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).

​GALLERIES / PLATFORMS
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​      Cluster Crafts
      Crafts Council
      NOT ONLY DECORATION 
      Precious Collective  
      Ruup & Form


​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)
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exhibitions

2021                       Disobedient Exhibition, 67 York Street gallery, London (UK)
2021                       Collect, London (UK)
2020                       Collect, 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,  Munich (Germany)
​2019                       Collect, London (UK)
​2019                       Qade art fair, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2018                       CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (Netherlands}
​2018                       Schmuck 2018 - FRAME,  Munich (Germany)
2018                       Collect, London (UK)
2018                       Qade art fair, 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