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Felieke van der Leest
| 1968 born in Emmen, the Netherlands |
| Lives and works in Norway since 2008 |
Education
| 1991/1996 | Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Jewellery Design, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 1986/1991 | Technical School for Gold- and Silversmithing, Schoonhoven, the Netherlands |
Solo Exhibitions (from 2010)
| 2023 | FROOTS Gallery & Nogart, Van der Leest & Garibi: Rhapsody & Symphony, Jingdezhen, CN |
| 2022 | Karmøy Kunstforening, Solo Exhibition, Kopervik Kulturhus, NO |
| 2021 | Galerie Rob Koudijs, Symphony in Rhapsody, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2019 | Mobilia Gallery, Jewelrassic Park, Cambridge, US |
| 2018 | FROOTS Gallery & Nogart, Jewelrassic Park, Beijing, CN |
| | Art Centre Kabuso, From Spermheart to Miss Universe, Øystese, NO |
| | Galleri FORMAT, Jewelrassic Park, Oslo, NO |
| 2017 | FROOTS Gallery & Nogart, Jewelrassic Park, Shanghai, CN |
| | Scottish Gallery, Private View: Once upon a time in My West, Edinburgh, UK |
| | Galerie Rob Koudijs, Jewelrassic Park, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2016 | Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER 2016, From Spermhart to Mr. Zen, Legnica, PL |
| 2015 | National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Into the Zoo, Trondheim, NO |
| | CODA Museum, Into the Zoo, Apeldoorn, NL |
| 2014 | Galleri KRAFT, i Hvelvet, Bergen, NO |
| | Art Gallery Putti, ZOO is life, Riga, LV |
| 2013 | Galerie Stühler, Unforgettable Stories, Berlin, DE |
| 2012 | Gallery Deux Poissons, Once Upon a time in My West (part 1 & 2), Tokyo, JP |
| | Galerie Rob Koudijs, Once Upon a time in My West (part 2), Amsterdam, NL |
| 2011 | Galerie Rob Koudijs, Once Upon a time in My West (part 1), Amsterdam, NL |
| 2010 | KODE Art Museums of Bergen, Smykkesirkus/Jewellery Circus, Bergen, NO |
Group exhibitions (from 2015, selection)
| 2024 | |
| CODA Museum, Jewellery that speaks - The choice of Martijn Akkerman, Apeldoorn, NL |
| Goba Art and Design, As Gaudi as a Butterfly, Istanbul, TR |
| Museum of Applied Arts and Design, COSMOS LEM JEWELLERY, Vilnius, LT |
| Museum for Arts and Design, OUT of the Jewelry Box, New York, US |
| Museum Chateau Grimaldi, Extranalities No.13 - Pictureware 4, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR |
| MUDE OUTSIDE: Calheta Palace, Madrugada: Jewellery and the Politics of Hope, Lisbon, PT |
| World Crafts Council - BF, European Prize for Applied Arts 2024, Mons, BE |
| 2023 | |
| IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse München, Schmuck 2023, Munich, GE |
| National Museum of Ceramics, Extranalities Nr.11: Pictureware 3, Valencia, ES |
| Legnica Jewellery Festival Silver, Extranalities Nr.12: POP IT or PIN IT, Legncia, PL |
| Dequi Cultural Gardens and Arts Centre, Through the Garden Gate, Shanghai, CN |
| Galerie La Joaillerie par MAZLO, Tarot, Paris, FR |
| National Museum, Kunsthåndverk Årsutstilling 2023, Oslo, NO |
| 2022 | |
| Galerie Handwerk, Gesichter – Faces, Munich, GE |
| The Museum of Stone-cutting and Jewelry Art History, Double Yellow Line, Yekaterinburg, RU |
| SIERAAD Art Fair, Extranalities Nr.7: Pictureware, Amsterdam, NL |
| Museum Arnhem, Tenminste houdbaar tot, Arnhem, NL |
| Galeria Reverso, Extranalities Nr.9: POP IT or PIN IT, Lisbon, PT |
| Mobilia Gallery, New Narratives: Every Jewel Tells a Story, Cambridge, US |
| 2021 | |
| Wroclaw City Museum, COSMOS, LEM, JEWELLERY, Wroclaw, PL |
| Gallery of Art, 29th International Jewellery Competition “Still Human?”, Legnica, PL |
| Mobilia Gallery, Upended Lives: Jewelry in the Age of Covid, Cambridge, US |
| Sørlandets Kunst Museum, Kunsthåndverk Årsutstilling 2021, Kristiansand, NO |
| Galerie V&V, Extranalities Nr.8: All moods on board!, Vienna, AU |
| CODA Museum, New Temptations, Apeldoorn, NL |
| 2020 | |
| Racine Art Museum, In Stitches: Contemporary Approaches to Needlework, Racine, US |
| French Institute, Beaded, Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, GE |
| Solyanka Gallery, 9 March Project, Moscow, RU |
| Gallery Putti, Jewellery Not Only Jewellery, Riga, LV |
| National Glass Centre, No Strings, Sunderland, U.K. |
| Lithuanian National Museum, The International Biennial of Contemporary Metal Art METALLOphone: MUSEUM, Vilnius, LT |
| 2019 | |
| National Design & Craft Gallery, European Prize for Applied Arts 2018, Kilkenny, IR |
| FROOTS Gallery & Nogart, The Palace of Shattered Vessels, FRAME IHM Handwerksmesse, Munich, GE |
| CODA Museum, De Keerzijde/The Reverse, Apeldoorn, NL |
| Galleri KRAFT, Extranalities 5: Ugly Beautiful - Beautiful Ugly, Bergen, NO |
| Galerie MAZLO, Mirabilia, Paris, FR |
| SIERAAD Art Fair, Marjan Unger Tribute, Amsterdam, NL |
| Gallery of Art Legnica, In my Opinion ..., Legnica, PL |
| 2018 | |
| Huis Pauwels Spaenjers/Galerie Multiple, Extranalities 3, Hasselt, BE |
| Galleri F15/Punkt Ø, Tendenser 2018 - Give it time, Moss, NO |
| National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Jorunn Veiteberg´s jewellery collection, Trondheim, NO |
| World Crafts Council – BF, European Prize for Applied Arts 2018, Mons, BE |
| Art Gallery Putti, The Metamorphases of Pearls in Contemporary and Conceptual Jewellery, Riga, LV |
| 4th TRIPLE PARADE Biennale for Contemporary Jewellery, THREE TIMES ..., Shanghai, CN |
| 2017 | |
| IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse München, Schmuck 2017, Munich, DE |
| National Museum, Nature Morte, Wroclaw, PL |
| Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design, 7th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial: Ajavahe. Time Difference, Tallinn, EE |
| Oranki Art 2017, Naamijoki, FI |
| Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection,, New York, US |
| Museum voor Volkenkunde, JEWELLERY - made by, worn by, Leiden, NL |
| 2016 | |
| National Craft Gallery, Not Too Precious, Kilkenny, IRL |
| IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse München, Schmuck 2016, Munich, DE |
| World Crafts Council - BF, Chemin Croisés, Mons, BE |
| Mobilia Gallery, Intoxicating Textiles: Vibrant Colors, Bold Patterns, Cambridge, US |
| Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Funny Business, Seattle, US |
| Vevringutstillinga 2016, Vevring, NO |
| Hydrogenfrabrikken, Kunsthåndverk Årsutstilling 2016, Fredrikstad, NO |
| 2015 | |
| ARTIUM Presented by Mitsubishi-Jisho Museum, Art Jewellery Today, Fukuoka, JP |
| Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, 15th Erfurt Jewellery Symposium, Hanau, DE |
| Caroline van Hoek, Haute Couture !, Brussels, BE |
| National Museum for Art, Architecture & Design, Kunsthåndverk Årsutstilling 2015, Oslo, NO |
| Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, 2015 Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial, Beijing, CN |
Grants, Prizes and Nominations (from 2008, selecti
| 2024 | nomination, European Prize for Applied Arts 2024, World Crafts Council – BF, BE |
| 2023 | Finn Erik Alsos’ Memorial Prize 2023, Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts, NO |
| 2018 | nomination, European Prize for Applied Arts 2018, World Crafts Council – BF, BE |
| 2017 | Grant for established artists, Arts Council Norway, NO |
| 2016 | Fordypningsstipend, Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts, NO |
| 2015 | Fordypningsstipend, Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts, NO |
| 2014 | Exhibition Grant, Arts Council Norway, NO |
| 2014 | Project Grant, Arts Council Norway, NO |
| 2014 | Project Grant, Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts, NO |
| 2014 | Project Grant, Norwegian Crafts, NO |
| 2014 | Tijlfonds Stipend, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, NL |
| 2012 | nomination, European Prize for Applied Arts 2012, World Crafts Council – BF, BE |
| 2011 | Work Grant, Arts Council Norway, NO |
| 2011 | nomination, Cominelli Foundation Award Exhibition for Contemporary Jewellery 2011, IT |
| 2008 | Profielprijs/Profiel Prize 2008,, Stichting Profiel, NL Stichting Profiel |
| 2008 | The Prize of the French Community Wallonia-Brussels 2008, World Crafts Council – BF, BE |
Public Collections
| CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL |
| Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, US |
| Design Museum Den Bosch, Den Bosch, NL |
| DSM Art Collection, Heerlen, NL |
| Gallery of Art, International Collection of Contemporary Jewellery, Legnica, PL |
| Hiko Mizuno Collection, Tokyo, JP |
| Kikker Museum, The Hague, NL |
| KODE Art Museums, Bergen, NO |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, US |
| Miaao – International Museum of The Applied Arts Today, Torino, IT |
| mima – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, UK |
| Museum of Arts and Design (Porter-Price Collection), New York, US |
| Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, CA |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, US |
| Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, NL |
| National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO |
| National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Trondheim, NO |
| National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK |
| Racine Art Museum, Racine, US |
| Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL |
| Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK |
| Swiss National Museum (Alice & Louis Koch Ring Collection), Zürich, CH |
| Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, NO |
| TextielMuseum, Tilburg, NL |
| Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK |
| Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, NL |
Lectures and Workshops (from 2008, selection)
| 2024 | Destination Bijou 2024, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR |
| 2023 | Jewellery Symposium ”Melting Point”, Valencia, ES |
| | FROOTS Gallery, Jingdezhen, CN |
| | Academy of International Visual Arts, Shanghai, CN |
| 2022 | Karmøy Kunstforening, Kopervik Kulturhus, NO |
| 2021 | PXL-MAD school of art, objects and jewellery, Hasselt, BE |
| 2019 | Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, US |
| 2018 | PXL-MADschool of art, objects and jewellery, Hasselt, BE |
| | Craft Scotland, symposium “New Ways of Seeing”, Edinburgh, GB |
| | Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology, Beijing, CN |
| | World Crafts Council – BF, European Prize for Applied Arts 2018, Mons, BE |
| 2017 | National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, symposium, Trondheim, NO |
| | Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Fudan University, Shanghai, CN |
| 2016 | National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, IRL |
| 2015 | National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Trondheim, NO |
| | Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Denbighshire, UK |
| | Beijing Institute for Fashion Technology, Beijing, CN |
| 2014 | Academy of Art of Latvia, Riga, LV |
| 2013 | Hnoss Initiative and Laspis, seminar, Göteborg, SE |
| 2012 | Agatunet, Aga, NO |
| | Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo and Osaka, JP |
| 2010 | Grey Area Symposium, Mexico City, MX |
| | Kunsthøgskolen Bergen, NO |
| | Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK |
| 2009 | Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CA |
| | NSCAD, Halifax, CA |
| | Seattle Metals Symposium 2009, Seattle, US |
| 2008 | Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, TW |
| | National Taiwan Craft Research Institute, Taipeh, TW |
Books and Catalogues (from 2008, selection)
| Munich Jewellery Week 2024, Current Obsession, 2024 (newspaper) |
| Jewellery is not only Jewellery, PUTTI Art Gallery, Latvia, 2024 (catalogue) |
| POP it or PIN it, Galeria Sztuki w Legnica, Poland, 2023 (catalogue) |
| Årsutstillingen 2023, Norske Kunsthåndverkere, Norway, 2023 (catalogue) |
| Norske Smykker – smykkekunst, Max Linder, Papiret, 2023 (book) |
| Schmuck 2023, Munich, 2023 (catalogue) |
| Munich Jewellery Week 2023, Current Obsession, 2023 (paper) |
| Why is jewelry so @*#% happy?, smiling jewelry in sad times, Carrie Yodanis, AJF, 2022 (digital article) |
| The Vessel: Norwegian Crafts Magazine Revisited, Issue 4, Norwegian Crafts, 2022 (online magazine) |
| Metalsmith, Volume 41, No.2, 2021 (magazine) |
| Double Yellow Line. Contemporary Jewelry about borders: geographical, political, cultural, 9 March Project, 2021 (catalogue) |
| Hordaland Folkeblad, 1 oktober 2021, (newspaper) |
| Årsutstillingen 2021, Norske Kunsthåndverkere, 2021 (catalogue) |
| Art Wear, Contemporary Jewelry NL, 2020 (catalogue) |
| The Palace of Shattered Vessels. Chinese Porcelain and Contemporray Jewelry, FROOTS & Nogart, 2019 (catalogue) |
| OBSESSED! Jewellery festival 2019, Current Obsession, (paper) |
| Rings of the 20th and 21st Centuries, The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2019 |
| Harding Puls artist catalogue, Harding Puls, 2019 (catalogue) |
| European Prize for Applied Arts – Monumentality/Fragility, BeCraft/World Crafts Council – BF, 2018 (catalogue) |
| New Brooches: 400+ contemporary jewelry designs, Nicolas Estrada, Promopress, 2018 |
| Norwegian Crafts Paper 1, Jewellery Edition, Norwegian Crafts, 2017 |
| Felieke van der Leest: Jewelrassic Park, Ward Schrijver, Felieke van der Leest, 2017 |
| Ceci n’est pas un pull (Le tricot et le crochet dans l’art contemporain), Charlotte Vannier, Pyramyd, 2017 |
| Mellom himmel og fjord. SJÅ!, Kunstlandskap Hardanger, Skald, 2017 |
| Jewellery Matters, Marjan Unger/Suzanne van Leeuwen, nai010 Publishers Rotterdam, 2017 |
| Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the Toolbox, Mark Fenn, Schiffer Publishers, 2017 |
| New Necklaces: 400+ Contemporary Designs, Nicolas Estrada, Promopress, 2016 |
| Felieke van der Leest – From Spermheart to Mr. Zen, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, 2016 (catalogue) |
| Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Prestel, 2016 |
| Not too Precious, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Denbighshire, 2015 (catalogue) |
| Felieke van der Leest: The Zoo of Life – Jewellery & Objects 1996-2014, Jorunn Veiteberg/Ward Schrijver, Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2014 |
| Différence et répétition, B. Lignel, F. Martin, J. Veiteberg, Paris/Bergen, La garantie, 2014 (catalogue) |
| Suzanne Golden Presents: Interviews with 36 Artists Who Innovate with Beads, New York: Lark Crafts, 2013 |
| New Earrings: 500+ Designs from Around the World, Nicolas Estrada, London:Thames & Hudson, 2013 |
| Showcase 500 Rings: New Directions in Art Jewelry, Bruce Metcalf, New York: Lark Crafts, 2012 |
| Humor in Craft, Brigitte Martin, Atglen: Schiffer, 2012 |
| European Prize for Applied Arts 2012, Mons: World Crafts Council – Belgique francophone, 2012 (catalogue) |
| Jewelbook: International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art 12/13, Oostkamp: Stichting Kunstboek, 2012 |
| 21st Century Jewelry: The Best of the 500 Series, Marthe Le Van, New York: Lark Crafts, 2011 |
| Open Mind: History and the New Material in Contemporary Jewelry, Seoul: Sungkok Art Museum, 2011 (catalogue) |
| Contemporary Jewelry Art: Innovative Materials, Design-Ma-Ma, Harrow Middlesex: CYPI, 2011 |
| Gray Area Gris: Contemporary Jewellery and Cultural Diversity, Martha Lawrance Camargo, Mexico City: Biblioteca de México, 2010 |
| 14 Jewelry Artists on Earth: Hiko Mizuno Presents, Takahiko Mizuno, Tokyo: Chiyoda-ku, Bijutsu, 2009 |
| 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs: A Groundbreaking Survey of a Modern Material, Marthe Le Van, New York: Lark Books, 2009 |
| Vrije Vormgeving: Mapping Dutch Conceptual Crafts, Monika E. Auch, Amsterdam: BNO, 2008 |
| Triennale Européenne du Bijou contemporain 2008, Mons: World Crafts Council – Belgique francophone, 2008 (catalogue) |
| 500 Pendants & Lockets: Contemporary Interpretations of Classic Adornments, Marthe Le Van, New York: Lark Books, 2008 |
| The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008, Andy Lim, Cologne, New York: Darling, 2008 |
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