© katharina moch 2019

Born 1980 in Donaueschingen, Germany

Education

2008 / 2009
MA (with Distinction), Jewellery, Silversmithing and Related Products
Birmingham City University

2004 / 2005
Exchange Semester BA 3rd year
Birmingham City University

2002 – 2008
Full education as a teacher (Art and English)
Freiburg University

1999 – 2002
Goldsmithing apprenticeship
Goldsmithing Studio Probst / Professional school, Pforzheim

Awards and scholarships

2020 Nominee "Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunst Handwerk"
2015 Artist in Residence Idar Oberstein
2009 Young Talent Prize – WCC Europe, Special commendation
2009 Louisa Anne Ryland Scholarship
2009 British Jewellers’ Association, Stonesetting Award
2008 Arts and Humanities Research Council, Postgraduate award
2008 Leonardo da Vinci Programm, Study bursary
2002 Awarded 1st place chamber of crafts

Work in collections

Badisches Landesmuseum, Design & Angewandte Kunst nach 1945, Karlsruhe (D)
Artist in Residence Collection, Idar-Oberstein (D)

Selected Exhibitions and Events

2023

Silbertriennale International at:
Inhorgenta, München (DE)
Museum Ott-Pausersche Fabrik, Schwäbisch Gmünd (DE)
DIVA Museum, Antwerpen (BE)
Open Art, Stromeyersdorf, Konstanz (DE)

2022

Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunst Handwerk BW, Museum und Galerie im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd (DE)
Silbertriennale International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau (DE)
Herzfrequenz, Städtische Galerie „Fauler Pelz“, Überlingen (DE)
Open Art, Stromeyersdorf, Konstanz (DE)

2021

Digital Amberif 2021 exhibition
Beauty and Wonder at:
Galería CONTEXT, Barcelona (ESP)
Galerie Caractère, Neuchâtel (CHE)
Galería Lalabeyou, Madrid (ESP)
Holownia, Legnica (PL)

2020
Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunst Handwerk BW, Regierungspräsidium, Karlsruhe (DE)
Friedrich Becker Preis Düsseldorf, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf (DE)
Silbertriennale International at:
DIVA Museum, Antwerpen (B)
Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Chemnitz (DE)
Growth & Evolution, Dongcheng District, Beijing (CHN)

2019
Radical Craft, Direktorenhaus, Berlin (DE)
Silbertriennale International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau (DE)
Ho!Ho!Ho! friends of carlotta, Zürich (CH)

2015
Artist in Residence Idar Oberstein

2014
"Suspended in Green" travelling exhibition, V&V Gallery, Vienna (AT)
"Suspended in Green" travelling exhibition, Studio Gabi Green, Munich (DE)
"Suspended in Green" travelling exhibition, Studio 20/17, Sydney (AU)
"Suspended in Green" travelling exhibition, Lesley Craze Gallery, London (GB)
La Frontera, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston (US)

2013
Naturalienkabinette, Bayrische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, München (DE)
Magic City, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco (US)
La Frontera, Museo Franz Mayer, Ciudad de México (MX)
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco (US)
Gioielli in Fermento 2013, Torre Fornello Vineyard, Fornello di Ziano Piacentino (IT)
"Guck ins Schmuckloch – Schmuck im Guckloch", Galerie im Raum, München (DE)
"Suspended in Pink" travelling exhibition, School of Jewellery, Birmingham (GB)
"Suspended in Pink" travelling exhibition, Studio Gabi Green, München (DE)
"Suspended in Pink" travelling exhibition, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach (US)
"Suspended in Pink" travelling exhibition, Viaduc des Arts, Paris (FR)

2012
Cominelli Foundation Award Exhibition, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco (IT)
Renaissance des Emaillierens, Galerie Handwerk, München (DE)
"Meddle", Galerie im Raum, München (DE)

2011
The European Triennial for Contemporary Jewellery, Grande Halle des Anciens Abattoirs de Mons (BE)
"Mediterraneo", Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean Livorno (IT)
"In der Südsee", friends of carlotta, Zürich (CH)
"Life is a bench", Studio K162, München (DE)

2010
Forming Ideas Language and Craft, Birmingham City University (GB)
Eunique arts and crafts fair, Karlsruhe (DE)
"Talente 2010" Special show of the IHM Munich
"Life is a bench", Studio K162, München (DE)
European Prize for Applied Arts Exhibition, Mons (BE)

Publications

2022

Silbertriennale International
Stuttgart: arnoldsche Art Publishers
ISBN 978-3-89790-686-0

2020

Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunst Handwerk, exhibition catalogue
Growth & Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition, exhibition catalogue

2019
Silbertriennale International
Stuttgart: arnoldsche Art Publishers
ISBN 978-3-89790-566-5

2015
2006 - 2015 Artist in Residence collection
Idar-Oberstein: Jakob Bengel-Stiftung
ISBN: 978-3-9815256-3-2

2014
INFORM magazine, 04 - 05 2014, article about Katharina Moch by Bruna Hauert

Suspended in Green, exhibition catalogue

2013
Gioielli in Fermento 2013, exhibition catalogue

Suspended in Pink, exhibition catalogue

La Frontera, exhibition catalogue

2012
Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo, exhibition catalogue

Jewel Book, International annual of contemporary jewel art 12/13
Belgium: Stichting Kunstboek bvba
ISBN978-90-5856-410-8

2011
European Triennial for contemporary Jewellery 2011, exhibition catalogue
Belgium: World Craft Council-Belgique francophone, asbl
ISBN 978-2-87536-008-3

All Golds, exhibition catalogue
ISBN 978-1-904839-48-4

Mediterraneo, exhibition catalogue
Livorno: Media Print S.r.l Livorno

Art Aurea, Heft 1
Angewandte Kunst, Schmuck und Design
Reference p. 15

2010
Talente 2010, exhibition catalogue

Art Aurea, Heft 2
Angewandte Kunst, Schmuck und Design
Reference p. 83

Eunique, exhibition catalogue

European Prize of Applied Arts, exhibition catalogue
Belgium: World Craft Council-Belgique francophone, asbl
ISBN 978-2-87536-000-7