Mizuki Tochigi
Contemporary jewellery artist
Mizuki is a London / Tokyo based contemporary jewellery artist. During her study at Central Saint Martins, she has been focused on sustainability. She believes strongly that sustainable thinking can be a positive, creative force and uses this thinking to drive her designs. The challenge of projects that focus on responsible practice encourages her to creatively, she use waste or environmentally friendly material to make less waste and use less energy. She wants to challenge the perception of everyday materials, adding value to it by using her jewellery skills to reassess our relationship with waste – she believes in making a direct change to our actions for sustainability through her jewellery.
Event and exhibitions
22-26 Dec 2021
World of Jewellery and Art (group), Ginza
3-5 Dec 2021
New Jewelry TOKYO 2021, Spiral Aoyama
22-26 Sep 2021
Pause Rewind Play (group), Gallery SO, London Design Festival 2021
15-27 Sep 2020
0-Negative, Art Jewellery Night of Budapest 2020,
28 July 2020 (online)
UAL Graduate Showcase 2020
1 Sep 2019 (online)
So Fresh + So Clean: the 6th Annual Ethical Metalsmiths International Digital student Exhibition
24 - 27 Oct 2019
Artistar Jewels 2019 Fall Edition, Milan Jewellery week
17 June- 23 June 2019
The Window Galleries, Central Saint Martins
15 May- 30 June 2019
The Size of Thoughts (group), White Conduit Projects
6-15 Mar 2019
Fabricate (group), Vitsœ, Munich Jewellery week
20 Nov 2018- 3 Mar 2019
Repinned (group), Foundling Museum
27 Apr- 10 May 2018
Holding stories (group), British Art Medal Society, Zandra Rhodes Gallery
3-14 Mar 2018
Shelf Aware (group), Vitsœ, Munich Jewellery week
11-13 May 2017
Central Saint Martins Foundation Show
Awards
2020 Maison/0 Green Trail 2020 - shortlisted
2019 Grand Prix LVMH BA Jewellery Design Scholarship 2019/20
2019 FIYAH Jewellery Award - Winner
2019 So Fresh + So Clean 2019 - Juror Choice Award
2019 Cartier Portfolio Award - runner up
2019 Queen’s Scholarship - Highly commended
2019 Theo Fennel gemstone design project - winner
2019 Make Your Mark Award 2019 - shortlisted
2018 J&J Bursary
2018 British Art Medal Society Student Medal Project - shortlisted
2018 Foundling Museum project - shortlisted
2018 Komplott design project - winner