PAXON Adam •

Adam Paxon

Créateur de bijoux

Born (1972),lives, works, Cumbria, UK.

Education
1990-1991
Onno Boekhouldt Masterclass Edinburgh College of Art, UK

1991-1995
f1st Class Hons Degree in Jewellery Middlesex University, London, UK

1990-1991
Arts Foundation Course Cumbria College of Art & Design, Carlisle, UK

AWARDS

2007
Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: Jewellery. winner

2002
Herbert Hofmann Prize winner

2001
Scottish Arts Council Award for Individual Development (Development Bursary)

2000
Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2000: Jewellery. shortlisted

1998
Scottish Arts Council Setting Up Grant

1996
Scottish Arts Council Award for Individual Development

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2009
Hove Museum & Art Gallery Hove, UK

2008
National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh, UK

2008
The Victoria & Albert Museum London, UK

2007
Crafts Council London, UK

2005
Cleveland International Jewellery Collection M.I.M.A. Middlesbrough, UK

2004
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Bristol, UK
International Museum of Applied Arts (proposed) Turin, Italy

2003
Alice and Louis Koch Ring collection Switzerland

2001
National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh, UK

2000
Crafts Council London, UK

1999
Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts Montreal, Canadav 1998
Aberdeen Art Gallery Aberdeen, UK

« Nothing is more precious than the time we have. The distillation of thought and experience rendered in material is the territory of the artist. The outright choice of material is not necessarily as important as any relationship between idea and material that the artist may hone. Objects can be made which invite the attachment of notions of preciousness both for the artist and the audience. The scale of jewellery makes it a particularly attractive vehicle for this.Nothing is more precious than the time we have. The distillation of thought and experience rendered in material is the territory of the artist. The outright choice of material is not necessarily as important as any relationship between idea and material that the artist may hone. Objects can be made which invite the attachment of notions of preciousness both for the artist and the audience. The scale of jewellery makes it a particularly attractive vehicle for this. » Adam Paxon

« Rien n’est plus précieux que le temps dont nous disposons.
Le territoire de l’artiste, c’est concrétiser la pensée et l’expérience.
Le choix pur et simple du matériau n’est pas plus important que la relation aiguisée et perfectionnée par l’artiste entre idée et matière.
Les objets peuvent être fabriqués en cherchant à inciter, tant l’artiste que le public, à y attacher des notions de préciosité. Et dans ce cas, c’est l’échelle du bijou qui le rend particulièrement séduisant. »
Adam Paxon


Cet artiste a participé au 19 Paul Fort à : 

> L’exposition « Architecture, formes, couleurs », du 13 au 30 octobre 2016

> L’exposition « Au-delà du précieux, au-delà des frontières » en novembre 2013


Photos


Brooch ‘how tongues wag’ acrylic, lacquer, cold enamel 6x10x10cm
Broche « Comment Jaser ». acrylique, vernis, émail à froid
Photo : Shadi Vossough