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 Jonathan Olliffe

               Contemporary Fine Metalwork

 

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Latest News

June 2009 –      Short  listed  for  The Royal  Mint    ‘fifty  pence  piece’   national   design      

                           competition in collaboration with the 2012  London Olympics. The designs

                           consisted of two  different Olympic sports. The winners will be announced in

                           August 2010.

 

March 2009 –   Exhibited  at  ‘Talente’  Germany. The  international  exhibition was  a  week 

                           long event, with a selected number of International designers displaying their

                           current collection.

 

October 2008 – Artist  in  residence  at  Sydney  College of Art.. During this time I was able to

                           develop  my  work  further  and  gain  new  teaching  experiences  with  the

                           students at the University. It also gave me the opportunity to gain international

                           contacts with designers and galleries.

 

 

Past Exhibitions 

March 2009 -           ‘Talente’ Exhibition, Munich, Germany.2009.

October 2008-         ‘48 weeks later’ Exhibition, Lisben, Portugal.2008.

September 2008 -   ‘48 weeks later’ Exhibition, Birmingham School of Jewellery,2008.

June 2008-              ‘Fractal Contempoary’Exhibition, Norwich, 2008.

April 2008 -             ‘We are here’ Life Chords exhibition, Italy, 2008.

March 2008 -          ‘Jacqueline’s choice’ Exhibition, London, 2008.

February 2008 -      ‘Inorgenta’ Exhibition, Germany.2008.

February 2008 -      ‘Spring Fair ‘Birmingham Assay Office at Birmingham NEC, 2008.

January 2008 -        ‘Design City’Exhibition,’Interiors Birmingham at Birmingham NEC, 2008.

September 2007 -   New Designers Selection’ Exhibition, OXO Tower, London 2007.

July 2007 -              ‘New Designers’ exhibition, London 2007.

October 2006 -        'Birmingham Tribal’, Public exhibition, at the School of

                                Jewellery. Birmingham.

June 2006 -             Public exhibition – ‘Pewter Live 2006’the worshipful

                                Company of Pewterers, Pewterers Hall, London.

May -July 2006 -     ‘Lifelines’ public exhibition, Germany.

May 2006 -              ‘Lifelines’ Public exhibition, School of Jewellery,

                                Birmingham.

December 2005 -   ‘Twenty seven Contemporary Jewellery’ Commercial

                                Exhibition, at Big peg, Birmingham

 

 

Awards

The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, Young Designer Silversmith Award 2005

awarded a commendation.

A Certificate of Merit BA (Hons) in Jewellery and Silversmithing – 1st year Student, 2005.

The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, Pewter Live 2006, Highly Commended.

Goldsmiths Precious Metal Bursary award 2007.

British Jewellers Association Design award 2007.

British Jewellers Association Regent Silversmiths award 2007.

School of Jewellery attainment award BA third prize 2007

South square trust scholarship award 2007.

Birmingham Assay office bursary 2007.

The Louisa Anne Ryland Travel Scholarship Award 2008

‘Fifty pence piece’ Royal Mint National Design competition 2009. – Short listed.

 

 

Press

Pewter Live - The future and the perfect present Catalogue 2006

The Anchor – The assay Office, Birmingham – Autumn 2007

Design City - Design is... Catalogue 2008

The Flock friendly group volume 1 issue 4 - September 2008

Talente Catalogue -  March 2009

 

 

 

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