Lois Vilariño

Bilbao 1965

After spending all my childhood in Bilbao, in 1981 I moved to Melide (A Coruña), a village on the Camino de Santiago pilgrims’ way. It was there that I started out, in the late eighties, in the world of jewellery, in a small craft workshop.

In 1992 I moved to Barcelona and began working with the Joiells firm, where I was designer from 2001 to 2011. From 1994 to 1998 I studied Jewellery at Barcelona Provincial Council's School of Arts and Crafts (Escola Industrial).

In 2000 I began to combine my work for Joiells with a studio of my own, creating designer jewellery, and forged close links with the Noroeste gallery in Santiago de Compostela.

In 2011 I first conceived this project called DOA, which finally came to fruition in October 2012.

EXHIBITIONS

1990
Museo da Terra de Melide, Melide (A Coruña).

1995
«Enjoia't». Galeria Contrast, Barcelona.
«Mostra de joieria». Escola Industrial, Barcelona.

1996
Barnajoia, Barcelona.

1997
«Joies d'autor». Xufré, Badalona. Barnajoia, Barcelona.

1998
«Stripart». Centre Cívic Guinardó, Barcelona.;Barnajoia, Barcelona.
«Mostra de xoiería». Mestre Mateo, Santiago de Compostela.

1999
Col·lectiu Meltingpot. Biblioteca Sant Pau-Santa Creu, Barcelona.

2001
«Encadena't».Primavera del Disseny, Barcelona.
«Nomes propios». Galería Noroeste, Santiago de Compostela.

2003
«Anacos. Fotografías de Manuel Sendón». Galería C5,Santiago de Compostela.
«Anella't». Any del Disseny, Barcelona.

2007
«Escola Industrial. 90 anys-90 obres». Diputació de Barcelona.

2008
Joiells, Puigcerdà (Girona).

2008-2010
«Galicia 25. Unha cultura para o novo século». Exposición itinerante del Consello da Cultura de Galicia: Caixanova, Vigo (2008) /Caixanova, Pontevedra (2009) / Centro Cultural Herrerías, O Ferrol (2009) /Museo do Pobo Galego, Santiago de Compostela (2009) / Caixanova, Ourense (2009) / Deputación de Lugo, Lugo (2009) / Pazo de Exposicións e Congresos, A Coruña (2010).