Bernhard Schobinger
(Switzerland, 1946)
Winner Françoise van den Bosch Award 1998
Bernhard Schobinger is recognised as a key figure of avant-garde contemporary jewellery. His subversive approach to making spans more than forty years and has earned him a reputation for rebellious innovation. His work skilfully transforms discovered objects into pieces that allude to past and present, precious and leftover. His reuse of ordinary, almost crude, materials shares some of the methods of Surrealism and Arte Povera, as well as displays an early influence of Constructivism’s industrial, angular style. But overall, it’s a punk ethos that has permeated Schobinger’s work ever since he encountered the burgeoning subculture in the late-1970s.
The jury of the 1998 Françoise van den Bosch Award:
Onno Boekhoudt
Marie-Hélène Cornips
Thimo te Duits
Guus Bakker
Gijs Bakker (chair)
Read the jury report here
The award ceremony took place in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, on 25 September 1999. His exhibition Feuer über Wasser – Bernhard Schobinger, Postindustrielle Schmuckobjekte was on show until 9 january 2000.
Berend Peter Hogen Esch 1974
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Noon Passama 2013
Portrait #6
Susanne Klemm 1996
Man-Woman
Kimmo Heikkilä 2001
6 x Brooch
Ruudt Peters 1990
Lamego
Chun Chang 2025
Everything is born at the End of the Flow
Iris Eichenberg 1995
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Sophie Hanagarth 2013
Lipstick
Ruudt Peters 1972
Necklace
Marion Herbst 1994
Little Cake
Liesbet Bussche 2009
Urban Jewellery
Suzanne Esser 1973
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Sophie Hanagarth 2013
Trap
Frans van Nieuwenborg 1972
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Jing He 2014
Potential Pins No.7
Tomomi Arata 1997
Treasures from under the Sea
Maria van Kesteren 1970
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Tarja Tuupanen 2000
Smokey Quartz Necklace
Paul Derrez 1985
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Françoise van den Bosch 1970
Two-piece bracelet
Noon Passama 2017
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Françoise van den Bosch 1972
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Marc Monzó 2004
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Lin Cheung 2018
Delayed Reactions – Slightly Sad
Roos van Soest 2008
Bravo
Hil Andringa
Square tile with one curled angle
Tarja Tuupanen 2003
Black Granite Necklace
Lisa Walker 2010
Newtown Necklace
Marijke de Goey 1986
Square
Françoise van den Bosch 1970
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Gemma Draper 2005
Is almost the right shape
Lauren Kalman 2015
Device for Filling a Void (4)
Virág Motesiczky 2019
Not So Sad Anymore, letters
Françoise van den Bosch 1973
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David Roux Fouillet 2012
Princess of 22
Norman Weber 1999
Minimal nr.2
Manon van Kouswijk 1996
An Angel at my Table
Helen Britton 2001
Silver Structure with 2 Dishes
Réka Fekete 2018
Sydney Parks
Bruno Ninaber van Eyben 1975
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Françoise van den Bosch 1976 / 1993
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Frans van Nieuwenborg 1972
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Sally Marsland 2000/2001
Almost Black
Onno Boekhoudt 1996
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Jan van der Vaart 1972
Zig-zag vase
Maureen Kortenbusch 2021
The Archive of Adorning Entities
Erik Kuiper 2008
Ranah
Andreea Raluca Cojocaru 2021
Made in Belgium by a Romanian
Blanca Sanchez 2005
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Frans van Nieuwenborg 1972
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Richard Elenbaas 2013
Distinction
Unknown artist 1965 - 68
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Paul de Nooijer 1990
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Gijs Bakker 1967
Circle bracelet
Françoise van den Bosch 1967/68
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Noon Passama 2011
Extra Button
Thomas Gentille 21st Century
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Ted Noten 1995
Cinderella’s Ring
Marcel Wanders 1992
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Françoise van den Bosch 1968
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Yuka Oyama 2003
Schmuck Quicky
Terhi Tolvanen 2004
Prima Gemmula
Ted Noten 2004
Coffee Cup
Robert Smit 2002 - 2003
Bottle in Landscape
Sally Marsland 2001-2002
Flat Colour
Virág Motesiczky 2019
Not So Sad Anymore
Marijke de Goey 1986
Square
Marc Monzó 2004
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Marc Monzó 2009
Sun
Marc Monzó 2016
Moon
Peggy Bannenberg 1992
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Hil Andringa ca. 1970
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Gijs Bakker 1967
Pinkring
Masao Takahashi 2005
Samurai Sword
Maria van Kesteren 1982
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Françoise van den Bosch ca. 1969/70
Life Cycle
Marc Monzó 2013
Wall
Pierre Degen 1984
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Esther Knobel 1987
Train
Ineke Heerkens 2021
Beading Breath
Françoise van den Bosch 1974
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Marion Herbst 1971
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Barend van Herpe 1990
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Onno Boekhoudt 1990
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Nel Linssen 1992
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Françoise van den Bosch 1970
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Françoise van den Bosch 1974/77
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Unknown artist 1970 - 72
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Françoise van den Bosch 1971
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Manfred Bischoff 1991
Mann mit zwei Fragen
Xinyao Ding 2023
Sprouting
Unknown artist ca. 1970
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Veronika Fabian 2020
Biglink
Dominique Pelletey 1990
Ode au noir et blanc
Françoise van den Bosch
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Karl Fritsch 2000
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VES 1984
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Terhi Tolvanen 2004
Flos Bipetalus
Lauren Kalman 2015
Device for Filling a Void (4)
Chun Chang 2026
Gideon
Rudi de Gruijl 2023
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Zaina Benhamou 2025
Going for Gold
Emmy van Leersum 1969
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Zbigniew Kosc 1990
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Otto Künzli 1992
When Mickey Mouse was Born
Sally Marsland 1999
Composite (white, two cups)
Maureen Kortenbusch 2021
The Quiet Globe of Air
Marit van Heumen 2015
Ladder
Florian Weichsberger 2019
Decontext
Françoise van den Bosch 1974
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Jing He 2014
Potential Pin
Françoise van den Bosch 1967/77
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Gijs Bakker 1987
Jonas Nr 1
Françoise van den Bosch 1969
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Iris Bodemer 1999
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Françoise van den Bosch 1974
Two-part object
Adriaan van Strien 1971
Ball-bearing Bracelet
Benedikt Fischer 2023
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Frans van Nieuwenborg and Martijn Wegman 1982
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Frans de Wit 1975
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Sophie Hanagarth 2008
Bretzel
Berend Bodenkamp 1975
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Julia Obermaier 2024
KOH-I-NOOR and Friends – Hardtmuth
Richard Elenbaas 2013
Lost Story
Françoise van den Bosch 1968
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François Morellet 1972
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Kimmo Heikkilä 2004
Measure Ring
Helena van der Kraan 1990
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Bernhard Schobinger 1984
Vogelkette
Karl Fritsch 2006
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Helen Britton 2002
Garden of Infinity
Marion Herbst 1986
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Françoise van den Bosch 1968
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Françoise van den Bosch 1976
Cushion brooch
Lin Cheung 2016
Together
Xavier Ines Monclús 2004
The Whale’s Playground
Françoise van den Bosch ca. 1974
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Lucien den Arend ca. 1970
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Marc Monzó 2003
Flat Brooch
Marion Delarue 2017
Parrot Devotees
Manami Aoki 2017
Hair of the Wood 1
Corrina Goutos 2024
Ehmi
Sarah Regensburger 2017
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Ted Noten 1998
Chew Your Own
Manami Aoki 2017
Hair of the Wood 3
Andrea Wagner 1997
Ring with stone and ingrown jewelry
Françoise van den Bosch 1973
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Mikiko Minewaki 2003
PLAchain
Boris de Beijer 2011
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Eleonora Radke 2021
Schmatzen
Marit van Heumen 2015
Neck Piece
Françoise van den Bosch 1973
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Marc Monzó 2006-2010
Black Star
Françoise van den Bosch 1976
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Noon Passama 2009
Big Fat Trophy
B.O.E.-group 1974
B.O.E.-box
Richard Elenbaas 2012
Elenbaas coin
Françoise van den Bosch
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Lin Cheung 2007/2019
Jewellery Library
Eline Willemarck 2015
Trophy
Julia Obermaier 2024
J/D/M_110_U+
Jiro Kamata 2005
Sunny Ring
Françoise van den Bosch 1971
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Warwick Freeman 1992, 1997, 1998, 2001
5 brooches
Françoise van den Bosch ca. 1974/75
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Marijke de Goey 1986
Triangle
Blanca Sanchez 2005
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Françoise van den Bosch 1969
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Yutaka Minegishi 2005
Ants’ Queen
Marc Monzó 2004
Plastic Sticks
Jing He 2013
Trophy for David
David Bielander 2008
Corn Cob
Françoise van den Bosch 1973
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Corrina Goutos 2024
Lit Clip
Annelies Planteijdt 1987
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Charlotte van der Waals 1974
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Conversation Piece 2016
Gold Rush
Françoise van den Bosch
Two hallmarks in original box
Susanne Klemm 1996
Inflammable
Françoise van den Bosch 1974
Life cycle