Betony Vernon
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Betony Vernon (born August 15, 1968) is an American jewelry designer based in Paris.[1] She produces luxurious erotic jewelry.[2]
Early life and education
Born in Tazewell, Virginia, Vernon is the third of four daughters. Her mother Ann Dearsley Vernon, was a British civil rights activist and art historian, and her father was an American pilot and inventor.[3]
In 1990 she graduated cum laude from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Art History and a double minor in Religious Studies and Goldsmithing.[1]
After graduation, Vernon moved to Florence, Italy, to direct the metal-smithing program at Fuji Studio Art Workshop.[4]
In 1992, Vernon developed her first erotic jewelry collection, naming it Sado-Chic.[5]
After 5 years in Florence, she moved to Milan.[3] Here she earned a master's degree in Industrial Design from Domus Academy.[6] At the same time she founded her first design studio “Atelier B.V.” in Milan and she created one-of-a-kind objects for Luisa Via Roma.[7]
Career
In 1995 and 1998 she designed table objects for Florentine silversmith Pampaloni. During that time, she was also appointed as Design Director for the Italian interior design house Fornasetti.[8][9]
Vernon has collaborated with several fashion designers, including Missoni, Alain Tondowski, Gianfranco Ferré and Jean-Paul Gaultier.[10][11] In 2006, she designed a neckpiece for Swarovski’s Runway Rocks project that was later used by Lady Gaga for her Paparazzi video.[12]
In 2006, Vernon worked with Los Angeles-based photographer Jeff Burton in the museum house of Carlo Mollino in Turin, Italy.[13]
Vernon made “L’Envol” in 2008, a short video for SHOWstudio and her first collaboration with Nick Knight.[14] Betony wrote, hosted, and co-produced “The Boudoir” for MTV Italy. The episodes aired on Love Line, a show dedicated to sexual education.[15]
In November 2012, Vernon designed the Origin Chair, a functional sculpture carved in statuary marble from Monte Altissimo, Italy. It was unveiled in December 2012 at the Triennale Museum of Design and has since traveled to MUDAC - Museum of Design and Contemporary Art, Lausanne.[16][17] In November 2015, the work was exhibited in Vernon's carte blanche for the Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur.[18][19]
In 2017, Vernon unveils her Boudoir Box (1999-2000, leather case and sterling silver objects) for the first time to the general public as part of the Medusa exhibition at the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art.[20]
In her Paris atelier she receives clients for bespoke fittings.[21]
Personal life
From 2004 to 2014, Vernon was married to Barnaba Fornasetti, son of Piero Fornasetti. She lives in Paris, France.[22]
Exhibitions
- 1993 - Primordi, international design, Triennale, Milan
- 1995 - Anni 90, Arte a Milano, Triennale, Milan
- 1999 - Il Classico, Norma e Variazione, Abitare il Tempo, Verona, Italy
- 2003 - Body Craze Selfridges, London
- 2005 - Touch Me, Victoria & Albert Museum, Contemporary Gallery, London
- 2008 - Sex in Design, Design in Sex, Museum of Sex, New York
- 2009 - Red Light Design - Salone del Mobile, Milan
- 2009 - The Fashion Body - Somerset House, London
- 2011 - Alta Rom Alta Moda - Casanatense Library, Rome
- 2012 - Selling Sex - SHOWStudio, London
- 2013 - KAMA - Sex and Design, Triennale Design Museum, Milan
- 2013 - GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany
- 2015 - Nirvana - Mudac, Lausanne
- 2016 - Nirvana - Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur
- 2016 - Body - Anthropogenicbody, Wroclaw, Poland
- 2017 - Medusa - Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France[23]
Bibliography
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- ↑ Fortini, Amanda. "A Paris Boudoir Where Everything’s Meant to Be Touched." The New York Times, October 12, 2017.
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