Clara Del Papa
Clara Del Papa is a Venezuelan-born artist with a background in architecture who later specialized in urban planning, interior design, and garden design. She was born in Guanare, Venezuela, in 1965 and graduated from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Over the years, she expanded her interests and skills, reflecting her eclectic personality.
After moving to Italy in 1991, Clara Del Papa continued to diversify her cultural experiences. She studied goldsmithing and found a particular form of self-expression in creating author jewelry. Her jewelry pieces are unique and are born out of her geographical and intellectual journeys, observations of nature, and interactions with people and places.
Her work is not focused on simplicity of form or easy wearability. Instead, she seeks to capture the essence of the places, cultures, and emotions that inspire her and translate them into metal, infusing warmth and character into what can be a cold and hard medium. Del Papa’s jewelry pieces are a result of a constant dialogue between the jewelry and the human body, exploring various materials, finishes, and artistic expressions.
Clara Del Papa’s artistic journey has taken her from architecture to goldsmithing, allowing her to create jewelry that encapsulates the nuances of her travels and experiences, embracing the complexity of emotions and cultures she has encountered along the way.
2022
Orizzonti d’Autore – Between Visions and Matter, Museo Civico di Asolo, Italy
2020
“When the Rain falls again – Bruno Pedrosa and Clara Del Papa”, duo exhibition, Thereza Pedrosa Gallery, Asolo, Italy.
2019
“Sieraad Art Fair“, represented by Thereza Pedrosa Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
“Beautiful People Live Art”, opening exhibition, Thereza Pedrosa Gallery, Asolo, Italy.
“Bijoux in effervece”, La Joaillerie par Malzo, Paris, France.
“Confluenze Festival”, Val Tidone, Italy.
“Aria di primavera”, Ocaña, Barcelona, Spain.
2018
“L’attenzione è una forma”, Pisa, Italy.
“Gioielli in fermento”, Piacenza, Italy.
“Joya Art Jewellery”, Barcelona, Spain.
“Un bel panorama”, Putty art Gallery, Riga, Latvia.
“Filatoio rosso di Caraglio”, Cuneo, Italy.
“Oratorio di San Rocco”, Padua, Italy,
“Materia e metamorphosis”, Turin, Italy.
2017
“Adornment”, Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza, Italy.
“Exposicao vinte e tres”, PIN, Lisbon, Portugal.
“Dreamers”, Torino, Italy.
“Joya Art Jewellery”, Barcelona, Spain.
2016
“A Flor de pell”, Barcelona, Spain.
“JOYA International Contemporary Jewellery Fair”, Barcelona, Spain.
“Gioielli in fermento”, Torre Fornello, Italy.
SOFA, Chicago, represented by RRg Gallery New York, USA.
“L’arca dei talenti”, Padua, Italy.
“Donne in arte”, Treviso, Italy.
“Transit”, Turin, Italy.
“Gioielli in fermento”, Piacenza, Italy.
“Gioielloinarte”, Universitá degli Orefici, Rome, Italy.
“Adornment”, Venice, Italy.
“Prehistoria-Meh”, Burgos, Spain.
“14+15=29 designers”, Cremona, Italy.
“Dialoghi”, Yamanashi Jewelry Museum, Kofu, Japan.
“Dialoghi”, Shiinoshi Cultural Complex, Ishikawa, Japan.
2015
“A Dark Spark of Light”, Alliages, Lille, France.
“Transmission”, A411 Gallery, Montpellier, France.
“JOYA International Contemporary Jewellery Fair”, Barcelona, Spain.
“Gioielli in Fermento”, Spazio Cassina, Barcelona, Spain.
“Gioielli in Fermento”, Piacenza, Italy.
“Non di solo pane”, Pavilion Piacenza, Italy.
“EXPO 2015”, Milan, Italy.
“Gioiello d’autore”, Montagnana, Padua, Italy.
“Mostra dell’artigianato artistico”, Guardiagrele, Italy.
“Donne in arte”, Treviso, Italy.
“Dialogue”, Istitute of Italian Culture, Tokyo, Japan.
“Dialoghi”, Shiinoki Cultural Complex Ishikawa Prefecture, Yamanashi Jewelry Museum, Japan.
2013
“Iberjoya”, Yearbook Contemporary Jewellery, Madrid, Spain.
“Espai Joia”, Yearbook, Barcelona, Spain.
“Joya”, International Contemporary Jewellery Fair Barcelona, Spain.
“Gioielli in fermento”, Enoteca Regionale Emilia-Romagna, Dozza, Italy.
“Gioielli in fermento”, Wine Bank, Pollenzo, Italy.
“Artistar jewels exhibition”, Maimeri’s Space Foundation, Milan, Italy.
“F-profit Jewelry”, Auctions for Charity Exhibition for an Italian non-profit Organization, Florence, Italy.
“Enchanted Dialogues”, Church of St. Peter in Archivolt, Verona, Italy.
“Brooching Verona”, Brooches art in Shop Window, Verona, Italy.
“Gioielli in fermento”, Gallery Rossini, Milan, Italy.
“Ring Party 2013”, Space OnOff, Padua, Italy.
2012 “Iberjoya”, Yearbook, Contemporary Jewelry. Madrid, Spain.
“Espaijoia”, Yearbook, Contemporary Jewelry, Barcelona, Spain.
“Jewelry Gines”, Yearbook 2012, Zaragoza, Spain.
“Jewels exhibition”, Space OnOff, Padua, Italy.
2011
“Ring Party”, Rotonda a Mare, Senigallia, Italy.
“TI DO (gift)Caterraduno 2011 Exhibition Auction for an Italian non-profit organization LIBERA”, Senigallia, Italy.
“Idee da re-indossare”, MAT Space, Solagna, Italy.
1997
“AU+AG ornamenti”, Cheiros’s Gallery, Vicenza, Italy.
“Tommasini’s Jewelry”, Festival of two worlds, Spoleto, Italy.
1st Prize “engraving techniques and technology applied graphics” Artisans Association of the Province of Vicenza, Italy.
1996
“The evolution of venetian art jewelry”, Palazzo Agostinelli, Bassano del Grappa, Italy.
1995
“The evolution of venetian art jewelry”, Recognition for participation in the competition inside the Exhibition, Palazzo Agostinelli, Bassano del Grappa, Italy.
2015 JOYA, Special Mention Award for the jewel “Anesidora”.
2015 Non di Solo Pane first Honorific Mention Awardfor the jewel “Anesidora”.
2013 Gioielli in Fermento, Special Mention Award for the jewel “Convivium Niveus”.
2012 Gioielli in Fermento, Special Mention Award for the jewel “Aithale”.