
及川 爾奈Nina Oikawa
My aim is to create “Playful beauty” which has a strong impact with an eccentricity that express kitsch, elegant, delicate yet strong within the jewellery form.
Artist Details
Career
| 1981 | Born in Tokyo |
| 1997 | Moved to Melbourne, Australia |
| 2004 | Graduate Bachelor of applied Arts at Monash University in Metal and Jewellery |
| 2005 | Graduate Master of Fine Art at RMIT University in Gold and Silversmithing |
| 2006/2009 | Currently enrolled in Doctorate of Fine Art at RMIT University in Gold and Silversmithing |
| 2008~ | lecturing at RMIT University |
| 2008 | Complete certificate of gemology at Gemological association of Australia |
| 2009 | Complete Diamond Grading at Gemological association of Australia |
Exhibition
| 2006/2009 | RMIT Post graduate Exhibition ‘It’s got legs’, Melbourne |
| 2005/2009 | BUDA “Contemporary Australian silver and metal work” exhibition Castlemane, Aus |
| 2009 | Good Ship Glitzern, Melbourne |
| 2008 | Solo“Wild Breeze” Pablo Fanque, Sydney |
| 2008 | NCJA national contemporary jewellery award 08’, NSW |
| 2008 | Jangle Fever at Glitzern, Melbourne |
| 2008 | Fruit Loop Bagues First Site Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007/2008 | Siemens scholarship Art prize 08’, Melbourne |
| 2007 | Solo“Sweet Dominance” Pieces of Eight, Melbourne |
| 2007 | Gallery Marzee Presentation of Atelier Ravary, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| 2007 | Talente 2007, Munich |
| 2006 | Gallerie Marzee Graduate Exhibition, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| 2006 | Solo“Fossil Jewels” RMIT University First Site Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2006 | Solo“Fossil Jewels” (Window exhibition), Craft Victoria , Melbourne |
Prize
- 2006Diana Morgan Second Prize, RMIT Post Graduate Show, Melbourne
- 2006Marzee Prize, Marzee International Graduate Exhibition, the Netherlands
Publication
Bijoux. Illustration et Design, Maomao Publications, Barcelona, 2008
Bijoux. Illustration et Design, Maomao Publications, Barcelona, 2008
Media
Vogue Australia, Australia, 2008
Financial Review Luxury Magazine, Australia, 2008
ABC Sunday Art Program TV show, Australia, 2008
Time Out Magazine, Sydney, 2008
MX Newspaper, Sydney, 2008
Urban Talk about magazine issue1, Sydney, 2008
The Age1 Newspaper, Australia, 2007
Vogue Australia, Australia, 2008
Financial Review Luxury Magazine, Australia, 2008
ABC Sunday Art Program TV show, Australia, 2008
Time Out Magazine, Sydney, 2008
MX Newspaper, Sydney, 2008
Urban Talk about magazine issue1, Sydney, 2008
The Age1 Newspaper, Australia, 2007
Workshop
Atelier Ravary with Gallery Marzee, Belgium
Springboard Entrepreneurship for Designers program, Australia
Atelier Ravary with Gallery Marzee, Belgium
Springboard Entrepreneurship for Designers program, Australia