Signs, Signals, + Symbols
Throughout history, jewelry has been utilized to visually indicate a wearer’s preferences, characteristics, attitudes, and beliefs. For this year’s community challenge, the BJC invited artists to create jewelry and wearables that implicitly or explicitly act as signifiers, symbols, or classifications. Jewelry might play an overt role as a signal or act as a coded symbol of inclusivity, exclusivity, or social status. The work featured in Signs, Signals, + Symbols references, among other things, political movements, gender and sexual identity, and cultural communication and practices.
Participating artists include: April Wood, Aurea Sellmeyer, Beichen Guan, Cécile Maes, Chu Winnie Cheung, Daphne Ling, Eugene Ruhl, Eva Fernandez, Ho Oi Ying Valerie, Ildikó Dánfalvi, J Diamond, Korey E. Burns, Laila Marie Costa, Maria Konschake, Mercede Sheybani, Mercury Swift, Nadia Hewchuck, Navah Langmeyer, Shannon Kurzyniec, Xinyi Chen, and Zhipeng Wang.
Image by Ho Oi Ying Valerie
Exhibition Dates: December 2, 2022 - February 10, 2023
an opening reception was held on Friday, December 2, 2022, 5-8pm.
