CV
(Education:
1992-1996 University College of Art, Design, Technology and Commerce, Pforzheim, Germany
Faculty Jewellery- and Silverware Design
BA Design
1987-1991 Technical College Jewellery and Watchmaking, Pforzheim, Germany
and apprenticeship with Guenter Krauss Jewellery
Qualified Goldsmith
Trainings & Work experience:
1986/87 'La Calade Jewellery', Montreal, Canada
1986/87 Centre des Arts Visuels, Montreal, Canada
1987 Klaus Vischer Jeweller, Berlin, Germany
1994 ZETBE Design, Karlsruhe, Germany
1995 Viola Schwalm Jewellery, Stuttgart, Germany
Career:
2012-2016 Jewellery Design Tutor at CPIT, School of Art and Design, Christchurch, NZ
2000 - Elfi Spiewack Design NZ, design and production of own jewellery ranges and exhibition work
2006 / 2007 Freelance designing for 'JADE FACTORY', NZ
1995 -1999 Elfi Spiewack Design Germany, design and production of own jewellery ranges
1995 / 1996 Freelance designing for ZETBE Design, Karlsruhe, PHOENIX DESIGN, Stuttgart, HANSGROHE, Schiltach, DE
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2002 'From the Woods', FORM Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
2003 'Playinstinct', FORM Gallery Christchurch, LURE, Dunedin, NZ
2005 'Sea Below', INFORM, Christchurch, NZ
2006 'New Work', QUOIL, Wellington, NZ
2008 'Bone, Hearth & Fire', INFORM, Christchurch, NZ
2010 'Anthology', THE NATIONAL, Christchurch, NZ
2012 'Fragments', FORM Gallery, Christchurch, FINGERS, Auckland, NZ
2015 'Osseous', THE NATIONAL, Christchurch, FINGERS, Auckland, QUOIL, Wellington, NZ
2017- 'In Splendour Moot', ASHBURTON ART GALLERY, THE NATIONAL, Christchurch, WHAKATANE Museum & Art Gallery
2020 'Unearthed' with photographer Doc Ross, THE NATIONAL, Christchurch
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1993 'Reliquien', HALLMACKENREUTHER, Cologne, DE
1995 'Schmücken', SCHMUCKMUSEUM, Pforzheim, DE
and Gallery MARZEE, Nijmegen, NL
1997 'Von Sinnen', FORMSTEIN, Mannheim, DE
2001 'Anonevent', FINGERS, Auckland, NZ
2003 'Bloom', OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, USA
2003 'From the Woods', ORANGERIE Botanical Gardens, Goettingen, DE
2005 'Colour for Winter' (with Kobi Bossard), GALLERY THIRTYTHREE, Wanaka, NZ
2006 'The Art of Adornment', Cleveland Gold Award & Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
2006 'The New Germanic' (curating + show with Juergen Braeuer and Sabine Hauss),
INFORM, Christchurch, NZ
2008 'South Island Show', SODA+RHYME STUDIO, Adelaide, AU
2009 'Contemporary Wearables', Toowomba, AU
2011 'Side Seams', INGE DOESBURG Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
2012 'Rosary', LURE, Dunedin, NZ
2012 'Annual Group Show', FINGERS, Auckland, NZ
2013 '[IN] Box, Artbox, Christchurch, NZ
2014 'X-Years', THE NATIONAL, Christchurch, NZ
2016 'Wishlist VI', FORM, Christchurch, NZ
2017 'SculpT', (curator and participator) WAIHEKE ART GALLERY, Waiheke Island, NZ
2018 'Annual Group Show, FINGERS, Auckland, NZ
2019/20 'Scale' with jewellers Jeremy Leeming and Lynn Kelly, FORM, Christchurch, GALLERY 33, Wanaka and MORAY, Dunedin
Nominations / Grants: Art & Craft Design Award nomination, Leipzig, DE
Creative New Zealand Grant, NZ
Press / Publications: “Schmücken” (Exhibition catalogue from the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, DE)
Schmuck Magazin (DE)
Object Magazine (AU)
Platinum (Australasia)
The Press (Christchurch,NZ)
Dominion (Wellington,NZ)
Göttinger Tageblatt (DE)
Pforzheimer Zeitung (DE)
Narrative Jewellery (UK)
In Splendour Moot (own publication, NZ)
Art New Zealand Magazin #165 (NZ)