Born in Finchley, London in 1966 Jacqueline’s studies in the fine and applied arts began at Harlow Technical College, Essex in 1985 with a one-year foundation course in the visual arts. The following year she enrolled at the West Surrey College of Art in Farnham, Surrey within the faculty of three-dimensional design, specialising in metalwork and jewellery (student of Prof. Ian Dumelow and Cynthia Cousens). In 1988 she spent one semester of her studies at the Fachhochschule (College of Art and Design) under Prof. Sigrid Delius in Düsseldorf, 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 (student of David Watkins, Michael Rowe, Jacqueline Mina, Cynthia Cousens, Kevin Coates and Onno Boekhoudt). In 1991 she graduated with a Master of Arts degree and in 1992 moved to Padua, Italy with the goldsmith Giovanni Corvaja where they shared a workshop together for 9 years before moving to Todi, in the region of Umbria (near Rome and Florence) in 2001. Jacqueline now has her own workshop in Todi.

GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1991
Goldsmiths Hall, London, England

1994
Galerie Hélène Porée, Paris, France

1995
“Ars Ornata Europeana”, Bratislava, Slovakia*

1996
“Oreficeria di ricerca”, Associazione Culturale FATTIDARTE, Piacenza, Italy*
“SOFA” Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen)
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Hélène Porée, Paris, France
“Repetitions II”, travelling exhibition, USA
“... du contemporain Bijoux et Orfèvrerie de créateurs”, Cagnes sur Mer, France*
“Kunstrai”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (represented by Galerie Ademloos)
Galerie Sophie Lachaert, Gent, Belgium*
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Studio Zaunschirm, Zurich, Switzerland
“Oreficeria di ricerca”, Associazione Culturale FATTIDARTE, Scuola dei Tiraoro e battioro Venice, Italy
Studio Herta Sophie Zaunschirm, Zurich, Switzerland
“Granulation” travelling exhibition, Germany*
Totem-il Canale, Venice, Italy

1997
“Schmuck ‘97”, Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany*
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria
“SOFA” Miami, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)*
“Jewellery at the End of the Millennium” Associazione Culturale FATTIDARTE, Piacenza, Italy*
“SOFA” Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)

1998
“A Genetic Messenger of Happiness”, Gallery Artin, Tokyo, Japan
“Schmuck ‘98”, Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany*
“Schmuck aus Padua”, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria*
“SOFA” New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“SOFA” Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaj”, Galerie Treykorn, Berlin, Germany
“Kunstrai”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (represented by Galerie Louise Smit)
“Email-Schmuck und Geraet (Enamel)”, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany*
“Jacqueline Ryan- Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1999
“Email-Schmuck und Geraet (Enamel)” Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau Germany and subsequently travelling exhibition.*
“SOFA” New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen)
“Kunstrai”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (represented by Galerie Louise Smit)
“Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Aurum, Frankfurt, Germany
“Jacqueline Ryan- Giovanni Corvaja - new work”, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“SOFA” Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Zehnjähriges Jubilaeum”, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria*
“Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Viceversa, Lausanne, Switzerland
“The Eye’s Delight”, Erfurt, Germany *
“20th Century Arts Fair” New York, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)

2000
“Sotheby’s Contemporary Decorative Arts Selling Exhibition”, London, England
“Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaja” showcase Musée de l’horologerie et de l’émaillerie, Geneva, Switzerland
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria
“SOFA” New York, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Expo Vetrine” Galerie Neuer Schmuck, Hannover, Germany
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany
“SOFA” Chicago and New York (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art),USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“20th Century Arts Fair” New York, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Assymetry and Harmony”, PLAZA Building of the Commerz Bank, Frankfurt, Germany*
“Focus on Enamels” Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland

2001
“Focus on Enamels” The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Micromegas” Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe Verein, Munich, Germany *
“Contemporary Craft from the Scottish Gallery” Thomas Goode & Son, London, England
“Kunstrai”, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
“SOFA” (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), New York and Chicago (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Micromegas” American Craft Museum, New York, USA*

2002
“Micromegas” Musée de l’horologerie e de l’émaillerie, Geneva, Switzerland*
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja - New Work” Galerie Tactus, Copenhagen, Denmark
“State of the Art”, Richard Kimball Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
“Orfèvrerie de Recherche”, Banque du Gothard, Montecarlo, Monaco
“Art Jewellery”, Plateaux Gallery, London, England
“Pearltalk”, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Das War’s Also”, Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany
“International Jewelry and Metalsmithing Invitational”, University of Iowa Museum, Iowa, USA
“Masterpieces” - Centenary Exhibition of applied modern arts 1902.2002 Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy*
“SOFA” (Sculptural objects and functional art), New York and Chicago USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Micromegas” Gallery Yu, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan*

2003
“Micromegas” Power House Museum, Sydney, Australia*
“Sotheby’s Contemporary Decorative Arts Selling Exhibition”, Sotheby’s, London
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja – New Work” Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe Verein, Munich, Germany
“Micromegas” John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia*
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja – New Work” Bijouterie Jungblut-Thijssen, Luxembourg
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany
“Micromegas” Museo degli Eremitani, Padova, Italy*
“SOFA” New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“SOFA” Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)

2004
Palm Beach Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Florida, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Collect” Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
“SOFA” (Sculptural objects and functional art), New York and Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Giovanni Corvaja-Jacqueline Ryan”, Le Arti Orafe Gallery, Florence, Italy*
“Schoepfungen” Dorado, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany

2005
“EXEMPLA” The Universe of Metals- Metalworking in the crafts, International Art and Crafts Fair, Munich, Germany*
“Exhibition in Print” Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA*
Palm Beach Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Florida, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“SOFA” (Sculptural objects and functional art), New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“SOFA” (Sculptural objects and functional art), Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Ring Tone” The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
“Lucca Preziosa-Il Gioiello Europeo Contemporaneo” Villa Bottini, Lucca, Italy*
“Sommerfeste” Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
“Grassimesse 2005” Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Leipzig, Germany*
Maurer-Zilioli Galleria, Desenzano sul Garda, Italy

2006
“Collect” Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England*
“SOFA” (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“From Beauty’s Edge. Adornments for the 21st Century”, Patina Gallery (in collaboration with Charon Kransen Arts), Santa Fe, U.S.A
“Atelier Ausstellung 2006”, Atelier Tom Munsteiner, Stipshausen, Germany
“The Gold Mark. International Contemporary Gold Exhibition”, Thomas Goode & Son (in collaboration with The Scottish Gallery), London, UK
International Art and Design Fair SOFA NY (represented by Charon Kransen Arts), New York, U.S.A

2007
“Collect” Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England*
“Gioiello Contemporaneo al Museo degli Argenti di Palazzo Pitti”, Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze, Italy*
“The New Italian Design”, Triennale di Milano, Italy*
“Ab Ovo – alle Origini della Manualità”, AbOvo Gallery, Todi, Italy
“Die Blume”, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
“Wertzeichen” , Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany*
“SOFA New York”, USA represented by Charonkransenarts
“Field of Vision”, SoFA Gallery, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Bloomington, USA*

*catalogue

CONFERENCES AND LECTURES:
1999

“The Research for Lightness”; lecture at design seminar “Reden über Gestaltung”, Altes Rathaus, Kulturhaus, Potsdam, Germany (organised by Barbara Schmidt).

2002
Lecture at “Officinet” in collaboration with the Danish Crafts Council in Copenhagen, Denmark (organised by Galerie Tactus).

2005
Slide presentation (by L.Persico) on her work and drawings, Villa Bottini, “Lucca Preziosa-Il gioiello Europeo Contemporaneo”, Lucca, Italy (organised by the town of Lucca and Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School from Florence).

2007
Slide Presentation, Florence Facility for students of the Kent State University, Ohio, USA

JURY:
2003

Design Podium, Inhorgenta Europe 2003, Munich, Germany

AWARDS:
1992

RCA/Ayrton Metals Platinum Competition, third prize

1998
“Honorary Prize”, 3rd International Jewellery Design Competition ’97 (Jewellery Network Society), Tokyo, Japan

1998
“Bayerischer Staatspreis”, Munich, Germany

1998
Prize of the “Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio dell’Umbria”, Italy

2005
“Grassipreis” Grassimesse 2005, Museum fuer Kunsthandwerk, Leipzig, Germany

WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
1989

West Surrey College of Art Public Collection, Farnham, England

1991
Royal College of Art Public Collection, London, England
Ayrton Metals Platinum Collection, London, England

1996
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France

1998
Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria

2001
Collection of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, Goldsmith’s Hall, London, England

2002
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

2004
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

2006
Palazzo Pitti, (Museo degli argenti e delle porcellane), Firenze, Italy

     
           
                     
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