Veronika Fabian is a British-Hungarian jewellery artist. She earned her BA in Jewellery Design from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London in 2018 and completed her MA at the Sandberg Instituut, Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in 2020. With a background of studies in social sciences and analysis, her series investigate the impact of contemporary capitalism on daily life and personal identity, both of which play a vital role in her work.
Fabian has received numerous awards including a Marzee Graduate prize, Cartier Scholarship, Swarovski ‘Power of Transformation’ prize and the MullenLowe NOVA, Unilever ‘Unstereotype’ Award. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in collections such as the National Museum of Scotland, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim and the Museum of Applied Arts in Hungary.
STUDIES
2018-2020 Sandberg Instituut, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, MA Challenging Jewellery
2015-2018 Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, BA Jewellery Design
2014 Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Firenze, summer course
2013-2015 Training School for the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Jewellery and Silversmithing
1999-2005 Budapest University of Economic Sciences, MSc Economic Policy
EXHIBITIONS
2023 ‘CLASP ME FIRMLY, HOLD ME TIGHT’, Solo exhibition at Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
2023 Delight, Dubniczay Palota, Művészetek Háza, Veszprém, Hungary
2023 Craft Competition, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2023, Korea
2023 ‘LINKING TALE, solo exhibition at Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
2023 Friedrich Becker Prize exhibition, Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf
2023 ,Secreto’, Helen Ritz Gallery, Melting Point, Valencia
2023 SCHMUCK 2023, CCCC Centro del Carmen de Cultura Contemporánea, Valencia
2023 SCHMUCK 2023, IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich
2023 Collect 2023, Represented by Galerie Marzee, Somerset House, London
2022 Design Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami
2022 Perfume, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2022 Salon Art + Design, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, New York
2022 PAN Amsterdam 2022, Represented by Galerie Marzee, Amsterdam
2022 Third Story, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
2022 20 Years Ornamentum, Ornamentum Gallery, New York
2022 European Prize for Applied Arts, Artesania Catalunya, Barcelona
2022 SCHMUCK 2022, IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich
2022 ‘Common Space’, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2022 30 years Celebration Exhibition, Galerie Biro, Munich
2021 European Prize for Applied Arts, World Crafts Council Europe, BeCraft, Belgium
2021 Design Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami
2021 Salon Art + Design, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, New York
2021 PAN Amsterdam 2021, Represented by Galerie Marzee, Amsterdam
2021 ‘ONCE UPON A TIME’, Solo exhibition, Ornamentum Gallery, New York
2021 ‘Tools for Conviviality’, Main exhibition of the Cheongju Craft Biennale 2021, Korea
2021 ‘NOVA X: Creative Careers catalysed by Central Saint Martins and MullenLowe Group Limited’, Lethaby Gallery, London
2021 ‘Cellux – Problem Solved’, ÚjMűhely Galéria, Szentendre, Hungary
2021 ‘Presentation in silver’, Boutwell Schabrowsky Gallery, organised by Galerie Biro, Munich
2021 ‘YOU, ME AND YOUR STUFF’, Solo exhibition, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
2021 SCHMUCK 2021, Online exhibition on Klimt02
2021 Collect 2021, Represented by Galerie Marzee, Online exhibition on Artsy
2020 Design Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami
2020 Sandberg Graduation Show, Het HEM, Amsterdam
2020 ‘Design Without Borders’, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
2020 Metallophone: Museum, National Museum of Lithuania, The Bastion of the Vilnius Defensive Wall, Vilnius
2020 Appèl Galeries at Werkwarenhuis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2020 SCHMUCK 2020, Online exhibition due to the cancellation of the event at IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich
2020 Collect 2020, Represented by Galerie Marzee, Somerset House, London
2020 ‘New Temptations’, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn
2020 ‘Be a Sweetheart’, Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milano
2019 Design Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami
2019 PAN Amsterdam 2019, Represented by Galerie Marzee, Amsterdam
2019 ‘Lonely Hearts Club’, New York City Jewellery Week, New York
2019 Gallery opening, Vice Versa, Lausanne
2019 ‘Portal & One Year On 2019’, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Wales
2019 ‘Ravary’, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
2019 ‘Present’, Marzee 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen
2019 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London
2019 ‘The Size of Thoughts’, White Conduit Projects, London
2019 Veronika Fabian + Lauren Kalman, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon
2019 Frame at Schmuck, Represented by Gallery Marzee, Munich Jewellery Week, Munich
2019 ‘Fabricate’, Exhibition of work by staff and students of CSM BA Jewellery Design, Munich Jewellery Week, Vitsoe Showroom, Munich
2019 Collect 2019, Represented by Galerie Marzee, Saatchi Gallery, London
2019 ‘Viewpoints’, Gallery Platina, organised by Galerie Biro, Stockholm
2019 ‘Everyone Says Hello’, Norwegian Crafts, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2018 ‘Sustainable Innovation’, Exhibition organized by Swarovski, Barbican Centre, London
2018 PAN Amsterdam 2018, Represented by Galerie Marzee, Amsterdam
2018 Sieraad Art Fair, Chain exhibition with Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Amsterdam
2018 ‘Abstract Expressions’, Zaha Hadid Gallery, London
2018 ‘Symbiosis’, Art Jewelry Night of Budapest, Contemporary Architecture Centre, Budapest
2018 ‘Creative Unions’, London Design Festival, Lethaby Gallery, London
2018 Marzee International Graduate Show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
2018 ITS Artwork 2018, International Talent Support, Trieste
2018 Swarovski Designer Talk, Swarovski Innovators meeting, Wattens, Austria
2018 CSM BA Jewellery Design Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, London
2018 ‘Intersected Spaces’, Athens Jewellery Week, Benaki Museum, Athens
2018 ‘Design Without Borders’, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest
2018 SCHMUCK 2018, IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich
2018 ‘Shelf Aware’, Exhibition of work by staff and students of CSM BA Jewellery Design, Munich Jewellery Week, Vitsoe Showroom, Munich
2018 ‘From Walter to Diva’, DIVA Diamond Museum, Antwerp
2018 ‘From Walter to Valerie’, Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp
2017 ‘Not Only Decoration’, Gallery Alja & Friends, Vienna Jewellery Days, Vienna
2017 ’42 carats’, Gallery K.A.S., Night of Jewellery Art Budapest, Budapest
2017 ‘Fise 35 art.craft.design’, Gallery B32, Budapest
2017 ‘The Permanent off the walls’, Lalabeyou Gallery, Madrid
2017 ‘ALL IN’, Solo Show, Gallery Erdesz, Szentendre, Hungary
2017 ‘Off the Shelf’, Exhibition of work by staff and students of CSM BA Jewellery Design, Munich Jewellery Week, Vitsoe Showroom, Munich
2017 ‘The Permanente’, Association Alliages, Lille
2017 ’Fresh Fishes’, SYDA – Studio of Young Designers Association, Budapest
2016 ‘Closer’, Night of Jewellery Art Budapest, Contemporary Architecture Centre, Budapest
2016 Medal exhibition of the British Art Medal Society, Oriel Henry Thomas Gallery, Wales
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
2023 Honorable mention, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2023, Korea
2023 Nominated for the Friedrich Becker Prize, Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V., Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau
2021 Nominated for the European Prize for Applied Arts, World Crafts Council Europe, BeCraft, Belgium
2020 Françoise van den Bosch Foundation, Young Talent acquisition, Amsterdam
2020 Finalist for the i-D & Artsthread & Gucci Global Design Graduate Show 2020
2018 MARZEE Graduate Prize winner, Nijmegen
2018 MullenLowe NOVA Awards, Unilever ‘Unstereotype’ Award winner, London
2018 Art Jewelry Night of Budapest, Main Patron Prize, Budapest
2018 Swarovski Design Project 2018, Power of Transformation winner, London
2018 Theo Fennell ‘Overall Best’ Award for the degree collection, London
2018 ITS Artwork Finalist, Trieste
2018 Goldsmiths’ Precious Metal Grant Award, London
2017 Cartier Scholarship, London
2017 William Atkinson Scholarship, London
2017 Shortlisted for the Swarovski Foundation Scholarship, London
2017 Theo Fennell ring design competition winner, London
2017 Leathersellers Award winner, London
2016 Night of Jewellery Art Budapest, ‘Closer’ design competition winner, Budapest
2016 J&J Bursary, London
2016 Suffrage Science design competition winner, London
2016 Shortlisted for the Royal Mint Britannia coin design competition, London
2016 Shortlisted for the British Art Medal Society Student Medal Project, London
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
2023 Dallas Museum of Art, USA
2023 Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2023 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
2021 Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Pinakothek der Moderne, Collection of the Danner Foundation, Munich, Germany
2021 Deedie Rose collection, Dallas, USA
2021 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
2020 Stedelijk Museum, Françoise van den Bosch Foundation collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Collection of Deedie Rose, USA
2019 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
2018 The Marzee Collection, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2018 Central Saint Martins Museum & Study Collection, London, UK
2017 Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary
LECTURES & TEACHING
2022 Lecture at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021 Lecturer, BA Jewellery Design course, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Hungary
2019 Lecture at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK
2019 Lecture at the Zimmerhof Schmucksymposium, Germany
2019 Lecture at Ar.Co Centro de Arte, Portugal
2016 Lecture at Training School for the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Jewellery and Silversmithing
COLLABORATIONS
2020 Bless
2019 ‘The Green Knight’ movie
2018 Swatch
2018 Swarovski
2018 Lin Cheung Jewellery
2017 Theo Fennell
2016 YKK
2016 Royal Mint
2016 MRC Clinical Sciences Centre
2016 British Art Medal Society
ARTICLES & PRESS
Robin, C. (2023) Bijou contemporain, Ateliers d’Art, Paris, page 40, October-November 2023
Robin, C., Mazlo, R. (2023) Sacrés Outils!, Robert Mazlo Endowment Fund for Art and Contemporary Jewellery, Paris, 2023
Schmuck 2023 Catalogue, Munich, Germany
Jones, JB (2023) Contemporary Jewelry with JB Jones: 5 Trends For 2023, 9 February 2023
Mazzoni, I. (2022) Geronnene Lebenszeit. Süddeutsche Zeitung, 6 July 2022
Schmuck 2022 Catalogue, Munich, Germany
Mackay, N. (2021) In the crossfire. Life at Scotland’s National Museum amid polarising culture wars. The Herald, 11 July 2021, page 34
Exhibitions at Galerie Marzee. Marzee Magazine N. 125, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
Tamás, A. (2021) Fábián Veronika. Marie Claire Hungary, 2021/4 issue, June 8 2021, page 26
Kávéfőzőből csinált nyakláncot a magyar ékszertervező. Marie Claire Hungary, April 27, 2021
Schmuck 2021. Klimt02, March 2021
Frankel, E. (2021) The Digital Diary. The Design Edit, March 9 2021
Untitled Future Artifact. Current Obsession – Munich Jewellery Week 2021 paper, March 2021
Doornbusch, E. (2020) Veronika Fabian. Hedendaagsesieraden.nl, November 2020
Saskia van Es (2020) Challenging Jewellery – a collaboration. Hedendaagsesieraden.nl, November 2020
Krikštopaitytė, M. (2020) Memories are poetry, Two biennials in Vilnuis. 7md, October 2020
On offer. Art Jewellery Forum, September 2020
On offer. Art Jewellery Forum, June 2020
Schmuck 2020 Catalogue, Munich, Germany
Schmuck 2020 Catalogue, Munich, Germany, online version
Special Show: “Schmuck 2020”. Art Aurea, January 2020, page 91
Special Show: “Schmuck 2020”. Art Aurea, January 2020, page 91 online version
Schmuck 2020. Klimt02, December 2019
Green, J. (2019) Veronika Fabian: The Political Jeweller. Benchpeg, September 2019
Fresh faces. Crafts Magazine, May/June 2019, page 9
Jewellery by Veronika Fabian and Lauren Kalman. Klimt02, 2019
Digital Artefacts. Current Obsession – Munich Jewellery Week 2019 paper, March 2019, page 18
Mckay, C. (2019) New Generation: Graduate directory. Wallpaper Magazine, January 2019, page 122
Daniel, D. (2018) She Calls Her Stock ‘Jewelry, Made by Artists’ The New York Times International Edition, November 30, page s10
Marzee International Graduate Show 2018. Marzee Magazine N. 114, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
Tomorrow’s designers today. Salt Magazine, 24/08/2018, p.23
SO MINT! Chain by Veronika Fabian. Current Obsession, 2018
Swarovski Design Project CSM BA Jewellery Design Winner 2018. Klimt02, June 2018
Winners announced for the 2018 Mullenlowe Awards. Mullenlowegroup.com, July 2018
Mullenlowe NOVA For Fresh Creative Talent, winner’s profile
Lloyd, K. (2018) Creative Unions: Material Identities. University of the Arts London
International Talent Support 2018 Catalogue, Trieste, Italy
Athens Jewelry Week 2018 Catalogue, Athens, Greece
Schmuck 2018 Catalogue, Munich, Germany
Maczák, O. (2017) Az ékszer ön- és létértelmezése. La Femme, September 2017
Simonyi, I. (2017) Új csillag születőben. Hungarian Applied Arts, 06/2017
