10 Years of ASTONISH

For 10 years, ASTONISH has served as a platform for exchange and creativity in art jewellery. Founded by students at the Campus of Gemstones and Jewellery in Idar-Oberstein, ASTONISH has gained international recognition through a multitude of exhibitions at home and abroad, with a changing line-up from 2016 and, since 2017, as a collective comprising exclusively female artists. Since 2019, the group has agreed on a new theme each year, around which it develops a series of works and an exhibition concept. In this way, ASTONISH continually reinvents itself. To mark its 10th anniversary, ASTONISH is presenting a retrospective of the collective’s work at Villa Bengel.

“10 Years of ASTONISH” showcases works by all current and former members of ASTONISH:
Sharareh Aghaei (Iran), Eva Burton (Argentina), Gabriela Cohn (Argentina), Pia Groh (Austria), Helen Habtay (Germany), Iris Hummer (Austria), Saerom Kong (South Korea), Stephie Morawetz (Austria), Gina Nadine Müller (Germany), Vesal Bahmani Nik (Iran), Julia Obermaier (Germany), Katharina Reimann (Germany), Dana Seachuga (Israel), Edu Tarin (Spain), Thea / Adriana Almeida Meza (Colombia), Pei Wu (Taiwan).