Schepens, Helena

^⚬1981

2000-04: BA and MA in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing and Jewellery Design, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten (Royal Academy of Fine Arts), Antwerp • 2004-06: MA in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery, Royal College of Arts, London • 2003-04: workshops silversmithing and glassblowing, Belgium • 2006-08: teacher training, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten (Royal Academy of Fine Arts), Antwerp • 2007-present: independent silversmith and designer, based in Antwerp • 2010-12: (visiting) teacher jewellery design, gold and silversmithing Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp • Awards: e.g. the Goldsmith’s Company Award for Silversmithing, UK, 2006 • Commissions: e.g. design and execution Tourism Flanders Award, Brussels, 2009-present • Solo exhibitions: e.g. Schaduwrijk, Studio 925, Schoonhoven 2009; Win een zilveren juweel, Sterckshof Museum, Deurne 2012 • Joint exhibitions: in Belgium and several European countries, e.g. Gedreven door talent [driven by talent], 350 years of gold and silversmithing and the Academy, Sterckshof Museum, Deurne, 2013-14 • Work represented in public collections in Antwerp and London e.g. the Royal College of Arts, London

• Nationality

  Belgium

• Birth place

  Borgerhout

• viaf-link

  https://viaf.org/viaf/80886083