Carla Riccoboni

Jewellery designer and researcher Carla Riccoboni pioneered self-production in the 1980s, is considered one of the “masters” of the Italian contemporary jewellery scene. Signs, rhythms and scriptures make up the formal foundations her jewels are based on, shaped into sophisticated geometric sequences such as the ALPHABET chains, or aimed at a return to repertoires from the past, such as the VENEZIA and MADREFORME collections. Her multiples, created mainly using mechanical and digital techniques, are currently exploring the expressive potential of moulding, following the discovery of some 2500 moulds dating back to the period after the Great War, part of the history of the Vicenza goldsmith’s industry.

The classic goldsmith’s techniques required very few tools and a great manual skill. The new technologies instead involve the use of expensive and sophisticated machinery, computer-elaborated designs, materials sometimes modified in their molecular structure, and exposes designers to an ever greater dependence on machines and new production processes. What are the risks of such a change and what are the ethical responsibilities of a designer in response to market demands?” Carla Riccoboni

2018 – 2020 COLLEZIONE PERMANENTE MUSEO DEL GIOIELLO VICENZA Sezione design

2017 “INTRECCI PREZIOSI“ Museo del Gioiello, Basilica Palladiana VICENZA (I) ”SCATENATA: la catena tra funzione e ornamento” Museo delle Stelline MILANO curator Alba Cappellieri “SCATENATA: la catena tra funzione e ornamento” HOMI Fiera di MILANO curator Alba Cappellieri

2016 “BRILLIANT: I FUTURI DEL GIOIELLO” Dongdamuseum SEUL (South Korea) curator Alba Cappellieri “BRILLIANT: I FUTURI DEL GIOIELLO” Triennale di MILANO, curator Alba Cappellieri “ MADREFORME” Amatori l’idea, Piazza dei Signori , VICENZA (I) ”SKIN” the surface of the Jewel, Museo del Gioiello, Basilica Palladiana VICENZA (I) “FONDAZIONE COMINELLI: COLLEZIONE PERMANENTE DEL GIOIELLO CONTEMPORANEO” Oratorio San Rocco, PADOVA

2015 “JOYA” Arts Santa Monica, curator Paolo Ribeiro BARCELLONA (E) “ORIGINAL OLD” in cooperation with Grassi Museum, curator Lilly M. Bozzo-Costa, LEIPZIG (D) Atelier Daniela Gerini curator Alessandra Quattordio. MILANO (I)

2014 “AROUND THE FUTURE” INTORNO AL FUTURO , curator Alba Cappellieri, Fiera VICENZA (I)

2013 “IMPRONTE DEL TERRITORIO”, curator Alba Cappellieri, Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa (I) “MAESTRI”, curator Alba Cappellieri, PalazzoThiene Bonin Longare VICENZA (I)

2012 “CONTEMPORANEAMENTE” Le Arti Orafe, Via Maggio FIRENZE (I) “FABBRICHE APERTE” Consorzio Vicenza/è VICENZA (I)

201! “THE ITALIAN WAY”, curator Alba Cappellieri, Piazza Matteotti VICENZA (I), “IL FUTURO NELLE MANI”, curator Bianca Cappello, Officine Grandi Riparazioni, TORINO (I) “TITANI PREZIOSI”, curator Alba Cappellieri, Triennale di Milano, MILANO (I),

2009 “AGC”, Museo del Bijou, CASALMAGGIORE (I)

2008

“GIOIELLO ITALIANO CONTEMPORANEO”, curator Alba Cappellieri, Palazzo Valmarana Braga, VICENZA (I) “GIOIELLO ITALIANO CONTEMPORANEO”, curator Alba Cappellieri, Castello Sforzesco, MILANO (I) “GIOIELLO ITALIANO CONTEMPORANEO”, curator Alba Cappellieri, Kunstgewerbemuseum, BERLIN (D) “D- COME DESIGN”, curator Anty Pansera ,Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali TORINO (I)

2007 “ART & ART”, CNA, Piazza Duomo Museo Diocesano, VICENZA (I) “ARTISTI ORAFI E ORAFI ARTISTI”, CNA ,TRIESTE (I)

2005 “CREATIVITÀ, DESIGN, ARTIGIANATO”, CNA, Villa Ghellini, VICENZA (I)

2004 “OFFICINA DEL GIOIELLO”, Le Arti Orafe, Art Gallery, FIRENZE (I)

2002 “DIE ERFURTER SCHMUCKSYMPOSIEN 1984-2002”, Angermuseum, ERFURT (D)

2001 “LINEE E SEGNI”, Piccolo Museo del Progetto, Crespano (I)

2000 “SPAZIO AL GIOIELLO CONTEMPORANEO”, installation, Bassano del Grappa e Vicenza (I) “FLU-ORI”, Lion & Co, Bassano Del Grappa (I)

1999 “CARLA RICCOBONI”, Juwelier Backmann, MÜNSTER (D)

1998 “SELECTION 1998″, Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, ESSEN (D) ”SONDERSCHAU”, Inhorgenta Messe, MÜNCHEN (D)

1997 “SELECTION 1997″, Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, ESSEN (D) ”SONDERSCHAU”, Inhorgenta Messe, MÜNCHEN (D)

1996 Galerie Sofie Lachaert, GENT (B) Art Box Galerie, Waregen (B) ”ROTUNDE ’96″, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund (D) “ARTE CINETICA E PROGRAMMATA”, curator Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Padova (I) “SELECTION 1996”, Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, Essen (D) “SONDERSCHAU”, Inhorgenta Messe, München (D)

1995 “SONDERSCHAU”, Inhorgenta Messe, München (D) “UNIQUES”, Fiera MIOR, Bologna (I)

1994 “SONDERSCHAU”, Inhorgenta Messe, München (D)

1993 “SONDERSCHAU”, Inhorgenta Messe, München (D)

1992 “RINGFREI”, Galerie Cebra, Düsseldorf (D)

1991 “CARLA RICCOBONI”, Galeria Hipòtesi, Barcellona (E)

1990 “TRIENNALE EUROPEENNE DU BIJOU”, curator Jean-Yves Le Mignot, Museè du Luxembourg, Paris (F)

1989 “KETTEN”, Galleria Pavè”, Düsseldorf (D)

1982 “SOGGETTI D’OREFICERIA “, Palazzo Agostinelli, Bassano del Grappa (I)

1979 “OREFICERIA: DALL’OGGETTO AL SOGGETTO”, Galleria Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia (I)