Lin Cheung
(Verenigd Koninkrijk, 1971)
Winner of the Françoise van den Bosch Award 2018
Lin Cheung is a jewellery artist, designer and senior lecturer at Central Saint Martins. She trained at the Royal College of Art and lives and works in the UK. Her approach to designing and making questions the established and authorised uses and meanings of jewellery and objects. Her work is a personal response to everyday experiences and observations. Lin works independently and collaboratively on private and public commissions, personal research projects and design projects. She has won several awards for her work and exhibits internationally in major museums and galleries.
The jury of the 2018 Françoise van den Bosch Award:
Evelien Bracke
Beppe Kessler
Marc Monzó
Hans Stofer
Martijn van Ooststroom (chair)
Read the jury report here
The Relevance of Crafts
A symposium was held in her honour: The Relevance of Crafts. Lin Cheung herself contributed with three special jewellery interventions. Theory and a sensory experience made for a noteworthy combination. The reason behind this choice was the conceptual character of Lin Cheung’s work. Her jewellery pieces manage to address substantial issues in society. To reflect on this critical ability of crafts, three thinkers were invited: Grant Gibson, Juliette Huygen and Jan Boelen. What is relevant in the relationship of both makers and consumers to material and objects? On a Sunday afternoon in November, the contemporary jewellery world gathered in the auditorium of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam to find out.
Virág Motesiczky designed the trophy for Lin Cheung.
Click here to read the full article written by Saskia van Es >> A symposium on crafts
