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Ornamentum Gallery

Name: Ornamentum Gallery
Address: 506 Warren Street, Hudson, NY, 12534, US
Telephone: +15186716770
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Gallery of International Contemporary Jewelry

Founded in 2002, Ornamentum Gallery exhibits a dynamic collection of contemporary jewelry as well as related objects and artworks. Ornamentum hosts numerous exhibitions yearly in their recently expanded Hudson, NY exhibition space - one of the world’s largest gallery spaces dedicated specifically to contemporary jewelry - where featured designers display their work in conceptual installations. Ornamentum is well established as a major force for introducing this exciting medium to new international audiences, working to help build many of the world’s most significant public and private collections of contemporary jewelry and playing a pivotal role in numerous acquisitions of important works by key museums. Whether based in material experimentation, conceptual content or a combination of both, the work exhibited by Ornamentum must challenge conventions and be absolutely individual in content and form.

08/31/2026

Oculus by Jaydan Moore
acquired by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

After a stunning feature in the main aisle of the 2025 Design Miami fair, Oculus, a wall hanging artwork measuring over 9’ in diameter, we are thrilled to announce that this stunning piece was recently acquired for the collection of the renowned Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. This adds yet another prestigious institution to a growing list of venues around the world collecting works by Jaydan Moore.

Moore’s works are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Victoria (Australia), the Carnegie Museum of Art (PA), Museum of Fine Arts-Houston (TX), the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art (TX), and Honolulu Museum of Art (HI) and more, as well as numerous private and corporate collections in the USA, Europe and Asia. Moore’s work has been exhibited at Design/Miami (FL), Basel (SUI) Museum of Fine Arts-Boston (MA), the Cheongju Craft Biennale(KOR), the Museum of Art and Design (NY), and in the traveling Objects: USA exhibition organized by R & Company Gallery (NYC). He has furthered his career through generous opportunities as an artist in residence at Penland School of Crafts, Kohler Arts/Industry Program, the Fountainhead Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University Craft/Material Studies Program, and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

In 2025 Jaydan Moore was appointed as head of the Metals department at University of Wisconsin, Madison.

photo:
Jaydan Moore
Oculus, 2025
wall sculpture, found silver-plated platters
comprised of 5 overlapping elements
110 x 110 x 2 “
280 x 280 x 5 cm
Courtesy of Kris Tamburello for Design Miami

08/21/2026

Exhibition extended one week!

Benedict Haener
First Impression

now open through August 30

Due to an amazing response to Haener’s spectacular exhibition - and recently hearing from a number of people who have expressed their desire to see the work in person, we have prolonged the closing of First Impression by one week.

First Impression includes major statement pieces together with smaller, lower-priced edition pieces.

Winner of the 2026 Swiss Design Award, following his receiving of Art Jewelry Forum’s Young Artist Award, Ornamentum will debut the magnificent work of Luzern, Switzerland based Benedict Haener on July 25. Haaener’s First Impression series, finds the Swiss artist hammering diamonds into highly recognizable traditional jewelry forms of aluminum, leaving only their impressions and reflections. Only upon close inspection does one realize that the value is in design concept and exquisite craftsmanship rather than materiality. In Haener’s Sugar Free series, jewelry appears to be crafted of candy, the sugary surface however, is composed of glass and diamonds.

08/06/2026

After this delicious necklace is gone there will be no others available!

Last available edition of Benedict Haener’s ’Sugar Free Peach Necklace’ exhibited at Ornamentum.

Created in acrylic, the sugary surface is a combination of glass and crushed diamonds. Truly yummy to behold and wear!

‘First Impression’

exhibited through August 23

First Impression: The title of Haener’s bedazzling series makes a fitting name for Haener’s first exhibition at Ornamentum!

Winner of the 2026 Swiss Design Award, following his receiving of the Art Jewelry Forum’s Young Artist Award, Ornamentum will debut the magnificent work of Luzern based Benedict Haener on July 25.
Haaener’s First Impression series, finds the Swiss artist hammering diamonds into highly recognizable traditional (and costly) jewelry forms of aluminum, leaving their impressions. Only upon close inspection does one realize that the value is in concept rather than materiality. In Haener’s Sugar Free series, jewelry appears to be crafted of candy, the sugary surface however, is composed of glass and diamonds.
From the Swiss Design Awards: “Diamonds, gold, sapphires, pearls: the collection takes materials we traditionally associate with jewellery and presents them in a new and surprising way. Familiar everyday items like sour sweets, sugar cubes and sandpaper are creatively “transvalued”. They remain recognisable for what they are, but the use of materials such as diamonds and precious stones and metals suddenly turns them into expensive pieces of jewellery. The puzzlement this causes makes us reflect on the value of luxury goods”

07/22/2026

Benedict Haener

‘First Impression’

July 25 - August 23

Join us to view this spectacular work this Saturday July 25.

First Impression: The title of Haener’s bedazzling series makes a fitting name for Haener’s first exhibition at Ornamentum!

Winner of the 2026 Swiss Design Award, following his receiving of the Art Jewelry Forum’s Young Artist Award, Ornamentum will debut the magnificent work of Luzern based Benedict Haener on July 25.
Haaener’s First Impression series, finds the Swiss artist hammering diamonds into highly recognizable traditional jewelry forms of aluminum, leaving only their impressions and reflections. Only upon close inspection does one realize that the value is in concept rather than materiality. In Haener’s Sugar Free series, jewelry appears to be crafted of candy, the sugary surface however, is composed of glass and diamonds.
From the Swiss Design Awards: “Diamonds, gold, sapphires, pearls: the collection takes materials we traditionally associate with jewellery and presents them in a new and surprising way. Familiar everyday items like sour sweets, sugar cubes and sandpaper are creatively “transvalued”. They remain recognisable for what they are, but the use of materials such as diamonds and precious stones and metals suddenly turns them into expensive pieces of jewellery. The puzzlement this causes makes us reflect on the value of luxury goods”

Featured works:

Costly Collier, 2026
Aluminum, 18k gold

Sugar Free Peach Necklace, 2026
glass, resin, diamonds

Diamond Paper Brooch, 2025 (front and back)
polycrystalline diamonds (14.40ct),, aluminium, steel, resin, uv digital print

First Impression: Costly Ring, 2026
aluminum, faceted diamond imprints

07/21/2026

Happy Birthday, Ornamentum!Celebrating our 24 th b-day. 🥂
here’s a photo of our building taken in 1971.
Thanks for your love and support over the years.

07/13/2026

This Saturday at Ornamentum
July 18, 2 - 4 pm

Samuel Gassman
Exhibition Event

Join artist Samuel Gassman and Barbara Paris Gifford, Senior Curator at the Museum of Arts & Design, for a conversation exploring the historical jewels, artifacts, and objects that shape Gassman’s contemporary practice.

A noted antiquarian and expert in historic jewelry, Gassman currently has work on view in several museum exhibitions, including OUT of the Jewelry Box at the Museum of Arts & Design and the traveling exhibition Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry, organized by the Dallas Museum of Art. His expertise has also been sought by film and television productions, including HBO’s John Adams, where he consulted on period jewelry and costume.

Gifford will lead Gassman in a deep dive into the historical materials that inform his work, and how they are reconfigured into functional art and layered assemblages, with numerous examples from his collection on show during the event.

Featured Images
Samuel’s personal collection of single, period historic earrings and other historical objects- the inspiration for the exhibited work “All The Single Earrings” - 40 individual earrings backed by drawings of each one, boxed/ framed for display.

07/04/2026

On this Independence day, we thought we would take an in-depth look at the incredible Jewel 101 by Samuel Gassman. The box form is based on George Washington’s American Revolution encampment tent which still exists. Epaulets, for context, are clothing worn on military uniforms to display rank. Some of the elements in the work are Odd fellow badge remnants, disassembled jewelry, and the fabrics are table cloth fragments and religious vestments. The piece is an homage on Baron Von Steuben an openly gay father of the American military.

The epaulets are adorned with tassels containing snippets of historical love letters and odd, vaguely sexual quotes on the back. The front sides with the text “Member”. To open the box, the linen straps must be delicately unbuttoned, like un******ng. The necklace can be worn alone, or together with the epaulets as in the photo.

Happy 4th!

Samuel Gassman
Jewel 101, 2026
epaulets and necklace in box
18th century wax portrait, 18th ecclesiastical linen, Belgian linen c. 1920, 19th century epaulettes, flexed steel, brass fl**ge c. 1920, celluloid, paper love letters, wool, silk, gold, aluminum, porcelain, carved chalcedony, silk floss, bullion ribbon, glass, money clip, toy rocket, archival foam core, acrylic, and magic sculpt
21 x 14 x 9 1/2 “
53.3 x 35.6 x 24 cm

Stock Photography by Leopold Masterson ()
Gallery pics by Aaron Decker (Aaron Decker )
Model: Delphine Clowe ()
Hair and Makeup: Katherine Brenan ()

07/01/2026

Video of Samuel Gassman’s artist talk with Yale Museum Curatorial Fellow Jennifer Blue is online!

check out the first comment to find the link.

Enjoy!

06/25/2026

Now Showing:

The Remains of the Gay
new work by Samuel Gassman

June 25 - July 20, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday June 27, 3 - 6 pm
Artist Talk 4:00 pm
with Jennifer Blue
Marcia Brady Tucker Curatorial Fellow, American Decorative Arts
Yale University Art Gallery

Opening during Upstate Art Weekend, Ornamentum Gallery is pleased to present
The Remains of the Gay, an exhibition of new work by Sam Gassman.
On view are hand-sewn flags, Rag Jewels, and a new series of antique jewel assemblages. In Gassman’s work each element is selected based on its saturated history and recontextualized to create meaning. Exploring the detritus of empire, Gassman gathers objects charged with the politics and labor of how they were made and for whom. The resulting assemblage converges hundreds of years of precious remnants together with the ordinary, repurposed to the desires of a new day.

follow the link in our profile to view the exhibition.

Pictured:

A Reluctant King, 2025
pendant, 9th century Coptic bone, 17th century baroque cloisonné panel, 19th century crown, fossil, raised steel, gold, velvet, rock crystal, Chinese gold filigree, and natural ruby.
4 ¼ x 2 ¼ x1 ¼ in.

The B Side of History, 2026
flag, cotton collar shirt, blue worker shirt, cotton velvet, heat stamped foil,
thread, buttons, and a wood pole
29 x 45 x 2 1/2 “

Jewel 101, 2026 epaulettes and necklace in hand-made box.
18th century wax portrait, 18th ecclesiastical linen, Belgian linen c. 1920, 19th century epaulettes, flexed steel, brass fl**ge c. 1920, celluloid, paper love letters, wool, silk, gold, aluminum, porcelain, carved chalcedony, silk floss, bullion ribbon, glass, money clip, toy rocket, archival foam core, acrylic, and magic sculpt
Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 9.5 in.

Photography by Leopold Masterson ()
Model: Delphine Clowe ()
Hair and Makeup: Katherine Brenan ()

06/16/2026

from the Summer Selection exhibition

viewable into the future on our website.

‘Cardboard Crucifix’ and ‘Little Snail’ brooch by David Bielander

Winner of many awards including Switzerland’s highest design prize, Bielander’s Cardboard series- hand fabricated in silver and/ or gold, is one of the most iconic contemporary jewelry concepts of the early 21’st Century.

For the Summer Selection, we exhibited a new Snail brooch together with Bielander’s wall-hanging Crucifix.

Little Snail, 2026
brooch, patinated silver, 18k white gold
3 x 7/8 x 1 “

Cardboard Crucifix, 2015
silver, 18k white gold
10 x 5.9 x 1.4 “

Summer Selection

Ornamentum celebrates the beginning of our 25th summer season with a curated selection of works by Helen Britton, Aaron Decker, Rebekah Frank, Heather Guidero, John Iversen, Todd Pownell, Terhi Tolvanen, Lisa Walker and more, with sculpture, object and wall artworks by Bruno Martinazzi, Iris Eichenberg, Hanna Hedman, Jiro Kamata, Jaydan Moore and Ruudt Peters.

With a growing influx of visitors to the Hudson Valley each year, the Ornamentum Summer Selection serves to present a wide range of works to inspire our long-standing followers and introduce our first time visitors to the many facets of contemporary jewelry + related design / artworks.

Follow the link in our profile to view the exhibition online.

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506 Warren Street
Hudson, NY
12534

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5:30pm
Saturday	11am - 6pm
Sunday	11am - 5pm

Telephone

+15186716770

Website

http://www.ornamentumgallery.com/

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