Marobin, who has dedicated her career to studying Renaissance ornamental graphics and fashion history, will present the concept of "migration of forms". In her lecture, she will explore how forms travel through time and space, creating a dialogue between contemporary jewellery, fashion, and visual arts. As the founder of the influential online magazine The Morning Bark and the Les Métissages project, she will offer a fresh and critical insight into contemporary creation.
Nichka Marobin is an Italian art historian specialising in Dutch and Flemish art. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts in Padua, where her thesis dealt with Renaissance ornamental prints between 1500 and 1550 in Germany and the Netherlands, with an emphasis on the transfer of forms, themes, and styles in the works of Cornelis Bos, Cornelis Floris II, Lucas van Leyden, and the German "Little Masters."
In 2011, she founded The Morning Bark, an online magazine blog in the field of art and humanities, where she publishes articles on art through a multidisciplinary approach that includes visual arts, books, fashion, and contemporary jewellery.
In 2014, she launched the Les Métissages project, in which she develops the concept of the migration of forms and ideas by establishing a dialogue between contemporary jewellery and fashion creations and exploring their connections and parallels. In 2015, she began working as an independent curator. Since then, she has curated exhibitions at JOYA BARCELONA (2015), the Museu del Modernisme (2016), and the Hannah Gallery Barcelona (2017, 2019, 2022, 2024), all in Barcelona.
She collaborates with KLIMT02 and Art Jewellery Forum, two of the world's leading portals for contemporary jewellery. She is a member of the AJF Ambassador Programme for contemporary jewellery in Italy. Since 2009, she has been an active member of AGC, the Italian association for contemporary jewellery. She is also a passionate collector of contemporary jewellery. She founded The Blue Room – Hub for Brilliant Conversations, a new curatorial space dedicated to art and artists.
