PREZIOSA YOUNG 2011

Since 2008 PY is the international competition/exhibition dedicated to young designers chosen for their individual research and the originality of their creations. This project was conceived and coordinated by Giò Carbone, Director of "Le Arti Orafe”, since 1985 Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence

For the 2011’s edition, the Art historian Dr. Maria Cristina Bergesio was called to give a critical contribution for the catalogue and to be responsible for the selection of the participants.
The first selection indicated the 30 finalists from among the 180 participants from all over the world

The international panel in charge of choosing the eight winner artists met in February 2011, during the fair inhorgenta, and was composed by:
Dr. Petra Hölscher, senior curator at the Neue Sammlung, Monaco Munich, Germany;
Dr. Wolfgang Lösche, Leiter der Abteilung Messen und Austellungen, Handwerkskultur, Formgebungsberatung, Akademie für Gestaltung, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany;
Dr. Barbara Schmidt, Director of the Bildungszentrum für Gestaltung in Munich, Germany;
The artist Helen Britton, Australia;
Dr. Maria Cristina Bergesio, art critic, Florence, Italy

The jury had chosen the 8 participants for the exhibition 2011, as follow
Dana Hakim, Israel/Italy
Sam Hamilton, Ireland
Hanna Hedman, Sweden
Lisa Juen, China
Heejoo Kim, South Korea
Seul-Gi Kwon, South Korea
Marie Pendariès, Spain
Elena Ruebel, Germany

A special prize (a  2.000 Euro's voucher for one of the participants, as a contribution for the rental of a booth at Inhorgenta 2012) was awarded by the Exhibition Management of Inhorgenta Fair, partner of PREZIOSA project, to the Korean artist Kim Heejoo


Additional information
Exhibitions' Calendar

Florence, Italy    
6 to 23 of October, Museo della Specola
Opening: 5 October, at 18.00

Munchen, Germany
inhorgenta 2012, 10-13 February, 2012

Hanau, Germany
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus
February 16 until April 15, 2012
Opening: February 16, at 19.00

Legnica, Poland
The Gallery of Art
8th May – 12th June, 2012