A graduate of FAD/UNAM, she holds a master’s degree in industrial design and is a doctoral candidate in arts and design. She teaches at the high school level, at FAD, and in master’s programs. She also
teaches textile design courses at IBERO Puebla.
Her publications include *El escaparate*;
she has directed the FAD business incubator and
the fashion and apparel design program at IBEROCDMX.
She has coordinated “Window Display Design” and “Application of Textile Illustration and Product Development.” She is a cultural manager, lecturer, and consultant.
She founded an art, design, and research project through which she creates works, leads workshops, and writes articles.

Born in Mexico City, she is artist, photographer, and designer currently living in Oaxaca. She holds a bachelor’s degree in design and visual communication, with a specialization in photography and multimedia, from the Faculty of Higher Studies in Cuautitlán, UNAM. She has completed training in digital design (Digital Invaders, Grupo W), industrial design
(Centro de las Artes de San Agustín Etla / CaSa, Oaxaca), and at the School of Less Toxic Printmaking, also at CaSa, Oaxaca. She completed a production residency at the Taller Nacional de Gráfica Aguascalientes. She founded the Alma Millán studio and has taught ceramics at at
the Instituto de Artes Gráficas (IAGO) and at CaSa, Oaxaca.

Theory and trained as a jeweler at the Crafts School of the National Institute of Fine Arts. She has
been a teaching advisor for educational programs in jewelry design. She has developed a jewelry
series and her work has been featured in group exhibitions at events in Mexico and other countries,
such as the IV Latin American Biennal of Contemporary Jewelry in Santiago, Chile, Brazil Jewerly
Week in São Paulo, Brazil, and Bijouterie Contemporaine Latine in Paris, Francia. She currently works at El Imaginario, her studio in
Veracruz, México.

He studied graphic design and earned a degree in anthropology. In 2005, he published the interactive study *Jewish Migration to Mexico between 1900 and 1950*. A ceramist
since 1998 and a goldsmith since 2011, he combines these two disciplines in pieces that possess their own distinctive identity. She has taken courses on techniques such as filigree, lost-wax casting, chain making, cumbó, and stone setting. She is participating in the Denisova 1 and 2 projects (2021–2022) at Expo Milan 2024. Passionate about metals and gemstones, she creates works of precision and aesthetic beauty with great attention to detail, crafting jewelry that tells stories and accompanies significant moments in life.

Born in Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, Carlos Benítez is the heir to a rich tradition of silverwork. Trained in the silversmithing trade since childhood in various workshops throughout the city, he specializes in different traditional Mexican silversmithing techniques, such as filigree, drawing inspiration from the work of artisans in Mérida, Yucatán; Oaxaca; and San Felipe del Progreso, State of Mexico. His mastery of precious metals and gemstone setting, combined with a special skill for creating mechanisms and clasps, along with the use of modular design techniques, allows him to create pieces rich in tradition and innovation.

Born in Mexico City, is a designer and creator trained in Graphic Design at Universidad
Iberoamericana (1997–2002). She began her professional career at Avante Textil, where she
deepened her exploration of creative processes and materials. Her artistic development was enriched
through art studies with Nunik Sauret and jewelry training with Lilo Palma, Andrea Liberman, Lorena
Lazard, Carles Codina, and Gabriela Guerra. In 2008, she cofounded
Lokal Art Design, dedicated to
the sale, distribution, and curation of jewelry. Her practice integrates design and artistic expression, conceiving jewelry as an object of
meaning and sensory experience that fosters emotional connections.

My passion for design and aesthetics has led me to explore differentpathssuch as textile design, exhibition design and, in recentyears,
mycuriosity about the arts of fire, to study and experiment in the area of jewellery, seen as an aestheticelement but also one withgreat
communicative power. My training as an industrial designer encourages me to explore materials, forms, and techniques thatmaterialise in
wearable art pieces. Mywork has beenexhibited in venuessuch as CaSA, Oaxaca; IFEMA and theMuseumof Decorative Arts, Madrid; the
Instituto de México, Paris; the Museo del Parque Joyero, Córdoba; and the Museo del Arte Efímero in La Orotava, Tenerife, among others.

He is the director of the Centro de las Artes de San Agustín / CaSa. He studied Art History and Linguistics at the University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA). He was the director of the Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo (CFMAB) and the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de
Oaxaca (IAGO). In jewelry, his practice has focused on the production of filigree pieces using techniques from Oaxaca, Chiapas, and
Yucatán, drawing on flora, fauna, and natural phenomena as resources to reflect on human behavior.

A graduate of the CIDI and the PDI at UNAM, he teaches extracurricular creativity courses using clay, where he proposes the concept of
Claywelry (ceramic jewelry). He has created designs for companies such as Martha Vargas, Auter, and Tane, and currently designs for his
own brand. He is an independent researcher of phenomena related to jewelry and the effects of design on the artisan industry. He has
participated in several group jewelry exhibitions. He leads the seminars “Deconstruction for Artisanal Redesign” and the Consciousness
Workshop, and designs strategies and activities to cultivate resilience, overcome adversity, and confront addictions.

Edna Feliciano PrietoEDNA FELICIANO PRIETO
Born in Puerto Rico in 1965, she has lived in Mexico for 30 years. In 2015, she discovered the art of goldsmithing when
she enrolled at the Academy of Goldsmiths in Mexico City, an art form that captivated her. She works with metals such as gold and silver using
techniques including filigree, forging, chasing, and wax sculpture, among others. She has participated in several international exhibitions,
including the Denisova Project in 2021 and 2022 at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, the Museum of
Goldsmithing in Córdoba, Spain, and Milan Jewelry Week in 2024.

Industrial designer and self­taught jewelry artist with over thirty­five years of experience. Working from her own studio, she explores metals, stones, natural and recycled materials. She has taught jewelry at ITESO University and arts and crafts schools, and has participated in social projects with women from rural communities in Jalisco. She has received eight national jewelry awards, including the Diosa de Plata Award for Best Overall Piece. Since 2014, she has worked with her twin sister Isabel Moncada under the label CUATA jewelry, creating contemporary jewelry and utilitarian art exhibited internationally.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Fabianna Alfonzo is a jewelry designer and gemologist who graduated in 2004 from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), specializing in jewelry manufacturing and design. She She creates unique pieces that combine technique, artistry, and aesthetic sensibility, using precious and semi­precious gems and working primarily in gold and silver. Her work stands out for its sophistication and authenticity, reflecting her professional training and celebrating the natural beauty of gems and fine craftsmanship.

Originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco, he began his goldsmithing career at age 16 and has participated in exhibitions and showcases of unique jewelry pieces. He has won awards, served as a judge for national jewelry competitions, and worked for national and international designers. He maintains a deep interest in learning different jewelry techniques to express himself through each piece. He believes it is important to share his knowledge and learn by deconstructing and reworking. He runs the LA LLORONA arte-taller gallery and the Evolución workshop in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico, to pass on the craft of creation.

Coming from a long line of family jewelers, she began her career as a designer in 1990 in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, where she discovered Mexican amber and found her eternal source of inspiration. She is a pioneer in the use of this ancient resin in silver jewelry that connects to the land, its cycles, its fruits, and its people. She has received national awards and has exhibited in museums and international galleries across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Her work is deeply rooted in Mexican culture. She has exhibited at the Latin American Jewelry Biennial in New York, the Denisova Project in Madrid, and Parcourse Bijoux in Paris, among others.

Artist–artisan and founder of María Mariscal Joyería, a project she has developed for 15 years. She explores the possibilities of body adornment through ancestral worldviews, drawing from oral tradition and anthropological and historiographic studies. Her work combines metal, clay, natural fibers, seeds, insects, feathers, and stones, engaging with the ritual and symbolic uses of wearable objects. A graphic designer and jeweler by training, she weaves decolonial thought, ancestral knowledge, and feminism. She is the author of “La ruta de la filigrana”, created with support from Mexico’s Ministry of Culture.

She is the third generation of a family of jewelers. For over 25 years, she has brought Mexican icons to the world, transforming them into silver jewelry. She draws inspiration from agave landscapes, piñatas, dolls, and skulls; in each of her designs, she celebrates the identity of our roots with a contemporary twist, creating jewelry that transcends time. Some of her participations include Shanghai Fashion Week, Colombia Moda at The Vogue Talents Corner, the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Madrid, the Latin American Biennial of Contemporary Jewelry
in Argentina, Parcours Bijoux in Paris, France, and New York and Los Angeles Fashion Weeks.

Mexican designer specialized in the creation of lighting objects produced in her own studio. For over thirty years, she has explored ancestral craft techniques, developing skills, mechanisms, and processes to transform materials and enhance the performance and quality of her pieces. Her work draws inspiration from organic forms, asymmetry, and amorphous volumes, incorporating techniques such as lost­wax casting, blown glass, porcelain modeling, and metal forging. Since 2014, she has collaborated with her twin sister Elena Moncada under the CUATA label, presenting contemporary jewelry and utilitarian art internationally.

Born in Taxco, Guerrero State, Mexico, into a family of silversmiths and with a background in the arts and design, she explores alternative materials and incorporates cultural objects from her surroundings, thereby creating emotional and social connections between her creations and the public. She creates conceptual contrasts through the combination of materials and the ergonomics of her jewelry. Her creations have earned her prestigious positions, awards, and the opportunity to pursue training and obtain degrees in jewelry techniques and contemporary jewelry. She is currently developing contemporary jewelry collections using traditional Taxco goldsmithing techniques.

Her jewelry reflects its origins, themes, and history: with a linear minimalism in form, symbolism in the details, restraint in composition, and a harmonious blend of materials; unique and sculptural pieces that invite harmonious reflection. Her challenges: those that inspire her to “push reality to its limits, to step outside of it, to see beyond it.” Recently: Rostros Insumisos and AlmaQuimera Joyería Gastronómica, an experience centered on chocolate.
Jewelry Career: Biennales, group and solo exhibitions, trade shows in Japan, the United States, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, France, and Venezuela. Joyactual Venezuela #TallerdeCreatividad #TertuliasCreativas.

A jewelry designer, image consultant, and artistic director, she works on her own projects as well as for companies. She offers high-quality training in jewelry design and marketing, conducts research projects, and gives lectures. She has woek Award. She is a member of Fashion Group MX and Joyeros MX.n prestigious national and international design awards, including the Bienal Mexicana de Diseño, the Good Design Awards, Enjoia’t, and Denisova. Notably INTERMODA, MOMAD, ART BASEL, Parcours Bijoux, Muestra de Joyería Contemporánea, and INFLOW 2025. In 2024, she was honored by the Jalisco Jewelry Chamber. Winner of the 2024 Milan Jewellery Weeek

Leticia Llera
She trained in jewelry and goldsmithing at the INBA School of Crafts and found in metals a means of self-expression through abstract and avant-garde jewelry. She has participated in various exhibitions, publications, courses, workshops, and juries, and has received national and international awards in the field of jewelry. Among these are: her selection as an international designer by The Silver Institute in 2013, Circuits Bijoux in 2014, the Forjadores de México Award in 2020, the ¡Premio a! Diseño 2020, The Landmark 2022, Rostros Insumisos, the Icono del Diseño Mexicano Award, Pasarela Escaparate 2024, New Earrings 500+, Expo Joya, and Ruta Del Diseño 2025.

Born in Germany, she lives in Mexico City and is a graduate of the Goldschmiedeschule in Pforzheim. She has dedicated her career to teaching the art of jewelry making. She has taught at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and has directed the Academia de Orfebres de Interlomas for the past 15 years, training numerous artists, artisans. She creates one-of-a-kind pieces and collections using contemporary techniques and a modern vision. Her jewelry incorporates natural gemstones. She has participated in national and international exhibitions and competitions, has served as a jury member for jewelry competitions, and her work has been featured in the specialized press.

Jewelry designer originally from Oaxaca, Mexico. She draws inspiration from culture and traditions through ceramics, textiles, and metal. For the past 15 years, she has taken part in various fashion shows in Madrid, Guadalajara, and Mexico City, and has received several national awards, including First Prize in Fashion and Jewelry at Premio México Diseña in 2024 and 2020, as well as honorable mentions in 2024 and 2018.

She has been featured in Jewelry Trends in 2024 and 2013, and has participated in numerous collective exhibitions of contemporary jewelry in Paris, Madrid, and Buenos Aires. She has also presented textile jewelry in Buenos Aires and Tucumán, and took part in Artistar Jewelry during Milan Jewelry Week in 2024.

She was born in the coastal state of Veracruz, Mexico. She has lived in Mexico City for the past 20 years; a dentist by profession and passionate about art and craftsmanship, she discovered the Academy of Goldsmithing six years ago. In her work as a goldsmith, she employs various techniques such as wax carving, filigree, and enameling. She also studied openwork engraving and stone setting with Professor Gabriel Owen at the Jewelry Institute of America in Houston, Texas. She has exhibited in several galleries in Mexico and at the Milan International Art Fair.

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (1972), she holds a degree in design from ITESO University and has trained in jewelry making, metalwork, ceramics, and art in Mexico, Europe, the United States, and South America. Her practice explores contemporary jewelry and sculpture through the lens of material, memory, and symbolism. She is featured in the Compendium of Contemporary Jewelry by Schmuck (2008) and received the Guadalajara Jewelry Talent Award in 2010. She has exhibited in museums and cultural spaces in Europe, the United States, and Mexico. In 2024, National Recognition in the field of jewelry. Her work engages with stories that live close to the body and resonate in the soul

Born in Chile (1972), she has lived in Mexico for over twenty years and studied Fine Arts at the Catholic University of Chile. Her work encompasses painting,
printmaking, and ceramics, and she has participated in group exhibitions in Israel, Mexico, and Italy.
A graduate of the Academy of Goldsmithing in Mexico City, she works with silver, gold, and natural stones. She explores contemporary jewelry as a means of processing
her spiritual and personal growth. Her pieces fuse the tradition of goldsmithing with object art, combining unconventional elements. Inspired by
intimate experiences, she creates jewelry that interacts, reflecting a constant process of introspection and self-reflection.

She is the creative director of Mosketa, a sustainable jewelry brand inspired by the natural richness of the Sea of Cortez and produced through local workshops using reused silver and responsible processes. Each piece is designed to connect with an emotion, a memory, or a landscape, through an intimate process in which matter comes to life. She studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at Universidad CENTRO in Mexico City, and is certified by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) as an Accredited Jewelry Professional. She is currently studying at the Goldsmiths Academy led by master Lilo Palma. Her work is inspired by art, biodiversity, cultural heritage, and travel.

Oscar Figueroa is a jewelry designer based in Taxco de Alarcón,
Mexico. His work explores the relationship between materials, territory, and cultural identity through
sculptural pieces that combine traditional silversmithing with contemporary materials.
Inspired by agricultural heritage and the Mesoamerican worldview, his work
reinterprets symbols such as corn and the landscape within the language of
designer jewelry.

An artist originally from Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, he is a Zapotec goldsmith from a family of artisans. He learned the art of goldsmithing
from his grandfather at a young age and has mastered the language of metals, combined with his passion for music, rhythm, and imagery.
These elements have led him to explore and create narratives through the traditional pieces of his Guidxiguie (the Zapotec name for Juchitán,
meaning City of Flowers). He participated in the Buscando al Autor exhibition at the Casa de Cultura de Juchitán and in the workshop Los
vínculos creativos entre la joyería y el arte. His creations express the traditions and knowledge that perpetuate his community.

Samuel Burstein is a prominent Mexican jewelry designer with more than 35 years of experience, whose work is distinguished by an exotic,
avantgarde
and deeply sophisticated style. A graphic designer by training, he has managed to translate his aesthetic sensitivity into pieces
that exalt the natural beauty of precious stones and cultured pearls, central elements of his creative language. Her jewelry, conceived as
symbols of identity and character, has been recognized in Mexico and abroad. He has been a member of Fashion Group International Mexico
City since 2011 and founding president of JoyerosMx, a key association for promoting contemporary jewelry design.

Regina Reyes is a Mexican artist with a 20year
career in cinema,applying makeup
and creating art on human faces. In 2007, she began to
venture into jewellery as a selftaught
artist and later studied several courses at theJORGC school in Barcelona to perfect her techniques. In
2003, she was awardeda BAFTA award for best makeup
in the film ‘Frida’.SilviaHegewisch started in the jewellery field more than 15 years
ago in the workshop ofteacher Lilo Palma, learning different techniques. She had a decoration shopand a bakery.During thepandemic, Silvia
and Regina decided to join forces and create a brand that combinesthe DNA of both.

Born in Mexico City, trained as a Montessori guide and later earned a degree in Anthropology at the Universidad Hebraica de Mexico.. For
the past 22 years she has dedicated herself to jewelry making, studying at Lilo Palma’s academy and with various masters. She
participated twice in Proyecto Denisova: her bracelet Transformación was selected for a fashion show, and Atesorando received an
honorable mention. In 2024 she exhibited at Milano Jewelry Week. She enjoys working with gold, silver, and natural stones, creating
unique pieces that embody irreproducible feelings.

My work transforms emotion into form. I conceive jewelry as a sensory territory where the body becomes a landscape and each piece a
bridge between the tangible and the invisible. Entirely handmade, my creations dialogue with metal, memory, and intuition. Pieces such as
the swallow with an inner eye or the bracelet hiding a music box act as vessels of sensitivity, inviting the wearer to feel, listen, and recall.
Trained under master jeweler Lilo Palma, I have exhibited in Bogotá, Mexico City, Taxco, Madrid, Córdoba, Tenerife, and Milan.

Susie Itandehui Heuberger
Originally from Mexico City, she is a jewelry artist who has lived and worked in Germany since 2015. She uses jewelry as a means of reflecting on personal, social, and political themes. Her focus is on the memory of materials and the power dynamics between the Global South and the Global North. She trained as a goldsmith in Pforzheim and studied gemology,jewelry design in Idar-Oberstein. In 2025, she earned a master’s degree from the Metal Department at HAWK in Hildesheim, has exhibited internationally, and is represented in collections such as Galerie Marzee and the Goldschmiedehaus in Hanau. In 2023, she received the Talente – Meister der Zukunft award in Munich.

XINAXI LÓPEZ CHARIS
A Zapotec woman from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, she is an architect and artisan specializing in goldsmithing. Her pieces are a tribute to the resilience of traditional filigree, aiming to restore the prestige of her people’s goldsmithing tradition. It is through this technique that she expresses her roots and customs. Her culture and the natural diversity of her surroundings inspire her creative process. She received the 2024 Friends of Oaxaca Folk Art International Award and has participated in group exhibitions of traditional and contemporary jewelry, as well as in ORIGINAL 2025

Yesenia Yadira Salgado Tellez
artisan specializing in filigree in Oaxaca; coming from a family of goldsmiths, she began her career at the age of 16. She has won various awards and honors. She has exhibited in various states across Mexico, in museums such as the Museum of Popular Art of Oaxaca (MEAPO), the Museum of Popular Cultures in Coyoacán, and
at various venues in the United States, such as the Heard Museum in Arizona. I balance my craft with motherhood and the preservation of my family’s ancestral legacy of goldsmithing.