Jivan started following the work of Sian Hindle, Birmingham City University, School of Jewellery .
Jivan started following the work of 3 people.
Jivan started following the work of andrew mcgettigan.
Faculty Member, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design
Professor
School of Jewellery
About
I was born and grew up in Berlin, quite some time ago… luckily in the western part of that divided city. After finishing school, much to the despair of my parents, I was not interested in anything. Fate rescued me with an apprenticeship to become a goldsmith. Later, having moved to the UK, I did my MA in the History and Theory of Modern Art at Chelsea College and PhD in Fine Art at The University of the Arts London. I combine my studio practice, which I exhibit internationally, with teaching as the MA Course Director at the School of Jewellery, and Senior Research Fellow at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University.
I am interested in using hermeneutic philosophy, literary theory and other appropriate thought models as tools to investigate narrative structures embedded in body related crafts objects. In my view, the convergence of crafts, design and fine art practices is conductive to extending the theoretical vocabulary and map out new territories where crafts practices contribute to cultural production and dissemination.
