photos by Nicolas Schopfer

The jewellery of Florie Dupont is influenced by the symbolism of vanitas: her organic and vegetal inspirations evoke the eternal and the perishable all at once. At the heart of a somber and poetic realm, her jewellery glimmers like the fabulous pieces of a buried treasure trove, fantastic and mesmerizing, dark and enchanting.

Trained in studio jewellery, Florie Dupont reworks the aesthetic codes of classic high jewellery. Her mastery of traditional techniques enables her to reinterpret them in a personal vein. The traditional art of stone setting is her mark, both a distinguishing feature of her work and one of her main assets. Her jewellery merges an artistic and personal voice with the use of traditional jewellery skills. With this unique combination, her designs bridge the worlds of fine jewellery and contemporary art.

Florie Dupont has opened her workshop in France, right next to the Swiss border, in the region of Geneva, one of the international capitals of high jewellery and horology. She collaborates with a close knit network of Swiss manufacturers. All the jewellery is set and made in the workshop itself.

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Influencés par les symboles de vanités, les bijoux de Florie Dupont s’inspirent d’un monde organique et végétal où se côtoient les notions d’éternel et de périssable. Au cœur d’un univers sombre et poétique, les bijoux se révèlent comme les découvertes d’un trésor enfoui, fantastique et merveilleux, noir et féérique.

Issue du milieu du bijou contemporain, Florie Dupont joue avec les codes esthétiques de la joaillerie classique. Son savoir-faire en techniques traditionnelles lui permet d’en faire sa propre interprétation. Le sertissage des pierres effectué selon les méthodes classiques est son outil de différenciation et l’un de ses principaux atouts. Sa démarche artistique et personnelle alimentée par l’utilisation de techniques joaillières situe ses œuvres entre le bijou de luxe et l’art contemporain.

Avec une structure basée en France à la frontière avec Genève, Florie Dupont collabore étroitement avec les fournisseurs suisses. Le travail de bijouterie et de sertissage est effectué au sein même de l’atelier.

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CV Florie Dupont

Born the 14th of July 1984 in France

EDUCATION

2014 Master in fashion and accessory design – University of Art and Design, Geneva

2012 CAS Branding and self marketing for young designers – University of Art and Design, Geneva

2007 Bachelor in jewellery design – Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

2002 Baccalaureat STI in applied arts – High school, Grenoble, France

EXPERIENCE

2010 – 2021 Jewellery designer at Florie Dupont Organic Jewellery

2015 – 2017 Direction assistant – Arts Fusion SA / Nadia Morgenthaler Haute Joaillerie – Geneva

2014 Logistic assistant – Proserto SA, Swiss watch stone setting – Geneva

2013 – 2014 In charge of classes – School of fine arts (EBAG) – Annemasse

2010 – 2013 Assistant in jewellery design departement – University of Art and Design, Geneva

2008 – 2010 Stone setter in watch making – Proserto SA – Genève

EXHIBITIONS (short selection)

2018 Museum Volkenkunde – Sieraden Makers & Draguers, Leiden

2016-2017 Art Basel – Caroline Van Hoek gallery, Basel / Miami

2014-2016 Permanent collection – Concept-store Aegon+Aegon, Lausanne

2016 L’empreinte du geste – Collective exhibition, Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris 2016

Solo exhibition – Caroline Van Hoek gallery, Brussels

2016 Solo exhibition – Annick Zufferey gallery, Genève

2015 Revelation – Art fair, collective exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris

2014 Westbund – Art and design fair, collective exhibition, Shanghaï

2013 Design Bijou Suisse – Pavillon Le Corbusier, Special guest exhibitor, Circuits Bijoux, Paris

2013 Maison & Objet – Guest exhibitor of Ateliers d’Arts de France, Paris

2012 Blickfang – Design fair, guest exhibitor of Bolero Magazine, Zurich

2012 Solo exhibition – Annick Zufferey gallery, Geneva

2012 PAD Pavilion of Art and Design – Caroline Van Hoek gallery, London

2011 Collect – Marzee gallery, London

2007 Solo exhibition – Caroline Van Hoek gallery, Brussels

AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS

2019 Museum of Art and History, permanent collection horology section, Geneva

2014 Lauréate, Hans Wilsdorf Foundation – Price of Excellence HEAD-Geneva

2013 Lauréate, Ateliers d’Art de France – Young designers contest, Paris

2012 Lauréate, Ikea Foundation (Suisse) – Grant for project, Geneva

2011 Alice and Louis Koch Collection – private collection, Musée National Suisse, Zurich

PUBLICATIONS

2021 Femina Suisse Magazine, february 14th

2018 MIS Magazin

2017 Collection Magazine Pan Arab Luxury issue 73

2016 Beaux Arts Magazine n° 382 / New York Times / Kodd Magazine

2015 L’officiel magazine

2014 Paper Mag / Edelweiss Magazine / Profil Magazine / Novembre Magazine / Swarovski Gemvision 2015 / Vioro Magazine / Atelier d’Arts n°19

2013 Bolero Magazine / In Color Magazine

2010 Swiss Watch Makers Magazine

2008 The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 200