设计师简介
2009年Eastern Michigan University Honors College，美术与英语文学；
2013年密歇根大学University of Michigan艺术设计学院，雕塑、珠宝与金属；
2016年威斯康星大学University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee艺术学院，雕塑、珠宝与金属，艺术硕士。
主要研究3D设计，曾在英国Earlham College、美国San Francisco State University、University of Michigan、University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee等学校担任金属3D设计讲师。
会员：Art Jewelry Forum、Klimt.02、Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)、College Arts Association (CAA)、Ethical Metalsmiths 、Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)、Crafthaus、Golden Key International Honor Society、Agabigum CV 2019
个展
2018
Hello My Name is… What? New Faculty Exhibition Richmond, IN (Solo)
What Lies Beneath: Melis Agabigum & Rachel Andrea Davis Melanithros Art Space, Athens, Greece (Two Person)
2017
May the Bridges I Burn, Light the Way Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
(Solo)
2016
Rumination and Bonds Founders Gallery, Wilmington, DE (Solo)
部分受邀展览
2020
6X: Mistaken for Strangers 117 Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI (Group) [FORTHCOMING] micro/MACRO: Collaborative Exhibition of Midwest Metals Programs, Ivy Technical Institute Gallery, Bloomington, IN [FORTHCOMING]
2019
6X: Mistaken for Strangers: NYCJW’19 208 Bowery, Manhattan, NY (Group)
Get It On!: The UltraModern Necklace SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Jewelry and Anatomy Tincal Lab, Porto, Portugal
CONTROLS/CTRL+S: Art Jewelry Night Budapest, Hungary
Collectiva Meeting ’19 Collectiva Gallery, Porto, Portugal
Cluster Crafts Jewelry Edition The Old Truman Brewery, London, England (Invited)
Intersecting Spaces: Athens Jewelry Week Central Exhibition Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
6X: Mistaken for Strangers: AJW’19 TAF Art Space, Athens, Greece (Group)
Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH
SCHMUCK / SCHMOCK Northcity 4 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
You Can’t Touch a Ghost Galleri 2987, Detroit, MI
Sneak Peek, Part II: A Look at Private Art Collections Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (Invited)
Articulating Craft Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
METALS 2019: Michigan Silversmiths Guild WSU Gallery, Detroit, MI (Invited)
作品和设计说明
系列名：When…
触摸和互动是珠宝固有的结果。我用“触摸的欲望”作为创作我的系列作品“当……”的基础。
对于每一件作品，我都试图在材料和概念之间找到一个平衡。我的作品是由个人经验和在与他人的联系中寻找相似之处所驱动的。我把珐琅质移到一个脆弱、钙化和不稳定的地方，挑战传统工艺所熟悉的关于美丽的概念。我烧制珐琅到黑色、绿色和蓝色氧化的程度，或者烧制到它几乎像糖果一样融合到表面。
与令人不安的表面形成对比的是，编织结构的“温暖”让观众与作品更紧密地互动。这种亲密感，与将珐琅质过度烧制或不烧制时的冰冷形成对比，是我认为给我的作品带来美的感觉的原因。我在我的珠宝中所灌输的禁忌主题的黑暗中看到了美。有通过颜色和质地的寒冷;感官纺织链或硅橡胶从身体经验;视觉平衡和不安(但以一种愉快的方式)的重复和结构。There is coldness through colour and texture; sensual textile chaining or silicone rubber that draws from bodily experience; visual balance and unease (but in a pleasant way) in repetition and structure.这些二分法驱使我去接受那些不那么美好的存在——自我怀疑、欲望、欲望、困惑、包袱、情感距离和脆弱。随着时间的推移，这些碎片被磨损和展示，它们会变形、开裂，并通过它们的脆弱和磨损而被改变。随着时间的推移，这些碎片的进化暴露了材料的脆弱性。最终，我相信这就是美在实体产品中体现的地方。美是欲望成为我们灵魂对物质、内容、审美和联系的感知的升华。
When You Were My Home
Bracelet 2019
11.5 x 14.6 x 7.2 (CM)
Copper, Enamel, Waxed Cotton
When I Found Myself Again
Necklace 2019
13.5 x 42.7 x 5 (CM)
Copper, 14K Gold, Enamel, Waxed Cotton, Powdercoat, Silicone Rubber
When You Brought It Back to Life
Necklace 2019
15.2 x 9 x 41 (CM)
Copper, Enamel, Waxed Cotton, Silicone Rubber
