Edu Tarín

1984.

Valencia. Spain.

Son of jewellers, was trained at the workshop of the family business by Mr. Eduardo Tarín Ruiz, specialised goldsmith and Mr. Francisco Brocal, specialised hand engraver.

In 2008 Tarin studied artistic jewellery at the EASD Valencia School, with the Professors Kepa Karmona, Carlos Pastor and Heidi Schechinger. In 2012 he received his Bachelor Degree at the University of Applied Sciences Trier, Dept. Gemstone and Jewellery Design in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.

In April 2015 he graduated with a Master in Fine Arts at the same department under the guidance of Professors Theo Smeets, Ute Eitzenhöfer, and Lothar Brügel.

Since 2013 he has been involved in the research of new technologies applied to jewellery design, collaborating with the company Klein & Becker GmbH. From 2016 till 2019 he has been under the guidance of Mr. Hans Ulrich Pauly mastering the technique of Stone engraving.

Recently his work was awarded with the European Prize for Applied Arts 2021 of the WCC Europe, the Preis des Handwerks 2019 of the Chamber of crafts for Rhineland-Palatinate and the Talente Prize 2016 of the chamber of crafts in Munich, among others. Since 2022 he is a researcher at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium.

Website: edutarin.com