Education

BA (Hons) at The Glasgow School of Art, Silversmithing and Jewellery Design, Glasgow, UK (2019/2023)

Liceo Artistico Pietro Selvatico, Design of Contemporary Jewellery, Padova, Italy (2013/2018)

Professional development programs

GEMZ, Current Obsession (2024/2025)

Shine 2024, Goldsmiths’ Centre (2024)

Spotlighting 2024, Goldsmiths’ Centre (2024)

In:site program, CraftSpace (2024)

Getting Started 2024, Goldsmiths’ Centre (2024)

Materialise program, Fife Contemporary (2023/2024)

Residencies

Artist in Residence, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK (2024/2025)

Artist in Residence 2024 Plattform Schmuckkunst, Graz, Austria (2024)

Artist in Residence, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK (2023/2024)

Experience

Councilor, AGC – Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo board of directors. (2025)

Gallery Invigilator, The Glasgow School of Art Window on Heritage, A&C, Glasgow, UK (2025)

Argenteria Calegaro, designer internship, Padova, Italy (2017)

Museo del Risorgimento e dell’Età Contemporanea, Museum assistant internship, Piano nobile Pedrocchi, Padova, Italy (2016)

Workshop

‘’Stitched Secrets’’ brooch making drop-in workshop, In.Site program, Craftspace, Birmingham, UK.(2024)

‘‘Brooch making workshop’’ Plattform Schmuckkunst, Graz, Austria. (2024)

Solo Exhibitions

‘‘Never Dare I Say’’, Atelier Schmuckes, Graz, Austria, 2024.

Group Exhibitions

2025

  • Preziosa Young 2024/2025, MIDA 2025, (Mostra Internazionale dell’Artigianato), Firenze, Italy

  • ‘Spotlighting’, Goldsmith Centre, London, UK

  • ‘And The Work Goes On’ by New Brewery Arts and Heritage Crafts, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, UK

2024

  • Materialise, Fife Contemporary, Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Dundee, UK

  • Materialise, Fife Contemporary, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, UK

  • A Wearable Poem, Gallery JINJING, Shanghai, China

  • 18th Hangzhou Culture and Creative Industry Expo -China Craft Week, China Craft Week, Hangzhou Baima Lake International Exhibition Center, Hangzhou, China

  • Great Northern Graduates, GNCC, Victoria Baths Manchester, UK

  • Shine 2024, The Goldsmiths’ Centre, London, UK

  • LDF2024 Alloy - Crafting New Realities, London Design Festival, AlsoLike Gallery, London, UK.

  • AGCpunto24 exhibitions circuit La Mongolfiera Galleria d'arte, Sanremo, Italy; Contemporary Stories, Galeria Personal, Tarragona, Spain (September); Racconti Contemporanei, Archivio Negroni, Milano, Italy (October).

  • Great Northern Graduates, Waterside Arts, Manchester, UK

  • ‘’Hybrid - Exploring the Intersection of Craft and Collaboration’’, The Haberdashery, Glasgow, UK

  • 32nd International Jewellery Competition ‘Empathy’, Legnica Jewellery Festival Silver, Legnica, Poland

  • Slovenia Jewellery Week 2024 Central Exhibition, Center Rog, Ljubljana, Slovenia

  • ‘‘Montebello | Bergesio International Award’’ promoted by AGC.Italy, Milano Design Week, IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Milano, Italy.

  • ’Talente Master of the future 2024’’, Munich Jewellery Week, Internationale Handwerkmesse, Munich, Germany.

  • ‘’Then&Now: One Hundred Years of VAS’’ Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

2023

  • ‘Memories are made of this’ curated by Corinne Julius, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, United Kingdom

  • ‘’Truth or Dare’’ Adornaxis, New York Jewellery Week 2023, New York, United state of America

  • Elements Festival, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2023, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China

  • Vonmo 4th Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition ‘’This jewelry is 100RMB’’ curated by Felicia Li, YISHU 8, Beijing, China

  • VDW Jewelry Selection 2023, Venice Design Week 2023, Museo del Palazzo Mocenigo Venice, Italy

  • Re:Action international exhibition Budapest Jewellery week 2023, Budapest, Hungary

  • Marzee International Graduate Show 2023, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands

  • AGCpunto23 exhibitions circuit: ‘’AGCpunto.23: Sguardi Femminili Contemporanei’’, Palazzo dell’Artigianato, Guardiagrele (CH), Italy; Roma Jewellery Week, Alternatives Gallery in collaboration with AGC.italy, Roma, Italy (October); AGCpunto23 reloaded, Archivio Negroni, Milano, Italy (October)

  • New Designer, Business Design Centre, London, UK

  • ''Revolution, visions of women life freedom'', SNAG magazine virtual exhibition curated by Azita Mireshghi and Siavash Jaraiedi

  • ''Purifying the soul''-''the soul is responding'' curated by Felicia Li, Vonmo gallery - laang space, Beijing, China

Previous to graduation

  • Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2019, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China (2021)

  • Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2021, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China (2019)

  • Somos Joyerìa V'' curator Elena Larren, Museo de Palencia, Spain (2018)

  • Help for Life, exhibition for Padova Ospitale Onlus, Padova, Italy (2018)

  • Calegaro Awards San Rocco, Padova, Italy (2017)

  • ''A Theatre: Romanticism and contemporary of the women protagonists of Giacomo Puccini's works'', Palazzo Pianetti Jesi, Italy (2017)

  • Exhibition and presentation about Art School P. Selvatico at Italian Cultural Institute' In Prague (2016)

 

Awards and Shortlisting

2025

  • Special mention Preziosa Young 2024-2025 edition, in association with LAO, Le Arti Orafe, Firenze, Italy

  • Jorum Craft Award, by Jorum Studio in partnership with Craft Scotland

2024

  • Visual Artist & Craft Maker awards Glasgow 2024/25 (VACMA), in partnership with Creative Scotland.

  • Industry Expert Selects by Rachael Taylor, Shine 2024, Goldsmiths’ Centre, London, UK

  • Highly Commended Contemporary Cutlery Design Competition (ccdc.uk), London, UK

  • Finalist ‘’Giancarlo Montebello Award’’ with Special Mention – supported by AGC.Italy and Montebello Family

  • Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Awards, Silver award 3D Design Conceptual Jewellery, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, UK

  • Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Awards, Bronze award 3D Craft&Design Laser Technology, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, UK

2023

  • Second prize Venice Design Week Jewelry Selection 2023

  • Nominee New Talent Award 2023 Klimt02

  • Shortlisted Outstanding Scottish Student Award, The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust

  • Goldsmith’s Centre One to Watch prize winner, New Designers, London, United Kingdom

  • Commended, GSA Sustainability Degree show Prize 2023

  • Shortlisted Visual Art Scotland Graduate Showcase Award

  • Fife Contemporary New Maker Award prize winner, 2023

  • Incorporation of Hammermen prize, 2023, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Public and Private Collections

2022 September: Koala For the Lost-wax For Lost-species acquired by the worshipful company of founders, bronze sculpture collection, Founders’ Hall, London UK

Features

The Skinny, June 2023 Issue 209: Degree Show 2023, The Glasgow School of Art, p.43, 1st June 2023

BenchPeg, Highlights of New Designers 2023, 2nd July 2023

Crafts Council / Stories: Making waves, our pick of this year’s fresh craft graduates, Heloise Parke, 2nd August 2023

ReWriters: Il gioiello contemporaneo alla 53ma mostra di artigianato artistico abruzzese di Guardiagrele, Elena Alfonsi, 10th August 2023

ReWriters: Alternatives Gallery presenta 18 designer internazionali alla RJW Roma Jewellery Week, Elena Alfonsi, 27th September 2023

The life of Jewels: ‘‘Exhibition Review: Memories are made of this’’, Rachel Church , 3th January 2024

The Craft Edit : June 2024 - Scotland Excels in Prestigious Jewellery Training Programme, Craft Scotland Journal, Elaine Findlay, 14th June 2024

Italia! : ‘‘Lorenza Bacino meets the jewellers from Italy’s Padua Gold School’’, Lorenza Bacino, 6th November 2024