Biography
David Sandu is the first Romanian artist who made contemporary jewelry his main field of interest and expression. Born in 1974 in Bucharest into a family of artists, David Sandu begins his journey as a jeweler as an apprentice, at the age of 13, in the workshop of master Vlad Gherghiceanu, and later attends the courses of the Bucharest National University of Art. David Sandu participated in numerous exhibitions as an individual artist, gaining International recognition.
In 2005, he opened his own designer jewelry gallery, and in 2010 he was appointed Supplier of the Royal House of Romania. In the same year, he founded the first private educational platform in Romania dedicated exclusively to jewelry design – Assamblage Contemporary Jewelry School. Together with Assamblage National Jewelry Association founded in 2015, the two institutions provided a a continuous program of education and cultural events that played a major role in the formation of a new generation of artists and designers. In 2020, he became a Founding Member and Curator of the international event Romania Jewelry Week, alongside Ioana Andrei and Valentina Buzamurga, the largest event in Romania dedicated to the jewelry field.
