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About Ana

Ana Bragança was born in 1984, in Porto, Portugal.

 

She studied architecture at FAUP (Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto ) and has a Master degree in “Architectural Design” from The Bartlett (University College of London).

 

She has worked as an architect in Luxembourg and Switzerland however, in 2012, she entered the world of jewellery. At the time, living in Athens, Greece, she has started designing and making her own jewellery learning from a handcraft jewellery laboratory called Syn Apeiro.

In order to improve her jewellery skills, Ana attended a  jewellery course at Cindor (Jewellery Vocational School of Gondomar) and from that moment on, she as been developing her collections between Portugal and Switzerland.

CV

2014 || Set || Jewellery modular course at Cindor (jewellery vocational school of

                     Gondomar) ||  Gondomar || Portugal

 

2015 || Out || Selected to participate at the 14th contemporary jewellery fair AUTOR ||  

                     Bucharest || Romania

 

2016 || Mai || Selected to participate at the 15th contemporary jewellery fair AUTOR ||  

                     Bucharest || Romania

 

          || Set || Invited to make join the exposition  “Jewellery at Rolão’s House” || opening 

                     celebration of the ID Concept Store || Braga || Portugal

 

          || Out || Selected to make part of the exposition "TRIPLE PARADE 2016 / Dialogue

                 across You and Me to Them: Creator, Wearer, Viewer" || GAUGUIN

                      Gallery,  Beijing  + TAFA Art Museum, Tianjin

 

                    || Participation at Lisboa Design Show 2016 || Lisbon || Portugal 

 

                    || Winner of the 3th place at the competition +Design || fashion design

                       category || LDX 16 || Lisbon || Portugal

 

          || Nov || Co-Founder of  8 X 8 || Joalharia de Autor, a pop up store of Portuguese  

                       jewellery products  || Porto ||Portugal

          || Dez || Selected to participate at the exposition “Cinema and Jewellery” 

                      organised by Tincal Lab || Porto || Portugal

 

                    || Invited to participate at the "Contemporary Jewellery Exposition" curated

                      by Architecture House || Matosinhos || Portugal

2017 || Mai || One of the members of the JÄMT | Contemporary Jewellery selected to

                      participate at the 16th contemporary jewellery fair AUTOR || Bucharest

 

          || Set || Co-Founder of Loja-Galeria COLLECTIVA || Porto || Portugal

 

                   || Participation at PortoJóia 2017 as a Portuguese Jewellery Newborn, a

                      nomination created by AORP in order to promote national new talents|| Porto || PT

2018 || Jan || Participation at Inhorgenta 2018 || Munich || Germany

 

          || Mai || Selected to participate at the 17th contemporary jewellery fair AUTOR 

                     as one of the members of Collectiva || Bucharest || Romania

 

                    || Selected to participate at the "Dix Jours des Crèateurs 2018 " (Ten Days of

                      Designers) organized by Globus Lausanne|| Lausanne || Switzerland 

 

          || Set || One of the five Curators of the International Exhibition Meeting 2018 that

                     took place at Collectiva | Joalharia de Autor || Porto || Portugal

          

          || Out || Selected to participate at  Lugano Design Festival as part of the 

                 Architecture in Fashion stand || Lugano || Suiça

         || Nov || Selected to participate at the  18th editions of the international jewellery art fair  

                 Sieraad||Amsterdam|| Holanda

 

2019 || Jan || Participation at Inhorgenta 2019 || Munich|| Germany

          || Abr || Selected to participate at the 18th contemporary jewellery fair AUTOR  as

                      one of the members of Collectiva || Bucharest || Romania

 

          || Mai || Selected to participate at the "Dix Jours des Crèateurs 2019 " (Ten Days of

                      Designers) organized by Globus Lausanne || Lausanne || Switzerland

       

         || Set || One of the five Curators of the International Exhibition Meeting 2019 that

                    took place at Collectiva | Joalharia de Autor || Porto ||Portugal 

2020 || Nov || Participation at the Hand Medal Project and nominee the "hand Keeper" of

                     the pieces made in Switzerland 

2021 || Mai || One of the 6 selected artists to participate in the project Reshape :

                  Portuguese Jewellery x MAAT || Lisbon || Portugal 

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