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Märta MattssonMärta Mattsson
Somebody once told me,”You make jewellery for children, not for adults”.
And when I was a student in Tokyo the Japanese students in my class came up with a new word to describe my work.
The word was KimoKawaii and it’s a combination of two words kawaii (cute) and kimoi (disgusting).
I make jewellery for adults but with a touch of inspiration from my childhood.
When I was a child I played with stuffed animals, slugs and other living animals.
I have always been drawn to both biology and art and in my work I am trying to combine my interests. Nature is a great source of inspiration but so is Pokemon…
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Artist Details
Career
| 2003/2005 | HD- Hantverk och Design pa Naas fabriker Silversmithing and jewelry design |
| 1982 | born in Sweden |
| 2004 | HPU- Hawaii Pacific University Exchange program 1 semester Jewelry design Textile design Drawing Cartooning |
| 2006 | Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry Exchange program 1 semester, Tokyo |
| 2007 | Rhode Island School of Design Exchange program 1 semester at the jewelry department |
| 2005/2008 | HDK- School of Design and Crafts Jewelry art Gothenburg BA |
| 2008 | Royal College of Art GSMJ Department MA expected graduation year 2010 |
Exhibition
| 2005 | Graduation exhibition from HD (Hantverk och Design på Nääs fabriker) Stadsmuseet, Gothenburg |
| 2006 | NK loves HDK |
| 2006 | Gallery Yu, Tokyo |
| 2007 | Love signs Platina, Stockholm |
| 2007 | Hnoss extended, Gothenburg |
| 2007 | The Earring show Lark Books Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco |
| 2008 | Graduation exhibition from HDK konstepidemin, Gothenburg |
| 2008 | Enjoia´t08 Exhibition La Basilica, Barcelona |
| 2009 | EFFE KIJKEN 1 “THE HUMAN TOUCH” Galerie Marzee, the Netherlands |
| 2009 | “Can I help you?”, Work in progress show Upper Gulbenkian gallery, Royal College of Art,London |
| 2009 | Schmuck 2009 International Trade Fair, Munich |
| 2009 | Schmuck 2009 RMIT Gallery of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne |
| 2009 | Choice, Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Salts Mill |
| 2009 | Be Bold, Be Gold, V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum), London |
| 2009 | 3 School project, Hiko Mizuno college of jewelry, Tokyo |
Publications
The Compendium Of Contemporary Jewellery Makers, Darling Publications, 2009
Schmuck 2009 catalog, 2009
The Compendium Of Contemporary Jewellery Makers, Darling Publications, 2009
Schmuck 2009 catalog, 2009