Maria Rosa Franzin
Maria Rosa Franzin was born in Libya in 1951 but lives and works in Padua. She studied goldsmithing at the Art Institute “Piero Selvatico” in Padua with Mario Pinton and then painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. In her work, Maria Rosa Franzin often uses ancient techniques and materials. Her close relationship with the world of art has greatly influenced her works. From the very beginning she has adopted a pictorial approach in her jewellery. She uses tiny gold stains on the surface of white or oxidized silver, as if it were painting that applies to the surface of the metal in the form of brushstrokes or small dots. This pictorial approach stems from her background at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, where she trained as a painter. From the very beginning, Franzin used gold in a very light, almost inconsistent way.
I look for a distinctive sign in my own work by observing the response of metal to heat from the fire, the signs that could emerge from action upon the surface, and materials in which lightness and flexibility could coexist and create a particular tactile effect”. Maria Rosa Franzin
2019
“Influences”, Thereza Pedrosa Gallery, Asolo, Italy.
“Sieraad Art Fair“, represented by Thereza Pedrosa Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
“Beautiful People Live Art”, opening exhibition, Thereza Pedrosa Gallery, Asolo, Italy.
“Li.e.s”, Art’course gallery, Strasbourg, France.
“Influences Munich”, Oratorio San Rocco, Padua, Italy.
2018
“Exiting”, Isabella Hund Gallery, Munich, Germany.
“Triple Parade”, How Art Museum, Shanghai, China.
“The Metamorphoses of pearls in Contemporary jewellery”, Putti Gallery, Riga, Latvia.
“Jewellery Week”. Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich, Germany.
“Like a Rolling Stone”, Museum Reich der Kristalle, Mieralogische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany.
2017
“Natura Pretiosa”, Museum Mediterraneo, Livorno, Italy.
“Franzin/Mariani”, Galerie Slavik, Wien, Austria.
“Circuit Bijoux”, Galerie Objet Rare, Paris, France.
“Biennal Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition”, Beijing, China.
2016
“Dialoghi”, Museo del Mediterraneo, Livorno, Italy.
“Fondazione Cominelli” Oratorio San Rocco, Padua, Italy.
“Les Confluences”, Museo del Modernismo de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
“- R-Evolution”, 66 Mistrall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
“Joya Barcelona Art Fair”, Barcelona, Spain.
“La collezione Permanente Cominelli”, Oratorio San Rocco, Padua, Italy.
“25 Jahre Slavik Galerie”, Slavik Galerie, Wien, Austria.
“Like a rolling stone, workshop & exhibition”, College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland .
“Biennal Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition”, Beijing, China.
2015
“Dialoghi”, Italian Culture Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
“Dialoghi”, Jewellery Museum, Kofu, Japan.
“Dialoghi”, Memorial Museum, Kanazawa, Japan.
2014
“Black is Beautiful”, Isabella Hund Gallery, Munich, Germany.
“Metallo”, Museo del Vittoriano, Roma, Italy.
“Wear It or Not: Recent Jewelry Acquisitions”, MAD Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA.
2013
“Fantastici”, Putti Gallery, Riga, Latvia.
“Vices or Lifestile?”, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany.
“Wear It or Not: Recent Jewelry Acquisitions”, MAD Museum, New York, USA.
“Circuits Bijoux”, Galerie Agata Ruiz de la Prada, Paris, France.
“Fantastici”, Putti Gallery, Riga, Latvia.
“Gioielli in Fermento”, Joya Fair Barcellona, Barcelona, Spain.
2012
“Sofa New York Art Fair”, Park Avenue, New York, USA.
“Exploration”, Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
“Garbage Pin Project” worth VS waste in the current urban society, Putti Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia.
“Gioielli in Fermento”, Cortile degli Ammannati, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy.
“Omaggio a Guariento. L’oro Contemporaneo”, Studio GR20, Padua, Italy.
“Sofa Chicago Art Fair”, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall , Chicago, USA.
“Premio internazionale Mario Pinton – I edizione”, Oratorio San Rocco, Padua, Italy.
Galeria Zlatarstvo Jure Kodre, Lubiana, Slovenija.
“Gioielli per la Ricerca, a cura di Arti Orafe, Museo della Specola, Florence, Italy.
2011
“9 Goldschmiede aus Italien”, Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich, Germany.
“Schönes Sammeln Der Verein Neuer Schmuck e.V. präsentiert 6 private Schmucksammlungen seiner Münchner Mitgliede”, Maximilians Forum, Munich, Germany.
“Collect”, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK & Alternatives Gallery, Roma, Italy.
“Il Futuro nelle Mani, 150 anni dell’Unità d’Italia”, Museo MIAAO, Turin, Italy.
“Maria Rosa Franzin – Kazumi Nagano”, Alternatives Gallery, Roma, Italy.
“Gioielli d’Autore. Padova e la Scuola dell’oro”, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2010
“Schmucke Zauber Kraft”, Galeria Slavik, Wien, Austria.
“Titani Preziosi”, Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy.
“Gioiello Contemporaneo Due”, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy.
“Loot 2010”, MAD Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA.
“20 Jahre Galerie Slavik Winterreise Zum Jubiläum”, Galerie Slavik, Wien, Austria.
2009
“Gioielli d’Autore. Padova e la Scuola dell’Oro”, Galeria Handwerk, Munich, Germany. “Paper Jewellery”, Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy.
2008
“Gioielli d’Autore. Padova e la Scuola dell’oro”, Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy. “Schmuck – Maria Rosa Franzin – Melanie Kolsch”, Isabella Hund Galerie, Munich, Germany. “Italienische Schmuckkunst”, Galerie Slavik, Wien, Austria.
2007
“New concept, new languages, new gallery”, Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. “Contemporary Jewellery from Italy”, Flow Gallery, London, UK. “Sofa New York Art Fair”, Park Avenue, New York . USA. “75th Jubilee of the Goldmiths’ Association – Signs of value Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst, Hanau. Germany. “Design Collection 2007”, The Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland. “Sofa Chicago Art Fair”, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall , Chicago, USA “Exhibition Earrings”, Ornamentum Gallery, New York, USA. “Open circle, International Schools Project”, Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland. Galerie im Chor des Predigers, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.
……Since 1980
Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy.
Museum Zuckermann, Padua, Italy.
Cominelli Foundation, San felice del Benaco , Italy.
Museum Gallery of Art Legnica, Legnica.
MAD Museum, New York, USA.
Bohlmann, Wien, Austria.
Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.