vita mirjam hiller

curriculum:
since 2021 studio in Pforzheim, Germany
2015 - 2021 studio in Hechingen, Germany
2008 - 2015 studio in Potsdam, Germany
2003 - 2008 studies at Pforzheim University, jewelry and everyday objects programm, faculty of design,
                       Pforzheim, Germany (Diplom FH)
2005 - 2006 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada
1999 - 2002 Goldschmiedeschule Pforzheim, Germany
1996 - 1999 Juweller Hunke, Ludwigsburg, Germany

awards (selection):
2022 Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunsthandwerk 2022, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
2020 Staatspreis Gestaltung Kunsthandwerk 2020, Karlsruhe, Germany
2011 European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery, Mons, Belgium (special commendation of the jury)
2010 19th Legnica International Jewellery Competition, Legnica, Polen (mention)
2010 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South-Korea (honorable mention)
2009 Grassi award of the Galerie Slavik/Vienna, Leipzig, Germany
2009 inhorgenta europe innovation award, Munich, Germany
2008 newcomer subsidy award for jewelry and everyday objects of “Bertha Heraeus und Kathinka Platzhoff Stiftung”
          and ”Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V.”, Hanau, Germany
2008 BKV-prize for young applied arts, Munich, Germany
2008 subsidy award for young applied arts, “Handwerksmuseum”, Deggendorf, Germany
2008 Friends of Carlotta jewelry and subsidy award, Zurich, Switzerland (honorable mention)
2008 ISSP subsidy award, Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany
2000 newcomer award for gemstone and jewelry design, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

work in public collections:
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock AR, USA
Badisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Birmingham Museum, Birmingham, Great Britain
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Hanau Germany
Goldsmiths' Hall, London, Great Britain
Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
Kolumba Museum, Cologne, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA, USA
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima), Middlesbrough, Great Britain
Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte NC, USA
Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln (MAKK), Cologne, Germany
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA
Newark Museum, Newark NJ, USA
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS, USA
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO, USA

publications (selection):
2021 “25 Gründe Schmuck zu tragen”, Barbara Schmidt
2018 “350 Worte für Schmuck”, Barbara Schmidt
2017 “to the point”, daniela malev, edition winterwork
2016 “innovation oder mimesis”, barbara schmidt, Books on Demand
2015 “Schmuck 2015” (Catalogue/ Special Jewellery Show 66nd International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany)
2012 “Push Jewelry”, Lark Books
2011 “On Jewellery”, Liesbeth den Besten, Arnoldsche Art Publishers
2011 “Materials Revisited”, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, jovis Verlag
2011 “Total Stahl”, Stahlschmuckpreis IV, Arnoldsche Art Publishers
2011 “Schmuck 2011” (Catalogue/ Special Jewellery Show 62nd International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany)
2010 “Art Meets Jewellery”, 20 Years Gallery Slavik Vienna, Arnoldsche Art Publishers
2010 “Silbertriennale International”, Gesellschaft f¨r Goldschmiedekunst, Arnoldsche Art Publishers
2010 “Art Aurea”, (Journal, Issue 3) “Gefühl für den Moment”
2009 “The Compendium Finale of contemporary jewellers 2008”, Darling Publications
2009 “500 Enamelled Objects”, Lark Books
2008 “500 Pendants and Lockets”, Lark Books
2007 “Kunst treibt Blüten / Art is Flowering”, Arnoldsche Art Publishers
2002 “Talente” (catalogue/ Internationale Handwerksmesse Munich, Germany)

lectures:
2022 Jewelry Symposium Haxthäuserhof, Ingelheim Rhine, Germany, “ride the rainbow on broken saw blades”
2014 SNAG Conference, Minneapolis, USA, “25,000 Millimeters to Atrosanea”
2009 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, USA, “Simplicity, Intensity and Jewelry”

workshops:
2023 Goldschmitte. Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, “Gestalten am Limit”
2021 Akademie für Gestaltung und Design, Munich, Germany, “Gestaltung am Limit”