Iris Hummer is an Austrian artist based in Vienna. She explores themes such as movement, transformation, and the traces these processes leave behind. Jewelry serves as a performative medium that enables interactive experiences for the viewer. She creates objects that act as “tools”, expanding the scope of action and inviting viewers to reflect on their own experiences, memories, and values. She is fascinated by processes and ambiguities, which she seeks to make visible in order to explore why things are the way they are.
“Lückenfüller” Group Exhibition, Studio Ela Nord, Vienna (Austria)
“Alter Solis – The Other Sun” Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Velas, Lisbon Biennale (Portugal)
“Jewels for Democracy” Royal Treasury Museum, Pin. Lisbon and Porto (Portugal)
“Jewellery and Travel” Tinkallab, Porto (Portugal), Madrid (Spain), Rome (Italy), Athens (Greece)
“Quality” Legnica Silver Festival, Romanian Jewelry Week, Chisinau (Moldova)
“Jewellery and Travel” Tinkallab, Porto (Portugal), Madrid (Spain), Rome (Italy), Athens (Greece)
“What Know?” Platform for Jewelry Art, Graz (Austria)
“This Jewelry is 100 RMB” Vonmoo Gallery, Beijing (China)
“Ritual” ar.co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Convento dos Capuchos, Almada (Portugal)
“Quality” 31st Legnica Silver Festival Competition, Legnica (Poland)
“Touch” 30th Legnica Silver Festival Competition, Legnica (Poland)
“Mask Art” Galerie V&V, Vienna (Austria)
2nd Place Winner of the 31st Legnica Festival Competition, Legnica (Poland)
Art Gallery of Legnica (Poland)
„Jewels for Democracy” Royal Treasury Museum, Pin. Lisbon and Porto (Portugal),
Pin. – Associação Portuguesa de Joalharia Contemporânea, Marta Costa Reis
Art Jewelry Forum “What Hope Could Be – A Taste of Lisbon’s Contemporary Jewelry Biennial” by Elena Karpilova
Silver Legnica Catalog – Legnica Silver Festival: Winners of the ‘Quality’ Competition
Klimt02 – Iris Hummer, Ring 2022: How Do You Adorn Yourself?
Quality – 31st Legnica Silver Festival Competition Catalog, Legnica (Poland)
This Jewelry is 100 RMB – Vonmoo Gallery, Beijing (China)
Jewellery and Travel – Tinkallab, Porto (Portugal), Madrid (Spain), Rome (Italy), Athens (Greece)
What Know? – Platform for Jewelry Art, Graz (Austria)
EDUCATION
(Oct 2024)
Colloquium Master‘s Student,
University of Fine Arts and Jewelry,
Idar-Oberstein (Germany)
(Oct 2022 – Sept 2023)
Erasmus – ar.co
Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual,
Lisbon (Portugal)
(Since Oct 2021)
Master’s Student,
University of Fine Arts and Jewelry,
Idar-Oberstein (Germany)
(2019 – 2021)
College of Art,
Fashion, and Jewelry Design Herbststraße,
Vienna (Austria)
(2008 – 2013)
Master of Art Education,
University of Applied Arts,
Vienna (Austria)
Steinbauergasse 36
1120 Vienna (AT)