Focus on nature
Brooch, gold, enamel, golden clams with blue interior
Jacqueline Ryan
Born in London, Jacqueline began her studies in the fine and applied arts at Harlow Technical College, Essex in 1985 with a one-year foundation course. The following year she enrolled at the West Surrey College of Art in Farnham, Surrey within the faculty of 3-dimensional design, specialising in metalwork and jewellery. In 1988 she spent one semester of her studies at the Fachhochschule (College of Art and Design) Germany. She graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and continued her studies in art specialising in jewellery and goldsmithing at the Royal College of Art in London In 1991 she graduated with a Master of Arts degree and in 1992 moved to Padua, Italy with the goldsmith Giovanni Corvaja where they worked together for 9 years before moving in the region of Umbria in 2001. Jacqueline still resides in Italy.
Ring Turquoise cones, gold, turquoise
I love the natural world and am also most inspired by the decorative arts of ancient cultures such as the Egyptians and the Etruscans. I greatly admire the way in which they adored, respected and worshipped nature, a real contrast with our modern, greedy and consumerist “money-venerating” culture.
Collier Ocean, gold, enamel, golden clams with blue interior
Earrings Golden Aragosta, gold; Brooch o.T. gold
Exhibitions | selection
2018
“TEFAF Maastricht”, Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre, NL
“Exempla” – International Jewellery Week, Internationale Handwerksmesse 2018, Munich, GER
“Design Miami/Basel”, Basel, CH (represented by Ornamentum Gallery)
“Design Miami”, Miami, USA (represented by Ornamentum Gallery)
2017
“Private Confessions. Drawing & Jewellery”, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, GER
“TEFAF Maastricht”, Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre, NL
“Design Miami/Basel”, CH (represented by Ornamentum Gallery)
“Masterpiece 2017”, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, London, UK
2016
“TEFAF Maastricht”, Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre, NL
“Winterreise – 25 Jahre Galerie Slavik”, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, AUT
2015
“A fine possession: Jewellery and Identity”, Powerhouse Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Sydney, AUS
“The Nature of Structure”, Isabella Hund Gallery, Munich, GER
“Miart 2015”, Milan, Italy (represented by Antonella Villanova)
“Collect”, Saatchi Gallery, Sloane Square, London, UK
2014
“Triennale Européenne du Bijou Contemporain 2014”, Mons, BEL
“Jacqueline Ryan”, Antonella Villanova Gallery, Florence, IT
2013
“Neuer Schmuck für die Götter”, Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, GER
“Diving for Pearls” Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2012
“From Black to Gold” Jacqueline Ryan, Jim Partridge & Liz Whalmsley at “Collect”, Saatchi Gallery, Sloane Square, London, UK “The Beauty Chase” Espace Le Carré, Ville de Lille, Lille, FR
2011
“Masterpiece”, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
2010
“Beauty in Repetition – Metalwork and Jewellery by Junko Mori and Jacqueline Ryan”, Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, Cumbria, UK
2009
“Vittime di una folle gelosia”, Mies Gallery, Modena, IT“Timeless Innovation – selections from the Goldsmiths’ Company Modern Jewellery Collection and Beyond”, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, United Kingdom
“Pavilion of Art and Design”, Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom
Design Miami, Miami, USA (represented by Ornamentum Gallery)
“The Box Project” by Animavienna, Galerie Mana, Vienna, Austria
Brooch, gold, enamel
Earrings, gold
Earrings, perls und gold
image top: rings, gold, enamel
photos © Eva Jünger, Edith Buchner
