Layout & design by ArtnoiZe
 
     
Felieke van der Leest
16-07-1968, Emmen, Netherlands


Education

1991/1996 – Art Academy “Gerrit Rietveld“, Jewelry Department, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1986/1991 – Technical School for Gold- and Silversmithing, Schoonhoven, Netherlands


Exhibitions (selection)

2006
Louise Smit Gallery, Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Mima, Animal Fables, Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough, England (solo)
Louise Smit Gallery, Jewellery Fabels, Art Amsterdam KunstRai, Netherlands (solo)

2005
Louise Smit Gallery, Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Glasgow School of Art, Maker, Wearer, Viewer, Glasgow, Schotland
NeefNicht Design, Nest, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
DSM Art Corner, Heerlen, Netherlands (solo)
Dutch Textile Museum, Ostriches in Love, Tilburg, Netherlands (solo)
Wayne State University, Proximity, The Sensory and Displacement, Detroit, USA

2004
Gallery Sztuki, Legnica Festival of Silver 2004, Legnica, Poland
Design Platform Eindhoven, Designers Present 2004, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum CS, Yellow Metallic, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Charon Kransen Arts, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.
Gallery Deux Poissons, Solo-exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Lesley Craze Gallery, Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England

2003
Society of Arts & Crafts, Jewelry, Hard & Soft, Plastic/Fiber/Glass, Boston, U.S.A.
Museum of Craft & Folk Art, Valuables, Jewelry of the new Millennium, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Gallery Velvet da Vinci, Chess, San Francisco, U.S.A.
CaixaForum, Inner Luxury, International Contemporary Jewellery, Barcelona, Spain
Gallery Louise Smit, Beesten Feest/Animal Party, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)

2002
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Display, Netherlands
International Handwerksmesse, Schmuck 2002, München, Germany
Dutch Textile Museum, Forest of bizarrre Sculptures, Tilburg, Netherlands
Dutch Design Events, New York, U.S.A.
Central Museum, Without polishing no lustre, Utrecht, Netherlands
Lesley Craze Gallery, Dutch Diversity, London, U.K.
Palazzo Bricherasio, WCC Europe, Campio – Masterpieces, Turin, Italy
Gallery Ra, Lepels/Spoons, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2001
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe, Micromegas, München, Germany
American Craft Museum, Micromegas, New York, U.S.A.
Scottish Gallery, Material Immaterial, Edinburgh, U.K.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Designprize Rotterdam 2001, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Charon Kransen Arts, SOFA New York & Chicago, U.S.A.
Gallery Reverso, NorthEastSouthWest, Lisbon, Portugal


2000
Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Wearable Sculpture, Montreal, Canada
Dutch Textile Museum, Slipstich, Tilburg, Netherlands
Gallery Louise Smit, Maritimities, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Museum of Applied Arts, Ornaments from there, Ornaments from here, Incidences, Coincidences?, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum of Modern Art, On the Skin, Arnhem, Netherlands

1999
Internationale handwersmesse, Schmuck ’99, München, Germany
Estonian Applied Art Museum, Mind Seductions, Tallinn, Estonia
Gallery Handwerk, Die Lust an den Dingen, Münich, Germany
Charon Kransen Arts, International 20th Century Arts Fair New York 1999, U.S.A.
C.B.K. het Kunstpaleis, Festival of Humour, Deventer, Netherlands

1998
Charon Kransen Arts. A Matter of Materials, U.S.A.
Dutch Textile Museum From Saint Severus to Spermheart, Tilburg, Netherlands
Royal Museum of Scotland, Jewellery Moves, Edinburgh, U.K.
Scottish Gallery, Pin-Up, Edinburgh, U.K.

1997
Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)


Grants & Nominations

2001 - Designprize Rotterdam 2001, Netherlands
2001 - Basic Stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
2000 - NPS Culture Prize 2000, Netherlands
1999/1997 - Start Stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture

Catalogues

Chess, U.S.A.
Art Jewelry Today, U.S.A.
Luxe Interior, joieria contemporania internacional, Spain
Beesten Feest/Animal Party, Netherlands
Schmuck 2002, Germany
Dutch Diversity, U.K.
Masterpieces/Capolavori, Italy
Lepels/Spoons, Netherlands
Parures d’ailleurs, parures d’ici, incidences, coincïdences, Switzerland
Micromegas, Gemany
Jewellery, Almere’s Choice, Netherlands
Onedel/Non Precious, Netherlands
Display, Netherlands
Slipstich, new concepts of knitting, Netherlands
Maritimiteiten, Netherlands
Virtual Gallery of Contemporary Jewellery CD-ROM, U.K.
Op de Huid, Netherlands
Schmuck ’99, Germany
Mind Seductions, Estonia
Jewellery Moves, U.K.


Purchased by Museums

International Museum of Applied Arts, Turin, Italy
Cleveland Craft Centre, Middlesborough, U.K.
Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, Netherlands
Dutch Textile Museum, Tilburg, Netherlands
Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, U.K.
Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
The Frog Museum, The Hague, Netherlands