book:  Inspiration Lab: Made in Germany. 3D-interaktives und gedrucktes Buch:  Munich,  2015
Book:  The contemporary jewelry exchange 2014. 2014
Olga Raben: Copenhagen
Catalogue:  Ab nach München! Kunsthandwerkerinnen heute. Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein:  Munich,  2014
Catalogue:  Take a Walk in my Soul. Gallery Eitner:  Berlin,  2014
Catalogue:  Design Art Culture. China,  2014
Space Magazine issue 09
Magazine:  Craftmanship in the 21st Century. 2014
Craftmanship in the 21st Century.
Magazine:  Brooches Aufgepasst: Ansteckend!. 2014
GZ: Design&Art, April issue.
Magazine:  Inhorgenta-report. Munich,  2014
Markt intern, issue U16.
Magazine:  Daily News. 2014
Inhorgenta Munich.
Magazine:  Showroom – Inhorgenta Munich Preview. 2014
Art Aurea, issue 01.
Magazine:  Art- and Design guide to Inhorgenta. 2014
GZ, January issue.
Magazine:  Art- and Designguide: Trends Voll ins Schwarze.. 2014
GZ, January issue.
Magazine:  Art only for the Women: Nicole Schuster. 2014
Pfaffenhofener Kurier, weekend issue 14./15.
Catalogue:  Ab nach München. Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein:  Munich,  2014
Book:  Handwerk – Denkschule der Evolution. Quo Vadis: Kunsthandwerk im digitalen Zeitlater?. Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein:  Munich,  2014
Book:  German Arts & Crafts. Cheongju International Craft Biennale:  Cheongju,  2013
Book:  The 8th Cheongju International Craft Competition. Cheongju International Craft Biennale:  Cheongju,  2013

 
Magazine:  Brand New 2013. 2013
Au Clock, Kopenhagen/Denmark, August issue.
Magazine:  Sommerlich-Bayerisches Kunsthandwerk. 2013
GZ, Art&Design, July issue.
Magazine:  nominated and awarded for Modern Jewelry Collection 2013. 2013
Art Aurea.
Magazine:  Focus News. 2013
Art Aurea.
Magazine:  Daily News. Inhorgenta:  Munich,  2013
Magazine:  Special: Forum Innovation Designer (Inhorgenta). 2013
GZ, February issue.
Magazine:  Art&Designguide to Inhorgenta. 2013
GZ, January issue.
Catalogue:  German Arts&Crafts. Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea:  2013
Book:  Jewelbook. International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art 12/13. Van Damme, JaakStichting Kunstboek:  Oostkamp,  2012
Magazine:  Tendence. 2012
GZ Plus, August issue.
 
Magazine:  Nicole Schuster – interview. 2012
Creating Lingus, August issue.
 
Book:  ... et cetera pp.: oder wie man damit anfängt kleine Dinge zu tun: Jens-Rüdiger Lorenzen. C. Pauls and C. Weiss.  2010
Magazine:  Inhorgenta Designer: Brand Neu und International. 2009
GZ plus, January issue.
Book:  The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellery Makers. Andy LimDarling Publications:  Cologne,  2008