Gabriella Kiss: Of My Field
17 September – 10 October 2026
62 South Glenwood Street Jackson, Wyoming 83001
In Gabriella Kiss’s work, master craftsmanship blends with a poetic imagination in jewelry that draws people into the small scale. The results are finely detailed art pieces. Kiss has always been compelled to create work that represents the underlying layers in our world. This harkens back to a vivid memory from grade school, watching Charles and Ray Eames’ film, The Power of Ten. The nine-minute documentary would provide lifelong inspiration.
The daughter of a physicist, Kiss studied sculpture at Pratt Institute, where she learned the ancient process of lost-wax casting. Carving in wax lets her capture the intricate details her designs command. Collectors of Kiss’s jewelry are intrigued and enthralled by the various layers and range of her work. Earlier designs in her collection are influenced by anatomy. Hand carvings in pins, earrings and rings reference art history, as well as symbolic gestures. The “Love Token” series was inspired by the 19th-century tradition of giving a painted eye to a loved one. Kiss extended this idea with bas-relief carvings of the five senses coupled with Latin inscriptions. More recently, she has taken inspiration from the delicate and nurturing nature of birds, as well as fruit, snakes and insects. Kiss and her husband, furniture designer Chris Lehrecke, live and work out of their respective studios in upstate New York.
No. 62 is a curated selection of significant jewelry designers of our time. Nestled within Maya Frodeman Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in downtown Jackson Hole, Wyoming, No. 62 showcases award-winning designers from around the globe, such as Nicholas Varney, Judy Geib, Silvia Furmanovich, Bibi van der Velden and Fernando Jorge, amongst others.
Elevating the preconceptions of fine jewelry, No. 62 is a boutique that allows the viewer to discover new modes of personal expression. An experience all its own, No. 62 ensures each guest who visits the space leaves with an enduring sense of how art in the form of jewelry can enrich our day-to-day lives. It is this power that has inspired No. 62 to build a home for artists where their work is shown in an elevated environment aimed at connecting you with something deeper.
