Born in 1983 in Athens/Greece, Anastasia Kandaraki is a jewelry artist, educator, founder of ANAMMA art jewelry school and co-founder & former collaborator of Athens Jewelry Week (AJW).
She holds a Master on Fine Arts in Contemporary Jewelry and Body Ornament from Alchimia Jewelry School in Florence, where she was mentored by the Dutch artist Lucy Sarneel. She has completed a three-year study on Designing and Manufacturing Jewelry in Alchimia Jewelry School in Florence, where, during the third year of her studies, she was mentored by the German artist Manfred Bischoff. She has attended a one-year course on Silversmithing and Jewelry Design in Mokume school in Athens. She also holds a bachelor's degree on Marketing from the A.T.E.I. of Thessaloniki.
Ever since 2008, she has been attending several conceptual workshops delivered by renowned artists and instructors in the field of contemporary jewelry, such as Peter Bauhuis, Ruudt Peters, Robert Smit, Christoph Zellweger, Jorge Manilla, Evert Nijland, Benjamin Lignel, Marta Mattsson and Iris Bodemer.
Her work has formed part of exhibitions in various countries in Europe, USA, Latin America, the Middle East and Australia.
In 2011, she founded ANAMMA art jewelry school, the first academy of contemporary jewelry in Greece, with the objective to introduce and provide a basic understanding of contemporary art jewelry.
Besides her role as director and instructor at ANAMMA school, she is also the co-founder and a former partner of Athens Jewelry Week (AJW) since 2016, the first institution in Greece aspiring to present to the wider public the specifics, diversity and artistic dimension of contemporary jewelry.
Currently, she lives and works in Athens, where she creates, teaches and organizes contemporary jewelry workshops and exhibitions.
