Venue: Gallery of Art, 1 Katedralny Square
Date: 26.04.-20.07.25
Opening: 10.05.25 r., godz. 19:00
Opening hours:
Tuesday-Sunday: 12:00-18:00
Admission free
International Jewellery Competition is the main event of the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER 2025. The competition has been organized by the Gallery of Art in Legnica since 1979 (initially as the National Review of the Goldsmiths Forms). It is one of the oldest initiatives to promote contemporary artistic jewellery in Europe, supporting creative explorations within a niche field at the intersection of art, craft and design. Artists from all over the world, goldsmiths, designers, professional and amateur jewellery makers were invited to participate in the contest. The competition is artistic in nature, and the organizers left the artists full freedom of choice of techniques and materials, noting that a key criterion for evaluation was a clear reference to the competition's main theme (WOW Effect!).
We are pleased to announce that 268 artists from 42 countries took part in the 33rd International Jewellery Competition "WOW Effect!". Thank you for your submissions! On February 13-14, 2025, the Jury selected works by 44 artists from 22 countries which will make up the post-competition exhibition.
Post-competition exhibition will be presented in the frame of the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER in the Gallery of Art in Legnica to July 20, 2025.
EXHIBITION CATALOG TO DOWNLOAD:
LIST OF THE WINNERS (CLICK HERE)
List of participants qualified for the exhibition:
- Justyna Anioł – Poland
- Miriam Arentz – Germany
- Michael Berger – Germany
- Isabelle Busnel – France
- Xinyi Chen – China/UK
- Elvira Cibotti – Argentina
- Ewa Cieniak – Poland
- Elsa De Graef – Belgium
- Arianaz Dehghan – Iran/Germany
- Elisabeth Drude – Germany
- Donald Friedlich – USA
- Martyna Golińska – Poland
- Julia Groos – Germany
- Maja Houtman – The Netherlands
- Marcin Janta – Poland
- Christina Karababa – Greece / Germany
- Eszter Sara Kocsor – Hungary
- Sergiusz Kuchczyński – Poland
- Malene Kastalje – Denmark
- Ji Young Kim – South Korea
- Karolina & Beata Legierskie – Poland
- Carolina Lutz – Germany
- Fanni Nagy – Hungary
- Into Niilo – Belgium
- Michalina Owczarek-Siwak – Poland
- Neringa Poškutė – Lithuania
- Konstanze Prechtl – Austria
- Helena Sandström – Sweden
- Nora Sarlak – Spain
- Rudolf M. Scheffold – Germany
- Yegyu Shin – South Korea
- Luca Sonnentag – Germany
- Stanisław Sulik – Poland
- Ludmila Šikolova – Czech Republic
- Rho Tang – USA
- Katharina Anna Thomas – The Netherlands
- Youjin Um – South Korea
- Klára Valušková – Slovakia
- Dariusz Wojdyga – Poland/Norway
- Daria Wollman – Poland
- Emilia Wyra – Poland
- Jiayang Xie – China
- Antal Zilahi – Hungary
Daria Wollman – Poland
Sugar Rush rings, sculpted polymer clay, 60x30 mm; 40x35 mm; 60x30 mm; 40x35 mm; 40x35 mm; 40x35 mm, 2024
Xinyi Chen – China/United Kingdom
Compressed choker, reclaimed e-waste, PVD, coated silver, 500 mm, 2024
Youjin Um – Republic of Korea
Memory of object_I brooch, sterling silver, hand sawing, 50x44x163 mm, 2020
Michalina Owczarek-Siwak – Poland
VIVI pendant, synthetic material, white brass, control module, batteries, 75x55x30 mm, 2025
Beata i Karolina Legierskie – Poland
Dance of the Celestial Spheres, object/pendant, silk thread (200), silver links, technique: Koniaków lace, 130x105 mm, 2025