About

Rudee Tancharoen lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. She is a contemporary jeweller and a director of Atelier Rudee, an international academy of contemporary jewellery in Bangkok. Rudee graduated in Industrial Design and worked as a product designer before studying at Alchimia School in Florence and completed a three-year course in Art of Contemporary Jewellery. Her jewellery got selected to exhibit in Marzee International Graduation Show, Talente, and Haffner- Young Artist in 2007. In the same year she won the 2nd Prize and The Organizers Special Award from Legnica International Jewellery Competition by The gallery of art in Legnica, Poland. In 2015 she won the Designer of The Year (in jewellery design) award in Thailand. Since 2005 her work has been published and exhibited in several countries in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia.

Back to Bangkok after 6 years in Europe, she established Atelier Rudee, the first international academy of contemporary jewellery in Thailand with the objective to introduce and provide a basic understanding of contemporary art jewelery in Thailand. She organises excursions to see and learn craft works in small villages in Thailand to create a bridge between craftsmen, artists and designers. Besides being a director and an instructor at Atelier Rudee, she is also a guest instructor and gave talks at workshops and seminars related to design and contemporary jewellery for universities and organisations. She also curates projects and exhibitions relate to art, craft, and design.