170 countries participate in Expo 2025 Osaka, where over 28 million visitors are expected. The contemporary jewel is a country ambassador to Romania at Expo 2025 Osaka. Gabriela Voicu Secărea, contemporary jewel designer brings mythology with modern technologies in unique pieces
Gabriela Voicu Secărea, contemporary jewelry designer in the photo source workshop: Expo 2025 Osaka
“Romania, Land of Tomorrow” brings together innovation, sustainability and authentic cultural values
Between April 13 and October 13, 2025, visitors who will enter the Romanian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka will make an exhibition trip that combines tradition, innovation and sustainability, a unique experience about our national identity.
By capitalizing on natural resources, creativity, innovation and technology, Romania comes with a vision of the future about a better world, choosing to respond to the subtema “saving lives”. The Romanian Pavilion offers visitors the exploration of traditional crafts workshops, artistic shows, and the discovery of areas dedicated to sustainable technologies, authentic handicraft and contemporary design.
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Authentic symbols in creations unique contemporary jewelry Photo source Facebook Galleries Voicu
Gabriela Voicu Secărea is the designer who transforms the contemporary jewelry into the country ambassador at Expo 2025 Osaka
The contemporary jewel in Romania will perform in front of the thousands of visitors who will enter the pavilion of our country. With an artistic vision inspired by mythology, culture and timeless symbols, the contemporary jewel designer, Gabriela Voicu Secărea will present unique creations and will support interactive workshops.
Gabriela is an entrepreneur in creative industries and jewelry designer with extensive experience. He graduated from the Assamblage School of Contemporary jewel, from Bucharest, then attended the courses of other recognized institutions, such as the alchemy in Florence and the 137 Degrees workshop in Barcelona.
His creations were exhibited in important profile events in the country or abroad: Italy, in 2014, 2016, 2018; Spain – Barcelona 2016; France – Lille 2016, Portugal – Lisbon 2017, Austria – Vienna 2017, Holland – Amsterdam, USA – New York 2018. Collections created by the Romanian designer include pieces of precious materials, as well as alternative materials: resin, plexiglas, wood, textile, etc.
In 2017, Gabi created the J Kult brand which is the result of a large research project in the field of contemporary jewelry, becoming a winner Startup Nation. Gabi is not only a designer but also the creator of a contemporary jewel, a place where art, culture and technique are reunited to promote an ancient craft.
This was formed around the school Voicu Galleries one of the most beautiful and active communities of those who are passionate about jewelry, professional designers and simple explorers who discover the craft and the techniques to create and make a jewel.
“There have been many selection criteria for Osaka. But one that weighed the most was about our activity until Acua. What we did from the point of view of the jewelry design, but also the fact that we created a space at the Voicu Galleries, through which we set out to develop and transmit this chew, this job. Contemporary and classic, we have the school, and now we are working on setting up a dedicated library, where those interested, passionate, students can come to read, inspire the volumes gathered by us, in time. The money we want to spread the beauty behind the jewelry design ” Says Gabriela Voicu Secărea in the interview for Live Truth.
The contemporary jewel in Romania will mix at Expo 2025 Osaka mythology with modern technologies
For the designer Gabriela Voicu, the jewelry is also a unique experience that she wants to offer to the public. The collection of contemporary jewel that will introduce to visitors from Japan is called Iuka and is made by Gabriela with her husband, Alexandru Voicu.
The international audience that will enter the Romanian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka will have a unique experience through the unique artistic vision proposed by the designer. The inspiration came from the workshop, where Gabi mixes traditional techniques, mythology, culture and timeless symbols.
In a digitized world, the public of all ages will discover the watermark, email, chisel and engraving and how modern technologies bring together to create unique pieces.
Every contemporary jewel in Iuka has a story itself. A masculine one about the strength and elegance of diamond and sapphire inlays, that of the engagement rings that reinterpret the symbol of the wedding rings and the great story “Cucuteni”, about the Romanian Neolithic culture.
Iuka will teach international visitors the jewelry techniques through interactive workshops at EXPO 2025
Gabriela’s passion to share with the public the mysteries of making a jewel will be transposed into Interactive workshops, which the designer especially thought about this big event.
“We will make a lot of jewelry workshops, although we have some limitations unfortunately, because we have to respect their safety conditions. For example, we are not allowed to work with the fire or to work with objects that have the potential to injure the participants. But nevertheless, but we thought and created some special workshops where we will bring some traditional models. That is, we will leave with some already perforated metal plates, and the participants will sew traditional Romanian models on them. This is how visitors will be able to make pendants or earrings with our traditional models ” Gabi says for Live Truth.
The spirit of the jewelry school in Bucharest will also arrive in Osaka. Everything that means the raw material to be made a jewel will be made available by Gabi and will be brought from Romania.
“For two months as we stay in Osaka, we will actually work for 6 days, and every day we will support a workshop. We thought, my husband, because together we team, how to overcome the linguistic barriers. workshops in Japanese. ”
adds Gabriela Voicu Secărea.
“Romania, Land of Tomorrow” is the curatorial concept of the Romanian Pavilion where until October 13, 2025, they will exhibit entrepreneurs from the creative industries, craftsmen, sculptors, ceramist artists, dialogue about traditions, nature, technology.
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