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 Selected art jewellery artists listed by countries and name. Includes information of the artists, images of the work, cv, statement, publications, exhibitions, coming events, contact.
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 | Vitacura, Chile | website: www.walka.cl
mail: walka.orfebreria@gmail.com
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Walka Studio (Claudia Betancourt – Ricardo Pulgar)
Walka Studio
Necklace: Detente! 2010
Found object, silver 950, lapislazuli
Walka Studio
Necklace: Detente! 2010
Found object, silver 950, lapislazuli
detail
Walka Studio
Piece: Altar Terremoto 2010
Silver 950, horn, marble
Walka Studio
Piece: Altar Terremoto 2 2010
Silver 950, horn, marble
Walka Studio
Necklace: Mestizo: Por Unas Pocas Monedas 2010
Silver 950
Walka Studio
Necklace: Mestizo: Por Unas Pocas Monedas 2010
Silver 950
detail
Walka Studio
Piece: Trafico de Almas 2010
Enameled and gold plated brass, horn
Walka Studio
Neckpiece: Los pájaros cantan en pajarístico, pero los escuchamos en español (Chile get out from the cage!) 2008
24k golden brass, plastic - singing canario bird-, lapislazuli
3,5 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm
Walka Studio
Neckpiece: Los pájaros cantan en pajarístico, pero los escuchamos en español (Chile get out from the cage!) 2008
24k golden brass, plastic - singing canario bird-, lapislazuli
3,5 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm
Detailed view
Walka Studio
Brooch: Is your job stressing you out? 2008
Relaxing ball, 24k golden brass, steel
6,2 x 3,5 cm
Walka Studio
Brooch: Is your job stressing you out? 2008
Relaxing ball, 24k golden brass, steel
6,2 x 3,5 cm
Walka Studio
Brooch: Pa'l regalón y la regalona 2008
24k golden sterling silver, plastic bags, lapizlazuli, horn, silver mapuche jewelry
4,5 x 9,5 x 2,5 cm
Walka Studio
Piece: Cradle to cradle: a circular compromise 2008
Horn dust, araucaria
? 9 m
Public Installation
Walka Studio
Neckpiece: Working hard 2008
Blundstone #500, sterling silver, stainless steel
163 cm
Walka Studio
Brooch: Are you still paying parking fines? 2008
Bicycle tire, sterling silver
2,5 x 2,5 x 9 cm
Walka Studio
Bracelet: I am not a plastic bag 2008
Polipropylene bag, sterling silver
Walka Studio
Brooch: Sign I 2008
Plastic, sterling silver
5,5 x 6,5 x 0,8 cm
Walka Studio
Piece: The biggest necklace in town 2008
Perfomance
Walka Studio
Piece: ArtPlay Workshops 2008
Mixed media
Workshops
Walka Studio
Necklace: Walka - collar de plumas del condor 2007
Horn, fine silver
Walka Studio
Ring: Willka siwi - anillos del sol 2008
Horn, fine silver
| Statement | WALKA Studio (Claudia Betancourt – Ricardo Pulgar)
We arrived to contemporary jewelry trough craft (we are the 3rd generation of Chilean traditional craftmakers). We work on cultural identity –mestizaje-, craft commoditization, collaboration, relations between globalization and local visual identity, and art-craft-design relations. One of our core goals is allowing both works and materials talk by themselves. We work and live in South America.
| CV | Walka Studio, Providencia, Chile.
Education:
Claudia Betancourt
2010 Jorge Manilla's Workshop "Identity Dialogues". Mexico DF
2009 to present teaches Contemporary Jewelry at WALKA STUDIO Jewelry Workshop | Peruvian Jewelry Symposium. Cajamarca, Peru.
2008 Australia, Melbourne, 3 month work experience with Roseanne Bartley | The South Project Inc., Melbourne, Australia, Art Residence | Australia, Melbourne. Marianne Hosking workshop at Craft Victoria | Australia, Melbourne. 1 month work experience with Vicky Mason | Casting workshop at CAE. Melbourne, Australia.
2002 Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile, Bachelor of Languaje
Ricardo Pulgar
2010 Ruud Peter and Estela Saez's Workshop "Losing My Religion" Mexico DF | Ricardo Domingo's Jewelry Design Workshop. Santiago, Chile
2009 Casting Workshop with Jorge Diaz. Santiago, Chile | To present teaches Contemporary Jewelry at WALKA STUDIO Jewelry Workshop
2008 The South Project Inc., Melbourne, Australia, Art Residence
2002 Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Bachelor of Law and Minor in Philosophy
2001 Institute D'Etudes Politiques-Science PO. Interchange Program. Paris, France.
2001 Traditional Handcraft in Horn Juan Betancourt's Workshop, Algarrobo, Chile, apprenticeship
Awards and Fundings:
2010 FONDART to participate in Walking in the Gray Area. Culture Department, Chilean Government.
2009 "CREA National Award of Craft and Design" SERCOTEC Chilean Government. 2 collections awarded 100 best Chilean products. | Innova CORFO Funding. Representing the most innovative Chilean contemporary craft creators visiting Holland. | "Premio a la Excelencia Artesania UNESCO Chile 2009" | 2 awards winning "Quality Certification Award to Innovativeness, both ecological and cultural sustainability". UNESCO
2008 "Premio a la Excelencia Artesania UNESCO Chile 2008" | 2 awards winning "Quality Certification Award to Innovativeness, both ecological and cultural sustainability". UNESCO
“Pro Chile Found”, Government of Chile (2007, Aug) One of the Six Best Chilean Jewelry Designer invited to participate on the Chilean Fashion Week at Los Angeles, USA.
2006 "Best Hand-crafter Prize" International Show of Handcraft by Universidad Católica de Chile. This award has been granted by the most traditional Chilean hand-crafters Association.
Exhibitions:
2010 "Walking the Gray Area" Mexico DF | "Expo Shanghai 2010" Chilean Pavilion. Shanghai, China | "UNESCO Craft Award" Culture Department, Chilean Government, Valparaiso, Chile
2009 "Beyond Shared Language" Pittsburgh, USA | "Can Materials Speak" Good Enough College, London | "UNESCO Craft Award Exhibition" Culture Department, Chilean Gobernment, Valparaiso, Chile | UK, London. Chilean Embassy | Australia, Melbourne. Ocular Lab Gallery | Indonesia, Jogakarta. South Project Inc. Gathering | Chile, Santiago. Handcraft Show by Universidad Catolica de Chile
2008 "Melbourne by Walka". Craft Victoria. L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program. Melbourne | "Walka and Kids". Several workshop for kids through South Kids of South Project Inc. and ArtPLay. Melbourne
"Toro Sagrado". Permanent exhibition at the Encounter Space. Craft Victoria. Melbourne | REDISENA. Public instalations. Santiago | Fashion Museum of Chile, Primitiva Gallery, Ona Gallery, Oh! Gallery, Foyke Gallery, La Moneda Palace Cultural Center Gallery. On going. Santiago, Puerto Varas | International Show of Handcraft by Universidad Católica de Chile | Once a year most important show about Chilean handcraft, including the most traditional and most innovative creators. Santiago. Selected by the Chilean Embassy in Switzerland to be one of the Chilean Design Studios at Chilean Expo.
"UNESCO Craft Award Exhibition" Culture Department, Chilean Gobernment, Valparaiso, Chile
2007 Sculpture to Wear Gallery. Los Angeles | Workshop "Design and innovation in the Iberoamerican Handcraft". UNESCO and DEFACTO. Barcelona | Visual Art Museum ArtShop. Santiago, Chile
Lectures and Talks:
2010 "Walking the Gray Area", Mexico DF
2009 "National Symposium of Craft" Department of Culture, Chile, Santiago, Chile
2008 "National Symposium of Craft" Department of Culture, Chile, Santiago, Chile | "Meet your Maker" Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia | "What is Latin American Art" Institute of Post Colonial Studies, Melbourne, Australia | Publications | 2009 "LATINO: Beyond Shared Language. Contemporary Art and the Latin American Experience. Catalogue". Society for Contemporary Craft, USA | "CREA National Award of Craft and Design Catalogue". SERCOTEC Chilean Government, Chile. | "UNESCO Craft Award 2009 Catalogue" Culture Department, Chilean Government, Chile
2008 "UNESCO Craft Award 2008 Catalogue" Culture Department, Chilean Government.
2005 to present Review of the International Show of Handcraft by Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago.
| On sale at | www.walka.cl
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“Molaa” Museum of Latin American Art. 628 Alamitos Ave. Long Beach, CA 90802 USA.
http://molaa.com/
“Puro Chile NYC” 221 Centre St. New York NY, USA.
http://www.puro-chile.com/
“Society for Contemporary Craft” 2100 Smallman St. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
http://www.contemporarycraft.org/The_Store/Splash.html
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| Walka Studio
Alonso de Cordova 3780
- Vitacura
Chile
Telephone: +56 9 87386298
Telephone: +56 9 98985996
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WalkaStudio: Can materials speak? A search for Latin Americanness
(...) Latin America as a whole has an immense and powerful craft tradition. Although, particularities can be found between the different countries that creates Latin America, as the accent does on Spanish Language. These particularities are huge fountain for exploring national identity and social behaviours, which is a very important driver for new generations of craft-makers. Those new generations more globalized and, it could be said, more mobile and curious are creating a more diverse and open craft-scene. (...)
Place: William Goodenough House
(London, United Kingdom)
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Beyond Shared Language: Contemporary Art and the Latin American Experience
(...) The exhibition features 37 works in a range of craft media such as clay, glass, metal, wood, fiber and mixed media, by 14 artists whose countries of origin, migration patterns, socioeconomic profiles, multiple language dialects, and physical characteristics differ (...)
Place: The Society for Contemporary Craft
(Pittsburgh, United States)
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Walking the Gray Area: A dialog on global mobility, identities and contemporary jewellery
(...) Contemporary jewellery, with its ability to create associations directly connected to specific cultural and personal settings seems to be circumscribed to a rather westernized discourse. It has become necessary for contemporary jewellery-makers to rethink the ways they connect with others. (...)
Place: Galeria Emilia Cohen
(Mexico City, Mexico)
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Think Twice: New Latin American Jewellery
(...) Think Twice: New Latin American Jewelry, presented by the Museum of Arts and Design from, will feature unique work by nearly 80 jewelry makers, representing over 20 Latin American countries. Think Twice aims to bring the audience a clear picture of the landscape of contemporary jewellery in Latin America and its development in the last 10 years, showing the way in which visual artists and jewellery makers born or living in Latin America view and relate, through jewellery, to such a vast and diverse continent. (...)
Place: Museum of Arts and Design of new York
(New York City, United States)
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