IRIS EICHENBERG
born 1965, Göttingen, Germany
EDUCATION
1989 - 94 Gerrit
Rietveld Academy Jewellery design, Amsterdam
1998 - 00 Amsterdam University Didactiek
SOLO-EXHIBITIONS
2007 Galerie Louise Smit Tenement/Timelines, Amsterdam, NL
2005 Galerie Louise Smit weiß,
Amsterdam, NL
Galerie SO Abwesenheit,
Solothurn, CH
Gallery Metallum Heimat/Systhems, Stockholm, S
2004 Galerie Louise Smit Heimat,
Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Metal Heimat, Copenhagen, DK
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Loss, Amsterdam, NL
2003 Huis Rechts, Amsterdam, NL
2002 Galerie
Louise Smit, KunstRai Sunen,
Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Louise Smit Omnivoren + Sunen,
Amsterdam, NL
Verzameld Werk Waldeslust 2, Gent, B
2001 Galerie
Tactile, Geneva, CH
Galerie Louise Smit Art Twente(ism Jeroen Bodewitz), Hengelo, NL
Galerie V&V Waldeslust,
Vienna, A
2000 Galerie Louise Smit Bombay rubber- Delhi thoughts,
Amsterdam, NL
1999 Galerie
Verzameld Werk, Gent, B
1998 Galerie
Louise Smit Nieuw werk, Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Verzameld Werk, Gent, B
1997 Galerie
Louise Smit KunstRAI, Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Gundula M.Cancola, Salzburg, A
Galerie Verzameld Werk, Gent, B
Forum Duft, Zürich,
CH
GROUP-EXHIBITIONS
2008 Galerie
Louise Smit Collect V&A, London, UK 2007
„Kunst treibt Blüten“,
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Pforzheim, D
2006 Museo Tambo Qirquincho, Elegancia Holandesa, La Paz, Bolivia
Victoria and Albert Museum, Gallery Louise Smit, Collect,
London, GB
Museum Het Kruithuis Strong Stories, Den Bosch, NL
Erasmus Huis Strong Stories, Jakarta, Indonesia
Gallery Ornamentum, S.O.F.A., Chicagio,
USA
Gallery Ornamentum, S.O.F.A., New York, USA
Museum of Art and Design Schmuck
2006, New York, USA
Handwerkskammer Munich und Oberbayern Schmuck
2006, Munich, D
Textielmuseum embroided, Tilburg, NL
Studio GR 20 Plastic/
Contemporary Gold, Milan, Padua, I
Studio GR 20 Natura in Bianco e Negro, Padua, I2005 Museum of Art and Design, New York,
USA
SOFA, New York, USA
Victoria & Albert Museum, Galerie Louise Smit
Collect, Londen,
UK
IHK Schmuck 2006,
Munich, D
Erasmushuis Strong Stories, Jakarta
Stedelijk Museum s'Hertogenbosch
Strong Stories, NL
Studio GR 20 Gli Artisti, Padua, I
Gallery Platina Inspired by Nature?, Bergianska
Botanical Garden, Stockholm, S
2004 Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lissabon, PT
Galerie Louise Smit, V&A Museum Collect, London, UK
Manifesto Het Eeuwig Lichaam, Nederlands Instituut, Rome, IT
2003 Stedelijk Museum Blur, Amsterdam, NL
Salon de Mobile Dutch
Souvenirs, Milan, I
Caixa Forum Inner Luxury, Barcelona, E
Stedelijk Museum Harrie Tillieprize, Roermond,
NL
Tallinn Applied Art Museum Bare
Bounderies, Tallin, Estland
2002 Stedelijk Museum Display, Amsterdam, NL
IHK Schmuck 2002,
Munich, DE
Frans Halsmuseum
British/Dutch Ceramics,
Haarlem, NL
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts British/Dutch Ceramics, Norwich, GB
Gallery Lesley Craze Dutch
Diversity, London, UK
Crafts Council Gallery Home
Made Holland, London, UK
Maison Descartes The third floor, Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Yksi, Eindhoven, NL
2001 Galerie
V&V Waldeslust, Vienna, A
Museum Boymans van Beuningen
Designprijs Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
Schmuckmuseum Schmuck lebt!,
Pforzheim, DE
Fashion Institute Vernetzt,
Vienna, A
Designers Present, Eindhoven, NL
Museum für Angewandte Kunst Blood, Frankfurt, D
2000 Studio
GR 20 Gli Artisti, Venice, I
The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, USA
Braggiotti Gallery The Woollen Tables,
Amsterdam, NL
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, DE
Koningin Fabiolazaal
Het versierde Ego,
Antwerp, B
Tropenmuseum The rhythm of the human size, Amsterdam, NL
Mela Bastar,
Kondagaon, INDIA
Museum Waterland, Purmerend,
NL
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein Mikromegas, Munich, DE
1999 Tarbekunstmuuseum, Tallinn, Estland
OXOXO Gallery A Matter of Matrials, Baltimore, USA
Beurs van Berlage
Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam, NL
Villa Eksternest Eye-catchers, Antwerp, B
Koningin
Fabiolazaal Eye-catchers, Antwerp, B
Schmuckszene '99, Munich, DE
Stedelijk
Museum AEX, Amsterdam, NL
Studio GR 20 L'Alternativa al Preziosa, Padova,
I
Beurs
van Berlage Rook, Amsterdam, NL
Bundesverband
Kunsthandwerk The Eye's Delight, Erfurt, D
Textielmuseum,
Slipstitch
Tilburg, NL
1998 Gallery Metallum,
Stockholm, S
Galerie Intermezzo, Dordrecht, NL
Marcel Kalksma Handmade Prints, Amsterdam, NL
Beurs
van Berlage Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Schmucksache,
Keulen, D
Textielmuseum
Eye-catchers,
Tilburg, NL
Kunsthal
Positions,
Rotterdam, NL
The
Stones Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Art-Tour, Monnickendam, NL
1997 Beurs
van Berlage Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam, NL
Lappeenranta College of
Crafts and Design, F
Crafts Victoria Gallery,
Melbourne, AUS
1996 Muszeum
Cesueho Raje, Turnov, CZ
Klessheim
Castle Jewellery in the Castle,
Salzburg, A
Stedelijk
Museum Scanning, Amsterdam, NL
1995 Galerie Mei Ling Knibbe, Edam, NL
Goldsmith Hall,
Department Design and Technology, London, UK
Museum voor Toegepaste Kunst, Gent, B
Stichting
Beeldende Kunst Gelderland,
NL
Works in Public
Collections
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Museum Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL
Nederlands
Textielmuseum, Tilburg, NL
Schmuckmuseum,
Pforzheim, DE
EKWC, 's-Hertogenbosch,
NL
Muszeum
Cesueho Raje, Turnov, CZ
Rotasa
Foundation, California, USA
Fondation
National d'Art Contemporain,
Paris, F
Mint Museum,
North-Carolina, USA
Francoise van der Bosch Stichting, NL
AWARDS
2005 Incentive Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and
Architecture (Fonds BKVB), Amsterdam,
NL
2003 Nomination Harrie
Tillie Award, Roermond
2001 Nomination Design
Award, Rotterdam, NL
2000 Artist Stimulation
Award, Amsterdams Fonds vd Kunsten
1999 Herbert Hoffmann Award,
Munich D
Gerrit Rietveld
Award, Amsterdam, NL
1996 Nomination RA-award,
Amsterdam, NL
1995 Nomination Artist
Stimulation Award, Amstelveen, NL
1994 Gerrit
Rietveld Award, Amsterdam, NL
PUBLICATIONS
Rudi Fuchs Acquisitions 1993-2003, StedelijkMuseum Amsterdam, NL
Gioielleria
Contemporanea Natura in Bianco E Negro , Milan, Padua, I
Elegancia
Holandesa Dutch
Dress Up, 40 Dutch Designers, Bolivia,
Museum Het Kruithuis, Strong
Stories, Den Bosch, NL
Ursula Neuman, Kunsthandwerk 2 /2006 der Schmuck entdeckt Amerika
Erasmus Huis,Strong Stories, Jakarta, Indonesia
Handwerkskammer
München und Oberbayern Schmuck 2006
Victoria and Albert
Museum, Gallery Louise Smit, Collect,London, GB
Studio GR 20 Plastic/ Contemporary Gold, Milan,
Padua, ILiesbeth den Besten
Strong Stories, SM's, Erasmushuis
Ward Schrijver Collect
2006, Galerie Louise Smit
Renée C. Hoogland weiss, Galerie Louise Smit
Anne Berk Iris Eichenberg,
Kunstbeeld nr 9, 2005
Pionier in de Textielkunst, Opzij dec 2005
Ward Schrijver Collect
2005, Galerie Louise Smit
Loss, Stedelijk Museum Bureau
Amsterdam
1000 Rings, Lark Books
Renée C. Hoogland Heimat, Galerie Louise Smit
Marjan
Unger Het Nederlandse
Sieraad in de 20ste eeuw,
Thoth
Chris Reinewald Denken door je vingers, Tableau nr 6, 2003
Roberto Chilleri Gioie protestanti, Artein nr 84,
2003
Richard Meitner Sunen,
Galerie Louise Smit
Liesbeth
den Besten Display,
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Cornelie
Holzach Schmuck
lebt, Schmuckmuseum
Pforzheim
Graziella
Folchini Grassetto L'Alternativa al prezioso,
Studio GR 20
Jan Walgrave
Het versierde
ego, Antwerpen
Bombay rubber - Delhi thoughts, Galerie Louise Smit
Louise Schouwenberg Nieuw werk 1998, Galerie Louise Smit
Peter van Kester, Leontine Coelewij, Guus Beumer Amsterdam
Exposé,
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Renée C. Hoogland Tenement/Timelines, Galerie Louise Smit
COMMISSIONS
2003 Stichting Cultuurfonds, Den Haag, business gift
2002 EKWC,
Dutch Souvenirs, 's Hertogenbosch
2001 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Stedelijk
Museum Business Club
1999 Schmuckforum
Deutschland, Köln, business gift
ORGANISATION AND TEACHING
2007 Head of the Metalsmithing Department, Cranbrook
Academy of Art, Michigan, USA
Member of the Advisory
Panel of the Fonds BKVB, NL
Workshop/Lecture, Alchimia, Florence, IT
Workshop/Seminar Flags,
Konstfak, Stockholm, S
2006 Guest-teaching,
Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo, Japan
Guest-teaching,
University of Stellenbosch, S.Africa
Guest-teaching, State
University of New York, New Paltz, USA
Guest-teaching, Cranbrook Academy, Michigan, USA
Lecture, Interactive
Africa/Design Indaba, Cape Town, S.Africa
2005 Workshop/Seminar
Identity, Konstfak, Stockholm, S
Lecture, Zeichenakademie Hanau, D
Lecture, Design Institut, Hong Kong, China
Guest-teaching, Hong
Kong Institute of Vocational Education, H.K. , China
2004 Workshop
Science and Art, Minerva Academy, Groningen, NL
Guest lecture The
eternal body, Nederlands Instituut
Rome, IT
Guest lecture The
eternal body, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, NL
Guest lecture The
eternal body Academie Beeldende
Kunsten Maastricht, NL
2003 Guest
lecture, Applied Art Museum Bare Boundaries, Tallin,
EE
2000 Organisation
Artist Stimulation Award, Amstelveen, NL
2000-07
Head of the Jewellery Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
1997-07 Teaching,
Gerrit Rietveld Academy,
Amsterdam, NL
1997-05 Organisation
Fair/Exhibition Rietveld naar
de Beurs, Amsterdam, NL
1994-97 Guest-teaching,
Gerrit Rietveld Academy,
Amsterdam, NL
1996-01
Guest-teaching, South Carelia Polytechnic,
Lappeenranta, F
1995-97 Organisation,
Haldenhof Symposium, D