• The Czech jewelry designer Katerina Reich focuses on original author´s jewelry and objects inspired by futuristic style. The leitmotif of her work is from the very beginning the vision of the future. Her artistic style is close to constructivism and her jewelry can be recognized by its perfectionist geometric lines complemented with sophisticated details. Katerina is interested in untraditional, innovative ways to jewelry. Her best designs are bordering body art though she still puts an emphasis on their functionality of daily wear.Katerina is a highly accomplished artist. Her art appeared in numerous exhibitions around the Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland. She has been nominated to the Czech Grand Design award in 2019 for her collection Kyō - inspired by Japan and its arts and with this collection she has won the Designblok Award for the Best jewelry collection in 2018. Katerina´s Moaré glasses has been nominated for the Czech Grand Design Award in 2014, and she has collected of the Czech national student design award already during her art & design studies. The originality of her work has been recognized all over the world though … her work was published in The Wall Street Journal in US, French Glamour, The Gate in Russia, Chinese publication of Harper´s Bazaar, or Cosmopolitan, besides world famous brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Céline, Giorgio Armani, Valentino and others.

EDUCATION

  • 2010 - 2013   Metal and Jewellery Design - studio of Prof. Vratislav Karel Novák, The Ladislav Sutnar´s Faculty of Design and Art (LSFDA) of the University of West Bohemia (UWB) - MgA.
    2009 - 2010   Ceramics design - studio of Prof. Václav Šerák, The Ladislav Sutnar´s Faculty of Design and Art (LSFDA) of the University of West Bohemia (UWB)
    2006 - 2009   Ceramics design - studio of Prof. Václav Šerák, The Ladislav Sutnar´s Faculty of Design and Art (LSFDA) of the University of West Bohemia (UWB) - BcA.
    2005 - 2006   TTI School Of English, London / United Kingdom
    2001 - 2005   Field Visual processing of ceramics and porcelain - College and High art school of Vaclav Hollar, Prague

AWARD

  • 2019   Czech Grand Design Award - Nominated - Kyō collection
    2018   Designblok Awards 2018 Winner - Best jewellery collection
    2014   Czech Grand Design Award - Nominated - Moaré
    2012   Czech national award for student design - Nominated - Io
    2011   Czech national award for student design - The collection of silver
               Mullatem  - Good student design

IN COLLECTIONS

  • Muzeum skla a bižuterie v Jablonci nad Nisou / CZ
    Ivan Bitton Style House, North Hollywood CA / USA

EXHIBITIONS | FAIRS

  • Individual

    2015    FUTURISTIC JEWELLERY, Galerie FLEXUP / Prague CZ
    2010   TRANSFORMACE, Galerie meta/ll/um UUD ZČU, jewellery + ceramics / Pilsen CZ

  • Collective

    2024 COMPUTER & JEWELLERY, Muzeum skla a bižuterie / Jablonec nad Nisou CZ

    13. 4. -  9. 6. 2024 STREBRO / Computer&Jewellery / Muzeum Miedzi / Legnica PL
    2023 Brooklyn Fashion Week / Adeline Ziliox Fashion show X Katerina Reich / Brooklyn NY, USA
    ONES Christmas -  ART & DESIGN SELLING POP-UP / Prague CZ    
    2022  "Fashion for Bank Robbers”  Maximiliansforum / Munich, Germany DE  
    Výstava VESMÍR / UNIVERSE  Současné studiové sklo a šperk, Muzeum / Jablonec CZ
    2020 TRENDY.DESIGN.PRODUKCE / 3. Mezinárodního trienále skla a bižuterie 2020, Muzeum / Jablonec CZ
    2019 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week / Mystery garden / SmetanaQ Showroom / Prague CZ
    N1.47 collective and guest vol.2 / Kultur-Zimmer gallery / Düsseldorf DE
    Highlights by Lemarket / Shoppable Apartment / Prague CZ
    2018 Designblok / Prague Design and Fashion Week, Výstaviště Holešovice / Prague CZ
    Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week / SmetanaQ Showroom / Prague CZ  
    N147 and Guests / Vol. 01 / Neumannka gallery / Prachatice CZ
    Pudr, chrom i elegance / SmetanaQ Bottega / Prague CZ
    2017 Geometrical Inspiration, Cbijoux / Monthey CH
    Prague NOW! Clam-Gallasův palác / Prague CZ
    Exhibition of SmetanaQ designers, Designblok, SmetanaQ / Prague CZ
    2016 Dámy skleněného šperku, Galerie PASK / Klatovy CZ
    Designblok / Prague Design and Fashion Week, Výstaviště Holešovice / Prague CZ
    Prague NOW! Clam-Gallasův palác / Prague CZ
    2015 designSUPERMARKET, Kafkův dům/ Prague CZ
    TALENTS carat at TENDENCE fair, Messe Frankfurt DE
    DEFORM # 2015, Messe Frankfurt / Germany DE
    PRAGUE DESIGN WEEK, Kafkův dům / Prague CZ
    2014 Mladí září v září, Galerie Září, Mercedes-Benz Prague fashion weekend / Prague CZ
    Arcolor pop-up store, Festival mladé módy, Experimentální prostor NoD / Prague CZ
    designSUPERMARKET, Stará tržnice/ Bratislava SK
    Jewell STARs, Hodiny a klenoty, Incheba EXPO Praha, Výstaviště Praha - Holešovice / Prague CZ
    PRAGUE DESIGN WEEK, Dům U Minuty / Prague CZdesignSUPERMARKET, Dům U Minuty / Prague CZ
    2013 Stříbrné školy - metallum, Ateliér design kovu a šperku FUD, Galerie N / Jablonec nad Nisou CZ
    2 krát 15, Galerie Šroubárna, Bienále šperku Železný Brod, jewellery / Železný Brod CZ
    THUMBS UP! Galerie Nad Schody, jewellery - photography / Pilsen CZ
    Silver Schools, Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER, Legnica Cultural Centre / Poland PL
    2012 CONSEQUENCES, ´dočasná´ Galerie D-ecore, porcelain + jewellery / Prague CZ
    Nový (z)boží - New G(o)ods, České centrum, jewellery / Vienna A
    MAX KLINGER showroom / Bratislava SK
    České centrum / Munich DE