Mag.art Viktoria Münzker
Date of birth: 31.01.1978 Place of birth: Bratislava, Slovakia Studies: 2001-2007 at Academy of fine arts and design Bratislava, department of Metal and Jewellery S+M+L+XL (Prof. Karol Weisslechner) 2005 Bachelor graduation at AFAD Bratislava, department jewellery 2007 Magisterial graduation at AFAD Bratislava, department jewellery From 2009 to 2014 at STOSSIMHIMMEL, Studio for contemporary jewelry, Vienna, Austria. From 2011 self-employment jewelry artist.
Exhibitions: 2004 Spy eye”, jewellery exhibition at gallery Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia -“Jewellery is not only to ornament”, Design centre, Brno, Czech Republic 2005 Jewellery exhibition at Slovak Institute in Prague, Czech Republic -Jewellery exhibition in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic 2006 5.International enamel competition at Beskyd museum, Frydek Mistek, Czech Republic - Jewellery exhibition at Art-gallery in Nove Zamky, Slovakia 2007 Exhibition of Graduation works AFAD, House of Culture Bratislava, Slovakia - “Wearable” jewellery and fashion design exhibition, Satelit gallery Bratislava, Slovakia International Graduation show 2007, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Holland - “Designblock” , Gallery “U prstenu”, Prague, Czech Republic 2008 Jewellery Refined, Nacogdoches, Texas -Jewellery exhibition Czech/Slovak, Czech Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia -“Golden Folder”, jewelry exhibition Gallery Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia - New Traditional Jewellery, Sieraad Art fair, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, Niederlande - The Metal Inclinations International Online Exhibition, www.smmmetalinclinations.org – “Escape” jewelry exhibition, Gallery Meno Nisa, Vilnius, Lithuania 2009 - "The enamel show", Galerie Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, United States - "Lange Nacht der Schmuckkunst - Edelsteine schleifen", Stoss im Himmel, Vienna, Austria - "INTERSTELLARIUM", Stoss im Himmel, Vienna, Austria 2010 - TOUGH LOVE by Michelle Kraemer & Viktoria Münzker @ STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria - En Viro, International Symposium exhibition, Coin and Medals museum Kremnica, Slovakia - SEGMENT- half century of slovak contemporary jewellery, Gallery Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia - StossimHimmel - Group exhibition, KOGO, Bratislava, Slovakia - "Russisch gehängt", Stoss im Himmel, Vienna, Austria 2011 – „Am seidenen Faden“, Stoss im Himmel, Vienna, Austria – „Angesteckt“, Stoss im Himmel, Vienna Austria - "Mediterraneo", Museum of natural History of the Mediterranean, Livorno, Italy - "Happy End" in International Baltic Jewellery Show "Amber Trip" in Vilnius, Lithuania – “15” Jubilee Exhibition STOSSIMHIMMEL, Jewelry Studio STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna, Austria – “Fremde Federn”, Kunst.wirt.schaft. Gallery, Graz, Austria 2012 - “Fremde Federn”, Gallery V&V, Vienna, Austria - Mineral Art, Inhorgenta Munich, Germany - International Baltic Jewellery Show ‘AMBER TRIP’, Vilnius Lithuania - 8together, Gallery GestalterBund, Munich, Germany (during SCHMUCK 2012) - "Fremde Federn", Gallery KASU, Munich, Germany (during SCHMUCK 2012)
- Jewelry-Show 2012, MaximilianForum, Munich, Germany (during SCHMUCK 2012) – Collective STOSSIMHIMMEL, Kunst.wirt.schaft Gallery Graz, Austria – Dzu-Box Jewelry, Gallery Cin-Cin Bratislava, Slovakia – Dzu-Box Jewelry, Slovak Institute Vienna, Austria – “Schmuck. Was sonst?” Stoss im Himmel, Vienna, Austria – International Jubilee exhibition, 10 years of kunst.wirt.schaft, Graz, Austria – Cominelli Foundation Award for Contemporary Jewellery, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy – Liquid time, 20 Years of Studio of Jewellery and metal AFAD in Bratislava, National gallery Bratislava, Slovakia – "Schmuck im Salon", Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria – JOYA, Barcelona Contemporary Jewellery Week, Barcelona, Spain · Filo Rosso, Contemporary jewellery International biennale, Muggia, Italy – White & Weiss, Art auction Bratislava, Slovakia 2013 · SCHMUCK-Show, Munich, Germany – „Made in Vienna“ – Gruppenausstellung in Galerie Gestalterbund, Munich, Germany – “Amber trip” International Baltic Jewellery Show, Vilnius, Lithuania - Gioielli in Fermento, Torre Fornello Award, Italy – Cominelli Award for contemporary Jewellery, San Felice, Italy – JOYA Barcelona jewellery week - Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (Beijing, China) – FORMA – Art biennal Bratislava, Slovakia · MATERIALITY, AME Gallery, Hong Kong 2014 · The Permanent showroom, Alliages, Lille, France – Made in Vienna, Munich, Germany – Creativiti Ogetti, Torino, Italy - ‘Multiple Exposures’: Jewelry and Photography, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA - “ AMBER IN MODERN CONCEPTUAL ART JEWELLERY” Galerija PUTTI, Riga, Latvia – MineralART2014 “Between Layers”, Idar-Oberstein, Munich, Germany – “The after JOYA effect” Jewelry Fusion, Popeye loves Olive – Art space, Athens, Greece – “Mládi září v Záři” Gallery Září, Prague, Czech Republik · Gioielli in Fermento #gallery, BOFFI showroom, Barcelona, Spain · Gioielli in Fermento, Torre Fornello, Italy Königsplatz, München. 2015 · "The Legacy Award", Alliages, Lille, France – JOYA Barcelona, Spain - “Green Carpet” Gallery K, Bratislava, Slovakia - “A dark spark of light” Alliages Gallery, Lille, France - “Sleight of Hand” ACJ Touring Exhibition, Great Britain 2016 . “Gems and Jewels” Gallery Febo & Dafne, Torino, Italy – Gioielli in Fermento, Torre Frnello, Italy - The Legacy Collection at The Melting Point 2016 at PERIS ROCA Orfebres Valencia, Spain - After Joya effect, Popeye loves Olive, Athens, Greece - 20 Years of STOSSIMHIMMEL, Vienna Austria - Eligius Schmuckpreis, Salzburg, Austria - Eligius Schmuckpreis, MAK Vienna, Austria - JOYA Barcelona, Spain – Lost Paradise, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France – SOFA CHICAGO (Jewels in Ferment), Chicago, 2017 – The Permanent, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France – Arts and Crafts Design Award, Online exhibition – After JOYA Effect, Popeye loves Olive, Athens – Gioielli in Fermento Master collection, Torre Fornello, Italy · Empreintes 2017, Alliages at Lalabeyou Gallery Madrid, Spain – Christmas exhibition Galeria CIN CIN, Bratislava, Slovakia - Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial 2017, China - CHAOS exhibition, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France 2018 – BIOPHILIA, Werkstatt-Galerie Munich, Germany, Munich jewellery week - Zona bez hranic (Borderless zone), Faculty of textile engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republik CHAOS International Jewellery exhibition curated by Alliages gallery and Jorge Manilla, La Galeller, Sevilla, Spain COMINELLI foundation Award, San Felice del Benaco, Italy JOYA art Jewellery exhibition, Barcelona, Spain HEART FAILURE international juried exhibition, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France
2019 – Eligius Award – Austrian award for contemporary jewellery, Museum of applied arts Vienna, Austria Heart Failure, Galerie Werkstatt, Munich, Germany Gioielli in Fermento – Villa Braghieri, Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy Legacy Award – the definitive edition, Espace Solidor, Place du Château, 06800 Cagnes-sur-Mer, Frankreich Eligius Award - Austrian award for contemporary jewellery, Gallerie in Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria LIÉ.E.S… CURATED EXHIBITION IN STRASBOURG - Galerie Art Course, Strasbourg, France PRECIEUX !? –Precious Collective in Alliages Gallery, Lille, France Eligius Award – Museum of applied Arts Vienna, Austria Cluster Crafts – Jewellery edition, Truman Brewery, London, UK International Jewellery exhibition Beijing, Institute of fashion technology, Beijing, China Art Jewellery Night of Budapest, Rath György Villa, Budapest, Hungary 2020 – Broken Beauty – International jewellery exhibition, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France 1ST Growth and Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition 2020, Kunming, China Japan Jewellery Desingner Association competition 2020, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Solo exhibitions: 2011 – Viktoria Münzker „Cherry Romance“ showcase exhibition, V&V Gallery, Vienna, Austria 2013 – „Viktoria Münzker – Into the Unknown“, solo exhibition and book presentation, Gallery V&V, Vienna, Austria 2013 - – „Viktoria Münzker – Into the Unknown“, solo exhibition and book presentation, Galeria Cin Cin, Bratislava, Slovakia 2017 – “Viktoria Münzker”, solo presentation at Dorotheum, Vienna Austria 2018 – MICROVITA – Jewellery and Photography, solo exhibition and new book presentation, V&V Gallery Vienna, Austria
Awards: 2012 – First prize winner of "Azur" JEWELLERY ART CONTEST, International Baltic Jewellery Show ‘AMBER TRIP’, Vilnius Lithuania 2013 – First Prize in Gioielli in Fermento 2013 – Torre Fornello Award, Italy 2016 - First Prize in Arts and Crafts Design Award (online international) 2019 – ArtMagazine prize at Controls/Ctrl+ during Art Jewellery Night Budapest, Hungary
Publications: 2019 – Eligius Award catalogue, Vienna, Austria - Heart Failure catalogue, Lille, France - Gioielli in Fermento exhibit. Catalogue, Torre Fornello, Italy - Legacy Award catalogue, Lille, France - LIÉ.E.S… CURATED EXHIBITION catalogue, France 2018 – Joya 2018 art jewellery catalogue, Barcelona, Spain - Cominelli Foundation Award exhibition catalogue, San Felice dal Benaco, Italy - MICROVITA : Art jewellery book Collections 2013 – 2018, Viktoria Münzker Contemporary Jewellery, 2018, Austria - Who’s Who in Visual Art, Vol. 2018-2019, Art Domain Whois Verlag, Croatia 2017 – Lost Paradise exhibition catalogue, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France 2016 – JOYA Barcelona exhibition catalogue, Spain – Eligius Schmuckpreis exhibition Catalogue, Salzburg Österreich - 500 New Rings, Promopress Editions - 500 New Necklaces, Promopress Editions · Schmuck 1970-2015 Sammlung Bollmann, Arnoldsche Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany 2015 – Interview, Magazine, April issue, New York, NY – Art Jewelry Today : Europe, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Pennsylvania 2014 – Amber in Contemporary Jewellery, Riga, Latvia – Current Obsession Paper, Rodi Media, Dijkman – Art Aurea: Spring 2014, Germany 2013 – Arte Y Joya, N° 195, Barcelona, Spain – JOYA Barcelona Jewellery week catalogue, Barcelona 2013 – Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo, Edizioni Fondazione Cominelli, agc 2013 - Baltic Jewellery News, August 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania - Showcase 500 art necklaces, Lark books, New York - GZ · Goldschmiede Zeitung July Sonderausgabe Design und Kunst Competitions – Gioielli in Fermento – Torre Fornello Award Catalogue, Italy - X Anniversary International Baltic Jewellery Show "Amber Trip" Catalogue, Vilnius, Lithuania - Baltic Jewellery News, March 2013, Vilnius Lithuania - Ring Ring · The International contemporary Jewellery conference, Bratislava, Slovakia - Schmuck-Finder (Kinga Zobel), Munich, Germany - GZ · Goldschmiede Zeitung Februar 2013, Germany – Art Aurea, Spring 2013 Focus SCHMUCK/Jewellery, Germany – Viktoria Münzker : Into the Unknown / Jewellery, Vienna, 2013, Austria 2012 – GZ-Goldschmiede Zeitung November 2012, Plus Österreich, Australia –Schmuck im Salon, Künstlerhaus Vienna, 2012, Austria - Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo, Edizioni Fondazione Cominelli, agc 2012 - GZ-Goldschmiede Zeitung Juni 2012, Ganz natürlich: Schmückendes aus Holz - Contemporary Jewellery Year Book 2012, Barcelona, Grupo Duplex, 2012 2011 - Contemporary Jewellery Art-Innovative Materials, CYPI Press, UK - Lange Nacht der Schmuckkunst 2011, Vienna, Austria - Fremde Federn, Kunst.wirt.schaft. Galerie, Graz, Austria - Mediterraneo, Museum of natural History of the Mediterranean, Livorno, Italy 2010 - En Viro Schmucksymposium, Kremnica, Slovakia 2009 - Baltic Jewellery, Exclusive Magazine for the jewellery business in the baltic region, Vilnius, Lithuania - 500 Enameled objects, A celebration of color on metal, Lark Books, New York - SchmuckWander Passport, Bratislava, Slovakia 2008 - Golden Folder, Bratislava, Slovakia - Refined V: Abundance, a biennal exhibition of jewelry and metalwork, Nacogdoches, Texas 2007 - International graduate show 2007, Nijmegen, Niederlande - Academy of Fine Arts and design dissertations exhibition, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2006 - (Exhibition Cat.) International enamel exhibition, Frýdek Místek, Czech Republic
To buy at: Gallery V&V, Vienna, Austria Galeria Cin Cin, Bratislava, Slovakia Alliages, Lille, France https://viktoriamuenzker.eu/
Jewellery pieces in private, international collections, Dr. Karl Bollmann collection, Austria, Gioielli in Fermento Collection, Italy…..
Contact: Mag.Art Viktoria Münzker Rehstrasse 3A 3441 Pixendorf Austria
Tel: +4369912458690 [email protected] https://viktoriamuenzker.eu/