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Laura Alvarado
*17.04.1977 in Bogotá, Colombia
Education
2006-2011 Graduate Product and Jewelry Designer, University of Applied Arts and Design Düsseldorf, Germany
2005-2006 Practical Trainig of goldsmithery at Vassiliou Juwelier GmbH, Bonn, Germany
2003-2004 Practical Training of goldsmithery at Escarof Bogotá, Colombia
1998-2003 Graduate Industrial Designer, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Bogotá, Colombia
Beyond
2010 Artist in Residence at Ted Noten Atelier / Red Light Design Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Exhibitions
2013 Think Twice: New Latin American Jewelry, Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2012-13 The Jewelbook Exhibition, WCC-BF Worlds Craft Council, Belgium
2012 3D Print Show, The Brewery, 53 Chiswell Street, London
2012 “Ritual”, 21st Silver Festival, Legnica, Poland
2012 Talente, IHM Munich, Germany
2012 3 Stations “What’s in a frame?” Munich, Germany
2012 “A2&D”, H Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2011 Konzepte, Projekte, Forschung. Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 Special Project. Sieraad Jewellery Art Fair Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011 Marzee International Selection of Graduate Work, Gallerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2011 Short Film Program in the Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 Think Twice: New Latin American Jewelry, Bellevue Arts Museum, Northeast Bellevue, USA
2011 NEUN Gallerie V&V, Vienna Austria
2010 Think Again: New Latin American Jewelry, Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA
2010 3 City Storytelling. Fashion Museum, Hasselt, Belgium / Maastricht, The Netherlands / Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 Dormitory_Bauleitung_Laboratory “Schmuck in Schlafrock aus 7 Laendern” Munich, Germany
2009 Sieraad Jewellery Art Fair Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009 Video Salon Damen und Herren Düsseldorf, Germany
2009 DMY International design Festival Youngsters Berlin, Germany
Awards
2012 Honorable Mention, “Ritual”, 21st Silver Festival, Legnica, Poland
2012 Selected for Talente 2012, Munich, Germany
Lectures
2013 Think Twice Conference, Estonian Academy of Art, Tallinn, Estonia
2012 Sperk Stret N5, Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 43. Schmucksymposium Zimmerhof, Bad Rapenau, Germany
2011 Symposium: Übergangsobjekte, Experimentelle Objektstrategie. IRAA Institute for Research in Applied Arts, FH Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 DAVD Digital Analog Vortrag Ding. FH Düsseldorf, Germany
Publications
Jewelbook 12-13, International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art, Stitchting Kunstboek
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