Art Maike Sjåfjell AS & Perspektiv Design AS
Jerpefaret 18 C, Oslo
art@maikesjaafjell.com
Mobil + 47 402 35 500

Maike Sjåfjell (1971) is a German visual artist, jewelry designer, and master goldsmith residing in Oslo.
Maike worked for over 10 years as a goldsmith at exclusive jewelry stores in Germany. At the same time, she completed her studies in design in crafts. After that, Maike worked for over 10 years as a master goldsmith and workshop manager at Jeweler Langaard, Norway's leading jeweler.
In her career as a master goldsmith, Maike created and designed jewelry for clients as The Norwegian Royal Palace. Maike was for two years a project designer at Boffi, which is world-renowned for its high-end, italian designer kitchens, bathrooms, and wardrobes.
For three years, she studied classical drawing at the Christiania Kunstakademiet in Oslo before she started working as a visual artist, jewelry designer, and workshop instructor. Today, she designs jewelry for a large international jewelry manufacturer.

1988 - 1992
Training to become a goldsmith apprentice in Coesfeld, Germany
1992 – 1995
Apprenticeship as a goldsmith at 'Die Schmiede' i Bocholt Tyskland
Academic studies in 'Designer in Craft”
1995 – 1999
Goldsmith apprentice at 'Juwelier Kiel' in Cologne, Germany
Clients including Tina Turner
2000 – 2011
Master goldsmith and workshop manager at Juvelér Langaard, Oslo
Design and production for the Norwegian Royal House
2011 – 2013
Project designer hos Boffi Oslo
2013 – 2017
Academic studies in 'Classical Drawing' at Christiania Friakademi, Oslo
2021 - 2024
Leader of Oslo Kunstakademi
Since 2013
Instructor in drawing, painting, and crafting
Since 2017
Visual artist and instructor
Since 2019
Jewelry designer for one of Germany's leading producers of high-end jewelry

Exhibitions
2017
Aker Brygge, Oslo
2019
Soria Moria, Oslo
2022
Sjøholmen Kunsthus, Blommenholm
2022
Gamle Raadhus, Oslo
2023
Baumberger Sandstein Museum, Havixbeck, Germany

Prices and awards
1992
3-year scholarship «Begabtenförderung Berufliche Bildung HBZ Münster”
1992
Winner of the competition «Die gute Form im Handwerk HBZ MS»
1996
Winner price of the competition «Junges Handwerk NRW»
2000
Winner of the award «Best master examination of all crafts professions from the years 1980-2000 at HBZ MS»
2001
Winner of the award «Best master goldsmith examination 2000-2001» HBZ Münster
2007
3rd place in the jewelry design competition «SmykkMeg 2007»
2022
Commendation “52. German Jewellery and Gemstone Prize 2022”
2024
2. place «54. German Jewellery and Gemstone Prize 2024»
2024
Commendation «54. German Jewellery and Gemstone 2024»