Lucia Massei
Statement
Lucia Massei's works reveal evocative forms and release a strong energy. The artist likes to use hard metals such as shibuichi and iron, due to their inherent internal tension and surprising lightness. She also enjoys availing herself of gold due to its ability to bring to life different hues of red. Jewellery making to Massei is a very special moment, a time when she can shut off from the rest of her surroundings and enter into a world of her own. It is a private space, a time for reflection and a time to elaborate her thoughts, that will then be translated into sculptural pieces for the body. Her jewellery pieces are the result of her experiences, a time for her to be able to make up stories that she will later share with all of us. They create a bridge between her and the rest of the world, a bridge that allows her to reach out to people and speak to them in a language of her own. At times they are the end of one journey and the beginning of another. They come to us in the form of delicate, feminine, poetic works for the body, able to tell us a different story every time we look at them. A journey into the artist's intimate sphere, but at the same time, a journey each one of us can make into our own private realm.
C.V.
Lucia Massei was Born in Pisa, Italy. She obtained a high school diploma in Jewellery design at the State Art Institute of Florence in 1981. She graduated with a degree ( M. A. ) in Fine Arts and Painting at the Accademy of Fine Arts of Florence in 1985. She is co-founder and director of " ALCHIMIA " Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence since 1998. Lucia Massei has a vast working experience as jewellery and objects designer, illustrator, teacher and consultant between 1984 and 1997. She has exhibited with several galleries on an international level and has shown her work through prestigious fairs such as Collect and SOFA.