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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:
since 2012 Part-time Jewellery Design Tutor at CPIT, School of Art and Design, Christchurch, NZ
since 2000 Elfi Spiewack Design NZ, design and production of own jewellery ranges
2006/07 Freelance designing for 'JADE FACTORY'
1995-1999 Elfi Siewack Design Germany, design and production of own jewellery ranges
1995/96 Freelance designing for ZETBE Design, Karlsruhe, PHOENIX DESIGN, Stuttgart, HANSGROHE, Schiltach
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
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1993 'Reliquien', HALLMACKENREUTHER, Cologne, Germany
1995 'Schmuecken', SCHMUCKMUSEUM, Pforzheim, Germany
and Gallery MARZEE, Nijmegen, Netherlands
1997 'Von Sinnen', FORMSTEIN, Mannheim, Germany
2001 'Anonevent', FINGERS, Auckland, NZ
2003 'Bloom', OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, USA
2003 'From the Woods', ORANGERIE Botanical Gardens, Goettingen, Germany
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, Australia
2009 'Contemporay Wearables', Toowomba, Australia
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
2014 'X-Years', THE NATIONAL, Christchurch
2016 'Wishlist VI', FORM, Christchurch
2017 'SculpT', (curator and participator) WAIHEKE ART GALLERY, Waiheke Island
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:
since 2012 Part-time Jewellery Design Tutor at CPIT, School of Art and Design, Christchurch, NZ
since 2000 Elfi Spiewack Design NZ, design and production of own jewellery ranges
2006/07 Freelance designing for 'JADE FACTORY'
1995-1999 Elfi Siewack Design Germany, design and production of own jewellery ranges
1995/96 Freelance designing for ZETBE Design, Karlsruhe, PHOENIX DESIGN, Stuttgart, HANSGROHE, Schiltach
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
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1993 'Reliquien', HALLMACKENREUTHER, Cologne, Germany
1995 'Schmuecken', SCHMUCKMUSEUM, Pforzheim, Germany
and Gallery MARZEE, Nijmegen, Netherlands
1997 'Von Sinnen', FORMSTEIN, Mannheim, Germany
2001 'Anonevent', FINGERS, Auckland, NZ
2003 'Bloom', OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, USA
2003 'From the Woods', ORANGERIE Botanical Gardens, Goettingen, Germany
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, Australia
2009 'Contemporay Wearables', Toowomba, Australia
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
2014 'X-Years', THE NATIONAL, Christchurch
2016 'Wishlist VI', FORM, Christchurch
2017 'SculpT', (curator and participator) WAIHEKE ART GALLERY, Waiheke Island
