PXL MAD/ Object & Jewellery

✨ MAD ALUMNI ✨

Name: Zoë Detrez
Year of graduation: 2016

In 2021, Zoë Detrez launched her eponymous brand, creating pieces that resist time and trends through a strong focus on form and function. Her practice is defined by the use of powerful materials, simple shapes, and minimal interventions. This approach results in high-quality, handmade objects designed for long-term use, where seamless craftsmanship reflects a seasonless, genderless, and size-less design ethos.

This week, Zoë Detrez participates in “Tussenvormen” during Kunstennacht Hasselt, together with Marianne Winten and PXL-MAD lecturers Ilse van Roy and Ellen Vrijsen. The exhibition takes place at Marianne’s studio on Thursday, May 7.

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For KUNSTENNACHT together with , .vanroy & .



👀 About After MAD:
After MAD highlights the artistic and professional journeys of our alumni from Object & Jewellery, celebrating their diverse practices, exhibitions, and professional paths after graduating from PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt.

💎 MAD JEWELS @ Modemuseum Hasselt — Kunstennacht

For one night, the Object & Jewellery department (PXL-MAD School of Arts) takes over the Fashion Museum Hasselt with multiples by makers from different generations. The repetitive and serial character brings together diverse concepts into a collective presentation of contemporary jewellery. Bodies carry, move, and repeat the jewellery throughout the space.

📅 Thursday 7 May
🕕 18:00 – 23:00

📍 Modemuseum Hasselt
Gasthuisstraat 11
3500 Hasselt









👀 About MAD AGENDA:
MAD AGENDA communicates exhibitions, events, lectures and activities organised by or in collaboration with Object & Jewellery (PXL-MAD School of Arts), both within and beyond the institution.

THURSDAY TALKS with KARIN SEUFERT

Join us next week for a lecture by Karin Seufert on Wednesday, followed by the opening of her solo exhibition on Thursday .gallery in Hasselt.

Karin Seufert lives and works in Berlin (DE) and Gothenburg (SE). Her practice revolves around the exploration of unconventional materials within the context of jewellery, materials that challenge traditional values and expectations.

For several years, she has been working primarily with PVC. Through a meticulous and time-intensive process based on repetition and dot structures, her work makes time visible and tangible, resulting in pieces that balance technical precision with a meditative quality.

📅 Lecture (Wednesday)
06 May 2026 — 19:00
📍 PXL-MAD School of Arts, Auditorium (Building G)

📅 Exhibition opening (Thursday) — Galerie Multiple (Kunstennacht Hasselt)
07 May 2026 — 18:00–23:00

We warmly welcome you to join both the talk and the opening.




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👀 About THURSDAY TALKS:
THURSDAY TALKS is a lecture series by Object & Jewellery (PXL-MAD), inviting artists, designers, and thinkers to share their practice, process, and vision with our students and wider community.

MAD AGENDA 👀

On Thursday 30 April, Liesbeth Bussche will defend her PhD thesis at Hasselt University and PXL-MAD School of Arts:

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲

The defence is followed by the opening of the accompanying exhibition in MAD-Gallery.
You can find all information & register form @ the profile of .bussche.

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Defence:
30 April 2026, 14h-16h
Register via the profile of .bussche

Exhibition:
30 April 2026, 16h30-19h (opening)
1-3 & 7-10 May 2026, 14h-18h

Location:
MAD GALLERY
Elfde-Liniestraat 25, Building G
3500 Hasselt, Belgium

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In her doctoral research project 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲, Liesbet Bussche rethinks contemporary jewellery as a process-oriented and experiential practice in the context of the material turn. She investigates how materials and the material world are noticed, shaped, processed and experienced through walking, making and writing. These methods both reframe the relationship between humans and nonhumans and acknowledge the role of the situated, subjective researcher. By tracing and activating the transformations of shells, bricks, natural stone, metal artefacts and dust, Bussche interrogates entrenched narratives in contemporary jewellery, such as the primacy of the finished object, and articulates a contribution to the discipline’s discourse.

Photo: Making Building Rings, 2024
Graphic design:

✨ MAD ALUMNI ✨

Name: Pia David
Year of graduation: 2018

Pia David is the Senior Design and Manufacturing Lead at Kimai, where she orchestrates the design journey from initial sketch to final production. Utilizing digital tools like Procreate, she conceptualizes precise, contemporary pieces before directing their transformation into reality in collaboration with the in-house production team and atelier. Having moved beyond independent practice, Pia now focuses her expertise on guiding Kimai’s design direction, ensuring every piece reflects the brand’s signature blend of heritage and innovation.

  
Jessica Warch and Sidney Neuhaus founded Kimai in 2019 to modernize their shared Antwerp diamond heritage. They create fine jewelry centering Lab grown diamonds, with a strict focus on sustainability and traceability. Their collections range from personalized everyday essentials to bespoke engagement rings.

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👀 About MAD ALUMNI:
MAD ALUMNI highlights former students of Object & Jewellery and related disciplines, sharing their professional paths, creative practices and ongoing contributions to the artistic and design field after graduating from PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt.

MAD AGENDA

Alumni Talks 💎 Pia David, Juan Harnie & Margot Declerck

Curious how a degree in Jewellery Design & Goldsmithing evolves into a professional practice?

On 23 April, we welcome three alumni, Pia David, Juan Harnie and Margot Declerck, who each carved out their own path within the field.

During this evening, they will share their experiences, insights, and practical advice on building a sustainable career in jewellery and beyond.

These talks are part of the course Business & Entrepreneurship (3rd Bachelor), but are open to all students and anyone interested in life after graduation.

After the talks, there will be a Q&A and an informal moment to connect with the speakers.

📅 23 April
🕖 19:00
📍 Auditorium, Building G, PXL-MAD School of Arts

OPEN DAY @ PXL-MAD Object & Jewellery

Curious about studying Object & Jewellery at PXL-MAD School of Arts? Come and experience the atmosphere on our campus in Hasselt and discover how we bring together craftsmanship and innovation within an inspiring, research-driven learning environment.

Open Day 👀
Saturday 25 April 2026

Meet students and lecturers, explore the curriculum and discover whether Jewellery Design & Goldsmithing is the right fit for your artistic academic trajectory.



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MAD INSPIRATION

✨ Looking for inspiration this Easter break?
Here are some exhibition tips across Belgium and beyond — from fashion and jewellery to material research and contemporary art.

1. À la belle vue de l’Abattoir — BeCraft, Mons

2. The Antwerp Six — MoMu, Antwerp

3. Antennae — Valérie Mannaerts — M Leuven, Leuven

4. Coupe de Théâtre: A Play of Clay — Abby, Kortrijk

5. Voor onze ogen — Z33, Hasselt

6. Chain Reaction — Galerie Pont & Plas, Ghent (with , & )

7. Rings That Rock — DIVA, Antwerp

8. The Votos — Jean-Paul Lespagnard — La Patinoire Royale, Brussels

9. Home Sweet Home — MAD Brussels, Brussels

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🗑️ MAD ON SITE

BODY ORNAMENT — FROM WASTE TO PRESENCE

Yesterday, Object & Jewellery (PXL-MAD School of Arts) took part in International Zero Waste Day, organised by PXL Green & Tech & Makerspace at Campus Diepenbeek.

Within this context, our first-year Bachelor students presented Body Ornament - From Waste to Presence.

Starting from PMD waste materials, students did not simply reuse what was discarded, they deconstructed, questioned, and radically transformed it. Through systematic experimentation, manipulation, deformation, surface treatments, and joining techniques, the material shifted from the banal to the meaningful.

The body ornaments move between element and body, between structure and character. They still carry traces of their origin, yet simultaneously leave them behind. What emerges is not reuse in a functional sense, but a shift in status.




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👀 About MAD ON SITE:
MAD ON SITE highlights projects, exhibitions, and activities developed by students, alumni, and staff of Object & Jewellery (PXL-MAD), both on and beyond the walls of our school.

OPEN CLASS DAY
@ PXL-MAD Object & Jewellery

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Curious about studying Object & Jewellery at PXL-MAD School of Arts? Come and experience the atmosphere on our campus in Hasselt and discover how we bring together craftsmanship and innovation within an inspiring, research-driven learning environment.

Open Class Day 👀
Wednesday 25 March 2026

Considering an artistic academic career, but still exploring your direction? During the Open Class Day, you gain deeper insight into the programme, experience the studio environment and get a real sense of what studying at PXL-MAD means.

What to expect? 🔗

• Insight into the curriculum of your chosen programme
• Meet students and lecturers
• An immersive introduction to Object & Jewellery through a presentation
• A short hands-on sand casting workshop with alumni Felien Tytgat & Lars Joosten from .colleague

❗Please register in advance to secure your place.
Link in bio!❗

Discover how PXL-MAD Object & Jewellery connects artistic research, material knowledge and contemporary practice.


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