Born in Brussels – Belgium, on the 17th of May 1975
///Memberships
• Member of World Crafts Council (EUROPE / WCC-BF / 2009)
• Member of Crafthaus (USA-2010)
• Membre de l'Office des Métiers d'Art de la Province du Brabant Wallon (BELGIUM-2011)
///Awards
• Prix Tremplin (BELGIUM-WCC-BF / 2009)
• 1er Prix du Meilleur Artisan Bruxellois (BELGIUM-2011)
• 1st Prize Enjoia't Award (SPAIN 2013)
• Sofina & Boël Platform for Education & Talent study grant (BELGIUM 2014)
Publications
• Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER 2016 - exhibition catalogue (2016)
• 'With the hand of a master’, Walloon Fair for Applied Arts - exhibition catalogue (2015)
• 'Transmission' curated by Sebastien Carré - exhibition catalogue (2015)
• Suspended in Green, an installation hanging by a thread - travelling exhibition catalogue (2014)
• JOYA Contemporary Jewellery Fair 2014 - catalogue
• NEW EARRINGS by Nicolas Estrada, 500+ Designs from Around the World (Promopress / Spain) 2013
• JEWELBOOK 12/13 - International Annual of Contemporary Jewelry Art (Stichting Kunstboek / Belgium)
• "Derrière l'objet...l'Artisan d'Art" catalogue d'exposition - 2011 (Belgium)
• Several exhibitions / events catalogues since 2009 ( Belfius Art, Second Hand Second Life,…)

Press

• Oficio y Arte n° 126 - 4th quarter 2013 (ES)
• Contraste - Noviembre 2013 (ES)
• ‘Des bijoux qui interpellent’ - several newspapers from South Press Group (Groupe Sud Press) - 11 /2013 (BE)
• ‘Jewelbook’ Week-end Le Vif / 11-2012 (BE)
• Several newspapers from South Press Group (Groupe Sud Presse) - 11/2011 (BE)
2010 - present
2010 - present
Exhibitions
2018
• European Triennial for Contemporary Jewelry @ Ateliers de Paris - Paris / FR
• European Triennial for Contemporary Jewelry @ Gustavsbergs Konsthall - Stockholm / SE
​
​
2017
​
• European Triennial for Contemporary Jewelry @ WCC-BF - Mons / BE
• 2005-2017 Enjoia’t crowns @ Disseny Hub Barcelona
• Design September Brussels @ Sabine Herman Gallery
• Walloon Fair for Applied Arts, 'Le laboratoire de l'Artisanat' - Luxembourg / BE
• Alliages Legacy 2016 - travelling exhibition
2016
• Plateform for Education and Talent Sofina & Boël 5th Annivesary - Brussels / BE (10/2016)
• Alliages Legacy 2016 - travelling exhibition JOYA Contemporary Jewellery Fair - Barcelona / Spain (10/2016)
• Design September Brussels - 'Et si on exposait des belges une fois?!' @ Galerie Ickx - Brussels / BE (1/09 > 3/12/16)
• Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER 2016 - 26th April > 5th June 2016 - Culmination: 20th – 21st of May 2016 - Venue: Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland
• « A tous les étages » / « On all levels » - exhibition from the members of the World Craft Council – frenchspeaking Belgium (WCC-BF)
• Vitrine des Créateurs @ WCC-BF - Mons / Belgium
2015
• Walloon Fair for Applied Arts, 'With the hand of a master’ @ Espace St-Antoine - Liège / BE (11/15 > 01/2016)
• « Boîtes en marche - Walking Boxes », European Summit for Applied Arts / WCC - Mons / Belgium (24/10/2015)
• Vitrine des Créateurs @ WCC-BF - Mons / Belgium during the European Summit for Applied Arts, Tremplin 2015, Omnia Vanitas
• Jewelry Venice Design Week @ Design Hotel Ca’ Pisani - Venice / Italy (28/09 > 11/10/2015)
• « Transmission » curated by Sebastien Carré with the the help of Marianne Gassier (Montpellier - FR) @ Studio 411 - Montpellier / France (10 > 12/2015)
• Suspended in Green, an installation hanging by a thread - travelling exhibition @ Studio 20/17 - Sydney / Australia (30/06 > 20/07/2015)
2014
• ENJOIA'T Award exhibition space @ JOYA Contemporary Jewellery Fair - Barcelona / Spain (10/2014)
• Design September Brussels 2014 @ ISELP - Brussels / Belgium (09/2014)
• Architextile @ La Vitrine - Bruxelles / Belgique (12/03 - 9/04/2014)
• Vitrine des Créateurs @ WCC-BF durant COSY CORNER - Objets d'auteurs, objets à vivre - Mons / Belgium (15/02 - 06/04/2014)
• Suspended in Green to three venues:
> JOINT exhibition with Suspended in Pink @ V&V Gallery, Vienna, Austria (11TH January 2014 – 8th March 2014)
> For Schmuck! @ Studio Gabi Green, Munich, Germany (13th – 17th March 2014 2014)
> As part of London Design Week @ the Lesley Craze Gallery, London, England (14th August 2014 – 20th September 2014)
2013
• Roubaix Lego Factory @ Roubaix - Lille / France (7-29/12/2013)
• Week-end chez l'Artisan d'Art @ home - Brussels / Belgium (16-17/11/2013)
• The Blank Page @ home - Brussels / Belgium (16-17/11/2013)
• ENJOIA'T Contemporary Jewellery Award 2013 @ JOYA Contemporary Jewellery Fair 2013 - Barcelona / Spain (17-19/10/2013)
• Vitrine des Créateurs @ WCC-BF - Mons / Belgium (14/09/2013> 05/01/2014)
• Jewellery is At My Feet, The Show is Yours #2 - The Community Project by Panjapol Kulp - Thailand
• Parcours d'artistes de Jette - Brussels / Belgium (20-21/04/2013) + Abbaye de Dieleghem (06 > 21/04/2013)
• The Blank Page presents the 1st Prizes of Brussels'Best Craftswomen in Jewelry (2011 > 2013) - Bruxelles / Belgium (20-21/04/2013)
• JEWELBOOK launching exhibition @ WCC-BF - Mons / Belgium (01/12/2012-13/01/2013)
​• Vitrine des Créateurs @ WCC-BF - Mons / Belgium (01/12/2012-13/01/2013)​
• Salon Wallon des Métiers d'Art - 'Design à l'Unité' - Mons / Belgium (29/11/2012-13/01/2013)
2012
​
• JEWELBOOK launching exhibition @ WCC-BF - Mons / Belgium (01/12/2012-13/01/2013)​
• Vitrine des Créateurs @ WCC-BF - Mons / Belgium (01/12/2012-13/01/2013)​
• Design à l'Unité - Mons / Belgium (29/11/2012-13/01/2013)
• Salon Artisan'Art - Brussels / Belgium (9-11/11/2012)
• Brawal'Art - Waterloo / Belgium (29/08 - 23/09/2012)
​• Vitrine des Créateurs @ WCC-BF / European Prize for Applied Arts - Mons / Belgium (14/07-09/09/2012)
• ArtiBW - Domaine provincial d’Hélécine (Hélécine) / Belgium (9-11/03/2012)
​
2011

• LA PAGE BLANCHE - Brussels / Belgium (25/11/2011- 14/02/2012)
• Week-end chez l'Artisan - Brussels / Belgium (19-20/11/2011)
• Défilé Petits Riens 'Second Hand, Second Life' - Brussels / Belgium (18/11/2011)
• Salon Artisan'Art - Brussels / Belgium (11-13/11/2011) / 1er Prix du Meilleur Artisan d'Art Bruxellois
• Parcours MODO BRUSSELS - Brussels / Belgium (28-30/10/2011)
• 17ème Salon Wallon des Métiers d'Art - 'Derrière l'objet...l'artisan d'art' @ Palais Abbatial de St-Hubert / Belgium (15/10 - 27/11/2011)
• Parcours VISIT - Brussels / Belgium (14-15/05/2011)
• ‘Ecritures et Passage’ @ Maria-Clara Art Point - Brussels / Belgium (27/04 au 15/07/2011)
• Vitrine des Créateurs @ World Crafts Council (WCC-BF Mons) / BORAX 08001 - Mons / Belgium (26/02 - 17/04/2011)
• 'Du textile au bijou' @ Pôle Bijou, Baccarat - France (03/11/2010-04/04/2011)

2010

• Concours Jeunes Talents du Nord - Ateliers d'Art de France, Lille - France (26-28/11/2010)
• 'Du textile au bijou' @ Pôle Bijou, Baccarat - France (03/11/2010-04/04/2011)
• Art 'n Bloom - Brussels / Belgium (23/10/2010)
• Nuit Blanche 2010 - Brussels / Belgium (02/10/2010)
• Design September Brussels 2010, Woluwé Saint-Lambert - Belgium (25-26/09/2010)
• Dexia Art 2010, Brussels / Belgium (07/05 au16/07/2010)
• Parcours d’artistes, Woluwé Saint-Pierre - Belgium (27/06/2010)
• Salon EUnique 2010, Karlsruhe - Germany (10 au 13/06/2010)
• Parcours d’artistes de St-Gilles 2010 - Brussels / Belgium (8 au 23/05/2010)
• Parcours d’artistes VISIT - Brussels / Belgium (23 au 25/04/2010)
• Exposition à l’ISELP / Rayon-Art - Brussels / Belgium (04-05/2010)
• Colloque « Parures, bijoux et ornements, diachronies d'un art de faire corps et de faire sens » par l’Université Libre de Bruxelles et les Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire - Brussels / Belgium (25-26/03/2010)
• Nomination comme membre associée du World Craft Council-BF, Mons - Belgium (12/01/2010)

2009
​
• Parcours Bruxelles BRAVO - Brussels / Belgium (03 - 04/10/2009)
• Exposition Tremplin 2009 au WCC BF - Mons - Belgium (du 12/09 - 18/10/2009)
Lauréate du prix de la Ministre de l’enseignement obligatoire
• Expo à la boutique/galerie « La Vitrine » d’Isabelle Azaïs - Brussels / Belgium (25/05 - 22/06/2009)
• Fondation du collectif Bijou5 (2008)
Education
Alchimia contemporary jewellery school (Florence - Italy)
Summer intensive courses (July 2015 + April 2016)
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts (Brussels - Belgium)
Executive Master in Knitting Design (2014-2015)
Académie des Arts de Woluwé St-Pierre (Brussels - Belgium)
Contemporary Lace / textile techniques by Geneviève Kesteloot (2009-2010)
Institut de la parure et de la bijouterie - Arts et Métiers (Brussels - Belgium)
• Contemporary jewelry by Thierry Bontridder (2004-2009)
• Traditional jewelry by Alain Roggeman (2007)
• Wax modeling / lost wax technique by Willy Schumeier (2008)
Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer (Brussels - Belgium)
• Fashion design (1994-1997)


​
///Workshops
• Leather Jewelry by Isabelle Azais @ Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles (07/2006 - BE)
• Contemporary Lace by Geneviève Kesteloot (07/2006 - BE)
• Contemporary Lace by Yole Devaux @ Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles (07/2007 - BE)
• Shibori dyeing and permanent pleat by Daniel Henry (07/2007 - BE)
• The yarn... mesh, knitting, crochet by Adeline-Julie Baes - ACtextiles (07/2008 - BE)
• Second chance / recycled mixed media - ACtextiles (03/2009 - BE)
• Flexible latex jewelry and ornaments by Tamara Louis et Tessa Poeldevoort (06/2009 - BE)
• Textile diversion by Adeline Beaudry @ Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles (07/2009 - BE)
• Volume setting in textile by Adeline Beaudry @ Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles (08/2009 - BE)
• Introduction to knitting machine by Laure Stroobandt @ ACtextiles (08/2010 - BE)
• Textile Design by Christine Mawet @ IStudio (10-12/2013 - BE)
• Neo-craft and new practices of Design - Vousnous Design + WCC-BF (11/2013 - BE)
• Speed Coaching - Materio Belgium + La Maison du Design + GTTI + OBPI (04/2014 - BE)
• Skills Tour #5 / The Crysalis Project @ TIO3 Textiles Open Innovation Center (06/2014 - BE)
• 'Sensualism' workshop by Tanel Veenre (05/2016 - BE)
/// Contemporary Jewelry
/// Bijou Contemporain
JAD /// Jewel + Art + Design
Copyright © Frederique Coomans - All rights reserved - Tous droits réservés.
Do not reproduce in whole or in part without prior written permission.
Ne pas reproduire en tout ou en partie avant permission écrite.