Barbara Seidenath
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Bavaria, Germany
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known forjewelry designer, metalsmith, goldsmith, professor
SpouseLouis Mueller

Barbara Seidenath (born 1960)[1] is a German-born American jewelry designer, metalsmith, and educator.

Biography

Barbara Seidenath was born in 1960 in Bavaria, near Munich, Germany.[2] Her father worked in forestry and her mother was a school doctor.[2] Seidenath is married to artist and metalsmith Louis Mueller (born 1943).[3][2]

She studied from 1977 to 1980 at the Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Glas und Schmuck (English: State Vocational School for Jewelry and Glass) in Neugablonz, studying under family friend and jeweler Hermann Jünger.[4][5] During college, Seidenath worked for jeweler Ulrike Bahrs (born 1944) which influenced her use of color in her work.[2] In 1981, she was an exchange student at State University of New York at New Paltz, studying under Robert Ebendorf and Kurt Matzdorf.[6] From 1984 to 1990, Seidenath attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich where she received her MFA degree.[2]

For many years she had co-founded a line of jewelry with Lydia Gastroph (born 1957).[2] Seidenath is known for her enamel work,[7] as well as materials like gold, silver, and precious stones.[2] Since the 1990s, she has taught at Rhode Island School of Design and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.[2]

Seidenath's work can be found in public museum collections at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art,[8] Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[9] Rhode Island School of Design Museum,[1] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[10][11] as well as at others.

References

  1. 1 2 "Arctic Brooch". RISD Museum. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Doornbusch, Esther (2019-01-23). "Barbara Seidenath". Hedendaagse sieraden (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  3. ↑ "A View by Two". RISD Museum. April 2001. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  4. ↑ "An Exuberance of Color In Studio Jewelry". Issuu. Gail M. Brown (curator), Tansey Contemporary. 2016. p. 62-63. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ "Barbara Seidenath, Liquid Enamels". Enamel Guild North East. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Barbara Seidenath". The Enamel Arts Foundation. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  7. ↑ "Jewels Among Crafts at Contemporary Show". Newspapers.com. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 16 May 1992. p. 18. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  8. ↑ "Fresh Metals". The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. SUNY New Paltz. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  9. ↑ "Barbara Seidenath". LACMA Collections. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  10. ↑ "Pair of earrings". Collections, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  11. ↑ Stoehrer, Emily (October 21, 2019). "Hearts and Flowers". Art Jewelry Forum. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
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