VITA
education
2004-2008 Diploma (Jewellery & Objects), School of Design, Pforzheim University, Germany
2001-2004 goldsmith, State College for Glass&Jewellery, Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz, Germany
curses & further education
2020 "Paper", Barbara Schrobenhauser, Munich/Germany
2019 "Soul Now", Ruudt Peters, Ravenstein/The Netherlands
2019 "Japanese traditional copper alloys & colouring", Kimiaki Kageyama, Alchimia, Florence/Italy
professional positions
since 2021 "Golden Fudo", studio & gallery with Alex del Rio
since 2012 own studio in Munich
2007-2012 Designworks Studio, Cork/Ireland
curation
2025 "Komorebi", Golden Fudo Gallery, Munich/Germany
2024 "A certain Landscape", with Hatsuko Kobayashi, Het Labo Atrium, Tokyo/Japan
2024 "6 views of Japan", Golden Fudo Gallery, Munich/Germany
2022 "monozukuri - the making of things", Portrait, Bavarian Arts&Crafs Council, Munich/Germany
2018 "Conversation", with Hatsuko Kobayashi at Het Labo Atrium, Tokyo/Japan
awards
2016 "Alliages Choice Award", Joya Barcelona/Spain
2013 "Brand New Copenhagen Award" (1. price), Copenhagen/Denmark
2013 "Modern Jewelry Collection", Art Aurea
2013 "Something Old Something New", Honourable Mention, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea
2012 "FORM 2012", Tendence Frankfurt/Germany
2005 "Herz" (1. Preis), Firma Zettl, Pforzheim/Germany
2003 "Fragment and Segment", Danner competition (school intern), Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz/Germany
works in public collections
Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
membership
BKV - Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein
JAC - Jewellery Art Concept
Klimt02
solo exhibitions
2025 "Rings", Almstadt Schmuck, Munich/Germany
2023 "Architectural Organisms", gallery MaS, Shanghai/China
2022 "Organismi Archittetonici", Creativity Oggetti, Torino/Italy
2020 Andrea Vaggione & Nicole Schuster, Atelier Fassungslos, Tübingen/Germany
2020 "Before Dawn", Nicole Schuster & Sébastien Carré, Munich/Germany
2019 "Alien?", Nicole Schuster & Sébastien Carré, Munich/Germany
2018 "Biophilia", Nicole Schuster & Viktoria Münzker, Munich/Germany
2017 "Transition", Galerie für Ringe, Weimar/Germay
2017 "Transition", Runde Ringe, Munich/Germany
2015 "Nicole Schuster", Almstadt Schmuck, Munich/Germany
2014 "Nicole Schuster: Architecture", Moquii, Regensburg/Germany
2014 "Nicole Schuster en la Casa de la Joya", La Coruña, Spain/Germany
2014 "Take a Walk in my Soul", Nicole Schuster & Rahel Fiebelkorn, Gallery Eitner, Munich&Berlin/Germany
group exhibitions (selection)
2025 "JAC/messe", IHM/Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich/Germany
2025 "Komorebi", Golden Fudo Gallery, Munich/Germany
2024 "Weihnachtsausstellung", BKV Munich/Germany
2024 "Micro Art Gallery - Art is a Present", Platform Munich, Rathaus Munich/Germany
2024 "European Price for Applied Arts", Grande Halle of the Anciens Abattoirs site, Mons/Belgium
2024 "I paint flowers wo they will not die", Galleria Carlo Lucidi and Sala Santa Rita, Rome/Italy
2024 "uncommonly brillant conversations", Kollmar&Jourdan Haus, Pforzheim/Germany
2024 "Farbenspiel", BKV Munich/Germany
2024 "Natur/Märchen/Mythen", Gallery Schmagold, Kassel/Germany
2024 Pistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry, Chicago/USA
2024 "Jewelry Positions", Ann Schubert Gallery, Hamburg/Germany
2024 "Destination Bijou Cagnes", Musee de Cagnes Sur Mer/France
2024 "A certain Landscape", Het Labo Atrium, Tokyo/Japan
2024 "6 views of Japan", Golden Fudo, Munich/Germany
2024 IHM/Internationale Handwerksmesse, BKV-Areal, Munich/Germany
2024 "JAC/messe", IHM/Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich/Germany
2023 "Ausstellung der Mitglieder", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2023 "Ho!Ho!Ho!", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich, Switzerland
2023 "Gesamtmetall erzählt ihre Weihnachtsgeschichte", Galerie Gesamtmetall, Frankfurt/Germany
2023 "Bagues #10", Gallery Bettina Flament, Lille/France
2023 "JAC", Schmuck Galerie Hannah Rembeck, Regensburg/Germany
2023 "Blütezeit", Galerie Scheytt, Munich/Germany
2023 "Kontraste": Ausstellung der Mitglieder, BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2023 "JAC/messe: IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse München/Germany
2023 "JAC 15 yeah!": Orangerie in the English Garden, Munich/Germany
2022 "Macht Krieg Sinn", Galerie Gesamtmetall, Frankfurt/Germany
2022 "Ho!Ho!Ho!", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich, Switzerland
2022 "Ausstellung der Mitglieder", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2022 "JACpoint/messe: IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse München/Germany
2022 "JACpoint/city": Room to Dream, Munich/Germany
2022 "MIMESIS", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2021 "Shape of Nature", Beijing/China
2021 "Ho!Ho!Ho!", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich, Switzerland
2021 "Eureka!", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich, Switzerland
2021 "Ausstellung der Mitglieder", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2021 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, Beijing/China
2021 "KUNST HAND WERT", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2020 "Ho!Ho!Ho!", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich, Switzerland
2020 "Art&Jewelry: Intersecting Spaces", Benaki Museum Athens/Greece
2020 "Ist das noch Kunsthandwerk?", Handwerkskammer Düsseldorf/Germany
2020 "OPEN YOUR EYES", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2020 "JAC in centro", Munich/Germany
2020 "Growth & Evolution", Kunming – Shanghai - Beijing/China
2020 "Broken Beauty", Alliages in Lille/France, Madrid/Spain, Athens (online)/Greece
2019 "Natures Architecture", Gill Wing, London/GB
2019 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, Beijing/China
2019 "Wechselspiel", Pforzheim Galerie/Germany
2019 "Ho!Ho!Ho!", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich, Switzerland
2019 "Collectiva Meeting", Iconic Parade, Porto, Portugal
2019 "LIE.E.S", French Institute, Barcelona/Spain
2019 "Glanzstücke", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2019 "Hallertauer Künstler", City Gallery, Pfaffenhofen/Germany
2019 "LIE.E.S", Galerie Art ́Course, Strasbourg/France
2019 "Holownia", Old City Hall, Legnica/Poland
2019 "A Flor de Pell", Mistral Gallery, Barcelona/Spain
2019 "Heart Failure", Alliages in Lille, München, Athens, Valencia, Madrid
2019 IHM International Art and Craft Fair, presented by BKV, Munich/Germany
2018 "Ho!Ho!Ho!", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich/Switzerland
2018 "Chaos“, Alliages in Lille, Munich, Madrid, Sevilla
2018 "Conversation", Het Labo Atrium, Tokyo/Japan
2018 "Materiametamorphose", Creativity Oggetti, Torino/Italy
2018 "Kunsthandwerk mit Etikett!", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2018 "Sign of the Times", Gallery Mazlo, Paris/France
2017 "Ho!Ho!Ho!" Friends of Carlotta, Zürich/Switzerland
2017 "JOYA", jewelry art fair, Barcelona/Spain
2017 "Achtung Baustelle!", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2017 "The After Joya Effect", Popeye Loves Olive, Athens/Greece
2017 "The Posing Jewel", Creativity Oggetti, Torino/Italy
2017 "Milano Designweek", A/dornment, Milano/Italy
2017 "Fragments", Ariane Hartmann, Hagen/Germany
2017 "Bijoux!", Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida/USA
2017 "Empreintes", Alliages, Lille/France and at Galeria Lalabeyou, Madrid/Spain
2017 "BLOFT", Palazzo Valmarana, A/dornment, Vicenca/Italy
2016 "Lost Paradise", Alliages, Lille/France
2016 "The Dreamers", Museo Ettore Fico di Torino/Italy
2016 "JOYA", jewelry art fair, Barcelona/Spain
2016 "Joya Barcelona", selected works for the Alliages Award, Barcelona/Spain
2016 "Transit", Creativity Oggetti, Torino/Italy
2016 "Bijoux!", Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida/USA
2016 "Empreintes“, Alliages, Lille/France and at "The Melting Point", Valencia/Spain
2015 "Gold&Silber", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2015 "Happy: 25 Years Friends of Carlotta", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich/Switzerland
2015 "LOOT: MAD about Jewelry", Museum of Arts&Design, New York/USA
2015 "Joya Barcelona", selected works for the Alliages Award, Barcelona/Spain
2015 "Taiwan International Metal Crafts Competition", Goldmuseum Taipei/Taiwan
2015 "Schwarz-Weiss", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2015 IHM International Art and Craft Fair, presented by BKV, Munich/Germany
2015 "Inspiration Lab: Made in Germany", Inhorgenta, Munich/Germany
2015 "Empreintes", Alliages, Lille/France
2014 "ParallelWorlds", Alliages, Lille/France
2014 "Ab nach München", BKV: Gallery for art and craft, Munich/Germany
2014 "Building Jewellery", Ame Gallery, Hong Kong/China
2014 "Rule The World", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich/Switzerland
2014 "Classic", The Gallery of Art in Legnica/Poland
2014 "FriedrichBeckerPrice", Association of Goldsmith ́s Art, Hanau/Germany
2014 "Spring Exhibition", Hermsen, Wiesbaden/Germany
2014 IHM International Art and Craft Fair, presented by BKV, Munich/Germany
2014 "Forum Innovation", Inhorgenta, Munich/Germany
2013 "Something Old Something New", Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju/Korea
2013 "German Contemporary Arts&Crafts", Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju/Korea
2013 "Brand New", Copenhagen Jewellery and Watch Show, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 "Spring Exhibition", Hermsen, Wiesbaden/Germany
2013 "Forum Innovation", Inhorgenta, Munich/Germany
2012 "Form 2012", Tendence Frankfurt/Germany
2012 "Forum Talents", Tendence Frankfurt/Germany
2012 "Forum Innovation", Inhorgenta, Munich/Germany
2011 "Made in Cork Show", Buckley&Associates – Fine Art, Clonakilty/Ireland
2011 "Optimum", Designworks Studio, Cork/Irland
2010 "Focus on Jewellery", Glucksman Gallery, Cork/Ireland
2009 "Adventureboxes", Friends of Carlotta, Zürich/Switzerland
2009 "Contemporary Jewellery", Aaron Faber Gallery, New York/USA
2009 "Brand New – New Brand", Inhorgenta, Munich/Germany
2008 "Mit Fassung tragen", Gallery Schmückbar, Pforzheim/Germany