Francisca KweitelFrancisca Kweitel
To re-know oneself (about the body)
The fragility and strength of my body. The perception of hurt.
Gestures and pained feelings take body, solid form.
I make real those spaces in order to encapsulate those gestures, and to heal.
I use bandage and plaster as would a doctor.
I use the weakness of the material, and at the same time it’s firmness,
to show how they protect and usually put things back right, to correct or to arrange.
Shell pieces, cured pieces.
Other works
Artist Details
Career
| 1974 | born in Buenos Aires |
| 1998/2001 | the Escola Massana, Barcelona |
| 2001 | Cofounded “Peu de Reina, artistic jewelry group” |
| 2002 | graduated from Fashion Design course at the Buenos Aires University |
| 2004 | Cofounded Metalistería, contemporary jewelry gallery in Buenos Aires with Marina Molinelli Wells |
| 2005～ | teaching Fashion design at the Buenos Aires University |
| 2010～ | teaching Jewelry design at the Buenos Aires University |
Lectures
"RESPIRA, work in progress", CIDI-UNAM, México, 2010
"work and context", Imatra and Rantapaja, Finland, 2010
"encuentros-desencuentros" with Estela Saez, Gray Area Symposium, Mexico, 2010
"Argentine Contemporary Jewelry" at Escola Massana, BCN, 2004
"RESPIRA, work in progress", CIDI-UNAM, México, 2010
"work and context", Imatra and Rantapaja, Finland, 2010
"encuentros-desencuentros" with Estela Saez, Gray Area Symposium, Mexico, 2010
"Argentine Contemporary Jewelry" at Escola Massana, BCN, 2004
Workshop
"El valor de la joya" with Miquel García, CCEBA, 2009
"De la consciencia al instinto" with Estela Saez, CCEBA, 2008
"Otras herramientas de trabajo" with Gemma Draper, CCEBA, 2007
"Entre la INspiración y la EXpiración" with Ramón Puig Cuyás, 2006
"bue-bog.bcn, gestos sobre el cuerpo" exhibition, CCEBA in colaborate with Colombia Embassy and FADU-UBA, 2006
"Estados de Joyería" and Peu de Reina exhibition with Peu de Reina, C.C.Recoleta, Buenos Aires, 2003
"El valor de la joya" with Miquel García, CCEBA, 2009
"De la consciencia al instinto" with Estela Saez, CCEBA, 2008
"Otras herramientas de trabajo" with Gemma Draper, CCEBA, 2007
"Entre la INspiración y la EXpiración" with Ramón Puig Cuyás, 2006
"bue-bog.bcn, gestos sobre el cuerpo" exhibition, CCEBA in colaborate with Colombia Embassy and FADU-UBA, 2006
"Estados de Joyería" and Peu de Reina exhibition with Peu de Reina, C.C.Recoleta, Buenos Aires, 2003
Other activities
artist in residence, México, 2010
artist in residence, Rantapaja Studio and Saimaa Univeersity, Finland, 2010
Turnov Symposium, Czech Rep., 2010
artist in residence, México, 2010
artist in residence, Rantapaja Studio and Saimaa Univeersity, Finland, 2010
Turnov Symposium, Czech Rep., 2010