CV

 

Biography

 

1975 born in Graz
1996–1998 Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava,
department of jewellery and metal
1997–2002 University of Applied Arts Vienna,
Master class for Sculpture, Diploma 2002 | lives and works in Vienna

 

 

Solo exhibitions (a selection)

 

2021/22 Konzeption & Organisation der Ausstellung "Jewellery & Garment" mit Svenja John, Bröhan-Museum, Berlin (DE)

2020 Bussi Buhs/Petra Zimmermann, Galerie Biró, Munich (DE), "Vanity Vague", Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY (US)

2018 “Reflection. Peter Skubic & Petra Zimmermann”, Chang Chang Gallery, Taipei (TW)

"Inspired by Nature/Culture", with Melanie Nützel, Galerie Slavik, Vienna (AT)

2017 "Jewellery Is my Dearest Sin", with Philip Sajet, Galerie Biró, Munich (DE)
"Jewellery
Is My Dearest Sin",
with Philip Sajet, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY (USA)
2016 "NO PARADISE, BUT JEWELLERY", Galerie OONA, Berlin (DE)
2015 "Aus meiner persönlichen Sammlung", Galerie Biró, Munich (DE)
2013 "JEX Jewelry Exhibition – Schmuck von Petra Zimmermann", MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/ContempART Vienna (AT) | "Vintage Collection pour V&V Vienne", Galerie V&V, Vienna (AT) | Villa de Bondt, Ghent (BE) | "OBJECT FRAGMENT PORTRAIT", Ornementum Gallery, Hudson NY (USA)
2011 "Dodecade", Galerie OONA, Berlin (DE) 

2010 "History Repeating II", Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY (USA) | ”History Repeating“, Galerie Biró, Munich (DE) 

2009 "New Works", Caroline van Hoek Contemporary Art Jewelry, Brussels (B) 

2008 "Off The Wall II", Galerie V&V, Vienna (AT)
2007 "Off The Wall", Galerie OONA, Berlin (DE) 

2004 "Cut-Outs and Pin-Ups III", Galerie OONA, Berlin (DE) | ”Cut-Outs and Pin-Ups II", Galerie V&V, Vienna (AT) 

2003 "Cut-Outs and Pin-Ups", Galerie Biró, Munich (DE) 

2001 "Glamourös", Galerie OONA, Berlin (DE)
2000 "Schmuck im Schmuck", Galerie Biró, Munich (DE) | Galerie iBO, Klagenfurt (AT)
1999 "Vorher – Nachher", Galerie Tiller & Ernst, Vienna (AT)


Group exhibitions (a selection)

2023 "Herbes Folles, Hasard et Germs Désir", VICEVERSA, Lausanne (CH) | "Pride and Prejudice. Art & Craft A Love Story", curated by Ulrike Johannsen und Sascha Zaitseva, Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten im Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna (AT) | "COSMOS LEM JEWELLERY", curated by Agata Daniele-Kujda and Giedymin Jablonski, Assembly Hall of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of fine Arts, Wroclaw (PL) |  "Mit Eigensinn", Schmuck aus Österreich. Künstlerinnen im Fokus, curated by Ursula Guttmann, Gabriele Kutschera und Susanne Hammer, Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst, Goldschmiedehaus Hanau (DE)

2022 "Rings! 1968–2021", Helen Drutt English Collection, Front Gallery Houston Center for Contemporary Art, (US) | "Gesichter und Portraits", Galerie Handwerk, Munich, (DE), | "Metamorphosen", GALERIE SLAVIK, Vienna, (AT) | "Schmuck und Image", Grassimuseum Leipzig (DE) |  "Donut Forget to dance" Schlegelschmuck, Munich, (DE) |  "30 Jahre GALERIE BIRÓ", Munich (DE) | 22 Years OONA Gallery, Berlin, (DE) | "Mit Eigensinn", Schmuck aus Österreich. Künstlerinnen im Fokus, curated by Ursula Guttmann, Gabriele Kutschera und Susanne Hammer, Museum Angerlehner, Thalheim bei Wels, (AT), "Jewellery & Garment", Bröhan-Museum, Berlin (DE) | 20 years anniversary exhibition, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson NY (US) | 20 Jahre kunst.wirt.schaft, Graz, (AT)

2021 Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, SCAD Museum of Art, (US), "Schmuck 2021", curated by Helen Britton, IHM Munich (DE)

2020 "Up in Smoke", Design Miami/Basel, Ornamentum Gallery, Miami (US)

2019 “SCHMUCKISMUS”, curated by Karen Pontoppidan, Die Neue Sammlung, Design Museum Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, (DE)

2018 “Outrageous Ornament: Extreme Jewelery in the 21th Century”, Kantonah Museum of Art, NY, (US) | “Signature”, contemporary metal art biennal METALLOphone 4, House of the Signatories, National Museum of Lithuania, Vilnius, (LT) | "INÉDIT#1 VICEVERSA A 20 ANS", Galerie VICEVERSA, Lausanne, CH | „ELLE LUIT - JEWELLERY AND LIGHT" Galerie du WCC-BF, (BE), "AESTHETICS OF CHANGE", 150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, MAK, Vienna, (AT)
2017"NATURE MORTE. JEWELLERY", The National Museum in Wroclaw, (PL) | "Schmuck 2017", IHM, Munich (DE), "JEWELRY OF IDEAS": Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithonian Design Museum, NY (USA)
2016 "Schmuck 2016" IHM,  Munich, (DE), "sperk a dráhokam", 24th Internatioal Jewellery Symposium, Turnov (CZ) | "Go for Baroque: Opulence and Excess in Contemporary Art", Racine Art Museum, WI (USA)
2015 "Zeitgenössischer Schmuck. 10 unterschiedliche Positionen" curated by Isolde Baumhackl, Landesgalerie Klagenfurt (AT) |  "Schmuck 1970–2015 Sammlung Bollmann" MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/ContempART Vienna (AT) | "Gdansk Baltic Amber Biennale 2015", curated by Wim Vandekerckhove, Amber Museum Gdansk (PL) | "Amber Chamber" curated by Heidemarie Herb, Galerie Sztuki, Legnica (PL), Galerie Orfeo, Luxembourg, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, (USA)
2014 "Multiple Exposures" Jewelry and Photography, MAD Museum of Arts and Design , NY, (USA) | 2013  "Hardened Tears", Museum of Amber, Gdansk, (PL) | "1913–2013 Inediti Accostamenti"
Studio GR 20, Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Padua (I) | "papallona/mariposa/butterfly" curated by Philip Sajet, Museo Ciéncies Naturals de Granollers (E)
2012  "10years - Re: jewelry", CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, (CN) | “The Beauty Chase – Parcours du Bijou Contemporain“, curated by Valeria Accornero, Espace le Carré, Lille, (FR) | “Schmuck im Salon“, curated by Fritz Maierhofer, k/haus Salon, Künstlerhaus Vienna, (AT) | “10 – Jubiläumsausstellung“,  kunst.wirt.schaft Graz , (AT) | "Schmuck 2012" IHM,  Munich, (DE), MUVIM _ Museum of Modern Art and Illustration Valencia, (ES) | ”Fremde Federn “, Galerie V&V, Vienna (AT)
2011 "Kristalle", Galerie OONA, Berlin (DE) ”Fremde Federn“, Kunst.wirt.schaft, Graz (AT) | "Kitsch tra Arte e Ornamento", Galleria La Ruota, Claudio Zanettin, Cortina d´Ampezzo, Studio GR.20, Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Padua (I) | ”Šperk z Rakúska/Schmuck aus Österreich“, Galéria X, Bratislava,  (SK) | Cheonju International Craft Biennale 2011, Main exhibition "Contemporary Craft, NOW & HERE", Cheongju, (KR) | Contemporary Jewellery Award Cominelli Foundation 2011,  (Preisträgerin/Laureate), Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Salò, Brescia (I)   | ”PHOTOSYNTHESE“, Kunst.wirt.schaft, Graz (AT)  | ”Homage to Guariento – Gold in Contemporary Jewellery“ , Studio GR.20, Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Padua (I) | ”ÜBER DEN GEIST IN DER MATERIE“, TRENDDESIGN PROJECTS, Glasmoog – Exhibition Space of KHM Köln, Cologne (DE) 
2010 "WUNDERWERK. Selected Works from Austria/Germany: 1970–2010", curated by Helen Drutt, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (USA) | ”Gegenwärtig – Schmuck in Österreich“, 3. Eligius-Schmuck-Preis des Landes Salzburg 2010 (Preisträgerin/Laureate), Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna (AT) | ”Lingam. Fertility Now“, World Crafts Council BF, Mons (B), Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht (NL) | ”GlassWear. Glass in Contemporary Jewelry“, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (USA)
2009 "Lingam. Fertility Now", curated by Ruud Peters, Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm (S) | “Alice nel paese delle Meraviglie”, Studio GR.20, Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Padua (I) | “GlassWear. Glass in Contemporary Jewelry”, MAD – Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX (USA) | ”Holiday Earring Show“, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY (USA)
2008 ”Gioielleria Contemporanea – Collezionismo a Padova“, Studio GR.20, Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Padua (I) | ”GlassWear. Glass in Contemporary Jewelry“, Glazen Huis, Vlaams Centrum voor Hedendaagse Glaskunst, Lommel (B), Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Pforzheim (DE)
2007 ”GlassWear. Glass in Contemporary Jewelry”, curated by Ursula Neuman, Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (USA)
2006 ”2. Eligius-Schmuck-Preis des Landes Salzburg“, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Galerie V&V, Vienna (AT) | ”Holiday Earring Show“, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY (USA)
2005 Galerie Gölles, Fürstenfeld (AT) (with Peter Skubic) | ”Plastica. Oro Contemporanea“, Studio GR.20, Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Padua, ENTRATALIBERA, Milan (I) | ”Schwarzweiß“, Galerie OONA, Berlin (DE) | ”Schmucke Photographie“, craft2eu, Hamburg (DE) | ”Holiday Earring Show“, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY (USA) | ”Naturalismo, Memorialismo, Citazionismo nella Gioelleria Contemporanea“, Studio GR.20, Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Padua (I)
2004 "Fotografie – dreidimensional", Galerie V&V, Vienna (AT) | ”GOLD“, Galerie OONA, Berlin (DE) | ”Divers Egal“, Kleine Bronzen, University of Applied Arts Vienna (AT) | ”modré z neba“, Dizajn studio ULUV, Bratislava (SK)
2003 ”ICE“, a project of Sienna Gallery & Heller Gallery, New York, NY (USA) | ”All That Glitters Isn't Gold“, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA (USA) | ”Re:View – Contemporary Jewellery from Austria”, Wako, Tokyo (JP) | ”10 Positionen zeitgenössischer Schmuckkunst“, Werkstadt Graz, Graz (AT) | ”ROSA“, Galerie OONA, Berlin (DE) | ”Travelling Symposium“, Vitoria (ES)
2002 ”wearables“, Design Festival at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (CN) | “SOS Museum“, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna (AT) | ”der weibliche Blick“, Haus der Kultur Infeld, Halbthurn (AT) | ”Memorybank“, Galerie Engelhorn, Vienna (AT)
2001 ”Plateau Nord“, contribution to the project ”Bahnhof in Transition“, Bahnhof Wien Nord, Vienna (AT) | ”Schmuck lebt“, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Pforzheim (DE) | Galerie iBO, AVA-Hof, Salzburg (AT)
2000 ”turning point“, Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna (AT) | ”chrysler & greissler”, a project of the Engelhorn Galerien, Vienna (AT) | ”spektakulum”, Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn (EE) | ”alles schmuck”, Inge Asenbaum Collection, museum of design zurich, Zurich (CH) | Symposium ”Gedachte Linie – Myslená čiara – Imaginary Line”, Samorín (SK) | ”Kunst auf Zeit”, placard campaign in Graz (AT) | ”himmlisches jerusalem“, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz (AT)
1999 ”turning point“, NÖ Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst, St. Pölten, (AT) | ”kontrakolaborace“, Kotelna, Prague (CZ) (with Peter Skubic) | 
Galleria Borghesi, Verona (I)
1998 ”auchheinzundsusi“, Passagegalerie, Künstlerhaus, Vienna (AT) | ”Graz grüßt Villa de Bondt“, New Jewels Gallery, Gent (B)
1997 Galerie Spitzbart, Gmunden (AT) (with Peter Skubic) | ”sperk a dráhokam“, Internatioal Jewellery Symposium, Turnov (CZ)