Lucy Sarneel

Lucy Sarneel, 1961, Maastricht, Netherlands. Studied jewellery at Stadsakademie Maastricht (NL) and at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam (NL) with Onno Boekhoudt. Since 2015 she is tutor of the 2nd year Master of Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School Florence, Italy. Her works are represented in galleries at Netherlands, Australia, USA, Thailand, China and Spain. StatementMy work arises from the field of tension between the inspiring past and the untouchable present that is created by traditions and spiritual, symbolic values.For some time my work has developed towards the idea of a jewel considered as a power-object and patron, as a counterpart of the high-tech, time-efficient, money-ruled world we live in.The “carrying material“ of my work is zinc, representing the blue-grey sky and sea, the subconscious, dreaming away in the distance, the reassuring domestic world of rainpipes, buckets and washtubs, architectural "jewels" like little towers and dormer windows in old European cities and the protective quality of preventing steel from rusting.I am looking for fields of tension, both in form and material as a metaphor for life in the quest for balance between forces which we are governed by.Education:1985-1989 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam1982-1985 Stadsacademie, MaastrichtPublic collections:Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal (C), Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York (USA), Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (USA), Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (USA), Marzee Collectie, Nijmegen (NL), Nederlands Textielmuseum,Tilburg (NL), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL), Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NL), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL), CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (NL), SM’s, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL), Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (DE), Pinakothek der Moderne, Danner-Rotunde, Munich (DE), National Gallery, Canberra (AU), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (AU), Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen (NL), Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK), National Museum of Scotland (UK), China Academy of Arts-Folk Art Museum, Hangzhou (CN), Alice and Louis Koch collection, Basel (CH), Rotasa Foundation (USA), AkzoNobel Art Foundation (NL)Awards, grants:2011 praktijksubsidie Fonds BKVB Amsterdam (NL)2007 basisstipendium Fonds BKVB Amsterdam (NL)2006 Gallery Funaki International Jewellery Award, Melbourne (A)2002 basisstipendium Fonds BKVB Amsterdam (NL)2002 Marzee Prijs, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL)2000 Emmy van Leersum prijs, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (NL)1990 aanmoedigingsprijs toegepaste kunst, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (NL)Exhibitions (selection):2017 "Modern Masters", HWK, Schmuck 2017, Munich (DE)2017 "Private Territory in Public" , CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (NL) solo exhibition2016 "Lacquer-the art of surface", Galerie Handwerk München (DE)2016 Collective Design Fair, Sienna Patti Gallery, New York (USA)2015 "Von Hier Und Dort", Burg Galerie, Halle, curator Daniel Krüger (DE)2015 "For the Good", ATTA Gallery, Bangkok (TH) solo exhibition2015 "Body Alchemy", Hangzhou Contemporary International Jewelry and Metal Art Triennial 2015, curated by Ruudt Peters (CN)2015 "Jungle Rumours in a Beautiful City", Planteydt/Sarneel, Galerie Slavik, Vienna (AT)2015 "Schmuck 2015" International Trade Fair, Munich (DE)2015 "Windmill Mindblows", Sienna Patti Gallery, Massachusetts (USA) solo exhibition2014 Tradition and Innovation of Dutch Design, Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo (JP)2014 Triple Parade, UBI Gallery, Beijing (CN)2014 "2 minds, 4 hands", Van Kouswijk & Sarneel, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU)2013 Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial,(CN)2013 New Edition, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU)2013 Substance, Gustavsberg Konsthall/ curated by HNOSS, Stockholm (SE)2013 From under Sea Level, Galerie Format/ curator Liesbeth den Besten,Oslo (NO)2013 KHIO, Oslo, Galerie Marzee (NO)2012 Soulmates, solo-exhibition Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL)2012 10 years-Re:jewelry, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (CN)2012 Design Museum, Unexpected Pleasures, London (UK)2012 Jewelry Conception, Private Cosmos,curator Prof. Dongchun Lee,Seoul (KR)2011 Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, SM ’s-Hertogenbosch (NL)2011 MEGANANO, B-Side Festival, Sarneel/Kampen, PUNT WG, Amsterdam (NL)2011 Sunrise Grey, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, curator Suska Mackert, Hamburg (DE)2011 Ontketend (Jewellery Unleashed!),curator Liesbeth den Besten, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (NL)2011 Sungkok Art Museum, Open Mind, Seoul (KR)2011 Galerie Spektrum, Under that Cloud, Munich (DE)2011 Las Palmas, Object, Galerie Marzee, Rotterdam (NL)2011 Galerie für Schmuck und Objekte, The South Seas, Zürich (CH)2011 Handwerksmesse (IHM), Schmuck 2011, Galerie Marzee, Munich (DE)2010 Antonella Villanova,, Florentine Portraits, Florence (IT)2010 Galerie Handwerk, Pearls and Beads, Munich (DE)2010 In Stock,Taiwan, provincie van China (CN)2010 Saatchi Gallery, Collect, Galerie Marzee (UK)2010 PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Marzee (NL)2010 Las Palmas, Object, Galerie Marzee, Rotterdam (NL)2010 Charon Kransen Arts, SOFA New York (USA)2010 Handwerksmesse (IHM), Schmuck 2010, Galerie Marzee, Munich (DE)2010 Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL) solo exhibition2010 Museum Catharijneconvent, Lingham, Utrecht (NL) curated by Ruudt Peters2009 Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Het Nieuwe Versieren, Arnhem (NL)2009 Charon Kransen Arts, SOFA New York/ SOFA West, Santa Fe (USA)2009 Saatchi Gallery, Collect, Galerie Marzee, London (UK)2009 PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Marzee (NL)2009 Las Palmas, Object, Galerie Marzee, Rotterdam (NL)2009 Handwerksmesse (IHM), Schmuck 2009, Galerie Marzee, Munich (DE)2009 Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen, Gejaagd door de Wind, NL)2009 Espace Solidor, Allures et Parures, Haut-de-Cagnes (FR)2008 Studio Gr.20, Contemporary Jewellery / Dutch Masters, Padova (IT)2008 Gallery Funaki, Ornamental Garden, Melbourne (AU) solo exhibition2008 V&A Museum, Collect, Galerie Marzee, London (UK)2008 PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Marzee (NL)2008 Charon Kransen Arts, SOFA New York / SOFA West, Santa Fé (USA)2008 MUDAC, Main à Main, Lausanne (CH)2007 V&A Museum, Collect, Galerie Marzee, London (UK)2007 Objectspace, European Voices, Auckland (NZ)2007 Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL) solo exhibition2007 Rhöss Museum, Hnoss Depended, Gothenburg (SE)2007 Charon Kransen Arts, SOFA New York / SOFA West Santa Fe, (USA)2007 Handwerksmesse (IHM), Schmuck 2007, Munich (DE)2006 V&A Museum, Collect, Galerie Marzee, London (UK)2006 Gallery Funaki, Connect, Melbourne (AU)2006 Design Museo,Helsinki, Challenging the Chatelaine (curated by Helen Drutt) (FI)2006 Charon Kransen Arts, SOFA, New York (USA)2006 Parc Expo Nimes, Parures (FR)2006 Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL) solo exhibition2006 SM’s- Stedelijk Museum, Sterke verhalen, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)2005 Erasmus Universiteit, Sieradien...een noodzakelijke zotheid’, Rotterdam (NL)2005 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, De keuze van Schiedam (curated by Galerie Marzee)(NL)2005 Centro Cultural de Belem, Nomad Room, Lissabon (PT)2005 Galerie Funaki, 10th Anniversary, Melbourne (AU)2005 Galerie HNOSS, Konstepidemin,Gothenburg, Sweden (SE), solo exhibition2004 Ausstellungssalon Nonhoff, Oranje boven, Munster (DE)2004 Konstepidemin,Gothenburg, Situation, workshop-exhibition-seminar, Sweden (SE)2004 Lesley Craze Gallery, Looking over my shoulder, London (UK)2004 Galerie Slavik, Sommerfestival, Vienna (AT)2004 Tactile, Geneva (CH), solo exhibition2004 Handwerksmesse (IHM), Schmuck 2004, Munich (DE)2003 Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL) solo exhibition2003 Museum of Craft & Folk Art, Valuables, San Francisco (USA)2002 Gallery Funaki, Rings, Melbourne (AU)2002 Charon Kransen Arts, SOFA, Chicago (USA) solo presentation2002 Lesley Craze Gallery, Dutch Diversity (curated by Onno Boekhoudt), London (UK)2002 Galerie Tactile, Pièce à Conviction, Geneva (CH)2002 Centraal Museum, No Polish without Friction (curator Marjan Unger), Utrecht (NL)2001 Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL) solo exhibition2001 Galerie fur Angewandte Kunst, Micromegas (travelling exhibition curated by Otto Künzli), Munich (DE)2000 Koningin Fabiolazaal, The Ego Adorned (curator Jan Walgrave), Antwerpen (BE)2000 Museum Het Kruithuis, Jewels of Mind and Mentality, s-Hertogenbosch (NL)1999 Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL) solo exhibition1999 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, AEX Exposé (NL)1998 Museum Het Kruithuis, A Tribute to Madeleine K. Albright, ‚s Hertogenbosch (NL)1998 Kunsthal Rotterdam, Points of View (NL)1997 Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL) solo exhibition1995 Koningin Fabiolazaal, Jewel, Symbol, Signal (curator Jan Walgrave), Antwerpen (NL)1994 Nederlandse Ambassade (curator Ton Berends), Jakarta (ID)1993 Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (NL) solo exhibition1991 Museum Het Kruithuis, Beauty is a Story, s-Hertogenbosch (NL)Side activities2017 tutor 2nd year Master, Alchimia, Florence (I)2016 tutor 2nd year Master, Alchimia, Florence (I)2015 lecture Kunsthochschule Halle (DE)2015 workshop "Wonder", Atelier RUDEE, Bangkok (TH)2015 tutor 2nd year Master, Alchimia, Florence (I)2014 workshop Alchimia masterclass, Florence (I)2014 lecture and workshop "A ring is not just a thing", Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts (AT)2014 lecture Cafa Art Museum, Beijing (CN)2014 workshop and lecture at the RMIT University, Melbourne (AU)2014 teacher jewellery department ,Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam (NL)2013 lecture and workshop „Treasures of Imagination“, Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts (AT)2013 interim-head of department Het Sieraad, Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam (NL)2012 lecture and workshop “Wrap it up your way“, Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo (JP)2012 teacher department Het Sieraad, Gerrit Rietveld Akademie,Amsterdam (NL)2012 lecture State University School of Art, Design and Art History, San Diego (USA)2011 teacher department Het Sieraad, Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam (NL)2011 mentor HandSHAKE project, organisation Peter Deckers (NZ)2011 workshop and lecture Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle (USA)2010 commissioner basisstipendia Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam (NL)2010 teacher department Het Sieraad, Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam (NL)2009 teacher department Precious Matter, Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam (NL) 2009- 2010 mentor Alchimia, Florence (I)2009 commissioner basisstipendia Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam (NL)2009 lecture Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)2009 lecture and guest-teacher Academie der Bildenden Künste, Munich (DE)2009 workshop and lecture,Alchimia, Florence (IT)2008 commissioner basisstipendia Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam (NL)2008 workshop and lecture, Institut for Edelmetal, Kopenhagen (DK)2008 workshop and lecture, HDK, Gothenburg(SE)2008 lecture Schmucksymposium Beauty and Seduction, Zimmerhof (D)2007 commissioner basisstipendia Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam (NL)2007 lecture HNOSS Depended, Rhöss Museum, Gothenburg (SE)2007 lecture Schmuck-Denken 3, Idar Oberstein (DE)2006 commissioner graduation Gerrit Rietveld Academie, jewellery department (NL)2005 lecture Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam, afdeling Vrije Vormgeving (NL)2004 participant workshop ‘SITUATION’, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg (SE)2004 lecture Haute Ecole des Arts, Geneve (CH)2004 april – juin, teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, jewellery department (NL)2002 lecture SOFA, Chicago (USA)