C/O Clare Beck
Kathleen Slater
Adrian Sassoon
14 Rutland Gate
London
SW7 1BB
London
T:020 7581 9888
F:020 7823 8473
email@adriansassoon.com

Hammering and chasing.

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1982-1988: Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan BA and MA in Industrial, Interior and Craft Design 

1994-97: BA (1st Class Hons) Silversmithing & Metalwork, Camberwell College of Art, London

1997-99: MA Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery, Royal College of Art, London

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Decorative vessels in silver created on a one-off basis and art craft orientated, have become the major output of my work since I came to Britain. With my deep interest in fluent expressions of nature, I pursue new imagery in silver with a wide spectrum of expression. My work can be interpreted as the embodiment of an intuitive sense of organic abstraction, whilst alluding to functional tradition. To chance impulses from nature and adopt such inspiration in my design are the most intuitive steps in my creation. Once I sense something creative, there is no way of resisting the urge to express it in silver. It is always an adventure to work the material directly from the beginning. It allows me to be very creative. I call this method 'thinking through making' or 'sensing through creating.' In addition I have achieved the pliability of clay by developing my own hammering method. It is exceptional. Instead of beating the metal over a cast iron stake as usual, I often form the silver in the air or over any suitable object. Most importantly it allows me to be natural in manipulating the material as though I were using my fingertips to push and pull the silver into shape.

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Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2010
Hiroshi Suzuki - Silver Waves, Goldsmiths' Hall, London

2007
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh in association with Adrian Sassoon

2004
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Studio 925, Schoonhoven, The Netherlands

2003
Statis in Motion, Lesley Craze Gallery, London

1992
Mirage, Kochi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Labyrinth II, Ginza Komatsu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan

1991
Metamorphosis, Maki Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1990
Illusion-Kaze, Tamura Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Labyrinth, Gallery (NW House), Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2009
Adrian Sassoon, Pavilion Art and Design, London
Contemporary SIlver, The Bishopsland Fellowship, 1979-2009, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, Collect, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoonm SOFA, New York, USA
Poetry in Silver, Bij de Watertoren, Schoonhoven, The Netherlands and tour
Adrian Sassoon, TEFAF, Masstricht, The Netherlands
Adrian Sassoon, London Arts Fair, Business Design Centre, London

2008
Adrian Sassoon, DesignArt London, London
Short Course Tutor Dialogue, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, SOFA, New York, USA
Adrian Sassoonm TEFAF, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, COLLECT, V and A Museum, London
Adrian Sassoon, London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London

2007
Showcase Exhibition at Künst und Handwerk Messe 07, Museum für Künst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Light Metal, Sheffield Cathedral, Galvanize Festival, Sheffield
Adrian Sassoon, The International Art + Design Fair, New York, USA
Land of the Samurai, Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum, Aberdeen
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, SOFA, New York, USA 
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, SOFA, New York, USA
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, COLLECT, V&A Museum
 
2006
Adrian Sassoon, The International Art & Design Fair, New York
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, SOFA, New York
Master of Modern, Handwerkskammer Für Munchen und Oberbayern, Exempla, Munich
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, COLLECT, V & A Museum, London
Adrian Sassoon, London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London

2005
Contemporary Silver & Metalwork G-H Modern, Grey-Harris, Bristol
The Watkins Era, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Adrian Sassoon, The International Art & Design Fair, New York
Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: Metalwork, Crafts Council, London
Modern Pots, from the Lisa Sainsbury Collection, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
The Universe of Metals, Exempla, Munich, Germany
Spirit of liberty Exhibition, Liberty, London
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, COLLECT, V&A Museum, London

2004
Adrian Sassoon, The International Art & Design Fair, New York
Treasures of Today, Harley Gallery, Nottingham
Looking: Over my shoulder, Lesley Craze Gallery, London
Creation, Goldsmiths Hall, London
Made in Britain, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Graft, The Harley Gallery, Nottingham
Creation, Goldsmiths Hall, London
Adrian Sassoon at the London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London

2003
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, SOFA, Chicago
Adrian Sassoon, The International Art & Design Fair, New York
Silver Sparks, Gilbert Collection, London
Kogai, Crafts Council Shop at the V&A Museum, London
Statis in Motion, Lesley Craze Gallery, London
Celebration in Gold & Silver, Goldsmiths Hall, London
Silver Lives!, the Gilbert Collection London

2002
Innovation and Design, Silver from Goldsmiths Hall, London & Museet Pa Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark
Silver Lives!, the Gilbert Collection London

2001
The Unexpected, Sotheby’s, New York
Raised Forms, The Pearoom, Heckington & The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, Farnham
Wabi Sabi, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Cultural Exchange: Japan 2001, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, Birmingham
Ripple, Ropewalk Contemporary Art & Craft, Barton –on-Humber
Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s. London

2000
British Crafts at Sofa, Chicago, USA
Contemporary Silver & Metalwork, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
The Young Silversmiths Exhibition, The Scotish Gallery, Edinburgh
A Feast of Silver, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

1999
Simplicity and Elegance, Katie Jones Gallery, London
Chongju International Crafts Biennale, Chongju City Art Hall, Chongju, South Korea
Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s. London
Decade, Villa DE Bondt, Ghent, Belgium
Goldsmiths Crafts Council Awards Exhibition, Goldsmiths Hall, London
A Century in the Making, The London Institute Gallery, London
Metalmorphosis, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech & Broham Museum, Berlin, Germany

1989
Modo, Meguro Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Kohdo, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1988
Modo, Meguro Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Kohdo, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

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Jerwood Applied Art Prize 2005: Metal. Craft Arts International No.66, 2006. Jerwopod Applied arts Prize: Metal, Catalogue, Crafts Council. Creation, An Insight into the Mind of the Modern Silversmith, Catalogue, The Goldsmiths Company, 27 May – 10 July 2004.

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Crafts Council, London The London Institute, London The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London, UK The Clothworkers’ Company, London The Royal College of Art, London Victoria and Albert Museum, London Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich New College, Oxford P & O Makower Trust, UK National Museums & Galleries of Merseyside, Liverpool Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen Ulster Museum, Belfast State Art Collection, Farmleigh, Dublin, Eire The National Museum of Wales Bristol Museums and Art Gallery National Museums & Galleries, Merseyside, Liverpool Musée Mandet, Riom, France Chongju City Art Hall, South Korea The Museum of Arts & Design, New York The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

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2009
Winner of the Schoonhoven Silver Award

2006
The Bavarian State Prize, Exempla, Munich

1999
Chongju International Craft Competition, Grand Prize
P&O Makower Trust Commission for Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Winner
Goldsmiths Crafts Council Awards, Commendation

1998
New Ashgate Gallery Awards, First Prize

1998 & 1989
Kohdo Sculpture Competition, Honorable mentions

1986
Musashino Art University Graduation Awards, Winner

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Adrian Sassoon
Contemporary Applied Arts
Crafts Council Photostore
The Scottish Gallery

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