CV

Name: William Eric Loubser

Born: 17 February 1986

Citizen: South Africa

Work and live: Johannesburg, South Africa

Director of Tinsel Gallery

Director of The Jewellery Museum

 

Education and Employment

2008: Graduated from Stellenbosch University BA(FA) visual arts

2008 - present: Working as a jewellery designer

2008 - 2010: Apprenticed at Liz Loubser Designer Jeweller

2010 - 2011: Design and manufacturing mentor for PlatAfrica awards at the University of Stellenbosch

2011: Technical and manufacturing lecturer for 3rd years at University of Johannesburg

2012 - 2013: Design and manufacturing mentor for PlatAfrica awards and platinum technical lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch

2017 - 2020: Director at Studio Loubser, a joint venture of Liz Loubser Designer Jeweller and Eric Loubser Design

2011 - present: Owner of Eric Loubser Design

 

Exhibitions

2008: “Inventions: The University of Stellenbosch at the Gold of Africa museum”, Cape Town, South Africa

2008: “GradEx 2008”, Stellenbosch, South Africa

2009: “Six Small Stories”, Artspace, Johannesburg, South Africa

2009: Design Idaba, Cape Town, South Africa

2010: “Cute show”, Salon 91, Cape Town, South Africa

2010: “Dichotomies in Objects: Contemporary South African Studio Jewelry from the Stellenbosch Area”, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

2010: “Dichotomies in Objects: Contemporary South African Studio Jewelry from the Stellenbosch Area”, The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH, USA

2010: “Dichotomies in Objects: Contemporary South African Studio Jewelry from the Stellenbosch Area”, The National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN, USA

2011: “Lagd I Verden” (Made in the World), Oslo, Norway

2011: Design Idaba, Cape Town, South Africa

2012: “Welkom/Welcome”, Liz Loubser Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2013: “68 Earings/68 Artists”, Liz Loubser Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2014: “55 Necklaces/55 Artists”, Liz Loubser Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2015: “Tableaux”, Tinsel Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2015: “Precious Obsession”, Tinsel Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2015: “Fix”, Tinsel Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2016: “Portraits”, Tinsel Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2017: “100% New”, Tinsel Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2018: “En Masse”, Tinsel Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2019: “Gone But Not Forgotten” solo show; “Now-Now” exhibition of South African contemporary jewellery, San W Gallery, Shanghai, China; “A Perfect Pair”, Tinsel Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Prizes

2008: PlatAfrica, Technical excellence award, student category

2010: PlatAfrica, Technical excellence and manufacturing award, professional category

2012: Nominated for most beautiful object in South Africa by Chris Roper (Mail & Guardian online editor).

 

Permanent Collections

The National Museum of Art, Design and Architecture, Oslo, Norway

The Jewellery Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Publications

2008: Compendium finale of contemporary jewellers, Darling Publications

2013: Contemporary jewelry in perspective, Lark books