BIOGRAPHY

Alan Ardiff is an artist and jeweller working from his studio at The Design Tower, Trinity Enterprise Centre in Dublin. Using combinations of gold, silver and gemstones in his jewellery and various media for his art pieces, he continually strives to maintain an exciting and wondrous edge to all his work. Garnering inspiration from aspects of daily life and nature, Ardiff produces artworks that possess an air of simplicity infused with humour.

Selected solo exhibitions include Mobile Man DESIGNyard, Dublin 2, (1999)

The Seven Wonders of My World, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin 2, (1997), Gold in Motion, Electrum Gallery, London, (1996), The Goldfish Maker, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin 2, (1993), A Touch of Innocence, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin 2, (1991) and numerous group exhibitions in Ireland and UK.

Ardiff has won many awards, including for the winning design for the Millenium Pound Coin, Central Bank of Ireland, 1999.