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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 2006)
| 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 & 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 |
| 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 |
| 2009 | Gallery Deux Poissons, F.I.B.S. (Festival International des Bêtes Sportives), Tokyo, JP |
| | Harbourfront Centre, It’s a Beastly World after all, Toronto, CA |
| 2008 | Galerie Rob Koudijs, F.I.B.S. (Festival International des Bêtes Sportives), Amsterdam, NL |
| 2007 | Gallery Deux Poissons, Animalia, Tokyo, JP |
| 2006 | mima – 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
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Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, US
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Design Museum Den Bosch, Den Bosch, NL
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DSM Art Collection, Heerlen, NL
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Gallery of Art, International Collection of Contemporary Jewellery, Legnica, PL
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Hiko Mizuno Collection, Tokyo, JP
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Kikker Museum, The Hague, NL
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KODE Art Museums, Bergen, NO
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, US
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Miaao – International Museum of The Applied Arts Today, Torino, IT
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mima – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, UK
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Museum of Arts and Design (Porter-Price Collection), New York, US
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Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, CA
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, US
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Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, NL
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National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO
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National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Trondheim, NO
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National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
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Racine Art Museum, Racine, US
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
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Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
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Swiss National Museum (Alice & Louis Koch Ring Collection), Zürich, CH
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Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, NO
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TextielMuseum, Tilburg, NL
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
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Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, NL
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Lectures and Workshops (selection)
| 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 |
| 2007 | SNAG Conference 2007, Memphis, US |
| | mima – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art at the Dorman Museum, UK |
| 2006 | Middlesex University, London, UK |
| 2005 | Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, NL |
| | Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| 2004 | mima – 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) |
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