Statement
Juan Harnie is a 26-year old jewellery designer/maker and part of the Smitten Collective from Hasselt, Belgium. He studied architectural and interior arts in Brussels but the scale of the things he had to design troubled him. He liked to work on a small scale and where the smallest detail had a big influence on the piece. This is why he studied jewellery design at the MAD-faculty in Hasselt, Belgium where he could do his bachelors and masters degree. The use of materials, which aren’t normally associated with jewellery, is what fascinates him most. 

Education
-2014-2016: PXL/MAD-faculty, Hasselt (BE)
          Master of Fine Arts: Object & Jewellery
-2015-2016: Syntra, Tongeren (BE)
          Goldsmithing and jewellery design
-2011-2015: PXL/MAD-faculty, Hasselt (BE)
          Bachelor of Fine Arts: Object & Jewellery
-2007-2011: Sint-Lukas Art School, Brussels (BE)
          Architectural & Interior Arts

Internship
-2015: Beyond Fashion, Antwerp (BE)

Honorable mention
-Honorable mention Triple Parade 2016.

Exhibitions & Fairs
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Current
Broken Beauty by Alliages at Lille (FR) December 2019 - September 2020 

Past
2019
-MAD about INHORGENTA, Munich (DE)
2018
-Not Only Decoration @ Alliages, Lille (FR)
-Not Only Decoration @ Cbijoux's Gallery, Monthey (CH)
-MAD about INHORGENTA, Munich (DE)
2017
-Smaak Makers, Modemuseum (Fashion Museum) Hasselt (BE)
-Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Park (CN)
-Smitten Collective expo, Gitschotellei 82, Antwerp (BE)
-Exhibition In Print: Repair and renewal: Making things whole again, Metalsmith Magazine vol 37 N°4
-Selection Exhibition In print repair and renewal, Contemporary Craft, Pitsburg (US)
-Alliages Permanent Collection 2017, Lille (FR)
-Alliages: Empreintes 2017, Lalabeyou, Madrid (ES)
-Your eyes burn like wildfire, Regina Mundi monastary, Genk (BE)
​2016
-Triple Parade Central Exhibition: 
               Shengxi Museum of Fine Arts, Tianjin (CN)
               Gauguin Gallery, Beijing, Wangjing SOHO (CN)
-12th Jewelry Award Expo:
               DiamondLand, Antwerp (BE)
               Tour & Taxis, Brussels (BE)
​               Diamond Museum, Bruges (BE)
-Alliages Permanent Collection 2016, Lille (FR)
-Unlikely Beauty, Duo expo, Galerie Beyond, Antwerp (BE)
-Joya Barcelona (ES):
               Alliages Permanent Selection  
               Alliages Legacy Award
-Handmade in Belgium, CC Hasselt (BE)
-Myths - Test drive, Munich Jewellery Week (DE)
2015
-MADexhibitionists, Sieraad 2015, Amsterdam (NL)
-Medical Pavilion, Sieraad 2015, Amsterdam (NL)
-Marzee Graduate Show 2015, Marzee, Nijmegen (NL)
-Time Related, Beyond Fashion, Antwerp (BE)
-EXIT Extended, Graduation show, Multiple, Hasselt (BE)
-EXIT, Graduation show, Hasselt (BE)
-MADexhibitionists, Munich Jewellery Week (DE)
2014
-Meet your MADch, PXL, Hasselt (BE)
2013
-Eco-Jewel Fair, Houthalen (BE)
-Randgeval, Merlijn, Wezembeek-Oppem (BE)
-MAD-Multiple, Multiple, Hasselt (BE)
-MAD-Valentine, Galleriet, Genk (BE)