Karl Fritsch

Karl Fritsch began his training at Pforzheim Goldsmith and Watchmaking School and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He has taught in art schools and participated in exhibitions worldwide. His inventive, idiosyncratic adornments have made him a cult figure in the world of contemporary jewellery and have garnered him numerous awards. In 2006, he received the prestigious Françoise van den Bosch Award, presented every other year to a jeweller of international standing by an independent jury. He was a finalist in the influential LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize in 2024. His work is held by numerous institutions of note, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the National Gallery of Victoria, Naarm Melbourne; and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Te Whanganui-a-Tara.