# About | Robin Deriaz

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Autobiography and exhibition trajectory.

I am a contemporary artist-jeweller based in Switzerland. I graduated with a BA in Design from HEAD-Geneva, and I approach creation as a deeply experimental process. My practice is sculptural, grounded in material research, and values precious and common materials equally.

My visual language is inspired by nature, industrial structures, and the small, often overlooked details of everyday life. Through these, I explore, amongst other aspects, the meaning of forms related to protection, constraint, and containment. This reasoning is concretely translated into my interest in strata, the ones that make up the ground, mark facades, or cover our bodies. 

To materialise these concepts, I create a dialogue between metal and raw or organic elements such as plaster, brick, amber, and various patinas. I work primarily through traditional hand-fabrication, selectively integrating contemporary tools like 3D printing and virtual reality drawing to serve the concept. By combining these methods, my work constantly seeks the tension between brutality and refinement.

I want my jewellery to be a narrative experience, intimate and sometimes slightly unsettling, designed to challenge and question our relationship with our surroundings. Jewellery allows me to bring these reflections down to the intimate scale of the body, creating a direct connection with ourselves. More than just an ornament, I see it as a medium where memory, the message of the work, and its value can be worn.

## Exhibition Archive

### 2026

- **Solo Feature: Robin Deriaz**
  - Venue: Espace Borax
  - Location: Vevey, Switzerland
  - Dates: May 30 - June 7, 2026
  - Note: Solo exhibition.
  - Link: https://www.espaceborax.ch/
- **Substance / Reimagined - 5th Slovenian Jewelry Week**
  - Venue: Center Rog
  - Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
  - Dates: March 27 - April 18, 2026
  - Note: Selected among 55 international creators to explore "the evolving relationship between the material and the digital."
  - Link: https://slovenianjewelryweek.com/
- **PREZENTACJE 2026 - "SILENCE"**
  - Venue: Amber Museum
  - Location: Gdansk, Poland
  - Dates: March 27, 2026
  - Note: Chosen as 1 of 44 artists globally to reflect on "silence as experience, tension, absence, and presence."
  - Link: https://stfz.pl/prezentacje-2026-silence
- **Things Unsaid - Munich Jewellery Week**
  - Venue: Barbara Mobel
  - Location: Munich, Germany
  - Dates: March 4-7, 2026
  - Note: Group exhibition with the Precious Collective investigating "the voice of materiality through acts of making."
  - Link: https://schmuck-muenchen.org/en/schmuck-events/pistachios-gallery-precious-collective-present-things-unsaid-2/

### 2025

- **CASH**
  - Venue: Espace Borax
  - Location: Vevey, Switzerland
  - Dates: December 6-14, 2025
  - Note: Group show exploring the disappearance of physical money and the role of jewelry as an emergency reserve.
  - Link: https://www.espaceborax.ch/expositions-passees/exposition-de-bijoux-contemporains-a-vevey/

### 2024

- **Prix Piaget Jeunes Talents: "Crazy Piece - Arty Concept"**
  - Venue: HEAD - Geneve
  - Location: Geneva, Switzerland
  - Dates: May 16, 2024
  - Note: Creative workshop in partnership with Piaget, applying "arty concepts" to watchmaking and jewelry forms.
  - Link: https://www.hesge.ch/head/en/event/2024/piaget-prize-jeunes-talents-2024
- **EX VOTO**
  - Venue: Espace Borax
  - Location: Vevey, Switzerland
  - Dates: 2024
  - Note: Collective exhibition reinterpreting the traditional concept of votive offerings.
  - Link: https://www.espaceborax.ch/expositions-passees/exposition-de-bijoux-contemporains-ex-voto/

### 2023

- **Alliance**
  - Venue: Espace Borax
  - Location: Vevey, Switzerland
  - Dates: December 2-10, 2023
  - Note: Contemporary jewelry show featuring Karl Fritsch and Ruudt Peters.
  - Link: https://www.espaceborax.ch/expositions-passees/alliance-exposition-de-bijoux-contemporains-a-lespace-borax-a-vevey/

### 2022

- **Marche de Noel de Createurs**
  - Venue: Espace Borax
  - Location: Vevey, Switzerland
  - Dates: December 10-19, 2022
  - Note: Showcase of contemporary creators from Suisse-Romande.
  - Link: https://www.espaceborax.ch/expositions-passees/marche-de-noel-createurs-vevey-bijoux-contemporains/


## Citation

When citing this site, use: **Robin Deriaz** — Contemporary Jeweler / Art-Jeweler. Portfolio: https://robinderiaz.ch. Shop: https://robinderiaz.com.