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ARTIST STATEMENT
'My work reflects my intimate world. Often I construct abstract versions of rooms, buildings, and cities that mirror my dreams and fears. Some of them relate to memories I have, people in my past or people around me. Yet others deal with my needs for protection, my fear of being locked in or shut out and my fascination with visible and invisible boundaries. I am intrigued by the process in which walls simultaneously define and shut out space. My work is about finding refuge, and freedom.
​I take my inspiration from the everyday rhythms in life; how we move, interact, build, love and heal. And I'm fascinated by industrial structures and things that fly. When I was six years old, I learned to sew. This love for textile techniques constitutes an important aspect of my jewellery practice. Soldering and sewing have a lot in common: I am drawn to its time-consuming, repetitive and meditative nature. It forces me to slow down and it gives me a sense of freedom: that I can use the needle or flame to build, connect and repair anything.'
​Born 1969, lives and works in Middelburg, the Netherlands. Studied law in Leiden and Amsterdam. Following a career in media and television, Carolina Apolonia went on to study silversmithing and jewellery design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. ​

Find me @:

​Galerie BEYOND, ​sint-jorispoort 27, antwerpen www.galeriebeyond.be
Klimt02: www.klimt02.net
Precious Collective:  www.preciouscollective.com
​​Apparat: www.apparat.be
Instagram: www.instagram.com
NCTRN: NCTRN 
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-2011 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp BE
2011 Atelier en route with Willemijn de Greef, Quesnoy le Montant France
2007 - 2012 Curator and owner of gallery IO contemporary jewellery & objects Middelburg NL
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2023
Romanian Jewellery Week @precious collective, Bucharest, Romania
TASTE with WM Collective, Ulvenhout NL
2022
TASTE Galerie Gerritse with WM Collective, Middelburg NL
2021
DOMUS-DOMI duo expo with Gésine Hackenberg, galerie Beyond Antwerp BE
2019
Schmuck jewellery week @galerie Beyond, Munich Germany
Finest Selection X3 galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE
Milano Jewellery Week @inthependant gallery, Milan Italy
NOSTOS Galerie Gerritse with WM Collective, Middelburg NL
2018
Finest Selection X2 galerie Beyond Antwerp BE
Inaugurações simultâneas quarteirão Miguel Bombarda Galeria Autoria, Porto Portugal
Inthependant Gallery, Porto Portugal
2017
Finest Selection X galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE
Galerie Gerritse duo expo with Leen Loef, Middelburg NL
Summer Show galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE
KunstRAI Art Fair @galerie Beyond, Amsterdam, NL 
CODA Apeldoorn museum shop
2016
Of things unknown but longed for still solo expo galerie Beyond Antwerp BE
Kunsthuis ApArt with Sandra vd Meulen and Gerdi Zwaan, Gullegem BE
Art Aurum, Domburg NL 
2015
The Best Of Galerie Beyond Fashion, Antwerp BE
Sieraad Art Fair Westergasfabriek Amsterdam NL
2014
Transformed VOGOZE gallery, Seoul, South-Korea
The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange with Nolia Shakti
Craft trend fair Seoul, South-Korea
2013
Arrhythmia solo expo galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE
Galerie Gerritse Middelburg NL
Shift Grunwald gallery Bloomington USA
Beijing international jewelry art biennale China
2012
PATRO(O)N silver museum Sterckshof Antwerp BE
Tankerekker train of thoughts, Skien Norway
International Craft Residency Cove Park Scotland
2011
Synthesis & belonging duo expo with Elis Vermeulen, Revolution 100.000etc. Middelburg NL
            Graduation Show Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp BE
Belonging solo expo Galerie IO Middelburg NL 
2010
Silvermuseum Sterckshof Antwerp BE
selected for the Wim Ibens prize
2009
Kloosterkapel gallery Zaltbommel NL
STEENRIJK cultural centre Ter Dilft Bornem BE
International Craft Biennale Cheongju  South-Korea honorable mention
Gallery Insularte Antwerpen BE
Prentenkabinet De Drvkkery Middelburg NL
Horteco Vilvoorde BE
GO!Art Koninklijk Atheneum Antwerpen BE
STEENRIJK cultural centre Mechelen BE 
2008
De Drvkkery Middelburg NL
2006 + 2007
CBK Zeeland Middelburg NL 
2005
Zeeuws Museum de Wonderkamer NL
Galerie POP Domburg NL 

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