Virginia Colonnella · Virgo Picena
Virginia Colonnella.
An ongoing inquiry.
Goldsmithing, engraving, drawing, sculpture and body art. Different languages born of a shared inquiry: archetypes encountered in places, experiences and the imagination.
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Pforzheim · 2017 / 2021
A mark for
the city of Pforzheim.
Goldenes Buch
My typographic design for the title page of Pforzheim’s new Golden Book won a 2017 competition for Goldschmiedeschule students. The city presented the book in September 2021.
Title-page illustration and calligraphic execution: Lucia Albig.
Source: City of Pforzheim ↗The journey
- 2004–2009
Rome
Diploma in Decoration / Fine Arts (master’s level) at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. Final grade: 110/110 with honours.
- 2009–2012
Rome · SAM
Specialist artistic training in medal art at SAM, Scuola dell’Arte della Medaglia, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy.
- 2016–2018
Pforzheim
Goldsmithing training at Goldschmiedeschule Pforzheim.
- 2018–2020
Bonn
Apprenticeship at Birgitta Knauth Schmuck, including the final examination.
- 2023
Ascoli Piceno
Training in tattooing and piercing, including the final examination.
- Today
Offida
Virgo Picena atelier and tattoo studio in Marche, Italy.
The form changes.
The inquiry remains.
From the engraved surface of a jewel to the narrative of a medal: each work is an opportunity to explore the relationship between symbol and material.
JewelleryThe next form
begins with a meeting.
Tell me about an idea, a symbol or a project. For jewellery, a coin, a tattoo or a collaboration.
Or email me directly
vp@virginiacolonnella.it