A love of materials and how they can be transformed into poetic jewellery objects are central to Christel’s practice. A collector of all manner of things, she searches for carefully considered relationships between sometimes disparate elements, with the intrinsic qualities of the materials as her starting point. Placed together, the mundane, the discarded and the overlooked invite the viewer and wearer to see and value jewellery in a new way.
Christel’s work has been exhibited in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Japan, and Poland and is held in private and public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney and the Alice and Louis Koch Collection in Switzerland. She has staged two solo exhibitions, Price-Less (Katherine Kalaf Gallery Perth, 2006) and Parts of the Story (Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 2014)
Born in the Netherlands, Christel has lived and worked in Perth, Western Australia since 1981.
The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Switzerland
Toowoomba City Collection, QLD
Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, NSW
Jaak van Damme, Jewelbook Stichting Kunstboek, Oostkamp, Belgium, 2012
Marthe Le Van, ed. Showcase: 500 Rings, Lark Books, Sterling Publications New York, 2012
Natalio Martin, Jewelry Design, Loft Publications, Barcelona/FKG Cologne, 2011, p.194, 230, 231, 235, 239, 247, 259, 278, 29
Marthe Le Van, ed. 21st Century Jewelry, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, 2011
Marthe Le Van, ed. 500 Silver Jewelry Designs, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, 2011
Jeffrey B.Snyder, Art Jewelry Today 3, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen USA 2011
Marthe Le Van, ed. 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York 2009, p.37,197
Marthe Le Van, ed. The Art of Jewelry Plastic and Resin, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, 2008, p.34
Andy Lim, The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008, Darling Publications, Cologne Germany, 2008 p.1287
Jeffrey B.Snyder, Art Jewelry Today, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen USA, 2008, p.225, 238, 249
Marthe Le Van, ed. 500 Necklaces Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York 2006, p.15, 333
Marthe Le Van, ed. The Art and Craft of Making Jewelry, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, 2006 p.48
Marthe Le Van, ed. 500 Bracelets, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York. 2005, p.32, 75, 166.
Marthe Le Van, ed. 500 Brooches, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, 2005, p.157
Marthe Le Van, ed. 1000 Rings, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, 2004, p.101,131
Robin Wells, Brenda Ridgewell, Christel Van Der Laan, Claire Townsend & Helena Bogucki
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October 3-20, 2018