Rebecca Hannon

Rebecca Hann on
5507 Stanley Place
Halifax, NS B3K 2E8
Canada
902-405-5362
email: rjhjewel@gmail.com
Education:
Diplom/ MFA Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany 2000-2005
B.F.A Rhode Island School of Design 1991-1995
Graduate, South Lakes High School, Reston, Virginia, 1991
Work Experience:
2009-Present
2006-2009
Assistant Professor, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University
Course s: Introduction to Studio Practice
Constructed Forms
Modeled Forms
Adjunct Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design
Course s: “Souvenir’”
Color and Alternative Processes
Graduate Thesis
2006
Visiting Lecturer, SUNY New Paltz
2003-2006
Instructor at the Volkshochschule, Taufkirchen, Germany
Course s: Gold and Silversmithing
Enameling I & II
Advanced Stone Setting
Granulation I
2000
Instructor at the 92nd Street Y, New York City
Course s: Granulation- The Byzantine Ring
Plastics and Rhinestones
2000-2006
Goldsmith, Maija Neimanis Inc., New York City
Designing, hand fabricating, granulating, and stone
setting high carat gold jewelry
1999-2000
Production Manager, DVB/Samuel Beizer Assoc., New York City
Overseeing and manufacturing the Elsa Peretti
line for Tiffanys
1994-1999
Goldsmith, Reinstein/Ross, New York City, NY
Hand fabricating and stone setting high carat gold
jewelry. Interacting with clients, tracking cost
efficiency, meeting tight deadlines, sourcing
materials, and maintaining workshop
Summer, 1991, 1992, 1999
Metalsmithing Assistant,
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI
Taught children ages 11-17 in drawing and
metalsmithing techniques
Honors and Awards:
Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, 2009
Midora Leipzig Messe, Top 10 Graduate Pieces, 2004
Danner Competition, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, 1st Prize, 2004
Fulbright Grant, 2001-2002
Women’s Jewelry Association Scholarship, 1994, 2000
Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Scholarship, 1994
Rhode Island Jewelry Foundation Scholarship, 1993
Guilford Handcrafts Society Scholarship, 1993
Royal Marcher Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, 1993
Exhibitions:
“Transmutations” Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX,
Facere Gallery, Seattle, Washington,
Gallery Loupe, Montclair, New Jersey, 2010
“New at NSCAD” Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2009
“Recycle, Recreate, Re-imagine”, Facere Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2009
“Birdsong”, Jewelerswerk Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2008
“In Toplage, Architectural Follies in Jewelry”, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne,2008
“Nest”, Galerie Biro´, Munich, 2008
“Des Wahnsinns Fette Beute”, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2008
Featured Artist, The Museum of Contemporary Craft Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2008
Surface Magazine, Meat-packing District Exhibition, NYC 2007
“500 Earrings”, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, 2007
“500 Necklaces”, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, 2006
“Selection 2005”, Martina & Company, Providence, Rhode Island, 2005
“Glitter,Sparkle,Reflect,” Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2005
“Souvenir”, Jewelerswerk Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2005
“Jewelry and Photography”, Craft2eu Gallery, Hamburg, 2005
“Souvenir”, Galerie Biro´, Munich, 2005
“Gold”, OONA Gallerie, Berlin, 2005
“Junge Kunst in Bayern”LfA Förderbank Stand, KunstMesse, Munich,2004
“VIP”, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2004
“Current Directions; Studio Art Jewelry ”, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 2004
“130° für 15 Minuten”, Galerie Biro´, Munich, 2003
“Holy Hole”, U-Bahn Galerie, Munich, 2003
“Tatort- Koffer”, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2003
“SchmuckSzene”, Handwerksmesse, Munich, 2003
“From OO to OO”, OONA Gallerie, Berlin, 2002
“RISD Faculty and Alumni”, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2002
“Ladies First”, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, 2002
“RISD on the Road” travels throughout the United States, 2002-3
"Schmuck", Städtische Galerie im Cordonhaus, Cham, Germany, 2002
"Impressions/Expressions", Martina & Company, Providence, Rhode Island, 2001
“Ein Hauch von Klasse”, Galerie Der Künstler, Münich 2001
“Micromegas”, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein E.V., Munich, Germany,
American Craft Museum, New York City, 2001,
Musée de l'horlogerie et de l'émaillerie, Genève, Switzerland, 2002
Gallery YU, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo, Japan 2002,
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia, 2003
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth Western Australia, 2003
Oratorio di San Rocco, Padova Italy,2003/04
“Precious” exhibition, Fort Point Arts Center, Boston, MA, 1997
Invitational jewelry exhibition, American Center for Culture and Commerce,
Prague, Czech Republic, 1995
Publications:
Rings, Nicolas Estrada, 2010
Jewelry Design Challenge, Linda Kopp, 2010
30 Minute Earrings, Martha Le Van, 2010
500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, Lark Books, 2009
The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellery Makers, Darling Publications, 2009
The Fat Booty of Madness, Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 2008
Adorn, Amanda Mansell, 2008
500 Pendants and Lockets Lark Books, 2008
In Toplage, Architectural Follies in Jewelry, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne,2008
Jewelry Design, Carissa Kowalski Dougherty, Daab, 2008
American Craft Magazine, “New Jewels: Taking Materials to Extremes”, February 2008
The Washington Post Express, “Don’t Settle for Metal”, February, 2007
500 Earrings Lark Books, 2007
500 Necklaces Lark Books, 2006
500 Bracelets, Lark Books, 2005
Munich Found magazine, “A Real Gem”, profile, July 2005
500 Brooches, Lark Books, 2005
Metalsmith, magazine, “Exhibition in Print”, 2004
Goldschmiede Zeitung, “Jewelry Meets Commerce…”, December 2004
Abend Zeitung Newspaper, “Aufblühendes Pianissimo”,7-17-2004
Marzee Magazine, “VIP”, July 2004 and “International Graduation Show”, August 2004
Metalsmith, magazine, “Exhibition in Print”, 2004
Design Report Magazine, “Wert und Wucher-Schmuck Szene”, 6-2004
Design Report Magazine, “Between Art and Design”, 6-2003
Schmuck 2003, catalogue from the International Handwerksmesse Munich, 2003
Marzee Magazine, “Tatort Koffer- My Suitcase is my Oyster”, June 2003
Süddeutsche Zeitung Newspaper, “Neuer Wein passt gut in alte Schläuche”, 6-29-2003
The Funnel, magazine of the German Fulbright Kommission, “ Fiftieth Anniversary Art Exhibit”, 2002
“Micromegas” Catlogue, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein E.V., Munich,2001
Abend Zeitung newspaper, “Beuys meets Moshammer”, 7-29-2001
Metalsmith, magazine, “Exhibition in Print”, 1998