Illusionary Space
Brooch, stainless steel, enamel
Christoph Straube
The object-like character of these pieces is based on their simple geometric shapes in relation to surface and colour and on their materiality. The reinterpretation of classical enamel painting leads to a seeming three-dimensionality through shading and colouring.
The objects are located in an illusionary space which is perceived even more when worn, but only exists in the viewer’s perception.
Necklace, silver 925, enamel; Necklace, stainless steel, enamel
Biography
1971 born in Munich, Germany, lives and works in Nuremberg, Germany
2009‒2013 consultant and faculty member at the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, Lahore, Pakistan
2008 university teaching position at the College of Fine Arts Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nuremberg, class for art and public space
since 2006 studio in Nuremberg, lectures in Germany and abroad
2005 honour as Meisterschüler
2000‒2006 study of jewellery design at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nuremberg, class for gold- and silversmithing
1997‒2000 freelance work as a goldsmith in Munich, Germany
1994‒1997 apprenticeship as a goldsmith at the State College Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Glas und Schmuck, Neugablonz, Germany
Selected exhibitions
2019 “Schmuck 2019” (Katalog), IHM/Internationale Handwerksmesse München
Werkschau, with Kathrin Sättele, Eva Maisch Schmuck, Würzburg
2018 A cube has six faces, “Off the Wall” Mini Exhibition, ATTA Gallery, Bangkok, TH
27th Legnica International Jewellery Competition “ILLUSION” , Gallery of Art in Legnica, PL
Parable, Gallery Tereza Seabra, Lissabon, PT
2017 “Six make a bridge from Europe”, Studio Fusion Gallery, London, GB
2016–2018 SSOFA Chikago, bei Charon Kransen Arts, Chikago, US Chicago
2016 20/20, Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Salts Mill, Saltaire, GB
o.T./untitled, mit der Gruppe JAC, Legnica Jewellery Festival Silver 2016, Legnica
“Freunden sei Dank – 25 Jahre Schenken und Förder”, Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig
2014-2017 Collect, bei Galerie Rosemarie Jäger, Saatchi Gallery, London
2014 Schmuck 2014 (Katalog), IHM/Internationale Handwerksmesse München
JAC – Groups versus Individuals, Gallery X, Bratislava, SK
Danner-Preis 2014 (Katalog), Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
2013–2015 Grassi-Messe, Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig
Brooch, stainless steel, enamel
Pendant, stainless steel, enamel
image top: brooch, stainless steel, enamel
photos © Christoph Straube