Michal Golan

Specialties

Michal Golan is an Israeli born, New York City based, painter, printer, and jewelry designer. In her studio Michal creates hand worked jewelry pieces which combine the look of the antique with contemporary fashion sensibility. Her unusual style and technique and meticulous attention to detail distinguish these ornately jeweled designs.

Michal’s designs are made in the U.S.A. and inspired by Byzantine jewelry with its generous use of gemstones and pearls, and from jewelry made during the régime of Queens Victoria. Influences from Middle Eastern art, particularly Mosaic styles, are also apparent in her lavish decoration of surfaces and use of brilliant colors. Michal is a graduate of the University of Maryland in Graphic Art and holds a Masters degree from New York University in Studio Art.

History

Established in 1982.

Michal started designing jewelry and selling it at craft fairs in order to support herself during graduate school. Demand for her jewelry quickly grew. After graduation, Michal devoted increasing time to her jewelry and her husband, Michael, joined in, managing the business. Over the past twenty years, the company has expanded significantly, but the underlying premise of Michal’s work has remained.

Meet the Business Owner

Michal G.

Business Owner

Michal Golan is an Israeli born jewelry designer, printer and ceramist and is the creative force behind the company that bears her name. She lives in New York with her husband and three children.

Michal holds a Master’s Degree in studio art from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in graphic art from the University of Maryland. She has exhibited her paintings and prints in several shows in Washington, D.C. and New York. Michal has also won the Ben-​Yitzhak medal for Distinguished Children’s’ Book illustration.