ALAIN ROGGEMAN

Born in Burundi 1960

Training, professional, and artistic studies, Jewellery school in Brussels

1979-1985: drawing and jewellery design, lost wax modelling, jewellery, silversmith & contemporary jewellery

1979: Journey in Congo learning African filigree techniques

2012: Workshop with Mr Ramon Puig from Barcelona

2012: International Amber Workshop, Gdansk

Collective exhibitions

1985-2023

Brussels, Waterloo, Antwerp (B)

Gdansk, Legnica, Warsaw, Poznan, Sandomierz, Krakow (Pol)

Chicago (USA), Vilnius (Lith), Venice, Drena (I)

Moscow, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyark, Yekatarinaburg (Rus)

Devotion Jewelry, Padova – Italy

Jewelry and Literature, Tincal Lab, Porto – Portugal

Solo Exhibitions

2018-2022

Legnica, Gdansk (Pol)

Since 2021

Private Studio, Brussels

Collections at

Galeria Sztuki of Legnica + District Museum of Sandomierz + Amber Museum of Gdansk, Poland

Private collections Belgium, France, Poland

Awards

1999-Public Award, Diamond High Council, Antwerp (B)

2013-Mention Amberif Design Award, Gdansk (Pol)

2016-Organizers Special Award, Legnica Silver Festival (Pol)

2020-Mention for balance of thought and composition, Vilnius (Lit)

2022-Mention Amberif Design Award, Gdansk (Pol)

Since 1992

Teacher, lecturer, workshop coordinator at the Jewellery School Jeanne Toussaint, Brussels (B)

Collection concept:

Bucharest 2023 - The last five years

Retrospective and prospective. An overview of the last five years of creating and making.

Looking at the evolution of my inspiration and the way how to transform it into jewelry with a meaning and a questioning about (and for) the future.

Alain Roggeman (Belgium)