Annette Zey



Born:

1964 - Limburg/ Lahn - Germany

Training / Education:

  • 1983-1987 apprenticeship in goldsmithing, Frankfurt, Germany
  • 1987-1989 apprenticeship in silversmithing, Hanau, Germany
  • 1989-1991 journeyman years, Insel Reichenau Germany
  • 1991-1996 academy of fine arts Neurenberg Germany
  • 1995 master craftsman`s diploma
  • 1996 master of arts

Work Experience:

  • 1999 lecturer at the university of applied arts Pforzheim Germany
  • since 1999 lecturer at the Werkbund Werkstatt Neurenberg Germany
  • Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
  • 1990 2. Hessischer design prize, Kassel, Germany
  • 1993 A sparkling party, Antwerp Belgium
  • 1994 Metallklasse, Handwerksform, Hannover, Germany
  • 1996 5. Hessischer designprice, Kassel, Germany
  • Tischgerät, Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Limburg , Germany
  • 1997 Kannen, Kessel, Kasserollen, Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany
  • Wertsachen, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Neurenberg, Germany
  • Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany
  • Grassimesse 97, Grassimuseum Leipzig, Germany
  • 1998 Tischgerät 2, Galerie Metallum, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Grassimesse 98, Grassimuseum, Leipzig, Germany
  • Werkschau, BKV, Munich, Germany
  • 1999 Essen und Tischkultur, Galerie Herbert Fischer, Göttingen, Germany
  • Augenlust, Europäisches Kunsthandwerk, Erfurt, Germany
  • 2000 Grassimesse 2000, Grassimuseum, Leipzig, Germany
  • Form, Ludwigshafen, Germany
  • Contemporary arts and Crafts from Germany, India
  • 2001 Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
  • Form, Ludwigshafen, Germany
  • Metallgerät, BKV, Munich, Germany
  • 2002 Debütantenausstellung 2002, ( Solo) Kunsthaus, Neurenberg, Germany
  • Jahresmesse 2002, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2003 Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
  • In eigener Sache, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Neurenberg, Germany
  • Festliche Tafel, BKV, Munich, Germany
  • SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • SOFA Chicago repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Int.Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2004 Galerie "The golden cut" Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Artfair Munich, Munich, Germany
  • Gallery Materia Scottsdale AZ. Curated by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Fine A.R.T.S , Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
  • Int.Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Sienna Gallery Lenox, vessels, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2005 Limited, Museum Zirndorf, Zirndorf, Germany

Awards / Grants:

  • 1988 2. prize, competition Degussa AG for a wall arrangment
  • 1989 2. prize, comepetition 2. Hessischer design prize
  • 1997 master craftsman prize
  • 2002 prize from the Hessischer goverment for the german applied arts
  • 2002 debutantprize from the Bavarian State goverment for the works
  • Collections (Private & Museum):
  • Museum for applied arts Hamburg
  • Museum for applied arts Frankfurt
  • Collection Vic Janssens, Silver Museum Sterkshof, Belgien
  • Publications:
  • Annette Zey, Schalen 1996
  • Das gehört zu mir, 2002

Artist Statement:

What may be happen by choosing a 3-dimension element as the basic element to create a bowl.
My interest lies on the separation of the inner from and the outer form.

The look from the outside suspect that something inside is different

Each bowl arises a new question, which I can only answer by creating another bowl.

A suspicion becomes certainty

The Idea of creating bowls from modules is so factinating for me, that it simple doesn’t get out of my mind until now