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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
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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 -
2024 Course of stone setting, SPV zlatnické a rytecké, Prague
AWARD
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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
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Muzeum skla a bižuterie v Jablonci nad Nisou / CZ
Ivan Bitton Style House, North Hollywood CA / USA
EXHIBITIONS | FAIRS
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Individual
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Individuální
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
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