Contemporary Jewellery in Context

Kim Paton was appointed Director of Objectspace, Auckland (NZ), in 2015. She came to the position from an academic role as Research Leader at Wintec's School of Media Arts and curator and editor for RAMP Gallery and RAMP Press, Hamilton (NZ). Liesbeth den Besten is an independent art historian who is working internationally as a writer, curator, advisor, jury member, exhibition maker, teacher and lecturer in the fields of crafts and design, especially contemporary art jewellery. She is the author of On Jewellery. A Compendium of International Contemporary Art Jewellery (2012; ISBN 978-3-89790-349-4). Benjamin Lignel is an artist, writer and curator. He was editor of Art Jewelry Forum from 2013 through 2016, and edited three books under AJF's imprint. He is guest teacher at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nuremberg (DE) and Alchimia, Florence (IT). Peter Deckers is an educator, organiser, curator, writer and jewellery maker/artist. He is jewellery coordinator and part-time art lecturer at Whitireia (NZ), Porirua. Sian van Dyk is the Curator, Programmes and Events at The Dowse Art Museum since 2013. In 2015 Van Dyk was the inaugural recipient of the Creative New Zealand Craft/Object Art Curator to Munich award.