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Education
1968 BA Design, American University, Washington, DC, USABA Design
1973 Instituto De Allende, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Half-Full, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox, MA, USA
On The Road, Gallery Lulo, Healdsburg, CA, USA
2007 Loupe Gallery, Montclair, NJ, USA
Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL, USA
2006 Jewelry, Synderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2005 Contemporary Art Jewelry, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH, USA
2003 Black & White, Martina & Co., Providence, RI, USA
2002 Objects Of Desire, Louisville, KY, USA
Cervini Haas, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Exhibitions
2022 “RINGS”, exploring Cultural, Political & Personal Meanings from the Helen Drutt Collection
starting at Moore College of Art & Design Metalsmith Museum, Memphis TN; Houston Contemporary Center for the Arts, Houston,TX
2021 TAG, YOU’RE IT! curated by Kiff Slemmons, Ephinay Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Re-Formation curated by Erica Rosenfeld, Heller Gallery, NYC
Ring Redux: Susan Grant Lewin Collection SCAD Museum, Savanah, GA
2018 By Hand: An International Fine Crafts Biennale, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
“A Jewel of a Lake” , Fondazione Cominelli, de Desenza, Italy , curator Helen Drutt
”Vitraria Gallery, Venice Glass Week, Italy, curator Clara Ruggiero
Sherrie Galleria, Columbus, Ohio
“El Pasado que Sostiene el Presente: Encuentros entre Joyeria Contemporánea y las Colecciones del Museo”, Museo Franz Mayer,
Mexico City, Mexico, curators Lorena Lazard & Raymon Puig Cuyas
2017 Rooted, Revived, Reinvented Basketry in America, Museum of Art and Archaeology, U of MO
Galerie Noel Guymarch, Montreal, Canada
An Exuberance of Color, Curator Gail Brown, Landmarks Arts Gallery, Lubbock TX
2016 Exhibition in Motion, SNAG Conference, Asheville, NC
12 Voices, International Jewelry, Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC
The Box, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, curator Platforma, Asheville, NC
Internationalen Handwerksmesse München, Schmuck 2016, Munich, Germany
2015 All that Glitters, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA
Glass Weekend, Hedone Gallery, Wheaton Village, Millerton, NJ
New Acquisitions:Contemporary Art Jewelry, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, USA
The Jeweler's Journey, curators Kristal Romano & Brienne Rosner, Sally Francisco Gallery, Layton, NJ, USA
Material Location, curator Susie Silbert, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2014 HO!HO!HO!, Friends of Carlotta, Bruna Hauprt Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Chain Gang, Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME, USA
The Earring Show2, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, USA
Gold as Gold, Craft Alliance, St.Louis, MO, USA
Louder than Words, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
50/50,The Gray Gallery, ECU University, EC, USA
2012 Transformation 8:Contemporary Works in Small Metals, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA , USA
From the Ridiculous to the Sublime, Florida Craftsman Gallery, St Petersburg, FL, USA
2011 Crossing Lines-Many Faces of Fiber, Curator Rebecca AT Stevens, Courtyard Gallery, WFC, NY,USA
In Line/In Metal:, Aaron Faber, New York, NY, USA
2010 Celebrating 70, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
Circle 'Round Your Finger 2010, Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME, USA
Oro Y Negro, Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME, USA
Brooching the Subject:One of the Kind, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, NOLA, USA
New Artists for a New Decade, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2009 Sparkle Plenty 5, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA, USA
From Minimal to Bling:Contemporary Studio Jewelry, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, USA
The Stimulus Project, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, USA
Ring Theory, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield , UK
State of the Art, Taboo Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA
Jewelry At Large, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, USA
Cut, Stitch, Fold-Paper, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Fresh Start, New Directions, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Economies of Scale, The Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2008 Convergent, Biba Schutz & Marc Maijorana, Ogden Museum Of Southern Art, NOLA, USA
The Pendant Show, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, USA
Collected Metal, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, USA
Object And Image, Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield, CT, USA
2007 Pop-Art:Champagne Uncorked, Shaw Contemporary Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, MA, USA
Jewelry From Painting And Architecture\, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA
Intimate Eye, The Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2006 Black & Gold, Sam Shaw Contemporary Gallery, Northeast Harbor, MA, USA
Friends Across The Ocean, Studio Fusion, London, UK
Al Fresco; Enjoying The Outdoors, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, USA
Woven Together; Voices In Basketry, Yaeger Museum, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY , USA
2005 Collectors Ireland, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Bend-Twist-Wrap, Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield, CT, USA
Brooches, Objects Of Desire, Louisville, KY, USA
Cocktails At 5, Facere Art Jewelry Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
Brooch: The Subject, Sommerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Textiles, Martina & Co., Providence, RI, USA
Spirals, Sam Shaw Contemporary Gallery", Northeast Harbor, ME, USA
Exhibition In Motion, Snag Conference, Cleveland, OH, USA
Gold, Silver, Platinum, American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH, USA
100 Brooches, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA (Traveling)USA
Magnificent Extravagance; Art & Opulence, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, USA
925 + Ingenuity = Art Jewelry, Society Of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA, USA
2004 Fiber For The Future, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Rings, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco CA (Traveling)USA
2003 Adornments, Columbus Museum Of Art, Columbus, OH, USA
Planting, Potting & Pruning:Artists & The Cultivated Landscape, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI,USA
Chess, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA (Traveling)USA
The Hearth Of Culture: Textiles & Jewelry, Firehouse Art Center, Norman,OK, USA
2002 Body Geometrics: Brooches,12 Artists Fund Raiser At Sofa, Chicago ForSNAG, USA
Life Boats For Cerf, SOFA, Chicago, IL ,USA
Other Materials/Other Forms:Exploring Contemporary Basketry, Brookfield Craft Center, CT, USA
Small Wonders: Aromatic, Adornments, Amulets, & Objects Of Art, Annette Green Museum,
The Fragrance Foundation, New York, NY, USA
2001 Gift In A Box, Art Center-The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Well Armed, Objects Of Desire, Louisville, KY, USA
If The Shoe Fits, Oxoxo, Baltimore, MD, USA
Tiaras Will Be Worn, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, USA
2 Artists, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, USA
2000 New Talent In Craft, TheWustumMuseum, Racine, WI, USA
Concordance/Aka:92, The Bruce Museum, Edinboro, PA, USA
Organic Structures, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, USA
1999 10@2000, Objects Of Desire, Louisville, KY, USA
Aka:92, Works Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Icons Of The 20th Century, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA
1998 Wired, OxoxoGallery, Baltimore, MD, USA
1997 Best Of AmericanCraftsman-Group, Stones Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Environmental Bead, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT (Travel)USA
Snag Link, Snag Conference, Washington, DC, USA
1996 Treasures, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, USA
ContemporaryLights: A Celebration Of Chanukah, The Margolis Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
Structure And Geometry, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA
3 Artists, The Hand And The Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
1995 Two Artists, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, USA
To See Or Not To See, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA
1994 Containers For Memory, (2 Artists) Objects Of Desire, Louisville, KY, USA
3 Voices, The Modern Object, Columbus, OH, USA
Invitational Valentine Show, Sheila Nussbaum Gallery, Millburn, NJ, USA
1993 Treasures, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, USA
8 WomenMetalArtists, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA, USA
1992 African Influence In Cont
Emporary Crafts, American Craft Museum, New York, NY , USA
Curating
2018 “ LOUD AND CLEAR: Voices of the Empire State. “ NYJW2018, NY co-curaor Marjorie Simon
2016 “Shadow Themes ”, The Gallery at Reinstein Ross, New York, NY, USA
2002 Exhibition in Print for SNAG
Published Articles
2021 “The Brooch is Back”, The New York Times, Linda Dyett, March 24
2020 “Creating Creativity”, Lapidary Journal, May/June 2020, Cathleen McCarthy p.10
2016 "schmuck magazine", vol 1/16 p.107
2016 “Interview with Marjorie Simon”, Art Jewelry Forum, Olivia Shih 9/28/16
2016 "SCHMUCK 2016", p.62
2016 “Interview”, Art Jewelry Forum, Olivia Shih,
https://artjewelryforum.org/marjorie-simon-and-biba-schutz-shadow-themes
2015 "Schmuck im Focus Zurich", Design Handwerk Gestaltung inform, Bruna Hauert. mai/jui 2015, p.31
2015 "American Society of Jewelry Historians", Newsletter Vol 29 No 2 Fall 2015 Cover
2014 "Interview", Art Jewelry Forum, Susan Cummins, July/www.artjewelryforum.org
2014 "Look", Metalsmith Magazine, Marjorie Simon, Vol 34 No 2 p.20
2013 "Brillance", American Craft Magazine, Vol 73 No 5 p.58,59
2012 "Look", Metalsmith Magazine, Biba Schutz, Vol 32 No1, p.
2009 "Metalsmiths against war", Metalsmith Magazine, Marjorie Simon, Vol 29 No1, p 35, 40
2007 "Haunting Beauties",Ornament Magazine,Robin Updike , Vol 30 no 3 p.48-51
2005 American Style Magazine, December
2004 Lapidary Journal/ December
2004 "Review of Black & White", American Craft Magazine, Debra Krupenia, /Dec-Jan p.62-63
2003 "Small Wonders", Metalsmith Magazine,Linda Dyett, Sept Vol 23 No 2, p.30
2000 "Biba Schutz/Open Spaces of Jewelry's Experience",Metalsmith Magazine,Tacey Rosolowski-Vol 21no1cover, p.14-22
1997 "Exhibition In/Print-Studio Multiples",Metalsmith Magazine, Donald Friedlich & Bruce MetcalfVol.17 no 3, p.14
Books
2021 Tag, You’re It! Kiff Slemmons p119
2021 RING Redux, Susan Grant Lewin Collection p 57
2020 New Bracelets, Nicolas Estrada, Prompress
2018 New Brooches, Nicolas Estrada & Ramon Puig Cuyas, Prompress
2017 Rooted, Revived, Reinvented Basketry in America, Kristin Schwain & Josephine Steley p160
2016 Twelve Voices: International Jewelry Invitational, The Bender Glass Gallery, Asheville, NC
2015 The Jeweler's Journey (from the bench to the body and beyond), Peter's Valley, NJ,p.
2015 New Necklaces, Nicolas Estrada, Thames & Hudson, London
2013 New Earrings:500+ Designs from Around the World, Nicolas Estrada, Thames & Hudson, London
2012 Paper Jewellery, Sarah Kelley, A+C Black, London, p.102
2011 New Rings, Nicolas Estrada, Thames & Hudson, London, p. 32,212
2011 21st Century Jewelry, Martha LeVan, Lark Books, NY, p.292
2011 Transformation:Society of Arts & Crafts,Pittsburgh, cover, p.57
2010 Celebrating 70, Facere Gallery, Seattle, p.
2008 The Compendium Finale Of Contemporary Jewellers, Darling, Cologne ,p.vol2,p.1901,1902
2008 500 Pendants, Curator Elizabeth Sheppartt and Mike Holmes for Lark Books, NY, p.5,196, 236
2007 500 Earrings, Curator Alan Revere for Lark Books, NY, p282, 401
2006 500 Necklaces, Curator Marjorie Schick for Lark Books, NY, p.247
2006 500 Baskets, Curator Jan Peters for Lark Books, NY, p.136, 261
2005 500 Brooches, Curator Marjorie Simon for Lark Books, NY p.30, 11
2005 500 Bracelets, Curator Charon Kransen for Lark Books, NY, p.107
2005 The Art Of Bead Work by Valerie Hector, Watson-Guptill, NY,
2004 1000 Rings, Curator Bob Ebendorf for Lark Books, NY, p.76, 276
2001 Secrets Of Aromatic Jewelry, Annette Green & Lynda Dyett, Flammarion, France p.14,15
Art Fairs
2015-2016 "Fog Art + Design Fair", SF,CA., Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox, MA, USA
2013-2018 "Collective", NYC, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, USA
2010-2015 "Sofa", Chicago Il., Pistachio Gallery, Chicago, Il, USA
2009 "Sofa", New York, NY., Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, USA
2007 "Sofa", New York, NY., Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, USA
2000-2006 "Sofa", Chicago Il,, Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY, USA
1998-2006 "Sofa", New York, NY,, Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY, USA
1999-2006 "20th Century Int'l Art Fair", NY., Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY, USA
1995-1999 "Sofa", Chicago, Gallery I/O, NOLA, LA, USA
Exhibiting Craft Fairs
Smithsonian Craft Show, USA
Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, USA
American Craft Exposition Craft Show, USA
Craft Boston, USA
American Craft Council Shows, USA
Origin-London, UK
Awards And Honors
2018 Awards of excellence in Jewelry, Smithsonian Crraft Show, Washington, DC
2017 “By Hand”, Blue Line Arts Center, Roseville, CA 2nd place
2016 "Schmuck 2016", International Handwerksmesse München, Munich, Germany
"Best of Jewelry", Philadelphia Museum of Art & Craft Show, Philadelphia PA
"Award of Excellence", American Crafts Council San Francisco, C
2015 “Best of Glass Show”, juror Maureen Littleman, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
2012-2015 Editorial Advisory Committee for Metalsmith Magazine , USA
2013 Best of Metals, Eric Berg Award, Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2012 Show directors Award, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL, USA
2010 Best of Show, Craft Boston, MA, USA
2009 Award of Excellence in Jewelry, Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC, USA
2008 Best of Jewelry, Craft Boston, Boston, MA, USA
2008 Award Of Excellence, American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD, USA
2007 The Adrianne Farelli Prize, Philadelphia Museum Art Craft Fair, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2006 Advisor for Snag Professional Practice Guidelines, USA
2010 Program Advisory Committee for Snag Conference, USA
Artist Residency
2014 The Studio at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
Lectures, Presentations, Visiting Artists Residencies, Workshops
2018 Colorado Metalsmithing Assosiation Annual Conference, Presentation & demonstration, Salida
2017 IED Milan, Italy, Senior Weekend Session
2016 Penland School of Craft, NC , “One is not Enough” Penland, NC, August Session
2016 Presenter SNAG Conference, Asheville,NC
2015 Corning Museum of Glass, NY presentation
2015 Corning Museum of Glass, NY March Residency
2015 Brooklyn Metal Works, NY presentation
2014 Rhode Island School of Design, senior Crit
2012 School at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA presentation
2012 Rhode Island School of Design, RI Presentation
2012 UT El Paseo, senior criticism NM senior criticism
Public Collections
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, USA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, USA
Renwick Gallery Of The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA
Rotasa Foundation, Mill Valley, CA, USA
Professional Organizations
American Craft Council
Art Jewelry Forum
Ethical Metalsmiths
Society Of North American Goldsmiths
Textile Study Group Of New York
Biba Schutz currently lives and works in New York City, USA