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.
Exhibitions and Presentations
2026 Artist presentation, with work shown, at the launch of Hettie Judah’s How to Enter the Art World (Hoxton Mini Press), with the artist’s crit group
2025 Nothing Stays Gold, solo exhibition, Maker’s Yard, Frome
Education
2000 MFA Painting, Instituto D’Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1995 BFA, Cornell University, New York
Nominated, Yale Norfolk Summer Residency Program
Additional study
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
Professional Background — Jewellery Design
Over a fifteen-year career as an internationally recognised jewellery designer, Norton developed a distinctive language of woven silk, chain and metalwork. Her work was featured widely in the international fashion press and collected and commissioned by leading designers and houses.
Awards & Nominations
2006 Nominated (one of three), Swarovski Perry Ellis Award for Jewellery Design, Council of Fashion Designers of America, New York
Publication
2008 The New Jewellers, Olivier Dupont. Thames & Hudson, London
Selected Press
American, British, Paris, Italian, German and Japanese Vogue; Vanity Fair; W Magazine; Porter; Elle and British Elle; V Magazine; Another Man; Self Service.
Selected Collaborations
Narciso Rodriguez, Pringle of Scotland, Tommy Hilfiger, Daryl K., VPL, Robert Geller; Phillips Auction House, Dover Street Market, Ikram Chicago, Liberty, Net-a-Porter.
Contact: alyssa@alyssanorton.com
