ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Mataro,(Barcelona) 1953
1969-74Studies in Massana School, Departament of Jewellery, Barcelona.
AWARDS
1975- Prize "Fi de Carrera" of the Fundacio General Mediterranea Barcelona, Spain.
1981- Prize "Herbert Hofmann", International Schmuckschow, Muenchen, Germany.
1984- Stipendium from Catalonia Goverment, Barcelona,Spain.
1984- Prize "Herbert Hofmann", Schmuck und Geraet, Muenchen, Germany.
1985- Stipendium from Catalonia Goverment, produce one experimental videotape, Barcelona, Spain.
1994 - Prize "Herbert Hofmann", Schmuckszene 94, Muenchen, Germany.
2002 – Premi Ciutat de Barcelona de disseny. Spetial mention of the jury, Barcelona, Spain.
TEACHING
Since 1977, teaching in the Massana School, Head of Jewellery Department, Barcelona, Spain.
1988 – Lecturer at the Royal College of Art, Metalwork and Jewellery Department, London, England.
1990- Teacher Seminar at Les Ateliers de Fontblanche, Vitrolles, France.
1990- Teacher Seminar at the University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki, Finland.
-Seminar "Unverganglichkeit", Forum fuer Schmuck und Design, Koeln, Germany.
1999-Teachers Simposium, "Jewellerymaker, is a Chaman?", Rietveld Akademy, Amsterdam.
-Teacher seminar "The Relicary", Kobenhavns Tekniske Skole, Copenhagen.
2000-Teacher seminar at the Designskolen Kolding, Kolding, Denmark.
2001-Workshop "Symbolism and metaphor", Cagnes-sur-mer, Cote d´Azur, France
2003 - Seminar "A viagemcomo Metafora do Desejo" ESAD, Escola Superior de Artes e Design,Porto, Portugal
2006Workshop "Entre la INSpiracion y la Expiracion", Centro Cultural de Espana en Buenos Aires. Argentina.
CURATOR AND PROMOTER OF EXHIBITIONS
-"Joieria Europea Contemporania", la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain.
1989 -"Premi Internacional de Joieria Massana", Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain.
1985-86-87-88-89- "Parlant en Plata", Orfebres FAD and Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain.
1992 -"Joies Indissenyables", Escola Massana, Capella de l´Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu, Barcelona, Spain.
-"La joia i La Pedra", Escola Massana, Museu de Geologia, Barcelona.
-"Un Art Intim", Escola Massana, Can Mula, Mollet, Barcelona, Spain.
2000-1 –"Balanced", Zijsprong Gallery, Anwerpen, Belgium, and Museu de l´Art de la Pell, Vic, Barcelona
2002- "Nomades de la memoria. El viatge com a metafora del desitg" FAD, Foment de las Arts Decoratives. Barcelona.
2006"BUE-BOG-BCN. Gestos sobre el cuerpo", CCEBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007 "150 Anys de Joia", Galeria Al 65. Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona.
2007"Schmuck 2007", Handwerskamer fuer Oberbayern, Muenchen. Germany.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany.
Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Inge Asenbaun, Wien, Austria.
Die Neue Sammlung. Staatliches Museum fuer angewandte Kunst. Design in Pinakothek der Moderne. Munich. On permanent loam from the Danner Foundation, Munich.
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany.
Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Canada.
The Cooper Hewet Museum, New York, U.S.A.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Helen W.Drutt Collection, Houston. U.S.A.
The Dorothy and George Saxe Collection, Menlo Park, Califomia, U.S.A.
The Royal College of Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London, England.
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimusset, Tronheim, Norway.
Muzeum Ceskeho Raje v Turnove, Tumov, Tchequia.
Copoteca FAD, Foment de las Arts Decoratives, Barcelona.
Museu de les Arts Decoratives, Barcelona
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New Yok, U.S.A.
Fons permanent du Bijou Bontemporain, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France.
Museum of Arts and Design, New York. U.S.A.
