Claire Lavendhomme

Born in 1959

Lives and works in Brussel (Belgium)

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(…)”If we may be so bold: the sharp edge of sensitivity on the one hand, the very subtle construction on the other. All of it in a sort of perpetually threatened emotion”.

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(… )”Si l’on peut aller jusque là, le tranchant de la sensibilité d’une part, la très subtile construction d’autre part, tout cela dans une sorte d’émotion perpétuellement menacée”.

J-M H 1995

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“Claire Lavendhomme plays with the” philosophical “notions of life using the form in an almost bi-dimensional way. Her work reveals something subtle, vibrant, poetic, mysterious …”

FS, 2012

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Artist creator

•  Contemporary jewellery, objets, drawings, multidisciplinary.

•  Since 1997    Organisation of artistic meetings (plastic arts, cinema, conferences, lectures music, …)

Link: http://artrencontre.blogspot.com

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Teacher experience

Since

• 2003    •Contemporary jewellery teacher at Academy of fine Arts.

Link: http://atelierarlon.blogspot.com

               •Teacher of many workshops (jewelery, resin,artistic research).

Link: http://workshoplavendhommeclaire.blogspot.com

• 2016    •Teacher at « institut Jeanne Toussaint » (Arts et Métiers), Bruxelles

• Before 2003  •Teacher in the broader context of fine arts.

Some recent exhibitions (in jewellery)

Expose since 1992

• 2018    Elle-luit/jewellery and light. Wcc-bf (B)

               Kleine Kabinet , Tokyo . (J)

               Le génie des images, La joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris. (F)

• 2017    Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London. (UK)

               Kleine Kabinet , Tokyo . (J)

               Bijoux d’artistes et de créateurs. Piasa. Auction during “parcours bijoux”, Paris. (F)

• 2016    Schmuck 2016. Handwerkmessen. Curator Peter Skubic. Munchen. (D)

               Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London. (UK)

               Bonds, METALLOphone, International Biennial of Contemporary Meta art. (AV17)Gallery, Vilnius.

• 2015    Silence please! Noel Guyomarc’h gallery. Curator Ramon Puig Cuyas. Montréal. (C)

               Beijing International Contemporary Metal and jewellery Art Exhibition. China  World Art Museum. (China)

               Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London. (UK)

• 2014    Multiple Exposures : Jewelry and Photography Loan(s). Museum of Arts Design New York . (USA)

               European Triennal of contemporary Jewelry (2011, 2008, 2005) Etable des Anciens abattoirs de Mons. (B)

               Le bijou mis à prix, Drouot, Paris. (F)

               Transformation 8, Light Yawkey Art Museum, Wassau. (USA)

               Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London. (UK)

• 2013    Passage, Sabine Herman Gallery, Bruxelles. (B)

               La frontera, Velvet Da Vinci, San Fransisco & Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico

               Tweex 2. Vander A Gallery. Bruxelles.(B) Bijou d’auteur.

               Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles de Paris. (F)

               Schmuck Show, during the Schmuck, Munchen. (D)

• 2012    European Prize for Applied Arts ( 2010). Anciens abattoirs de Mons. (B)

               Accès direct12, Château de Seneffe, Musée de l’orfèvrerie, Seneffe. 5b°

Some recent exhibitions (drawing, multidisciplinary)

• 2017    Sithonia, Flux Gallery, Liège. (B)

• 2016    Centre culturel de Marchin. (B)

• 2015    Sur du rien, Le Clignoteur Gallery, Bruxelles. (B)

• 2014   Autour du mot, Centre Culturel de Marchin. (B)

• 2012    Participation at « Frecher », Loods 12. Wetteren. (B)

• 2017    Participation at « Hommage à Bernd Lohaus », M HKA, Gand. (B)

• and since 1997  the « rencontres artistiques ». Belgium

Christa Reniers is one of Belgium’s leading contemporary jewellery designers. She started in the 90’s in Brussels to develop the first pieces of her collection. She has a very strong and personal style which is easily recognizable. Each jewel is handcrafted by Christa personally with a very high quality finishing, in 18k gold or in sterling silver 925.

The brand is classy and upscale due to the high quality of the products and the very exclusive design that require skilled jeweller craftsmen.

Always very innovative when launched on the market, the Christa Reniers jewellery pieces become “classics” after a few years due to her timeless and unique style that fits as well for the everyday life as for exceptional events.