This website showcases the different aspects of Beatrice Carlson practice as an interdisciplinay artist.
For the past 9 years, she has been using the body as a canvas; her narrative is more intimist as a contemporary jeweller, she creates
Adornment for the Body & Bijou for the Wall.
May 2024: Finalist of "the nature of imperfection" Jewellery & Adornment
Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston
PorcelainScape:Porcelain shards, Lapis Lazuli raw and polished, Ju Ci Sterling stapling:
Part of the UPSKILL Masterclass by Peter Deckers-Makers 101, a series of lectures by Andrea Daly and Neke Moa with assessments in response.
"Good as Gold ring":Sterling Silver, chocolate & fish sauce ganache, Raspberry jelly and hazelnut.
What Is valuable: a Sterling ring or the sensations, flavours, feelings during and after the discovery of the different layers.
Synesthesia
Finalist Parkin Drawing Prize 2024, Wellington NZ:"it flows blue" adornment for the wall
" I can handle it"
2026, 2027, 2028: Aotearoa New Zealand and International:
2026:
-18 April: Auckland Art Gallery presentation: “WOW, pain and pleasure”: Béatrice Carlson 10 times/10 years finalists World of WearableArt sculptural garments, Auckland Art Gallery auditorium – Auckland New Zealand
-Selection of International Juried Exhibition “Fragility”, Alliages-Asso France
- March: Munich Jewellery Week – Germany
- April-May: Valencia Melting Point - Spain
- June: Chateau de Cagnes-sur-mer, Destination Bijou Jewellery Week - France
- Oct-November: Lalabeyou, Madrid – Spain
-June: Destination Bijou, “Sparkle” Chateau de Cagnes-sur-mer Contemporary Jewellery Week France. The exhibition at Espace Solidor runs until end September.
-“Tincal Lab Challenge 2025 Jewellery & Celebration International TOURING Exhibition:
- May/June: Legnica Silver Festival - Legnica, Poland
- June/July: Galleria Carlo Lucidi - Rome, Italy
- September/October: 3rd Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial - Galeria Resistência, Lisbon, Portugal
- November/December: Galería Lalabeyou - Madrid, Spain
-23 August: “Where we meet” group show Angela Morton Room-Takapuna Library New Zealand: Pairing a poet and a visual artist: “Recycled words”, Jack Ross – Béatrice Carlson
-28 August: Béatrice Carlson 1 WORKSHOP, “Matisse et moi” Alliance Française Auckland, New Zealand
-30th August : The Vintners Bruch, Pullman Hotel:Hospice fundraising auction with 4 pieces of Beatrice Carlson Collection
-October: “How Digital Tools Are Reshaping Traditional Textile Practices in WearableArt”: Exhibition of Carlson WOW garments Windermere Campus, Tauranga
-14 November-31 December: Tincal Lab Challenge 2026 and Identity Porto, Portugal
-12/29 November: ”Perceivable - Perceptible” Collaborative Exhibition Carlson- Mazenier, Satellite2 Gallery- Devonport New Zealand
-Depot Artspace 30th anniversary group exhibition, Devonport New Zealand
-December: Re-Direct show Hospice fundraising
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2027: (List non exhaustive)
-May June: I Sea You, Exhibition curated by Béatrice Carlson
Waiheke Art Gallery:
Five female artists interweaving their work using and creating depth within their narrative:
Béatrice Carlson adorns objects
Janet Mazenier paints
Michelle Mayn weaves
Paola King-Borrero assembles
Rose Evans creates jewellery
We actually are all multidisciplinary artists, coming from diverse background and cultural horizon with a deep connection to our place here and the sea. We all met through one medium and then discovered about the different layers of our knowledge, practice and connections. “
-1st-8th October: Nelson Jewellery Week Collaborative Exhibition with
Rose Evans
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2028: (List non exhaustive)
-27 April-05 June: “Keeping Traces” Solo Exhibition and Residency
From out of the Blue Gallery, Opunake
"Reflection" ring, Finalist National Cleveland Art Awards 2021
Untreated sapphire, oxidised Sterling Silver