Artist Statement:

Davina Romansky is a metals artist engaging the use of natural tension and movements found in nature to express action for jewelry and sculptural forms giving artistic identity to each piece by combining conceptual and aesthetic beauty with technical proficiency – capturing people’s emotions while challenging them to appreciate and desire original art. Believing there should always be discovery and drive for perfection while maintaining discipline in one’s craft, Davina continues to pursue her goal of learning as many techniques as possible in the metals field. She has a BFA in metals/jewelry from Rochester Institute of Technology, attended Penland School of Crafts, Art Studio Fugi in Florence, Italy and studied under Giovanni Corvaja, Barbara Heinrich, Giuseppe Massoni, Juan Carlos Caballeros-Perez, Leonard Urso and So Young Park.

Exhibitions/Awards:

Awards include The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award of Tiffany & Co. of New York, Rio Grande’s Saul Bell Design Award – First Place Hollowware, S.N.A.G. (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Endowment Award, WJA (Women’s Jewelry Association) Scholarship Award, Barbara Heinrich Studio Outstanding Undergraduate Award and Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America Foundation Awards as well as work published in Lark Books “30 Minute Earrings”.

Exhibitions include Tallahassee International Exhibition – FSU Museum of Fine Arts – Florida; Alpan International - Alpan Gallery - New York; JCK Jewelry Show Las Vegas (with Rio Grande’s Saul Bell Award); S.N.A.G. (Society of North American Goldsmiths) National Conferences; Art in Craft Media – Burchfield Penney Art Center - Buffalo, New York; Ohringer Gallery of the Dyer Arts Center – New York; The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Textile Art Alliance Wearable Art Fashion Show and “Close to the Skin” Exhibit – West Palm Beach, Florida.