Irene Palomar - La artista

CONTACT
Email: [email protected]
Buenos Aires, Argentina

About me

Having devoted very happily to a technical profession for more than 35 years, belatedly I gave myself the permission to develop my artistic possibilities. I chose to express myself through contemporary jewelry, a journey I started on 2008. The results were very rewarding: I expanded my creativity and began to exercise the right side of my brain for the sake of my well-being.

My general education

  • Teacher (1969)
  • Surveyor Engineer (1974)
  • Social Psychologist (School Pichón Rivière) (1999)
  • Master’s in Contemporary Art Curatorship (Thesis in progress) (2023)  BsAs.Salvador´s University.

My jewelry education

  • 2007 Union of Jewelers (Chiseled).
  • 2008-2010 Complejo Educativo de Joyería (CEJ). Buenos Aires
  • 2007-2012 Private workshops. Buenos Aires / Barcelona.
  • 2009 /2010 Francine Schlöeth (Japanese lacquer). Buenos Aires
  • 2010 Seminar with Luis Acosta. Textile Arts Center. Buenos Aires
  • 2010 Seminar Art Curator. ESEADE. Buenos Aires.
  • 2012 Antonio Pujía (Wax modeling)
  • 2012 Origami Palermo Paper. Buenos Aires.
  • 2013 Foundry with sand and sepia bone (Francine Schlöeth). Buenos Aires
  • 2013 Papiroflexia with Walter Chen. Barcelona.
  • 2017 Rivets and cold connections. Judy Mc Caig. Buenos Aires
  • Contemporary Jewellery Seminar CHARON Kransen: Developing your own script, Athens, October 2014, Gallery Popeye Loves Olives/ Seminar CHARON Kransen 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
  • 2019 Workshop High  Jewelry Design-University Siena-Arezo. Professor: Alberto Zorzi (Florence Biennial).

 Exposiciones y eventos

2013: “To be unique :the unique  importance of  being”- Gioiellodentro-Vicenza-Italy, Fiera Palakiss, May //Annual Exhibition Korea Kraft Designer Association(International Invited), May, South Korea // “Design for Existence” Best Digital Designer- Special Invited International, New York School of Visual Arts //Korea Digital Design Council International Design Exhibition, Special International Invited  -Korea //“The Emotions” collective show of Jewellery and Japanese Lacquer, Women’s Museum, Buenos Aires and Joya Brava –Chile ,Jun//  Joyeros Argentinos Exhibition – Gallery Arte y Parte-Buenos Aires, August//Joya Barcelona Art Jewellry Fair // Pending Issues ,Cecea Center, November ,Buenos Aires.

2012: Water, Collective: Space 10 Art Gallery-Buenos Aires // ArtExpo New York,  March  // Joya Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair// Woman´s Museum:  Cycles, Buenos Aires.

2011: World Expo Joya, Hotel Sheraton. Buenos Aires // Museum  José Hernández-IV Second Biennial Craft and Craft Sector Mention Craft and Writing.Buenos Aires //Uniart 2011-Rome-La Sapienza University College Fair First Art, Design, Cultural Tourism and Handicrafts, Invited by the University of Flores,Buenos Aires// ¨Tango ¨-Artists and Artisans ¨Larreta Gallery-Buenos Aires-Honorable Mention,Jun //¨Spring¨¨-Artists and Artisans Larreta Gallery, September, Buenos Aires-Special Award.

2010: Pure Design 2010.Jewellery-Buenos Aires// The four elements-Transforming, Wo-Gallery Arte y Parte, Buenos Aires, Jun,// ¨What unites us? ¨,  Joyeros Argentinos, Buenos Aires //Uniart Exhibition 2010: First College Fair Art, Design, Cultural Tourism and Handicrafts, invited by the University of Flores. Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural Borges ,August.

2009: Arts and Artists Emerging Art Space Ponce-Boscarino-Buenos Aires ,Jun//Craft Fair Navalmoral de la Mata, Spain, September.

2008: Group Exhibition of Art-Schools and Professional Councils Engineering, Architecture and Surveying June, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2023: CONTEMPORANIA Barcelona -september/ Global art and design salon. Balcarce Salon. Bs.As.May 2023.
 2022 : Munich Jewellery Week- Café Clara-july-Antrophocene.Individual participation.

2021 :Cabinet of curiosities-septiembre BsAs, Argentina/ Shape of nature- Beijing, sep-oct 2021.

2020: 7 years : MEK Gallery-Córdoba,Argentina: 10 Dic2019-10 Feb2020// Munich Jewellery Week-Café Clara.Individual participation-march. 2020//Pandemia Online Exhibition NÚCLEO //GALLERY,BRASIL,May-July// Hamptons Virtual Fair-MEK Gallery- septiembre//INTERSECT CHICAGO,SOFA Virtual-MEK Gallery-november.

2019: Red-Black : Context Gallery-february-Sant Cugat-Barcelona, ​​curator Luis Acosta./Múnich Jewellery Week-march-Café Clara-Individual participation /Red-Black- Düsseldorf- Cebra Gallery-april-may // Florence Biennial-october/ Beijing Biennial, october,november / Artistar, Milan Jewellery Week-october.

2018Red-Black : Sevilla,Madrid,Neuchâtel(Suiza),Enschede (Holand) curator Luis Acosta/Milan Design Week: Fuorisalone  (Aprile) DINDESIGN/ Después del Efecto Joya V  Athens Jewellery Week-may,jun/ Textil Art Center-Borges Center- september /Joya Barcelona Arte Joyería y Objetos -october / Travesías -Buenos Aires, october,november/  Divino Gioielli  ,Gioiellodentro (Italia)-december, january.

2017: The After Joya Effect IV  en la Semana de la Joyería de Atenas (mayo-junio)// Geometrías -MEK Gallery-Córdoba –Argentina (mayo-julio)// Joya Barcelona  // Joya y Chocolate  , Museo Xocolat Barcelona (octubre) Klimt 02 // SOFA CHICAGO  (Galería MEK) Noviembre.

2016 : The After Joya Effect III  en la Semana de la Joyería de Atenas (Junio-Julio 2016)Espacio de Arte Popeye Love`s Olives.//  Artista Seleccionado Textil  Centro de Arte Argentino-  Bolsa de Valores Agosto -Buenos Aires// Feria de Joyería Arte Joya Barcelona // SOFA CHICAGO ,GALERÍA MEK/  BUENOS AIRES PRIMERA BIENAL DE JOYERIA CONTEMPORÁNEA-1ra EXPOSICIÓN JOYERÍA TEXTIL  -Centro de Arte Argentino Textil, Octubre.

2015 : El Efecto Después Joya II” 6000 Fragmentos  – Las Islas Flotantes-Atenas- Galería Popeye Love`s Olives-Junio ​​//  Figuraciones  – Joyeros Argentinos   Museo José Hernández -Buenos Aires-Julio// Mercado del Arte  –Còrdoba,Argentina- MEK Gallery-Agosto//  Feria Joya Barcelona Art Jewellry  -Octubre// BIC MAJA  Beijing-China -Noviembre // SOFA Chicago,  MEK Gallery.

2014: Korea Craft Designer Association, Invitado Internacional, Exposición en USA, Art Center Gallery, Virginia, febrero // Joyería ¨Maridajes¨ Centro Cultural Virla, San Miguel de Tucumán Argentina, abril // The After Effect I :Jewel Jewelry Fusion, Galería Popeye Loves Olives, Grecia, Atenas, junio // Creatividad Oggetti:Il gioiello if mette in posa, Torino, Italia, octubre – noviembre // Joya Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair.

Book Participations

The Rings Book, Nicolás Estrada, 2011, Barcelona.

The 6th Annual Book of Argentine Art, 2012, Buenos Aires.

The 7th Annual Book of Argentine Art, 2013, Buenos Aires.

500 Necklaces, Lark Books, NY, 2013.

Who´s Who in Visual Art-100 Artisans,Craftspeople & Designers. Vol.2018.

Artistar Fall Edition 2019

 

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Email: [email protected]
Buenos Aires, Argentina