Jesse Daniel Bert
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing Program
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing Program,
RIT - The School for American Crafts, Rochester, NY
Teaching Experience
2016-Present Adjunct Professor
Jewelry and Metals Design
Technological Institute of Monterrey
Guadalajara Campus, Guadalajara, Mexico
(classes and workshops)
2006-2020 Private Professional Classes and workshops covering:
Contemporary Jewelry and Metalsmithing techniques
Jesse Bert Studios, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
2020-Present Private Professional Classes and workshops covering:
Contemporary Jewelry and Metalsmithing techniques
Jesse Bert Studios, Three Tree Point, Washington, USA
2021 Texture Development & Toolmaking (Zoom Class)
Metalwerx School for Jewelry, Waltham, Mass.
Small Scale Sand Casting (Zoom Class)
Metalwerx School for Jewelry, Waltham, Mass.
Etching & Enameling (Zoom Class)
Metalwerx School for Jewelry, Waltham, Mass.
Captures & Connections (Zoom Class)
Pocosin Arts Folk school, Columbia, NC
2020 Etching with Salt-Water for Champlevé style Enamel
Tacoma Metal Arts Center, Tacoma, Washington
Tool making for Jewelers and Craftspeople
Tacoma Metal Arts Center, Tacoma, Washington
Small-scale sand Casting techniques (Zoom Class)
Pocosin Arts Folk school, Columbia, NC
Carving Hardwood Molds for small scale Sand Casting
Jewelry Center at the 92nd Street “Y”, NYC
2019 Cold Connections, and use of Alternative Materials Workshop
The Armory Arts Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Small-scale sand Casting techniques
East Carolina University, Material Topics Conference, NC
Small-scale sand Casting, Tool making, and Electrolytic Etching
Escuela de Diseño y Joyeria, Bogota, Colombia
2018 Small-scale sand Casting techniques
Creative Jewelry Workshop, Miami, FL
Mold Making and Form exploration for the Hydraulic Die-Press
Studio Squina, Madrid, Spain
Brooches and Cold Connections
Tincal Lab, Porto, Portugal
Alternative Materials Workshop
Technological Institute of Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico
Surface treatment techniques, tool making, and Rivets
Taller Pantagora, Bogota, Colombia
2017 Tool making; Etching with Enamel; Carved wood for Contemporary Jewelry
2-week Intensive, Studio Squina, Madrid, Spain
Masters class for professors, Etching with Salt-Water
Escuela Massana, Barcelona, Spain
Etching with Salt-Water for Champlevé style Enamel
Studio Karen de Groof, Haarlem, Holland
Teaching assistant for Antique Jewelry Techniques by Prof. Carles Codina
Technological Institute of Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico
Hydraulic Die Form Exploration (Semana “I” workshop)
Technological Institute of Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico
2016 Cold Connections and Etching with salt water
The Armory Arts Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Sand Casting techniques for jewelers
Thomas Mann Studio Flux, New Orleans, LA
Intensive 5-day Jewelry course
Technological University of Monterrey
Guadalajara Campus, Guadalajara, Mexico
Sand Casting techniques for jewelers
Pocosin Arts Folk school, Columbia, NC
Making hammers and Jewelers tools
Peters Valley School of Crafts, Layton, NJ
2015 Sand Casting techniques for Jewelers
Metalled With Jewelry Studio, Boiling Springs, PA
Sand Casting techniques for Jewelers
Taller Tierra y Plata, Mexico City, Mexico
Hydraulic Die Form Exploration
Silvera Jewelry School, Berkeley, CA
2014 Etching with salt water
Clear Spring Mills, Dillsburg, PA
Etching with salt water
The Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Etching with salt water
California University of Pennsylvania, Washington, PA
Salt-water Etching in copper for Champlevé enamels
Jewelry Center at the 92nd Street “Y”, NYC
Etching with salt water
Taller Tierra y Plata, Mexico City, Mexico
2013 Belt Buckles with cold connections, and Bezel techniques
Taller Tierra y Plata, Mexico City, Mexico
Etching with salt water
Mares Taller, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
2012 Cold connections with mixed materials and tool making
Studio Romero Gurman, Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico
Cold connections with mixed materials and tool making
Thomas Mann Studio Flux, New Orleans, Lousiana
Enameling with cold connections with mixed materials
Mares Taller, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
2011 Cold connections with mixed materials
Pocosin Arts Folk school, Columbia, NC
Cold connections with mixed materials
College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC
Enameling with cold connections with mixed materials
Taller Tierra y Plata, Mexico City, Mexico
Cold connections with mixed materials and tool making
Cotantik, Guadalajara, Mexico
2010 Cold connections with mixed materials
Centro de las Artes de San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico
Basic jewelry techniques, and Polymer
Taller Tierra y Plata, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 Hydraulic die-press forming of sheet metal and tool making
Taller Tierra y Plata, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 Mixed materials and cold connections
Taller Tierra y Plata, Mexico City, Mexico
2006-2007 Cold connections with mixed materials and tool making
YAM Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Publicationes
2022 Mine Sanati ve teknikleri: Umut Demirguc Thurman
2014 Behind the Brooch: By Lorena Angulo
2014 New Earrings 500+ Designs: By Nicolas Estrada
2011 Metal Artist’s Workbench: By Thomas Mann
2004 The Art of Enameling: By Linda Darty
Solo Exhibitions
2012 En la tierra cercana, Tienda “Q”, Gallery, City of Oaxaca, Mexico
Metido en este tierra, Gallery Ismos, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 La realizacion de los elementos esperados, Tienda “Q” Gallery, City of Oaxaca, Mexico
Exhibitions
2022 Paper Alchemy, Curated Exhibition
Light House Arts Center, Tequesta, FL
2021 Paper Alchemy, Curated Exhibition
Art Museum at Covington Center, Radford University, Radford, VA
2019 Jewelry and the Anatomy, Tincal Lab Challenge 2019
Tincal Lab, Porto, Portugal
2018 La Frontera, 2nd Edition:
Museum of Art and Design, NYC
2017 Quadrennial: Spectacular Belt Buckles from around the world
Helen Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Halstead Design Challenge, Online exhibition
Society of North American Goldsmiths Convention, New Orleans, LA
2016 Earrings Show #3, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Making Matters: Perspectives in Fine Craft, Peters Valley School of Craft, NJ
2015 San Titulo, Mexico City, Mexico
The Power and the Beauty, Alchemy 9.2.5., Belmont, Mass.
2014 Entre el subsuelo y el cielo, Homenaje a los Mineros, Real de Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico
2013 Artificios, Palacio Iturbide, Mexico City
La Frontera, Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City and, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 N Gallery, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
City Gallery BWA, Leszno, Polonia
Inhorgenta Fair, Munich, Alemania
Amber Fair, Gdañsk, Polonia
2011 To Wed, Galeria I/O, New Orleans, Louisiana
Peace Now, Galeria 6, Mineral de Pozos, Mexico
Grad Alumni, Grey Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Sexy, 20th Legnica international Jewellery Competition,
Legnica Gallery, Legnica, Poland
Gold Silver Time Fair, Warsaw, Poland
2010 Metals Alumni, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
2009 Pendants, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Silver Moon, Private residence, Villa Hermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Residencies
2022 Master Workshop, Merv Brubaker
Clock Repair Specialist
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
2019 Master Workshop, Andreas Wilfer
5th Generation Cello and Double Bass Builders
Nauheim, Germany
2019 Instrument Builder, Timothy Lyne
Lisburn, Pennsylvania
2016 Workshop, Christopher Hentz (Professor Emeritus of Art)
Studio Jewelry Techniques
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2014 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 2-week Artist’s Fellowship
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Honors
2005 East Carolina University Student Scholarship
Summer Session course study at Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2003 Chasing and Repousse’ Workshop Scholarship
Direction of Master Metalsmith Valentin Yotkov, Brooklyn, NY
Work in Muesum Collections
Racine Art Museum, 441 Main Street Racine, WI