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Linnea Montvila portrait

I view my work as a physical extension of my internal state, as instinctive as a smile, a tear, or the curious raise of an eyebrow. My practice is a biological reaction to a thought, feeling, or a question; a necessity that demands a physical form. Each piece of my work serves as enduring proof that these internal moments once existed.

I believe this work is vital because, as social beings, we share a collective yearning for the connections that words cannot articulate. My greatest satisfaction lies in the moment a viewer connects with the intent through my work, while simultaneously discovering a new, personal meaning that resonates within themselves. I find it most intriguing when my own creative spark ignites a different, yet equally valid, dialogue in another.

Ultimately, what the viewer perceives in my work extends the piece for me as well. This dialogue held between us through the medium of my work, is my most valuable achievement

I grew up in the deep forests of Sweden, where I found a natural preference for my own company. This solitude granted me the space to think and to truly absorb my surroundings; a place where my need for creative expression and my instinct for reflection first became intertwined. I spent my time listening to the heavy silence of a snowy landscape and feeling the specific vibration of the wind as it moved through a pine forest. I remember the visceral sensation of wet mud slipping between my toes, a raw connection to the earth.

I became a massive collector of stones, not the polished ones found in shops, but the common grey found on the ground. I grew up in a home that balanced these energies: a mother who is a relentless creator, and a father who is a thinker and observer of craft. Surrounded by great abstract art, I would spend hours analysing how a physical object could hold its own individual feeling.

When I graduated at eighteen, I knew my most vital education would not be found in an education I wasn’t ready for, but in ‘life.’ Only three days after leaving school, I was off, moving through Stockholm, Oslo, London, a remote island on the Norwegian west coast, and Spain, before eventually returning to London. I moved with a necessary naivety and a hunger for the new, guided by the spontaneity of choosing only those places I had never before encountered. There is a profound weight in approaching a new environment not as a tourist, but as a resident; a deeper level of absorption that comes from truly inhabiting a space.

While I always sought ways to express myself creatively along this journey, it was in 2017 that I decided to formalise this instinct through education. Following three years of technical manufacturing at the British Academy of Jewellery in central London, I completed my Bachelor’s degree at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, graduating with First Class Honours. Farnham was love at first sight, I moved here quickly and have spent the last three years renovating my first home from the ground with my husband. This process has allowed my inspiration to expand beyond the workbench applying my vision to the very walls, ceilings, and floors that surround me.

Education

  • BA (Hons) Jewellery & Silversmithing | First Class Honours
    University for the Creative Arts, Farnham (2023)
  • Jewellery Manufacturing Diploma
    British Academy of Jewellery, London

Exhibitions & Fairs

  • 2025 | Traces of Living, Cluster Contemporary Jewellery, Covent Garden, London
  • 2025 | HandMade Chelsea, Art and Craft Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London
  • 2025 | Festival of Crafts, Farnham
  • 2024 | Cluster Contemporary Jewellery, Shoreditch, London
  • 2024 | I Paint Flowers So They Will Not Die, Galleria Carlo Lucidi, Rome, Italy
  • 2024 | Cluster Contemporary Jewellery, Chelsea, London
  • 2024 | Group Exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, London
  • 2023 | Behind the Scenes, UCA Farnham
  • 2023 | The Earring Show, Craft Council of British Columbia, Canada
  • 2024 | New Talent Award (Nominee), Klimt02
  • 2020 | Design Competition Winner, BAJ x Alighieri
  • 2020 | NHS Covid-19 Charity Pin Design (Nominee)

Press & Publications

Projects

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