Elena Villa
Born December 14, 1966 Germany
1992 Gemmologist, FGG, German Gemmological Association
Since 1993 Own studio for design jewelry
1997 Studies at the European Academy of Fine Arts
1998 Jewelry design studies at GIA, California, USA
Jan/2000 Coverpiece of the journal Gems and Gemology (Emerald Fantasy)
Feb/2000 Treasured Gift Award of GIA
April/2000 Exclusive studio exhibition Gemmological Association of Great Britain
June/2000 Semifinalist Diva Competition of Women´s Jewelry Association, USA
July/2000 GIA San Diego: permanent exhibition of special watercolour paintings of gemstones
July/2000 Smithsonian Museum Washington: permanent exhibition of special watercolour paintings of gemstones
Nov/2000 Permanent exhibition at Hotel Adlon, Berlin
Dec/2000 Finalist German Jewelry Award 2000
Year 2000 Awarding of a special requested piece of jewelry
to the sister of the Japanese Emperor on the occasion of a luxurious exhibition in the holiday castle of
the former Empress of Austria, Sissi, at the Starnberg lake near Munich.
Jan/2001 Coverpiece of the Journal of Gemmology, Great Britain, including leading article
Feb/2001 Exclusive exhibition of special design pieces at Neiman Marcus, Dallas, USA
Sep/2001 Six pages special report in the journal Arte y Joya, Spain
Year 2001 Various international exhibitions at exclusive places (f.e. Fouque´) Paris
Year 2011 Awarding of two special pieces on request to the Queen and the Princess of Banjar
( South – Kalimantan, Indonesia ) on the occasion of a presentation of sealring designs
for the King of Banjar Khairul Saleh (Viceroy of the Sultanate of Banjar).
Year 2012 Co-operaton with the actress Ekaterina Schmidt known from movies and TV (ZDF Series) in Germany
Co-operation with Mrs. O., freelance artist in Saarbrücken.
March/2013 Co-operation with Harry Morrison, freelance artist in Trier, creating an Elephant sculpture named Mohavi
for the international operating company of Elephant Parade for their exhibition Trier-Luxembourg.
Mohavi was cover piece of the art book of the Elephant Parade.
June 2013 Conception and development of the "Move Award"
for the germanwide working company Nestwärme and Palais e.V.
August 2015 Creating a Ring for Trier, oldest City of Germany 2000 years old: named Trier-Ring
September 2017 Creating a Ring for the Birthday of Karl Marx in Trier named Karl Marx Ring
February 2019 Creating a Ring for the Country Luxemburg named Luxemburg Ring
December 2020 webshop construction die-villa.com
March 2021 Produktdesigns for TV in Germany and Suisse
January 2022 Presenting Jewellery at publisher "Luxemburg Wort" new Shop in Luxemburg online and offline
