Claudia Kussano

"Cocoon Necklace"

Jewelry Design
Studio: Hunter's Point Shipyard Bldg. 101 #1217
Mail: 3359 - 21st Street, San Francisco,CA 94110
Fax/Phone (415) 671-0769
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Jewelry Designer, furniture making, greenery, floral installations

EDUCATION
B.A. Fine Arts, Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado, Sao Paulo Brazil - 1988

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
College of Marin - 1993, Metal Arts, jewelry
San Francisco State - 1994, Metal Arts, jewelry
San Francisco City College - 1995, Sculpture, Welding

ASSOCIATIONS
Artist, Founder and Board Member of the Brazilian Cultural Movement -1994
Artist, Founder and Member, Bay Area Art Jewelers - 1999

WORKING EXPERIENCE
Art Teacher - Junior High Carapicuiba, Sao Paulo - Brazil - 1986, 1987, 1988
Designing and manufacturing own jewelry collection since - 1995

"Knit Choker"

EXHIBITING AT
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Detroit Art Institute, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, De Cordova - Museum and Sculpture Park, Massachusetts, The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Washington National Cathedral Museum, Museum of American Folk Art New York, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston and several Galleries in the USA.

FEATURED IN
Accent Magazine * Next * - 1999
New York International Gift Fair Directory - 1999