Sophia Rivamonte Kissin is a jewelry artist and professional metalsmith. She lives and works in Minneapolis, MN. She specializes in wearable avant-garde pieces, heirloom redesign and custom jewelry.
b. 1991, Minnesota, USA
Education
2014 Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Certificate of Advanced Study in Russian, cum laude, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
2012 Lingnan University, Semester Abroad, Hong Kong
2012 Messors-Sinergie Art Restoration and Conservation Workshop, Altamura, Italy
2012 Moscow State University, Carleton Russian Seminar, Moscow, Russia
Exhibitions
March 2026-June 2026: Home, Howard Conn Fine Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
October 2025: Artistar Jewels Exhibition, Milan Jewelry Week, Palazzo Bovara, Milan, Italy
July-September 2019: We Are Vessels, Dandelion Guild, Santa Fe, NM
Select Juried Craft Shows
2025 American Craft Council Craft Fest, St. Paul, MN
2024, 2025 Paikka Holiday Bazaar
2023, 2024, 2025 Art-A-Whirl, Minneapolis, MN
2022, 2024, 2025 New York Renegade Craft, New York, NY
2019, 2023, 2024 Chicago Renegade Craft, Chicago, IL
2021 New Mexico Artisan Market, Albuquerque, NM
2021, 2023 Los Angeles Renegade Craft, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Denver Renegade Craft, Denver, CO
2018 Saint Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul, MN
2017 Sacramento Makers Mart, Sacramento, CA
Projects and Collaborations
2024 “Lavender Love” Styled Collaborative Queer Wedding Photoshoot, Gabby Bridge Photography
2024 “Chicago Elopement” Styled Collaborative Queer Wedding Photoshoot, Gabby Bridge Photography
2024 HANDwork II, Collaborative Jewelry Collection with Maureen Kahn
2023 “Garden Fantasy” Styled Collaborative Wedding Photoshoot, Claire Gutierrez Photography
2022 HANDwork, Collaborative Jewelry Collection with Maureen Kahn
2021 “Euphoric Romeo + Juliet” Styled Collaborative Queer Wedding Photoshoot, Claire Gutierrez Photography
2021 “Here Comes the Sun” Styled Collaborative Queer Wedding Photoshoot, Claire Gutierrez Photography
2020 Artist Talk and Virtual Studio Tour, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe and Abiquiu, NM
2020 SIRENA, Collaborative Jewelry Collection with Ellie Schmidt
2019 “The Nature of Love” Styled Collaborative Wedding Photoshoot
2019 “Penumbra”, A short film by Isaac Werner
2014 Realistic in Form, Stalinist in Content: The Rise and Legacy of Stalinist Socialist Realism, Senior Art History Integrative Exercise (“COMPS”), Carleton College, Northfield, MN
2013 Curatorial Project: Carleton Art Collection Stories, CARLETON COLLEGE, NORTHFIELD, MN
Press
Feb. 2026 Vogue UK
July 2025 Vogue UK
2024 Interview in Voyage MN Magazine
2023 Interview in Voyage MN Magazine
Summer 2022 Rocky Mountain Bride Magazine
Dec. 2019 New Mexico Magazine
Dec. 2019 Interview on KOAT Action 7 News, Albuquerque
June 2019 Selkie Zine
Experience
Jan. 2016 - PRESENT: Jewelry Artist/Metalsmith
June 2024 - Aug. 2024: Art Instructor, Keystone Community Services — St. Paul, MN
Feb. 2017 - March 2019: Outreach Assistant and Festival Coordinator, Plumas Audubon Society — Quincy, CA.
March 2018 - Sept. 2018: Art in the Park Instructor, Minneapolis Institute of Art — Minneapolis, MN
March 2018 - Sept. 2018: Jewelry Production Assistant, Tessoro Jewelry — Minnetonka, MN
Apr. 2016 - Dec. 2017: Goldsmith’s Apprentice, Edith Schwirian Designs — Janesville, CA
Nov. 2014; May 2015 - Nov. 2015: Art Instructor, Minneapolis Institute of Art — Minneapolis, MN
May 2015 - Aug. 2015: Curatorial Intern, Japanese and Korean Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art — Minneapolis, MN
Sept. 2014 - May 2015: Education Intern, Interpretation and Participatory Experiences, Minneapolis Institute of Art — Minneapolis, MN
Sept. 2013 - June 2014: Curatorial Assistant, Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College — Northfield, MN
Sept. 2013 - June 2014: Gallery Guard, Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College — Northfield, MN
June 2013 - Aug. 2014: Intern/Appraisal Assistant, Groveland Gallery — Minneapolis, MN
Awards & Nominations
USA Artist Fellowship 2020 (Nominated to apply)
Aug. 2009-July 2010 National Security Language Initiative for Youth U.S. State Department Scholarship, Adana, Turkey