SAMUEL GUILLÉN (born 1977)
Esquina
Silver, lapis lazuli, and stainless steel, 2 inches (length)
Executed in 2019
This brooch is no. 1 in an edition of 5
SG-73
Color Code
Silver, vitreous enameled copper, and white gold
26 1/4 inches (length)
Executed in 2019
This necklace is unique
SG-68
Ivory / Cream
Silver, vitreous enameled copper, and magnets
6 7/8 x 2 1/4 inches
Executed in 2019
This bracelet is unique
SG-70
Samuel Guillén, born in 1977 in Caracas, Venezuela, is a jeweler who trained with Klaus Bürgel, Susan Sloan, and Ursi Galletti.
An accomplished silversmith, Guillén conceives, designs and materially produces all his pieces in limited editions, featuring repetitive patterns through hollow construction techniques in sterling silver.
Living and working in New York, GUILLÉN conceives, designs, and manually produces all his pieces in silver, using hollow construction and various oxidation techniques. Interested in classic modern jewelry, GUILLÉN cites primitive and ancient silverwork as well as contemporary urban landscape as inspirations. Most recently, GUILLÉN'S production has taken inspiration from the arresting visual presences of entanglements of the basic metallic elements that constitute urban and industrial landscape: rough steel, cabling, scaffolding, and tubin.
In 2012 GUILLÉN had a one person exhibition, Geometric Paths, at the Cultural Park La Trinidad/Secadero Uno in Caracas. His work has been shown at the Centro Cultural Secaderos in Caracas (Venezuela) and at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake design store in São Paulo (Brasil). His last solo exhibition, Samuel Guillen: Recent Jewelry, 2015 took place at Davis and Langdale Company in New York. His work has been in group exhibitions at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake design store in São Paulo, Brazil, and, most notably, at the National Salon of the Arts of Fire in Venezuela, and Brooklyn Metal Works.
Samuel Guillén featured in Vice Versa magazine interview about his recent work.
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NEW YORK, NY 10021
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