ABOUT
Sorrel Van Allen is a contemporary jeweller and sculptural object artist based in Kjipuktuk + Halifax, Canada and Stockholm, Sweden, with a diverse background having studied Welding and Blacksmithing at Selkirk College, Nelson, before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 A Fine Line, L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2020 Cut It Out, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Ouroboros, Galleri Box, Gothenburg, Sweden
Bound, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
2024 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Here and Now, Collect Art Fair, London, UK
2023 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Collective Directions, Chester Art Centre, Chester, Canada
30 years of Bishopsland Educational Trust, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, UK
2022 Into the Wild, Hermes Gallery, Halifax, Canada
Colloquy, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Canada and Makers Guild, Wales, UK
2021 Bishopsland Retrospective Exhibition, South Oxfordshire, UK
Jacobs Jewellery Competition, Jacobs Jewellers, Reading, UK
The Earring Show, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2020 NSCAD Student Art Award, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada
Christmas at Bishopsland, South Oxfordshire, UK
SPENT, Galerie Lewis, Quebec City, Canada
17th Annual National Student Competition Exhibition, L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Annual Student Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths, USA-Based, Online
NSCAD Graduate Showcase, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada
Mad for Hoops, Gallery 2052, Chicago, USA
2019 New Vernacular, Presented by MetalAid at NYC Jewellery Week, NYC, USA
Nocturne NSCAD Jewellery Showcase, Yu Yo, Halifax, Canada
19th Silver Triennial International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehause, Hanau, Germany
A Medal For NSCAD/AUArts Jewellery, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada
11 Layers, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Canada
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 Revival: Silver Residency, Vanilla Ink: The Smiddy, Scotland, UK
Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine, USA
2021-22 airCRAFT Emerging Artist Residency, Centre for Craft Nova Scotia, NS, Canada 2019 Professional Development Residency, Centre for Craft Nova Scotia, NS, Canada
EDUCATION
2025-27 Konstfack, MFA Program in Craft, Jewellery and Corpus
2020-21 Bishopland Educational Trust, Residential Silversmithing Program, Oxfordshire, UK
2016-20 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing, Halifax, Canada
2018 National College of Art and Design, Exchange in Jewellery and Objects, Dublin, Ireland
2015 Selkirk College, Welding Certificate and Red Seal Exam, Nelson, Canada