Who Brings What to the Table
Bridging Stories Through Contemporary Jewelry
November 19–22, 2025
Opening: November 19, 2025, 5–7:30 pm
Curator: Rho Tang
Who Brings What to the Table: Bridging Stories Through Contemporary Jewelry unites a curated group of contemporary jewelry artists in an intimate "dinner party" setting, where the jewelry itself becomes the conversation piece. Serving both as an art exhibition and an interactive creative gathering, this event features five jewelry artists: Suyu Chen, Rho Tang, Dongyi Wu, Danni Xu, based in the U.S.A., and Zhipeng Wang, who works between Germany and China.
The event offers a unique platform for these artists to forge meaningful connections, exploring not only unconventional materials but also their personal narratives, creative processes, and the evolving role of jewelry as a powerful form of storytelling. Through shared dialogue and engagement, the artists' individual journeys unfold, providing a deeper understanding of their work within the context of contemporary art jewelry.
The pieces on display collectively weave a rich narrative that celebrates the diversity, creativity, and significance of contemporary jewelry as an ever-evolving art form. By emphasizing connection and collaboration, Who Brings What to the Table challenges the traditional exhibition format, creating an immersive experience where the audience becomes an integral part of the artistic exchange.
Artists and Selected Works
Suyu Chen 陈素雨
(b.1992, Guangzhou, China)
Originally from the south of China, Suyu Chen is a contemporary jewelry artist and educator working and living in Rochester, upstate New York, in the United States. She graduated from the MFA program and is currently teaching at Rochester Institute of Technology (U.S.A.) as an adjunct faculty...
A Study of Snow
"My jewelry practice transforms uncommon materials into wearable forms. Through repeated use of PVC pipe, founded toys, collected objects, and sterling silver, I build modular structures that explore the boundaries between personal adornment and mass production, individuality and standardization...
Zhipeng Wang 王智鹏
(b.1996, Huainan, China)
Zhipeng Wang is a Chinese contemporary jewellery artist working between China and Germany. Rooted in China’s material heritage and shaped by a cross-cultural perspective, he uses materials such as tea and jade to explore identity, memory, and materiality...
Guilloché Egg
"Using the guilloché cutting tool as a pen and mother-of-pearl—a living symbol of vitality as his canvas, Zhipeng repeatedly 'draws' the form of an egg, delving into the boundless possibilities of guilloché engraving within contemporary jewellery...
Rho Tang 唐若竹
(b.1986, Xuzhou, China)
Rho Tang is a contemporary jewelry artist based in Beacon, New York. She holds bachelor’s degrees in Architecture and Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (U.S.A.), and a master’s degree in Urban Planning from the Architectural Association in London (U.K.)...
Armor
"Women's roles in society have traditionally centered around caregiving, nurturing, and supporting men in positions of authority. Despite evolving societal norms, expectations still often demand self-sacrifice, especially in many Asian cultures where women face additional challenges like ageism and gender pay inequality in the workplace...
Dongyi Wu 吴冬怡
(b.1991, Bengbu, China)
Dongyi Wu is a Chinese-born contemporary jewelry artist based in Houston, Texas. She holds an MFA in Metal and Jewelry Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology (U.S.A.), as well as a BA in Jewelry Art Design and a Dual Degree in Fashion Design and Engineering from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (China)...
Access to Unknown World13
"Access to Unknown World13 expresses the complexity and contradiction of emotions in the dreamland in a surreal way. We may get inspiration from our emotions and further accomplish them by our experiences, which allow us to create various pictures in each of our dreams...
Sewer, trash and street01
"The inspiration for this brooch series, 'Sewer, trash and street01,' comes from a Japanese Novel, No Longer Human (Japanese: 人間失格). The story chronicles the miserable and despairing life stories of Ōba Yōzō from his early childhood to his late twenties...
Danni Xu 许丹妮
(b.1994, Taizhou, China)
Danni Xu is a jewelry artist based in the United States. She received her MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the Rhode Island School of Design, as well as a BFA in Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design from Indiana University Bloomington. She is the Assistant Professor of Jewelry and Metal Arts at Pratt Munson, where she teaches and continues to develop her artistic practice...
The Quiet Practice of Becoming
"This body of work grows out of a personal moment of reckoning and the need to tend to my own sense of care and healing. In this series, the materials themselves—metal, enamel, and laser-engraved marks—become tools for re-centering and rebuilding...
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