Curriculum Vitae Izabella Petrut
EDUCATION:
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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