Anya Kivarkis
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Anya Kivarkis
Professor | Department of Art | University of Oregon

Education

Master of Fine Arts, Metal, State University of New York at New Paltz
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Craft, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Solo, Two-Person, and Collaborative Exhibitions

2024 Solo Exhibition (upcoming Fall 2024), Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox, Massachusetts

2018 Time and the Other (collaborative exhibition with Mike Bray), The Firehouse at Fort Mason Center for Art and Culture (San Francisco), Represented by Sienna Patti Contemporary in conjunction with the Fog Art Fair

2016 Marble, Mirrors, Pictures and Darkness (collaborative exhibition with Mike Bray), INOVA – Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (catalogue)

The Portland2016 Biennial, White Box Gallery, curated by Michelle Grabner and presented by Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, Oregon (catalogue)

2014 September Issue (Solo exhibition), Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2008 Vanishing Point (Solo exhibition), Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (catalogue)

White on White (Solo Exhibition), Lamar Dodd School of Art Broad Street Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

2007 Blind Spot (Solo Exhibition), Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts (catalogue)

White Out: Yevgeniya Kaganovich and Anya Kivarkis, (two-person exhibition) Gallery M, Cleveland, Ohio, traveled to Lowe Jewelry Studio, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Invitational Group Exhibitions

2024 Speaking Jewels, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Curator: Martijn Akkerman

KUNSTRAI, Art Amsterdam, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Feminist Futures, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

2022 Preziosa, Florence Jewellery Week 2022, Galleria Delle Carrozze Palazzo Medici Ricardi, Florence, Italy

2021 Inaugural Installation, Christopher and Alida Latham Display, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington

Confluence: A Visual Discourse of US Academic Art Jewelers, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee

2020 Site Effects, Bavarian Association of Arts & Crafts (Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, BKV), Munich, Germany, traveling to Baltimore Jewelry Center (Maryland), Curators: Katja Toporski, Anja Eichler (catalogue)

Object Permanence, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, Maryland

2019 PAN Amsterdam Fair, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Nov 2019)

What Needs to be Said, Hallie Ford Fellows Exhibition, (Umpqua Valley Art Association, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Schneider Museum of Art), Oregon, Curator: Diana Nawi (catalogue) (Oct 2019-2021)

Six Years Smitten, Smitten Symposium, Traveling Exhibition: Form & Concept Gallery (Santa Fe, New Mexico), East Carolina University, Material Topics Symposium (North Carolina) (Oct 12, 2019)

Circling Back, Adorned Spaces, 2019 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Chicago, Illinois (Aug 2019)

Charmed, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox, Massachusetts (June 2019)

The View from a Jeweler’s Bench: Ancient Treasures, Contemporary Statements Bard Graduate Center Gallery, Bard College, New York, New York, Curator: Sasha Nixon (Feb – July 2019)

2018 Adorning Boston and Beyond: Contemporary Studio Jewelry Then + Now, Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts, Curator: Heather White

COLLECTIVE Design Fair, Represented by Sienna Patti Contemporary, New York, New York

Discursive, UO Summer Craft Forum, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene (catalogue)

Uncharted, Unbound, Unexpected, Facere Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2017 Symmetry Breaking, Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Portland, Oregon, Curator: Blake Shell (catalogue)

Sentimental Ornamentation, Fed Gallery, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Curator: Michele L. Bosak

Made in Oregon, Exhibition of UO Summer Craft Forum work, White Box Gallery, University of Oregon, Portland

Nasty Woman, Optik Gallery, Corvalis Oregon, Curator: Melody Owen

2016 Salon: Portland2016 Biennial, The Studio Visits, curated by Michelle Grabner and presented by Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, Oregon

Hallie Ford Fellows Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon

Go for Baroque, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin, Curator: Lena Vigna

Advance/Retreat, ZOOM Symposium, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Matched Makers: Northwest Artist Couples, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, Washington, Curator: Vicki Halper

Smitten Forum - Recent Work, Greenville Museum of Art, East Carolina University Symposium, Greenville, North Carolina

2015 State of Oregon Craft, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon, Curator: Namita Gupta Wiggers

Paducah School of Art and Design’s 2015 Jewelry and Metals Invitational,

Clemens Gallery, Clemens Fine Art Center, West Kentucky Community College

Smitten, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference Exhibitions, Boston, Massachusetts (catalogue)

The Maker's Army, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Midcareer Metalsmithing Residency Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

2014 Wear it Loud, R/R Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Platforma

COLLECTIVE Design Fair, Represented by Sienna Gallery, New York, New York

COLLECT, Represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Saatchi Gallery, London, England

KunstRAI 2014, Represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, hal 4 + 5, Netherlands

2013 In Dialogue with the Baroque, Handwerkskammer fur Munchen and Oberbayern, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany

COLLECTIVE Design Fair, Represented by Sienna Gallery, New York, New York

International Jewellery Exhibition, Noel Guyomarc’h Gallery, Quebec, Canada, traveling to Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Toronto, Canada

2012 GLIMMER, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusettes

The Decorative Impulse, Villa Terrace Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Curator: Yevgeniya Kaganovich

The Long Now, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Curator: Stamatina Gregory (catalogue)

2011 COLLECT, Represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

75 Gifts for 75 Years, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon, Curator: Namita Gupta Wiggers (catalogue)

2010 Realizing the Neo-Palatial: Objects of Virtue and Vice, The Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, 2010 Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, Curator: Garth Clark

20/20, Inaugural Exhibition, The School of Art + Design Gallery, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

Adornment and Excess: Jewelry in the 21st Century, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio, Curator: Lena Vigna (catalogue)

L’education Sentimentale, Solidor Art Space, Cagnes sur Mer, France, Curator: Christian Alandete (catalogue)

Extreme Beauty, Glassell School of Art, Houston Art Museum, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Houston, Texas

OBJECT Rotterdam, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Rotterdam, Netherlands

A Concise History of Northwest Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, Curator: Rock Huschka

Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, Represented by Sienna Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2009 So Fake, They’ll Think It’s Real, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts

Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, represented by Sienna Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Call + Response, Contemporary Craft Museum, Portland, Oregon, Curator: Namita Gupta Wiggers (catalogue)         

The Sting, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK, Curator: Jo Bloxham (catalogue)

OBJECT Rotterdam, represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) New York, represented by Sienna Gallery, New York, New York

2008 The Surrealist Impulse, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, Curator: Rock Hushka

Bridge Art Fair NY, represented by Sienna Gallery, New York, New York

18KGoldTone, Opulent Project Space, Portland, Oregon

Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) New York, represented by Sienna Gallery, New York, New York

Craft + Content, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Curator: Robly Glover(catalogue)

Pioneers of Art Jewelry from America, traveling exhibition in Japan, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, The Museum of Arts and Craft, Itami city, Hyogo Prefecture, Sendia Mediatheque Gallery, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Design Gallery, 4th Floor of the International Design Center, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Mitsubishi Artium Imz 8th Floor, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture (catalogue)

2007 Emerging Jewelers, Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts (catalogue)

NewArt Northwest, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon, Curator: Lawrence Fong

Laced With History, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygen, Wisconsin, Curator: Lena Vigna, (catalogue)

2006 RAZZLE DAZZLE, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygen, Wisconsin, Curator: Lena Vigna

Eye Contact, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

2005 Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts

Juxtapositions / Markers of Contemporary Metals II, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York

State University of New York-New Paltz selected Alumni Exhibition, D&H Canal Museum, High Falls, New York

Emerging Jewelers Exhibition, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts

2004 Marzee Graduate Show 2004, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands,

MIDORA Leipzig – Jewellery Exhibition, represented by Galerie Marzee.  Leipzig, Germany

Selected Exhibitions

2007 Schmuck 2007, International Jewelry Exhibition, New Munich Trade Fair Center, Munich, Germany (catalogue), Curator: Ramon Puig Cuyas

8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, Jurors:  Rock Hushka, Curator, Tacoma Art Museum, David Kiehl, Curator – Whitney Museum of American Art (catalogue)

2006 Coming Into View, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference (Yaan Wooley, Chicago), Chicago, Illinois, traveled to Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon, Curators: Mary Hallam Pearse and Sakurako Shimizu

Metamorphosis, Enamelist Society Conference Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee (catalogue)

Craft Forms 2005, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, Juror: David R. McFadden

2002  Openings, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, Jurors: Kathy Cottong, Michael Rooks, Curators, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art

24th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona, Juror: Mark R. Leach
Visiting Artist | Public Lectures | Symposia

2023 Visiting Artist, State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY), New Paltz, New York

2022 Visiting Lecturer, Jewelry and Film, Florence Jewellery Week 2022, Florence, Italy

2021 Visiting Artist (via Zoom), Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada

Gallery Talk, Confluence: A Visual Discourse of US Academic Art Jewelers (via Zoom), Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee

2020 AJF (Art Jewelry Forum) Live: The Baltimore Jewelry Center presents SITE EFFECTS: Jewelry on Both Sides of the Atlantic (via zoom), Curated by Anja Eichler and Katja Toporski, Art Jewelry Forum

2020 Visiting Critic, MFA in Applied Craft + Design, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), Oregon

2019 Panelist (in conjunction with exhibition, ‘The View from a Jewelers Bench: Ancient Treasures, Contemporary Statements’), Bard Graduate Center Gallery, Bard College, New York, New York

2018 Visiting Artist, Texas Metals Symposium, Texas Tech University, Texas

Panelist, Discursive Exhibition – Catalytic Conversation, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene

2017 Visiting Artist, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Visiting Artist, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Panelist, Object Permanence, 2017 NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Portland, Oregon

Panelist, Conversation on Craft: Method Fetishes and Affordance, Oregon College of Art & Craft (OCAC), Portland, Oregon

Panelist, Symmetry Breaking, Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Oregon

2016 Visiting Lecturer, ZOOM Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Gallery Lecture, Marble, Mirrors, Pictures and Darkness, INOVA (Institute of Visual Art), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Panelist, INOVA (Institute of Visual Arts), ZOOM Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Panelist, Critique In Craft, Chipstone Foundation, Zoom Symposium, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Panel Moderator, Function Onwards, On Function Exhibition, INOVA, (Institute of Visual Arts), ZOOM Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin

UO Today, Interview, Oregon Humanities Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

2015 Visiting Lecturer, State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY), New Paltz, New York

Visiting Lecturer, RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), Providence, Rhode Island

Visiting Artist/Critic, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Visiting Artist, Seattle Metals Guild, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington

2014 Educators’ Dialogue Panelist, 2014 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2013 Visiting Critic, RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), Providence, Rhode Island

Visiting Artist, Texas Metals Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Panelist, Research Practices, Oregon College of Arts & Craft, Portland, Oregon

Visiting Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

2012 Panelist, The Decorative Impulse, Moderated by Ethan Lasser, Villa Terrace Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2011 Panelist, Educators’ Dialogue, 2011 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Seattle, Washington

2010 Visiting Lecturer, Digital Scholars Symposium, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

2009 Visiting Artist, Oregon College of Art and Craft | Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) graduate program in Applied Craft + Design (Abby McGehee Craft History seminar), Portland, Oregon

2008 Visiting Artist | Scholar Lecture Series, University Of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Visiting Artist, California College of the Arts, San Francisco & Oakland, California

Panelist, Experiencing Craft, Crafting Experience, in conjunction with ‘The Thinking Body’ exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, California

Panel Development and Co-Moderator, Shifting Pedagogy in the Field, Educators’ Dialogue, 2008 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Savannah, Georgia

Lecture on The Thinking Body, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

2007 NewArt Northwest Lecture, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

Emerging Jewelers Lecture Series, Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, Illinois

2005 Panelist, On Collecting, Art Jewelry Forum Symposium, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz, New York

Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1999-00 Visiting Artist, Cartier 1900-1939 Exhibition, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois


Residencies

2016 Resident, INOVA (Institute of Visual Art), Jewelry & Metalsmithing Program, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2015 Resident, Mid-Career Metals Residency, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Resident, Smitten Forum 2015, Pocosin Arts Center, Columbia, North Carolina

Awards | Honors

2022 Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and the Ford Family Foundation Mid-Career Grant, Oregon

Nominee, USA Artists, Chicago, Illinois

2021 Summer Stipend for Humanities and Creative Arts Faculty Award, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Finalist, Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant, Art Jewelry Forum, Mill Valley, California

2020 Presidential Fellow in Humanistic Studies Award, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and the Ford Family Foundation Mid-Career Grant, Oregon (July 2020)

2017 Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and the Ford Family Foundation Mid-Career Grant, Oregon

Finalist, Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant, Art Jewelry Forum, Mill Valley, California

2016 Hallie Ford Fellowship in the Visual Arts, The Ford Family Foundation, Roseburg, Oregon

2014 Fund for Faculty Excellence Award, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and the Ford Family Foundation Mid-Career Grant, Oregon

Individual Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, Oregon

2011 Summer Research Award, Dean’s Fellowship, School of Architecture & Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

2008 Individual Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, Oregon

2007 Rotasa Foundation Grant, in support of catalogue for curated exhibition, The Thinking Body, Mill Valley, California

2006 National 2006 Emerging Artist Award, Sienna Gallery, Lenox Massachusetts

2002 Research and Creative Project Award Grant, State University of New York, New Paltz, New York

CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program) Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, Illinois

2001 Finalist Award, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, Illinois

Curatorial

2007-8 Co-Curator, (with Kate Wagle), The Thinking Body, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon, traveled to the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, California

Works Cited

2022 Fig, Aura. ‘The Future of Jewelry in Florence Jewelry Week 2022,’ il Reporter, 29 April 2022

Porche, Laura Astrologo, ‘Florence Jewellery Week: A Journey into the Jewellery World,’ Celebre Magazine

The World of Jewellery’ European Life, 6 June 2022

Doornbusch, Esther, Free Jewelery Encyclopedia

The Avante-Garde Jewel in Florence’ Gioiellis

2021 Gomelsky, Victoria, ‘What Is ‘Art Jewelry’? Look at the Term Again.’ New York Times, 6 December 2021

Ed. Cappellieri, Alba and Yothers, Wendy, Digital Meets Handmade: Jewelry Design, Manufacture and Art in the Twenty-First Century, United States: State University of New York Press, 2021

2020 2020 Curator Critic Tour: Connective Conversations (CCT), The Ford Family Foundation and the University of Oregon Curator and Critic Tours

2019 Nawi, Diana, ‘What Needs to be Said’ (Exhibition catalogue), Hallie Ford Foundation, Oregon

Orozco-Valdivia, Nicolas, ‘Pinocchio Story,’ (Exhibition catalogue), Hallie Ford Foundation, Oregon

White, Heather, ‘They Did What?!! Mid-Twentieth Century Studio Jewelers and How Their Groundbreaking Work Continues to Shape the Field Today’ (lecture), Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts

Nixon, Sasha, ‘A View from the Jewelers Bench: Ancient Treasures, Contemporary Statements’ (Exhibition catalogue and guide), Bard Graduate Center Gallery, Bard College, New York, New York

2018 Nixon, Sasha, Interview, Bard Graduate Center, Craft, Art, and Design Oral History Project, New York, New York

Nixon, Sasha, ‘Pixels Bejeweled: Modern Media, Contemporary Jewelry, and the Replication of Desire’ (lecture), Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York

Lambert, Matt, ‘Cathecting Between the Like and the Love,’ Metalsmith Magazine, Vol 28, No. 3 (Fall 2018): 22-25

2017 Radulescu, Adriana, Art Jewelry Forum Interview on the Susan Beech

Mid-Career Award Finalists, Art Jewelry Forum Blog, 4 September 2017

A Reader on Place and Work: The Portland2016 Biennial Exhibition Catalogue, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, Oregon

Margolis-Pineo, Sarah, The Setting is the Frontier. The Future is Old. The Force is Mysterious, Symmetry Breaking Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Oregon

Miller, Briana, ‘Millenial Pink’ meets Art in ‘Symmetry Breaking’ exhibit at Marylhurst University,’ Exhibition Review, Oregon Live, The Oregonian

Levy, Benjamin and Wiggers, Namita, Discursive Exhibition catalogue, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

2016 Rankin, Kelsey Anne, ‘All That Glitters is not Gold’ Eugene Weekly, 6 October 2016

Dafoe, Taylor, ‘Q & A with Michelle Grabner, Artist and Curator of the Portland2016 Biennial,’ BLOUINARTINFO blog, 30 June 2016

Miller, Briana, ‘Portland2016 Biennial offers broadest survey yet of contemporary art in Oregon,’ Oregon Live, 4 July 2016

Indrisek, Scott, ‘Engaging the State: The Portland Biennial’s Sprawling Joys,’ BLOUINARTINFO blog, 20 July 2016

Wang, Amy, ‘Hallie Ford Fellowships,’ The Oregonian, 24 June 2016, p. MR10

Marble, Mirrors, Pictures and Darkness catalogue, INOVA – Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Minerath, Kat, ‘INOVA offers an austere exhibit for contemplation,’ Wisconsin Gazette, 7 April 2016

2015 Connective Conversations: Inside Oregon Art 2011-14, compiled by Kate Wagle, The Ford Family Foundation and the University of Oregon Curator and Critic Tours

2014 Kaganovich, Yevgeniya, ‘The Decorative Impulse and the New Aesthetic Democracy,’ Panel paper, College Art Association, Chicago, Illinois

Cummins, Susan, Art Jewelry Forum Interview, Art Jewelry Forum Blog, 25 March 2014, 

2012 Wiggers, Namita, 75 Gifts for 75 Years, exhibition catalogue, cover image,

Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon

Gregory, Stamatina, The Long Now, exhibition catalogue, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

Wilson, Fo, ‘The Decorative Impulse’, exhibition review, American Craft Council Blog, 5 April 2012 

Bonnie North, Interview on ‘The Decorative Impulse’, Lake Effect, National Public Radio, WUWM, Milwaukee, 15 February 2012

Schrijver, Ward, Galerie Rob Koudijs (GRK) Magazine, 5 Years 08-12

2011 Alandete, Christian, L’education Sentimentale, exhibition catalogue, Solidor Art Space, Cagnes sur Mer, France

den Besten, Liesbeth, On Jewellery: A Compendium of International Contemporary Art Jewelry, Germany: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2011

Le Van, Marthe, 21st Century Jewelry: The Best of the 500 Series, Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2011

Craig, Gabriel, ‘Namita Gupta Wiggers in Conversation,’ Art Jewelry Forum Blog, 21 May 2011

2010 Clark, Garth, ‘Neo-Palatial: Objects of Virtue and Vice,’ Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Summer 2010): 42-43

Clark, Garth, ‘Neo-Palatial: Objects of Virtue and Vice,’ Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago 2010 Catalogue, Chicago, Illinois

Vigna, Lena, Adornment and Excess: Jewelry in the 21st Century, Exhibition Catalogue, Miami University Art Museum, Miami, Ohio

Wiggers, Namita, ‘Curatorial Conundrums: Exhibition Contemporary Art Jewelry In a Museum,’ Art Jewelry Forum Blog, 19 October 2010 

Strauss, Cindi, ‘At the Crossroads of Trends and Traditions: Emerging American Jewelry Artists Today,’ Art Jewelry Forum Blog, 21 September 2010

Vigna, Lena, ‘Notes on Excess,’ Art Jewelry Forum Blog, 23 April 2010

Hushka, Rock, ‘Holding Objects: What It Means to Wear Jewelry – The Psychoanalytic Mechanisms,’ SOFA New York Lecture Series, New York

Hushka, Rock, ‘Holding Objects: The Psychoanalytic Mechanisms of Wearing Jewelry,’ Art Jewelry Forum Blog, 20 September 2010

Marta Serrats, Jewelry Design Handbook, Antwerp, Belgium: BooQs, Mul edition, 2010

2009 Simon, Marjorie, ‘Objects of Remembrance; Contemporary Mourning Jewelry,’ Metalsmith Magazine, Vol 29, No. 5, (Fall 2009): 22-31

McGehee, Abby, ‘Strategies for Loss: Thinking and (Re)making the Past,’ Call + Response exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon

Vigna, Lena and Wiggers, Namita, ‘Mining History; Ornamentalism Revisited,’ Metalsmith Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Spring 2009): 46-57

Schrijver, Ward, Galerie Rob Koudijs (GRK) Magazine, 2 Years 08/09: 12-13

Cross Gans, Jennifer, ‘The Thinking Body,’ exhibition review, Metalsmith Magazine, Vol 29, No.3 (Spring 2009): 60

Vigna, Lena ‘Heirlooms, Navigating the Personal in Contemporary Jewelry,’ Art Jewelry Forum Blog, 21 June 2009 

Bloxham, Jo, Sting of Passion, exhibition catalogue, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England

The Thinking Body, exhibition catalogue, with essays by Glenn Adamson and Matthew Stadler, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

2008 de Krause, Alyssa, ‘Anya Kivarkis : Blind Spot,’ Exhibition Review, Metalsmith Magazine, Vol. 28, No.2 (Spring 2008): 52

Wagle, Kate, Blind Spot, exhibition catalogue, Lennox, Massachusetts: Q Press, 2008

Kozlowski, Carissa, Jewellery Design, Cologne, Germany: Daab Publishers, 2008

Bijoux: Illustration et Design, Barcelona, Spain: Mao Mao, 2008

Pioneers of Art Jewellery from America, exhibition catalogue, Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Tokyo, Japan, 2007

2007 Emerging Artists 2007, exhibition catalogue, Lennox, Massachusetts: Q Press, 2007

Vigna, Lena, ‘Contemporary Craft: Museums, Galleries, Alternative Spaces,’ Proceedings of the Shaping the Future of Craft: 2006 National Leadership Conference Transcript, American Craft Council, Houston, Texas, 2007

Wiggers, Namita, ‘Coming Into View,’ Exhibition Review, Metalsmith Magazine, Vol. 27, No.5 (Fall 2007): 56

Schmuck 2007, International Fair, Exhibition Catalogue, Munich, Germany: Herausberger, 2007

Hushka, Rock, 8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum Biennial Catalogue, 2007

Grant, Adrianna, ‘Disparate Beauties: Shooting Out the Foreground at the Northwest Biennial,’ 8th Northwest Biennial Review, Seattle Weekly, 7 March 2007: 38

Vigna, Lena, Laced with History, exhibition catalogue, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Wisconsin, 2007

Metalsmith Magazine, Vol 27, No.1 (Spring 2007):  inside cover image

Maselli, Giovanna, ‘New Designers,’ Italian ELLE Magazine, (March 2007): 254

Fashion Source: Jewellery Design, Barcelona, Spain: Mao Mao, 2007

2006 Shimizu, Sakurako, ‘Coming Into View,’ Klimt02, 2006

Wentz, Joshua, ‘Anya Kivarkis Jewelry,’ mocoloco, 22 September 2006

Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, Vol. 26, No.4 (Summer 2006): 31

2005 LeVan, Marthe, 500 Brooches, Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2005

2000 American Craft Magazine, Vol. 60, No.2 (April/May 2000), New York, New York

Collections

2022 Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

2019 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

2018 Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

2011-16 Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon

2008 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

2007 Rotasa Foundation, Mill Valley, California

Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington

2004 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York