Since 2006, jewelry artist Ela Nord has been developing a distinctive approach: she transforms everyday and industrial materials into extraordinary jewelry. While she also works with precious metals and stones, she unlocks the potential of materials like tubing or silk cocoons and turns them into wearable artworks. Often, coherent series emerge that explore a particular theme or material. Her work is not solely motivated by aesthetics, but pursues conceptual approaches and frequently engages with sociopolitical issues.

After studying art history and archaeology in Vienna and Salzburg, she worked in various institutions and galleries such as Museumsquartier Wien; Werkstatt für Kunstsiebdruck Andreas Stalzer, Vienna; architects Jabornegg & Pálffy, Vienna; Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz e.g. 2004-2016 she was Heimo Zobernig's artistic assistant. In 2019 she received official recognition as an artist from the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Österreichs.

Shows (selection)

2025 „Lü ckenfüller. 30 österreichische Schmuckpositionen“, NYCJW, New York 2025

2025 „Design without borders", Kiscell Museum, Budapest, 17.10 - 16.11.2025

2025 „Lü ckenfüller. 31 österreichische Schmuckpositionen“, Schmuck München 2025

2024 „Wearing RED, Ignite The Fire“, Pistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry, Chicago

2024 Ela Nord & Stephie Morawetz, Galerie moha, Klosterneuburg

2024 „42()24 Gespiegelt. '42' is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything“, V&V Gallery, Vienna

2024 „Wearing RED, Ignite The fire“, Ombré Gallery, Cincinnati

2024 „Wearing RED, Ignite The fire“, Patina Gallery, Santa Fee

2024 „Autor", Bucharest

2024 "Apocalypse", V&V Gallery Vitrine, Vienna

2023 "fake forest", V&V Gallery Vitrine, Vienna

2023 „Wearing RED, Ignite The fire“, Charon Kransen Arts, New York

2023 „Contemporania Barcelona", Barcelona

2023 „Fake Forest“, Gallery V&V Vitrine, Vienna

2023 „Autor", Bucharest

2021 “One Gram”, Plattform Schmuckkunst, Graz

2020 „Mulberry Tubes“, solo show, Gallery Göttlicher, Krems-Stein

2020 „Ela Nord“, solo show, Berchtoldvilla, Salzburg

2018 „Brazil“, solo show and performance, Kayiko, Vienna

2015 „Flatnubs“, solo show, Kayiko, Vienna

Awards

2023 „Autor Awesome Award“, Bucharest