Ruudt Peters
1950 — Born on 17 August in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands. Lives and works in Amsterdam and Ravenstein, the Netherlands, and Loro Piceno, Italy.Education
1970–1974 – Jewellery Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1967–1970 – Medical Instrument Making, Fysiologisch Laboratorium, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Awards
2023 – Grand Prix Amber Trip (for Suctus), Baltic Jewellery Exhibition, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2021 – Nomination, European Prize for Applied Arts (for Nebula), BeCraft, Mons, Belgium.
2021 – Association of Goldsmiths Award (for Nebula), Legnica Silver Festival, Legnica, Poland.
2020 – Friedrich Becker Prize 2020 (nomination for Suctus), Düsseldorf, Germany.
2019 – Enjoia’t 2019 Award, Professional Category (for Suctus), Barcelona, Spain.
2019 – Loewe Craft Prize 2019 (nomination for Suctus), Tokyo, Japan.
2005 – Marzee Prize 2005 (for oeuvre), Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
2004 – Herbert Hofmann Award 2004 (for Iosis), Munich, Germany.
2000 – Françoise van den Bosch Award 2000 (for oeuvre), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
November 2026 – Bezieling / Afflatus (overview), Museum Arnhem, the Netherlands.
2025 – Blind & Sight, studio presentation within the framework of OBSESSED, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2024 – Occiput, Thereza Pedrosa Gallery, Asolo, Italy.
2024 – Nigredo, Galerie Borax, Vevey, Switzerland.
2023 – Casa, Galerie Spektrum, Munich, Germany.
2021 – As Above, So Below, Gallery Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal.
2021 – The Space in Between, with Jantje Fleischhut, Gallery Beyond, Antwerp, Belgium.
2020 – Suctus, Galerie Spektrum, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2017–2019 – BRON, Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza, Italy; Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland; Craft Museum, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China; CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
2018 – Suctus, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2015 – Ground, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA.
2010 – Anima, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
2010 – Philosopher’s Stone, MAC (Museum of Contemporary Art), Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2006 – Sefiroth, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
2002–2004 – Change, Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany; Museum Arnhem, the Netherlands; Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany.
Teaching
2021–2024 – Head teacher, MASieraad Hasselt–Amsterdam, PXL-MAD Hasselt, Belgium.
2018–2020 – Co-teacher, MASieraad—Challenging Jewellery, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2016–2019 – Member of the doctoral committee for PhD candidate Anneleen Swillens, PHL University, Hasselt, Belgium.
2010–2015 – Professor, Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy.
2004–2009 – Professor, Ädellab, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden; visiting professor, South Karelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland.
2001–present – Founder, Opere International Jewellery School, Ravenstein, the Netherlands.
1990–2000 – Head of the Jewellery Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1983–1990 – Teacher, High School for the Arts Constantijn Huygens, Kampen, the Netherlands.
Public Collections (selection)
2025 – Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand.
2024 – MUDAC, Contemporary Art and Design Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland.
2024 – Museum Krona, Uden, the Netherlands (gift from Ruudt Peters).
2023 – Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, USA (gift from Susan Beech).
2023 – Providence Museum, Providence, USA.
2015, 2021, 2023 – Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany.
2022 – MUDE (Museu do Design e da Moda), Lisbon, Portugal.
2022 – Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland (gift from Alice and Louis Koch).
2021 – Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland.
2021 – Amber Museum at Muzeum Bursztynu, Gdańsk, Poland.
2020 – Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2019 – Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
2018 – Design Museum Tallinn, Estonia.
2017 – Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany.
2016 – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA (gift from Lois and Bob Boardman).
2016 – Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA (gift from Susan Grant Lewin).
2016 – Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA.
2015 – Museum of Contemporary Art of the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China.
2013 – Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
2011 – Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
2011 – Mint Museum, Craft + Design, Charlotte, USA.
2010 – Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2010 – Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
2006 – Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2005 – Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA (gift from Ruudt Peters).
2004 – Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany.
2003 – Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany.
2003 – Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2003 – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France.
2001 – RISD Museum, Providence, USA.
2000 – Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
updated August 2026