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Eva is a mechanical engineer retrained as a jewellery designer living in the UK. She holds a Masters of Fine Art in Jewellery Design from Edinburgh University. Since graduating, she has been developing her practice as a designer/maker in parallel with teaching metalwork and digital design at Nottingham Trent University.
Eva’s engineering background blends with her traditional upbringings in rural Spain. Technology and traditional crafting is latent in her process producing unexpected outcomes. With her wearable objects, Eva tries to make people appreciate the ordinary and our man-made surroundings by stimulating their curiosity and perception. Eva’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including: Collect London, CODA Museum (The Netherlands), Galerie Marzee (The Netherlands), Tendence (Germany), Beijing International Art Jewellery (China) among others. Eva was finalist of Enjoia’t 2017 Contemporary Jewellery award (Spain). |
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GALLERIES
Ruup & Form
PLATFORMS
Cluster Crafts
Crafts Council
NOT ONLY DECORATION
Precious Collective
RESUME
education
2014-2016 MFA (distinction) in Jewellery and Silversmithing, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh (UK)
2012-2014 HND in Jewellery and Silversmithing, Cardonald College, Glasgow (UK)
2011-2012 NQ in Applied Arts, Cardonald College, Glasgow (UK)
2002-2003 MSc in Materials Technology, Napier University, Edinburgh (UK)
1992-1999 BEng Honours (First Class) in Industrial Engineering, specialising in Mechanical
Engineering, University of Malaga, Malaga (Spain)
exhibitions
2022 Collect Art Fair, represented by Ruup & Form, London (UK)
2021 Disobedient Exhibition, by Ruup & Form at 67 York Street gallery, London (UK)
2021 Collect Art Fair, represented by Ruup & Form, London (UK)
2020 Collect Art Fair, represented by Ruup & Form, London (UK)
2019 Beijing International Art Jewellery Exhibition. Beijing (China)
2019 Collectiva Meeting 2019, Porto (Portugal)
2019 Art Jewellery Night of Budapest, Budapest (Hungary)
2019 Wearing Change, NotOnlyDecoration, Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein (Germany)
2019 Coming of Age exhibition, Adorned Spaces at SNAG 2019 conference, Chicago (USA)
2019 Schmuck 2019 - FRAME, represented by Marzee for Starters, Munich (Germany)
2019 Collect Art Fair, represented by Marzee for Starters, London (UK)
2019 Qade art fair, represented by Marzee for Starters, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2018 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (Netherlands}
2018 Schmuck 2018 - FRAME, represented by Marzee for Starters, Munich (Germany)
2018 Collect, represented by Marzee for Starters, London (UK)
2018 Qade art fair, represented by Marzee for Starters, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2018 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (Netherlands)
2017 'Sieraden: de beste jonge internationale sieraadontwerpers, geselecteerd door Marzee', Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
2017 Marzee for Starters, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
2017 Beijing International Art Jewellery Exhibition. Beijing (China)
2017 Enjoia't 2017 - Contemporary Jewellery Award Exhibition, Disseny Hub, Barcelona (Spain)
2017 Lustre, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham (UK)
2017 FORM 2017 / Form from Craft and Industry, Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk e. V. ( German Arts and Crafts Association), Frankfurt (Germany)
2017 Tendence Talents, Frankfurt (Germany)
2016 Lustre, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham (UK)
2016 Elements, Incorporation of Goldsmiths, Edinburgh (UK)
2016 Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester (UK)
2016 Lakeside Arts, Nottingham (UK)
2016 Marzee International Graduate Show, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
2016 New Designers, London (UK)
2016 Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh (UK
2015 Elements, Incorporation of Goldsmiths, Edinburgh (UK)
2014 Handmade by Machines, The Lighthouse, Glasgow (UK)
2014 Perspectives in Gold, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow (UK)
awards & funding
2021 Awarded the Develop Your Creative Practice grant by the Arts Council England
2021 Finalist of Enjoia't 2021 - Contemporary Jewellery Award
2017 Nominated for Arts & Crafts Design Award
2017 FORM Certificate of Excellence, Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk e. V. ( German Arts and Crafts Association)
2017 Craft Council Hothouse Makers Award
2014 West Dean College Short Course Creative Bursary, ‘Creative & experimental surfaces in enamel’ with Elizabeth Turrell
2014 Glasgow Educational and Marshall Trust (GEMT) Grant Award
2014 H.S. Walsh & Sons Award of Excellence
2014 The Scottish Goldsmiths’ Trust Precious Metal Bursary
2014 Recommended for Outstanding Scottish Student of the Year Award from the Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths
work in private collections
Manchester Metropolitan University - Special Collections, Manchester (UK)
publications
Book: New Brooches: 400+ Contemporary Jewellery Designs. Nicolas Estrada. Promopress: Spain, 2018
professional experience
2016-Present Lecturer, Decorative Arts, College of Art Architecture Design and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham (UK)
2011-2002 Several engineering position across different sectors
