Märta Mattsson
Rebirth
Sometimes I see beauty in things that other people find strange or are even repulsed by. I become fascinated when there is something you do not want to see and the feeling you get when you do not want to look at something, yet you still do. My jewellery deals with the tension that lies between attraction and repulsion. I take seemingly inappropriate materials, making ordinary and familiar objects seem extraordinary and unfamiliar.
In the 18th century many new breeds of animals and plants were discovered and it was the main era of cabinets of curiosities. People collected rarities because it gave them the feeling of being in the presence of something extraordinary and marvellous. The cabinets of curiosities were not meant to sympathize with the creatures on display, only marvel over their oddity. In a world where not many new and exotic breeds are discovered I use dead creatures in my pieces to evoke wonder. The creatures are transformed and reborn; given a new life as objects of astonishment.
Education
2008-10 Royal College of Art
GSMJ Department, London, MA
2005-08 HDK- School of Design and Crafts
Jewellery art, Gothenburg, BA
2007 Rhode Island School of Design
Exchange program at the jewelry department, 1 semester
2006 Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry
Exchange program 1 semester, Tokyo
2004 HPU- Hawaii Pacific University
Exchange program 1 semester
Jewellery design, Textile design, Drawing
2003-05 HD- Hantverk och Design på Nääs fabriker
Silversmithing and jewelry design
Awards
2016
Young Applied Artist 2016
Bengt Julins Fund, administered by the Friends of Nationalmuseum
2014
Nominated for the Swedish Award ‘DesignNU’ by Formmuseets Vänner
2013
Award of Excellence
‘Pushing Boundaries & Chasing Challenges’ 2013 Beijing
International Contemporary Metal Art Exhibition.
2012
Talente Prize
Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern
2010
Overall Excellence award, 1st prize, Theo Fennell, London
Work in Collections
Schmuckmuseum in Pforzheim
Röhsska Museum Göteborg
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Royal College of Art, London
Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo
Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
Galeria Sztuki W Legnicy
GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig
Town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
MAD, Museum of Art and Design, New York
Museums für Naturkunde Chemnitz, Germany
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
RAM, Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin
Alice and Louis Koch Collection, National Museum, Zurich
Solo exhibitions
2019
Only Mermaids Can See Other Mermaids, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
2018
STILL (A)LIFE, 84GHz, Munich
Hybrid Haven, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm
2017
Remains, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, USA
2016
Immortal Memories - Artefacts from a voyage to Easter Island, Project container at Nationalmuseum Design, Stockholm
Death occupies the space between us, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
Deadly Beautiful, Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm
2015
Uncanny Pleasures, WE WALKA Gallery Space, Santiago
Frozen Flora, Flourishing Fauna, Marzee, Nijmegen, Holland
2014
The Sweet Perfume of Decay, Sintra, Göteborg, Sweden
2013
United in Death, Putti Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2012
Metamorphosis, Hammer Gallery, Hong Kong
Fossils, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
Petrified lives, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA USA
Forever Dead, Platina, Stockholm
2011
Rebirth, Galerie Diane et Eric Lhoste, Biarritz , France
Rebirth, Two Little Birds, Göteborg, Sweden
Rebirth, Four, Göteborg, Sweden
2010
Wonderland, Gallery HL, Seoul (Won-suh-dong) South Korea
2006
Mixed Matters, Gallery Yu, Tokyo
Group exhibitions
2019
Everyone and Everywhere is an Island, ATTA Gallery, Bangkok
Swedish Fashion and Design Stories, Design Shanghai at Shanghai Exhibition Centre
FINDING DODO, Galerie Christina Haubs, Munich
Sunlight in Butterfly Wings, Art Gallery Putti, Riga
Present - 40 Years of Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
CHARMED, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox
Materio-Talk, Institute Francais, Athens
2018
Pearl metamorphoses in contemporary jewellery, Art Gallery Putti, Riga
Uneasy Beauty: Discomfort in Contemporary Adornment, Fuller Craft Museum, MA, USA
Outrageous Ornament: Extreme Jewelry in the 21st Century, Kathona Museum of Art, NY, USA
Ho!Ho!Ho!, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich
Materio-Talk, Institut Francais, Barcelona
Insects, Galeria Alice Floriano, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Dandelion fluffs´s flight through the universe
Putti Gallery, Riga
The Enchanted Moment, Gallery Need21, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hide & Seek - Things are not what they seem
Anna Forsberg & Märta Mattsson, 84GHz, Munich
RISD Faculty Exhibition, RISD MUSEUM, Providence
2017
Moments, Karin Wiberg, Märta Mattsson & Ida Magntorn, Swedish Embassy, Seoul
Ho!Ho!Ho!, Friends of Carlotta, Zürich
Materio-Talk, Ateliers de Paris, France
The Face of God, Vandalorum, Värnamo
Everyone and Everywhere is an Island
WALKA Gallery, Santiago
The Octopus Has Three Hearts
Carina Shoshtary, Attai Chen & Märta Mattsson
Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Montréal
Transformations - Six Artists from Sweden
Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice
Hide & Seek -Things are not what they seem
duo with Anna Forsberg, Makeda, Galleri Sebastian Schildt, Stockholm
Natura Dentata, Galleri 3, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Ung Svensk Form, dåtid, nutid, framtid, Stockholms Auktionsverk
2016
Reproduced Paradise, Sterling Gallery, Budapest
Ho!Ho!Ho!, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich
Magical Tale In Grandfather’s Beard, Putti Gallery, Riga
Everyone and Everywhere is an Island
Märta Mattsson, Klara Brynge, WALKA
Gallery Four, Göteborg
I FOKUS, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm
Juvelerarkonst – preciösa ting från stormaktstid till samtid
Läckö slott, Lidköping
Not Too Precious, National Craft Gallery, Ireland
Everyone and Everywhere is an Island
Märta Mattsson, Klara Brynge, WALKA, Cafe Clara, Munich
Open space - mind maps, Contemporary Jewellery Positions, Nationalmuseum Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Smyckeskonst på Svenskt Tenn, Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm
2015
COMMEDIA DELL`ARTE, Duo together with Tanel Veenre, Hop Gallery, Tallinn
Rooted-Swedish Art Jewellery, Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Salts Mill, England
Not Too Precious, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales
Chiaroscuro, Duo exhibition with Tanel Veenre, Galeria Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo.
Djur i Natur, Nääs konsthantverk galleri, Tollered, Göteborg
SOLOS: Never Odd or Even, Part IV, Duo exhibition with Tanel Veenre, ATTA Gallery, Bangkok
Organic Manic, Duo exhibition with Tanel Veenre, PIN sstudio, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Beauty of the Beast - Jewellery and Taxidermy, Museum Arnhem, Holland
New, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm
TROPHIES // IN THE REIGN OF COYOTE, Deutsches Jagd- Und Fischereimuseum, Munich
LOVE & LOSS Fashion and Mortality, Lentos Kunstmuseum Lintz
2014
The Future is Now, BIFT, Beijing
30 Years in the Making, Lesley Craze Gallery, London
Jewellery Art – Impressions of Nature, Galerie Slavik, Vienna
Och vad jag ser är ändlöst stort, Curated by Linda Marie Karlsson, KUNGSBACKA KONSTHALL
SOLOS: never odd or even, Part III, Duo exhibition together with Tanel Veenre, Platina, Stockholm
Collective 2 Design Fair , New York, Sienna Gallery
Remarkable Contemporary Jewellery, Lab Design, Musée des beaux arts de Montréal, Noel Guyomarc'h
SOLOS - Never Odd or Even, Part I, Duo exhibition with Tanel Veenre
The Foundry, Schleißheimerstraße 72, Munich
SOLOS - Never Odd or Even, Part II, Duo exhibition with Tanel Veenre
Collaboration with music and poetry, Project space 84GHz, Georgenstraße 84, Munich
Hermits Toast, Märta Mattsson & Jie Sun, Ying Gallery, Beijing
Regard Sur La Scandinavle, Espace Solidor, France
2013
From the Coolest Corner, The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo, Norway
ALLA, Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Stockholm
Dialogue, Galerie Noel Guyomarc´h, Montréal
Jewellery from the North, Galerie Slavik, Vienna
Hardware/Artwear, ATTA Gallery, Bangkok
Dialogue, Toronto International Jewellery Festival – SNAG conference, Harbourfront center, Galerie Noel Guyomarc´h
Cabinets of Nature and Curiosity, Galerie Handwerk hosts the exhibition in the Museum of Paleontology, Munich
Bortom Skogen, Gallery Two Little Birds, Göteborg
2012
ALLA, Röhsska museet, Göteborg
Take a Fresh Look at Diamonds, Lesley Craze Gallery, London
Gothic Jewelry: Sinister Pleasures SOFA Chicago, showing through Sienna Gallery
Flourish, Kath Libbert jewellery gallery, Salts Mill, UK
Hemslöjden, Liljevalchs, Stockholm
Celebration of Flowers, Sterling Gallery, Budapest
SOFA NY, with Sienna Gallery, New York
Diamonds & Dead Things, duo show with Kelly McCallum at Articula, Lisbon
New Harvest, Marzee, Nijmegen
Pin Up, Welserstr. 29a, 81373 Munich
TALENTE 2012, Internationalen Handwerksmesse, Munich
2011
Organ/ism, QUIRK GALLERY, 311 W Broad ST. Richmond, USA
HEMMA, 27 Portland Place London W1B 1QA
Ung8- Young Swedish Design, Designers block i Clerkenwell, London
A Pieceful Swedish Smörgåsbord, Umeå
B-side festival, Studio K, Timorplein 62, Amsterdam
Geography, SOFA, Chicago
Schmuck, Solidor Art Space (Cagnes-sur-Mer, France)
Brooch, Sterling Gallery, Budapest
Marzee graduation show Ravary workshop, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
Op Voorraad, LLOYDS HOTEL Oostelijke Handelskade 34, Amsterdam
Diamonds & Dead Things, Märta Mattsson and Kelly McCallum, Mint, 2 North Terrace Alexander Square, London
Collect, Galerie Marzee, Saatchi Gallery, London
Sensibelt – Photography and jewellery art, Smålandsgatan 7, Konsthandeln, Stockholm
Creative Creatures, Electrum Gallery, South Molton Street , London
Mini showcases exhibition, Gallery Hnoss, Göteborg, Sweden
Schmuck 2011, Handwerksmesse, Munich
Frame, Gallery Platina, Handwerksmesse, Munich
Royal Wee, Guts for Garters, 205 Royal College Street, Camden
A Pieceful Swedish Smörgåsbord Schwedische kirche Schwantalerstrasse 60, Munich
Röhsska museets Konstslöjdsalong 2011, Röhsska Museum, Göteborg, Sweden
SOFA NEW YORK , International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair Showing my work with Sienna Gallery
Ung8- Young, Swedish Design no 8 Stockholm Furniture fair
Something for the weekend Space 54, 54 Rivington Street, London
2010
Platina Winter Exhibition, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden
Animals & Aliens– A Cabinet of Curiosities, Fine Art, Harrogate, In association with Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery
Treasure: Handmade Jewellery to Cherish, Gallery Electrum, London
OP VOORRAAD / IN STOCK, Silke & the Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Sofa Chicago, Sienna Gallery, Booth 1304, Chicago
Avenue Shows- Antiques and Art at the Armory, Marion Harris, Park Avenue Armory New York
Legnica Copper ore seminar, Galeria Sztuki W Legnicy, Poland
Homeworks, Mint, 2 North Terrace Alexander Square, London
‘All that glitters is not gold’, Märta Mattsson & Lisa Björke’, Jubilee, 30 Omachi, Mizusawaku, Oushu city Iwate Pref. Japan
RCA Winners, Theo Fennell, 169 Fulham Road, London
Selected graduated from the Royal College of Art, Electrum Gallery, London
Graduation show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
OP VOORRAAD / IN STOCK, Taiwans Designers week, Huashan Creative Park Taipei, Taiwan
Konstslöjdsalong 2010, Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm
Pavilion of Art and Design, Berkeley Square, London
Mini exhibition, Travelling exhibition London, Detroit, Copenhagen, Singapor and Belfast
Menagerie, Gill Wing Jewellery, London
Last orders, Gallery S O, London
Show One, Royal College of Art, London
Wenn Helden zittern- Tokyo-Munich-London, PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE, Munich
Work in progress show, Lower Gulbenkian gallery, Royal College of Art, London
2009
Jewellery artist of the month, Gallery Norsu, Helsinki, Finland
EFFE KIJKEN 1 "THE HUMAN TOUCH" Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
"Can I help you?" Work in progress show Upper Gulbenkian gallery, Royal College of Art
Schmuck 2009 International Trade Fair Munich
Schmuck 2009 RMIT Gallery of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Choice, Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery
Be Bold, Be Gold, V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) London
3-School project, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry Aoyama building, Tokyo
3-School project, Gallery YU, Tokyo
Blickfang, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich
Ho Ho Ho, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich
ADVENTureBOX, Friends of Carlotta. Zurich
Overcoats, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
The Present, Gallery HL, Seoul (Won-suh-dong) South Korea
2008
Enjoia´t 08 Exhibition La Basilica Barcelona
Graduation exhibition from HDK Konstepidemin, Gothenburg
2007
The Earring show, Lark Books Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco USA
Hnoss extended, gallery Hnoss Gothenburg
Love signs, Platina, Stockholm
Teaching and lectures
2019
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, KHIO, Oslo
2018
A rose is a brooch I suppose, brooch workshop at Birkagatan 1, Stockholm
Minne som klistrat sig fast, workshop and lecture at Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm
Rebirth, Lecture at Design School Kolding, Denmark
Started working as a part-time lecturer at HDK – School of Design and Crafts, Göteborg
Attraction/Repulsion, 5 week course at Rhode island School of Design, Providence
Two sides of the same coin, Workshop at the studio of Lorena Lazard, Mexico City
Then-Now-Next, Lecture at CENTRO, Mexico City
2017
Bloody Beautiful, lecture at the Crafts and Ethics Conference at HDK, Göteborg
Moldable Minds, WE WALKA International Workshops, Santiago
Fashion Collaborations, Lecture and tutoring, Beckmans school of Design, Stockholm
I DARE YOU, workshop and lecture, Alchimia, Florence
Mix Mix, workshop and lecture, Leksands Folkhögskola
Welcome to my Dollhouse of Fears, SNAG – Nexus, New Orleans
Transformations, Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice
2016
Trust the Dust, Encrust you Must, Tongji University, Shanghai
Man + Psychology, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai
Deadly Beautiful, workshop with children making pieces inspired by my art, Thielska Gallery, Stockholm
’There is no ’magic recipe’… But here are some tasty ingredients’, seminar with students at HDK about life after graduation, Göteborg
2015
’Morticia is that you?’. Lecture and workshop at Tec de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Mexico
’Morticia is that you?’, Lecture at Auditorium Biblioteca Nicanor Parra, Universidad UDP, Santiago Centro
‘Moldable Minds’, WE WALKA International Workshops, Santiago
‘Attraction/Repulsion’, Lecture and workshop, International Summer Academy, Idar-Oberstein
’The animal within’, Pecha Kucha, Berns, Stockholm, Sweden
2014
’Morticia is that you?’, Lecture at Art Academy of Latvia, Riga
2013
'Attraction/Repulsion' Workshop and lecture at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
'Glue-tastic' Workshop at Brooklyn Metal Works, New York
'I DARE YOU!' Workshop and lecture at Atelier Rudee, Bangkok
'Morticia is that you?' Lecture at ATTA Gallery
'Morticia is that you?' Lecture at SUNY New Paltz
'Morticia is that you?' Lecture at Rhode Island School of Design
'Morticia is that you?' Lecture at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
2012
'Attraction/Repulsion' workshop and lecture at MAD-faculty, Hasselt Belgium
Artist Talk, Hammer Gallery, Hong Kong
'Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination' Pecha Kucha, Berns Salonger, Stockholm
Lecture at Brooklyn Metal Works, NY
Artist Talk at Sienna Gallery, Lenox
2011
Lecture at HDK, School of Design and Crafts, Göteborg
I DARE YOU!, Workshop at HDK, School of Design and Crafts, Göteborg
Lecture at HD, Craft and Design at Nääs fabriker, Tollered
2009
Choice, Lecture at Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Saltaire, UK
From Artist's Website