Karl Fritsch
1963 Born in Sonthofen. 1982-1985 Attended the Goldschmiedeschule in Pforzheim, journeyman’s examination. 1985-1987 Worked at the Firma C. Neusser in Pforzheim. 1987-1994 Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, class for jewellery and objects under Prof. Hermann Jünger and Prof. Otto Künzli. 1993 Master student. 1994 Diploma. 1994-2009 Own workshop in Munich. 2009 Curator of the new Danner Rotunda in the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Moved to Wellington, NZ. 2012 Adjunct Professor of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), AU.
Works in public collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, US. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, GB. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam NL. Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zurich, CH. Te Papa National Museum, Wellington, NZ. Royal College of Art, London, GB. National Museum Stockholm, SE. Museum of Art and Design New York, US. Museum of Decorative Arts Montreal, CA. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AU. Museo del Gioiello Vicenza, IT. Muzeum Českého ráje, Turnov, CZ. Espace Solidor, Musée du Bijou contemporain, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, US. MIMA – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, GB. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zurich, CH. The Helen Drutt Collection, Philadelphia, US. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg. Mudac – Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, CH. Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim. Angermuseum Erfurt. Bollmann Collection, Klosterneuburg, AT. Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau. The Hiko Mizuno Collection, Tokyo, JP. Auckland Museum, Auckland, NZ. Stedelijk Museum ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, NZ. The Jewish Museum, New York, US. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, US. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, US.
