New York City Jewelry Week - Collection as Muse
Thank you New York City Jewelry Week + Bella Neyman, for inviting me to be on the brilliant panel sponsored by Galerie
Description
Jewelry designers Olivier Reza and Emily Satloff, along with interior designer Nadia Watts—the great-great-granddaughter of Louis Comfort Tiffany—will discuss how their personal collections of art and design profoundly shape their creative visions.
The conversation will be moderated by Lucy Rees, Deputy Editor of Galerie Magazine.
Olivier Reza
Raised and educated in Paris, Olivier Reza earned degrees in law and finance before launching a successful investment banking career in New York. In 2008, driven by his passion for art and craftsmanship, he returned to his family's legacy: the renowned jewelry house founded by his father, Alexandre Reza. A lifelong art collector, Olivier draws creative inspiration from modern, contemporary, and primitive works. Merging his artistic sensibility with financial expertise, he joined an investor group with a major stake in Sotheby’s, serving on its Board during a pivotal digital transformation. In 2020, he took full leadership of the house—now known simply as REZA—and moved its headquarters to New York. With a distinctive eye for gemstones and design, Olivier fuses Parisian elegance with New York modernity, honoring tradition while shaping a bold, contemporary vision for REZA.
Nadia Watts
Nadia Watts is a Denver-based interior designer with 20+ years of experience whose lineage to Louis C. Tiffany—and early training at The Met—roots her work in artistry, history, and narrative. She crafts homes that feel intimately personal and timeless, layering heirlooms and vintage finds with artisan-made pieces, luminous color, and materials that embrace patina and the hand of the maker. A collaborative leader, she assembles tailored teams for projects from historical renovations to new builds nationwide; her Tiffany-inspired Gem Collection with Kravet extends this celebration of light and craft. Her work has appeared in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, and The Wall Street Journal, and she serves on boards including The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass and the ICAA.
Emily Satloff
Larkspur & Hawk, founded by Emily Satloff in 2000 in New York City, is a fine jewelry brand that seamlessly blends past and present. Originally an antiques business focused on Georgian jewelry, the brand evolved in 2008 to create modern designs inspired by 18th-century craftsmanship. Emily, trained in the history of decorative arts at Sotheby’s and The Cooper Hewitt, began her career as a museum curator and lifelong collector of antique jewelry and decorative arts. In 2024, she brought antiques back into Larkspur & Hawk, embracing the idea that history continually renews itself. Guided by her passion for preserving and reinterpreting the past, Emily sees herself as a custodian of history, creating or curating pieces that let timeless stories shine anew.
Lucy Rees
Lucy Rees is the Deputy Editor of Galerie magazine in New York. A specialist in modern and contemporary art, she brings an authoritative, international perspective to the magazine’s comprehensive art and jewelry coverage. With a discerning eye and deep sense of curiosity, Lucy approaches jewelry as an art form, and is passionate about craftsmanship, storytelling, and new discoveries. Originally from Australia, she first joined Galerie in 2017 as the Arts and Culture Editor. Her extensive background includes senior editorial roles at leading cultural publications in Sydney, Milan, and Singapore. Lucy holds a BA and an MA in Art History & Theory from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan and the University of Sydney.
Text from: https://nycjewelryweek.com/events/collection-as-muse
