We are pleased to announce that 265 artists from 24 countries took part in the 34rd International Jewellery Competition EVERY BODY. On February 12-13, 2026, the Jury selected works by 40 artists from 12 countries which will make up the post-competition exhibition. 

Post-competition exhibition is presented in the frame of the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER in the Gallery of Art in Legnica from April to July 2026.

List of participants qualified for the exhibition:

1. Justyna Anioł – Polska / Poland
2. Justyna Anioł & Anna Walczak – Polska / Poland
3. Eugenia Arnavat Rossello – Hiszpania / Spain
4. Annarita Bianco – Włochy / Italy
5. Joanna Bielak – Polska / Poland
6. Alexander Blank – Niemcy / Germany
7. Lena Bonsack – Niemcy / Germany
8. Estera Broda – Polska / Poland
9. Gisella Maria Ciullo – Włochy / Italy
10. Natascha Frechen – Niemcy / Germany
11. Elena Gorbunova – Rosja / Russia
12. Antonina Grabarczyk – Polska / Poland
13. Martin Grosman – Czechy / The Czech Republic
14. Marta Hryc – Polska / Poland
15. Małgorzata Kalińska – Polska / Poland
16. Klára Kocúriková – Słowacja / Slovakia
17. Agnieszka Kolignan – Polska / Poland
18. Izabela Kościewicz – Polska / Poland
19. Gabriela Kozłowska – Polska / Poland
20. Maja Latour – Polska / Poland
21. Noah Layr – Austria / Austria
22. Ye-jee Lee – Korea Południowa / The Republic of Korea
23. Erik Lijzenga – Holandia / The Netherlands
24. Stephie Morawetz – Austria / Austria
25. Gina Nadine Müller – Niemcy / Germany
26. Aneta Olszewska – Polska / Poland
27. Michalina Owczarek-Siwak – Polska / Poland
28. Taibe Palacios – Chile / Chile
29. Sham Patwardhan-Joshi – Niemcy / Germany
30. Ruudt Peters – Holandia / The Netherlands
31. Alexandra Popova – Bułgaria / Bulgaria
32. Catalina Rivera – Peru/Hiszpania / Peru/Spain
33. Sarah Schuschkleb – Niemcy / Germany
34. Martyna Szczotka – Polska / Poland
35. Paulina Śmigiel – Polska / Poland
36. Barbora Šolcová & Vendula Štanclová – Czechy / The Czech Republic
37. Kristýna Španihelová – Czechy / The Czech Republic
38. Johanna Törnqvist – Szwecja / Sweden
39. Felicia Vilensten – Szwecja / Sweden
40. Grit-Ute Zille – Niemcy / Germany

Jury of the competition:

Paul Derrez

jewellery and object designer, curator and gallerist. Lives and works in Amsterdam. He studied at the Design Academy in Eindhoven (1968-1970), the Drama School in Utrecht (1971-1972), and completed goldsmith training in Schoonhoven (1972-1975). In 1976 he founded Galerie Ra in Amsterdam, which he directed until its closure in 2019. Participant in artist residencies (Object Studio`s, Sydney; Monash University, Melbourne), lecturer at art academies in Maastricht and Amsterdam, and a chairman of the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation in years 1991-2000. Laureate of many awards include the Françoise van den Bosch Award (1980), Fine Works Prize, Tokyo (1986), Herbert Hofmann Prize (2015), and Grassipreis der Sparkasse Leipzig (2021). His works have been featured in many solo and group exhibition worldwide. Paul Derrez’s jewellery and objects are represented in over twenty public collections in: Australia, The Netherlands, Japan, Germany, the USA, Great Britain.

Sławomir Fijałkowski

Professor of fine arts. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Łódź (Poland) – Jewellery Design. He has worked in many private and public academies, currently leading the Experimental Design Studio at the Faculty of Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. He deals with product and jewellery design in collaboration with recognized manufacturers and author’s design. Participant, organizer and curator of many jewellery and design exhibitions, author of texts, analysis, theoretical and scientific descriptions, as well as educational programs in the field of contemporary jewellery. A curator of the International Jewellery Competition and a general consultant of the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER for over 20 years.

Sergiusz Kuchczyński

PhD, DSc, university professor. Graduate of the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. Since 2003 he has been a faculty member at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, initially as an assistant in Prof. Andrzej Szadkowski’s Jewellery Studio. Since 2016 he has independently run the Studio. Since 2021 he has held the position of the university professor. Between 2016 and 2019 he was Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Textile Art and Fashion. Participant of numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Laureate of many competitions, including the Silver Spur Special Award at the 33rd International Jewellery Competition WOW EFFECT! (Gallery of Art in Legnica, 2025). His works are held in the collections of the District Museum in Sandomierz, the Gallery of Art in Legnica, and the collection of Maria Magdalena Kwiatkiewicz.

Andreia Gabriela Popescu

designer, artist and a teacher. A senior lecturer at the Assamblage Contemporary Jewelry School in Bucharest and Educational Ambassador for Romanian Jewelry Week. She curates and organizes exhibitions and teaches a wide range of courses in goldsmithing, wax modelling, casting, stone setting and resin techniques used in contemporary jewellery. Participant in numerous exhibitions, including in the Czech Republic, Greece, Romania, Great Britain, Lithuania, Italy, Spain, the USA, and Poland. Her works are held in Decorative Arts Museums in Romania and abroad.

Helena Renner

artist and goldsmith. Graduated from the Gemstones and Jewellery Department of the University of Applied Sciences in Trier, Campus Idar-Oberstein, Germany (2024). Her artistic practice explores jewellery as a medium for reflecting on corporeality, identity and emotional experience. Laureate of several awards, including the BKV-Preis (3rd Prize, 2025), Grassipreis der Sparkasse Leipzig (2024), Marzee Graduate Prize (2024) and Best in Germany (2020). Member of the Association of Visual Artists of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Bavarian Association of Arts and Crafts. Participant of numerous exhibition in Germany, Poland, The Netherlands and Spain. Works in private collections as well as in the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts (Leipzig) and the University of Applied Sciences in Trier.

Jewellery is a personal object. Worn on the body, it draws attention to itself, emphasising or camouflaging the anatomical features of its ‘'wearer’. In terms of microergonomics, it can be a challenge for designers, while in the domain of art, it becomes a message – regardless of the point of reference, it is always a social fact subject to observation, interpretation, evaluation, affirmation, controversy or rejection.

We would like to invite you to talk about corporeality – with all its cultural taboos, limitations, phobias or complexes, in every physical, intimate and cultural context – through the language of contemporary jewellery.

 prof. Sławomir Fijałkowski

Jewellery is an object designed in relation to the body and created for it. Yet, at times, it exposes itself, treating the body only as a pretext and a background. On this occasion, we wish to turn our attention to the corporeal dimension and context of jewellery.

Let the body become a pretext for material or intellectual interpretation, for artistic elaboration, transformation, and the expansion of boundaries. A centre for reflection on the surrounding world and the crises affecting it. An object of political attention, a product of commercialisation and commodification. A medium that opens up an organic, social, humanistic and post-anthropocentric perspective.

Let the body speak of jewellery, and jewellery speak of the body.

Justyna Teodorczyk, PhD