Artist in Residence 2004/10 - School of Jewellery, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Education 2001-2003 Royal College of Art MA ; Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery, London 1998-2001 Kent Institute of Art and Design BA hons ; Silversmithing, Goldsmithing and Jewellery Design, Rochester (2000/3-6) studied at Fachhochschule Trier, Germanyas an exchange student ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employment History 2000 summer Worked for Mappin & Webb (to produce the prize winning design) 1991-1998 Worked as a full time packaging designer at Alfa Box (packaging design office, Japan) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibitions 2007/10 "Origin: The London Craft Fair" at Somerset House 2007/6-7 "Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2007" Jewellery Jerwood Space 2007/8 "Dazzle Edingburgh" Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 2007/7 "Yoko Izawa solo show" Contemporary Art JARFO Kyoto, Japan 2007/3 - 6 "30 X 30" YSP Visitor Centre, West Bretton Wakefield 2006/11-2007/1 "10 years on" The Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery 2006/11-2007/1 "Dazzle in London" The Royal National Theatre, London 2006/11 "Made in the Middle" Rugby Art Gallery and Museum 2006/10 "Etsuko Sonobe & Yoko Izawa" The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 2006/10 "Origin The London Craft Fair" Week2, Somerset House, London 2006/9-10 "Tsutsumu (Wrap) exhibiton" Itami Craft Center, Hyogo, Japan 2006/8 "Dazzle Edinburgh" Theatre Atrium, The Traverse Theatre 2006/3-6 "All that glitters is not gold" Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Belgium 2006/3-5 "Showcase" in the new V&A shop 2006/3 "Collect Collections" represented by Lesley Craze Gallery 2006/1-3 "Gallery The Yard" Netherland 2006/2 "Collect" represented by Lesley Craze Gallery Victoria & Albert Hall, London 2005/11-2006/1 "Shock of the New" Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool 2005/11-2006/1 "Dazzle" Royal National Theatre, London 2005/10 "Chelsea Crafts Fair 2005" Chelea Old Town Hall, London 2005/7-10 "Follow Me" Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery 2005/7-9 "Arttextiles 3" ArtSway Gallery, Station Road, Sway, Hampshire 2005/7-8 "Contemporary British Jewellery" Galeria Bielak, Krakow, Poland 2005/6-7 "Crafts Council Shop at the V&A Celebrating 30 Years" 2005/5-6 "Rarefind Summer" New Ashgate Gallery 2005/5 "Dazzle" Glasgow 2005 2005/2-4 "Celluloid" Royal Birmingham Sociery of Artists, Bimingham 2005/1-3 "SHOWCASE: Contemporary Art for the UK" City Art Centre and Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh 2004/11 "SOFA", represented by The David Collection, Chicago 2004/11 "Designers Jewellers Group Christmas Exhibition" Barbican Centre, London 2004/11 "Dazzle", National Theatre, London 2004/10 "Chelsea Crafts Fair" Chelea Old Town Hall, London 2004/ 7 "One Year On", Business Design Centre, London 2004/ 6 "SOFA", represented by The David Collection, New York 2004/ 5 "Legnica Jubilee Exhibition", The Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland 2004/4-6 "Jewellery Unlimited", The Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery 2004/2-4 "New Faces 2004", Crafts Council Shop at the V& A, London 2003/11-1 "All That Glisters Is Not Gold", Sixchapelrow Contemporary Art, Bath 2003/11 "Itami International Craft Competition -Jewellery- ", The Museum of Arts Crafts Itami, Japan 2003/ 8 "Recent Graduates",Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Holland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Awards 2007 Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2007: Jewellery --- "shortlisted" 2004 Chelsea Crafts Fair 2004 "First Time Exhibitors Award" 2003 International Craft Competition -Jewellery-, Japan "Good Material Award" Nicole Stöber Memorial Award Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Craftmanship and Design Award --- Fashion Jewellers Finished Pieces --- "Commended" 2002 Mappin & Webb Jewellery Design Project "First Prize" Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Craftmanship and Design Award --- Fashion Jewellers Finished Pieces --- "Commended" --- Fashion Jewellers Mounted Designs --- "Commended" 2001 Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Craftmanship and Design Award --- Fashion Jewellers Finished Pieces --- "Commended" Itami International Craft Competition -Jewellery-, Japan "Commended" 2000 Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Craftmanship and Design Award --- Fashion Jewellers Finished Pieces --- "First Prize" --- Silversmiths (senior) --- "Second Prize" --- Fashion Jewellers Finished Pieces --- "Commended" 1999 Itami International Craft Competition -Jewellery-, Japan "Commended" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Collection 2003 Royal College of Art The Alice and Louis Koch Collection Contemporary Art Society ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commission 2004 For Janice Blackburn, curator
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