Rudolf Bott
Rudolf Bott completed his three years of apprenticeship as a goldsmith at the company GA Korff in Hanau, and then worked for two years in the workshop of Hermann Kunkler, Raesfeld. In 1978 he studied at one of Europe’s oldest goldsmith training institutions – The National Design Academy, Hanau – where he completed his masters training 1980. He then worked for three years in the studio of Max Pollinger, Munich, before starting studies at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, under the professorship of Prof. Hermann Junger, and Prof. Erwin Sattler. Since making his diploma in 1989 he has worked independently with the exception of the years 1997 to 1999, where he is a professor at the Hochschule Pforzheim.
Today Bott lives and works in Neuburg an der Donau.
Awards
· 1989 Design Award for the City of Munich
· 1990 Honorary Award of the Danner Foundation
· 1992 Hessian State Prize of the German Crafts
· 1992 1st prize of the 10th International Triennial Silver Hanau
· 1992 Bavarian State Award, International Handicraft Fair Munich
· 1997 Herbert Hofmann prize, International Handicraft Fair Munich
· 1999 Friedrich Becker Prize
· 2001 Bavarian State Award, International Handicraft Fair Munich
· 2005 Hanauer City Goldsmith
· 2011 Gebhard Fugel Art Award
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TWENTY
Galerie S O Solothurn 21 Sep - 16 Dec 2023After 20 years of dedication to contemporary jewellery and object Gallery S O is pleased to invite you to celebrate this exiting journey at Galerie S O in Solothurn. Die...Read more -
collect 2020
Gallery S O London 27 Feb - 1 Mar 2020Gallery S O is looking forward to seeing you at this year's Collect fair 27 Feb – 1 March hosted at its new location at Somerset House, Strand, London. Exhibition:...Read more -
Winter Show
Galllery S O London 8 Nov 2019 - 1 Feb 20208 November 2019 - 2 February 2020 (Closed on festive season, from 23 December 2019 - 1 January 2020) The exhibition comprises a selection of contemporary jewellery and objects by...Read more
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Stone Exhibition
Gallery S O London 6 Sep - 27 Oct 2019As a pillar in the evolution of human culture, stone has equipped us with tools, weapons, and ploughs as we built under it, into it and upon it. We use...Read more -
Moonlike
Gallery S O London 8 Feb - 24 Mar 2019Gallery SO is proud to present the group exhibition Moonlike, showcasing a variety of objects and vessels made by 10 international silversmiths. Peter Bauhuis (GER), David Bielander (SUI), Rudolf Bott...Read more -
Collect 2017
Saatchi Gallery, London 2 - 6 Feb 2017Gallery S O will be showing at Collect 2017 (stand 5.3) the International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, at the Saatchi Gallery, London from 2 – 6 February. The gallery...Read more
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Gallery Artists
Gallery S O London 7 - 30 Oct 2016A group exhibition of selected contemporary jewellery from renown international artists.Read more -
artgenève
Stand C42 & B43 28 - 31 Jan 2016Gallery S O is very pleased to be representing Peter Bauhuis, David Bielander, Rudolf Bott, David Clarke, Warwick Freeman, Christian Gonzenbach, Joe Sheehan, Bettina Speckner, Hans Stofer, Annelies Štrba, Michael...Read more -
Chamber of Wonder : International Art Jewellery
Gallery S O London 7 Dec 2012 - 27 Jan 2013To coincide with the Design Museum's survey show Unexpected Pleasures: The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, GALLERY S O London presents Chamber of Wonder.Read more
While the term 'cultural resistance' has become synonymous with the world of social sciences in the 1970s, new energies emerged elsewhere. From the sub, counter and resistance cultures exciting developments in contemporary jewellery blossomed and a fresh identifiable movement among designers and makers of the day was born. The work asked questions about the cultural meanings of gender, material value and the intimate relationship between the object and body. Wearable pieces were made to rethink social rituals and stereotypes and queried the notion of how and why we adorn ourselves.
Following in the spirit of this movement Chamber of Wonder shows the work of current designer makers united by their irreverence of traditional notions of luxury jewellery and a curiosity for reinterpreting objects found and fashioned to wear. From Bernhard Schobinger's choker of hexagon rock crystal slabs linked with fine gold to Hans Stofer's renovated skipping rope necklace with timeworn handles, or David Bielander's silky, silver garlic bulb pendant, the works in the show celebrate the diverse expressions of the genre and offer fresh alternatives to the 'proper' function of jewellery.
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22 Bricks at a Time
Gallery S O London 2 Dec 2011 - 29 Jan 2012Contemporary metalwork and jewellery by 22 international artists:Read more
Peter Bauhuis, David Bielander, Rudolf Bott, Helen Britton, David Clarke, Christian Gonzenbach, Andi Gut, Therese Hilbert, Simone ten Hompel, Kimiak Kageyama, Manon van Kouswijk, Otto Kunzli, Mark Monzo, Sonia Morel, Ted Noten, Mah Rana, Michael Rowe, Fabrice Schaefer, Bernhard Schobinger, Hans Stofer, Manuel Vilhena, Lisa Walker. -
Rudolf Bott : Hände mit Augen
Gallery S O Solothurn 28 Nov - 24 Dec 2010Rudolf Bott MetalworkRead more