Born in London, Jacqueline began her studies in the fine and applied arts at Harlow Technical College, Essex in 1985 with a one-year foundation course. The following year she enrolled at the West Surrey College of Art in Farnham, Surrey within the faculty of 3-dimensional design, specialising in metalwork and jewellery. In 1988 she spent one semester of her studies at the Fachhochschule (College of Art and Design) Germany.  She graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and continued her studies in art specialising in jewellery and goldsmithing at the Royal College of Art in London In 1991 she graduated with a Master of Arts degree and in 1992 moved to Padua, Italy with the goldsmith Giovanni Corvaja where they worked together for 9 years before moving in the region of Umbria in 2001. Jacqueline still resides in Italy.

GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1991

Goldsmiths Hall, London, England        

1994
Galerie Hélène Porée, Paris, France

1995
“Ars Ornata Europeana”, Bratislava, Slovakia*

1996
“Oreficeria di ricerca”, Associazione Culturale FATTIDARTE, Piacenza, Italy*
“SOFA” Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen)
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Hélène Porée, Paris, France
“Repetitions II”, travelling exhibition, USA
“... du contemporain Bijoux et Orfèvrerie de créateurs”, Cagnes sur Mer, France*
“Kunstrai”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (represented by Galerie Ademloos)
Galerie Sophie Lachaert, Gent, Belgium*
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Studio Zaunschirm, Zurich, Switzerland
“Oreficeria di ricerca”, Associazione Culturale FATTIDARTE, Scuola dei Tiraoro e battioro Venice, Italy
Studio Herta Sophie Zaunschirm, Zurich, Switzerland
“Granulation” travelling exhibition, Germany*
Totem-il Canale, Venice, Italy

1997
“Schmuck ‘97”, Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany*
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria
“SOFA” Miami, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)*
“Jewellery at the End of the Millennium” Associazione Culturale FATTIDARTE, Piacenza, Italy*
“SOFA” Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)

1998
“A Genetic Messenger of Happiness”, Gallery Artin, Tokyo, Japan
“Schmuck ‘98”, Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany*
“Schmuck aus Padua”, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria*
“SOFA” New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“SOFA” Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts) 
“Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaj”, Galerie Treykorn, Berlin, Germany
“Kunstrai”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (represented by Galerie Louise Smit)
“Email-Schmuck und Geraet (Enamel)”, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany*
“Jacqueline Ryan- Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1999
“Email-Schmuck und Geraet (Enamel)” Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau Germany and subsequently travelling exhibition.*
“SOFA” New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen)
“Kunstrai”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (represented by Galerie Louise Smit)
“Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Aurum, Frankfurt, Germany
“Jacqueline Ryan- Giovanni Corvaja-new work”, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“SOFA” Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Zehnjähriges Jubilaeum”, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria*
“Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Viceversa, Lausanne, Switzerland
“The Eye’s Delight”, Erfurt, Germany *
“20th Century Arts Fair” New York, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)

2000
“Sotheby’s Contemporary Decorative Arts Selling Exhibition”, London, England
“Jacqueline Ryan-Giovanni Corvaja” showcase Musée de l’horologerie et de l’émaillerie, Geneva, Switzerland      
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria
“SOFA” New York, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)       
“Expo Vetrine” Galerie Neuer Schmuck, Hannover, Germany
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany
“SOFA” Chicago and New York (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art),USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“20th Century Arts Fair” New York, USA,(represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Assymetry and Harmony”, PLAZA Building of the Commerz Bank, Frankfurt, Germany*
“Focus on Enamels” Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland

2001
“Focus on Enamels” The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Micromegas” Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe Verein, Munich, Germany *
“Contemporary Craft from the Scottish Gallery” Thomas Goode & Son, London, England
“Kunstrai”, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
“SOFA” (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), New York and Chicago (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
 “Micromegas” American Craft Museum, New York, USA*

2002
“Micromegas”  Musée de l’horologerie e de l’émaillerie, Geneva, Switzerland*
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja-New Work” Galerie Tactus, Copenhagen, Denmark
“State of the Art”, Richard Kimball Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
“Orfèvrerie de Recherche”, Banque du Gothard, Montecarlo, Monaco
“Art Jewellery”, Plateaux Gallery, London, England
“Pearltalk”, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Das War’s Also”, Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany
“International Jewelry and Metalsmithing Invitational”, University of Iowa Museum, Iowa, USA
“Masterpieces” - Centenary Exhibition of applied modern arts 1902.2002 Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy*
“SOFA” (Sculptural objects and functional art), New York and Chicago USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Micromegas” Gallery Yu, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan*

2003
“Micromegas” Power House Museum, Sydney, Australia*
“Sotheby’s Contemporary Decorative Arts Selling Exhibition”, Sotheby’s, London
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja – New Work” Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe Verein, Munich, Germany
“Micromegas” John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia*
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja – New Work” Bijouterie Jungblut-Thijssen, Luxembourg
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Galerie Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany
“Micromegas” Museo degli Eremitani, Padova, Italy*
“SOFA” New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“SOFA” Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)

2004
Palm Beach Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Florida, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Collect” Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
“SOFA” (Sculptural objects and functional art), New York and Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Giovanni Corvaja-Jacqueline Ryan”, Le Arti Orafe Gallery, Florence, Italy*
“Schoepfungen” Dorado, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany

2005
“EXEMPLA” The Universe of Metals- Metalworking in the crafts, International Art and Crafts Fair, Munich, Germany*
“Exhibition in Print” Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA*
Palm Beach Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Florida, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“SOFA” (Sculptural objects and functional art), New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“SOFA”  (Sculptural objects and functional art), Chicago, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Ring Tone” The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
“Lucca Preziosa-Il Gioiello Europeo Contemporaneo” Villa Bottini, Lucca, Italy*
“Sommerfeste” Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
“Grassimesse 2005” Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Leipzig, Germany*
Maurer-Zilioli Galleria, Desenzano sul Garda, Italy

2006
“Collect” Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England*
“SOFA” (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“From Beauty’s Edge. Adornments for the 21st Century”, Patina Gallery (in collaboration with Charon Kransen Arts), Santa Fe, U.S.A
 “Atelier Ausstellung 2006”, Atelier Tom Munsteiner, Stipshausen, Germany
“The Gold Mark. International Contemporary Gold Exhibition”, Thomas Goode & Son (in collaboration with The Scottish Gallery), London, UK
International Art and Design Fair SOFA NY (represented by Charon Kransen Arts),  New York, U.S.A

2007
“Collect” Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
 “Gioiello Contemporaneo al Museo degli Argenti di Palazzo Pitti”, Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze, Italy*
“The New Italian Design”, Triennale di Milano, Italy*
“Palm Beach Contemporary”, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Ab Ovo – alle Origini della Manualità”, AbOvo Gallery, Todi, Italy
“Die Blume”, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
“Wertzeichen”, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany*
“SOFA New York”, USA (represented by Charonkransenarts)
“Field of Vision”, SoFA Gallery, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Bloomington, USA*

2008
“Gioiello Italiano Contemporaneo – Tecniche e Materiali tra Arte e Design”, Palazzo Valmarana Braga, Vicenza, Italy*
“Gioiello Italiano Contemporaneo – Tecniche e Materiali tra Arte e Design” Sala del Tesoro, Castello Sforzesco, Milano*
“40 Jahre Galerie Handwerk”, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
„Schmuckkunst – Silbergeraete. Jacqueline Ryan und David Huyke“, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria
“Fired up! Modern Enamel Jewellery”, The Scottish Gallery, Scotland, UK
“Gioiello Italiano Contemporaneo – Tecniche e Materiali tra Arte e Design” Kulturforum, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Germania*
“Erico Nagai-Bridging the Cultures”, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
“SOFA New York”, the Armory, New York, USA (represented by Charon Kransen Arts)
“Adornment for the 21st Century – a selection of works from art curator Charon Kransen”, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, USA
 “Precious Design” Auction by Pierre Berge & Associes, Belgium, Salle des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles*
“Palm Beach Contemporary” (represented by Charonkransenarts) Miami, USA
“Gioiello Italiano Contemporaneo – Tecniche e Materiali tra Arte e Design”, Museo di Arti Decorative Pietro Accorsi, Torino, Italy*
“Jacqueline Ryan and Giovanni Corvaja”, Bijouterie Jungblut, Luxembourg

2009
“Collect 2009” Saatchi Gallery, The Duke of York’s HQ, Sloane Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by the Scottish Gallery).
“Jacqueline’s Choice”, London, United Kingdom
“Collectables 2009 – an exhibition of jewellery and silverware”, Studio Fusion, London, England
“Vittime di una folle gelosia” – I gioielli di Jacqueline Ryan, Mies Gallery, Modena, Italy
“Pavilion of Art and Design”, Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon)

2010
“The London Art Fair”,Business Design Centre, Islington, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon).
“Fibulae”, Mies Galleria, Modena, Italy*
“Jacqueline’s Choice”, London, United Kingdom
“TEFAF Maastricht”, (represented by Adrian Sassoon), Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre, the Netherlands
“Beauty in Repetition – Metalwork and Jewellery by Junko Mori and Jacqueline Ryan”, Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, United Kingdom*
“Collect 2010”, Saatchi Gallery, The Duke of York’s HQ, Sloane Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by the Scottish Gallery),
“Masterpiece”, Former Chelsea Barracks, London (represented by Adrian Sassoon)
“Pavilion of Art and Design”, Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon).
“20 Jahre Galerie Slavik – Winterreise zum Jubilaeum”, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria*

2011
“Collect 2011”, Saatchi Gallery, The Duke of York’s HQ, Sloane Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by the Scottish Gallery),
“TEFAF Maastricht”, Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre, the Netherlands (represented by Adrian Sassoon). 
“Masterpiece”, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon)
“Pavilion of Art and Design”, Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon)
“Surface and Substance” curated by Jessica Turrell, Electrum Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Studio Strothotte, Braunfels, Germany
“Candlesticks, Jewellery, Silk – Winter Exhibition”, Galerie Rosemarie Jaeger, Hochheim, Frankfurt, Germany
“Surface and Substance” curated by Jessica Turrell, Ruthin Crafts Centre, Wales, United Kingdom

2012
“Renaissance des Emaillierens”, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
„Tefaf Maastricht“, Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre, The Netherlands
“From Black to Gold” Jacqueline Ryan, Jim Partridge & Liz Whalmsley at “Collect”, Saatchi Gallery, The Duke of York’s HQ, Sloane Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by the Scottish Gallery)*
“Masterpiece 2012”, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon)
“Out of Abstraction”, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
“Pavilion of Art and Design”, Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon)
“The Beauty Chase” curated by Valeria Accornero, Espace Le Carré, Ville de Lille, Lille, France*

2013
“Form und Farben- Spiel – Neue Wege im Emailschmuck/Play of Form and Colour – New Directions in Enamelled Jewellery”*, Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany
“Diving for Pearls” Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
“Neuer Schmuck fuer die Goetter” Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Koenigsplatz, Muenchen, Germany
“Tefaf Maastricht”, Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre, The Netherlands (represented by Adrian Sassoon
“Collect”, Saatchi Gallery, The Duke of York’s HQ, Sloane Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon)
Basel Design, Basel,  Switzerland (represented by Antonella Villanova Gallery)
“Masterpiece 2012”, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon)
“Pavilion of Art and Design”, Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom (represented by Adrian Sassoon)

* exhibition catalogue

CONFERENCES AND LECTURES:

1999
 “The Research for Lightness”; slide presentation at design seminar “Reden über Gestaltung”, Altes Rathaus, Kulturhaus, Potsdam, Germany (organised by Barbara Schmidt).

2002
Slide presentation at “Officinet” in collaboration with the Danish Crafts Council in Copenhagen, Denmark (organised by Galerie Tactus).

2005
Slide presentation (by L.Persico) on her work and drawings, Villa Bottini, “Lucca Preziosa-Il gioiello Europeo Contemporaneo”, Lucca, Italy (organised by the town of Lucca and Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School from Florence).

2007
Slide Presentation, Florence Facility for students of the Kent State University, Ohio, USA

2011
“A tu per tu – Arte al femminile. Conversazioni con artisti; Frances Middendorf, Jacqueline Ryan and Lisa Wade” Exhibition with slide presentation followed by interview led by Viviana Tessitore at the Museo Pinacoteca Todi, PG Italy


JURY:

2003

Design Podium, Inhorgenta Europe 2003, Munich, Germany

AWARDS:

1992

RCA/Ayrton Metals Platinum Competition, third prize

1998
“Honorary Prize”, 3rd International Jewellery Design Competition ’97  (Jewellery Network Society), Tokyo, Japan

1998
“Bayerischer Staatspreis”, Munich, Germany

2005
“Grassipreis” (awarded by Galerie Slavik), Grassimesse 2005, Museum fuer Kunsthandwerk, Leipzig, Germany


WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

1989     

West Surrey College of Art Public Collection, Farnham, England

1991      
Royal College of Art Public Collection, London, United Kingdom

1991
Ayrton Metals Platinum Collection, London, United Kingdom

1996      
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France (Fonds National d'Art Contemporain)  

1998      
Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria

2001
Collection of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, Goldsmith’s Hall, London, United Kingdom

2002
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

2004
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

2006
Palazzo Pitti, (Museo degli argenti e delle porcellane), Florence,  Italy

2009
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

2009
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

2010
Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Switzerland

2010
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

2013
National Museums of Scotland, United Kingdom

2013
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin U.S.A

2013
Collection of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, Goldsmith's Hall, London, United Kingdom

     
           
                     
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