PROFILE: Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award
9 August - 28 September 2022
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
PROFILE: Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award
9 August - 28 September 2022
Winners announced
JMGA-NSW Established Contemporary Jewellery Award - $3,000
Jin Ah Jo, Pipe Way Series, 2021
The Helge Larsen Award - $2,000
Gretal Ferguson, Nailed Down 2021
JMGA-NSW Early Career Contemporary Jewellery Award - $1500
Inga Svendsen, Prickly Heart Breastplate, 2021
Australian Design Centre Award – Object Space exhibition in 2023
Kirsten Haydon, Ice Shadows, 2021
Hazelhurst Arts Centre Award - $1500
Yukiko Nonaka
Hikari Key Case, 2021
Highly Commended
Melinda Young, Stories untold – Neckpiece Diptych, 2021
Bic Tieu, In between #1, 2022
The Jewellery and Metalsmiths Group of Australia – NSW Inc. in partnership with the Australian Design Centre presents Profile: Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award. This biennial members exhibition presents a diverse group of 73 national and international contemporary jewellers and object designers. Their work considers concepts from the personal to topical, crafted across a wide material range from precious gold to plastic waste.
Established Artists
Helen Aitken-Kuhnen | Ruth Allen | Danielle Barrie | Dianne Beevers | Annaig Bidan | Linda Blair | Ximena Briceno | Pierre Cavalan | Zara Collins | Janine Combes | Diane Connal | Pam de Groot | Jan Donaldson | Kim Ebbeck | Jennifer Fahey | Sam Farmer | Gretal Ferguson | Emma Field | Anthony Green | Kirsten Haydon | Clare Hooper | Jin Ah Jo | Regina Krawets | Mio Kuhnen | Johannes Kuhnen | Catherine Large | Phill Mason | Gabrielle McGrath | Fiona Meller | Shan Shan Mok | Lucy Morton | Yukiko Nonaka | Larah Nott | Sean O'Connell | Radka Passianova | Erin Pearce | Nellie Peoples | Felicity Peters |Virginia Sprague | Marika Strohschnieder | Naoko Takase | Bic Tieu | Sarra Tzijan | Romana Toson | Megan Turton | Emily Valentine | Zoe Veness | Ann Welton | Alice Whish | Helen Wyatt | Melinda Young | Marissa Ziesing
Early Career Artists
Rick Benjamin | Breisy Alejandra Castaneda Florez | Elizabeth Curry | Polly Dymond | Kate Hagan | Jenny Johnstone | Kirsten Junor | Nicola Knackstredt | Megan Morrall | Hannaneh Qiumarsi | Amy Skinner | Carly Slape | Alexianna Stephenson | Jacki Stone | Inga Svendsen | Daniela Walder | James Walker | Shirui Xiao | Jiahui Zhang | Dong Zheng | Elisa Zorraquin
Awards:
JMGA-NSW Established Contemporary Jewellery Award - $3000
JMGA-NSW Early Career Contemporary Jewellery Award - $1500
The Helge Larsen Award - $2,000
Hazlehurst Arts Centre Award - $1500
Australian Design Centre Award - Object Space exhibition in 2023
Award Judging Panel:
Darani Lewers, AM
Oliver Smith
Hazelhurst Arts Centre Representative
Lisa Cahill - ADC Representative
JMGA-NSW Profile was first presented at Australian Design Centre in 2019. Visit the Profile 2019 exhibition page here.
Events: Contemporary Jewellery Conversations
This conversation hosted by contemporary jeweller and academic, Dr Zoe Veness, contemplates key themes that emerge across the Profile exhibition with a panel of Profile artists. Following the panel, meet the makers as we walk through the exhibition for a floor talk discussing their works.
When: Saturday 13 August, 1.30 – 3.30pm
Where: Australian Design Centre
Free event, bookings required, RSVP here
Profile: Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award - Exhibition Tour
Join a guided tour of Profile: Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Thursdays at 2pm through August and September. This 30-minute tour will take you through the key themes, makers and their works, with the opportunity to meet a maker working at the Profile Jewellers Bench.
When: Thursdays at 2pm - 18 & 25 August 1, 8 & 15 September
Free event, bookings required, RSVP here
Profile Jewellers Bench
Meet local jewellers and object makers working at the jewellers' bench on Thursdays through the exhibition - an opportunity for visitors to chat with them about their processes and craft.
When: Thursdays - 18 & 25 August 1, 8 & 15 September, 11am-1pm & 2-4pm
Where: Australian Design Centre
READ MORE
1. JMGA-NSW Established Contemporary Jewellery Award
$3,000 - General Category: open to any current member of JMGA-NSW Inc.
2. The Helge Larsen Award
$2,000 - General Category: open to any current member of the JMGA-NSW Inc.
3. JMGA-NSW Emerging Contemporary Jewellery Award
$1,500 - Emerging Category: open to any current member who is a full time student or who has been practicing for no more than five years.
4. The Australian Design Centre Award
Opportunity to exhibit in ADC’s window gallery Object Space in 2022. In consultation with ADC.
$3,000 - General Category: open to any current member of JMGA-NSW Inc.
2. The Helge Larsen Award
$2,000 - General Category: open to any current member of the JMGA-NSW Inc.
3. JMGA-NSW Emerging Contemporary Jewellery Award
$1,500 - Emerging Category: open to any current member who is a full time student or who has been practicing for no more than five years.
4. The Australian Design Centre Award
Opportunity to exhibit in ADC’s window gallery Object Space in 2022. In consultation with ADC.
Profile is only open to current JMGA-NSW members, please click on the links above to pay your membership fees.