Curriculum Vitae Izabella Petrut

 

EDUCATION: 

 

artist and designer Izabella Petrut at her studio in Vienna
Foto: Lukas Gaechter

Oct 2016 – present

Doctoral candidate, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria

Dissertation title: Wearing Conceptual Art, Conceptualism in Art-Jewelry: A Parallel to Conceptual Art

Supervisors: Univ.-Prof.Mag.Dr. Sabeth Buchmann and Univ.-Prof.Mag.Dr. Elke Gaugele

2015 – 2016

Post-masters studies (no qualification), Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, winter and summer semesters,

2011 – 2012

Specialization (post Masters study), Alchimia, School of Contemporary Jewelry, Florence, Italy

Supervisor/project coordinator: Ruudt Peters

2007 – 2009

Master of Fine and Decorative Arts, University of Art and Design, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Main field of study: Fine and Decorative Arts

Specialization: Explorations in Fine and Decorative Arts

2006 – 2007

Erasmus-Socrates exchange program. Accademia di Belle Arti, Macerata, Italy

2003 – 2007

B.A. in Arts and Design, University of Art and Design, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Main field of study: Fine and Decorative Arts

Specialization: Design

2002 – 2003

B.A. in History and Philosophy (unfinished). Babes Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania

 

RESEARCH INTEREST

The interrelations between art jewelry practices and practices in other art disciplines during the 1960s and the present day, with a focus on the conceptual approach.


HONOURS AND AWARDS:

2022
Finalist: Eligius Prize for Art Jewelry, Kunst im Traklhaus (Salzburg), Austria

2021
Won: The Emerging Designer Award at Romania Jewelry Week, Bucharest, Romania

2019
Finalist: Eligius Prize for Art Jewelry, Kunst im Traklhaus (Salzburg), Austria 

2017
Won: 1st prise in the workshop for 3D Modeling with Anarkik3D Modeling software, with Anne Marie Shilito and Birgit Laken, at Galerie V&V, Vienna, Austria 

2016

Won: Alliages Choice Award, part of The Legacy Award 2016. Alliages Gallery, Lille, France

2015

Finalist: The Legacy Award 2015. Alliages Gallery, Lille, France

2014

Nominated: FoC-Jewelry- Fellowship 2014. Friends of Charlotta Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland

2012

Finalist: Marzee Graduation Show, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Won: Merit scholarship during the second year of the Master of Fine and Decorative Arts, University of Art and Design, Cluj Napoca, Romania

2006 – 2007

Won: Selection into the Erasmus-Socrates exchange program. Accademia di Belle Arti, Macerata, Italy


EXHIBITIONS:

2023

Weg = Ziel, exhibition together with Michelle Kraemer & Lilian Mattuschka at Gallery V&V, Vienna

Slovenian Jewelry Week, together with the Romanian Jewelry Week Collective, Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2022

Eligius Schmuck Prize, MAK, Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

Romania Jewelry Week exhibition, Bucharest, Romania

Group Exhibition at Ausstellungsraum Gumpendorferstraße, Vienna, Austria

Eligius Schmuck Prize, Kunst im Tracklhaus, Salzburg, Austria

2021

Window at Galerie V&V, Vienna, Romania

Romania Jewelry Week exhibition, Bucharest, Romania

2020

Vitrine in the Ost Passage Karlsplatz in Vienna, together with Renate Erlacher, Vienna, Austria

Romania Jewelry Week exhibition, Bucharest, Romania

2019 

Eligius Prize, Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany

5 Hours of Jewelry, exhibition Izabella Petrut and Renate Erlacher, Artwork, Vienna, Austria 

Eligius Prize, Kunst im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria

Legacy Award, The definitive edition, Alliages, Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 

Spring Bling #2, Atelier STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria 

Heart Failure, Alliages, Lille, France and during Munich Jewelry Week, Munich, Germany 

Eligius Prize, MAK, Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria 

2018

Chaos, curated by Juan Riusech, Gallery Lalabeyou, Madrid, Spain 

Schmuck Partout, Atelier STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria 

Chaos, curated by Juan Riusech, Gallery La Galeller, Sevilla, Spain 

Vienna Fashion Week (accompanying designer Smaranda Almasan), Museums Quartier, Vienna, Austria 

SpringBling, Atelier STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria 

Chaos, curated by Juan Riusech, during Melting Point, at Peris Roca Orfebres, Valencia, Spain 

Gallery Vitraria, Venice, Italy 

Chaos, curated by Juan Riusech, Lille, France and Munich Jewellery Week Munich, Germany 

2017

Chaos, curated by Juan Riusech and Jorge Manilla, Alliages, Lille, France

Stoss an im Himmel, Atelier STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria

A Box Project, curated by Animavienna, Galerie Mana, Vienna, Austria

Empreintes 2017, curated by Juan Riusech, Gallery Lalabeyou, Madrid, Spain

Filo Rosso, curated by Isabella Bembo, Falconeri Trieste, Italy

Tangent Matters, exhibiting with Lena Grabher and Michelle Kraemer, Galerie V&V, Vienna, Austria

The Permanent 2017, Alliages Gallery, curated by Juan Riusech, Lille, France

ganz privat … , Atelier STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria

A/dornment, BLoft, Vicenza and Milano, Italy

Inauguração Galeria Aura Arte + Galeria Alice Floriano, Sao Paolo, Brazil

2016

Dauer einer Bewegung, Atelier STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria

The Lost Paradise, Alliages, Lille, France

Vienna Fashion Week, with fashion designer Smaranda Almasan, Museums Quartier, Vienna, Austria

The Legacy Collection 2016 – Alliages stall at Joya, Barcelona, Spain

Alternatives Gallery, No-Gram, Rome, Italy

Oh My Blue Collection, on the occasion of the Bienalle, at Gallery Oh My Blue, Venice, Italy

The Legacy Collection 2015 – Alliages Gallery, Melting Point, Valencia, Spain

Passion Bijou(x) Coleccion Marianne Gassier de Joyeria Contemporanea, Melting Point, Valencia, Spain

Fillo Rosso, Italy / Slovenia

Window in the Kleinste Galerie in Wien, at Local, Vienna, Austria

20 Jahre SCHMUCKVOMHIMMEL, Atelier STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria

The Permanent 2016, Alliages Gallery, curated by Juan Riusech, Lille, France

Refined IX: Humor, SFA State University, The Cole Art Center, curated by Andy Cooperman, Texas, USA

2015

A Dark Spark of Light, Alliages Gallery, curated by Juan Riusech and Thereza Pedrosa, Lille, France

Fillo Rosso, Italy / Slovenia

Vienna Fashion Week, with fashion designer Smaranda Almasan, Museums Quartier, Vienna, Austria

Pairs of Eight, Atelier STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria

Oh My Blue, Venice, Italy

Project A III – A Journey through the history of jewelry, Assamblages, Galateca Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

Ickx Concept Store, Brussels, Belgium

Connected, 8 Frauen und die Schmuckkunst, Atelier Stossimhimmel, Vienna, Austria

Empreintes – The Permanent 2015, Alliages, curated by Juan Riusech, Lille, France

Kingsize, Pop-up exhibition at Salonik, curated by Zuzana Ducho, Bratislava, Slovakia

2014

Geschichten, ein Schmuckabenteuer in zwei Teilen, Atelier StossimHimmel, Vienna, Austria

Vienna Fashion Week (accompanying designer Smaranda Almasan), Museums Quartier, Vienna, Austria

Blueprint and other, Bratislava, Slovakia

Rule the world, Friends of Charlotta, Zürich, Switzerland

Melting Point, reNascimiento, exhibition with group AAC-6, curated by Andrea Coderh and Catalina Gibert, Valencia, Spain

Autor, jewelry fair in Bucharest, reNascimiento exhibition with group AAC-6 and with Alchimia, school of contemporary jewelry (Florence, It), curated by Izabella Petrut, Bucharest, Romania

Spiegelgasse Acht Gallery, Vienna, Austria

Frisch vom Himmel, Atelier Stossimhimmel, Vienna, Austria

2013

Zum ersten, zum zweiten, zum driten … Schmuckauktion, Atelier Stossimhimmel, Vienna, Austria

Limited Edition: 50 Stüke bis 100€, Atelier Stossimhimmel, Vienna, Austria

Neu im Stossimhimmel: Izabella Petrut and Heyke Wanner, Atelier Stossimhimmel, Vienna, Austria

Beginning Middle Endless, Massachusetts, USA, curated by Heather White

2012

Marzee Annual International Graduation Show 2012, Nijmegen, Netherlands

PURUS Graduation Show Alchimia, curated by C Zellweger

Hazardous Experiments, Valencia, Spain, curated by Doris Maninger, Pater Bauhuis and Alchimia Special Hazard Operation Team – jewelry

Beginning Middle Endless, Florence, Italy and Massachusetts, USA, curated by Heather White

2011

Pret-A-Porter at Paris Fashion Week, Trend Setter and Catwalk – jewelry

“Fine Arts Artists’ Day” and “Surasul primaverii” Group Exhibition, curated by UAP, Baia Mare, RO – jewelry

“Introduction”, Group Exhibition (together with Andra Lupu and Odette Lupu), Cluj Napoca, RO – jewelry

2010

“Spring Saloon” Group Exhibition, curated by UAP, Baia Mare, RO – jewelry

Fashion Week Cluj Napoca, “Contemporary Esthetics” group exhibition, curated by Dragos Farmazon, Cluj Napoca, RO – jewelry

2009

Graduation Show, MA, University of Art and Design, Expo-Transilvania, Cluj Napoca, RO – jewelry design

2007

Graduation Show, BA, University of Art and Design, Expo-Transilvania, Cluj Napoca, RO – interior design

Architecture Days, Cluj Napoca “Coffee with Z-Art” (Zilele Arhitecturii “Cafea cu Z-Arta”), Cluj Napoca, RO – photography

“Raccontami Erasmus”, curated by Teresa Marasca, Macerata, Italy – photography

2006

International painting exhibition “Tradition and Continuity 1896-2006”, curated by Silvia Onisa , Baia Mare, Maramures, RO – painting

2004

Group exhibition, Absurd Design, Galeria Radio, Cluj Napoca, RO ; “Radio ’50”, Galeria Radio, Cluj Napoca, RO ; Absurd Design, Bucharest, RO ; Satiricon’50, Casa Armatei, Cluj Napoca, RO – object design


JEWELRY, DESIGN AND FASHION FAIRS:

2018 

Edelstoff, Vienna, Austria 

2017

Edelstoff, with Atelier Stossimhimmel, Vienna, Austria

2016

Joya, Alliages Stall, Barcelona, Spain

2015

Joya, Alliages Stall, Barcelona, Spain

2014

Blickfang, Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, Vienna, Austria

MyBaze design fair, Warsaw, Poland

Weiberei, Vienna, Austria

Vienna Fashion Week (accompanying designer Smaranda Almasan), Museums Quartier, Vienna, Austria

Autor, Bucharest, Romania

2013

Sieraad, Amsterdam, Nederland

2012

Sieraad, Amsterdam, Nederland

Joya, Barcelona, Spain

JDF – Jewelry Design Fair Bucharest, Romania

2011

Sieraad, “RED” performance with Alchimia, school of contemporary jewelry, Amsterdam, Nederland

Pret-A-Porter, Paris Fashion Week, France

2009 – 2011

Autor – Contemporary Jewelry Fair, Bucharest, RO

2009

Pasarela – Fashion and Accessories Fair, Bucharest, RO


PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES:

Eligius Prize, Exhibition Catalogue 2022

Eligius Prize, Exhibition Catalogue 2019

Wiener Schmucktage, Exhibition Catalogue 2018

Alliages, Exhibition Catalogue 2018

A Box Project, Exhibition Catalogue 2017

Wiener Schmucktage, Exhibition Catalogue 2017

Fillo Rosso, Exhibition catalog 2016

Nacht der Schmuckkunst, Exhibition catalog, 2016

Alliages, Exhibition catalog 2015

Project III – A journey through the history of jewelry, Assamblages, Galateca Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, Exhibition catalog, 2015

Autor, Contemporary Jewelry Magazine 2015

The Jewelry Exchange 2014, Book, by Olga Raben

Nacht der Schmuckkunst, Exhibition catalog, 2014

Rule the world, Exhibition catalog 2014, Friends of Charlotta Gallery Zurich

Autor Magazine 2014

Nacht der Schmuckkunst, Exhibition catalog, 2013

Sieraad, Exhibition catalog 2013

Tarom Insight, Magazine 2013

Marzee, Exhibition catalogue 2012

Tribuna, Art Magazine

Tarom SkyLADY, Magazine 2012


TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2019 – 2020
Mentoring Teaching Program at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria

2014-2019

Jewelry workshops at Atelier Stossimhimmel, Vienna, Austria

2014

Jewelry workshop “Dreaming in Patterns” at Kulturplattform Mariahilf, Vienna, Austria

2013

Jewelry workshop “Metal and color: action and interaction” at Assamblage School of contemporary jewellery, Bucharest, Romania

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