Curriculum Vitae
ROBERT SMIT
1941 Born, Delft, The Netherlands
1954/1957 Technische School voor Delft en omstreken
Certificate ‘instrumentmaker’
1963/1966 Staatliche Kunst und Werkschule Pforzheim, Germany
Staatlich geprüfter Gestalter Fachrichtung Einzelschmuck
Successfully graduated (Cum laude)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2024 Museo Civico di Asolo, Sala della Ragione, ’Retrospective’ Asolo, IT
2022 CODA Museum, ‘Craving the essentials’ Apeldoorn, NL
2019 Galerie Marzee Nijmegen, NL
2018 Galerie Marzee Nijmegen, NL
2016 Galerie Caroline van Hoek, RALLY: ‘Tender Touchment’ Bruxelles, BE
2015 Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Arts, ‘schrittmacher’ Munich, DE
2014 Galerie Caroline van Hoek, ‘Letters to Madonna delle Dolomiti’ Bruxelles, BE
Musei Civici agli Eremitani, Curated by Graziella Folchini Grassetto Padova, IT
Galerie Rosemarie Jäger, in honour to the Goldener Ehrenring 2014 Hochheim, DE
Galerie De Zaal, ‘From the light of Delft to the sparkles of the Dolomites’ Delft, NL
2013 Gallery Locus Solus, ‘The present is the result of the past’, with Henk Peeters and Robert Smit Antwerp, BE
Villa Bengel, Robert Smit- Golden Years, ‘From the Light of Delft to the Sparkle of the Dolomites’
Idar Oberstein, DE
2011 Design Miami, represented by Galerie Caroline van Hoek Bruxelles, BE
2008 Galerie Louise Smit, ‘Madonna delle Dolomiti’ Amsterdam, NL
Klimt02Gallery, ‘Madonna delle Dolomiti’ Barcelona, ES
Gallery YU Tokyo, JP
2005 Cortina d’Ampezzo, curator Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Studio GR 20 Padova, IT
2004 Stedelijk Museum CS, ‘Metallic Yellow, Gold for Robert Smit’ Amsterdam, NL
2003 Galerie Louise Smit, KunstRai 2003, ‘Bello in Padova’ Amsterdam, NL
2001 Musei Civici di Padova, ‘Casa vuota’ Padova, IT
Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, NL
Galleria Claudio Zanettin, La Ruota Antoichità, curator Graziella Folchini Grassetto Porto Rotondo, Sardegna, IT
2000 Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, ‘Leeres Haus’, Hanau, DE
Kunsthal, ‘Leeres Haus’ Rotterdam, NL
1999 Galerie Slavik Vienna, AUT
Schmuckmuseum, ‘Leeres Haus’ Pforzheim, DE
Bayerische Kunstgewerbe Verein, ‘Leeres Haus’ Munich, DE
1998 Galerie Louise Smit, ‘Kortsluiting’, Stripverhaal i.c.w. Boris Claassen Amsterdam, NL
1997 Galerie Slewe, ‘Een familiaire verzameling sieraden en berging’, commissioned by Hein
and Ria Slewe on the occasion of their 40-year marriage Amsterdam, NL
1996 Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, NL
1995 Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, TNL
1994 Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, NL
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain Nice, FR
1993 Galerie Spectrum Munich, DE
Galerie Contacto Directo Lisbon, PRT
1992 Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Spectrum Munich, DE
1991 Studio Ton Berends The Hague, NL
1990 Helen Drutt Gallery New York, USA
1989 Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, NL
1988 Helen Drutt Gallery Philadelphia, USA
Galerie Philip Debray Riihimåki, FIN
1987 Stedelijk Museum ‘Het Prinsenhof’, ‘Beyond Reach’ Delft, NL
Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, NL
1985 Galerie RA, ‘Ornamentum humanum’ Amsterdam, NL
1984 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Orez Mobiel (with Jan J. Schoonhoven) The Hague, NL
1981 Galerie Orez Mobiel The Hague, NL
1978 Galerie Orez Mobiel, Series of 10 exhibitions The Hague, NL
Towards the liberation of drawings 1
Approaching my intentions & approaches to my intentions some time afterward (6.1.78.)
Towards the liberation of drawings 2
Felt-penned/lithographic crayonned/charcoalled/patelled/paintbrushed/erased/ballpointed/penned/pencilled/brushed, each of which with: felt pen/lithographic crayon/charcoal/pastel/paintbrush/eraser/ballpoint/pen/pencil/brush (28.2.78)
Towards the liberation of drawings 3
Aquarelled (4.4.78.)
Towards the liberation of drawings 4
Timed distances – drawing without intervention (21.4.78.)
Towards the liberation of drawings 5
Cwrt from ffynnon geredig nant gwanaf (spring), allt brynllywwwwwelyn, ty’r-lan cae’r-blaidd, gwar-allt, lletty’r- aderyn, allt pant-y-cerrig, ffinnant, pantycerrig, bryn-dafydd, pant- ydderwen, maes-ifan, maes-yr-haidd. (11.5.78.)
Towards the liberation of drawings 6
A second look at an outside activity in Wales. The aquarelle (23.6.78.)
Towards the liberation of drawings 7
The insignificant flatness of printed matter/towards the liberation of drawings 8’
(Museum Journaal, Oktober 1978)
Towards the liberation of drawings 8
(Executed on 28.10.78.)
Towards the liberation of drawings 9
And here a piece of paper subjected to the drawing and this drawing
subjected to the stone & just as there a stone subjected to the drawing and that a drawing subjected to the stone (22.9.78.)
Towards the liberation of drawings 10 (8.12.78.)
1977 Galerie Waalkens Finsterwolde, NL
1973 Stedelijk Museum De Volle Maan Delft, NL
Galerie Riekje Swart, ‘Different Information’ Amsterdam, NL
1971 Galerie Tietz-Odenwalt Hamburg, DE
1969 Galerie R.G. CW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2025 Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, USA
Nov 9th, 2025 through May 3rd, 2026
Puyuan International Contemporary Jewellery Art and Design Biennale Puyuan, CHN
The Dutch pavilion/ Dutch jewelry: ON THE OPEN WATERS
Frame, Galerie Marzee ‘De Eenling’, March 2025 Munich, DE
2024 CODA Museum, ‘Sprekende juwelen’, curator Martijn Akkerman Apeldoorn, NL
Het Prinsenhof Museum, ‘De KunstParade. Hedendaagse Delftse kunstenaars’, curator Antoon Melissen Delft, NL
TEFAF Maastricht, by Marjan Sterk Fine Art Jewellery, Amsterdam Maastricht, NL
TEFAF Maastricht, by DIDIER LTD, London Maastricht, NL
2023 Galerie Marzee, Internationale Handwerksmesse Munich, DE
Galerie Handwerk, ‘SCHMUCK UND GERÄT’ Munich, DE
MoreUpstairs Gallery, By Ciel mes Bijoux Bruxelles, BE
KunstRai Amsterdam, by Art Dealer Arnold Ligthart, together with Amsterdam, NL
Jan Schoonhoven and Fons Brasser
2022 PAN, represented by Art Dealer Arnold Ligthart, together with Jan Schoonhoven and Armando Amsterdam, NL
2022 CODA Museum, ‘The Showcase, unboxing the collection’,curated by Scheltens en Abbenes Apeldoorn, NL
2021 Galerie Rob de Vries, ‘BUITEN’, Provinciehuis Haarlem Haarlem, NL
2019 Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘PAN 2019’, Fair for Art, Antiques and Design Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘FRAME’, IHM Munich, DE
Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘KUNSTRAI’ Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘Qade’, Art Rotterdam Rotterdam, NL
Galerie Marzee, ‘Marzee 40th anniversary exhibition’ Nijmegen, NL
Maurer Zilioli, Contemporary Arts, ‘IN MEMORIAM BRUNO MARTINAZZI (1923 – 2018) Munich, DE
CODA, ’21 Gram’ Apeldoorn, NL
CODA, ‘De Keerzijde’ Apeldoorn, NL
Galerie Handwerk, ’21 Gram’ Munich, DE
2018 Galerie Rob de Vries, Fair ‘Art on Paper’ (Westergasfabriek) Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘FRAME’, IHM Munich, DE
Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘QADE’, Art Rotterdam Rotterdam, NL
Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘COLLECT’ London, UK
Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘KUNSTRAI’ Amsterdam, NL
CHINA ACADEMY OF ART, ’21 Gram’ HANGZHOU, CHN
Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘TRESOR Basel, CH
Galerie Marzee, Fair ‘PAN 2018’, Fair for Art, Antiques and Design Amsterdam, NL
2017 Galerie Marzee, PAN 2017, Fair for Art, Antiques and Design Amsterdam, NL
2017 Galerie Caroline van Hoek: Design Basel/Miami 2017 Basel, CH
2017 Villa Stuck, ‘Private Confessions. Die Zeichnung der Schmuckkünstler’, curated by Ellen Maurer Zilioli, Munich, DE
2017 Galerie Handwerk, ‘Hommage an Mandred’ Munich, DE
2017 Galerie Spektrum, ‘Galerie Spektrum – The Munich Times’, IHM-FRAME Munich, DE
2017 Atelier Tom Munsteiner, ‘20th anniversary’ Stipshausen, DE
2017 Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Material + Form e.V. Westerwald, DE
2016 CODA Museum ‘Private Confessions. Die Zeichnung der Schmuckkünstler’, curated by Ellen Maurer Zilioli, Apeldoorn, NL, Munich, DE
Galerie Phoebus, ‘Archief van schone voorwerpen’, curated by Liesbeth den Besten Rotterdam, NL
2015 Crafts Council, ‘I AM HERE: portable art, wearable objects, jewelry’ London, UK
Villa Stuck, ‘glAmour’, curated by Olga Zobel Munich, DE
Galerie De Zaal, ‘Echo Orez, work from the seventies, a tribute to Jan J. Schoonhoven’ Delft, NL
Pratt Manhattan Gallery, ‘After Wearing: A history of gestures, actions and jewelry’ New York, USA
Participating artists: Roseanne Bartley, Kipp Bradford, Tracey Clement, Gabriel Craig, Thomas Dierks, Martí Guixé, Lauren Kalman, Suska Mackert, Jessica C. Martin, Jhana Millers, Yuka Oyama, Mah Rana, Schmuck2, Robert Smit, Joanne Wardrop, and Becky Yee. Curated by: Monica Gaspar and Damian Skinner
Arti et Amicitiae, ‘Hangen doe je toch. On the occasion of 175 Year Arti et Amicitiae with 580 Artist Amsterdam, NL
Design Miami/Basel, represented by Galerie Caroline van Hoek Bruxelles, BE
2014 Design Miami/Basel, represented by Galerie Caroline van Hoek Bruxelles, BE
Espace Solidor, ‘glAmour’, curated by Olga Zobel Haut de Cagnes, FR
2013 Design Miami/Basel, represented by Galerie Caroline van Hoek Bruxelles, BE
Design Miami, represented by Galerie Caroline van Hoek Bruxelles, BE
2012 National Gallery of Victoria, ‘UNEXPECTED PLEASURES’
The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, curated by Dr. Susan Cohn, AU
Design Museum, ‘UNEXPECTED PLEASURES’
The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, curated by Dr. Susan Cohn, London, UK
London. Exhibition design by Ab Rogers Design and graphics by Barnbrook Design Museum Victoria and Albert Museum, ‘Postmodernism: Style and Subversion, 1970-1990’, London, UK
PAD London, with Galerie Caroline van Hoek London, UK
Stedelijk Museum, ‘WE ARE OPEN’
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is officially opened by Queen Beatrix Amsterdam, NL
PAD Paris, with Galerie Caroline van Hoek Paris, FR
Museum Het Prinsenhof, ‘Inzicht, Delftse Meesters van Nu’ Delft, NL
2011 Galerie Handwerk, ‘Galerie der Preisträger, Bayerischer Staatspreis’ Munich, DE
2010 Galleria Antonella Villanova Florence, IT
Studio GR20 Padova, IT
2009 Zuiderzeemuseum, ‘Gone with the Wind’ Enkhuizen, NL
2008 Galerie Stühler, ‘5 Goldschmiede’ Munich, DE
Galerie YU, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry Tokyo, JP
Collect, Galerie Louise Smit, V&A London, UK
Goldschmiedehaus, ‘10th anniversary Alchimia’ Hanau, DE
Handwerksmesse, ‘Masters der Moderne’ Munich, DE
Studio GR20, ‘Gioielleria Contemporanea, Maestri Olandesi’ Padova, IT
2007 Klimt02Gallery, Barcelona, opening gallery Barcelona, ES
Collect, Galerie Louise Smit, V&A London, UK
Museum of Fine Art Houston, ‘Ornament as Art’, Collection Helen Williams Drutt Collection Houston, USA
Museum of Fine Art Boston, ‘Jewelry by artists’, the Daphne Farago Collection Boston, USA
Seoul International Craft Biennale 2007 Seoul, KR
2006 Collect, Galerie Louise Smit, V&A London, UK
2005 Collect, Galerie Louise Smit, V&A London, UK
National Gallery of Australia, ‘Transformations’ Canberra, AU
2004 Collect, Galerie Louise Smit, V&A London, UK
2003 Schmuckmuseum, ‘Experiment Schmuck’ Pforzheim, DE
2002 RMIT University/RMIT Gallery, ‘Jewels of Mind and Mentality’ Melbourne, AU
Stedelijk Museum, ‘Display’ Amsterdam, NL
Angermuseum, ‘Experiment Schmuck’ Erfurt, DE
Lesley Craze Gallery, ‘Dutch Diversity’ London, UK
Centraal Museum Utrecht, ’Zonder wrijving geen glans’ Utrecht, NL
2001 Palazzo Pitti, ‘L’Arte Gioiello’ Florence, IT
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe Verein, ‘Mikromegas’ Munich, DE
2000 Koningin Fabiolazaal, ‘Het verSierde ego’, The ego aDorned’ Antwerpen, BE
Het Kunstjuweel in de 20ste eeuw, door Jan Walgrave
Museum Waterland, ‘Sieraden’ Purmerend, NL
Museum Het Kruithuis Den Bosch, NL
Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam, NL
Casino Gallery Venezia, ‘Gioielleria Contemporanea in Europa’ (curated by Graziella Folchini Grassetto) Venice, IT
1999 Galerie Piltzer Paris, FR
1998 The National Museums of Scotland, ‘Jewellery Moves’ Edinburg, SCH
Galerie Louise Smit, ‘What about men’, on the occasion of the Gay Games Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Louise Smit, ‘KunstRai ’98’, together with Evert Nijland and Herman Jünger Amsterdam, NL
Kunsthal, SFBK, ‘Standpunten’ Rotterdam, NL
Kunstcentrum Bellamy 19, ‘Het lijden van de jonge Bellamy‘ Vlissingen, NL
Helen Drutt Gallery, ‘Brooching it diplomatically: a tribute to Madeleine K. Albright’ Philadelphia, USA
Museum het Kruithuis, ‘Brooching it diplomatically: a tribute to Madeleine K. Albright’ Den Bosch, NL
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, ‘Brooching it diplomatically: a tribute to Madeleine K. Albright’ Oostende/and many other locations
1997 Museum für angewandte Kunst, 7. Erfurter Schmucksymposium Cologne, DE
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, 7. Erfurter Schmucksymposium Hanau, DE
Die Werkstattgalerie Brodhag + Wörn, 7. Erfurter Schmucksymposium Berlin, DE
Centraal Museum, ‘De Bruiloftsreportage’, Drawings Utrecht, NL
Studio GR 20, ‘Il colore nella gioielleria contemporanea’, with Giampaolo Babetto, Karl Fritsch, Anna Heindl, Paolo Maurizio, Michelle Milner Scott, Ramon Puig Cuyas, Anna Maria Zanella Padova, IT
Fattidarte, ‘Gioielli di fine millennio’ Piacenza, IT
1996 Museum of Modern Art, ‘Design and Identity. Aspects of European Design’, Louisiana Humblebaek, DK
Schloss Klessheim, ‘Schmuck im Schloss’ Salzburg, AT
Barfüsserkirche, ‘Ergebnisse des 7. Erfurter Schmucksymposiums ‘Erfurt, DE
Stedelijk Museum, ‘Scanning’ Amsterdam, NL
Marijke Vallanzasca Milan, IT
Angermuseum-Barfusserkirche, 7. Erfurter Schmucksymposium Erfurt, DE
Galerie Marzee, 7. Erfurter Schmucksymposium Nijmegen, NL
1995 ‘ Dutch Jewellery’, Jakarta Bandung, DIY
1994 Kunstrai ‘94, ‘Mode en Sieraad’, in collaboration with Meta Struycken Amsterdam, NL
1993 Kunsthal, ‘Facet 1’, Jewellery biennial Rotterdam, NL
Marijke Studio, ‘HOM.AGE’ (Maestri di gioia) Padova, IT
Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste, ’13 Goldschiede’ Munich, DE
1992 Centrum Beeldende Kunst, ‘Sieraden’ Groningen, NL
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, ‘3de Trienale du Byou’ Paris, FR
1991 Europäisches Kunsthandwerk ‘91 Stuttgart, DE
Centraal Museum, ‘Linea Recta’ Utrecht, NL
Kunstbeurs Gent, ‘Lineart’ Gent, BE
’90/’91 L’arte della Gioia Padova, IT
1990 Bienale du Bijou Paris, FR
Atelier Bernd Munsteiner Stipshausen, DE
Studio Ton Berends The Hague, NL
Milano Biblioteca Trivulziana, ‘Gioielli e Legature, Artisti del XX Secolo’, 26 oct. – 11 nov. 1990 Milan, IT
1989 Galerie Louise Smit, ‘KunstRai ’89’ Amsterdam, NL
KunstRai ‘89, 32 Portraits, ‘Photography in Art’ Amsterdam, NL
‘The Spectacles of Chaos’ Chicago, USA
Triennial Perth Perth, Western AU
1988 Museum Morsbroich, ‘Tragezeichen’ Leverkussen, DE
(Babetto, Bischoff, Marx, Nisslmüller, Pavan, Schobinger, Skubic, Smit)
’87/’88 Linzer Institut für Gestaltung, ‘Schmuck, Zeichen am Kørper’ Linz, AT
1987 Ministerie van WVC, ‘Stipendia ’85-’86’ Amsterdam, NL
Gemeente Museum, ‘Holland in Vorm’ Arnhem, NL
1986 Galerie Van Krimpen Amsterdam, NL
Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst The Hague, NL
1985 Stedelijk Museum, ‘Wat Amsterdam betreft’ Amsterdam, NL
Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, ‘Aspekten van Nederlandse Tekenkunst’ Leiden, NL
Allen Memorial Art Museum Oberlin, Ohio, USA
1984 Galerie Orez Mobiel, ‘Gezicht op Delft’, With Jan Schoonhoven, Anita Schoonhoven, The Hague, NL
Bram Bogart, Jaap van den Ende, Robert Smit
1983 Nederlandse Kunststichting, ‘Tekeningen’, (traveling exhibition) Amsterdam, NL
1982 Kesstner-Gesellschaft, ‘Momentbild’ Hannover, DE
Museum Fodor, ‘Amsterdam 60/80’ Amsterdam, NL
1981 Stedelijk Museum, ‘Instant fotografie’ Amsterdam, NL
1980 Museum Fodor, ‘The Critic Sees’ Amsterdam, NL
1979 Galerie Orez Mobiel The Hague, NL
1976 Galerie Orez Mobiel The Hague, NL
Cenobio Visualità Milan, IT
’75/’76 Scottish Arts Council Edinburg, SCH
Victoria & Albert Museum, ‘Jewellery in Europe’ 1976 London, UK
1972 Electrum Gallery ‘Concepts of Modern Jewellery’ London, UK
Electrum Gallery ‘Twenty Modern Jewellers’ London, UK
Rotterdamse Kunststichting
(Gijs Bakker, Krijn Giezen, David v.d. Kop, Emmy van Leersum, Rob Smit) Rotterdam, NL
First Triennial, ‘Sieraad 1900-1972’ Amersfoort, NL
1971 Museum Fodor, ‘Haagse Kunstkring’, Katalogusnummer 509 Amsterdam, NL
2 oktober t/m 7 november 1971. (With Robert Smit, Tomas Rajlich, Eric Pape,
Lon Pennock, Heppe d Moor, a.o.)
Norishalle, ‘Gold+Silber Schmuck+Gerät’ Neurenberg, DE
Schmuckmuseum, ‘Tendenzen ’71’ Liesborn/Pforzheim, DE
1970 Schmuckmuseum, ‘Tendenzen’ Pforzheim, DE
Galerie Nouvelles Images The Hague, NL
Het Prinsenhof Museum, ‘Bijdrage tot het constructivisme van nu’ Delft, NL
(Robert Smit, Jan J. Schoonhoven, Jaap van den Ende, Frans Vierling)
Congres Gebouw The Hague, NL
1969 Stedelijk Museum, ‘Moderne kunstnijverheid’ Schiedam, NL
1968 Galerie Lalique Berlin, DE
Exhibition Rijksaankopen London, Paris, Cologne
1967 Handwerksmesse Munich, DE
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
2022 ART AUREA ‘Inside quite free’, Autumn 2022, by Liesbeth den Besten, DE
VILLA d’ARTE, issue nr. 1, ‘Craving the essentials’, by René Seghers , NL
Museum Tijdschrift, issue nr. 2, ‘Brutaal als goud’, by Chris Reinewald, NL
VPRO Gids #7, February, The poster from CODA on the backside, NL
PAN 2022, Arnold Ligthart, 19de -21ste eeuwse schilderkunst, NL
2014 Triple Parade.Published by Ubi Art & Design Ltd. Beijing Shi, CHN
2014 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, about the Golden Ring of Honor 2014, DE
Frankfurter Rundschau, about the Golden Ring of Honor 2014, DE
2014 Hanauer Anzeiger, about the Golden Ring of Honor 2014, DE
http://www.artjewelryforum.org/ajf-blog/robert-smit-golden-ring-of-honor, by Susan Cummins, USA
‘La Gazette du Self Service’, nr 2 & nr. 3, Galerie Caroline van Hoek Bruxelles, BE
2013 Metalsmith Magazin ‘Craving the Essential’, vol. 33, no. 5, by Liesbeth den Besten, USA
2012 Collect | Contemporary jewellery, by Joanna Hardy, Thames & Hudson, UK
UNEXPECTED PLEASURES, The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, curated by Dr. Susan Cohn London, UK
‘door het oog van EGBERDIEN’ – voor tijdens na gallery RG Curacao-Florida, USA
2011 Art Aurea, CHEERFULLY TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES, by Ellen Maurer Zilioli, DE
2010 Art Quaterly, ‘The Golden Question’, author James Brighton, UK
2005 Arte, ’Astrazioni fiorite nell’oro’, by Alessandra Redaelli, IT
2004 Documentary, ‘Robert Smit en het taboe op goud’ (Ban On Gold), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Director Aldo Smit) Amsterdam, NL
Museumtijdschrift, ‘Weergaloos schoon’, by Liesbeth den Besten, NL
Kunstbeeld, ‘Goud in het Stedelijk Museum’, by Anne Berk, NL
2002 ‘Display’, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
‘Dutch Diversity’, Lesley Craze Gallery, UK
2001 Il Gazzettino, ‘Benvenuti nella casa vuota di Robert Smit’, May 6, 2001, IT
2000 Süddeutsche Zeitung, Christoph Wiedemann Munich, DE
Region Hanau, ‘Avant Garde füllt ‘Leeres Haus’ von Robert Smit’ Hanau, DE
1999 ‘La Renaissance du Bijou’, Galerie Piltzer Paris, FR
Kunsthandwerk & Design, ‘Robert Smit, Leeres Haus, neuer Schmuck’, Cornelie Holzach, DE
Pforzheimer Kurier, Wolfgang Weber, DE
Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung, Johannes Cramer, DE
Pforzheimer Zeitung, Sandra Pfäfflin, DE
1999 Arnoldsche Verlag, ‘Robert Smit, Empty house’, DE
Text: Gert Staal, Helen Drutt, Graziella Folchini Grassetto
1997 De bruiloftsreportage, Provincie Utrecht en het Centraal Museum Utrecht Utrecht, NL
1997 ‘Een familiaire verzameling sieraden en berging’, Robert Smit Amsterdam, NL
1997 ‘il colore nella gioielleria contemporanea’, by Graziella Folchini Grassetto Padova, IT
1997 Gioielli di fine millennio Fattidarte Piacenza, IT
1997 Nederlands fabrikaat, Reyer Kras Amsterdam, NL
1997 Comic book ‘Kortsluiting’ (catalogue exhibition in Galerie Louise Smit, jan.1998, in collaboration with Boris Claassen) Amsterdam, NL
1996 Calendar ‘Stories of Gold’, by Giac Casale, with Giampaolo Babetto and Erico Nagai, Milan, IT
1996 ‘Scanning: Toegepaste Kunst en Fotografie in Amsterdam 1996’
Edition on the occasion of the Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen in het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
1996 ‘Prima Materia’, edition Materiaalfonds voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving, NL
1996 Kunsthandwerk & Design, ‘Die holländische SchmuckSzene’, nov/dec, 1996,
by Liesbeth den Besten, DE
1996 Items 7+8, Sieraadvormgeving & design, ‘voorgoed van elkaar vervreemd’, NL
by Liesbeth den Besten, 15th year 1996
1996 ‘Schmuck im Schloss’, Schloss Klessheim Salzburg, AT
1996 7. Erfurter Schmucksymposium 1996 Erfurt, DE
1995 Fachhochschule Pforzheim 1965-1995, ‘Schmücken, the art of adornment’ Pforzheim, DE
1995 Nouveau: ‘Het sieraad als kunstobject’, ‘Jewelry of our time’, ‘Art, ornament and obsession’,
by Helen W. Drutt English and Peter Dormer, NL / UK
1995 ‘Nice. Amsterdam’, book on the occasion of the exhibition in Museum of Modern Art, Nice, FR
edition 500 (300 neth.-, 100 eng.- 100 german)
1994 The new jewelry ‘Trends + Traditions’, Revised Edition Peter Dormer + Ralph Turner London, UK
1994 Het Parool, ‘Goud voor onder de boom’, (Exhibition ‘Goud alleen’, Galerie Louise Smit),
by Liesbeth den Besten Amsterdam, NL
1994 ‘Meester/Leerling’, by Chris Reinewald, NL
1993 ‘The best in contemporary Jewellery’, by David Watkins London, UK
Het Parool, ‘Geen gewoon goud’, by Liesbeth den Besten, on the occasion of the
monography ‘Robert Smit, sieraden van eigentijdse kunstenaars 3’ Amsterdam, NL
1993 NRC Handelsblad, ‘De intense, onmiskenbare gele gloed van goud’, by Tracy Metz, nl
1992 AURUM PUBLISHING AG, ‘ROBERT SMIT, sieraden van eigentijdse kunstenaars 3’, DE
Bijvoorbeeld, Cover-foto NRC Handelsblad, ‘De emancipatie van het sieraad’, by Tracy Metz, NL
1992 Klaus Ullrich, ‘Kaffee oder Tee?’, contribution of Robert Smit, DE
1991 Het Parool: ‘Meubels met een verwijzing’, by Liesbeth den Besten Amsterdam, NL
De Limburger: ‘Dit is een keten van deze tijd’, Wilma Loop NL
1990 L’Orafo Italiano, ‘GIOIELLI LEGATURE, Artisti del XX Secolo’, Editore Milan Milan, IT
1989 Kunstwerk Journaal: ‘KunstRai ’89’, NL
1988 Art Aurea: ‘Wo sind wir eigentlich?’, by Christoph Blase, DE
De Volkskrant: ‘Koning wijst uitgekozen jubileummunt af’, NL
NRC Handelsblad, ‘Een koningin vol krabbels’, by Bas van Lier, NL
Capital, ‘Schmuck und feines Silber’ Hamburg, DE
1987 ‘Tragezeichen’, text catalogue: Christoph Blase, DE
NRC Handelsblad, ‘Betondorp toont juwelen’, by Tracy Metz, NL
1987 Delftsche Courant, ‘Een kunstwerk op de borst’, by Hendrik van Leeuwen Delft, NL
1987 Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, ‘Byond Reach’ Delft, NL
Eurocard Magazine. ‘De opmerkelijke terugkeer van het Gouden Sieraad’ Rotterdam, NL
1986 Museumjournaal 3 en 4, ‘Een onpersoonlijk lijf tegenover de borst van Rob van Koningsbruggen’, by Godert van Colmjon, Amsterdam, NL
AVENUE, ‘Draagbare kunst’, by Deborah Wolf, NL
1985 Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, ‘Aspekten van Nederlandse tekenkunst1945-1985’, by Hans Sizoo, Leiden, NL
Stedelijk Museum, ‘Wat Amsterdam betreft’, by Karel Schampers, Amsterdam, NL
Vrij Nederland, ‘Goud is als de zon, je krijgt het cadeau’, 23.11.1985, by Ella Reitsma, NL
NRC Handelsblad: ‘Robert Smit’, 18.10.1985, by Janneke WesselinG, NL
‘Twentieth Century Jewelry’, New York, by Barbara Cartlidge London, UK
Parool: ‘Goud is mijn materiaal, goud is pure verleiding’, by Mathilde Roskam Amsterdam, NL
Amersfoortse Courant: ‘Het hoofdstedelijke kunstleven te kijk. Nationale kwaliteit met een
lokaal-politiek kleurtje’, by Godert van Colmjon Amersfoort, NL
1984 Stedelijk Museum Bulletin, ‘Robert Smit, drawings’, Amsterdam, p. 89-90, by Karel Schampers
NRC Handelsblad: ‘Gezicht op Delft’, by Janneke Wesseling, NL
1982 ‘Towards the liberation’, 19.12.1979-28.9.1982, notes-reactions, Robert Smit, NL
1981 Stedelijk Museum, ‘Instant fotografie’, by Els Barents Amsterdam, NL
1978 ‘Towards the liberation of drawings’, a year’s report on Robert Smit’s towards the liberation of
drawings 1/10, Jan 5, 1978, Jan. 12, 1979, Robert Smit, NL
Museumjournaal October, ‘Robert Smit’, by Karel Schampers, NL
Haagse Courant: ‘Een vol jaar Rob Smit in Orez Mobiel’, by Dolf Welling The Hague, NL
NRC Handelsblad: ‘Robert Smit’, by Betty van Garrel, NL
1976 Studio Vista, ‘Contemporary Jewelry, a critical assessment, 1945-1975’, by Ralph Turner, London, UK
1975 De Nederlandse Kunststichting ‘MEER DAN EEN FOTO’ Amsterdam, NL
1974 ‘Neuer Schmuck’, by Karl Schollmayer Tübingen, DE
1973 Delftsche Courant: ‘Keiharde vrucht van technisch systeem’, by Jan H. Oosterloo Delft, NL
Algemeen Dagblad: ‘Gaaf’, by Jan Juffermans, NL
De Volle Maan, text catalogue by Ank Leeuw- Markar Delft, NL
1971 Gerhard Bott, ‘Schmuck als Künstlerische Aussage unserer Zeit’ Køningsbach, Pforzheim, DE
‘GoldSilber SchmuckGerät, von Albrecht Dürer bis zur Gegenwart’, by Curt Heigl Nürnberg, DE
Haagse Kunstkring in Museum Fodor Amsterdam, NL
1970 Algemeen Kunsttijdschrift: ‘Het sieraad moet een gebruiksgoed worden’, by Martin Uitvlucht
1969 COSA 21 JAAR Delft, NL
1968 Het Vaderland, The Hague: ‘Goud is een heel brutaal materiaal’, by Martin Uitvlucht in The Hague
conversation with Robert Smit and Jan J. Schoonhoven
MASTERCLASSES
2010 Alchimia, Tutor Florence, IT
2008 Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, ‘All about me, Golden Years’ Tokyo, JPN
Pinakothek der Moderne, ‘All about me, Golden Years’ Munich, DE
2005/’06/’07 Alchimia, Tutor Florence, IT
2004 Alchimia Florence, IT
2003 Burg Giebichenstein Halle, DE
2003 Workshop Juweelontwerpen, Children’s bulletin Stedelijk Museum on the KunstRai Amsterdam, NL
1994 Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Antwerp, BE
1993 Contacto Directo Lisboa, PRT
1992 Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich, DE
1991/1992 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, NL
1990 Royal College of Art London, UK
1986 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, NL
1985 Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Arnhem, NL
1980 Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Rotterdam, NL
JURY
2011 Dannerpreis 1999, Dannerstiftung Munich, DE
2011 Cominelli Awards, IT
2006 Member of the Danner Foundation, purchase commission Munich, DE
2004 Students award Metallic Yellow, by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Amsterdam, NL
1999 Dannerpreis 1999, Dannerstiftung Munich, DE
LECTURES
2013 All about me, Golden years, Hochschule Idar Oberstein Idar Oberstein, DE
2008 All about me, Golden years, Pinakothek der Moderne Munich, DE
All about me, Golden years, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry Tokyo, JPN
2004 Alchimia Florence, IT
2003 Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, NL
1994 Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Antwerp, BE
1991 Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich Munich, DE
1991 Fachhochschule Cologne Cologne, DE
1991 ‘Haldenhof’, Wissgoldingen/Stuttgart Stuttgart, DE
1990 Royal College of Art London London, UK
1988 Royal College of Art London London, UK
1988 Person’s School of Art and Design New York, USA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Amsterdam, NL
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Amsterdam, NL
Centraal Museum Utrecht Utrecht, NL
Stedelijk Museum ‘Het Prinsenhof’ Delft Delft, NL
CODA Museum, voorheen Van Reekum Museum Apeldoorn, NL
Museum ‘Het Kruithuis’ (SM’s) Den Bosch Den Bosch, NL
Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem Arnhem, NL
Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst The Hague, NL
Gemeente Museum Den Haag The Hague, NL
Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK
Schmuckmuseum ‘Reuchlinhaus’ Pforzheim, DE
Dannerstiftung Munich, DE
Die Neue Sammlung Munich, DE
Museum of Fine Art Houston, Helen Wiliams Drutt Collection Houston, USA
Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, DE
The Daphne Farago Collection Boston, USA
Royal College of Art London, UK
Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry Tokyo, JPN
National Gallery of Australia Canberra, AU
Francoise van den Bosch Foundation Amsterdam, NL
Los Angeles County Museum of Art LA, California, USA
Rotasa Collection Trust California, USA
AWARDS
2024 Archeometra Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 Asolo, IT
2014 Golden Ring of Honor 2014 Hanau, DE
2010 Bayerischen Staatspreis Munich, DE
2004 Francoise van den Bosch award 2004, NL
1967 Bayerischen Staatspreis Munich, DE
BOOKS / CATALOGUES (selection)
Orizzonti d’Aurore, ‘Robert Smit, The Multimedia Goldsmith’, by Liesbeth den Besten Asolo, IT
ISBN 9788884355126, Antiga Edizioni
Schmuck Die Neue Sammlung – Danner Stiftung (Jewellry 1920 – 2020), Editor ARNOLDSCHE, 2020
RINGS of the 20th and 21st Centuries, The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, by Beatriz Chadour Sampson, 2019
TWO X TWO, Sotheby’s at the Dallas Museum of Art, oct. 2017, USA
‘JEWELLERY MATTERS’, Marjan Unger & Suzanne van Leeuwen, NA1010 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL. 2017
pag. 131, 132, 133, 134, 209, NL
‘PRIVATE CONFESSIONS’, Exh. in CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL, 2016, Villa Stuck, Munich, DE, 2017. Curated by Ellen Maurer Zilioli
‘Beyond Bling’, Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection, 2016
‘I AM HERE: portable art, wearable objects, jewellery’, Crafts Council, London, 2015, UK
‘After Wearing: a History of Gestures, Actions, and Jewelry’, Pratt Manhattan Gallery New York, 2015, USA
‘Instant Fotografie’, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1981, NL
‘Everyday Adornment’, ISBN 90-71584-06-2
ITEMS 7+8. 15de jaargang 1996. ‘Sieraadvormgeving & Design’. ‘Voorgoed van elkaar vervreemd,’ by Liesbeth den Besten
‘ROBERT SMIT, Sieraden van eigentijdse kunstenaars 3’, AURUM SDN 3-9520360-0-5, 1992
Brooching it diplomatically: a tribute to Madeleine K. Albright 1998, USA
‘Het verSierde ego’, The ego aDorned’, Het Kunstjuweel in de 20ste eeuw, door Jan Walgrave Antwerpen, BE
‘Material + Form e.V.’ ext. 12.11.2017-28.1.2018, Westerwald, DE
‘Leeres Haus’, Arnoldsche Verlag Stuttgart Dld ISDN 3-925369-92-9
Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art SBN 9780300279696
‘Kortsluiting’, Comic booklet on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Lili’, Edition Robert Smit, Amsterdam, NL
‘ROBERT SMIT, Empty house’, Arnoldsche Verlag, Text contribution: Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Gert Staal, Helen Drutt
Calendar ‘Stories of Gold’, by Giac Casale, with Giampaolo Babetto and Erico Nagai Milan, IT
‘Meester/Leerling’, Chris Reinewald, NL
‘The new jewelry ‘Trends + Traditions’, Revised Edition, by Peter Dormer + Ralph Turner London, UK
‘Nice – Amsterdam’, Goose Press ISBN 90 7157068 1 Nice, FR
‘Byond Reach’, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof Delft, NL
‘The best in contemporary Jewellery’, by David Watkins, London, UK
‘GIOIELLI LEGATURE, L’Orafo Italiano, Artisti del XX Secolo’, Milan, IT
‘Tragezeichen’, text catalogue: Christoph Blase, Museum Morsbroich Leverkussen, DE
‘Bello in Padova’, 2003, Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, NL
Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK
Collect/GLS, Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, NL
Bulletin 2004 Stedelijk Museum, SMCS Amsterdam, NL
‘Ornament as Art’, Museum of Fine Art Houston Houston, USA
‘Italian Ways in Contemporary Craft’
Italian Pavilion of the Cheongju International Biennale 2007, KR
‘Madonna delle Dolomiti’, Galerie Louise Smit Amsterdam, NL
‘Gioielleria Contemporanea Maestri Olandesi, 2008’, Studio GR20, Graziella Folchini Grassetto Padova, IT
‘Robert Smit, The ban of Gold’, documentary, made on the occasion of the exhibition
‘Yellow Metalic’ in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2004 Amsterdam, NL
Studio GR20, ‘Material and Colour’, by Graziella Folchini Grassetto Padova, IT
‘Gioielleria Contemporanea Maestri Olandesi’, 2008, Studio GR 20 Galleria La Ruota. Graziella Folchini Grassetto Padova, IT
‘Materia E Colore | Gioielli Sculture Installazioni’, 2010. Studio GR 20
Graziella Folchini Grassetto Padova, IT
Rijksmuseum Bulletin 2010, Collection. Marjan & Gerard Unger, pag. 269/270/271 Amsterdam, NL
Studio GR20, ‘Omaggio a Guariento, L’oro contemporaneo’, 2011,
by Graziella Folchini Grassetto Padova, IT
‘On Jewellery’, Author Liesbeth den Besten. Publisher Arnoldsche (2011), NL
‘UNEXPECTED PLEASURES’, The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery.
Curated by Dr. Susan Cohn (2012), AU
‘Rivelazioni Esoteriche’ (Esoteric Revelations), Robert Smit. Musei Civici agle Eremitani,
by Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Padova (2014) Padova, IT
‘glAmour’, Exhibition in Haut de Cagnes, FR. curated by Olga Zobel (2014) Haut de Cagnes, FR
‘glAmour’, Villa Stuck, curated by Olga Zobel (2014) Munich, DE
Barbara Cartlidge and Electrum Gallery, by Beatriz Chadour-Sampson and Janice Hosegood, 2016 London, UK
Orizzonti d’Aurore, ‘Robert Smit, The Multimedia Goldsmith’, by Liesbeth den Besten Asolo, IT
ISBN 9788884355126, Antiga Edizioni
2025 Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art / ISBN 9780300279696
MISCELLANEOUS
1993 Kunstproject Psychiatrisch Centrum Oosterhout Oosterhout, NL
‘Het patineren van de 6 bronzen masker, gemaakt door Marlene Dumas’
1988 Silver commemorative coin fifty guilders & quot;Willem and Mary”
Despite Roberts #39;s design being unanimously chosen by the jury, the coin was not produced.
1991 European Mayors Chain of Office
1993 Art project Psychiatric Center Oosterhout
The patination of the 6 bronze masks, made by Marlene Dumas
2013 Grave Monument ‘Saskia’ (9 februari 1991- 3 oktober 2009)