GEORGE BROOKS - Modernist Jeweler

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Collections, Exhibitions & Awards

1959 Quebec, Canada, Decorative Arts Competition - Award.

1961 Quebec Handicrafts - Exhibition.

1966 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, one-man show of jewelry and sculpture.

1966 Commission - Sculpture/award for presentation by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

1972 Fairtree Gallery, Contemporary Crafts, New York. Exhibition of American Goldsmiths.

1972 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. American Gold and Silversmiths Jewlery Exhibition.

1972 Hanau Goldsmith’s Hall Exhibition, Hanau, Germany.

1975 Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Craft Multiples Show. Acceptance of entry and purchase of Three-Pearl Ring.

1976 California Design ‘76 Exhibition, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA. Acceptance of entry and purchase of Gold and Diamond Sphere Ring.

2003 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Acceptance of two jewelry pieces, a brooch and pendant, for their permanent Decorative Arts Collection.

2004 Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA. Signature Collection (Designer Jewelry). Pendant 18 kt Yellow Gold with Black Pearl and two Diamonds.

2007 State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Modernism in Jewelry Exhibition.

2008 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. Acceptance of eight pieces of jewelry for their permanent collection in the Department of Textile and Fashion Arts.

2009 Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Montréal, Canada, Jewellery and Artistic Modernity: the Beginning of Art Jewellery in Quebec (1950-1970).

2009 Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey Acceptance of jewelry into permanent collection.

2009 Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), New York City Acceptance of jewelry into permanent collection.