bio:

Lily Preve was born in 1966 in Athens, Greece. She studied Graphic Arts – Graphic Design at the University of West Attica. She has attended a wide range of jewelry design and construction workshops, conceptual design seminars, and other specialized programs with Greek and international artists at the Anamma Art Jewelry School. She is currently furthering her artistic practice through studies in Printmaking and Sculpture. Lily has participated in numerous exhibitions in Greece and abroad. She lives and works in Athens as an independent contemporary jewelry artist. With a background in applied arts, she developed a strong foundation in observation, experimentation, composition, and implementation. Her involvement in contemporary art jewelry has opened new pathways for creative expression, blending traditional techniques with conceptual depth. In 2024, as part of the Jelo6 Project, she was awarded the Material Quests Prize by the Benaki Museum Shop, an award established by Despina Geroulanou.

statement:

At the heart of human experience, absence often precedes presence; it functions as a backdrop upon which meaning is revealed. The pearl and the candle—two simple yet symbolically charged objects—embody this metaphysical tension. The pearl is born out of trauma, transforming pain into beauty, lack into essence. The candle, with its flame, suggests not presence but its trace—a silent invocation—a hope. Both objects become vessels of the unspoken, expressing the human need to give form to the intangible and to transmute absence into presence.