Edgar Mosa
{{Short description|American jewelry designer}}
Edgar Mosa (born 1986, Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese-born American jeweler and visual artist.{{Cite news|last=Pithers|first=Ellie|date=2022-01-24|title=The Artists Behind the Ribbon-Filled Set of Loewe's Men's Show|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/t-magazine/loewe-fall-mens-flags.html|access-date=2022-02-08|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|title=Loewe's Dadaist Fall/Winter 2022 Men's Collection – Jonathan Anderson Paris Fashion Week|url=https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion-week/loewe-men-fall-winter-2022-collection-jonathan-anderson|access-date=2022-02-08|website=L'Officiel USA|language=en-US}} Mosa's work has been featured internationally at the Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin,{{Cite web|title=Out on a Limb: Contemporary Wood Jewelry|url=https://www.ramart.org/exhibit/out-on-a-limb/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Racine Art Museum|language=en-US}} Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,{{Cite web|title=Wood + Body: Expressions of Contemporary Jewelry|url=https://centerforartinwood.org/exhibition/wood-body-expressions-of-contemporary-jewelry/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=The Center for Art in Wood|language=en-US}} and The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.{{Cite web|title=CULT|url=https://www.current-obsession.com/cult/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=CURRENT OBSESSION|language=en-US}} In 2022, Mosa and his partner Joe McShea, installed Flags, Paris 2022, a site-specific installation for Loewe's Fall/Winter 2022 collection.{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Wallpaper*|date=2022-01-27|title=Scene-stealing runway sets from A/W 2022 menswear shows|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion/best-show-sets-aw-2022-mens|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Wallpaper*}}{{Cite news |last=Moffitt |first=Evan |date=2023-05-21 |title=The Joyfully Evanescent Architecture of Joe McShea And Edgar Mosa |language=en |work=Frieze |issue=Frieze New York 2023 |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/edgar-mosa-joe-mcshea-profile-2023 |access-date=2023-05-22 |issn=0962-0672}}
Early life and education
Mosa was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1986.{{Cite web|title=Edgar Mosa|url=https://www.current-obsession.com/edgar-mosa/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=CURRENT OBSESSION|language=en-US}} He trained as a goldsmith from an early age. He received his Bachelor of Design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and a MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art.{{Cite web|title=Edgar Mosa {{!}} Cranbrook Academy of Art|url=https://cranbrookart.edu/tag/edgar-mosa/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=cranbrookart.edu}}
Work
Mosa exhibited jewelry and metal work in 2011 at Gallery Louise Smit in Amsterdam.{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Islay|title=Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam|url=http://islaytaylor.com/galerie-louise-smit-amsterdam/|access-date=2022-02-08|language=en-US}}
In 2014, Mosa wrote an essay, titled A Look Into The Work Of Jean Paul Gaultier: Gender Amalgamation And The Musing Of The Maker for the exhibitionThe Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk at The Brooklyn Museum.{{Cite web|date=2014-06-03|title=S(e)Quin/s|url=https://artjewelryforum.org/reviews/sequins/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Art Jewelry Forum|language=en-US}} Mosa collaborated with Hotel Particulier, a boutique gallery space, in Paris, France.
Mosa had a solo exhibition called Indentations at Jewelers’ Werk in 2017.{{Cite web|title=Edgar Mosa|url=https://www.jewelerswerk.com/edgar-mosa|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Jewelerswerk Galerie|language=en-US}} Later that year, Mosa showed at Chamber gallery's group exhibition, Domestic Appeal, curated by Matylda Krzykowski.{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Wallpaper*|date=2017-03-06|title=Matylda Krzykowski questions our relationship with domestic design at Chamber|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/matylda-krzykowski-curates-domestic-appeal-exhibition-chamber-new-york|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Wallpaper*}} He exhibited Inverted Dart Game, an interactive game where players throw cork balls onto spikes, blurring the lines between craft, utility, and playfulness signature to his practice.
In 2018, Mosa attended the residency Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy.
For Jonathan Anderson's Fall/Winter 2022 Loewe Menswear collection, Mosa collaborated with husband and artistic partner Joe McShea to install over 87 flag multi-colored flags atop sandy ground for the runway show.{{Cite web|title=Loewe Men F/W 2022 {{!}} Metal Magazine|url=https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/article/loewe-men-f-slash-w-2022|access-date=2022-02-08|website=metalmagazine.eu}} The artist were inspired by Baroque frescoes at the 13th-century Palazzo Monti, in Brescia, Italy, during their time as artists-in-residence.{{Cite news|last=Pithers|first=Ellie|date=2022-01-24|title=The Artists Behind the Ribbon-Filled Set of Loewe's Men's Show|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/t-magazine/loewe-fall-mens-flags.html|access-date=2022-02-08|issn=0362-4331}} The flags have been on rotating display at various locations in Spain and New York and will be fixed to Loewe stores internationally throughout 2022.{{Cite web|title=In Paris, Purity and Proclivities|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/reviews/fashion-week/in-paris-purity-and-proclivities/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=The Business of Fashion|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2022-01-25|title=Sofia Achaval's Paris Fashion Week Men's Diary: Dior, Loewe, Rick Owens, And More!|url=https://fashionweekdaily.com/sofia-achavals-paris-fashion-week-mens-diary-dior-loewe-rick-owens-and-more-loewe-rick-owens-and-more/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Daily Front Row|language=en}}
Journalist and critic Evan Moffitt recorded that the tie-dyed fabric or translucent tulle flags have been shown as ad-hoc public installations on Fire Island Pines since 2018.{{Cite news |last=Moffitt |first=Evan |date=2023-05-21 |title=The Joyfully Evanescent Architecture of Joe McShea And Edgar Mosa |language=en |work=Frieze |issue=Frieze New York 2023 |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/edgar-mosa-joe-mcshea-profile-2023 |access-date=2023-05-22 |issn=0962-0672}} The flags make appearance each year in August at the BOFFO Artist Residency Performance Festival.
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Category:21st-century American jewellers
Category:Gerrit Rietveld Academie alumni