 Beppe Kessler Necklace: das Weisse 2011 Pearls, bone, balsa wood Ø 27 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: eyebright 2011 Brass, bone, balsa wood 10 x 9 x 3 cm
 Beppe Kessler Collier: fingerprints 2011 Coral, alabaster, balsa wood Ø 23 cm
 Beppe Kessler Collier: Tabula Rasa 2011 silver, gold, acrylic fibre, resin Ø 25 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Plenty 2011 Gold, steel, balsa-wood, acrylic color, nylon 7.5 x 9 x 3.5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Mind your step 2011 Brass, balsa-wood 7 x 9 x 2.5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Collier: La condition humaine 2011 Balsa wood, coral Ø 24 cm
 Beppe Kessler Collier: Homesick 2011 Silver, gold leaf, alabaster, balsa wood, red cedar wood, lime wood, acrylic fibre Ø 18 cm
 Beppe Kessler Collier: The Years 2011 Kinds of wood, acrylic fibre Ø 26 cm
 Beppe Kessler Collier: Wind 2011 Silver, alabaster, balsa wood, acrylic paint Ø 25 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Hematite 1997 Wood, textile, acrylic, graphite, hematite 4.5 x 4 x 2 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Only for 1997 Wood, textile, acrylic, gold leaf, paper, crystal 4.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Transparent dream 2001 Acrylic on nylon, wood, graphite, glass, copper, garnet 6.5 x 6.5 x 1 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Button 2002 Balsa wood, cotton, glass 3.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Big turnover 2010 Alabaster, steel 7 x 8 x 1 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Second nature 2010 Gold, steel, alabaster, gold, garnet 5 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Stream of thoughts 2010 Gold, brass, lime wood, balsa wood, alabaster 5 x 6,5 x 1,5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Red feint 2010 Alabaster, steel colour
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Feint 2010 Alabaster, steel
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Attached 2010 Alabaster, textile
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Black light 2010 Gold, alabaster, jet
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Family 2010 Gold, resin, alabaster, soapstone, coral, resin, bone
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Luminious circle 2010 Gold, acrylic fibre, resin, colour
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Mixed feelings 2010 Limewood, silver, messing, copper, colour
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Warm wind 2010 Limewood, alabaster, messing, colour
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Southerly wind 2010 Gold, alabaster, balsa wood, colour
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Warmth 2010 Gold, amber, wood, resin, red cedar wood
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Golden rain 2010 Silver, messing, limewood, balsawood, resin, acrylic fibre,colour
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Ardour 2010 Limewood, messing, copper, iron, colour
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Slowly 2009 Brass, lime-wood, colour 8 x 6 x 4 cm

Beppe, Kessler
Brooch: Hurry, 2009
Silver, acrylic fibre
5 x 3,5 x 3,5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: One night 2009 Gold, silver, wood, balsa-wood, felt, gold thread, colour 4 x 7 x 2 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: what time-2 2008 Brass, palm-wood 5 x 5 x 1 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: What time? 2008 Brass, acrylic fibre 4 x 5 x 2 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Some Day 2008 Brass, balsa, acrylic fibre, pyrites 4 x 6 x 2 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Ocan of Time 2008 Silver, alabaster, balsa-wood, acrylic fibre, colour 4 x 5 x 1 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Tomorrow 2008 Silver, red-wood, balsa-wood, felt, colour 4 x 6 x 2 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Sooner or Later 2008 Silver, jet, alabaster, balsa-wood, colour 2 x 6,5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: It's Late 2008 Brass, jet 1,5 x 6,5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Later 2008 Brass, red-wood 5 x 6 x 2 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Leap Year 2008 Brass, chalcedony, lime-wood 3,5 x 7,5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Long Time 2008 Silver, lime-wood 7,5 x 4 x 3 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Endless 2008 Brass, lime-wood, colour 8,5 x 5 x 3,5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Vale of tears 2002 Balsa wood, gold leaf, swarovski crystals, cotton 5 x 5 x 2 cm
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Rope of pearls 2002 Balsa wood, pearls, cotton ? 20 cm
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Coloured cubes 2002 Balsa wood, cotton ? 18 cm
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Happy family 2002 Balsa wood, cotton, glass, pearls ? 20 cm
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Touch 2005 All kind of stones, minerals, wood, plastic ? 23 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: À la recherché 2005 Bone 5 x 5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: À gogo 2005 Alabastre, amber 7 cm
 Beppe Kessler Pendant: In storm and shine 2005 Bramble wood, balsawood, acrylic, silver ? 20 cm
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Mother and son 2005 Opal, jet, gold
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Temps perdu 2004 Burnt balsa wood
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Carrés dor 2006 Balsa wood, gold leaf 3 x 3 x 2 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Yellows 2007 Balsa wood, acrylic, plastic, soapstone 3,5 x 3,5 x 2 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Burnt colour 2007 Balsa wood, acrylic 5 x 5 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Red and blue 2007 Balsa wood, soapstone, acrylic 2 x 4 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Red 2007 Balsa wood, pvc, acrylic 7 x 7 cm
 Beppe Kessler Necklace: Carneool 2007 Carneool, gold ? 20cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Up and down-2 2007 Balsa wood, copper 7 cm
 Beppe Kessler Brooch: Up and down 2007 Balsa wood, copper, acrylic 7 cm
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Beppe Kessler, 1952, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Education
1979 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, textile department
Collections
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, jewellery, 1982, 1986, 1996, 1997 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US), 1986 | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam jewellery, 1982, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2003 | Gemeente Museum, Arnhem jewellery, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2001 | Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg jewellery, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001 | interior fabrics, 1986, 1988, 1992, 2000 | table cloth, 1991 | objects, 1992, 1994, 1995 | ‘kubusdoek’, (1996) en ‘gordiaanse knoop’, (1998) | Gemeentelijk van Reekummuseum, Apeldoorn jewellery, 1982, 2004 | Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag jewellery, 1988, 1996 | Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst jewellery, 1986, 1992 | interior fabric, 1988 | table cloth, 1991 | object, 1992 | Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim (N) jewellery | Museée des arts decoratifs, Montreal (Can) jewellery, 1994 | Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna (A) jewellery, 1997 | Musée de l’Horlogerie, Genève (CH) jewellery, 1998 | Röhsska Museet, Göteborg (S) jewellery, 1999 | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, (US) jewellery, 1992 | V & A Museum, Londen (GB) artist books, 1987, 2006
Grants, Awards
1996, 2001, 2004 stipendium BKBV Fund
1997 Herbert Hofmann price, Munich | 3 months ‘artist in residence’, Vienna
2009 Herbert Hofmann price, Munich
Solo exhibitions
1988, 1992, 1996, 1998 Gallery Ra, Amsterdam
1993, 1997, 2004 , 2007 Galerie V und V, Vienna (A)
1996 Galerie Verzameld Werk, Gent (B)
1998 Galerie Hipotesi (E) | Galerie A, Geneva (CH)
1999, 2007 Galeri Hnoss, Goteborg (S)
2003 ‘Retrospective’ 1980-2003, The dutch Textile museum, Tilburg
2003, 2005, 2008 Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam
2004, 2007 Gallery Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
2004 Gallery Reverso, Lisbon (P)
2005 Gallery Aurum, Frankfurt (G)
2006 Galerie Hélène Porée, Paris (F)
2009 Galerie Annick Zufferey, Geneva | Gallery V& V, Vienna (A) | Gallery Helene Poree, Paris (F)
Group exhibitions
1989 ‘Ornamenta’. Pforzheim (D)
1993 ‘Subjects’, Helsinki, (SF)
1998 ‘Jewellery moves’, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (GB) | ‘Brooching it diplomatically’, a tribute to M.K Albright, Helen Drutt, Philadelphia (US)
1999 ‘The adorned ego’, Queen Fabiola Hall, Antwerp
2002 ‘Display’, The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2006 ‘Amsterdamer Pegel’, Das Verborgene Museum, Berlin
2007‘Amsterdamer Pegel’, Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik, Berlin
Activities
All my work takes place in the peripheral area’s of free and visual arts. My autonomous work contains paintings and objects. On the one hand I design jewellery and on the other I work on assignment for art in public spaces.
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