MANUEL VILHENA CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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Manuel Vilhena, artisan, teacher, contemporary
jeweller, adult educator, chef, and bicycle mechanic - not
necessarily in that order, was born in Lisbon, Portugal in the late 60's and
started making Jewellery in his teens, learning from master craftsmen
in Brazil. He completed his training as a classical
goldsmith in Portugal in 1989 and worked in Italy in a small family owned
workshop for many years. He studied Contemporary Jewellery in Cologne, Germany, under Prof. Skubic, and at the Royal College of Art, London, under Prof. Watkins, where he completed his Master's degree in 1998. Since graduation, he has taught extensively at educational institutions throughout the world, including the Royal College of Art, London; Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo; Silpakorn University, Bangkok; AR.CO., Lisbon, Alpe-Adria University, Klagenfurt, the Shenkar College, Tel-Aviv and the Alchimia Jewellery School, Florence, where he was senior lecturer for six years. He was workshop leader at the Salzburg Summer Academy for two years and held a Professorship at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts for four years, having worked there for a total of eight years. His artwork is exhibited worldwide and can be seen in several books on Contemporary Jewellery and in some public permanent collections, including those of the Danner Rotunde, Munich, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the MUDE Design Museum, Lisbon, the Swiss National Museum, amongst a few others. Since 2015 Manuel has been engaged mainly in educational projects and in 2019 he completed a Master's Degree in Adult Education. He practises worldwide, aiming at developing people's autonomy, critical thinking, social praxis and creative potential. He is an entertaining lecturer and most of what he says is true. |
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