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Chao-Hsien KuoChao-Hsien Kuo
My passion for creating jewelry led me from Taiwan through New York to finally live and work in Finland.
The calm and beautiful Finnish nature provides me the perfect environment for creative works.
Inspired by the plants and flowers in our daily surroundings, I want to create elegant jewelry,
which captures the gestures and liveliness of the nature.
For my unique works I often use anticlastic forming, because this technique allows me to achieve light-weighted and three-dimensional forms.
My jewelry has a very strong sculptural quality.
Other works
Artist Details
Career
| 1973 | born in Taiwan |
| 1996 | Bachelor of Science with High Honors in Fine Arts- jewelry / metal Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA, Fine Arts - Jewelry major, Art History minor |
| 1997/1999 | Goldsmithing and Jewelry Design, post-graduate program, School of Goldsmithing, Institute of Design. Lahti, Finland |
| 1999 | National Master Goldsmith Certificate/ Mestarinkirja gained in Finland |
| 2002 | Master of Arts in Industrial Design University of Art and Design Helsinki, UIAH, Finland |
Exhibition
| 2005 | “Hand in Hand- jewelry for the bride” solo exhibition, Design Forum Finland, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2005 | “Joieria Finlandesa” group exhibition, FAD Gallery, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2006 | “Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show”, Philadelphia, U.S.A. |
| 2006 | “Bridge 1, part 2” group exhibition, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea |
| 2007 | “New Traditional Jewellery 2007”, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2007 | SOFA CHICAGO 2007 the 14th annual international exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Chicago, U.S.A |
| 2007 | “Best of European Contemporary Crafts”, Luxembourg |
| 2008 | “METAL Inclinations”juried exhibition, an International online Metalsmithing and Jewelry Exhibition presented by The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, U.S.A. |
| 2008 | “Contemporary Taiwanese Jewelry Exhibition” group exhibition, Nanjing Municipal Museum, Nanjing, China |
| 2008 | SOFA CHICAGO 2008 the 15th annual international exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Chicago, U.S.A |
| 2008 | “Chao & Eero- our nature ”,duo exhibition, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2008 | “Best of European Contemporary Crafts II”, Paris, France |
| 2008 | “pro. KORU II”, invited artist, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2009 | “European Prize for Applied Arts”, Mons, Belgium |
| 2009 | “Finnish Jewellery 1600-2009” group exhibition, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2009 | “Re-interpreting Nature” group exhibition, The Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2009 | Itami International Craft Exhibition, Itami, Japan |
| 2010 | “Finnish Jewellery 1600-2009” group exhibition, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, USA |
Prize
- 20014th Prize of “2001 International Pearl Design Contest”, Japan Cultured Pearl Retailers Association, Japan Tour exhibition in Japan
- 2002Excellence Award in “Dream of the Crafts” craft design competition, Taiwan
- 20053rd Prize in cut stone article and special prize for the use of cut stones in the Faberge 2005 international competition for young jewelers, Finland
Publications
“500 Gemstone Jewels”, Lark Books, New York, 2010
“Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008”, Darling Publications, Cologne / New York, 2009
“Bijoux. Illustration et Design” maomao publications, Barcelona, 2008
“500 Wedding Rings”, Lark Books, New York, 2007
“500 Gemstone Jewels”, Lark Books, New York, 2010
“Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008”, Darling Publications, Cologne / New York, 2009
“Bijoux. Illustration et Design” maomao publications, Barcelona, 2008
“500 Wedding Rings”, Lark Books, New York, 2007
Work
2005～ Co-founder of Chao & Eero Jewel, Finland
2006～ Designer for Lapponia Jewelry, Finland
2009～ Co-founder of studio La hest, Lahti, Finland
2005～ Co-founder of Chao & Eero Jewel, Finland
2006～ Designer for Lapponia Jewelry, Finland
2009～ Co-founder of studio La hest, Lahti, Finland