AUDREY ARONSON
Metalsmith
This body of work examines the idea of being self-protective to one’s own detriment. My work shows the dualities of protection and restraint and how these things relate to a desire to shed restrictions. A sense of vulnerability lies at the center of this protection and is shown to always be something that is obscured or unavailable without effort from the viewer. The materials I incorporate become integral to the work because of their relationship to these concepts and each other. Thinly networked glass indicates a personal fragility when combined with objects typically worn on the body, whereas the spalted wood in many of my pieces shows a physical manifestation of boundaries and restriction. In defiance of the constant appearance of self-control, this body of work consistently displays an emergence of growth and self-expression.
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Education
2022 Master of Fine Art, Studio Art with a focus in metalsmithing, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2020 Bachelor of Fine Art magna cum laude, Three-Dimensional Studio Media and Art History, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
Teaching Experience
2021-2022 Instructor of Record, 3D/4D Foundations, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Employment History
2022 Bench Jeweler at Dahlkemper's Jewelry Connection, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
2021 Bench Jeweler at Jared’s Design and Service Center, Toledo, Ohio
2020 Jewelry and Metalsmithing Technical Assistant, Bowling Green State University
Bench Jeweler at Towne Square Jewelers, Charleston, Illinois
2017 - Bench Jeweler’s Apprentice at Jared the Galleria of Jewelry, Orland Park, Illinois
2020
Awards/Scholarships
2022 Brooke Hannan Memorial Emerging Artist Award, Ohio Designer Craftsman, Best of 2022, Ohio Craft Museum
First Place in 3D, NOWOH 15, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Honorable Mention, Silver & Gold III, Envision Arts, Denton, Texas
2021 Glass Studio Master Class Scholarship, Toledo Museum of Art
2020 Best in Show, All Student Show, Eastern Illinois University
1st Place in Jewelry/Metals, All Student Show, Eastern Illinois University
Honorable Mention, All Student Show, Eastern Illinois University
Miranda Rice Weiss Art History Scholarship, Eastern Illinois University
Irene Couchman Buzzard Scholarship, Eastern Illinois University
Outstanding Senior Award in Studio 3D, Eastern Illinois University
Outstanding Senior Award in Art History, Eastern Illinois University
Talented Student Award, Eastern Illinois University
Grant-in-Aid Art Award, Eastern Illinois University
2019 Art Department Gift Award, Eastern Illinois University
Miranda Rice Weiss Art History Scholarship, Eastern Illinois University
CLAS Dean’s Award, Eastern Illinois University
Mary Caroline Simpson Academic Excellence in Art Award, Eastern Illinois University
Melinda Clancy Hegarty Memorial Travel Fund, Eastern Illinois University
2018 Irene Couchman Buzzard Scholarship, Eastern Illinois University
Talented Student Award – Art, Eastern Illinois University
Exhibitions
2022 Romanian Jewelry Week, Assamblage National Jewelry Association, Bucharest, Romania
NOWOH 15, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
We are SNAG: Anthology 2022, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Best of 2022, Ohio Designer Craftsman, traveling exhibition, Ohio Craft Museum
Columbus, Ohio
Silver & Gold III, Envision Arts, Denton, Texas
Metalsmithing Invitational, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Baldwin National 2022, Baker University, Kansas
2021 #Social2021, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art, South Korea
Battle of the Rings, Danaca Design Studio, Online exhibition
Small Works Exhibition, Jag Gallery, Key West, Florida
We are SNAG: Anthology 2021, Society of North American Goldsmiths
SNAG 2021 Conference: Student Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Online Exhibition
Graduate Arts Virtual Show, Bowling Green State University
2020 10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, Washington
Halstead Design Challenge: Connection, Online exhibition
BFA Show, Eastern Illinois University
National BFA show, Serving The People
All Student Show, Eastern Illinois University
2019 What It Is: A Metalsmithing Exhibition, 1910 Gallery, Eastern Illinois University
2018 Safety Is Required, Metalsmithing & Jewelry Show and Sale, 1910 Gallery, Eastern Illinois University
Workshops/Conferences
2022 SNAG Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island
2021 Structural Flameworking Masterclass with Kit Paulson, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
2020 Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium, Seattle Metals Guild
2019 Workshop with Daniel DiCaprio - Wood Jewelry, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Columbia, North Carolina
2016 Workshop with Veronica Fremont at Cicada Pi Art Studio, Oak Park, Illinois
Professional Memberships
2020 - Present Michigan Silversmiths Guild
Splop Design Jewelry Collective
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Women’s Jewelry Association