For Ariana Boussard-Reifel, designing jewelry is the natural evolution of a lifelong interest in form and early human adornment. She grew up on a ranch in Montana, the daughter of an artist mother and a furniture designer father.  Just after college, she moved to New York to pursue a career in the arts. Her sculptures have been shown nationally at museums and galleries, including the Museum of Art and Design and Pierogi Gallery in NYC. She began collecting and dealing in ethnographic jewelry to supplement her life as an artist. That business has grown into Marteau, an internationally recognized destination for relevant and wearable tribal jewelry.

In 2016, the desire to merge her twin passions—art and indigenous culture—led her to launch an eponymous line of sculptural jewelry, which has sold in over 50 stores internationally. Ariana’s work speaks to multiple generations of women and has been worn by celebrities ranging from Beyonce, Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, and Kylie Jenner to Viola Davis, Lily Tomlin, and Michelle Obama.

In 2018, Ariana received the competitive Design Entrepreneurs Award through the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). She lives in NYC with her husband.