33. IJC WOW Effect!

 

 

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.

 

 

 EXHIBTION CATALOG TO DOWNLOAD:

 

 

LIST OF THE WINNERS (CLICK HERE)

 

List of participants qualified for the exhibition:

  1. Justyna Anioł – Poland
  2. Miriam Arentz – Germany
  3. Michael Berger – Germany
  4. Isabelle Busnel – France
  5. Xinyi Chen – China/UK
  6. Elvira Cibotti – Argentina
  7. Ewa Cieniak – Poland
  8. Elsa De Graef – Belgium
  9. Arianaz Dehghan – Iran/Germany
  10. Elisabeth Drude – Germany
  11. Donald Friedlich – USA
  12. Martyna Golińska – Poland
  13. Julia Groos – Germany
  14. Maja Houtman – The Netherlands
  15. Marcin Janta – Poland
  16. Christina Karababa – Greece / Germany
  17. Eszter Sara Kocsor – Hungary
  18. Sergiusz Kuchczyński – Poland
  19. Malene Kastalje – Denmark
  20. Ji Young Kim – South Korea
  21. Karolina & Beata Legierskie – Poland
  22. Carolina Lutz – Germany
  23. Fanni Nagy – Hungary
  24. Into Niilo – Belgium
  25. Michalina Owczarek-Siwak – Poland
  26. Neringa Poškutė – Lithuania
  27. Konstanze Prechtl – Austria
  28. Helena Sandström – Sweden
  29. Nora Sarlak – Spain
  30. Rudolf M. Scheffold – Germany
  31. Yegyu Shin – South Korea
  32. Luca Sonnentag – Germany
  33. Stanisław Sulik – Poland
  34. Ludmila Šikolova – Czech Republic
  35. Rho Tang – USA
  36. Katharina Anna Thomas – The Netherlands
  37. Youjin Um – South Korea
  38. Klára Valušková – Slovakia
  39. Dariusz Wojdyga – Poland/Norway
  40. Daria Wollman – Poland
  41. Emilia Wyra – Poland
  42. Jiayang Xie – China
  43. 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

 

 

 

Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER

The website of the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund.

 

 

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