Jacqueline Mina (Des RCA; FRSA)

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My whole way of working is built on an extensive knowledge of the technical aspects of goldsmithing, through which I express a contemporary aesthetic. The skill in the making undoubtedly contributes to the overall effect of the finished piece, in a sensual way, however I intend my craft to remain very much at the service of my art. I am preoccupied with the surfaces of precious metals and with form – juxtaposing the play of light, reflection, lustre with characteristic expressions of angle, curve and line. I am intrigued, too, by the potential for dialogue between inner and outer planes, with random patterns held in tension within strictly delineated edges, and the visual dynamic created by the contrast and harmony of all these factors. Technically I have been trying to extend the possibilities of fusion between gold and platinum, employing platinum gauze, mesh, distressed fragments, tessera, wire and gold dust to create a variety of surfaces from which I construct my jewellery. I rarely do a drawing of a piece before I make it, preferring to create it directly in the metals so that I can keep my mind open to all kinds of possibilities and avoid fixing any detail right up to the completion of a piece.
For my Who's Who 2004 entry go to: www.ukwhoswho.com

Price Guide

Silver commissions from £3000

Jewellery commissions from £2500

Jewellery stock items from £400 to £50000

Specialist Techniques

All traditional goldsmithing techniques, including :
Filigree
Fusion-Inlay
Granulation
Paper-impressing
Pressed forms
Miniature-scale work
Surface decoration etc

Training College

Hornsey College of Art & Crafts 1957 - 1962
Royal College of Art 1962 - 1965

Exhibitions

2011
Jacqueline Mina Retrospective - Goldsmiths' Hall, London

2010
Contemporary Silver at Bishopsland - Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh
Collect - Saatchi Gallery, London with Electrum Gallery
Drawing with Objects - Contemporary Applied Arts, London

2009
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London (with the Scottish Gallery)
Big Ring Thing, Kath Libbert Gallery, Saltaire
Tea with Mina, Cox and Power
Contemporary Silver at Bishopsland - V&A Museum, London

2008
Diamonds, Contemporary Applied Art, London
Collect, V&A

2007
Collect, V&A Museum

2006
Collect, V&A Museum
The Gold Mark, Thomas Goode, London

2005
Orgold, curated by Jacqueline Mina, The Gallery, Ruthin
L'Or, Bijoux d'Europe, Chateau Grimaldi, Haut-De-Cagnes, France & touring.

2004
Orgold, Flow Gallery, London & The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh,
‘Collect’, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

2003
‘Silver Sparks – The Bishopsland Connection’, The Gilbert Collection, London
‘Contemporary Decorative Arts 2003’, Sotheby’s, London
'International Invitational Exhibition', Kanazawa, Japan.

2002
‘European Contemporary Jewellery Triennale’, Chateau de Seneffe, Belgium
‘Jacqueline Mina – Celebrating Sixty’, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Design Yard, Dublin.

2001
‘The Ring’, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA

2000
‘The Jerwood Applied Arts Prize’, Crafts Council, London, plus UK tour
‘Treasures of the 20th Century’, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
‘Schmuck’, International Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany

1999
’25 Years’, Crafts Council Shop, V&A Museum, London

1998
‘British Gold – Italian Gold’, Studio GR20, Padua, Italy, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
‘Jewellery Moves’, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
’50 Pieces of Gold’, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

1995
‘Shining Through’, Crafts Council, London, plus UK tour
‘Modern British Jewellery’, Landesmuseum, Mainz, Germany

1993
‘Jacqueline Mina – New Work in Platinum & Gold’, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

1992
‘British Goldsmiths of Today’, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
‘Troisieme Triennale du Bijou’, Musee des Art Decoratifs, Paris, France etc etc

Publications

Who's Who, A&C Black
‘Contemporary Silver’, Benton Rabinovitch & Helen Clifford, Merrell, 2000.
‘The Best of British Women’, The Best of British Publications, 1993.
‘Jewellery Making Manual’, Sylvia Wicks, Maconald, 1995.
‘The New Jewellery’, Peter Dormer & Ralph Turner, Thames & Hudson, 1995.
‘Twentieth Century British Jewellery 1900-1980’, Peter Hinks, Faber & Faber, 1983.
‘The World of Makers’, Edward Lucie-Smith, Paddinton Press, 1975 etc etc

Public Collections

Private Collections
HRH Prince Faissal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed AA Al Saud – Main private patron. KSA
Lady Marie Alexander of Weedon – Private Collector. UK
Prof. Seymour Rabinovitch – Private collector. USA
Tony Hampton - Private collector. UK
Sheik Mohammed Al Mahktoum – Silver Racing Trophies

Public Collections
The Goldsmiths’ Company – Jewellery
Crafts Council – Jewellery
Victoria & Albert Museum – Jewellery
East Midlands Arts – Jewellery
Leeds City Art Gallery – Jewellery
Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, USA – Jewellery
MIMA (Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art) – Jewellery

Awards

2000
Prizewinner - Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts - Jewellery
1999
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
1995
Liveryman, The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
1985
Freeman of the City of London, The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
1968
First Prize - De Beers Diamond Ring Competition