CINDY CHAO

"CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel" is a jewelry brand founded in 2004 in Taiwan Province of China, founded by Cindy Chao. With outstanding artistry, his works have frequently appeared in jewelry auctions such as Sotheby's and Christie's, and have been included in the collection of the "National Museum of Natural History", and have been invited to participate in important exhibitions such as the Paris Antique Biennale and the TEFAF Maastricht Art Fair.

Cindy Chao wants to break the boundaries between jewelry and art, insisting on using the handmade wax carving technique inherited from the 18th century European royal family (Wax Carving) to create a one-to-one model of the work, followed by imitation wax forging and inlay work, thus creating artistic jewelry full of architecture, sculpture and vitality. The most iconic work is the Butterfly Brooch of the Year in the Master Series, with 9 works coming out between 2008 and 2020.

Cindy Chao comes from an artistic family, his maternal grandfather was a famous Chinese palace architect and his father was a sculptor. Since childhood, Cindy Chao has been exposed to the three-dimensional hand-painted architectural drawings of the Han Palace created by his maternal grandfather, as well as his father's sculptural craftsmanship, laying the foundation for his 360-degree mosaic technique. His jewelry works are also like miniature sculptures, full of architect thinking and sculptor craftsmanship.

In 2004, Cindy Chao founded the eponymous fine art jewelry brand "CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel", which quickly became popular with collectors around the world and was also the focus of international jewelry auctions.

In 2007, winter twig necklaces and bracelets were first listed at Christie's New York auction and were eventually collected by international collectors at nearly three times the estimated price; In 2012, the Transcendence Butterfly Butterfly Brooch was sold in Geneva for 5 times the base price; In 2013, a ribbon ring encrusted with 8.03 carats of Burmese pigeonless pigeon blood rubies set a new auction record for Contemporary Art Jewelry in Asia with a price of more than RMB 23.57 million; In 2014, the Ballerina Butterfly Ballet Butterfly Brooch dropped the hammer for 7.45 million yuan at Sotheby's Hong Kong Autumn Auction.

Cindy Chao is the only contemporary Chinese jewelry artist to receive this recognition as a brand focused on blending fine jewelry and artistic creation, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in 2009, the Master Collection "Royal Butterfly Brooch", in the name of collecting future monuments.

In recent years, CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel has repeatedly appeared at high-standard art fairs, achieving a new brand milestone - in 2016, Cindy Chao became the first Chinese female jewelry artist in history to be invited to participate in the Paris Antique Biennale, and her achievements in the art field and craftsmanship in the jewelry field were praised; At the 2019 TEFAF Maastricht Art Fair, Cindy Chao innovatively used the "Tree of Life" art installation to showcase the new Black Label Masterpiece collection of fine jewelry, creating a wonderful natural mood.

In 2007, the Four Seasons collection "Winter Tree Branch Bracelet and Necklace" was first listed at Christie's in New York, with an estimated price of nearly 3 times the price of international collectors' collections

In 2009, the Annual Master Series "Royal Butterfly Brooch" was listed as a permanent collection by the Smithsonian National Museum of History, laying the foundation for the brand's positioning as a "museum-quality art jewel"

At sotheby's Hong Kong auction in 2011, the brand's 2010 Black Label Master Series No. 8 "Summer Solstice Bracelet" was collected by international collectors for more than three times the price of the hammer - 470,000 US dollars, creating the highest price among the few jewelry works of art in the field at that time

In 2012, the "Butterfly Brooch Of Rebirth" used titanium as the main material for the first time, combining jewelry and art, and was sold at Christie's in Geneva for 5 times the base bid price and about one million US dollars, thus interpreting the new heights of museum-level art jewelry

In 2013, he created an 8.03 carat Burmese natural pigeon blood ruby ribbon ring for Sotheby's International Auction in Hong Kong, which appeared on the cover of Sotheby's Asia's 40th Anniversary Auction Catalogue and was sold by collectors for $3.84 million, setting a new record for Asian contemporary art jewelry auctions at that time

2014 Jewelry artist Cindy and international star friend Sarah Jessica Parker jointly created "Ballet Butterfly", which was featured on the cover of Sotheby's International Magazine, and "Ballet Butterfly" fell for $1.21 million at the Hong Kong Sotheby's Autumn Auction, donating all proceeds to the New York City Ballet to support the development of its ballet art education

In 2016, as the only Chinese brand invited to participate in the 28th Paris Antiques Biennale, only 12 years after the establishment of the brand, he was invited by the French National Antiques Federation to participate in this global event that spans the fields of antiques, art and contemporary jewelry, representing the palace level of the art world, and presents the revolutionary innovation of France's proud fine jewelry craftsmanship

In 2018, he participated in the world's top cultural and artistic exhibition Masterpiece London Masterpiece Exhibition, and won the "Outstanding Artistic Creation Model Award" with the "Peony Ruby Brooch", which was selected by 150 professional appraisal team members from tens of thousands of antique art exhibits, and also established the brand's leading position in the field of art design and fine jewelry

In 2019, Galerie, an authoritative American art and design magazine, listed Cindy Chao as "the world's 36 most creative thinking leaders"

In 2019, it was invited by the "European Antique Art Fair TEFAF Maastricht", which is well-known in the art world and is known as a mobile museum, to set a new milestone for the brand; Participated in the world's top cultural and artistic exhibition Masterpiece London Masterpiece Exhibition for the second time, and won the "Excellence Award" for "Winter Leaf Sleeve" again

2020 The brand's first annual butterfly work created in 2008, "Ruby Side Flying Butterfly Brooch", won the collection of the "Museum of Decorative Arts" in Paris, France; Invited for the second time to participate in the European Antique Art Fair TEFAF Maastricht, and jointly created a miniature art museum space with the Dutch national treasure architect Tom Postma

Master Series – Butterfly of the Year

Black Label Master Series Masterpiece