Robin Kranitzky

born Richmond, Virginia, 1956

BiographyRobin Kranitzky and Kim Overstreet have worked collaboratively since 1985 when they met as co-workers at a department store. Overstreet worked in the advertising department and Kranitzky joined her after working initially in window display. Their collaborative design work for the department store led to other joint projects including jewelry making. They began designing works that combined found objects and fragments combined with precious metals which evolved into a unique narrative style focused on brooches.

Their work can be found in museum collections around the world including Design Museum (Helsinki, Finland), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Their studio is located in Richmond, Virginia.

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