The Swedish jewellery artist was an artist-in-residence at the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus and the Jakob Bengel Foundation from November 2025 to…

Following recognition at regional level, the decision will now be taken at national level, taking into account further aspects relating to the craft.

We are delighted to welcome Klara Brynge as Artist-in-Residence at the Gemstone and Jewelry Campus and the Jakob Bengel Industrial Monument until…

The Portuguese jewellery artist returned to Idar-Oberstein three years after graduating from the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus as part of the Artist…

Every summer, students of geosciences at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have the opportunity to get to know the material stone from a completely…

Once again, students from Idar-Oberstein took part in the iron casting workshop organised by the Estonian Academy of Arts. Together with international…

The joint Artist-in-Residence programme between the Jakob Bengel Foundation and the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus offers residencies for up to three…

We are delighted to welcome Tamia Dellinger as Artist in Residence at the Campus for Gemstone and Jewellery.

The jewellery artist based in Munich visited Idar-Oberstein from May to July 2025 as Artist in Residence.

The Munich-based jewellery artist will be a guest in Idar-Oberstein from May to July 2025 and will work in the workshops of the university and the…

On 3 April 2025, the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus in Idar-Oberstein once again opened its doors for the nationwide Boy's Day - and gave five boys…

Experience the magic of gemstones and be enchanted by Idar-Oberstein! At the "Long Night of Gemstones", you can expect sparkling pieces of jewellery,…

Interview with Prof Theo Smeets, head of degree programme jemstones and jewellery in the current SMCK Magazine

From August to September 2024, the former graduate was a guest at the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus and the Jakob Bengel industrial monument. At the…

Three students from the Nagaoka Institute of Design, accompanied by their professor Kayoko Komatsu, visited the Idar-Oberstein campus and the Jakob…

Eleven Bachelor's and Master's students spent twelve days in Estonia in September as part of the "Blended Intensive Programme (BIP)" to learn the…

The jewellery artist from Bremen will be working at the Idar-Oberstein campus and the Jakob Bengel industrial monument from August to October,…

The artist-in-residence programme (AIR) of Trier University of Applied Sciences in Idar-Oberstein offers artists the opportunity to work in the…

Since May 2006, Trier University of Applied Sciences and the Jakob Bengel Foundation have been inviting jewelry artists to work as "Artists in…

District Administrator Miroslaw Kowalski was impressed by the premises of the former Zerfaß leather goods factory, which has been used by the gemstone…

Six pupils from the area were able to try their hand at cutting gemstones.

As part of the exhibition "Particles" from 25 April to 5 May, Daniil, who is currently enrolled in the Master's programme, and the two graduates Susie…

With "Boys Boys Boys", Galerie Door and the participating artists are encouraging all visitors and interested parties - especially men - to wear…

Our BFA students have the special opportunity to participate in the "Bling It" project for two semesters. In cooperation with the local company Effgen…

Students from the Gemstones and Jewellery Campus in Idar-Oberstein had the unique opportunity to take part in a very special workshop in Tallinn: Iron…

27 September - 21 October bei Amaranto joies..., Sant Domènec 23, 08012 Barcelona, Spanien

OUT OF THE BOX opens during the first day of the Vienna City Gallery Walk on Thursday 21 September at 18.00.

Visit the exhibition during the Vienna…

with Danni Schwaag (Diploma 2008) from 10 September - 14 October in Ghent, Belgium

with Felicia Mülbaier (MFA 2019), Jiun-You Ou (MFA 2018), Edu Tarin (MFA 2015)

with works by Sharareh Aghaei (MFA 2017), Silvia Bellia (MFA 2021) and Elena Gorbunova (MFA 2015)

Every summer, students of geosciences at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have the opportunity to creatively work on gemstones at the Campus…

17 August – 16 September 2023, Hauser & Wirth, London

19 August - 16 September 2023, Manuka (Australia)

with Ana Bellagamba (MFA 2023), Natascha Frechen (MFA 2023), Chen Lin (MFA 2023)

Solo exhibition by Pei Wu (MFA 2020) in Beijing

5 - 20 August, MaS, Shanghai

Curated by Katie Britchford (MFA 2017), with works by Katja Köditz (MFA 2015), Felicia Mülbaier (MFA 2019), Kika Rufino (MFA 2018)

14 July - 30 August, Munich

The semester ended with five colloquia, congratulations to

Saturnino Fanutza (BFA 2023)

Sandra Hartman (BFA 2023)

Julija Dobrojezzeva (MFA 2023)

B…

Julia Obermaier's earrings "Remains" in the Vanity Fair, British issue July/August 2023

at Burg Namedy/Andernach

Biljana Klekachkoska (MFA 2022), Susie Heuberger (BFA 2022) and Elena Gorbunova (MFA 2015) show their works in Idar-Oberstein this weekend.

Solo exhibition by Patricia Domingues (MA 2013) at Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY, United States from 14 July to 31 August - Artist talk: 16 July…

At the summer party of the Design Campus in Trier, the students from Idar-Oberstein wore jewellery as a 'living exhibition'. On display were…

The FAZ reviews the exhibition "MIT EIGENSINN* Schmuck aus Österreich. Female artists in focus" at the Goldschmiedehaus Hanau.

24 June - 30 September at PORT25 – Raum für Gegenwartskunst in Mannheim

The students at the Gemstones and Jewellery Campus in Idar-Oberstein are most grateful for a generous donation from OIE. The Friends of the Gemstone…

24 June -22 July 2023 at VICEVERSA Galerie / Bijoux Contemporains in Lausanne, Switzerland

As part of SaarART 2023, Birgit Thalau (MFA 2021 ) shows her work under the title "as if they were present" from 17.06. - 03.09. at the Saarländisches…

The Department of Gemstones and Jewellery welcomed numerous visitors to the open day at its new location in Idar-Oberstein.

3-30 June 2023 at Platform Arts in Geelong, Australia

25 - 30 May 2023

19 May until 17 June 2023 in Amsterdam and Mariaheide

Stephie Morawetz (BFA 2014) shows her works in a Dual exhibition with Sam Tho Duong at Galerie Moha in Vienna, from 19 - 20 May.

"My pearls are out…

from 28 April - 03 June at Galerie SCHMUCKE in Berlin

26 - 29 April 2023 with Alejandra Campos Taylor (MFA 2020)

DAR ДАР

"The three of us met as graduates from the Gemstone and Jewellery Department in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Our passion for jewelry brought us…

After the devastating fire in the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery in summer 2022, the new semester starts for the 52 students and the team of…

From April until June Jo McAllister is AiR of the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery and the Jakob Bengel Foundation.

8 interested vocational trainees and high school students took the opportunity to participate in the taster week for the BFA Edelstein und Schmuck in…

"SCHMUCK UND GERÄT" in der Galerie Handwerk

10 March - 15 April 2023

Vernissage 9 March, 7pm - 9pm

Max-Joseph-Straße 4
80333 München

RABITS AND…

RABITS AND HARES by Galerie Door

Galerie Door guest of Karin Sachs Galerie

Augustenstrasse 48, 80333 Munich

8 - 12 March, Wednesday - Saturday 10…

8 - 12 March 2023, IHM B1.757

Four of our graduates are represented in the exhibiton: Petr Dvorak (MFA 2014), Pia Groh (BFA 2017), Stephie Morawetz (BFA 2014) und Ulrich Reithofer…

We are very pleased to announce our new address: Saarstraße 2 in 55743 Idar-Oberstein.

After the fire in July 2022, the coming semester will start…

Jewellery students from Trier University of Applied Sciences in Idar-Oberstein, the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn and the Moholy-Nagy University…

For one week, jewellery students from Trier University of Applied Sciences and the Estonian Academy of Arts dealt intensively with their respective…

Artist Talk and exhibition, 06.01-26.02.2023

Sandra Hartman (BFA) is showing her art installation in Idar-Oberstein until the end of 2022.

Tamia Dellinger (MFA 2022) and Caio Mahin (MFA) show their works at Galeria Tereza Seabra in Lisbon until 24 December.

Our MFA students visited la Biennale di Venezia 2022, as well as Basilica San Marco, Palazzo Ducale, Murano Glass Museum, Oh My Blue Jewellery Gallery…

"From 23 to 27 November 2022, the MK&G messe will present the latest trends in contemporary craft, including both up-and-coming and well-known…

Caio Mahin (MFA student) shows his works with Queer Metalsmith at NYC Jewelry Week 2022 from 14. - 20. November.

10 - 14 November at the Geological Museum, Ramat HaSharon (IL)

The colloquia of Ana Bellagamba (MFA) and Constanza Salinas (MFA) took place at our current location in the Nahehaus in Idar-Oberstein.

After the…

In a workshop with Estonian jewellery and gemstone artist Julia Maria Künnap, our students learned how to work (precious) stones with self-made tools…

From 1 November, the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery is a guest at the Nahehaus premises in Oberstein.

Bengel CHARMS, a cooperation between the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery and the Jakob Bengel Foundation, enters the next round this semester.…

For one week, our Bachelor students had the special opportunity to gain an insight into various companies in the region.

We would like to thank the…

Felicia Muelbaier (MFA 2019), Jiun-You Ou (MFA 2018) and Pei Wu (MFA 2021) show their works at GRASSI MESSE at the GRASSI museum for applied arts in…

After the fire at the Idar-Oberstein campus in Vollmersbachstraße in July 2022, the winter semester 2022/2023 successfully started. The welcome of the…

The exhibition at the Museum of the Bohemian Paradise in Turnov (CZ) is still on show until 13 November.

On 11 September from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., a Schmuckstammtisch Wien on the topic of "Perspectives for Jewellery in Austria" will take place at the Museum…

Last Sunday, bachelor students of gemstone and jewellery presented the fashion jewellery collection "Bengel CHARMS", which was created in cooperation…

Romanian Jewellery Week 2022 will take place in Bucharest from 5 - 9 October. The international jewellery arts event has been held annually since…

Julia Obermaier's (BFA 2016) material is stone. She cuts, grinds and polishes rough pieces of stone into small fragments. She playfully recombines…

Welcome to our new AiR!

From 27 June to 1 July, 6 Bachelor students and two students in the Master Gemstones and Jewellery were able to gain insights into traditional Czech…

From 06 to 10 July 2022 with Sharareh Aghaei (MFA 2017), Adriana Almeida Meza (MFA 2018), Stephie Morawetz (BFA 2014), Gina Nadine Müller (BFA 2019),…

From 09 June - 08 September 2022 at the Goldschmiedehaus Hanau with Katja Köditz (BA 2013), Katharina Reimann (MFA 2017) and Tabea Reulecke (Diploma…

DOT Melanin (MFA 2016) is showing his interpretation on truth during the exhibition "The Truth - Mine and Yours", still on show until 30th of…

Works in amber by Silvia Bellia (MFA 2021) are on view at the IIA Gallery until 26 August.

The solo exhibition "Encounters. A reflection on the nature of time" by Felicia Mülbaier (MFA 2019) is still on show at the Gallery of Art in Legnica…

Six pupils had the opportunity to try out working with gemstones on 28 April 2022.

Cave art and contemporary photography

A warm welcome to Typhaine le Monnier (MFA) as the new AiR of the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery and the Jakob Bengel Foundation.

Gina Nadine Müller (MFA) is showing her work and discussing about body positivity

EMMA - Kreativzentrum Pforzheim awards a "Designers in Residence" scholarship to Nag Ching Ko (MFA 2021)

Our Master's student Biljana Kleckachkoska shows an exhibition of students and graduates of the Idar-Oberstein Campus in her pop-up jewellery gallery…

from 13 to 17 October 2021 in Beijing and Shanghai

Graduates will be showing jewellery and objects created as part of their Bachelor's and Master's projects.

Biljana Klekachkoska, jewellery artist from North Macedonia and currently Master's student at the department of Gemstones and Jewellery, creates an…

Trailer for the Show

The ROCKstars exhibition will be on display at the Schütt company in Pforzheim until 18.07.2021.

The catalogue "Rockstars Idar-Oberstein", which accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Schütt in Pforzheim, has been published recently by…

Mia Seeger Prize 2020 - Foundation announces annual competition for junior designers. In order to promote young designers, the foundation, with the…

Between 6 January and 31 March 2020 Kika Rufino will be developing her research with the ingredients that ENSA ateliers can offer, next to offering…

The Dutch art historian and jewellery expert Marjan Unger died back in 2018, at the age of seventy-two. Through her teaching and her myriad projects,…

The Design Museum Holon presents works from our Graduate Dot Melanin in Holon, Israel from 24th of December.

Kika Rufino (MFA 2018) presents a new series of 7 unique photograms, developed for her Master Thesis at Campus Idar-Oberstein.

5 Graduates and Students from the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus Idar-Oberstein take part in the exhibition under the title "21 grams” in China from 7.…

Galerie Marzee opens 5 Exhibitions from 4 November 2018 until 16 January 2019. Three of our Graduates present their works in one group exhibition:…

The TRIPLE PARADE, a contemporary applied art and design exhibition shows work of Xihan Zhai (M.F.A.) und Estela Saez (M.A. 2011). This years topic is…

Getting ready for their last fair of the year, our six graduates bring fresh pieces and fresh energy to Leipzig from 26th to 28th October.

Pia Groh (B.F.A. 2017) was selected by the Federal Association of Arts and Crafts, to show her work at the 42nd Contemporary Craft Show at the…

Objects and jewellery by Qi Wang (M.F.A. 2017) are on show from 22nd September to 17th November.

Edu Tarín (M.F.A. 2015) presents his latest pieces at Galery Beyond, Belgium from 16th September - 27th October 2018

An exhibition from 13th September to 7th of October at Waley Art in Taipei, Taiwan.

This show is a shared exposure of Dot Melanin (M.F.A. 2016) & Dana Seachuga (M.F.A. 2015) during the Tallinn Design Festival 2018. The XIII Tallinn…

Cherry Boonyapan (M.F.A. 2015) shows her most recent work from 1st to 15th of September at Gallery MANO at Taipei City, Taiwan.

Kun Zhang has won this years MARZEE graduation award. In the field of jewellery, this prize is one of the most renowned awards for young contemporary…

Legnica Jewellery Festival Silver is the most significant jewellery event in Poland, organized for nearly 40 years the Gallery of Art in Legnica.…

Schmuck is a special show of the International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades taking place in Munich in March each year since 1959. Jewellery art…

The special show TALENTE is an international competition for young craftsmen in design and engineering that shows prototypes and trends from different…

24 march until 12 may 2018 Galerie Door proudly presents Wood for Thought, the spring exhibition 2018 with drawings by Mielle Harvey and objects and…

Great news for the Gemstones and Jewellery Campus: two graduates were honoured with prestigious awards at the International Craft Fair (IHM) in…

Seven graduates of the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus have been nominated for the prestigious 34th International Jewellery Competition EVERY BODY as…

Great success for Nga Ching Ko: the jewellery artist is one of the winners of the PREZIOSA YOUNG AWARD 2026! In addition, one of her works will be…

The Idar-Oberstein Campus of Trier University of Applied Sciences is successfully represented at the international special exhibition SCHMUCK &…

Jewelry artist Helena Renner, a graduate of the Gemstone and Jewelry program at Trier University of Applied Sciences' Idar-Oberstein campus, was…

Julia Obermaier was awarded the Gold Prize, second place, at the 14th Cheongju International Craft Competition 2025 with her series of works…

We would like to congratulate our Master's graduates Chun Chang and Chidimma Omeke, who have been awarded the prestigious Marzee Graduate Prize 2025.

The German Design Graduates (GDG) initiative offers graduates from German design universities a valuable platform to present their final projects to a…

Her exchange semester at the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus at Trier University of Applied Sciences had a decisive influence on her artistic work with…

Iris Hummer and Stephie Morawetz - two outstanding graduates of the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus are among the nine nominees for the Eligius Prize…

Natascha Frechen, Julia Obermaier and Stephie Morawetz have been nominated for the prestigious Amberif Design Award 2025. The international…

Campus Gemstone and Jewellery graduate Helena Renner impresses with her expressive body jewellery and is awarded the prestigious BKV prize for her…

Great joy for the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus: two former students were awarded top-class jewellery prizes at the International Crafts Fair (IHM) in…

Yiftah Avraham [aka 'Dot Melanin'] (MFA 2016), Nikita Kavryzhkin (MFA 2021) and Julia Obermaier (BFA 2016) were selected for the special show SCHMUCK…

Dua Fatima (MFA 2024), Natascha Frechen (MFA 2023), Gina Nadine Müller (MFA 2024) and Miriam Strake (BFA 2024) have been nominated for the TALENTE…

The European Prize for Applied Arts, launched in 2009, honours contemporary creations in the field of applied arts and handcrafted design.

A major…

Sharareh Aghaei received the Grassi Prize of the Carl and Anneliese Goerdeler Foundation, endowed with €3000, and Helena Renner the Grassi Prize of…

The graduate of the Idar-Oberstein campus was selected for the €10,000 prize by the Young Ambassadors, who worked at the exhibition for five weeks. A…

Felicia Mülbaier, master graduate of the Idar-Oberstein Campus, has been taking part in solo and duo exhibitions since 2014. She has received the…

Once a year, the Marzee Gallery in Nijmegen awards the Marzee Graduate Prize "to some of the most promising graduates in recognition of their…

The graduate of the Idar-Oberstein campus was awarded the main prize of €5,000 at the 73rd art exhibition for her work "Du bist dran". The exhibition…

The international jewelry competition on the theme of "Empathy" took place as part of the Legnica Silver Festival for the 32nd time this year.

In 2024, TALENTE - Masters of the Future will present the work of 92 young designers from 27 countries in 12 different fields. Ngaching Ko (MFA 2021)…

The 9th edition of Klimt02's New Talents Award aims to recognise the work of graduates in our field and promote their careers in the professional…

The Danner Foundation and the museums of the city of Landshut present the work of 42 outstanding craftspeople in the exhibition "Danner Prize 2023.…

The €3,000 prize goes to the artist Jiun-You Ou (MFA 2018), who comes from Taiwan and lives in Vienna, for her works in inkstone.

The main prize of this year's edition of the Romanian Jewellery Week went to Sharareh Aghaei (MFA 2017)

For their semester project "ENCOUNTER I", Helena Renner and Miriam Strake, both students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Gemstone and Jewellery, received…

Iris Hummer (stud. MFA) is awarded the II Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage as well as an Honorable Mention of the Maydaybyday…

Exhibited from 25 April - 02 July in Legnica

with Sharareh Aghaei (MFA 2017), Vendula Fabian (MFA 2020), Iris Hummer (stud. MFA) and Mira Kim (MFA 2019)

Congratulations to Nikita Kavryzhkin (MFA 2022), Jiun-You Ou (MFA 2018), Sonia Pibernat (MFA 2018) and Edu Tarin (MFA 2015), finalists of the renowned…

Congratulations to the selected finalists Sihui Li (BFA 2022), Julia Obermaier (BFA 2016 ) and Jasmin Schlesiger (MFA).

Congratulations to Susie Heuberger (BFA 2021)! The TALENTE Award is presented annually at Handwerk und Design in Munich to young talents from the…

Congratulations to Felicia Mülbaier, whose work "eine Betrachtung" was selected from over 600 entries for the special show SCHMUCK at the IHM…

Susie Heuberger (BFA 2022), Nikita Kavryzhkin (MFA 2022) and Sihui Li (BFA 2022) are nominated for the prestigious TALENTE Award 2023. Their work will…

Jiun-You Ou (MFA 2018) received this year's Justus Brinckmann Förderpreis at the opening of the MK&G messe 2022 at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe…

Since 1965, the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V. and the Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau have organised the Silbertriennale International to…

Congratulations to Sihui Li, who won this year's prize "Art Jewellery by Young Talents at the Museum" of the International Society of Friends of the…

Once a year Galerie Marzee awards the Marzee Graduate Prize "to a number of the most promising graduates in recognition of their outstanding work. The…

Nominated for "Art Jewellery by Young Talents at the Museum" are Tamia Dellinger (MFA 2022), Sihui Li (BFA 2022) and Valérie Wagner (MFA 2020). The…

Felicia Mülbaier wins a Bavarian State Prize for her brooches "Physis" (brooch | lapis lazuli, gold | 2019) and "Faltenwurf" ( brooch | lapis lazuli,…

THE YOUNG DESIGNER SCENE

A jury of experts selected the works of 96 young designers from 30 countries from around 600 applications to present them at…

The Craft Prize jury met in Seoul for deliberations and agreed to award two special commendations in addition to the awards. One goes to "Verborgen"…

Jewellery by Nikita Kavryzhkin (MFA 2021), Edu Tarin (MFA 2015) and Patricia Domingues (MA 2013) were selected for the prestigious jewellery show in…

Our graduates Jiun-You Ou (MFA 2019) and Luisa Werner (BFA 2021) are among the winners of this year's RLP State Prize and Promotional Award.

Adriana Almeida Meza (MFA 2018) wins Red Dot Award for her design "Lippy Chain"

Edu Tarin (MFA 2015) wins European Prize for Applied Arts 2021.

The 30 finalists were chosen from over 3100 applications from 116 countries.

During this year's MK&G fair at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Gina Nadine Müller is awarded the Förderpreis der Justus Brinckmann…

Two students from Idar-Oberstein are among this year's prize winners: Nazanin Jabbarian (BFA) receives a commendation for the German Jewellery and…

Mana Jahangard Mahboub (MFA) wins several awards for her video work and photography.

On Sunday 29th of August at 16:00 the winners of the prestigious MARZEE GRADUATE AWARD 2021 were announced in Nijmegen, NL. From the Idar-Oberstein…

Master's graduate Silvia Bellia wins the prize of the International Amber Association.

Vanessa Zöller receives third prize for her work "Erbstück". Among the finalists are other alumni and former exchange students of the Department…

Pei Wu and Levan Jishkariani, both MFA 2020 graduates from Campus Idar-Oberstein, are amongst the nine winners of the Marzee Graduate Prize. Three…

Mira Kim, Master of Fine Arts Graduate 2019, is one of the this year’s scholarship holders at EMMA - Creative Center Pforzheim in cooperation with the…

Dterra Gallery is much more than a gallery and a space for courses, it is a place to share experiences. Our goal has always been to bring our work to…

Eduardo Tarin, our graduate, is one of the finalists of this year's LOEWE CRAFT PRIZE. Congrats! To be nominated for this is a distinction! Now thumbs…

Marzee International Graduate Show 2019 with new graduates: Barbora Opátová (MFA 2019), Kika Rufino (MFA 2018), Felicia Mülbaier (MFA 2019), Gina…

The results of the competition FORM – Form from Crafts and Industry present selected products from the diverse consumer goods on display at Tendence.…

Kun Zhang (MFA 2017) was awarded with the third prize for her extraordinary technical skills and her poetic language.

We are very happy and proud that 8 of our alumni and students have been selected as finalists: Edu Tarín (MFA 2015, Preis des Handwerks), Natascha…

The winners of the 23rd edition of the Amberif Design Award are announced. While the three main prizes go to jewellers among Europe, two graduates…

A total of 762 goldsmiths from 58 different countries around the globe have applied to take part in the coveted special Schmuck 2019, organized into…

On the weekend before Easter, March 28 and 29, 22 jewellery and gemstone designers in Idar-Oberstein and the surrounding area will be opening their…

The Gemstone and Jewellery Campus is part of a globally unique "living exhibition" at the Neue Sammlung of the Pinakothek der Morderne: at the 1st…

Each year, graduates of the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus form a collective that marks the transition from academic study to professional practice.…

With 'Constellations: Contemporary Jewellery at the Dallas Museum of Art', the DMA presents a major survey exhibition of contemporary jewellery. The…

Lückenfüller brings together 30 contemporary jewelry artists from Austria, exploring the concept of the gap as a physical, social, and symbolic space.…

Discover our campus, explore the workshops, and meet our students and teaching team!

Exhibition at the Gemstone and Jewellery from 30. October until 14. December 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the vernissage of the exhibition "The First, the Worst, the Best & the Rest" by the international artist group…

From 18 October to 18 November 2025, B-Design Hub at OCT-LOFT Shenzhen presents ZigZag, curated by Youzhi Bi and co-curated by Kun Zhang and Ye Wang.

Starting in the winter semester 2025/26, the Campus Gemstones and Jewellery in Idar-Oberstein will launch its first interdisciplinary lecture series:…

From 4 September to 12 October 2025, the Museum of Applied Arts Cologne (MAKK) will be showing the annual exhibition of German Design Graduates under…

To celebrate the 29th anniversary of Amsterdam Pride, The WearHouse in Amsterdam presents the provocative jewellery exhibition COCKS & CUNTS - an…

We are delighted to invite you to the opening of the exhibition "Von der Sprache der Steine" as part of the Idar-Oberstein schmückt sich exhibition…

A journey between cultures, identity and sustainable jewellery design - Sharareh Aghaei provides insights into her personal and artistic development…

In "A Gift or a Theft", artists Poras Dhakan, Julia Obermaier and Anvita Jain shed light on colonial entanglements and the problem of stolen cultural…

With SOFT BODIES HARD FEELINGS, Helena Renner (BFA 2024) presents her first solo exhibition, a body-political journey through five years of artistic…

'A stone is not given. It is made. Some were formed in the core of a star. Others in a microwave. Both will endure — but each remembers something…

With Yàn, the artist Ou Jiun-You presents a series of works at the Format Gallery in Oslo that transforms the traditional inkstone into a poetic…

Edu Tarin (MFA 2015) presents the results of his two-year artistic research project at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in his solo exhibition -…

The Gemstone and Jewellery Campus at Trier University of Applied Sciences will be showcasing the creative diversity of contemporary jewellery art from…

We are delighted to invite you to the vernissage of the duo exhibition by Nioosha Vaezzadeh and Chidimma Omeke as part of the "Idar-Oberstein schmückt…

From 12 to 16 March 2025, the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus of Trier University of Applied Sciences will once again be represented at the…

Project work from the "Bling It!" workshop at the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus and research results from Sofie Boons' doctoral thesis (UWE Bristol)…

"Aha!" - That's the moment we all have in mind, when everything just falls into place.

The Idar-Oberstein Campus and the Jakob Bengel Foundation invite you to a joint New Year's reception at Villa Bengel.

The students and the team of the Idar-Oberstein campus cordially invite you to our Open Day.

Our graduate Gina Nadine Müller is exhibiting together with Daniel Kruger and Lifu Zhou in Stuttgart this coming weekend!

We are pleased to invite you to the vernissage of the exhibition »geronnen« by Danni Schwaag as part of the exhibition programme "Idar-Oberstein…

Every summer, the Idar-OberSTEIN campus opens its workshops to jewellery designers and students from all over the world. In fourteen different…

Contemporary brooches by 12 alumni of Campus Idar-Oberstein and their historical counterparts are on display at Villa Bengel until October 11th

Students and graduates from Idar-Oberstein are taking part in the LISBON JEWELLERY BIENNALE with their own exhibition.

We are pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition »The Gemstone Apothecary« by Sondra Sherman, part of the Idar-Oberstein exhibition…

The graduate collective Dar Дар will be exhibiting at Brussels Jewellery Week from April 25 to 28, 2024.

We would like to cordially invite you to the finissage with jewellery sale as part of the Idar-Oberstein schmückt sich exhibition programme: 11 April…

The theme of this year's EXEMPLA special show, which takes place annually at the International Crafts Fair Munich under the theme of Craft & Design,…

The Potato collective consists of 6 graduates of the gemstone and jewellery course from Idar-Oberstein. Pieces from each member's graduation…

We are delighted to invite you to the opening of "LOST AND FOUND" as part of the Idar-Oberstein schmückt sich exhibition programme: On Thursday, 14…

Let's rock! On 18.11.2023, the curtain will rise on the ROCKSTARS of the Gemstone and Jewellery course from Idar-Oberstein at BeCraft in Mons,…

12 graduates from Trier University of Applied Sciences, specialising in gemstones and jewellery in Idar-Oberstein were invited to enter into a…

"Jung und ausgezeichnet – Edelstein- und Schmuckdesign" will broadcast on television on 29 October at 5:30 pm CEST in SWR (SWR Kultur)

We are delighted to invite you to the opening of the exhibition "Playtime" by Typhaine Le Monnier as part of the Idar-Oberstein schmückt sich…

30. September, 12:30 pm - 1pm, Intergem in Idar-Oberstein

INTERGEM — International Trade Fair for Gems, Jewellery and Gemstone Objects in Idar-Oberstein

29 September - 1 October 2023

Visit the Campus of Gemstones and Jewellery in Idar-Oberstein on the Long Night of Gemstones!

7 July - 8 October 2023

Visit the new location of the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery in Idar-Oberstein

Our graduates present their graduation! Save the dates: Inhorgenta Munich 24.02.2023 - 27.02.2023 - Booth: C2.254 & IHM Munich 08.03.2023- 12.03.2023…

Join us for the Vernissage at Villa Bengel on 26 January 2023 at 6:30 pm CEST and via Instagram live @jakobbengel.

Our students are selling jewellery at the following Christmas Markets this year:

Schloss Oberstein: 26 November, 1pm - 8pm and 27 November, 11 am -…

Our graduate group Catch 22 show their works during the Idar-Oberstein trade fair for jewellery and gemstones Intergem 2022 from September 23 - 25.

Five BFA students have designed a jewellery collection in cooperation with the Jakob Bengel Foundation. They present their work with an exhibition and…

Every summer, the Gemstone Cutters' and Goldsmiths' Market takes place in Oberstein's main promenade. Our students will be there again this year, the…

CATCH 22 - CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

"Whatever you know or ever imagined about student life: forget it. This year‘s graduating class of…

24 June - 6 October 2022 at Villa Bengel

Our AiR in June and July Brice Garrett gives insights into his artistic practice

Isaline Arnoldi presents the B2B online shop GEMHYPE.COM, which the young entrepreneur founded together with her brother Carl-Philip Arnoldi in 2019.

Artist lecture by Belgian visual artist Karen Vermeren at Campus Idar-Oberstein

a different kind of exhibition of the Gemstones and Jewelry Department

Florian Milker is Artist in Residence of the Idar-Oberstein Campus and the Jakob Bengel Foundation in April and May. He will give a lecture on his…

With the online event "DigiGem 01", the gemstone and jewellery department takes part in the nationwide Digital Day 2020.

On Monday, December 9, 2019 at 5:00 pm in the assembly hall of the Campus Idar-Oberstein, Vollmersbachstraße 53a, 55743 Idar-Oberstein