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Curriculum Vitae
LIETA MARZIALI
Jewellery artist and independent writer, researcher, curator and mentor
Born in 1973, Italy; resident in UK since 1994; IT and UK national
EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
2015 - 2018 – MA by Project (practice-based research) at The (formerly Sir John Cass) School of Art, Design and Architecture, London Metropolitan University
2010 - 2015 – First Class BA (Hons) Three-Dimensional Design and Craft, Colchester School of Art
1994 - 1997 – BA (Hons) English, University of Surrey
Continuing education
Ongoing - in the fields of philosophy, anthropology, critical studies and history of art
Masterclasses
2019 - “Make! Make! Make!” with Lisa Walker
2018 - "Dancing with jewellery" with Prof. Robert Ebendorf
2016 - "Selfie Now" with Prof. Ruudt Peters
2016 - "Creative and experimental surfaces in enamel" with Elizabeth Turrell
2015 - "Jewellery from found materials: design on the edge" with Prof. Robert Ebendorf
2015 - "Creative and experimental surfaces in enamel" with Elizabeth Turrell
2013 - Experimental Enamelling with Jessica Turrell
2013 - Hand Engraving with Wayne Parrot / The Hand Engravers Association
2013 - "Story, Image, Object" with Zoe Arnold
2013 - "Design on the edge: jewellery as personal adornment" with Prof. Robert Ebendorf
2013 - "Re-cycle, re-use, re-see enamelling" with Elizabeth Turrell
2013 - "Jewellery and movement" with Tim Carson (Timothy Information Limited)
2012 - "Dancing with jewellery" with Prof. Robert Ebendorf
Residencies
2019 – SKOK Collective - Pilot Balkan-based residency (co-curator and participant) with a collective of East- and West- European jewellery artists
2017 - "Initiation 2017", Athens, Greece
2016 - Collaborative Danish-British cross-cultural workshop with the UK Guild of Enamellers, Ravstedhus, Denmark
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING 2024
- WHERE (as part of Hinterland Collective), Galerie Noël Guyomarc'h, Montreal, Quebec (expected Feb 2024)
2023
- (upcoming - Nov) KONTRAPUNKT II, Mathilde Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands (part of Obsessed Festival)
- (upcoming - Oct) LE NOUED REVU / THE KNOT REVIEWED, Galerie Amira Sliman, Paris, France (part of Parcours Bijoux)
- KONTRAPUNKT, Dinámica Taller de Proyectos, Valencia, Spain (part of Melting Point)
- COSMOS, LEM, JEWELLERY (invited artist, member of the advisory board, author of catalogue essay)
- Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland
- Galerie Door, Veghel, Netherlands
2022
- KONTRAPUNKT, K.A.A Galéria, Budapest, Hungary (as part of Budapest Jewelry Week)
- COSMOS, LEM, JEWELLERY (invited artist, member of the advisory board, author of catalogue essay), ICE Congress Centre, Krakow, Poland
- AGC.PUNTO22, exhibition of the Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo, Museo del Mediterraneo, Livorno, Italy
2020-21
- MOIM ZDANIEM / IN MY OPINION, Poland: Yes Gallery, Poznan; Museum of Contemporary Jewellery, Warsaw; Jubinale Fair, Krakow; Regional Museum, Konin; Museum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Gora; Amber Museum, Gdansk.
- SKOK Collective pop-up exhibition, Meduza Café, Belgrade, Serbia
2019
- SKOK Collective pop-up residency exhibition at Skopje Mobile Gallery, Macedonia
- IN SEARCH OF THE FOUND (curator and exhibitor) at Adorned Spaces, SNAG 2019 Conference "The Loop: Coming Full Circle", Chicago, USA
- GIOIELLI IN FERMENTO 2019 (Selected Artist), Castel San Giovanni, Italy
- MOIM ZDANIEM / IN MY OPINION, Poland: Dubiel Gallery, Warsaw; Yes Gallery, Poznan; Legnica Festival of Silver; Jubinale Fair, Krakow; Regional Museum Sandomierz; Gallery of Art, Legnica; City Museum, Zabrze.
2018
- MOIM ZDANIEM / IN MY OPINION, Magan Gallery, London, UK; China International Jewellery Fair, Beijing, China
- JEWELRY AND TECHNOLOGY, Tincal Lab, Porto, Portugal
- MA BY PROJECT - DEGREE SHOW, The Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, London
- SO FRESH + SO CLEAN, Ethical Metalsmiths' International Student Exhibition (USA) (online)
- GIOIELLI IN FERMENTO (Master's Students Selection), Castel San Giovanni (PC), Italy
- DISCOVER: WORKS INSPIRED BY FOUND OBJECTS, Garland Magazine, Issue #10, Crafts Council Australia (online)
- TRASH ART, Groundwork Gallery, King's Lynn, UK
2017
- SIERAAD International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- JEWELRY AND MUSIC, Tincal Lab, Porto, Portugal
- SO FRESH + SO CLEAN, Ethical Metalsmiths' International Student Exhibition (USA) (online)
- IDENTITY, Legnica Festival of Silver, selected for the XXVI International Jewellery Competition, Legnica, Poland
- 20:20 VISIONS - The Association for Contemporary Jewellery's 20th anniversary national touring exhibition, UK
2016
- JEWELRY AND CINEMA, Tincal Lab, Porto, Portugal
2015
- JEWELRY AND ARCHITECTURE, Tincal Lab, Porto, Portugal
- THE CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY EXCHANGE
- NEW DESIGNERS, Business Design Centre, London, UK
- DEGREE SHOW, Colchester School of Art, Colchester, UK
- TALES FROM THE TOOL BOX: NARRATIVE JEWELLERY, Crafthaus (online)
2014
- NEW DESIGNERS, Business Design Centre, London, UK
- CHANGING HUES: COLOR EMBRACED BY METALSMITHS AROUND THE WORLD, The Ganoksin Project (online)
2013 and earlier
- UNDERSONG, Belfry Arts Centre, Overstrand, Norfolk, UK
- THE BUTTON PROJECT, Silk Museums, Macclesfield, UK
- LIMINAL, SlackSpace, Colchester, UK
- FORGING AHEAD, A CURATED EXHIBITION OF METAL ART. Belfry Arts Centre, Overstrand, Norfolk, UK
- SHOW OF HANDS, The Benham Gallery, Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester, UK
PUBLIC LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, MENTORING
- ONGOING – individual tailored mentoring sessions and programmes for jewellery students and artists
- March 2023 – Lecture at Amber Trip, XIX International Baltic Jewellery Show, Vilnius, Lithuania
- January 2023 – Lecture at Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland
- September 2022 – Opening lecture at ŠperkStret Conference of Contemporary Jewellery, Bratislava, Slovakia
- September 2021 – Lecture and workshop with Contemporary Jewellery Diploma students, Silverhub jewellery school, Edinburgh, UK
- March 2021 – Keynote lecture, Nuda Vita international project virtual conference
- February 2020 – Panel moderator and speaker at SKOK Collective pop-up exhibition, Meduza Café, Belgrade, Serbia
- September 2019 – Artist talk and pop-up exhibition, Bloc Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
- September 2019 – Lecture and workshop with Contemporary Jewellery Diploma students, Silverhub jewellery school, Edinburgh, UK
- February 2019 – Lecture and workshop with Contemporary Jewellery Diploma students, Silverhub jewellery school, Edinburgh, UK
PUBLICATIONS
Upcoming
- A Call to Art, or The Turbulence of a More Originary Questioning, catalogue essay for the exhibition project 'Cosmos, Lem, Jewellery” (publication date TBC)
Published articles, reviews and essays
- Kontrapunkt – introductory catalogue text (Sept 2022)
- A Universe in a Book – Book review of Manfred Bischoff: Ding Dong in Art Jewelry Forum (Sept 2022)
- Intimate Revolt and the Need to Create Dangerously, two-part lecture delivered during the Nuda Vita international project virtual conference, 12 March 2021, published in the Nuda Vita catalogue, 3rd edition (April 2021)
- Intimate Revolt for a universal polis, catalogue essay for the Nuda Vita international project, 2nd edition (March 2020)
- Collective Action at JOYA 2019, in Klimt02, September 2019 (full essay), and in JOYA Barcelona Art Jewelry & Objects catalogue, October 2019 (extract)
- In Search of the Found, essay and exhibition catalogue, produced for eponymous exhibition curated at the 48th SNAG Conference, Chicago, May 2019
- Jewellery in the Age of Cataclysm, in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 68, Spring 2019
- Are You Ready To Wear It?, in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 68, Spring 2019
- Ruudt Peters: Bron/Source, book review in Klimt02, June 2019, and in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 68, Spring 2019
- Hall of Mirrors: on journeying, viewing, and the critical legacy of encounters. A reflective essay. (Te Ao Hurihuri / Ever
Changing World, a collaboration between Dialogue Collective and Handshake Project, The Crypt Gallery, London, 23-27 October 2018), Klimt02, 16 April 2019
- Happy 80th Birthday, Bob!, A personal homage to Robert Ebendorf, in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 67, Autumn 2018
- The Making Enigma, or The Tale of Being Human: in conversation with Jordi Aparicio and Adi Toch, in the catalogue of the European Prize for the Applied Arts, published by the World Crafts Council, Belgium Francophone (WCC- BF), now BeCraft, October 2018
- Holy Schmuck!, in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 66, Spring 2018
- Forging New Jewellery Histories, in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 66, Spring 2018
- Jorge Manilla: Abruptions (Munich Jewellery Week 2017), in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 65, Autumn 2017
- Initiation 2017 - Part 1: Lifting the veil (AIR Programme, Athens, 11-18 September 2017), in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 65, Autumn 2017
- An Enamelling Adventure, in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 64, Spring 2017
- Tincal Lab - Porto's New Space for Contemporary Jewellery, in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 64, Spring 2017
- Summer Workshop at Ravstedhus, in the Guild Of Enamellers' magazine, Autumn 2016
- Alice Anderson: Memory Movement Memory Object (Wellcome Collection) in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 62, Spring 2016
- Kevin Coates: A Bestiary of Jewels and In Conversation: Dr Coates and Prof Cook (Ashmolean Museum) in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 58, Spring 2014
Books and Magazines – Work featured
- Interview feature together with GroundWork Gallery, “TRASHART” by Ruthie Collins, UK Handmade magazine, Spring 2018, pp. 64-71
- "Round The Bend", cover image in Findings (Association for Contemporary Jewellery magazine), Issue 65, Autumn 2017
- "Once Upon This Time" ensemble, in Mark Fenn's Tales From The Tool Box: Narrative Jewelry, Schiller Publishing (2017)
- Cuff from "Earth" series, in Matthew Runfola's Metal Patination Techniques for Jewelers and Metalsmiths, Thames & Hudson (2014) [NOTE: American edition: Matthew Runfola, Patina: 300+ Coloration Effects for Jewelers & Metalsmiths, Interweave Press LLC (2014) ]
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ROLES
CURRENT MEMBER: Art Jewelry Forum (AJF); Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG); Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo (AGC); Crafts Council (UK) Directory
PAST ROLES:
- Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ):
- Features Editor for Findings magazine (Issue 66, Spring 2018; Issue 67, Autumn 2018; Issue 68, Spring 2019)
- Member of the Advisory Board (2017-2019)
- Judge for ArtsThread Global design Graduate Show (in collaboration with Gucci), 2020, 2021
