My practice explores the human body as an active territory of identity, memory, and material transformation.
My creative process is driven by material experimentation and research. Transforming resources, reusing them, and finding new meanings defines the way I work.
I am interested in creating pieces of jewelry that establish a direct, personal dialogue with the wearer on a deeply intimate level. By understanding the skin as our primary sense of self, I approach the body as a dynamic surface of difference, memory, and belonging.
2015
Unconventional Jewellery Competition<br/> Artist Finalist, Torre Fornello Award<br/> <i>Piacenza, Italy - 2015</i>
2014
MAD Exhibition - Museum of Arts and Design NY, USA 2014
Award Nomination - Premio Lápiz de Acero 2015, Colombia
A new beginning, a reinvention of self... The egg, the universal symbol of life, is the primary cell from which everything begins.
2014
Award Nomination - Premio Lápiz de Acero 2014, Colombia.
“The next step in sculpture is motion”, Alexander Calder.<br/> I use sterling silver wire to construct pieces that move and transform, adapting to the wearer's body shape.
2013
JOYA Contemporary Art Fair Barcelona, Spain - 2013
Inspired by feelings of stress, tension, and frustration, this body of work explores the moments when we find ourselves trapped by the consequences of our own choices. It captures days of quiet despair, mirroring the urgent, ongoing search for a way out.
2010
Award Nomination - Premio Lápiz de Acero 2010, Colombia
Award Nomination - Premio Traza Artesanal 2010, Colombia
Joyería en la Galería Exhibition Medellin, Colombia -2011
This work approaches death not as an end, but as a process of transformation and a natural part of life.
These pieces come from experimental processes and special projects and exhibitions.
COLLATERAL DAMAGE Exhibition
10-14 March, 2027
Munich Jewelry Week
Neureuther - Strasser 26
Munich 80798, Germany
Born in Medellin, Colombia in 1967, and previously graduated as Attorney at Law (1990) with a Master in Business Administration (1998), Virginia Escobar quit her career in 2010, and began to study jewelry after fifteen years of professional experience. She first studied silversmith in Bogota, and then she learned jewelry design and techniques in the same city. In 2017 Virginia moved to Italy to enroll the MFA Jewellery & Body Ornament program at Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence, where she finished it in 2019.
In 2020, Virginia was awarded the prestigious Marzee Graduate Prize by Galerie Marzee in the Netherlands. She now lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia where she also teaches at Universidad de los Andes
