Alyssa Norton

b. 1973

Alyssa Norton lives and works in Somerset. Her practice spans fine art and jewellery, rooted in intuitive material experimentation and moving fluidly between the organic and the synthetic. Her work investigates the space where painting becomes sculpture — the moment the implicit gives way to the explicit. Norton holds a BFA from Cornell University and an MFA in Painting from the Instituto D'Allende, Mexico.

Education

2000 Master of Fine Arts, Instituto D'Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cornell University, New York

Additional Education

2005 Technical Drawing, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

2001 Jewellery Design, 92nd Street Y, New York

1998 Painting, Parsons School of Design, New York

1996 Studio Program in Painting, Empire State College, New York

Selected Awards & Nominations

2006 Nominated, Swarovski Perry Ellis Award for Jewellery Design (one of three nominees), Council of Fashion Designers of America, New York

1995 Nominated, Yale Norfolk Summer Residency Program

Publications

2008 The New Jewellers, Olivier Dupont. Thames & Hudson, London

Selected Press

American Vogue, British Vogue, Paris Vogue, Italian Vogue, German Vogue, Japanese Vogue, Another Man, Elle, British Elle, Self Service Magazine, W Magazine, Vanity Fair, Porter Magazine, V Magazine

Selected Collaborations

Phillips Auction House, Dover Street Market, Ikram Chicago, Liberty, Net-a-Porter

Pringle of Scotland, Narciso Rodriguez, Tommy Hilfiger, Daryl K., VPL, Robert Geller

Contact: alyssa@alyssanorton.com