MADRID, 11 February - 26 April 2026
A selection of five Monoju pieces was exhibited as part of the X Contemporary Jewelry and Metalwork Exhibition, within the Madrid Design Festival, organized by AdOC – Asociación de Diseñadores de Orfebrería y Joyería Contemporánea.
The pieces were presented across three locations — Museo Cerralbo, Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas and Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos — engaging in dialogue with diverse curatorial contexts and historic spaces.
Through material exploration and a sculptural approach, the pieces contributed to an international selection of contemporary jewelry, where adornment becomes a medium for expression, memory, and transformation.
FRALE
The fragility of beauty
Brooch, 2025
Coral, glass, brass, beads, resin
75 x 150 x 40 mm
Glass, an extremely fragile material, is paired with coral — a natural element that is becoming increasingly rare — to express a delicate, exposed beauty, one that must be protected. A subtle balance that invites us to recognize its value and care for it.
FORTIA
The strength of beauty
Hair brooch, 2025
Shell, seed beads, brass wire, brass, resin
70 × 140 × 60 mm
A shell that transforms, almost mutating into a creature that spits out pearls: a powerful, ambiguous image. This piece embodies the untamable force of beauty. No matter how much humans try to control it, it rebels, reasserting its superiority and imposing itself with its wild, irresistible nature.
SŌNUS
The sound of beauty
Hand piece, 2025
Oyster shell, glass beads, resin, silver wire
120 x 60 x 60 mm
The oyster, so highly valued as food, is rarely considered as a waste material to be reused. Nature must be listened to: the glass beads are mobile, they emit a sound, and they are pleasant to the touch. By stimulating our senses, they invite the viewer into a moment of reflection.
ABYSSUS
Ring and Pendant, 2025
Brass, paint
30 x 75 x 26 mm - 38 x 76 x 40 mm
From the depths of the abyss emerge fragments of lost forms, like relics of a submerged world. Each jewel is an imaginary fossil, shaped by water and time, bearing witness to the fragile beauty that survives oblivion. To the sea—its traces, its metamorphosis, and its submerged mysteries.
My sincere thanks to AdOC and to the remarkable venues and organizers for hosting my art.
