Gina Pankowski

Gina Pankowski's career in contemporary jewelry was decided when she wandered into the metal arts studio at the University of Washington, and the classroom of Mary Lee Hu. Since graduating in 1993, Pankowski has gone on to show her jewelry in galleries around the country and the world, and her work has been included in major exhibitions at prestigious institutions including the American Craft Museum in New York, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, and the Samuel Dorsky Museum in New Paltz, New York.

Pankowski has said of her work: "Using traditional jewelry fabrication techniques, with my torch I solder complex structures in silver and gold. Working directly with my materials I form the metal using hammers and files, always leaving my mark. As an artist with an eye for pattern I explore line and repetition as a way to build three dimensional moving art to wear. "

For additional information and images visit the artist’s website: https://www.ginapankowski.com/pages/about