Last days of the Legnica jewellery festival Silver

LAST DAYS OF THE

LEGNICA JEWELLERY FESTIVAL SILVER

The award ceremony of the 30th International Jewellery Competition “Touch” is behind us, and the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER is coming to an end. The main event – the culmination of the Festival – is when the winners were announced. The ceremony, as well as openings of other “silver” exhibitions, attracted artists and lovers of artistic jewelry from all over the world, making the eyes of the European goldsmith community turn to Legnica. A part of the exhibitions are still available until the end of June in the centre of Legnica.

The most important event we organize is the International Jewellery Competition – it dates back to 1979 and every year it has a different topic. The competition is open and addressed to all artists and jewellery designers, whose task is to present their work on a given topic – every year a different one – including an original artistic idea and representing a high level of artistry and technical skills.

What is favoured is the concept, value and meaning of an artistic expression. Works entered for the competition are assessed by an international jury, on which over fifty outstanding goldsmithing artists and theoreticians have sat so far.

The results of the competion in 2022 are as following. The first prize, the Grand Prix of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, was awarded to Andrzej Szadkowski, a recognized Polish goldsmith, whose work with the meaningful title “Painful Touch of Time” refers to the war in Ukraine. The second prize went to Rudolf M. Sheffold from Germany, whose brooch entitled “Spring” impressed the jury with its precision and perfect design.

The third award – the Prize of the President of the City of Legnica – went to Agnieszka Działo-Jabłońska for the brooch “Touch-painted love colours” . The Gallery of Art Award went to Peter Machata from Slovakia for his work made of plexiglass, while the Silver Spur – the Organizers' special award for creative courage and uncompromising attitude, innovation or sense of humour, went to Zhipeng Wang, who presented in Legnica a set of rings made of tea and coffee.

The honoured artists also received a very special award, referring to the tradition of the region – a silver granulate funded by KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. – Polish Copper Mining Company.

In addition to prizes awarded by the jury, the artists were also honoured with extra-statutory prizes from sponsors and partners of the Festival: YES Gallery from Poznań, MYDAYBYDAY Gallery from Rome, Inhorgenta International Fair from Munich, International Amber Association from Gdańsk, Polish Association of Goldsmiths, Lost in Jewellery magazine and companies: Hopea and “Usługi Odlewnicze” (Foundry Services).

THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS IS AVAILABLE BELOW.

Let’s remind, the Jury of the 30th International Jewellery Competition “Touch”: Sofia Björkman, Miroslav Cogan, Sławomir Fijałkowski, Nastya Ivlieva and Małgorzata Kalińska evaluated 426 works by 240 artists from 30 countries, qualifying works by 51 artists from 13 countries for the post-competition exhibition.

The qualified works will be presented at the exhibition in the Gallery of Art in Legnica during this year's edition of the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER from May 4 to June 30, 2022. Detailed program of the Festival on the website silver.legnica.eu.

It’s worth to underline that the Gallery of Art in Legnica has been specializing in the promotion of contemporary jewellery and artistic objects for more than forty years. The Jewellery Festival SILVER is one of the most important events shaping the cultural life of the region and building its image on the international forum. Every year we organize individual and group exhibitions of Polish and international artists, publish exhibition catalogues, organize conferences and symposia, as well as jewellery shows, workshops, debates and concerts.

The festival traditionally includes presentations within cycles: About the Artists, Silver Schools, Debuts, as well as popular-science session devoted to the newest art, goldsmithing and design – The Boundaries of Global Art. The Organiser’s are already warmly welcome to attend next year’s SILVER in Legnica.

Agnieszka Działo-Jabłońska – Poland

Touch-painted love colours brooch, silver, mouline, 28 g, 120 x 65 mm, 2022 III AWARD OF THE MAYOR OF THE LEGNICA CITY + 1 kg of silver founded by KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. YES GALLERY AWARD

Andrzej Szadkowski – Poland

Painful Touch of Time brooch, silver, aluminum, lapis lazuli, paper, 28,7 g, 70 x 70 x 15 mm, 2022 GRAND PRIX OF THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE + 1 kg of silver founded by KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.