Profile: Gurmit Kaur Campbell

About Gurmit Kaur Campbell : “Let your imagination (and your hands) run riot with Gurmit’s exquisite, witty diamond studded sperm ring.” - Vanity Fair “Gurmit’s work, like her person, embodies the cultural mix that suits the both of us. These are the works of a true goldsmith that measure up to those of the great jewellers. There is noquestion that her creations will captive the East and West alike.” - Azzedine Alaïa “The celebration of womanhood resonates in Gurmit Campbell’s sensual jewels. Gurmit is making a welcome return – her fresh approach and her unconventional pieces carefully balance sophistication and simplicity.” - Joanna Hardy Born in a traditional Sikh Punjabi family in liberal Singapore. Gurmit’s journey of independence have brought her to escaped an arrange marriage at age 19 with 15 Singapore dollars in 1987. She arrived in Brussels with the help of a kind and talented Belgian artist Olivier Marie Strebelle. She trained as a goldsmith in Brussels then moved to Paris and New York, where she had the great fortune of being the muse of fashion icons Yves Saint Laurent, Gevenchy and Azzedine Alaia. Gurmit’s works of fine jewellery, sculpture installations, paintings and residential interior developments are rendered in an array of organic and often intricate forms. They bring out the hidden, mathematical aspects of nature. They are bold, fluid and tactile. Gurmit’s collection combines the Eastern aesthetic of her heritage with a modern Western sensibility, eroticism and wit. It is as multifaceted as her background. Zaha Hadid, Anish Kapoor and Richard Sera are some of her favourite artists. Gurmit explores the fascination of our process of being with jewellery, art installations and spaces. Examines how our body's perceptions influence what is perceived by our mind.