About the Artists: Christina Karababa "Interstitial Space"

Venue: Galeria Sztuki (1 Katedralny Square)

Dates: 26.04. – 20.07.2025

Opening: 10.05.2025

Admission free

Christina Karababa – born in Athens (Greece), currently lives in Düsseldorf (Germany). She is a designer and an interdisciplinary researcher whose work focuses on the interplay between design, art, jewellery, science and technology.

The artist graduated in Design from the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf (Germany). In 2019, she completed her PhD studies at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany, specialising in art and design within the context of artistic design strategies, methods, and the potential applications of 3D technologies.

She is the recipient of the Legnica Gallery Award at the 31st International Jewellery Competition QUALITY (2023), First Prize at the International Competition New Traditional Jewellery in Amsterdam (2006), the DAAD Award at the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf (2006), as well as a design scholarship and the Art, Science, Economy scholarship from the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Art Foundation (2009). In 2019, she participated in the artist residency during the 25th International Jewellery Symposium in Kremnica (Slovakia).

She has given guest lectures at the Berlin University of the Arts (2023), the International Conference Electronic Visualisation and the Arts in London (2020), Xijing University, Hubei University of Technology, XLY Museum of Contemporary Art in Chengdu, and Yuxi University in China (2014).

Christina Karababa works within the field of narrative jewellery. She focuses on the role of ornament as a medium of communication, which, when worn on the body, engages viewers in public space. In her projects, she addresses current social issues such as the migration crisis (pendants containing hidden gold ingots from the series Jewellery as Wearable Capital. The Ultimate Survival Kit), armed conflicts (the necklace Triple Barrel of Peace), as well as themes related to identity (brooches from the series You and Me) and cultural heritage (a brooch with a scanned fragment of a metope from the frieze of the Parthenon I Am a Citizen of the World… But I Am Also an Athenian!).

Christina Karababa explores the potential of new technologies in jewellery design, using CAD/CAM systems, 3D printing, SLS prototyping methods, and FDM fused deposition modelling (rapid prototyping). Through deepening her knowledge of technological possibilities, she examines their meanings, potential applications, and impact on society.

The exhibition is part of the BWA Europa Festival organized by the National Cultural Center and the University of the National Education Commission in Cracow as part of the celebration of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2025.

Nomadic Jewellery to transport gold Value, polyamide (SLS process), gold, silver

7 Jewelry Quotes necklaces, ABS-plastic, acrylic paint, steel line, 90 × 40 × 30 mm, 2022