vita mirjam hiller

curriculum:
since 2008 workshop in Potsdam, Germany
2003 - 2008 studies at Hochschule Pforzheim, Faculty of Design, Germany (Diplom- Designerin FH)
2005 - 2006 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada
1999 - 2002 Goldschmiedeschule Pforzheim, Germany
1996 - 1999 Juweller Hunke, Ludwigsburg, Germany

awards (selection):
2009 Grassi award of the Galerie Slavik/Vienna, Leipzig, Germany
2009 10. inhorgenta europe innovation award, Munich, Germany
2008 newcomer subsidy award 2008 for jewelry and everyday objects of “Bertha Heraeus und Kathinka Platzhoff Stiftung” and ”Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V.”, Hanau, Germany
2008 BKV-prize for young applied arts, Munich, Germany
2008 subsidy award for young applied arts, “Handwerksmuseum Deggendorf”, Germany
2008 Friends of Carlotta jewelry and subsidy award 08, Zurich, Switzerland (appreciation)
2008 ISSP subsidy award, Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany
2000 12.German newcomer award for gemstone and jewelry design, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

work in public collections:
Grassimuseum, Leipzig, Germany
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima), Middlesbrough, Great Britain
Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte NC, USA

exhibitions (selection):
2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea “Outside the Box”
2009 viceversa, Lausanne, Switzerland, “geballt” (solo exhibition)
2009 Galerie Hermsen, Wiesbaden, Germany, (exhibition together with Tabea Reulecke)
2008 Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 𔄙The Magic of Emotion” (solo exhibition)
2008 Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia, “Transformation”
2008 Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland, “Horror Vacui”
2008 Lucca Preziosa Young, Lucca, Italy
2008 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany, “graduation show”
2007 SoFA Gallery, Indiana, USA, “Field of Vision”
2006 Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, USA, “From Beauty’s Edge”
2005 Galerie Hermsen, Wiesbaden, Germany, (exhibition together with Rudolf Kocea)
2004 Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode, Belgium, “1001 Ringe”
2004 Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Netherlands, “1001 Ringe”
2004 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany, “1001 Ringe”
2002 Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany, “Natur und Zeit”

fairs (selection):
2010 Miami International Art Fair (mia 2010), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2010 Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2009 Grassimesse, Leipzig, Germany
2009 Collect, V&A Museum London, Great Britain
2009 Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
2009 Object Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2009 inhorgenta europe, Munich, Germany
2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 SOFA, New York und Chicago, USA
2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 Palm Beach 3 SOFA Art Fair, Florida, USA

lectures:
2009 SOFA Chicago / Chicago, USA, “Simplicity, Intensity and Jewelry”

publications (selection):
2009 “The Compendium Finale of contemporary jewellers 2008”; Darling Publications, Cologne, Germany
2009 “500 Enamelled Objects”; Lark Books
2008 “500 Pendants and Lockets”; Lark Books
2007 “Kunst treibt Blüten / Art is flowering”; Arnoldsche Art Publishers Stuttgart, Germany
2002 “Talente” (catalogue/ Internationale Handwerksmesse Munich, Germany)

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