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Natalia Araya
Born 1987, San José, Costa Rica
Education/Artist Training
Goldsmith apprenticeship- Escuela Crisol, Costa Rica. (2008-2011)
Technician in Fine Arts, specializing in Art Jewelry - EASD Valencia, Spain (2013-2017)
Semester as an exchange student - Jewelry and Blacksmithing Department - Estonian Academy of Arts
Workshops:
Enamel and Etching-Judy McCaig.
Cold Connections- Judy McCaig.
Torch fired enamel - Silvia Walz
Molds, resin and silicon - Ursula Guttman
30 years, 3 collections, 1 technique- Enric Majoral.
Corporeo- Incorporeo- Jorge Manilla
Object Trouvé - Xavier Monclús
Creative Psychotherapy Tania Batzcoglou, Stav Fylachtou
Sense the future- Tanel Veenre.
Borders, Blacksmithing- Zach Lihats
Liquid enamel on steel - Elizabeth Turrell
Enamel and Volume- Christine Graf
Exploring Process, Building a Language - Amy Tavern
Enamel on Steel - Kat Cole
Exhibitions:
2023: Selección de autores, Devotional Jewelry- 66 Galería Mistral, Barcelona
2023: Devotional Jewelry, Pensieri Preziosi 17° Edition, Los Banys de l'Almirall / Museo Baños del Almirante, Valencia Spain
2022: Devotional Jewelry, Pensieri Preziosi 17° Edition, Oratorio of San Rocco Padova - Italy
2020: Under Fire 3: An International Juried Enameling Exhibition. Enamel Guild North East, USA
2020: VIII International Enamel Biennal, Meno niša Gallery Vilnius, Lithuania
2019: Alchemy 5: Transformation in contemporary enamels, University of Oregon, Museum of Glass Washington, USA.
2019: Talente Munich, Germany
2018: Joyas Cruzadas Acción de Viruthiers, Carmen Contemporary Culture Center, Valencia Spain
2018: Significante, Melting point, Valencia, Spain
2018: Joya Barcelona - Museum of Decorative arts, Barcelona Spain
2016: Hammer and Silence- Tallin, Estonia
2016: Borders - Tallin, Estonia
2015: Beijing International Art Exhibition.- Beijing,China
2015: So Fresh - So Clean, Ethical Metalsmiths student exhibition
2015: Ausgezeichnet! Most Excellent!-Jewelry art for heroes-Chemnitz, Germany
2015: Pa/Valencia-Palencia y Valencia, Archeological Museum Palencia España
2015: En Transito (Schmuck) - Instituto Cervantes, München, Germany
2014: Fabrikando (Intramurs Art Festival) Fabrika 12, Valencia, Spain
Collections:
-The Fund of Student Works of the Chair of Jewellery and Blacksmithing of Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia.
Publications:
Ausgezeichnet! Most Excellent!: Jewellery - Art for Heroes