CV
Education
2005 - 2017 University of the West of England, Bristol - MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking
1985 - 1988 Central School of Art and Design, London - Jewellery Design BA Hons Degree
Current Employment
1988-Present
Own jewellery and enamel studio, Bristol
2009-Present
Visiting Specialist Enamel Lecturer, Jewellery & Silversmithing Department, Edinburgh College of Art
2009-Present
Specialist Enamel Tutor, Morley College, London
2015-Present
Specialist Enamel Tutor, West Dean College
2013-Present
Visiting Specialist Enamel Lecturer, Jewellery and Silversmithing, Central St Martins, London
2012-Present
Jewellery Tutor, Bristol School of Art
Previous Employment
2013-2014
Level One Tutor, Drawing and Applied Arts Degree Courses, UWE, Bristol
2007-2010
AHRC Research Fellow in Enamel, UWE, Bristol (full-time practice-led research project)
1988-2007
Jewellery Tutor, Bristol School of Art
2005-2007
Co-coordinator Gifted and Talented Programme for Schools, UWE, Bristol
2002-2007
Visiting Enamel Lecturer, UWE, Bristol
1992-1995
Jewellery Tutor, UWE, Bristol
Selected Recent Professional Activities
2017-2020
External Examiner, MA Jewellery, Silversmithing and Related Products, Birmingham City University
2015
Selected for the Crafts Council ‘Injection’ established maker development scheme
2013-2014
Specialist Mentor for the Crafts Council’s Hothouse scheme
2010-2012
Independent Curator – Surface and Substance, International Contemporary Enamel Jewellery, venues; CAA, Electrum, Ruthin Craft Centre. Exhibition and catalogue
Selected Recent Exhibitions
2022
Conversation, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Limoges, France
2021- 2022
What Colour is Metal, State Apartments, Dublin Castle touring to National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
2021
Material Matters, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2021
Gaze, Gallery57, Arundel
2020
800 Degrees plus, Schmuckgalerie tal20, during Schmuck, Munich and Studio Fusion Gallery, London
2019
Making Connections, inaugural exhibition, BR Gallery, Heqing, Yunnan Province, China
2019
The Size of Thoughts, Curated by Caroline Broadhead and Mark Dunhill, White Conduit Projects, London
2019
Fabricate, Staff and students of Central St Martins, during Schmuck, Vitsoe, Munich
2019
Collect 19 Saatchi Gallery London, represented by Goldsmiths’ Fair
2018
Bluecoat Display Centre, The Miniaturists
2018
Like a Rolling Stone, presented during Schmuck, Munich
2017
Goldsmiths’ Fair. London
2017
I AM HERE, Crafts Council touring show
2016
Heat Exchange 2, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich
2016
CITY - 25th Legnica International Jewellery Competition, Poland
2016 & 2015
Goldsmiths’ Fair. London
2015
Beijing International Jewellery Exhibition, China
2015
European Prize for Applied Arts Exhibition, Mons, Belgium
2015
Premio Fondazione Cominelli exhibition, Italy
2015
Silence Please, curated by Ramon Puig Cuyas, Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h
Montreal
2015
Surfaces Vitreuses, VIceversa Bijoux Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
2015
Schmuck 2015, Munich
2014
Émaux At This Moment, Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Montreal, Canada
2014
Premio Fondazione Cominelli exhibition, Italy – Second Prize winner
2014
Farbe Im Spiel, Eva Maisch Schmuck, Würzburg, Germany
2014
Collect 14, Saatchi Gallery London, represented by Galvanize Sheffield
2013
Premio Fondazione Cominelli exhibition, Italy – Special Mention
2013
Play of Form and Colour, New Directions in Enamelled Jewellery The
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
2013
Jessica Turrell and Chrisja Tritschler, Schmuckgalerie tal20, Munich
2013
Forming Words, Flow Gallery, London
2012
Beneath the Skin, Galerie Marzee, The Netherlands
2012
Enamel – A Renaissance, Galerie Handwerk, Munich
2011
Surface and Substance, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales
2011
Beneath the Skin, SIA Gallery, Sheffield, curated by Maria Hanson
2011
Surface and Substance – Part 2, CAA, London
2011
Surface and Substance – Part 1, Electrum, London
Selected Publications
2020
Art Aurea, Schmuckdesign 2020
2019
Goldsmiths’ Review, Glass, Metal and Light: Contemporary Enamel Jewellery, author, Amanda Game
2011
Surface and Substance, author of catalogue essay
2010
The Enamel Project – Jessica Turrell, author Ian Wilson, Art Aurea Magazine
2010
Author of journal article ‘Surface and Substance – a call for the fusion of skill and ideas in contemporary enamel jewellery’, Craft Research, Intellect, UK
Work in Public Collections
Fondazione Cominelli Permanent Collection
Crafts Council Permanent Collection
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Shipley Art Gallery
Awards
2021
Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Awards (Silver Award)
2019
Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Awards (Silver Award)
2018
Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Awards (Silver Award)
2014
Premio Fondazione Cominelli, Italy – Second Prize
2013
Premio Fondazione Cominelli, Italy – Special Mention
2008
Devon Guild of Craftsmen Award – Excellence in Enamel
2007
AHRC Fellowship in Creative and Performing Arts three-year full-time research fellowship