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Jury 2026

Charon Kransen

Educator, Curator, Founder of Charon Kransen Arts

Charon Kransen established Charon Kransen Arts in New York City in 1993, in order to promote exciting jewelry from around the world in North America. The work is presented annually at various American art fairs, and at select galleries specializing in contemporary crafts and design...

Joy Stathopoulou

Lighting Artist

Joy Stathopoulou, the artist behind Reywal, was originally a lawyer, until she began to explore light from a different perspective. Her work explores the intersection of light and matter.

Sofia Björkman

Artist, Curator, Founder of PLATINA Gallery and Studio

Sofia Björkman is a Stockholm-based jewelry artist with an MA education (1998) and research studies (2014 and 2017) from Konstfack in Stockholm. In 1998, she started PLATINA gallery and studio...

Dr. Györgyi Mátyók

Art Manager, Curator

Dr Györgyi Mátyók is an economist, executive coach, trainer, jewelry designer, as well as an art manager and curator. She brings decades of leadership experience from the financial sector, while simultaneously building her artistic career...

Kostantia Manthou

Head of Creative Design and Production, Benaki Museum Shop

Kostantia Manthou is an architect. In her work, recurring themes such as temporary archives, cultural habits and artisanal techniques appear systematically....

Vanessa Anastasopoulou

Visual artist

Vanessa Anastasopoulou (b. 1972) studied at Wimbledon School of Art (BA Hons) and the Royal College of Art (MA Painting). She has exhibited widely in Greece, including Gallery 7, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Martinos Gallery and the Benaki Museum, and internationally in Belgium...

Jonathan Wahl

Senior Director, The Jewelry Center at the 92NY

Jonathan Wahl’s artwork ranges from drawing and sculpture to decorative arts. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the MFA Boston, and the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC. ...

Mari Ishikawa

Jewelry Artist, Visiting Professor at Kobe Design University

Mari Ishikawa, born in Kyoto, Japan, lives and works in Munich, Germany. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich with Prof. Otto Künzli, she held solo exhibitions in more than 20 countries in Europe, America and Asia...

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