Ester Ventura

Ester Ventura was born in Buenos Aires and since 1974, she calls Perú, home.

She started her career in film production to later discover design and more specifically jewelry making. Fascinated by the history and archaeology of Perú, the richness of symbolism and materials, Ester started exploring innovative ways to tell stories through objects.  Most of her creations are one of a kind.  She has worked, for example, with spondylus, a shell used by many Andean communities for rituals, body ornaments and burials. The seed of huayruro, coveted in the Andes as good luck charms, is another recurring material in her unique pieces. 

She is a textile connoisseur and collector, bringing the world of textiles to her pieces in a constant reverence to the mystical vision of the pre-Columbian world.

In 2019, Ester was chosen to represent Peru at ARCO Madrid, the first time that jewelry was included in this important Art Fair. In the same year, and also in Madrid, she participated in the BID, Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño, and exhibited her work at the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas.

In 2020 she was invited to participate, with one of her works, in the auction of San Patrignano, in Milan, Italy, being the only Latin American artist selected to be part of this event along with firms such as Hermès, Ermenegildo Zegna, PRADA, Rolex, Cartier, among others. 

In her jewels, the past and the future blend in harmony giving shape to a mythical splendor.