Curriculum

  SIMONE KESTELMAN​

Artist | Sculptor | Wearable Art

Born 1967, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazilian–American
Based in Bedford, New York

 

ARTIST PROFILE

Multidisciplinary artist working across ceramics, glass, thermoplastic structures, and large-scale installations.
Kestelman’s practice bridges fine art and wearable sculpture, translating kiln-based mastery and architectural form into one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces inspired by opera, narrative, and transformation.

Founder of Simone K Jewelry (est. 2022), conceived as an extension of her sculptural practice.

 

SELECTED JEWELRY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

2024 – Private Collector Jewelry Presentation, Scene Miami Fine Art
2024 – Collaboration with Leliah, Haute Couture Brand, Brazil
2024 – Collaboration with Shop Bela, Kozmo Collection
2024 – Pop-Up at Ornare
2023 – Carandai Art Fair, Brazil
2023 – Collaboration with Shop Bela, C’est La Vie Collection
2023 – Pop-Up at Orienta, Greenwich, CT
2022 – Pop-Up at Orienta, Greenwich, CT

 

SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS (SOLO & GROUP)

2026 – Pulsing Through, All Street Gallery, NY
2025 – Solo Exhibition, IO Art Center, NY
2025 – Ephemeral Petals, Vanda Gallery, NY
2024 – Who Art You, One Martine Gallery, NY
2024 – WAR Exhibition, HV MoCA, Peekskill, NY
2023 – Ohr: A Garden of Light and Strength, Public Art, Chase Park, NY
2022 – New Canaan Sculpture Trail, CT
2022 – Bronxville ARTrail, Public Art Installation, NY
2021 – Women in Sculpture, RoCA Sculpture Park, NY
2020 – ResiliArt, Public Art Installations, Scarsdale, NY
2019 – Sculpture in the Garden, Edward Hopper House Museum, NY
2017 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016 – Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art, CA
2013 – MuBE Museum, São Paulo, Brazil
2011 – SOFA Chicago & SOFA Santa Fe, Oliver & Spig Gallery

(Full exhibition list available upon request)

 

PERMANENT & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• Newark Museum of Art — Blue Royalty Necklace

• Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

• Montefiore Medical Center Wakefield, NY

• Soroka Medical Center, Israel

• Scarsdale Public Library, NY

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scarsdale Arts Council — Board Director (2017–2025)
Teaching Ceramics — Brazil & United States
Residencies focused on public art and education

 

EDUCATION & TRAINING (SELECTED)

Pilchuck Glass School
Corning Museum of Glass
UrbanGlass, Brooklyn
Northwest Art Glass, Seattle

 

REPRESENTATION / STOCKISTS

One Martine Gallery, NY
IO Art Center, NY
Carol Kurth, Bedford, NY

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