SHORT BIO
Egle Banyte is an award winning jewellery designer and maker based in West Tyrone, Ireland. Her work is inspired by her youth in Lithuania, Baltic tradition, Constructivism, and Northern European aesthetics. Egle's work is handcrafted using traditional techniques and materials, yet manifesting a contemporary style.
In 2018, Egle was awarded a Goldsmiths’ Company Precious Metal Grant; the New Designers Goldsmiths’ Company Jewellery Award; and a Future Makers Award by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland. In 2019, she was awarded the RDS Craft Award.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2016 – 2018 – BA Hons Ceramics, Jewellery and Silversmithing | Ulster University, Belfast
GRANTS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 – Creative Individuals Recovery Programme Grant, Arts Council of NI
2020 – Future Makers Materials Support Award, Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
2020 – Individuals Emergency Resilience Programme Grant, Arts Council of NI
2019 – RDS Craft Award
2019 – Goldsmiths’ Fair Graduate Bursary Scheme
2019 – Support for Individual Artists Programme, Arts Council of NI
2018 – New Designers Goldsmiths' Company Jewellery Award
2018 – Future Makers Materials Support Award, Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
2018 – Product Design – Handmade Product Award, Irish Graduate Design Awards 2018, Institute Designers Ireland
2018 – Goldsmiths’ Company Precious Metal Grant
EXHIBITIONS
March 2024 - Goldsmiths’ Fair at Collect 2024 | Summerset House, London
May – June 2023 – Spring Collectors' Showcase | Craft NI Gallery, Belfast
September 2022 – January 2023 – Made in Ireland | F.E.McWilliam Gallery, Co. Down
July – September 2022 – Made in Ireland | Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
October – March 2022 – Made in Ireland | National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
August 2021 – Pinned on Linen | R-space Gallery, Lisburn
November 2020 – Pinned | Craft NI Gallery, Belfast
August 2020 – Unlocked | Craft NI Gallery, Belfast
December 2019 – Gifted | RDS, Dublin
October 2019 – Goldsmiths’ Fair | Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
December 2018 – Graduate Design Awards 2018 exhibition | Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, Dublin
June 2018 – New Designers | Business Design Centre, London
June 2018 – Graduation Show | Ulster University, Belfast
March 2017 – Made 2017, The Craft & Design Collective’s Annual Exhibition | Space CRAFT, Belfast
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Since 2020 – Member of The Association for Contemporary Jewellery
Since 2018 – Licentiate of The Society of Designer Craftsmen (LSDC)