Artist

Daniel Jocz

born Beloit, WI 1943
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Photograph by J. Paterak.
Born
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Active in
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Biography

Daniel Jocz began his career as a sculptor, but began making jewelry in the 1980s. He never took a formal class in metals and learned his skills through trial and error. “I do ask myself many times why I am doing jewelry,” he says, and traces his interest to a love of metal and working in miniature. Jocz often works in series, and his style has changed considerably since the early days of his artistic career, shifting from geometric abstractions, to lifelike forms, to playful pop art-inspired “candy wear.” Jocz admires jazz music’s improvisational rhythms, and believes a similar “chaotic order” can be found in his own jewelry.

Works by this artist (5 items)

Esphyr Slobodkina, As Indicated, ca. 1945, paper on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.93
As Indicated
Dateca. 1945
paper on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Esphyr Slobodkina, Untitled, from the portfolio American Abstract Artists, 1937, offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.114.27
Untitled, from the portfolio American Abstract Artists
Date1937
offset lithograph on paper
Not on view
Esphyr Slobodkina, Spring #3, ca. 1948, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.94
Spring #3
Dateca. 1948
oil on fiberboard
Not on view