CELESTE LUCERO MAAS

Chair of Exhibitions

Program Coordinator for the Printmedia Residency - Metal Arts

Celeste Lucero Maas (1989) is a queer Argentinian jeweller born in Viedma, Argentina. Celeste studied traditional silversmithing techniques and design in Buenos Aires at CEJ and under Maria Medici, as well as the Italian institute Le Arti Orafe. Currently she holds a BA in Appraisal and Authentication of Works of Art from UMSA with focus in contemporary jewellery research. She has participated in several workshops with artists like Stefano Marchetti, Rodrigo Acosta, Pilar Cotter and Marta Costa Reis. ​Celeste Lucero Maas has taught in the Argentinian jewellery schools Maria Medici, Taller Eloi and her own project Mutante Jewellery School and Gallery. 

Celeste plays an active role in the Vancouver Metal Arts Association as both a Program Coordinator for the Printmedia Residency – Metal Arts at Malaspina Printmakers Society and Chair of Exhibitions. She works closely with artists in residence, helping them find their footing in the studio, shape their practice, and access the resources they need to grow. She also oversees the residency space, creates documentation policies, and develops programming that fosters creative exchange and collaboration. Through her work in exhibitions, she curates and organizes showcases that highlight metal artists, creating opportunities for them to share their work with wider audiences.

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Artist Statement

My work explores the boundaries of comfort and uncertainty through the intersectional observation of matter and sensation. I see Jewellery as a way to talk in ways in which verbal language does not suffice. As a jeweller I get to bring and shape conversations into pieces that can be carried, engaged with, and transformed again many times by new contexts and observers. In my eyes this is the language of contemporary artist jewellery.