I combine contrasting materials in my work; organic with synthetic, hard and soft, crafted and found, creating a possible connotation and meaning.
I am intrigued by their touching points, using traditional metalsmithing techniques to emphasize moments of tension, telling a story.
I wonder about the meaning of recycling.
Pieces and bits, disposable, unnecessary transform to precious fractures of garbage.
I combine these materials as a statement, as a moment of thought about the way we refer to our surrounding world.

Dania Chelminsky, 1961, Mexico. Living and working in Israel.


Education:
1988-2000 Jewelry design and goldsmith, Dania, studio & shop, 19 Shenkin st. Tel-Aviv
2001-2012 Jewelry design and mixed media, studio, Tel-Aviv
2001-2002 Design for the Performing Arts, Shenkar Institute, Ramat-Gan
1991 Gemology, The Gemological Institute, Ramat-Gan, Israel
1989 Jewelry Design, The Gemological Institute of America, California, USA
1986-87 Metalsmith studies, Omanit Jewelry and Design School, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1982-85 B.Sc. in Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

2008 Felt Workshop by Philis Hofman
2008 Paper Workshop by Annmarie Frasculi
1995 Paper Workshop by Carol Farrow, Tut Niar, Zihron Yaacob
1991 Jewelry - Antique Techniques, Kulick Institute, New-York, USA
1989 Casting and Wax Carving, The Gemological Institute of America, California, USA

Exhibitions & competitions:
2013 BIJOUX, Norton Museum of Art, Florida, USA
2012 Solo exhibition, 'Mended 240', Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel | Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il Gioiello Contemporaneo | "Towering Above", Benyamini Contemporary Ceramic Center, Tel Aviv | Paper exhibition, Negev Museum, Israel
2011 Between  blue and white,Mediatech, Holon, Israel | Designed in Israel 4,The Design Museum, Holon, Israel | In Between,International Paper Art exhibition,The Wilfrid Israel Museum, Israel | Mediterraneo, International exposition of Contemporary Jewelry, Livorno, Italy | Rikmat Haim, art center, Yavne, Israel
2010 "Sequences;Identities"Israeli jewelry 5, Eretz Israel Museum | "Designed in Israel 3", The port of Tel Aviv
2009 Jewellery, ITAMI International Craft Exhibition, Itami, Japan | Bulb, The Artists House , Tel Aviv, Israel | Paper Time, The Artists House, Haifa | Flowerpot, The Ecological Interdisciplinary Arts Gallery, Holon, Israel
2007 Alix De Rothchild competition – Reflections – First prize     
2006 Mabatim Layam-Masks Project, Bat Yam, Israel | Heal Me Now, The Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel | Zippart II, Hankin Gallery, Holon, Israel
2005 Zippart, Simgallery, Magadim, Israel
2004 Requiem for Invisible Borders, Meirov Arts Center, Holon, Israel
2002 Spices and Aromas, Meirov Arts Center, Holon Israel
1997 Apertures and Light in Jerusalem, The Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel
1990 The Israeli Jewelry Show, Binianei-Ha’uma, Jerusalem, Israel
1989 25 Years to Omanit, Openheimer Diamond Museum, Ramat-Gan, Israel

2013 JEWELBOOK Int. annual of contemporary jewel art, stichting kunstboek
2012 'Mended 240', catalog | "Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry", Lark Books
2009 Atmosphere Magazine, Article | 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, A Groundbreaking Survey of A Modern Material, Lark Books
2008 Shamenet Magazine, Article