I tell stories through figurative and sculptural jewellery
I am a PhD student and History of Art teaching assistant at Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh. I graduated my MA Jewellery at University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, England, in 2019 after I attended various jewellery courses at Assamblage Institute of Art and Design in Bucharest during 2016-2017. These first years, I’ve been guided by the extraordinary teachers David Sandu, Rebecca Skeels and David Clarke.
I am interested in people and inspired by books. I tell stories through figurative and sculptural jewellery. Empowered by the freedom of expression that jewellery can offer, I hope that my work is an authentic, sincere and honest expression of my ideas and emotions.
Awards/Residencies/Internships
2023 – SGSAH internship/recidency at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
2021 – 1st Prize at Collectiva Meeting, Porto, Portugal
2020 - The Award for Social Message at Romanian Jewellery Week - for the meaningful social message and view of the cultural and historical context transmitted through contemporary jewellery
2021 – Featured Artist in Residence at Cluster London
Conferences
2023 - Prague – Heritages Past and Present – with the paper Faces Peeking from Behind the Iron Curtain. Please, Meet Florica Farcasu, a Forgotten Romanian Contemporary Jeweller, with an International Reputation in the 1960's.
Exhibitions
2021 - Joya Barcelona, Spain
2021 - Collectiva Meeting, Porto, Portugal
2020 – Munich Jewellery Week, WAR_ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ at gallery WELTRAUM
2020 - Romanian Jewellery Week, Bucharest
2019 – MA Graduation Show, James Hockey Gallery, UCA, Farnham
2019 - '7 Artists For 7 Days 2019' , Mydaybyday Gallery, Rome
2019 – in Response, Craft Sudy Centre, Farnham
2019 –Rising Stars 2019 at New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2018 – UCA Craft & Design PopShop
2018- Author - International Contemporary Jewellery Fair in Bucharest
2017 –Author- International Contemporary Jewellery Fair in Bucharest
2017 –EUNIC Fair in Brussel
2016, 2017, 2018 - Art Fashion Fair, Bucharest
INTERVIEWS & Articles
Findings magazine, ACJ, 2022
Lost in Jewellery Magazine/ A Room with a View December 2020
Revista Atelierul, 18th of June 2018
Spot de designer, RoJW 01, 2020
Books/Academic Papers
I also lived during communism, Humanitas, 2015, Collective volume, two short stories
How to be happy in Romania, Humanitas, 2017, Collective volume, one short story
The Burden of the Past – the story of daily life during Communism, University for the Creative Arts