EDUCATION
2011-14 M.F.A. Gemstone and Jewellery Department, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Idar-Oberstein DE
2005-08 Graduate degree in Jewellery Art, Escola Massana, Barcelona ES
2002-03 Jewellery and Metals, University of Oregon, Eugene USA
1996-00 Bachelor in Graphic Design, Universidad Intercontinental, Mexico City
AWARDS
2018
"RCMC Fellowship in Design Studies" Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden NL
2016
1st Award of the Marshall of Lower Silesia Province 25th Legnica Jewellery Competition PL
2014
New Traditional Jewellery Award “Confrontations” Amsterdam NL
“ISSP Förderpreis Junge Schmuckkunst” Finalist, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim DE
2006
Design prize “Association of Jewellers of Catalunya”, Barcelona ES
WORK IN COLECTIONS
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim DE
SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2019
"Visions of Nature" Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich DE
2018
“Shine Bright” Galerie Slavik, Vienna AU
2017
“Aire Negro” Galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE
2015
“Alejandra Solar |Alexandra Brachtendorf” Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg LU
“Aire Negro” solo show during Schmuck, Markus Müller, Munich DE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
"30 Ans Galerie Orfèo", Luxembourg LU
"Gioiello Devozionale Contemporaneo" Organized by "Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo" Oratorio di San Rocca, Pauda IT
"Tarot" Galerie la Joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris FR
"Révélations" Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris FR
"Let There Be Rock" The Museum of Bohemian Paradise, Turnov CZ
"LithoMania" Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin DE
2021
"Memento Mori" Espace Borax, Vevey CH
The Fine Contemporary Craft Biennale "De Mains de Maîtres", Luxembourg LU
2020
International Biennial of Contemporary Metal Art "METALLOphone", Vilnius LT
"Rock Stars" Schuett Edelsteine, Pforzheim DE
"STEINE - der letze Schliff" Galerie Handwerk, Munich DE
"Eine Vorstellung Von Schonheit" Galerie Isabella Hund, Munich DE
2019
“Stone” Gallery SO, London UK
“Mirabilia” Galerie la Joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris FR
“Kunstrai Art” with Galerie Beyond, Amsterdam NL
“Heroes” showing with Galerie Beyond at Schmuck, Munich DE
“European Prize for Applied Arts” National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny IR
2018
“European Prize for Applied Arts” WCC-BF Gallery Les Anciens Abattoirs, Mons BE
“La Frontera”, Museum of Arts and Design, New York USA
“Elle-Luit” Galerie du WCC-BF, Mons BE
"Sieraden-Makers & Dragers", Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal NL
“Heroes” showing with Galerie Beyond at Schmuck, Munich DE
“Finest Seleccion X2” Galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE
2017
“Schmuck 2017” International Handwerkmesse, Munich DE
"Sieraden-Makers & Dragers" Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden NL
“Rock Stars” Sieraad Art Fair, Amsterdam NL
"Archipielago” Galeria Tereza Seabra, Lisbon PT
“Kunstrai Art” with Galerie Beyond, Amsterdam NL
"Summer Jewellery Festival" Galerie Slavik, Vienna AU
"25 Ans Galerie Orfèo", Luxembourg LU
2016
"Neuer Schmuck aus Idar-Oberstein" Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, Trier DE
"Sieraad Art Fair", Amsterdam NL
“City” 25th Legnica International Jewellery Competition, Legnica PL
“A Motley Crew - New Pieces from the Collection”, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim DE
“Archive of Objects of Vertu” Phoebus Rotterdam Art Gallery, Rotterdam NL
2015
"Brilliant Load”, Galeria Tereza Seabra, Lisbon PT
"Ausgezeichnet! Most excellent!" Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Chemnitz DE
“Omnia Vanitas”, WCC-BF Gallery Les Anciens Abattoirs, Mons BE
“Cominelli Foundation Award”, Palazzo Cominelli, Brescia IT
"SleepLess", Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein DE
“Collective Design” with Ornamentum, Skylight Clarkson Sq, New York USA
“Debut im Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim” DE
2014
“Confrontations”, NTJ, Sieraad Art Fair, Amsterdam NL
“LOOT”, Museum of Arts and Design, New York USA
“Marzee Graduate Show”, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen NL
“Cominelli Foundation Award”, Palazzo Cominelli, Brescia IT
“NSAIO 5”, Landesvertretung Rheinland-Pfalz, Berlin DE
“La Frontera”, Houston Center of Contemporary Art, Houston USA
“Think Twice”, Arocena Museum, Torreón/ Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City MX
2013
"The Artist of the Gallery", Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg LU
“Articulations”, Circuits Bijoux, Maison du Mexique, Paris FR
“Think Twice”, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallin EST / Center of the Arts, Monterrey MX
“La Frontera”, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco USA / Art Gallery at Indiana University, USA / Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City MX
2012
“New Nomads”, NTJ, Sieraad Art Fair, Amsterdam NL / Museum for Modern Art, Arnhem NL
“Neuer Schmuck aus Idar-Oberstein”, Ecke Galerie, Augsburg DE
“Barcelona- Barcelona”, Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein DE
2011
“Secret Garden”, New Values, Berlin DE
“Impressions of Massana”, Galerie Pilartz, Cologne DE
“Schmuck 2011” Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich DE / Solidor Art Space, Cagnes-sur-Mer FR
“Think Twice: New Latin American Jewellery”, Bellevue Museum of Arts, Seattle USA
2010
“True Colors”, NTJ, Sieraad Art Fair, Amsterdam NL / Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, DE / Museum for Modern Art, Arnhem, NL
“Think Twice: New Latin American Jewellery”, Museum of Arts and Design, New York USA.
“Walking the Gray Area”, Galeria Emilia Cohen, Mexico City MX
2009
"Euro Bijoux", Designers Gallery, Menorca ES
“Off Massana”, Poble Espanyol, Barcelona ES
2008
“Marzee Graduate Show”, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen NL
“Permeable”, La Capella, Barcelona ES
“Graduate Show Escola Massana”, Anthera Gallery, Barcelona ES
“Enjoia’t”, La Basilica, Barcelona ES
2007
“Antiwar Medals”, Velvet Davinci, San Francisco USA / Thomas Mann Gallery, New Orleans USA
“V Traveling Symposium of Contemporay Jewellery”, Vilafranca del Penedés ES
”La força del lloc”, Artesania Catalunya, Barcelona ES
“El Reliquiari”, Sala Busquets, Escola Massana, Barcelona ES
TEACHING
“Le souvenir” workshop, Institut des Arts et Metiers de la Ville de Bruxelles, Brussels BE