KARIN SEUFERT

27.07.1966
born in Mannheim

1985 - 89
M.T.S., Schoonhoven

1990 - 95
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

PURCHASES

2025
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
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, Swiss National Museum, Zurich

2007
Marzee Collection, Nijmegen
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

AWARDS

2019
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, Frankfurt

2003
Award of the Gallery of Art in Legnica

LECTURES

2019
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
Schmucktreffen, Halle

2007
HDK, Gothenburg
Zimmerhof Symposium, Bad Rappenau
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
HDK `Identity/Homeland´, Gothenburg

2009
Monteiro Lobarto `Material´, Brazil

2008
HDK `Blow up´, Gothenburg
Iaspis `Taking Part´ workshop, Gothenburg

JUDGING PANEL

2015
Rotary Gestaltungspreis 2015, Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau

EXHIBITIONS

2025
Craft & Design 2024, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin
‚Say it with Love‘ Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent
22 Mudanzas, Gallery Amaranto Joies, Barcelona
`Vom 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 Oberstein
`Facets: 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-exhibition `Time’, 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
KGB, Gallery Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal
Solo-exhibition, `Colour Spooning´ Gallery Oona, Berlin
Solo-exhibition, `Les Couleurs de Limoges´ Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
KGB, Gallery Atta, Bangkok
SCHMUCK 2021, Munich (virtual)

2020
 ‚SPOTLIGHT‘ Gent, Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent, Belgium
`Palace of shattered vessels`, 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
SCHMUCK 2020, Centro del Carme, virtual, Valencia

2019
‘Monumentality-Fragility’ EPAA, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Irland
‘Le bijou STILL RISKY BUSINESS’ L’Institut Français, Munich, Limoges
‘Present’ Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
‘Aline in Wonderland‘ Gallery Pont en Plas, Gent
Solo-exhibition ‘Window to the Garden’ Gallery Pont en 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
El Pasado que Sostiene el Presente, Museum Franz Mayer, Mexico City

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 en 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
Perlen, 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 en 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 en 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 en 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