CASEY SOBEL
Curriculum Vitae - as of October 2019
Education
2015
Pratt Institute BFA specifying in Jewelry Design and Fabrication
Minor in Performance and Performance Studies
2014
Penland School of Craft – Flameworked Glass Intensive Course
Collections
2015
Domina Collar entered into the Museum of Arts and Design’s Permanent Collection as per the LOOT Acquisition Prize
Select Group Exhibitions
2019
Collective Ground, Recent Works From Pratt Jewelry Alumni, Steuben Gallery A, Brooklyn NY
Kindred Constructs, Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Afropunk Festival, Activism Row (With Brooklyn Navy Yard), Brooklyn, NY
Yard of today, Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present, & Future, Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Anonymous Brooklyn, Brooklyn Metalworks, Brooklyn, NY
Community Open Studio Market, (NYCJW Event), Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
Methods, Materials, and Creative Outcomes: A Panel on Contemporary Jewelry (NYCJW Event), Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
MAD Collects - The Future of Craft Part 1, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2017
Heavy Metal, Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SNAG Conference - Slideshow, Boston, MA
2016
Craft2Wear, Smithsonian National Building Museum, Washington, DC
Brooklyn Designs, NY Design Week, Brooklyn, NY
2015
LOOT: MAD About Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design, Manhattan, NY
LOOT: MAD About Jewelry Preview Event, Manhattan, NY
SNAG Conference - Student Slideshow, Boston, MA
SNAG Conference - Impact: Looking Back, Forging Forward, Adorned Spaces Exhibition, Boston, MA
Pratt Design Show (As Part of NYCxDESIGN), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
NASAD Re-accreditation Show, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Pratt Jewelry Senior Thesis Exhibition, Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Gold Conference, Manhattan, NY
2014
Cuff Show, Pratt Library, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Junior Jewelry Show, Design Center Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Cuff Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Second Skin, New Hope Arts Gallery, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Awards and Nominations
2015
LOOT Acquisition Award
B.F.A. with Honors, Pratt Institute
Pratt Circle Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Outstanding Merit Award, Pratt Institute
1st Place Award Recipient, Pratt Jewelry Senior Thesis Exhibition
Windgate Fellowship Award Finalist
Pratt Institute Windgate Fellowship Award Nominee
2014
Penland School of Crafts Scholarship Recipient
Professional Organizations
2018
Inaugural New York Jewelry Week, External Relations and Logistics
2014 – 2016
Society of North American Metalsmiths (SNAG) Student Member
2015 - 2016
Ethical Metalsmiths Student Member
Experience
2019
Open House New York, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
LOOT: MAD About Jewelry, Volunteer
2018
Studio Visit with Casey Sobel, (NYCJW Event), Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
New York City Jewelry Week, External Relations and Logistics
Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (Present)
LOOT: MAD About Jewelry, Volunteer
2017
Open House New York, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
Master Jeweler, Cartier, New York, NY (Present)
Guest Critic, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Assistant, Lincoln Center Craft Show, Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY
Jeweler, Ex Ovo Inc, New York, NY
LOOT: MAD About Jewelry, Volunteer
April 2016-Jan 2017
Diamond and Gemstone Setter, Alex Sepkus Inc. Manhattan, NY
2016
Open House New York, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
Assistant, Lincoln Center Craft Show, Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY
Assistant, ACC Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
July 2015-April 2016
Wedding Jeweler and Stone Setter, Catbird, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Assistant, American Crafts Festival, Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY
2012-2015
Jewelry Studio Technician, Pratt Institute Jewelry Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Resident Advisor, Pratt Institute Residential Life and Housing, Brooklyn, NY
Summer 2014
Teachers Assistant/Technician, Pratt Jewelry PreCollege Program, Brooklyn, NY
Summer 2013
Intern, Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2012-2014
Tour Guide, Pratt Institute Admissions, Brooklyn, NY
2011-2014
Teaching Intern/Assistant, The Martinsville Studio, Martinsville NJ
Publications
Butcher, Natalie Matthews. “Get to Know These 5 Jewelers.” New York Times, 8 Nov. 2018, p. D3.
Butcher, Natalie Matthews. “6 New York Jewelers to Know.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 7 Nov.
2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/style/new-york-jewelers.html.
Branstrator, brecken.branstrator@nationaljeweler.com, Brecken. “12 Things to Do During NYC Jewelry Week.”
National Jeweler.
Vries, Susan De. “Brooklyn Gets Bejeweled With a Community Market at the Navy Yard.” Brownstoner, 30 Oct.
2018, www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/brooklyn-design-jewelry-community-market-navy-yard/.
“Everything But The Girl.” Edited by Chad Tucker and Kyle Deleu, Fantastics, Fantastics Magazine , Oct. 2017,
fantasticsmag.com/stories/everything-but-the-girl/. Web.
Henderson, Alicia. “NEW RULES.” Edited by Chad Tucker, LUCY’S, LUCY’S MAGAZINE, Aug. 2017,
lucysmagazine.com/portfolio/new-rules/. Web.
Swarovski. “Surrealist Dreams” Swarovski Gem Visions: Trend Directions 2018 November 2016. Print.
“Museum of Arts and Design Acquires Work by Casey Sobel (B.F.A. Jewelry ‘15).” Pratt Institute. N.p., 21 Jan.
2016. Web.
Gazis, Jean, and Brandhi Williamson, eds. “Museum of Arts and Design Show Features Work by Pratt
Jewelry Designers.” Prattfolio Fall/Winter 2015 Dec. 2015: 50. Print.
Song, Young Sun. “LOOT, MAD About Jewelry, Pt 1.” RSS. Young Sun Song, 2 Oct. 2015. Web.
Zanni, Sean. “PMc - LOOT Mad About Jewelry Cocktail and Dinner Benefit.” PMc - LOOT Mad About
Jewelry Cocktail and Dinner Benefit. N.p., 28 Sept. 2015. Web.
Thrower, Alexis. “SNEAK PEEK AT “LOOT: MAD ABOUT JEWELRY” ANNUAL WEEK-LONG
EXHIBITION.” White Wall Mag. White Wall Mag, 25 Sept. 2015. Web.
McCarthy, Lauren. “Looking for Loot.” Women’s Wear Daily Milan 24 Sept. 2015: 16. Print.
“Museum of Arts and Design Show to Feature Work by Pratt Jewelry Designers.” Pratt Institute. Pratt
Institute, 22 Sept. 2015. Web.
“Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.” Decorative Arts Society. N.p., n.d. Web.
“Casey Sobel.” Casey Sobel. Museum of Arts and Design, n.d. Web.
Nardone, Rosemary. “NYC, Style and a Little Cannoli: “LOOT: MAD about Jewelry at the MAD Museum.”
NYC, Style and a Little Cannoli: “LOOT: MAD about Jewelry at the MAD Museum. N.p., 24 July 2015. Web.
“LOOT: MAD About Jewelry 2015.” Dexigner. N.p., 21 July 2015. Web.
“Sobel, BFA.” Casey. Art Jewelry Forum, 8 June 2015. Web.
Architectural Digest. Architectural Digest, 6 Apr. 2015. Web.
“Press Release: Simon Alcantara Was Invited to Participate in the Senior Jewelry Critique at Pratt
Institute.” RSS. N.p., 7 Dec. 2014. Web.
Gettys, Britt. “Pratt Success: Internship Success With Casey Sobel: The Martinsville Studio.” Pratt Success:
Internship Success With Casey Sobel: The Martinsville Studio. Britt Gettys, 30 Apr. 2013. Web.