Therese Hilbert

Bio

Therese Hilbert was born 1948 in Zurich. She trained as a Goldsmith at the Schule für Gestaltung, Zurich.  Following this she worked for several jewellers in Zurich, Bern and Munich in the early seventies before studing for six years under Professor Hermann Jünger at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. She has been recognised with prestigous prizes: the Federal Stipend of Switzerland in 1972/74/75, the Herbert Hofmann - Prize IHM, Munich 1974, the Prinz Luitpold Prize 1985, the Munich sponsor ship award for the applied arts of  the city of Munich 1986 and the Bavarian Stateprize in 2001. Since 1969 she exhibits internationally. Here works are in public collections in Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Boston, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hanau, Houston, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Munich, New York, Pforzheim, Tokyo and Vienna. She lives and works in Munich.

Statement

Essentially I work for myself.
It is like standing up and being counted.
Created with passion.
Sometimes I need jewelry-making to live, like eating and drinking.
I often get suggestions from without, but the voice in my gut is louder.
It is this voice that carries me on; I trust it.
 

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