Kate Bajic Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Sept 2013 - Sept 2014 Loughborough University School of Art and Design Art & Design MA (Dist)
Sept 2000 - June 2003 Loughborough University School of Art and Design Silversmithing/Jewellery BA (Hons)
Current / recent employment:
Oct 07 - Sept 08 Coventry University School of Art & Design Visiting lecturer P/T
Nov 14 – Jun 15 Loughborough University School of Art and Design 3D Design BA, lecturer (p/t)
Feb 11 – Aug 24 Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester University Self-employed adult ed tutor
Funding / Awards:
Design Factory Funding for Origin 2007 Awarded Aug 2007
UKTI export award Funding for export research Awarded Oct 2006
Arts Council England ‘Grants for the Arts’ Awarded July 2006
Crafts Council & UKTI Trade Mission to NYIGF 27th - 31st Jan 2006
Publications:
Necklaces and Pendants Angie Boothroyd A & C Black Publishers Ltd Jan 2008
Solo Exhibitions:
Develop|Practice, Practice|Develop, National Centre for Craft & Design, Lincolnshire 8th July – 3rd Sept 2017
Lichenology, NCCD touring exhibition, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 12th Feb – 15th May 2016
‘Kate Bajic, Lichenology’ National Centre for Craft & Design, Lincolnshire 14th Feb – 29th March 2015
Selected upcoming and past Exhibitions:
MADE Winchester, Winchester Cathedral, 7th - 9th May 2026
Design Nation, MADE Showcase, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 21st April - 18th October 2026
Spring exhibition, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, 27th March - 6th June 2026
Growth, Design Nation Notts, Sock Gallery, Loughborough, 5th March - 18th April 2026
COLLECT with CAA Gallery, Somerset House, London, 26th February - 1st March 2026
Evolving Traditions, CAA Gallery, 25th November - 25th December 2025
A Sense of Place, Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk, 24th May - 18th June 2025
London Calling, Forge, London, 2nd - 28th May 2025
DUALITY, Gill Wing Jewellery, London, 30th April - 26th May 2025
Craft in Evolution, London Craft Week with CAA Gallery, Gallery@Oxo, London, 13th - 18th May 2025
COLLECT with CAA Gallery, Somerset House, London, 26th February - 2nd March 2025
Octopus Garden, Forge, London, 2-27th September 2024
Gilded Pleasures, Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, 20th July - 31st August 2024
Mad About Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 4-8th May 2024
New Maker Showcase, CAA Gallery, London, 7th - 18th November 2023
Goldsmiths' Fair, Week 1, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, 25th September - 1st October 2023
Summer showcase, Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk, 24th June - 19th July 2023
Summer showcase, Studio Vault, Settle, Yorkshire, 17th May - 17th August 2023
Uncommon Beauty, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, April 1st - May 29th 2023
Translating Nature, DN Nottingham group exhibition, The Hub, Sleaford, March 18th - April 30th 2023
Bejewelled Beasties, Gill Wing Jewellery, Islington, London, March-April 2023
Messages and Meanings, ACJ 25th anniversary Touring exhibition, 30th April 2022 - 18th June 2023
Goldsmiths' Fair, Week 1, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, Sept 27th - Oct 2nd 2022
Autumn Craft Collection, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey, Sept 3rd - Nov 5th 2022
Coastal exhibition, Byard Art, Cambridge, May 26th - June 26th, 2022
COLLECT International Art Fair, Design Nation, Somerset House, London, February 25th - 27th 2022
Digital Craft Festival, online event, November 13th-14th 2021
A Little Lustre, Lakeside Art Centre, Nottingham, 5th - 7th November 2021
London Craft Week, Design Nation, online event, 4th - 10th October 2021
Elements Festival of Jewellery 1st September - 30th November 2021
DAZZLE Edinburgh, 6th - 29th August 2021
Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair (GNCCF), online, 17th - 18th July 2021
The Earring Show, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, May - June 2021
COLLECT International Art Fair, Design Nation, Crafts Council online event, 26th February – 2nd March 2021
Elements (Online Event for 2020), 6th - 8th Nov 2020
Jewellery showcase, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, 2nd – 26th October 2020
Precious Places, Precious Things, ALLIAGES, Lille, France, 12th September - 5th December 2020
Curated by. Lacy Barry, AA Collected Gallery, Berlin, 11th March – 30th May 2020
Pattern & Sequence, Design Nation Showcase, NCCD, 19th Oct - 5th Jan 2020
SIERAAD Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam, 7th – 10th November 2019
MADE London, One Marylebone, London, 24th– 27th October 2019
Tales of the Subconscious, Gill Wing Jewellery, London, 4th October – 6th November 2019
MADE London, One Marylebone, London, 18th – 21st October 2018
Equinox, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, 10th March – 21st April 2018
Handmade at Kew, Kew Gardens, London, 12th – 15th October 2017
Stockists:
ADA Gallery, Market Harborough
Brightwater Gallery, Alnwick
Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
CAA Gallery, Marylebone, London
Craft NI, Belfast
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
Studio Vault, Settle, Yorkshire
Salt Hill Gallery, Fargo, US
Online:
Eclectic Artisans
Membership Details:
Association of Contemporary Jewellery (www.acj.org.uk)
Crafts Council Directory (www.craftscouncil.org.uk/directory)
Design Nation (www.designnation.co.uk
Precious Collective (www.preciouscollective.com)
Heritage Crafts (www.heritagecrafts.org.uk)