Manon van Kouswijk is a Dutch artist who lives and works in Naarm / Melbourne and Toora, South Gippsland, Australia.
After a formal training as a goldsmith, Manon studied fine art and jewellery at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam from 1990-1995. She worked there as Head of the Jewellery Department from 2007-2010.
The word ‘findings’ has multiple meanings. It is commonly used to describe the outcome of research, investigation or a discovery however it also refers to the small tools and various materials used by an artisan: a jeweller’s findings.
This duality is very accurate in describing Manon’s position as an artist within the field of contemporary jewellery. She views her practice as an ongoing exploration of the potential for jewellery to ‘happen’. Her findings are mediated through the making of objects, through photography, drawing, artist books and exhibition making.
Manon’s works are connected through a consistent interest in archetypal objects and in the public and private contexts in which these objects perform, are used, worn, displayed and/or preserved. Her work is exhibited in galleries and museums and is part of public and private collections worldwide.
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