Silvia Beccaria

Silvia Beccaria, 1965, Turin, Italy.

Education:
Degree in Philosophy; Master in Art-Therapy; post-graduate specialization in Textile Design and Fiber Art.
Collaboration with the Education Department of Rivoli’s Museo di Arte Contemporanea (Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy) for activities tied to textile art.

Works in public collections:
“Donna africana”, Contemporary Art civic collection in Moncalieri (Turin, Italy)
“Scudo”, Fiber Art civic collection, “Trame d’autore”, in Chieri (Turin, Italy)
“Flower” Fiber Art civic collection, “Trame d’autore”, in Chieri (Turin, Italy)

One person Exhibitions:
2011 “Il femminile il visibile e l’invisibile”, Villaggio Leumann Ecomuseum, Collegno (Turin, Italy)
2010 “Aracne tra Mito e Storia”, Il Circolo del Collezionista art gallery, Galatina (Lecce, Italy) | “Aracne tra Mito e Storia”, former Convent of the Theatines, Lecce (Italy)
2009 “Le gorgiere di Silvia Beccaria”, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation bookshop, Turin (Italy)

Group exhibitions:
2015 “La Matiére du bijou - Italian contemporary creations" - Paris -Galerie Maître Albert
2013 “L’eterno femmineo” Terre RareGallery, Bologna (Italy) | “Dieci Incanti”, Internocortile ,art and design space, Turin (Italy) | “Open air – Gioiello contemporaneo”, Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin (Italy) | “Gioielli in Fermento”, Galleria Rossini art gallery, Milan (Italy) | “Vestiti d’Arte”, Saint Augustine Cloister, Montefalco (Perugia, Italy) | “Verde?”, Internocortile (art and design space), Turin (Italy) | “Gioielli in Fermento”, International contemporary jewelry show, Torre Fornello, Località Fornello di Ziano Piacentino (Piacenza, Italy) | “Filo Rosso”, III International Biennial of contemporary jewelry, Taktil gallery, Izola (Slovenia) | “St’art”, Intragallery gallery, Naples (Italy)
2012 “Filo Rosso”, III International Biennial of contemporary jewelry, “Ugo Carà” Modern Art Museum, Muggia (Trieste, Italy) | “Il corpo Parla”, Gioiellodentro, Galleria Samonà art gallery, Padova (Italy) | “Art & design”, DCK Design Centrum, Kielce (Poland) | “Mod’a, sentire la forma”, Galleria Allegretti Contemporanea art gallery, Turin (Italy) | “Jewels, gioielli d’artista”, Galleria SpazioARTaltro art gallery, Massa Marittima (Grosseto, Italy)
2011 “54° Esposizione Internazionale d’arte della Biennale di Venezia”, Italian Pavilion, Turin (Italy) | “The bag necessary accessory”, Konninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp (Belgium) | “Forma vs Materia, incursioni nel gioiello contemporaneo”, Galleria Cristiani art gallery, Turin (Italy)
2010 “Quipus – Fiber Art Exhibition”, Palazzo San Bernardino, Rossano (Cosenza, Italy) | “White – gioielli e sculture contemporanee”, Civic Museum, Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza, Italy) | “Angeli e Demoni”, La Nave art gallery, Le Serre Cultural Park, Grugliasco (Turin, Italy)
2009 “…Come Arazzi…”, exhibition of polymateric works by 12 fiber art artists, Walser Museum, Gressoney La Trinità (Aosta, Italy)
2008 “Nodi d’Artista”, Fiber Art And art gallery, Milan (Italy)
2007 “Eclectica”, Catartica Arte Contemporanea gallery, Turin (Italy)
2006 “Remake”, En Plein Air contemporary art gallery, Pinerolo (Turin, Italy)
2005 “Interni Italiani 4”, “Atelier Torino – Il Ritorno della Sartoria d’Autore”, Italian Institute of Culture, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2004 “Installazioni tra moda e arte”, Fusion Art Gallery, Turin (Italy)
2003 “L’Eccellenza italiana: per filo e per segno, dagli abiti-scultura di Roberto Capucci al Fashion Design”, Palazzo Carignano, Turin (Italy)
2000 “Miniartextil: Sul filo del millennio”, X International Textile Art Exhibition, Church of Saint Francis, Como (Italy)
1999 “Miniartextil: Fili di luce”, IX International Textile Art Exhibition, Church of Saint Francis, Como (Italy)

Fairs:
2013 Joya, Barcelona
2011 London Fashion week, London | Zip Zone, Paris
2010 Maison Object Musees for Regione Piemonte, Paris

Other information:
Some of my contemporary jewels were selected for the Cosmoprof Wordwide 2011 global advertising campaign in Italy, Asia, and North America.
Member of AGC (Contemporary Jewelry Association).

Artist works have been featured at the following:

2013 Fashion Jewellery Made in Italy, by Deanna Farneti Cera (Antique Collectors Club Dist) | Gz Goldschmiede Zeitung (Germany) | D’A (Italian applied art magazine)
2012 Art & Design, Design Centrum, Kielce (Poland) | Vogue Sposa Italy | Filo Rosso, International Biennial of contemporary jewelry (Muggia, Trieste, Italy)
2011 Edit Mag (Portugal) | Trame d’autore, Fiber Art civic collection in Chieri (Turin, Italy) | Vogue France | Lumina. Da gioiello a creazione luminosa (Livorno, Italy) | Forma vs Materia, incursioni nel gioiello contemporaneo (Turin, Italy)
2009 Jacquard/ 64 Lisio Foundation (Florence, Italy)
2008 Sperimentazioni tessili, Fiber Art civic collection in Chieri (Turin, Italy)
2007 Body and soul, the body in the contemporary art civic collection (Turin, Italy)
2000 Miniartextil (Como, Italy) | Matermateria, International Biennial of applied arts (Matera, Italy)
1999 Miniartextil (Como, Italy)

Online publications:
www.jewelleryscape.it/?p=3726
blog.ellechina.com/jiroh/2011/11/05/213/
beautifulpeopleliveart.com/designer-silvia-beccaria
www.joyabarcelona.com/en/silviabeccaria.php
alvarocosta.tv/as-joias-de-gola
nykyinen.com/silvia-beccaria-le-gorgiere
www.cosmoprof-asia.com/Portals/15/Skins/ca2010/popup.html
insidelife.mondoraro.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Cosmoprof-2011.jpg
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=344017282305002&set=a
designonyou.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/fiber-art-silvia-beccaria-2