Alyssa Norton

b. 1973  Lives and works in Somerset

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 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

Jewelry Design

Over a fifteen year career as an internationally recognised jewelry designer, Norton developed a distinctive language of woven silk and chain. Her work was featured widely in the fashion press and collected and commissioned by leading designers and houses.

Awards and Nominations

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

Publication

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

Selected Press

American, British, French, 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