biography:

Federica Pallaver was born in Bolzano (Italy). From 1989 to 1992 she attended a course in goldsmithery in Florence, from 1994 to 2001 a course at the summer academy in Salzburg held first by Robin Quigley and then by Erico Nagai and in 2006 a course held by Giovanni Corvája in Florence. In 1996 she opened her own laboratory in Bolzano. Since 2007 member of agc.

awards:

1998 “unconditioned ring”, selected, internova award (Italy)

2001 “liberami”, ring, recongnition diploma, internova award (Italy)

2002 “tragbares Besteckdes 3. Jahrtausends”, necklace with 3 variations and clip, recognition diploma, Wurst und Schmuck award, Weiden (Germany)

2003 “albero”, brooch, nova award (Italy)

2005 “aniglia”, ring, selected, nova award (Italy)

2007 “sanguineti”, composition: ring, necklace, pin, selected, nova award (Italy)

2008 “homage à Robert Rauschenberg”, earing, selected, red thread award, museum of modern art Ugo Corà, Muggia (Trieste, Italy)

2009 “alatyr”, 3. prize, international biennal art award, amber museum, Kaliningrad (Russ)

selected exhibitions:

2008 “new play in art”, fondazione Heller, Gardone (Brescia, Italy); “contemporanei”, galleria Fioretto, Padova (Italy)

2009 “alatyr”, amber museum, Kaliningrad (Russ)

2010 “estro, oltre l’oro”, orocapital, Roma (Italy); “filorosso”, museo d’arte moderna Ugo Carà, Muggia (Trieste)

exhibitions:

1997 galleria Prisma, Bolzano (Italy)

1998 galleria Cristiani, Torino (Italy)

2001 “haiku from southtyrol”, roundhaus, London (England); “Schmuck mal 12”, Congress Innsbruck (Austria)

2003 “fem. Schmuck, 7 goldsmiths”, gallerie Konrad Laimer, Naturno (Italy)

2007 “festa dei sensi”, park hotel Laurin, Bolzano (Italy); “guarda un pò”, Boretto - Gualtieri - Guastalla, Reggio Emilia (Italy); “Yoko Shimizu – Federica Pallaver”, galleria oko, Berlin (Germany)

2008 “skiagrafie”, pins, carambolage, Bolzano (Italy); “studio aperto”, Padova (Italy)

2009 “alatyr2009”, posthaus Schmuckwerkstatt Galerie, Naturno (Italy)

2010 “13° erfurter Schmucksymposium”, Kulturhof zum Güldenen Krönbacken, Erfurt (Germany); “13° erfurter Schmucksymposium”, Gallerie Schmuckfrage, Berlin (Germany)

works in public collections:

2009 “fantasmi elettrici”, amber museum, Kaliningrad (Russ)

publications:

2010 Alpenrosen, Jahreszeitschrift für Frauenkultur, Bolzano (Italy)

2011 rings book, promopress, Barcelona (Spain)

symposium:

2010 13° erfurter Schmucksymposium, Erfurt (Germany): Martin Luther, the break up