ANGELA MALHUES
Contemporary Jewelry Artist & Educator
angelamalhues@gmail.com | @angela_malhues
Viña del Mar, Chile

PROFILE
Award-winning contemporary jeweler with over 15 years of international experience. Her work bridges the gap between ancient pre-Columbian techniques and eco-efficient modern design. Educated in Barcelona and Florence, her practice focuses on experimental materials, torch-enamel, and ceramics, creating wearable narratives that explore the intersection of heritage and sustainability.

EXHIBITIONS

• 2025 Viste la Calle, Santiago, Chile.
• 2025 Festival des Jeunes Créateurs Reich’Art, Cannes, France.
• 2024 New York Jewelry Week, New York, USA.
• 2024 Circular Sustainable Fashion Week, Madrid, Spain.
• 2024 Gallery Eloi, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 2023 Melting Point, Valencia, Spain.
• 2022 Vonmo Studio, Beijing, China.
• 2021 Tincal Lab Gallery, Porto, Portugal.
• 2018 United Nations (UN) HQ with Assamblage, New York, USA.
• 2017 AJW Athens Jewelry Week, Athens, Greece.
• 2016 Homi Milano with Artistar Jewels, Milan, Italy
• 2015 Espai Joia Training Exhibition Palace of Congress of Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain.
• 2015 Craftroom, selection of final projects Future Excellent of Catalonia. Barcelona, Spain.
• 2014 Collective exhibition Espai Blanc, Llotja School. Barcelona, Spain.
• 2013 Craftroom exhibition at the DHUB Design Museum in Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain.

• 2017 Alchimia Award, Athens Jewelry Week, Greece.
• 2017 National Circulation Grant (FONDART), Ministry of Culture, Chile.
• 2016 Selected 3rd Annual International Ethical Jewelry Award,category and emerging artist. Exhibition for So Fresh + So Clean in Wisconsin, USA.
• 2016 Artistar Contest Award, Milan, Italy.
• 2015 1st Place (Junior Category), Noble Materials II Award, Barcelona, Spain.

• 2024 Pre-Columbian Art Studies, Catholic University of Chile (UC).
• 2020 Ceramic Course at Bähler Studio taught, Manuela Gerosa Bähler in Barcelona, Spain.
• 2019 Intensive course on Porcelain applied to jewelry, Trinidad Contreras, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2012-2015 Artistic Jewelry Degree, Llotja School of Art and Design, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2017 Experimental Materials, Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy.
• 2017 Monographic Leather applied to jewelry, Trinidad Contreras, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2014 Monographic Enamel torch Taller Perill with Silvia Walz, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2008 Postgraduate in Eco-Efficient Design, Elisava School of Design, Spain.
• 2004 Sculpture School Fine Arts Palacio Vergara, Viña del Mar, Chile.

• 2025 Lead Instructor: Contemporary Ceramics & Jewelry Workshop, Casablanca, Chile.
• 2024 Exhibitor & Speaker: Jewelry Biennial, GAM, Santiago, Chile.
• 2022-Present Lead Educator at Planea Foundation Jewelry Program, Chile.

PUBLICATIONS

• 2021Tincal Lab, Porto Portugal.
• 2018 Collective Meeting, Porto, Portugal.
• 2017 Athens Jewelry Week, Athens, Greece.
• 2017 Tincal lab, Porto, Portugal.
• 2017 ARTISTAR Jewels, Milan, Italy.
• 2016 ARTISTAR Jewels, Milan, Italy.

EXPO ONLINE

• 2023 Vonmo, China.
• 2021 Tincal Lab, Portugal.
• 2017 Athens Jewelry Week, Greece.
• 2016 So Fresh So Clean, USA.

PRESS

• La Vanguardia Gallery Cyprus, Spain.
  
• El Periódico Gallery Cyprus , Spain.
• Andes Iberoamerican Jewelry Interview Santiago of Chile.
• Klimt02 Magazine online Interview, Spain.
  
• TVR Report on Camera Lucida Exhibition, Romania.
• Elle Magazine online Greece.
• TVE Spanish TV News, collective exhibition Espai Joia, Spain.
• BcnTV News Futur excel·lent Craftroom, Spain.