Patrizia Bonati – Biography
1964 Born in Cremona (I)
1987-1991 Apprenticeship at two goldsmiths in Milan (I)
1991-2012 Worked at his workshop in Cremona (I)
2003 Attended the course with G. Babetto at Alchemy-school contemporary jewelry, Florence (I)
2004 Founding member of the AGC Association of Contemporary Jewelry, Trieste (I)
2005 Founding member of the FAMCR Association of Design and Self-Production, Cremona (I)
2008 Attended the course with G. Babetto at The Artistic Jewellery, School of contemporary jewelry, Florence (I)
2008 AGC Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo_Project coordinator, curator of the exhibition and coordination of the catalog: “The Bijou in time and research contemporary Jewels”, Museum of Bijou, Casalmaggiore-Cr (I)
2016 Project Coordinator “14+15=Contemporary Jewel designers between Japan and Italy”, N°7 exhibition spaces in Cremona (I).

Personal exhibitions
2004 Bekoorlijke lijnen, Contemporary Art Gallery, Laren (NL).

Collective exhibitions
2000 Ori di Lombardia, Moc-Museo per l’Oreficeria Contemporanea, Castello di Sartirana, Pavia (I);
2001 Empreintes-Quand l’archéologie devient bijou, Galerie La Reine Margot, Paris (F);
2002 L’Herbier imaginaire, Galerie Black and Kausel, Paris (F);
Arte addosso, Museo Civico Archeologico, Como (I);
2003 Grassimesse-Leipzig 2003, Internationales Forum für Angewandte Kunst und Produktdesign, GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig (D);
2004 Winter exhibition, Alternatives Gallery, Rome (I);
2006 Collect, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK) /Alternatives Gallery, Rome;
Progetto “PIPETTA”, La Manica Lunga Officina Creativa, Fondazione Sospiro, Cremona (I);
AU/FE, Galleria Daniela Rallo-Arte Design, Cremona (I);
4 Pontos de Contacto entre Lisboa e Roma-Joalharia Contemporânea Italiana em Lisboa-4 Contact Points between Rome and Lisbon;
Contemporary Italian Jewels aLisbona, Galeria Tereza Seabra-Jóias de Autor, Lisbon (P);
2007 Collect, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK) / Alternatives Gallery, Rome;
SOFA The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Park Avenue, New York (USA) / Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Chicago (USA);
Contemporary Jewellery From Italy, Flow Gallery, Londra (UK) / Galeria Bielak, Krakow (PL);
2008 Contemporary Jewelry From Italy, Galeria Hipótesi, Barcelona (E) / Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco (USA);
SOFA The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Park Avenue, New York (USA) / Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Chicago (USA);
New Play in Art-Contemporary Jewel Biennial of Contemporary Jewelry, Foundation Heller, Gardone Riviera (I);
“FiloRosso” Contemporary Jewel, III Biennial of Contemporary Jewelry, Museo d’Arte Moderna Ugo Carà, Muggia (I);
“Gioiello Italiano Contemporaneo”: Palace Valmarana Braga, Vicenza (I) / Castle Sforzesco, Milan (I) / Foundation Pietro Accorsi-Museo di Arti Decorative, Turin (I), Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin (D);
ReMade in Italy, Design from another point of view, Torre Branca, Milan (I);
Internationale Schmuck Kunst, Temporäre Galerie, Nell’ Bazar, Tubingen (D);
2009 Contemporary Jewellery From Italy, Oratory of San Rocco, Padua (I);
“Il bijou nel tempo e la ricerca orafa contemporanea”, Museum of Bijou, Casalmaggiore (I);
2010 Archeo Gioielli Contemporanei, Museo Civico Archeologico, Anzio (I);
Titani preziosi tra Tecnologia e Ornamento, Triennale Design Museum, Milan (I);
Premio Fondazione Cominelli, Palace Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco (I);
Italian Jewellery, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (UK);
2011 Gioielli per Milano e il Sistema Orafo Lombardo, Triennale Design Museum, Milan (I);
Nuove direzioni del gioiello contemporaneo italiano N°9 Goldschmiede aus Italien, Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich (D);
Collect, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Saatchi Gallery, London (UK) Alternatives Gallery, Rome (I);
Premio Internazionale Mario Pinton- I Edizione: Castelli, miniature, astri ed alchimia la Padova Carrarese nel gioiello contemporaneo, Oratory of San Rocco, Padua (I);
Surface and Substance, International contemporary enamel jewellery, Electrum Gallery, London (UK);
2013 Fantastici! Contemporary Italian jewellery, Putti Gallery, Riga, Latvia (L);
Circuit Bijou, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Paris (F);
JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair, Barcelona (E);
Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennal, Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China;
2014 SKIN:The surface of the jewel/Gioielli in superficie, Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza (I);
“Suggestioni in metallo” L’arte della medaglia tra ottocento e modernità, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome (I);
“Functional Jewellery /Gioielli funzionali”, Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza (I);
Le bijou mis à prix, Circuits Bijoux, Drout-Richelieu Expert come Rémy, Paris (F);
2015 “FiloRosso” Contemporary Jewel, IV Biennial of Contemporary Jewelry, Museo d’Arte Moderna Ugo Carà, Muggia (I);
2016 Dialoghi: AGC Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo_JJDA Japan jewelry Design Association: Italian Institute of Culture Tokyo, Yamanashi Jewelery Museum, Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture, Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean Livorno, Cominelli S. Felice / Benaco Foundation, Oratory of San Rocco Padova, Museum of Bijou, Casalmaggiore;
“International exchange exhibition” Gallery Yumi Hamamatsu (J);
“Jewellery and journey /Il gioiello e il viaggio”, Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza (I);
MOA “International art jewelry sculpture, Fart Village, Seoul (K);
2017 EUNIQUE Applied Art & Design Fair, Karlsruhe (D);
Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennal, Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China;
Natura preziosa, Gioielli contemporanei, Museo storia naturale del mediterraneo, Livorno (I);
SenzaTempo Gallery, Udine (I);
“Connessioni” Villa Cattaneo, Atelier La Manica Lunga Officina Creativa, Sospiro-Cr (I);
2018 “Influences, Who are you now”? Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich (D);
EUNIQUE Applied Art & Design Fair, Karlsruhe (D);
2019 “Influences, Passions transforms our work”. Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich (D);
“Welcome Design”, 5Vie Milano, StudioInternazionale, Galleria Unione Milan (I);
LOFT Applied Art & Design Fair, Karlsruhe (D).

Awards
2009 Artis, riconoscimento d’eccellenza per le imprese artigiane, Regione Lombardia (I).

Museums and public collections
2003 GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Lipsia (D);
2009 Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Brescia (I).

Bibliography
2006 L. SABATINI SCALMATI, C. FILIPE, 4 punti di contatto tra Roma e Lisbona, Lisbon, Textype Artes Gráficas;
2008 I. BEMBO, Filo Rosso, in «Juliet Art Magazine», Trieste;
Gioiello Italiano Contemporaneo. Tecniche e materiali tra arte e design, Milano, ed.Skira A. Cappellieri (Curated by);
2009 Gioielli per Milano e il Sistema Orafo Lombardo,Milano ed. Electa A. Cappellieri (Curated by);
500 Enameled objets, Lark books , N.Y. (USA) Sarah Perkins (Curated by);
2010 Titani Preziosi, Milano, ed. Electa, A. Cappellieri (Curated by);
Fondazione Cominelli, AGC associazione gioiello contemporaneo Premio per il gioiello contemporaneo; Surface&Substance, London, Jessica Turrel (Curated by);
Gioielli per Milano e il Sistema Orafo Lombardo, ed. Electa Milano A. Cappellieri (Curated by);
2011 Pensieri preziosi 7, Oratorio di san Rocco, Padova M.Cisotto Nalon (Curated by);
ART AUREA 1 International magazine for contemporary applied arts, arts, design and authentical people, “Gioielli d’Italia” M.C. Bergesio (Curated by);
2012 500 Rings, Lark books, N.Y. (USA) Bruce Metcalf (Curated by);
2014 SKIN: Gioielli in superficie/The surface of the jewel, ed. Marsilio (Ve), A. Cappellieri / L. Tenuta (Curated by);
“Suggestioni in metallo” L’arte della medaglia tra ottocento e modernità, ed. Editalia, G.A. Bufalini (Curated by);
Le bijou mis à prix, Atelier d’art the France, Audap&Mirabaud (Curated by);
Functional Jewellery/Gioielli funzionali, ed.Silvana A. Cappellieri (Curated by);
10anni di Pensieri Preziosi ”La voce degli artisti”, Oratory of San Rocco, Padova (I);
ART AUREA 1 International magazine for contemporary applied arts, arts, design and authentical people, “Gold in Art Jewelry” (D);
2015 Dialoghi AGC Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo_JJDA Japan jewellery Design Association M.R. Franzin (Curated by);
2016 Jewellery and journey/Il gioiello e il viaggio ed. Marsilio (Ve), L. Tenuta (Curated by);
2017 Natura preziosa, Gioielli contemporanei, Museo storia naturale del mediterraneo, AGC (Curated by);
Connessioni con l’opera di Antonio Dalla Valle, ed. La Grande Illusion, P. Pontiggia (Curated by);
ART AUREA Italienisches Design auf der Eunique, Italien ist 2017 das Partnerland auf der Eunique, Messe für Angewandte Kunst und Design, Karlsruhe.