Gael and Howard met at Kent State University in Kent Ohio where Gael was majoring in enameling under William Harper. After graduating in 1970 they traveled for several years, finally settling in Key West where they began a life long collaboration creating finely detailed cloisonné jewelry and small objects. They moved to the small coastal town of Lake Worth in Palm Beach County Florida in 1989.

Over the years Gael and Howard have shown at numerous invitational gallery and museum exhibitions and as well as juried shows through out the US.

Nationally recognized for their technical mastery of the cloisonné technique, Gael and Howard Silverblatt are recent recipients of a State of Florida Visual Arts Fellowship Award. “We are fascinated by the challenge of cloisonné as a medium to portray the antics of minute characters in the midst of detailed backgrounds,” they revealed.

With the continued support of many collectors around the country they have been able to devote the time necessary to make their very labor-intensive art.

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2008-2009, 1999-2000, 1993-1994.

EXHIBITIONS & GALLERY SHOWS:

2011 Not Too Late Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL.

2010-2011 Visual Artist Fellowship Traveling Exhibition Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center Galleries, Northwest Florida State College, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Edison State College, Ft. Myers, FL.

2009 Featured Artist Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery, Lake Worth, FL.

The Nude Show Webber Art Gallery, Lake Worth, FL.

2008 Jewelry Exhibition Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, FL.

2005-1991 New Works Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL.

Cloisonné Paradise Gallery, Boca Grande, FL.

2001 Florida Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition The vonLiebig Art Center, Naples, FL., Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL., Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL.

1997 South Florida Metalsmith Invitational Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

Statewide Exhibition 44th Annual Florida Craftsman Show, Schmidt Center Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.

1996 Treasures John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI.

1995 ScreenPlays Invitational Florida Craftsman Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL., Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL.

Exhibition Ormond Memorial Museum, Ormond Beach, FL,, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL.

Southeastern Fine Crafts Biennial Invitational Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Fl., Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL.

Contemporary Enamelists The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.

Russia rUsSiA Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art and Enamels from Russia, Latvia, Estoria, and USA, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.

1994 Florida Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL., The Capital Gallery,Tallahassee,FL., University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

1993 Sculptural/Functional Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.

Group Show Illuminia Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

1993, 1989, 1988 Group Show Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA.

1992 Group Show Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.

1986 Creatures in Crafts HandWork Gallery, Richmond, VA.

Regalia Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston Salem, NC

1985 Enamels: International Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA.

Spotlight '85 American Crafts Council Southeast, Longwood, VA.

1984 Collaborations Southeast Center of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC.

1981 Cloisonné Holsten Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.

1979 Enamels Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY.

1978 Enamels Second National Exhibition, Scope Gallery, Richmond, VA.

SELECTED AWARDS IN JURIED ART EXHIBITIONS:

Mainsail Art Festival, St. Petersburg, FL. Award of Excellence 2011

Atlanta Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA. First Place Jewelry 2009

Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO. Second Place 2006, Juror’s Award 2002, Second Place 2000

Melbourne Art Festival, Melbourne, FL. First Place Jewelry 2007

Images Art Festival, New Smyrna Beach, FL. Award of Distinction 2007

Gasparilla Art Show, Tampa, FL. Anniversary Award 2006, Merit Award 2005, 2003, 2002, 2000, Gasparilla Award 1990, Las Damas De Arte Award 1989

Art Harvest, Dunedin, FL. Best in Show 2009, 2005, 2001, Award of Excellence 2008, 2007, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2000,1999,1998,1995,1994,1991,1990, Award of Distinction 2008

Space Coast Art Festival, Cocoa Beach, FL. Best in Show 2005, First Place Jewelry 2007, 2004

Mainsail Art Festival, St. Petersburg, FL Award of Excellence 2008, Award of Distinction 2009,2005, Best in Show 1998,1997, 1991

Lakefront Festival of Art, Milwaukee, WI. Artist Award 2004, 2003, 2000, 1999,1998,1997,1995

St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, MO. Second Place 2002, First Place 2001

Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park, FL. Second Place Metal 2001

Festival of the Masters, Lake Buena Vista, FL. First Place Jewelry 2000, 1999,1997,1996,1990,1987,1986,1882

CraftArt, Florida Craftsmen, Tampa, FL Award of Excellence 2011,1999,1998,1997

Florida Artist Fellowship Award, Tallahassee, FL. Honorable Mention 1998

Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA. Best in Show 1992

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI. Artist Award 1996

Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami, FL. Best in Jewelry 1996,1992,1991, Second Place Jewelry 1999,1998

Old town Art Show, Chicago, IL. Best In Show 1991

Ringling Museum of Art’s Craft Show, Sarasota, Fl. Best in Show 1982

EDUCATION:

Kent State University, B.A. (Howard 1967-70)

Kent State University, Craft Major. (Gael 1967-71)