IN THE PICTURE - RENATE ERLACHER
Renate Erlacher is Austrian, graduated in German studies and Philosophy, MA, PhD in Psychology.
Schools: Vienna University, Ohio University, Harvard University, Alchimia, Florence, Italy, Idar Oberstein, Germany.
Work: Lecturer for GSL in Vienna and as a guest Professor at Koryo University in South Korea.
She designed also handbags, one aquired by the German Leather Museum.
Creating jewellery was next.
Her works, bags and jewellery, were shown internationally, like in Paris, Bayreuth, Milan, Venice, Nice, Chicago, Legniza, Bukarest,Trieste, Munich… in 2019 she won a design award at the Venice Design Week.
“Jewellery entered my life late, yet with great intensity.” Erlacher loves to experiment with different materials, techniques, and shapes. And since she also loves to paint, she wanted to try out painting on metal with enamel as well.
The ring she developed consists of a silver frame, oxidysed, and a face is painted with enamel and pigments on a copper plate. Even though the dimensions of the ring are rather big, through the delicate construction and the pastellic colours it feels light and is pleasant to wear. This ring is part of a serious of enamel rings and a brooch.
The brooch, Renate Erlacher developed, consists of nine three dimensional squares, that seem to be randomly put together, without being connected, because she did not want to solder them together. It was quite a challange to come up with an idea to make this work.
She constructed a frame in the back of the brooch, made of silver as well, with many little feet, that got inserted into the three dimensional squares, filled with red coloured resin. This frame also works as the closure. This way the construction is stable and still keeps again this lightness.
RENATE ERLACHER
1951 borne in Lienz/Osttirol, Austria
1976 graduating with a Master degree in Germanistics and PPP
1990 PhD in Psychology, studies at the University of Vienna, and in the US: Ohio University, Harvard University
1980-2015 working as a lecturer/ guest prof. at the Vorstudienlehrgang der Wiener Universitäten, and at Koryo University, Seoul, S-Korea
2015-2016 studying Contemporary Jewellery at Alchimia in Florence, Italy
2018 guest semester at Campus Idar Oberstein, Germany Exhibitions in Vienna, Chicago, Legnica, Venice, Trieste, Milano Jewellery Week 2021, Romanian Jewellery Week 2021
2019 Design Award at Venice Design Week
In the late 90ies I started to design handbags, one oft hem was acquired by the German Leather Museum in Offenbach.
Shows of my bags in Vienna, Paris, Nice, Bayreuth, Salzburg. Currently I am presented by a Viennese gallery: Atelier im Ersten, Kärntner Durchgang 8, 1010 Vienna