21st Silver Triennial International 2025 Hanau

Abstract

Since 1965, the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V. and the Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau have been organizing the Silver Triennale International to promote contemporary silversmithing. The competition promotes new design ideas for silverware and objects. Through national and international presentations, the Silver Triennale has become a globally recognized exhibition series.

The exhibition of the 21st Silver Triennale International 2025 shows unusual silver objects whose design and production testify to precision craftsmanship and artistic sophistication. On display are works that offer a stimulating field of tension between utility object and artistic object. Excellently designed utensils stand alongside surprising, intriguing objects that illustrate the diversity of silver applications. What they all have in common is the deliberate combination of form, surface design and intention, resulting in objects with a strong character and high quality. Both renowned designers and up-and-coming artists submitted their work to the main competition or the competition to promote young talent.

The expert jury included: Beate Leonards, silversmith from Lübeck, Wim Nys, curator at the DIVA Museum Antwerp, and Karen Pontoppidan, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. There were a total of 137 applications with 195 works from 21 countries, of which 59 applications with 67 works from 15 countries were selected for the exhibition.

A bilingual catalog (German/English) was published by arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart

After Hanau, the exhibition will travel further to Antwerp (DIVA), Munich (Inhorgenta), Pforzheim (Schmuckmuseum)

My work Shiny Cloud (2025) was selected for this exhibiiton