Associate Professor of Instruction and Program Head of Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM
Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM

Mallory Weston

Mallory Weston is an artist whose work involves a marriage between traditional jewelry and metalsmithing techniques and textile techniques to create large-scale wearable pieces. She merges analog processes with computer-aided design to create objects of a hybrid origin. Her work was recently featured in solo exhibitions at Baltimore Jewelry Center and Sienna Patti Contemporary in Massachusetts. She was recognized as the 2022 recipient of the prestigious Art Jewelry Forum Young Artist Award.

Weston is an engaged participant in the global art jewelry community, regularly participating in group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. She is interested in curatorial projects and collaborating with other makers and artistic platforms. In addition to her career as an educator, she maintains an active studio practice as a member of the JV Collective, a group of seven art jewelers that’s anchored in Philadelphia but national in scope. 

MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, 2013
BFA, The University of the Arts, 2009

Selected Permanent Collections
RISD Museum, Providence, RI.
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX. 
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Design Museum den Bosch, Hertogenbosch, NL.
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL.

Selected Awards and Residencies
Studio Rian de Jong Artist in Residence (2019)
Françoise van den Bosch Foundation
An artist residency granted to one art jeweler annually to live and work in Amsterdam for the period of three months from May–July, 2019.

Open Studio Residency (2017) 
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
A two-week pre-season artist residency program for approximately 50 artists from different disciplines to come together and work on the Haystack campus.

MAD Artist Studios (2016) 
Museum of Arts and Design 
A residency program where artists work in the museum studios during open hours with the goal of educating the public about craft practices.

Selected Work
Weston, M. (2019). Nonstick Nostalgia. Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY. 
     March 21–July 21, 2019.

Weston, M. (2018–2019). Uneasy Beauty: Discomfort in Contemporary Adornment. Fuller 
     Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. October 6, 2018–April 21, 2019.

Weston, M. (2017). Knock Off. Platina Gallery, Stockholm, SE. August 24–September 23, 
     2017.

Weston, M. (2017). Smiley Gag [Gold-Plated Brass, Silver, Leather]. Design Museum Den 
     Bosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL.

Weston, M. (2014). Black Eel [Oxidized Copper, Cotton, Thread]. CODA Museum, 
     Apeldoorn, NL.