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CIBJO To Unveil Artworks Celebrating Centenary Year By Canadian Visual Artist Reena Ahluwalia

Canadian visual artist Reena Ahluwalia, alongside ‘The CIBJO Centenary Icon,’ one of two artworks created CIBJO’s 100th year anniversary.Reading Time: 4 minutes
Key takeaways

• Canadian artist Reena Ahluwalia created two custom artworks to celebrate the World Jewellery Confederation’s (CIBJO) Centenary Year.

• The pieces include a circular painting titled “”The CIBJO Centenary Icon”” and a commemorative artwork named “”The CIBJO Centenary Medal.””

• Both artworks will be donated to the permanent collection of the Museo del Gioiello in Vicenza, Italy.

(MILAN, ITALY) – A highlight of the opening day of the 2026 CIBJO Congress will be the unveiling of two dedicated creations by the noted Canadian visual artist Reena Ahluwalia, celebrating the Centenary Year of the World Jewellery Confederation (WDC). Both will be donated to the collection of the Museo del Gioiello –the jewelry museum in Vicenza’s historic Basilica Palladiana.

The first artwork, called “The CIBJO Centenary Icon,” is a circular painting in the Renaissance “tondo” tradition. It depicts a navette or marquise-cut diamond in a sea of molten gold.

The gemstone in the painting, the artist Ahluwalia explains, is the “Diamond Eye,” which embodies CIBJO’s institutional role as a protective boat, a source of light, and a global navigational vision. “Acting as the industry’s definitive North Star, it signals the active recalibration required to uphold international standards and protect consumer confidence,” she explains.

The CIBJO Centenary Medal,’ designed by Reena Ahluwalia, symbolizing CIBJO’s role in navigating integrity, ethics and standards in the jewellery industry.

The second piece is a commemorative numismatic artwork, “The CIBJO Centenary Medal,” which features the congress logo above a round faceted diamond on one side and a compass symbolizing CIBJO’s role in navigating integrity, ethics and standards in the jewelry industry on the other.

A solid gold version of the coin has been produced for the congress by the Arezzo-based refinery Italpreziosi.

Known for transforming gemstones into contemporary works of art, the Toronto-based Ahluwalia was the first visual artist to have such a piece accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.  Her body of work also includes a diamond setting for the Legislative Mace of Ontario, a Belgian postage stamp, a GJEPC Hall of Fame induction, and a Guinness World Record watch. A pioneer at the intersection of art and technology, she was the first to integrate blockchain with diamond art, securing provenance and digital legacy.

“Jewelry is an artistic medium that expresses human ingenuity using nature’s most precious creations, so it is most appropriate that CIBJO’s Centenary be expressed through fine art,” said Gaetano Cavalieri. “We are both privileged and delighted that Reena Ahluwalia sought to honor our milestone in a way that only she can, and that this moment will be captured in time and preserved for all those who afterward visit the Museo del Gioiello.”

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