I use many different materials, both rich and poor. The forms vary from organic to geometric, the organic however seems to prevail. Texture, pattern and colour play a big role, as does sensuality both in the shapes as well as in the use of material. Many pieces have a distinct erotic quality. I like symmetry; often pieces are made up of pairs.
For ideas I draw on natural forms and artefacts of all kind, both historical as well as contemporary. This I believe is evident in my work. The crafting of each piece is part of the creative thinking process.
The jewellery I make is to adorn a person, to be a celebration. Its place is the body and its intention is to enhance the wearer as well as to be an object of contemplation to be taken in the hand and looked at from all sides. It is both jewellery and an artefact conceived and made by one person for the enjoyment by another person.

Daniel Kruger, 1951, Cape Town, South Africa.

Education:
1971-1972 studied goldsmithing and graphic design at the university of Stellenbosch
1973-1974 studied painting and sculpture at the Michaelis school of fine art, university of Cape Town
1974-1980 studied goldsmithing with Prof. Hermann Jünger at the Akademie der bildenden Künsten, Munich
1985 lectureship at the art school of the university of Stellenbosch
1986 taught a workshop at the Royal College of Art, London
1988 gave a lecture on his own work at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, U.S.A.
1989 was guest lecturer for the spring term at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, U.S.A.
1990 was guest lecturer for the winter semester at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung, Pforzheim
1991 taught a workshop at the Statens Handwerk og Kunstindustriskole, Oslo
1992 taught a workshop at the Royal College of Art, London |gave a lecture on his own work at the Salzburg summer accademy | gave a lecture on his own work at the Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery,Tokyo
1993 gave a lecture on his own work at the Salzburg summer academy
1994 taught a workshop at the Royal College of Art , London
1995 gave a workshop and lecture at the Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo | spent a three month work period at the European Ceramic Work Centre, ´s Hertogenbosch
1997 spent a three month work period at the European Ceramic Work Centre | taught a workshop at the Gerit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam | gave a lecture on his own work at the Sandberg Institut, Amsterdam
1999 was guest lecturer for the spring and fall terms at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, U.S.A. | gave a lecture on his own work at the State University of New York, New Paltz, U.S.A.
2000 gave a workshop at the Hope School of Fine Art, University of Indiana, U.S.A.
2001 gave slide lecture at the Ring Symposium at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston USA.
2002 An Artist’s Journey, The Daphne Farago Lecture Series on Craft Jewelry, Museum of Fine Art, Boston.
2003 Lecture: Vita und Werk, IHS - Bayerische Handwerks Kammer, Munich | Professor for jewellery at Burg Giebichenstein University for Art and Designe, Halle an der Saale.
2008 gave a lecture on his own work at the Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery Tokyo
2010 gave a lecture on his own work and workshop at the Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh

Work in Public Collections:
Stuttgart -- Würtembergischeslandesmuseum - jewellery --Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations - jewellery. | Pforzheim -- Schmuckmuseum im Reuchlinhaus – jewellery | s' Hertogenbosch (NL) -- Museum het Kruithuis - jewellery and ceramics -- European Ceramic Work Centre | Sydney (AUS) -- The Power House Museum – jewellery | Rotterdam -- Museum Boymans van Beuningen - hollow ware | London -- The Royal College of Art – jewellery | Munich -- The Münchner Stadtmuseum - jewellery and ceramics -- The Danner Foundation – jewellery | Tokyo -- The Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery – jewellery | New York -- Cooper Hewett National Design Museum – jewellery | Montréal -- Musée des Arts Décoratifs – jewellery | Berlin -- Kunstgewerbe Museum – jewellery | Graz,Austria – Landesmuseum Joanneum – jewellery | Providence, U.S.A. –RISD Museum – jewellery | Houston (USA), The Museum of Fine Art, The Helen Williams Drutt Collection, Jewellery Houston (USA), The Museum of Fine Art, Keramik Sammlung Garth Clark u. Mark Del Veccio 

Solo Exhibitions:
2006 Bamberg, museums of the city of Bamberg, Sammlung Ludwig | Altes Rathaus “ Der Ball im Porzellanladen” Herta Sofie Zaunschirm, Jewellery, Zollikon Switzerland.
2004 Amsterdam, Galerie Ra – Kunst RAI jewellery and ceramics | Vienna, Galerie Slavik, Jewellery
2002 Munick, Galerie Biró, “New Work “, jewellery | Tielrode (B), Galerie Sofie Lachaert, jewellery and ceramics.
2001 Amsterdam, Galerie Ra, “Colliers” | Vienna, Galerie Slavik.
2000 Philadelphia, Helen Drutt Gallery | Graz, Joanneum, "Schmuck - Daniel Kruger" | Munich, Gallery for Applied Arts, Bavarian Crafts Assosiation: “The classical spirit of the forms...” Ceramics by Daniel Kruger.
1999 Amsterdam, Galerie Ra, ceramics.
1998 Antwerp, Galerie Sofie Lachaert.
1997 Berlin, Galerie Treykorn | Amsterdam, Galerie Ra, jewellery and ceramics.
1996 Erfurt, Angermuseum, Fayence-Room, ceramics.
1995 Tokyo, Gallery Yu, Hiko Mizuno college of Jewelery - Jewelery | Amsterdam, Galerie Ra, "Traditie en Interventie", jewellery and ceramics.
1994 's Hertogenbosch, Museum het Kruithuis, "Five Stones and a Small feint" – "Daniel Kruger – Keramik” | Gehnt, New Jewels Kunstgalerij, jewellery and ceramics.
1993 Amsterdam, Galerie Ra, "Ringen" | Munich, Münchner Stadtmuseum,"Daniel Kruger - Keramik" | Vienna, Galerie Slavik.
1990 Amsterdam, Galerie Ra | Munich, Galerie Spektrum.
1989 Chicago, Rezac Gallery.
1988 Amsterdam, Galerie Ra, jewellery and ceramics.
1984 Pforzheim, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus | Hanau, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus | Vienna, Galerie am Graben | Amsterdam, Galerie Ra.
1981 's Hertogenbosch, Dienst Beeldende Kunst Moriaan.
1980 Düsseldorf, Galerie Orfèvre. 

Group Exhibitions:
2009 Seoul, Museum of Art (MOA) at Seoul National University „Talking Hands- Spectrum of Contemporary Metal Works"
2005 Itami (J) The Museum of Arts and Crafts, „Choice“ Contemporary Jewellery From Germany.
2002 München, Galerie Biró, 10 year jubilee | Budapest, Iparmüvészeti Museum, „10 Years Gallery Biró“ | Budapest, Goethe Institut, German Jewllery
2001 Providence, U.S.A. RISD Museum, “A View by TWO – Contemporary Jewelry” | Amsterdam, Galerie Ra, "MASKERADE” , cotempoerary masks by 50 artists | Munich,Gallery for Applied Art, “Mikromegas” | New York, American Craft Museum, “Mikromegas” | Winterthur, Gewerbemuseum, “SCHMUCH HIER, SCHMUCK ANDERSWO: VEWERWANDTSCHAFT ODER ZUFALL?” |Munich, Münchner Stadtmuseum, “schön und gut” – 150 years Bavarian Crafts Association.
2000 Zurich, Museum für Gesaltung, “Àlles Schmuck” The Inge Asenbaum Collection | Antwerp, Koningin Fabiolazaal, “The Ego Adorned” | Lausanne, mu.dac, PARURES D’AILLEURS; PARURES D’ICI:INCIDENCES;COINCIDENCES.
1999 Westerwald, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Ausstellung Europäische Keramik1999 - Westerwald. | New York, Garth Clark Gallery, Contained Naratives". | Antwerp, Galerie Sofie Lachaert, "Table de fin de sciècle".
1996 Seoul, Walker Hill Art Center, Schmuckkunst aus der B.D.R.". | London, Crafts council, "New Times, New Thinking", (Ralf Turner).
1995 Ismaning (Munich), Schloss Pavillion, "Beatus ille procul negotiis",Ceramics. | Lausanne, Musée des Art Décoratifs, "Quatre createures de bijoux contemporains".
1993 Munich, Münchner Stadtmuseum, "Münchner Goldscmiede".
1992 Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, IIIèm Triennale du Bijou. | Groningen, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, "Sieraden".
1991 Amsterdam, Galerie Ra, "De Feesdis" , ceramics. | s' Hertogenbosch, Museum het Kruithuis, "Beauty is a Story". | Munich, Münchner Stadtmuseum, "Münchner Raume", ceramics.
1990 Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, Triennale du Bijou.
1989 Stuttgart, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations,"Contemporary Jewellery from the Federal Republic of Germany. | Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia, International Crafts Triennal. | Pforzheim, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus, "Ornamenta 1".
1987 Paris, Bibliotèque Forney, Biennale du Bijou.
1985 Antwerp, Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, "Attitudes",jewellery from Flanders, Holland, England and Germany.
1984 Sydney, The Power House Museum, "Cross Currents",jewellery from Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Germany.
1983 Tokyo, Isetan Art Museum, International Jewellery Art Exhibition, the 5th Tokyo Triennal.
1982 Hong Kong, Goethe-Institute. | Pforzheim, Schmuckmuseum im Reuchlinhaus,"Tendenzen".
1980 Vienna, Künstlerhaus, "Schmuck International 1900-1980".
1979 Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, "Körper-Zeichen". | Tokyo, Central Museum of Art, International Jewellery Art Exhibition. | Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft,"Goldschmiede dieser Zeit, Körper-Schmuck-
Zeichen-Raum".
1978 Munich, Galerie Thomas. | Pforzheim, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus, "Tendenzen". | Graz, Galerie Alberstrasse.
1975 London, Electrum Gallery.

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