Amberif Design Award 2022- jury verdict

2022-02-28

The verdict of the AMBERIF DESIGN AWARD 2022 - the 26th International Competition for the Design of Jewellery with Amber, was issued on the 21st of February 2022 in Gdańsk.

The Jury:

  • Monika Brugger, France
  • Anders Ljungberg, Sweden
  • Yutaka Minegishi, Japan
  • Katarzyna Rzehak, Polska
  • Theo Smeets, Netherlands

At an online session on 21 February 2022, the Jury assessed 202 entries submitted in the Competition with the topic Amber as a Reward! by 160 artists from 32 countries: Iran, Poland, Latvia, Belgium, Germany, Russian Federation, Argentina, Finland, Lithuania, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Sweden, South Korea, Spain, Slovakia, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Mexico, Turkey, Portugal, China, Austria, Australia, Estonia, Canada, Ukraine, Taiwan, Romania, Israel.

The Jury awarded the following prizes:

Grand Prize: sponsored by the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk, PLN 10,000:

Emma Carrau Bueno, Italy- Amber Drops Pattern Necklace

Amber Prize: 1 kg of amber sponsored by the International Amber Association + an exhibition at the IAA Gallery

Alberto Dávila, Mexico – Still Here

Silver Prize: sponsored by the Gdańsk International Fair Co - 1 kg of silver

Tadeusz Jaśkowiak, Poland - Medal

Source: MTG SA

We would like to congratulate all of the winners especially Alberto Dávila whose exhibition we are longing to see at the IAA Gallery in 2023.