The Sense of Beauty Gallery
THE SENSE OF BEAUTY jewellery gallery works with artists from all over the world, honouring the bond between a woman and her jewellery’ wardrobe through their vision and creativity. It aims to promote the values of its artisans built upon the age-old pillars of skill, craftsmanship and quality and to encourage them to stay focused on their creative activity by offering them an international platform to be seen and discovered and eventually purchased.
Artists selected to be part of Romanian Jewelry Week
Raluca Buzura (Romania)
Born in a northern province of Romania, she graduated the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2007 and after completing a master’s degree in ceramics in 2009, her main focus becomes contemporary jewellery design.
Her interest in jewellery comes from the fact that this area has not been given much attention as frequently people use to see it only as an over plus brought to the human body, that has a value depending only on the material used. Therefore, it was a challenge to change viewer’s angle and to reveal an alternative: that jewellery can be considered a work of art, having an artistic understanding, concept and message that can cover a wide range of fields.
Dolly Boucoyannis (Greece)
Dolly Boucoyannis was born in Athens, Greece, studied Jewellery Design in Great Britain, Gemology in the United States of America and Goldsmithing Techniques in Florence, before returning to her home city, Athens. She won the De Beers Diamonds International Award for the use of moving diamonds.
Traditional Greek elements from various historical periods, combined with the knowledge she acquired on her travels, are the inspiration for the creation of her unique artwork.Her core aspiration throughout her career has been to create personalised jewellery with no expiry date, handmade with an unexpected and subversive combination of carefully chosen materials, free from value restrictions.
Elsa Mouzaki (Greece)
Elsa Mouzaki studied graphic design at Vacalo School of Arts in Athens before moving to Los Angeles to continue her studies at the Art Center, in Pasadena.
While studying graphic design, she enrolled in a jewellery design course, which opened a whole new world of creative expression for her. In 2000 she become a professional jewellery designer and launched her brand - Elsa Mouzaki Jewellery.
Her work explores the notion of female sensuality through timeless designs that are at the same time luxurious and easy to wear. Elsa Mouzaki’s jewellery has been featured in various exhibitions and magazines in Greece and abroad. In 2011, she won the Best Jewellery award in MACEF FIERRA, Milan.
Ausra Bankauskaite (Lithuania)
Ausra Bankauskaite is Lithuanian born, New York-based jewellery artist. A few years after completing her studies in Jewellery Design and Metal-smithing at Vilnius Academy of Arts, she moved to New York in 2010. Since then, she has worked for various designers and artist studios in New York and has participated in group exhibitions in Canada, Portugal, Lithuania, USA. Throughout this time, Ausra has continued working on her studio brand “aka jewellery” that officially launched in 2017.
Ausra Bankauskaite began creating contemporary pieces that bridged the worlds of art objects and jewelry based on two concepts: structure (the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex) and functionality (the quality of being suited to serve a purpose well) which combine to create minimal aesthetic forms. Essential to Ausra’s work is the idea of harmony with the body: the jewellery must not disturb the line of the human form, instead of working with this base to enhance and extend its aesthetic lines.
The most minimal details have a maximum function. The result is an immaculate, non-iterative design that functions as an object when not worn, like a small architectural sculpture.
Theodora D. (Greece)
Theodora D. is an Αthens-based Greek designer who embraces the originality and the unique expression of individual style. She believes in the aura that each woman exudes when wearing her jewels, in the history that is written on them and which, as a precious baton, can pass from generation to generation... Jewelry with shapes, volume and contrasts. Theodora D’s creations are inspired by her personal journeys in Greece, Italy, and around the world and they reference her experiences, studies and practices in fashion, art history and sculpture, and of course her passion in the jewelry design and manufacturing. She has collaborated with Greek Fashion Designers and has participated in various global jewelry exhibitions. Theodora D’s designs have won numerous awards in Greece and abroad and are showcased in galleries around the world.
Aliki Stroumpouli (Greece)
Aliki Stroumpouli, MA Royal College of Art London, is a contemporary Greek jewellery designer with a background in sculpture. She has studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
Inspired by the surreal, her creations surprise and often scandalize. Aliki’s favourite theme is the eye and the gaze. Her work aims to question the boundaries of jewellery design through art.
Her work can be found in galleries, museum art shops and selected boutiques in Europe. She has been endorsed by many publications.
