Felieke van der Leestart jewellery & objects    

 
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 2006)
2022Karmøy Kunstforening, Solo Exhibition, Kopervik Kulturhus, NO
2021Galerie Rob Koudijs, Symphony in Rhapsody, Amsterdam, NL
2019Mobilia Gallery, Jewelrassic Park, Cambridge, US
2018Froots Gallery & Nogart, Jewelrassic Park, Beijing, CN
Art Centre Kabuso, From Spermheart to Miss Universe, Øystese, NO
Galleri FORMAT, Jewelrassic Park, Oslo, NO
2017Froots & Nogart Gallery, Jewelrassic Park, Shanghai, CN
Scottish Gallery, Private View: Once upon a time in My West, Edinburgh, UK
Galerie Rob Koudijs, Jewelrassic Park, Amsterdam, NL
2016Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER 2016, From Spermhart to Mr. Zen, Legnica, PL
2015National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Into the Zoo, Trondheim, NO
CODA Museum, Into the Zoo, Apeldoorn, NL
2014Galleri KRAFT, i Hvelvet, Bergen, NO
Art Gallery Putti, ZOO is life, Riga, LV
2013Galerie Stühler, Unforgettable Stories, Berlin, DE
2012Gallery 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
2011Galerie Rob Koudijs, Once Upon a time in My West (part 1), Amsterdam, NL
2010KODE Art Museums of Bergen, Smykkesirkus/Jewellery Circus, Bergen, NO
2009Gallery Deux Poissons, F.I.B.S. (Festival International des Bêtes Sportives), Tokyo, JP
Harbourfront Centre, It’s a Beastly World after all, Toronto, CA
2008Galerie Rob Koudijs, F.I.B.S. (Festival International des Bêtes Sportives), Amsterdam, NL
2007Gallery Deux Poissons, Animalia, Tokyo, JP
2006mima – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art at the Dorman Museum, Animal Fables, UK
Galerie Louise Smit, Jewellery Fables, Art Fair Amsterdam, NL

group exhibitions (selection)
2023
Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts, COSMOS, LEM, JEWELLERY, Wroclaw, PL
IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse München, Schmuck 2023, Munich, GE
Atelier Von Gierke-Berr, Extranalities Nr.10: Pictureware 2, 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
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, Norske Kunsthåndverkeres 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
Gallery Froots & 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
Hydrogenfrabrikken, Kunsthåndverk 2016, Fredrikstad, NO
Vevringutstillinga 2016, Vevring, 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 2015, Oslo, NO
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, 2015 Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial, Beijing, CN
2014
TextielMuseum, Body Jewels, Tilburg, NL
Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Duplicata, Montréal, CA
NextLevel Galerie, Différence et répétition, Paris, FR
Galerie Waidspeicher, 15. Erfurter Schmucksymposium, Erfurt, DE
Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai International Metalsmithing & Jewelry Art Exhibition, CN
Lesley Craze Gallery, 30 Years in the Making, London, UK
2013
WAKO Hall, Sense of Wonderworks: New Jewelry Exhibition, Tokyo, JP
China Millennium Monument, 2013 Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial, Beijing, CN
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Kunsthåndverk 2013, Oslo, NO
Hardanger Folk Museum, Holland in Hardanger/Holland i Hardanger, Utne, NO
Granollers Museum of National Sciences, Papallona/Mariposa/Butterfly, Barcelona, ES

Grants, Prizes and Nominations
2018 laureate, Prix de la Communauté Française Wallonie-Bruxelles 2018, World Crafts Council – BF, BE
2017 Grant for established artists, Arts Council Norway, NO
2015/16 Fordypningsstipend, Norske Kunsthåndverkere, NO
2014 Utstillingsstipend, Arts Council Norway, NO
2014 Prosjektstipend, Arts Council Norway/Norske Kunsthåndverkere/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NO
2014 Tijlfonds Stipend, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, NL
2012 nominee, European Prize for Applied Arts 2012, World Crafts Council – BF, BE
2011 Arbeidsstipend, Arts Council Norway, NO
nominee, Cominelli Foundation Award for Contemporary Jewellery 2011, IT
2008 laureate, Profiel Prijs 2008, Stichting Profiel, NL
laureate, Prix de la Communauté Française Wallonie-Bruxelles 2008, World Crafts Council – BF, BE
2007 nominee, New Traditional Jewellery, NL
2006 nominee, Dutch Design Award 2006, NL
2001 nominee, Rotterdam Design Prize 2001, NL
Basisstipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, NL
2000 nominee, NPS Culture Prize 2000, NL
1999 Startstipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, NL
1997 Startstipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, NL

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 (selection)
2022Karmøy Kunstforening, Kopervik Kulturhus, NO
2021PXL-MAD school of art, objects and jewellery, Hasselt, BE
2019Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, US
2018PXL-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
2017National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, symposium, Trondheim, NO
Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Fudan University, Shanghai, CN
2016National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, IRL
2015National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Trondheim, NO
Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Denbighshire, UK
Beijing Institute for Fashion Technology, Beijing, CN
2014Academy of Art of Latvia, Riga, LV
2013Hnoss Initiative and Laspis, seminar, Göteborg, SE
2012Agatunet, Aga, NO
Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo and Osaka, JP
2010Grey Area Symposium, Mexico City, MX
Kunsthøgskolen Bergen, NO
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
2009Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CA
NSCAD, Halifax, CA
Seattle Metals Symposium 2009, Seattle, US
2008Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, TW
National Taiwan Craft Research Institute, Taipeh, TW
2007SNAG Conference 2007, Memphis, US
mima – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art at the Dorman Museum, UK
2006Middlesex University, London, UK
2005Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, NL
Royal College of Art, London, UK
2004mima – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, UK
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, US
Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, JP

Books and Catalogues (selection)
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
500 Earrings: New Directions in Contemporary Jewelry, Marthe Le Van, New York: Lark Books, 2007
Felieke van der Leest: Jewellery Fables/Sieradenfabels, Ward Schrijver, Middlesbrough: mima, 2006
Challenging the Châtelaine!, Helen Williams Drutt, Marianne Aav, Helsinki: Designmuseo, 2006 (catalogue)
500 Necklaces: Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form, Marthe Le Van, New York: Lark Books 2006
New Directions in Jewellery II, Lin Cheung, London: Black Dog, 2006
Maker, Wearer, Viewer: Contemporary Narrative European Jewellery, Jack Cunningham, Edinburgh: Scottish Arts Council, 2005 (catalogue)
500 Brooches: Inspiring Adornments for the Body, Marthe Le Van, New York: Lark Books, 2005
500 Bracelets: An Inspiring Collection of Extraordinary Designs, Marthe Le Van, New York: Lark Books, 2005
1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments for the Hand, Marthe Le Van, New York: Lark Books, 2004
Het Nederlandse sieraad in de 20ste eeuw, Marjan Unger, Bussum: THOTH, 2004
Luxe Interior: Joieria contemporània internacional, Barcelona: Fundació La Caixa, 2003 (catalogue)
Dutch design van de 20ste eeuw, Toon Lauwen, Bussum: THOTH, 2003
Masterpieces/Capolavori, E. Biffi Gentili, Anne Leclercq, Torino: Fondazione per il libro, la musica e la cultura, 2002 (catalogue)
Parures d’ailleurs, parures d’ici: incidences, coïncidences, M. Alamir, C. Guinard, Lausanne: Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, 2001 (catalogue and CD-ROM)
Micromegas, Munich: Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein München, 2001 (catalogue)
Slipstich? New Concepts in Knitting, C. Reinders, H. Rooney, et al., Tilburg: TextielMuseum, 2000 (catalogue)
Jewellery Moves: Ornament for the 21st Century, A. Game, E. Goring, Edinburgh: NMS, 1998 (catalogue)