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2019
Striking Gold , Fuller at 50
Brokten , Ma , catalogue
2018
“AJDC Headley-Whitney Museum Exhibition,”
Selected Works from the AJDC Collection: details to be announced; Lexington, KY
2017
“Jewelry of Ideas,”
The Susan Leven Collection.
Cooper Hewitt Museum; New York, NY
2016
“Beyond Bling”
Contemporary Jewelry from the Louis Broadman Collection
Los Angeles Museum of Art: Los Angeles, CA
“Variations on a Theme”
25 Years of Design from the AJDC (Final Show)
Gemological Institute of America; Carlsbad, CA
2013
“Variations on a Theme”
25 Years of Design from the AJDC, (Traveling Show)
The Forbes Galleries New York City, NY
2012
“UNEXPECTED PLEASURES”
the art and design of contemporary jewelry
Design Museum London; London, England
2011
“Schmuck 2011,” Juror: Dr. Jopien; Cote d’Azur, France
“Design Miami / Basel,” Ornamentum Gallery; Switzerland
“John Iversen: The Space Between,” The Drawing Room; East Hampton, NY
“Schmuck 2011,” Juror: Dr. Jopien; Munich, Germany
2010
Solo Show, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Smithsonian Craft Show” Juried Exhibition, Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Schmuck 2010,” Juror: Monica Gaspar; Munich, Germany
2009
“Schmuck 2009,” Juror: Marjan Unger, Melbourne, Australia
“Schmuck 2009,” Juror: Marjan Unger, Munich, Germany
“Smithsonian Craft Show” Juried Exhibition, Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
2008
“Russian/American Jewelry,” Group Show, Gallery “Oh,” St. Petersburg, Russia
“Elegant Armor,” Exhibition curated by Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
“Smithsonian Craft Show” Juried Exhibition, Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show”, Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2007
“Jewelry by Artists” The Daphne Farago Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
“Metal & Glass” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
“Ornament Excellence in Jewelry” recipient
“Smithsonian Craft Show” Juried Exhibition, Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
2006
“The Verdura Prize” recipient
“Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show”, Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
“Loot” Museum for Arts and Design, New York, NY, Invitational in Group Show
“SOFA” Jeweler’s Werk, New York, NY
“Bracelets” Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY
“Smithsonian Craft Show” Juried Exhibition, Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
2005
“Similar in Nature” John Iversen and Jacques Vesery, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Enamel Works” Thomas Riley Gallery, Cleveland, OH
“Smithsonian Craft Show” Juried Exhibition, Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show”, Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2004
“Treasures from the Vault” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
“Loot” Museum for Arts and Design, New York, NY, Invitational in Group Show
“Smithsonian Craft Show” Juried Exhibition, Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show”, Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2003
“Exhibition in Print”, Society for North American Goldsmiths, Chicago, IL
“The Art of Gold” traveling museum exhibit
“Smithsonian Craft Show” Juried Exhibition, Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show”, Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2001
“Duets”, Martina & Company, Providence, RI
“Smithsonian Craft Show” Juried Exhibition, Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show”, Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1999
“International Enamel Exhibition”, Kreis Museum Zons, Domagen, Germany
“Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show”, Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1998
“Fall Solo Show” Gump’s, San Francisco, CA
“Pennsylvania Museum of Art Craft Show”, Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1997
“Blue August”, Solo Show, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Solo Show, Gump’s, San Francisco, CA
Solo Show, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1996
Solo Show, Gump’s, San Francisco, CA
“Rotunda”, Group Show, The Museum for Fine Art, Dortmand, Germany
1995
“Double/Vision”, Group Show, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI
Solo Show, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
“Enamels”, Group Show, Gallery Trykorn, Berlin, Germany
1994
“Brooches”, Group Show, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
Solo Show, Yaw Gallery, Burmingham, MI
Metal Show with A. Paley, J. Bonner, T. Joyce and C. Crowley, The Wetsman Collection, Burmingham, MI
1993
Earl Pardon Memorial Exhibition, Group Show, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY
Habitat, Group Show, Shaw Gallery, North East Harbor, ME
“Susan Cummins Gold”, Group Show, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1992
“Installation”, Solo Show, Artwear, New York, NY
Solo Show, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1991
“Futuristic Jewelry”, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY
“Jewelry Woman”, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Zeichen am Ohr”, Gallery für modernen Schmuck, Frankfurt, Germany
“Seventeen Years 1974-1991”, Solo Show, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Jewelry/Epiphanies”, The Museum for Arts and Crafts, Prague, Czechoslovakia
“Matter Anti-Matter”, Gallery Mazee, Nijmeger, The Netherlands; Gallery Trykorn, Berlin, Germany; Gallery für Modernen Schmuck, Frankfurt, Germany; Gallery Sophia Lachert, Gent, Belgium; Gallery V & V, Vienna, Austria
“Group Show”, Gallery für Modernen Schmuck, Frankfurt, Germany
1990
“Jewelry/Epiphanies”, The Artist Foundation, Boston, MA
“Designhorizonte-Ohrschmuck”, Gallery für Modernen Schmuck, Frankfurt, Germany
“Combs”, The Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
“Schmuck Scene”, Sonderschau der 42 Internationalen Handwerksmesse, München,
“American Dreams-American Extremes”, curated by Yvonne Joris, The Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
“American Jewelers, Their Jewelry and Drawings”, Gallery Artfecto 3, Lisbon, Portugal
1989
“Fifteen Years Helen Drutt Gallery 1974-1989”, Group Show, Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY
“Ornamenta”, Invitational Group Show, Schmuckmuseum Pfortzheim, Germany
“Splendidforms”, Invitational Group Show, curated by Jack Lenor Larsen, Bella Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Combs”, International Group Show, Gallerie van der Hout, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1988
“The Art of Craft”, Invitational Group Show, The Harcus Gallery, Boston, MA
“John Iversen”, Solo Show, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SNAG selection, Jewelers of America Show, Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY
1987
“Friends from the Heart”, Tokyo, Japan
“Art on the Move”, La Grange Museum, La Grange, GA
“Texcococollection”, Mary McFadden, New York, NY
1986
“Sculptural Forms in Mixed Media”, Gale Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
1981
“Small Sculpture Show”, juried, Grey Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
1980
“John Iversen”, Solo Show, Schmuckgallerie Lack, Worbswede, Germany
“John Iversen”, Solo Show, Gallery Schmuckhaus, Eberstadt, Germany
1979
“New Talent”, Artwear, New York, NY
1977
“10 Gram Gold”, Goldschmiede-Haus, Hanua, Germany
2019
“Striking Gold” Fuller at 50. Catalogue, Fuller Craft Museum, 2019, p.# 75
2017
Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Louis Boardman Collection,
Mills/Tigerman Del Monico Book/Prestel Publications: 2017, p.67
2012
Unexpected Pleasures: The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery,
Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, NY: 2012, p. 44, 165.
“Jewelry That Comes Alive in Your Hand,” East Hampton Star, Section C1, C3, Feb 16, 2012.
2011
Jewelry by Artists: In the Studio, 1940-2000, Selections from the Daphne Farago Collection;
MFA Publication, Boston: 2011, p.119, 188, 236, 238.
“John Iversen: An Aesthetic of Fragmentation,” Ornament Magazine, Vol. 34, No. 1, pg. 56-9
“Best of 500 Jewelry,” Lark Books, Ashville, NC, 2011
2010
“Schmuck 2010” Exhibition Catalogue, Handswerksmesse Munchen, pg. 45 and 85.
2009
“Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 2009; State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture,” pg. 130-1, 2009, Yale University Art Gallery.
“Schmuck 2009” Exhibition Catalogue, Handswerksmesse Munchen/RMIT University Melbourne, pg. 42 and 85.
“500 Enameled Objects,” Martha Le Van – Lark Books, 2009, pg. 85, 311.
2008
“John Iversen: The Artistic Impulse,” Ornament Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 3, pg. 40-45.
2004
500 Brooches published by Lark Books in 2004
Museum of Art and Design Annual Report 2001-2002, page 3
2003
“Exhibition in Print 2003” SNAG, Metalsmith Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 4, pg. 48
“Art Jewelry Today” D.Z. Meilach, Schiffer Books pg. 40, 215, 216
2001
“Designs Catch First Lady’s Eye” Janet Sadowsky, Southampton Press, July 12th, pgs. B1 B12
“Farbe aus dem Fever” Angelika Simon-Rossler, Ruehler – Diebner – Verlag Germany p.66, p.98
“Jewelry In The Realm of Art” by Jane Friedman, The Washington Post, Sat., April 28, 2001, pg. C2
1999
“Forces of Nature: John Iversen” Akiho Busch,
American Craft mag. vol. 59 no.3, (6/7 1999) pg.38-41
1998
“Email/Enamel”, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, German, International Enamel Exhibition Catalogue pg. 60-61
1997
"Exhibition in Print", Metalsmith Volume 17. Number 3, pg. 13
“The Art of Jewelry Design”, Deborah Kupenia, Rockport Public, A.b.a.
“Be-leaf in Jewelry” Mary Gottchalk, The San Jose Mercury News, January 20, 1997, pg.3c
“Faszination Email”, Goldschmiede-Zeitung, January 1997, p. 94-96.
1996
“Handmade Jewelry Designer”, Dale Kan, Marin Independent Journal, Nove. 18, 1996, p. D6
“Nouvel Object”, No.I., 1996, p. 82-85, Design Hous Publications, Seoul, Korea
“Issues and Intent: Contemporary American Metal Work”, Trans Turner, Metalsmith Magazine,
Summer 1996, Vol 16 No.3, pp. 42-44
“John Iversen”, review, Bruce Nixon, Metalsmith Magazine, Winter 1996, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 46-47
1994
One of a Kind-American Artist Jewelry, Susan Grant Lewin, Abrams Publishers, pp. 122-125
1991
“Amerikaanse dieraden onder Europese invloed”, Liesbeth den Besten, Het Parool, January 30, p. 24
“The Gold Doesn’t Shine: Untraditional Jewelry”, Elaine Louise, The New York Times, December 5
1989
“Ornamenta I”, Catalogue, Prestel Verlag, München, 1989
“Combs”, Marzee/Kame, The Netherlands, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1989
“Jewelry American Style”, Andrea DiNoto, American Craft Magazine, June/July 1989
“John Iversen: Carved Color”, Sarah Bodine, Metalsmith Magazine, Winter 1989, Vol. 9 No.1, pp. 12-13 read article
“Cross over City”, Robert Atkins, Art Aurea, January 1988, pp. 34-35
1985
“Vogue’s Last Word on Fashion”, American Vogue, November 1985, p. 444
1982
“John Iversen”, Karin Wolf, Goldschmiede-Zeitung, July 1982, p. 46
1981
“Torrid Scenes”, editorial, Women’s Wear Daily, August 14, 1981
1979
“New Talent”, Artwear, New York, NY
1977
“Enamel Cups”, Goldschmiede-Zietung, May 1977, p.27
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (Blue Enamel Circle Pin, 1988, Lois Boardman donation)
The Enamel Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA (Enamel Pebble Necklace)
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (three piece purchase in honor of curator Patricia E. Kane – Black Leaf Pin, Red Enamel Pin, Diagonal Square Blanket Bracelet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, The Donna Scheiner Collection (enamel pin)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, The Daphne Farago Collection (twelve misc. pieces)
The Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, Purchase of 18Kt enamel bracelet made with Ann Fippinger Kaplan Funds, four bronze leaf pins promised gift of Barbara Tober
The Renwick Gallery, Museum for American Art, Washington, D.C. (enamel pin)
The Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (grain necklace, black pearl necklace, and enamel wine cup)
The Art Museum of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (sterling silver combs)
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI (lantern of bronze and mica – collaboration with Ted Muehling)
2010
Excellence in Jewelry, Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show; Philadelphia, PA
Herbert Hofmann Preis, Schmuck 2010; Munich, Germany
Best in Show, Smithsonian Craft Show; Washington, D.C.
2007
The Ornament Excellence in Jewelry Award, Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.
2006
The Verdura Prize, Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
2001
The George Jensen Award, Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.
Third Prize for excellence in crafts, Baltimore ACC Crafts Show
1998
Invited by International Society, Washington, D.C. as juror for Biennial Enamel Exhibition
1993
1st Prize, Color in Jewelry, Earl Pardon Memorial Competition, Aaron Faber Gallery, NYC
1988
SNAG award for exhibiting at the JA Show, New York, NY
1993
New York State Craft Alliance, $1,000 Support Grant
1988
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1987
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1976
Independent study at Staatliche Zeichen Academy, College for Jewelry Design and Manufacturing, Hanau, Germany
1970
Four year apprenticeship in goldsmithing with K.H. Stittgen, Vancouver, Canada
1968
Metallgewerbliche Berufs Fachschule (Vocational School for the Metal Industries), Düsseldorf, Germany