MAD About Jewelry 2021

 

December 7-11, 2021

Museum of Art and Design, New York

 

The ultimate contemporary jewelry pop-up returns in person for a special holiday celebration.

December 6-11, the Museum of Arts and Design will present MAD About Jewelry, its annual show and sale featuring designs from more than 40 emerging and acclaimed US-based jewelry artists. MAD About Jewelry has become known as the ultimate pop-up shop for contemporary artist-made jewelry, where collectors and jewelry enthusiasts have the rare opportunity to meet and acquire pieces from some of the most innovative creators in the field.

 

MAD ABOUT JEWELRY HOURS 

Tue, Dec 7, 10 am to 6 pm

Wed, Dec 8, 10 am to 6 pm*

Thu, Dec 9, 10 am to 8 pm

Fri, Dec 10, 10 am to 6 pm

Sat, Dec 11, 10 am to 6 pm

 

*Piercing appointments available throughout the day with jeweler Pamela Love. Please contact rebekka.grossman@madmuseum.org to make an appointment.

 

MAD About Jewelry is in keeping with the Museum’s long-standing commitment to present jewelry as an art form. MAD is the only American museum to possess a gallery dedicated to the display of both special jewelry exhibitions and its own collection of contemporary and modern studio and art jewelry.

 

MAD is proud to celebrate our artist community. Proceeds from MAD About Jewelry will benefit participating artists and support the museum’s educational programs. For more information, please contact Rebekka Grossman at rebekka.grossman@madmuseum.org.

 

In accordance with the Mayor of New York City’s Emergency Executive Order, all attendees are required to provide I.D. and proof of vaccination against Covid-19. Learn more about the Museum’s health and safety protocols.

 

 

Sunyoung Cheong

Born in Seoul, South Korea, and based in Topeka, Kansas, Sunyoung Cheong is a designer, maker, curator, and educator who integrates technology with traditional metalsmithing to create her visual narrative. She combines precious metals with mixed media such as 3D-printed resin, fabric, wood, paper, and vitreous enamel using CAD/CAM, enameling, and the lost-wax casting process. Influenced by her surroundings in Kansas, she has recently become interested in the life of honeybees, which she uses as the primary form in her works. In doing so, she seeks to raise awareness of the environmental value of honeybees and how to build a sustainable community.

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Sunyoung Cheong was born in Seoul, Korea.  She attended the University of Kansas, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design. She has been teaching CAD/CAM at the University of Kansas since 2012. She also works as a studio artist and a custom jewelry designer.

 

From large scale wearable to small object, she uses various materials including precious metals, paper, plastics, fiber and wood to create meaningful and personal wearable art. Her interest is focused on wearer’s experience in space, object and emotion, occasionally with other people. At her MFA thesis show, Wearable Play in 2014, she created an interactive installation where she attempted to generate human interaction and to create a platform where people can engage in art by assembling their own wearable objects.

 

Sunyoung’s work has been appeared in numerous Lark Books including 500 Silver Jewelry, 1000 Beads, 30-minute Necklaces and 30-minute Bracelets as well as JCK magazine. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including Canada and Japan. She lives and works in Topeka, Kansas. 

http://www.sunyoungcheong.com

 

Youngeun Han

Based in New York City, Youngeun Han has a multifaceted background spanning the visual arts, graphic design, and jewelry design. Made with gold or silver-plated brass, her jewelry is inspired by geometric shapes, architectural forms, bodily movements, and graphic images. At once playful and bold, her sculptural designs provide wearers with a sense of fun while challenging conventional norms.

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Youngeun Han is the founder and award-winning designer of Y.Han. Based in New York City, she was educated in Rhode Island School of Design & Fashion Institute of Technology. She has won first and second place in the MJSA awards, had her work exhibited internationally, and has been designing for national & international corporations and clients since 2011.

Youngeun's multi faceted background in the visual arts, graphic design and jewelry design is visibly yet unpredictably reflected on Y.Han collections. The pieces are inspired by geometric shapes, architectural forms, body movements and a play on graphic images translated into sculptural objects. Ultimately, fun and feel-good experience is what she offers with her work- challenging conventional norms, for leaders and darers in life.

https://yhandesign.com

 

 

MAD About Jewelry 2021 Artists

BIANCA ABREU/ ERICA BELLO/ SUNYOUNG CHEONG/ JOCELYN DESISTO/ BEN DORY/ EMANUELA DUCA/ GRIFFITH EVANS/ ELIZABETH GARVIN/ JADE GEDEON/ DANIELLE GORI-MONTANELLI/ XINIA GUAN/ YOUNGEUN HAN/ SUSANNE HENRY/ BETSY HERSHBERG/ JEREMY IRVIN/ KEIKO KUBOTA-MIURA/ MICHAL LANDO/ KIRK LANG/ AMY LEMAIRE/ WYNA LIU/ TARA LOCKLEAR/ MOANA LUU/ PATRICIA MADEJA/ MARCIE MCGOLDRICK/ SARAH MURPHY/ MICHAEL NASHEF/ CARLY OWENS/ CHRIS PRUITT/ LILA RICE/ JACQUELINE SANCHEZ/ PETER SCHILLING/ CHRISTINA AND GINA SENIA/ JEN SMITH/ RHO TANG/ AMELIA TOELKE/ TIFFANY VANDERHOOP/ FRANCESCA VITALI/ CLAIRE WEBB/ MAYA ROSE WEISS/ PAULETTE WERGER/ LIAUNG-CHUNG YEN

https://madmuseum.org/jewelry/mad-about-jewelry-2021