菊地 ルイRui Kikuchi
If an everyday object is reconsidered, its beauty and potential becomes evident.
Upon recognition of its value the ordinary can become precious.
Other works
Artist Details
Career
| 1982 | born in Kyoto |
| 1988 | moved to Sydney with her family |
| 2003 | Bachelor of Visual Arts (Object Art and Design - Jewellery and Metal), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney |
| 2008 | Graduated Itami College of Jewellery, Hyogo, Japan |
Exhibition
| 2007 | Itami International Craft Exhibition (Jewellery), Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan |
| 2007 | Jewel in the City, Ars Ornata Europeana, Manchester Craft and Design Centre, England |
| 2008 | Insects that Wanted to be Jewellery, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts and Itami Museum of Insects, Hyogo, Japan |
| 2008 | Itami International Craft Exhibition (Sake Vessels and Stands), Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo and Setagaya Cultural and Life Information Centre, Japan |
| 2008 | Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia |
| 2008 | Friedrich Becker Prize, Goethe Museum, Dusseldorf and Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany |
| 2008 | Moved, Migration Museum, Adelaide, Australia |
| 2009 | Itami International Craft Exhibition (Jewellery), Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan |
| 2009 | New Generation, Stella & Kirana, Osaka, Japan |
| 2009 | Two Jewellers, Gallery Kirsch, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2010 | The Jewelled Antipodean, Gallery Shop Si, Kobe, Japan |
| 2010 | Signs of Change-Jewellery to Make a Better World, FORM, Perth, Australia |
| 2010 | By Example-Contemporary Australian Jewellery, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan |
| 2010 | solo, Le Jardin de la Mer, Gallery Yuei, Osaka, Japan |
Prize
- 2000Julian Ashton Art School Scholarship, Sydney, Australia
- 2006Craft-in-Site grant, Object Galleries, Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, Australia
- 2007Janet Holmes a Court Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Australia
- 2007Third prize, Jewel in the City, Ars Ornata Europeana, Manchester Craft and Design Centre, England
Publications
Itami International Craft Exhibition (Sake Vessels and Stands) catalogue, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan, 2008
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize catalogue, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, 2008
Views from inside-out JMGA conference Adelaide, Filings, JMGA, 2008
Itami International Craft Exhibition (Jewellery) catalogue, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan, 2009
Compendium of Contemporary Jewellery Makers, Darling Publications, Cologne, Germany, 2009
Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques, Anastasia Young, Thames and Hudson, UK, 2010
500 Gem and Stone Jewelry, Lark Books, USA, 2010
Four Seasons of Jewellery (Hoseki no Shiki), No.208, Dec/Jan, 2010, Japan, 2010
Encyclopedia of Jewellery Making Techniques, Updated Edition, Jinks McGrath, Search Press, UK, 2010
Item, Itami City Art Event Guide, Winter Edition, Hyogo, 2010
By Example, exhibition catalogue, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan, 2010
Itami International Craft Exhibition (Sake Vessels and Stands) catalogue, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan, 2008
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize catalogue, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, 2008
Views from inside-out JMGA conference Adelaide, Filings, JMGA, 2008
Itami International Craft Exhibition (Jewellery) catalogue, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan, 2009
Compendium of Contemporary Jewellery Makers, Darling Publications, Cologne, Germany, 2009
Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques, Anastasia Young, Thames and Hudson, UK, 2010
500 Gem and Stone Jewelry, Lark Books, USA, 2010
Four Seasons of Jewellery (Hoseki no Shiki), No.208, Dec/Jan, 2010, Japan, 2010
Encyclopedia of Jewellery Making Techniques, Updated Edition, Jinks McGrath, Search Press, UK, 2010
Item, Itami City Art Event Guide, Winter Edition, Hyogo, 2010
By Example, exhibition catalogue, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan, 2010