Curriculum Vitae
Karin Seufert
27.07.1966 born in Mannheim
1985 – 89 M.T.S., Schoonhoven
1990 – 95 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Exhibitions2025 Craft & Design 2024, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin
‚Say it with Love‘ Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent
22 Mudanzas, Gallery Amaranto Joies, BarcelonaVom Kleinen ins Große´, Galerie Handwerk, Munich Tradition und Moderne´, Galerie Handwerk, Munich
2024 ‘As Gaudy as a Butterfly’ Goba Art&Design, Istanbul
Solo-exhibition ‘Die blaue Stunde’, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
2023 ‘Oro-Blanco’, Amaranto Joies Gallery, Barcelona
‘On AiR’ Work from Artists in Residence, Villa Bengel, Idar ObersteinFacets: a look at ceramic jewellery´ Giroussens Cont. Céramic center, Auch, France ‘As Gaudy as a Butterfly’ Museo Nacional de Cerámica y Artes, Melting Point, Valencia International Contemporary Artist Group Exhibition, Diyuan Art Gallery in Zhejiang, China 25 Years Reverso, Gallery Reverso, Lisbon Solo-exhibitionTime’, Jewelerswerk Gallery, Washington
2022 Die Blaue Birne´ Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent, Belgium KGB, FROOTS Gallery, Shanghai SCHMUCK 2022, Munich Gesichter´ Gallery Handwerk, Munich
‘Kreis‘ Gallery OONA Berlin, 22 Years
2021 Walking Treasures´ Gallery ESH, Milano Afterglow´ Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent, Belgium
KGB, Gallery Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal
Solo-exhibition, `Colour Spooning´ Gallery Oona, Berlin
Solo-exhibition ‘Les Couleurs de Limoges’ Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
KGB, Atta Gallery, Bangkok
SCHMUCK 2021, Munich (virtual)
2020 ‚SPOTLIGHT‘ Gent, Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent, Belgium
`Palace of shattered vessels´ virtual exhibition, Gallery FROOTS, Shanghai DUO Marie Grewenig, Galerie Birgitta Knauth Schmuck, Bonn
20 Jahre OONA, anniversary-exhibition, Berlin
A House of Memories, Rian-Design-Museum, Falkenberg, Sweden
SCHMUCK 2020, virtual, Munich
2019 ‘Monumentality-Fragility’ EPAA, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
‘Le bijou STILL RISKY BUSINESS’ L’Institut Français, Munich, Limoges
‘Present’ Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
‘Aline in Wonderland‘ Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent
Solo-exhibition ‘Window to the Garden’ Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent
HoHoHo, Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich
2018 SCHMUCK 2018, Munich
Solo-exhibition, Jewelerswerk Gallery, Washington
Punkt, Kreis, Kugel, Galerie Handwerk, Munich
Mari Funaki Award, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
‘Monumentality-Fragility’ EPAA, Mons, Belgium
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
2017 HOMI ‘Scatenata’, Milan Fashion week, Milan
Usual Objects, Le collectif 925, Encore Gallery, Brussels
KGB, Gallery Tereza Seabra, Lisbon
Small Gifts from Big Donors, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Beijing International Art Exhibition, BIFT, Beijing
2016 Earrings 3, Gallery Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
Beautiful Mind, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin
HoHoHo, Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich
2015 Gallery Tereza Seabra, Lisbon
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
European Prize For Applied Arts, Mons, Belgium
AURA, Art Fair Tokyo, Lakuyoso Kyoto
HAPPY, Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich
Black on Black, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Beautiful Mind, Lutherhaus Wittenberg, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
KGB, Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent
2014 Wear It Loud, R/R Gallery, New York
Slow Craft, Design-Center, Stuttgart
Earrings, Gallery Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco
Earrings, Gallery Noel Guyomarc’h, Montréal
KGB, Gallery Martina Dempf, Berlin
Schmuck 2014, Munich
KGB, Gallery Four, Gothenburg
2013 Gallery Tereza Seabra, Lisbon
Im Dialog mit dem Barock, Schloß Schleißheim, Oberschleißheim
KGB, Gallery Kim Buck, Kopenhagen
Solo-exhibition, Jewelerswerk Gallery, Washington
Un certain regard, Marino Marini Contemporary Art Museum, Florence
Like a pale spring of porcelain, Gallery Blas&Knada, Stockholm
White for Japan, Chitose Ohchi, Art Fair, Tokyo
2012 The Art of Collecting, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
German Jewellery, Testa Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Barocco, Itami Craft Museum, Itami, Japan
Mirror Mirror, Espace Solidor, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
Op Voorraad, Pop-Up-Store, Berlin, Zurich, Eindhoven, Barcelona
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
Under that Cloud, Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona
Schmuck 2012, Museum of Modernity and Illustration, Valencia
Bijoux 2012, Northon Museum of Art, Palm Beach
Schmuck 2012, Munich
Sakura, Art Fair, Tokyo
2011 Crystal, Gallery Oona, Berlin
Under that Cloud, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Feschmaart, Gallery Jungblut, Luxembourg
Op Voorraad, Pop-Up-Store, MMKA, Arnhem
Barocco, Taipei, Tainan
Under that Cloud, Gallery Spektrum, Munich
Op Voorraad, Pop-Up-Store, Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam
Wearable Ceramics, Gallery Pewabic Pottery, Detroit
Under that Cloud, Gallery Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco
Sexy, Gallery of Art, Legnica, Polen
Nishijin II, Hosoo Kyoto, Kyoto
Kachofugetsu, O-Jewel, Tokyo
The Ring, Gallery Hnoss, Gothenburg
Open Mind, Sungkok Art Museum, Korea
2010 Walking the Gray Area, Gallery Emilia Cohen, Mexico City
FWQNWS, Centro, Mexico City
Schmuck 2010, Munich
Porcelain, Gallery Hélène Porée, Paris
es perlt, Gallery Handwerk, Munich
Heimat, Gallery Oona, Berlin
Nishijin, Hosoo Kyoto, Tokyo
In stock, Taiwan Design Week, Taipei
Plastic Jewelry, Gallery Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
Form vs Matter, Gallery Christiani, Turin, Italy
2009 Buttons, Historical Museum, Rotterdam
Rings for Planet Earth, Alternatives Gallery, Rom
Iaspis Open House, Stockholm
Op Voorraad, Pop-Up-Store, Munich
Sofa, Charon Kransen, New York
Baroque Pearl Project, K-showroom, Tokyo, Shanghai, Shenzhen
So Fake They´ll Think It´s Real, Sienna Gallery, Massachusetts
Op Voorraad, Huisrechts, Amsterdam
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
Koru 3, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
EPAA, Mons, Belgium
10 years Gallery Platina, Gallery Platina, Stockholm
2008 First We Quake Now We Shake, Gallery Beatrice Lang, Bern
Rings for Planet Earth, Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo
Gift, Think Tank, Munich, Stockholm
Verweile Augenblick, Vilnius, Legnica
Transformation, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Hnoss, Gothenburg
The Pendant Show, Gallery Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent
Winter, Gallery Platina, Stockholm
2007 First We Quake Now We Shake, BKV, Munich
Sakura, HPGRP, Tokyo
A.I.R. exhibition, Idar-Oberstein
Gansevoort Gallery, New York
Kitsch, Camp of Design, Design Museum Gent
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
Pearls, HPGRP, Tokyo
Solo-exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt
First We Quake Now We Shake, Gallery Platina, Stockholm
Art & Design Fair, New York
Sofa, Chicago
Gift, Gmunden, London, Munich, Think Tank
Shop Stop Christmas, Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt
2006 Schmuck 2006, Munich
Sofa, New York
Schmuck 2006, Museum of Art and Design, New York
Schwarz-Weiss, Gallery Oona, Berlin
First We Quake Now We Shake, Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo
Solo-exhibition, HPGRP, Tokyo
Lückenbüßer, Current Affairs, Hamburg
Sofa, Chicago
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Jungblut, Luxembourg
Sieraad, RAI, Amsterdam
Metamorphoses, Sichtbar, Passau
Ravary, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
Solo-exhibition, Pedras e Pessegos, Porto
2005 Blooming Design, Keukenhof, Lisse
Fools Gold, Gallery The Embassy, Edinburgh
Long Strides in Tiny Shoes, Huis Rechts, Amsterdam
First We Quake Now We Shake, Gallery Ra, Amsterdam
Inspired By Nature, Gallery Platina, Stockholm
Landespreis Gestaltendes Handwerk, Berlin
Schmuck Kunst Schmuck, Gallery Stühler, Berlin
JMO JMA, Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent
2004 Schmuck 2004, Munich
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam
Eine Hand voll Glasperlen, Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt
Recycling, Gallery Annick Zufferey, Geneva
Schmuck Kunst Schmuck, Gallery Stühler, Berlin
Gold, Gallery Oona, Berlin
Solo-exhibition, Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent
2003 The Circle, Gallery Sztuki, Legnica, Poland
Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam
Neue Berliner, Gallery Sculpture to wear, Santa Monica, USA
2002 Solo-exhibition, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam
Sofa, New York
2001 – 03 Mikromegas, Munich, New York, Tokyo, Auckland
Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam
Sofa, Chicago
2000 Schmuck 2000, Munich
Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam
Op de Huid, Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem
1999 Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam
Für Dich-Für Mich, Schwäbisch Gmünd
Landespreis Gestaltendes Handwerk, Berlin
1998 Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam
Solo-exhibition, Verkettungen, Gallery a, Geneva
Sofa, Chicago
1997 Flessibellissimo, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
Schmuck 1997, Munich
Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam
1996 Aspects of Love, Object of Desire Gallery, Louisville, USA
Sieraden Nu, Gallery Ra, Amsterdam
Sofa, Chicago
1995 5 Edelsmeden, Gallery Ra, Amsterdam
Try out, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
Solo-exhibition, Centre of Art, Rotterdam
1993 – 94 Jewelry Quake, Tokyo, Munich, Amsterdam
Bibliography
2023 FACETTES un regard sur le Bijou Céramique, Giroussens
2022 Schmuck 2022, Munich
2021 Marzee Magazine no 126
2020 KGB Catalogue
2020 Schmuck 2020 (Munich)
2020 10 Years FOUR (Gothenburg)
2019 Rings of the 20th and 21st Centuries, Arnoldsche
2018 EPAA ‘Monumentality / Fragility, BeCraft Book, Mons, Belgium
2018 Marzee Magazine no 115
2018 Schmuck 2018 (Munich)
2018 New Brooches: 500+ Designs in Contemporary Jewellery (Promopress, Barcelona)
2017 Interview at AJF, Finalist of Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant
2017 Narrative Jewelry, Mark Fenn
2016 BEJEWELED, HeavenHasHeels, New York
2015 Interview at AJF
2015 AIR-Idar-Oberstein
2015 Marzee Magazine no 100
2014 Art Aurea, Germany
2014 Éclat (Promopress, Barcelona)
2014 Berlin&I (Magazine in Berlin)
2014 Schmuck 2014 (Munich)
2013 White for Japan, Tokyo
2013 Un Certain Regard, Florence
2013 GZ Magazine, Germany
2013 Noovo Books, Pepin Press, Amsterdam
2012 Contemporary German Jewellery, Bulgaria
2012 The Art of Collecting, Estonia
2012 Contemporary Jewelry, Monsa, Spain
2012 Jewel Book, Stichting Kunstboek, Belgium
2012 Mirror Mirror, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
2012 Inventario, Italy
2012 Kunst und Unterricht, Friedrich/Klett-Verlag
2012 500 Beaded Jewelry (Lark Books)
2012 Earrings (Promopress, Barcelona)
2012 Marzee Magazine no 83
2012 A Girl’s Best Friends, Gestalten Verlag Berlin
2012 Schmuck 2012 (Munich)
2011 Jewelry Design, Loft Publication, Spain
2011 The Ring, Gallery Hnoss, Gothenburg
2011 New Rings 500+ Designs from Around the world (Nicolas Estrada)
2011 The Best of the 500 Series (Lark Books)
2011 New Rings (Promopress, Barcelona)
2011 Sexy, Legnica, Poland
2011 Under That Cloud, (Jo Bloxham)
2011 Nishijin, Japan
2010 WGA, Mexico City
2010 Pendants, Lark Studio Series
2010 Koru 3, Finland
2010 Eapp, Mons, Belgium
2010 JewelryDesign Handbook, Spain
2010 Book Jewelry, Monsa, Spain
2010 Schmuck 2010 (Munich)
2009 Baroque Pearl, Japan/China
2009 Marzee Magazine no 70
2009 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs (Lark Books)
2009 Kunsthandwerk und Design (Magazine)
2009 Design and Make: Mixed Media Jewellery (Joanne Haywood)
2009 Compendium (Darling Publications)
2008 Adorn New Jewellery (Amanda Mansell)
2008 Rings for Planet Earth (Tokyo)
2008 500 Pendants & Lockets (Lark Books)
2008 Bijoux. Illustration et Design (Maomao Publication)
2007 Gift (Think Tank)
2007 Catalogue Pan (Amsterdam)
2007 Neue Presse (Frankfurt)
2007 Metalsmith (USA)
2007 Vision Magazine (Beijing)
2007 Marzee Magazine no 56
2006 New Directions in Jewellery 2 (Black Dog Publishing)
2006 500 Necklaces (Lark Books)
2006 First We Quake Now We Shake (Amsterdam, Munich, Tokyo)
2006 Schmuck 2006 (Munich)
2005 Jewellery Schiedam´s Choice (Gallery Marzee)
2005 500 Brooches (Lark Books)
2005 Fools Gold (Gallery The Embassy)
2004 Catalogue PAN (Amsterdam)
2004 Eine Hand voll Glasperlen (Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt)
2004 1000 Rings (Lark Books)
2004 Marzee Magazine no 37
2004 Schmuck 2004 (Munich)
2004 Jewellery the Choice of the Europarliament (Gallery Marzee)
2003 De keuze van Roermond (Gallery Marzee)
2003 The Circle (Legnica)
2002 Marzee Magazine no 24
2001 Textile Techniques in Metal (Book written by Arline Fisch)
2001 Mikromegas (Munich)
2000 Op de Huid (Museum of modern Art, Arnhem)
2000 Schmuck 2000 (Munich)
1999 Für Dich-Für Mich (Schwäbisch Gmünd)
1999 Rietveld naar de Beurs (Amsterdam)
1997 Schmuck `97 (Munich)
1996 Passion and Profession (Gallery Ra)
1993 Jewelry Quake (Tokyo, Munich, Amsterdam)
Collection2025 Die Neue Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
2020 Rian-Design-Museum, Falkenberg, Sweden
2016 Collection of the Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
2014 Heide and Dr. Karl Bollmann Collection, Vienna
2014 Helen Drutt Collection, New York
2013 Jorunn Veiteberg Collection, Norway
2012 Musée des Arts Décoratifs et de la Mode, Marseille
2008 Alice and Louis Koch Collection in the Swiss National Museum, Zurich
2007 Marzee Collection, Nijmegen
2007 Collection of the city of Idar-Oberstein
1997 Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem
1996 Museum of Contemporary Art Het Kruithuis, s´Hertogenbosch
1993 Collection of the Hiko Mizuno Academy, Tokyo
Awards2019 Scholarship by ENSA, Limoges
2017 Finalist of Susan Bench ‘Mid Career Artist Grant’
2008 Scholarship by IASPIS, Gothenburg
2007 Scholarship by Jakob Bengel-Foundation, Idar-Oberstein
2004 1.Prize International Jewellery Competition `Eine Hand voll Glasperlen´, Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt
2003 Award of the Gallery of Art in Legnica
Lectures2019 ENSA (École National Supérieure d’Art), Limoges
2018 HAWK, Hildesheim, Germany
2015 Jewelry Design Forum, Shanghai
2015 HAWK, Hildesheim, Germany
2014 HDK, Gothenburg
2012 University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
2009 Boom SP Design Forum, Saõ Paulo, Brazil
2008 Iaspis, Gothenburg
2008 Schmucktreffen, Halle
2007 HDK, Gothenburg
2007 Zimmerhof Symposium, Bad Rappenau
2007 School for Jewelry, Idar Oberstein
2006 Hiko Mizuno Academy, Tokyo
Teaching
2019 ENSA (École National Supérieure d’Art), Limoges
2015 Teaching HAWK, Hildesheim
2014 Teaching at HDK, Gothenburg
2012 Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2010 HDK The Story´, Gothenburg 2010 HDKIdentity/Homeland´, Gothenburg
2009 Monteiro Lobarto Material´, Brazil 2008 HDKBlow up´, Gothenburg
2008 Iaspis `Taking Part´ workshop, Gothenburg
Judging Panel
2015 Rotary Gestaltungspreis 2015, Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau