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Contemporary Handmade Jewellery
HILDE VAN BELLEGEHEM
C.V.
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1967 born in Sint-Niklaas Belgium
1986-1990 studies Jewellery Design and Goldsmithery, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
since 1990 teacher Jewellery Design and Goldsmithery, Academy of Fine Arts Sint-Niklaas
1999 opening shop-atelier in Antwerp
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AWARDS
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2007 laureate HRD Awards, ‘A Night at the Opera’
1999 second prize ‘The Baroque Age and the Contemporary Diamond Jewel’, Antwerp Diamond High Council
1996 award ‘Granulation 96’, international jewellery competition, Pforzheim
1994 award Provincial Prizes Jewellery, East-Flanders
1991 first prize DE BEERS, ‘Diamonds Today ‘91’
1987 prize VRIKA, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2019 CELEBRATION 20 YEARS SHOP_ATELIER IN ANTWERP
Book publication, ‘JEWELLERY WORKS 1989-2019’
2018 ANTWERP BAROQUE 2018? RUBENS INSPIRES, Antwerp
2011 BEADS, Antwerp
2009 10 X SOLO, Antwerp
2005 CURVE, Antwerp
2003 ROUGH & PURE, Antwerp
2001 ELASTICS, Antwerp + Performance ‘Boardwalk’, a movement between body and jewel from Dominique Pollet
1999 TWIST, Antwerp
LECTURE
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March 26th 2003: 3X3X3 lecture, accessories, De Witte Dame, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, organization BNO, presentation Marjan Unger
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS - a selection
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2016 ‘TWEEX 3’, An overview of knowledge transfer around ‘designer jewellery’, Françoise Vanderauwera en Bernard François, catalogus
2008 HRD Awards ‘A Night at the Opera’, Tokyo, Basel, Las Vegas, Shanghai, London
2007 HRD Awards ‘A Night at the Opera’, Diamantmuseum Antwerp, Hong Kong, Dubai
Belgische Vormgeving2, museum Waterland, Purmerend (NL)
Vitrine 2007, FFI, Antwerp, ‘Surfaces’
‘Design Verpakt’, Design Vlaanderen Galerie, Brussels
2006 Vitrine 2006, FFI, Antwerp, ‘Mode/Beeld Image/Fashion’
2005 Design Flanders Presents Presents, Gallery Design Flanders, Brussels
Vitrine 2005, FFI, Antwerp
2004 ‘For your Eyes only’, symbolism of engagement rings, Diamond Museum, Antwerp
Trade Mission to Morocco with prince Filip en princess Mathilde
‘L’or - bijoux d’Europe - création contemporaine 2004-2005, St-Amand-Montrond, France
Vitrine 2004, FFI, Antwerp, ‘Vitrine on paper’, first ideas
‘L’or - bijoux d’Europe - création contemporaine 2004-2005, Cagnes-sur Mer, France
2003 Vitrine 2003, FFI, Antwerp, ‘MODE dit is Belgisch!?’, ‘Red, Yellow and Black are Belgian colours.
2002 ‘Het Belgisch juweel – jong en gevestigd’, Scharpoord, Knokke
Vitrine 2002, FFI, Antwerp, ‘First Object/Subject, Quotations from Goethe in the shop-window’
2000 15 jaar Diamond High Council Awards, 1984-1999, KB, Brussels
Vitrine 2000, Flanders Fashion Institute, Antwerp, ‘Handmade’, Video- installation in the shop-window
‘Dichter bij het sieraad’, Alden Biesen, Bilzen
‘Memories’, Diamond High Council Awards, Antwerp, Vicenza, München, Basel,...
‘Vormgeving Verpakt’, VIZO Gallery, Brussels
1997 ‘Bullet Proof Forms, Design Museum Ghent + Palau Marc, Barcelona
‘Wat siert ons land?’, Koningin Fabiolazaal Antwerp
‘The Baroque Age and the Contemporary Diamond Jewel’, Diamond High Council Awards, Antwerp, Miami, Brussels, Köningsbachstein, Vicenza,
Basel, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Visioni, Firenze
‘Edel Labeur’, Design Museum Ghent
1996-1999 ‘Contemporary Belgian Jewellery (1945-1995), Pforzheim, Hanau, München, Schwäbisch Gmund, Antwerp, Colorado, Bratislava, Tokyo, Osaka
1996 ‘Vlaamse koffie en andere verhalen’, Verzameld Werk, Ghent
‘Young People and Matter’- Research and Trends, Firenze
‘Granulation 96’, Phorzheim, Hanau, München, Münster, Frankfurt, ...
1995 Castle Blauwendael, Waasmunster
Verzameld Werk, Ghent
First Triennial for design in Flanders, VIZO, Design Museum Ghent
1994 ‘Evasion’, Kunsthumaniora-KASKA, Antwerp Provincial Prizes Jewellery, St-Pietersabdij, Ghent
1993 ‘An amulet for Marzee’, Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen
‘Creations B, la tactic du moustic’, Luxembourg
1992 ‘Schmuckszene 92’, München
‘Palais sur les vagues’, Sofie Lachaert Gallery, Ghent
‘Triennale du Bijou’, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
1991 ‘Diamonds Today ‘91’, De Beers, Brussels,...
1990 ‘International Graduation Show 1990’, Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen
1989 ‘Combs’, Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen + Hanau
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PUBLICATIONS
MENTIONS IN BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2019 book, HILDE VAN BELLEGHEM ‘JEWELLERY WORKS 1989-2019’
2016 ‘TWEEX 3’, An overview of knowledge transfer around ‘designer jewellery’, Françoise Vanderauwera en Bernard François, catalogue
2007 Catalogue for the exhibition: ‘A Night at the Opera’, HRD, Antwerp
Catalogue for the exhibition: ‘Belgische Vormgeving 2’, museum Waterland, Purmerend
2004 Catalogue for the exhibition: ‘For your eyes only’, de symboliek van verlovingsringen, Hilde Verbiest, p. 43 + Errata, Diamantmuseum Provincie Antwerpen
‘Artelier’, Guide to contemporary arts and crafts in Belgium, p. 160, (www.artelier.be)
Catalogues for the exhibitions: ‘L’or bijoux d’Europe, création contemporaine’,
Agence Le Mignot, Blauzac, Saint-Amand-Montrond, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
2002 Catalogue for the exhibition: ‘Het Belgisch Juweel – Jong en gevestigd’, Cultuurcentrum Knokke-Heist
2001 Catalogue for the exhibition: ‘Dichter bij het sieraad’, Alden Biesen
Catalogue for the exhibition: ‘Herinneringen’, Diamond High Council
‘Sieraden – De keuze van Almere’, Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen
1999 Catalogue for the exhibition: ‘Barok en Van Dyck’, Artesia Bank + Provinciaal Diamantmuseum, uitg. Provincie Antwerpen
Catalogue for the exhibition: ’15 jaar Diamond High Council Awards 1945-1999’, Diamond High Council
1998 ‘Dictionaire internationale du bijou’, Ed. du Regard (Seuil)
1997 ‘Sieraden – De keuze van Amersfoort’, Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen
1996 ‘Granulation 96’, p. 26 + 47, Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V., Hanau, C.Hafner, GmbH & Co., Pforzheim
‘Juweelkunst in België van 1945 tot heden’, p. 84 + 85 +130, VIZO, Brussels
1995 ‘Design in Flanders’, p. 145, VIZO – Gemeentekrediet, Snoeck-Ducaju
1994 ‘Evasion’, KASKA, Antwerp
1993 ‘Een amulet voor Marzee’, Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen
‘Creation B’, p. 37, La Tactic du Moustic, Luxembourg
1992 ‘Scmuckszene 92’, München
‘Triennale du Bijou’, p. 92, Ed. du May, Paris