Janna Syvanoja

Born:

1960 Helsinki Finland

Training / Education:

1982 - 1993 University Of Industrial Arts, Helsinki / Master of Arts / Furniture and Interior Design Finland

Work Experience:

• 1984 - 1987 Work for various studios of architecture and interior design in Helsinki Finland
• 1994 - Lectures about the concepts in own work at various schools and in connection of exhibitions

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS

• 2003 “Poetiche finlandesi”, Marijke Studio, Padova, Italy (with Helena Lehtinen and Eija Mustonen)
• 2002 “Maalaillen - luonnon väreillä”, Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
• 2002 New jewellery, Scottish Gallery, Scotland, UK
• 2002 “Préambules et rémanences”, Institut Finlandais, Paris, France
• 2002 Bijoux en papier recycle, chez Johanna Gullichsen, Paris, France
• 2000 ”Muistelen maisemia”, Taidehallin studio, Helsinki, Finland
• 1999 Rista Konsthantverk, Umeå, Sweden
• 1999 Begegnungen“, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany (with Antje Wiewinner)
• 1998 ”I am forever blowing bubbles”, Gallery Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
• 1997/98 WeissWald“, Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe / Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein E.V., Germany
• 1996 ”Jyviä vai lakanoita”, Näyttelyhuone Klobben, Helsinki, Finland
• 1995 The Finnish Paper Art Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland
• 1995 “Readymade Talk”, Gallery Maronie, Kioto, Japan (with Niran Baibulat)
• 1993 “Rajamaa”, Exhibition of final examination, University of Industrial Design,
• Helsinki, Finland (with Niran Baibulat)
• 1992 Gallery Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
• 1992 Cardillac Schmuck Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
  

JOINT EXHIBITIONS

• 2004
• “Nordic Cool : Hot Women Designers”, The Nat'l Museum of Women In Arts, Washington D.C., USA “Natur ganz Kunst”, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
• SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• PalmBeachContemporary , repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• 2003
• “Valuable Links. Jewels from the OSCE-countries”, Dutch Embassy, Maastricht, Netherlands
• Gallery Materia Scottsdale, curated by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
• ”Pro.Koru”, Laura Korpikaivo-Tammisen käsityömuseo, Lappeenranta, Finland
• ”Inner Luxury”. International Contemporary Jewellery, Barcelona, Spain
• SOFA, New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• ”Retro”, Fiskarsin ruukki, Kuparipaja, Fiskars, Finland
• 2002
• International Art + Design Fair 1900-2002, New York, USA repr. Charon Kransen Arts
• SOFA, Chicago, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• “Mikromegas”, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan / Musée de
• l'Horlogerie et de l'Emaillerie,Genèva, Switzerland
• “Mini 35x35x35”, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki, Finland
• SOFA, New York City, USA repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
• Finnish jewellery 3, Kemi Artmuseum / Lönnström Art Museum, Finland
• 2000
• Mikromegas, Bayerischer Kunstgeverbeverein E. V. Munich, Germany/
• American Craft Museum, New York, USA
• Finnish jewellery 3, Porvoo Arthall, Porvoo/ Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli/
• Kuopio Art museum, Kuopio, Finland
• SOFA New York City, New York, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
• Chicago Art Fair SOFA, Chicago, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
• 2000 Miniatures, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, USA/ Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland
• Peacock, Body Art, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Varhaug, Norway
• Ego, Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerp, Belgium
• SOFA, Chicago, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
• SOFA New York City, New York, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
• International 20th Century Arts Fair, New York, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• 1999
• A Matter of Materials, Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville KY / Telluride
• Gallery of Fine Arts, Telluride Co / Oxoxo Gallery, Baltimore Md, curated by Charon Kransen Arts USA
• Material and Form, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland
• Finnish jewellery 2, Pohjoispohjanmaan Museo, Ainola, Finland
• 1998
• A Matter of Materials, Metropolis Gallery, Seattle/ Prime Gallery, Toronto/ Art
• Fair SOFA, Chicago/Stones Gallery, San Francisco / Montreal
• Museum of Decorative Arts, Canada/Thomas Mann Gallery,
• New Orleans, USA, curated by Charon Kransen Arts
• Portrait of Masters in the Crafts, Munich, Germany
• Summer exhibition, Pyhäniemi mansion, Hollola, Finland
• Tyhjä - Empty ? , Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
• Jewellery moves, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
• Gallery Lief, Los Angeles, USA
• Finnish jewellery 2, Porvoo Arthall, Finland
• 1997
• Papper, Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
• Made of wood, made of paper, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Nordiske Smykketriennale, Ålborg, Reykjavik, Stockholm, Berlin
• Schmuck 97, Munich, Germany
• Fibre, Fiskars, Finland
• Nordic Jewellery, Toronto, Canada
• Mänttä Artexhibition (Mäntän kuvataideviikot), Mänttä, Finland
• Charlottenborgs Autumnexhibition 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Mokkumto Craft Space, Soul, South-Korea
• Joulurauha, Klobben, Helsinki, Finland
• 1996
• Exhibition for Crafts, Verkaranta, Tampere, Finland
• Finnish Jewellery, Porvoo Art Hall, Finland
• Subject 96, Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland
• Woman as an artist, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
• Time for wood, Fiskars, Finland
• Made of wood, made of paper, Design Forum, Helsinki
• Paper Road, Gallery Metal, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Kaleidopaper, Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Papier-Art-Fashion, Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe / Museum für Kunst
• und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
• Luovat Kädet, Kerava Art Museum, Finland
• 1995
• Design Finlandais, Nice, Italy
• Biennale del Bronzetto, Padova, Italy
• Gallery Beeld & Aambeeld, Enschede Holland
• 1994
• Helen Drutt Collection, Museum Bellerive, Zürich, Switzerland
• Nordiska Profiler, National Museums, Stockholm, Bergen, Oslo, Copenhagen,
• Gothenburg, Helsinki
• 10 + 10, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden
• 1993
• Benno Premsela Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Design Forum summer exhibition, Helsinki, Finland
  
• Subject 1, Design Forum , Helsinki, Finland
• Ingenuity and creativity, Unesco House, Paris, France
• 1992
• Expo 92, Seville, Spain
• Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany
• Arbeitsgruppe Kunsthandwerk und Design, Osnabrück Germany
• Triennale du Bijou, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
• Finland i dag, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1991
• Stars of Form, Helsinki, Finland
• Finnish Design 8, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland
• Configura 1, Triennale des Europischen Kunsthandwerks
• The Garden of Form, Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland
• Design Forum summer exhibition, Helsinki, Finland
• 1990
• New Form, Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Spain
• Schmuckzene 90, Munich, Cologne, Germany
• Nord Form 90, Malmö, Sweden
• Fair of recycling, Riihimäki, Finland
• Triennale Europeenne du Bijou, Paris, France
• 1989
• Finnish Design 7, Helsinki, Finland
• The Youth Festival of Pyongyang, North-Korea
• Utopia 2000, Grand Palais, Paris, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2004
• “Vessel“, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Ma., USA
• “Meister der Moderne”, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
• “A Touch of Finland”, Flow Gallery, London, UK / Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim, Ireland
• Gallery Lief, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 2003
• “International Artists”, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, curated by Charon Kransen Arts
• ”Ornaments from the North”, Gallery Beeld & Aambeeld, Enschede,Netherlands
• 2. Nordic jewellery triennale, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
• 2002
• ”Masterpieces”, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy
• ”International Jewellery Metalsmithing Invitational”, University of Iowa,
• Iowa City, USA, curated by Charon Kransen Arts
• ”Juuret”, Helsinki Arthall, Helsinki, Finland / Tallinna Kunstihoone, Estonia
• 2. Nordic jewellery triennale, Lahti sport museum, Lahti, Finland / Museum of Applied Arts, Tallinn, Estonia / Museum of Applied Arts,
• Copenhagen, Denmark / Hafnarborg Kulturcenter, Hafnarborg, Iceland
• 2001
• 2. Nordic jewellery triennal, Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden Paper + Finland = Art, Gallery Montcalme, Ottawa/ Harbourfront Centre Toronto, Canada/ Nash Gallery/ Minneapolis, USA
• 2000
• In Loco 1999 - Syklus, Flekkefjord Museum, Norge
• Paper Worlds, Museum von Pully, Lausanne, Swizerland
• Nature's picnic, Jugendhall, Helsinki, Finland
• Re-one, The Finnish Paper Art Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland
• Paper+Finland=Art, The Art Gallery of New Founland and Labrador/
• Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, Canada
• Paper Exhibition, Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, Finland
• Trends&Innovations in Contemporary Jewelry by European women artists, Ilias LALAoUNIS Jewelry Museum, Athens, Greece
• Papier, gold und silber, Gallery Für Schmuck Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany
• Papier, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
• 1999
• Paper Worlds, Aine Art Museum, Tornio / Gallery im Werkstatt-Laden, Winterhur, Switzerland Tuohen jalostajat, Artek, Helsinki, Finland
• Eläköön Kalevala, Gallen-Kallela Museum, Tarvaspää, Finland
• In Loco 1999 - Syklus, Risor Kunstförening, Norge / Christianssand
• Kunstförening /Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum / Nordenfleldske Kunstindustrimuseum Norway
• Paper + Finland = Art, Mingei Art Museum, San Diego, USA
• The primordial sea, Wäinö Aaltosen Museo, Turku, Finland
• A Material Approach, Ohio, Wesleyan University, USA, curated by Charon Kransen Arts
• 1998
• Paper + Finland = Art, American Craft Museum, New York/Chicago Athaneum at Shaumburg, Chicago, USA
• Paper Worlds, Jyväskylä Art Museum/ Vanha Raatihuone, Turku / Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
• Nature as Object - The 3rd Australian International Crafts Triennial, Perth, Australia
• 1997
• Finnish jewellery, Gallery Hipotesi, Barcelona, Spain
• Five women in craft and design, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland
• Valo Festival, Barbican Center, London, UK
• 1996
• Nordiske Smykketriennale, Copenhagen, Trondheim, Oslo, Helsinki,
• Gothenburg
• Rista Konsthantverk, Umeå, Sweden
• Papierklänge, Leipzig, Germany/Gallery Otso, Espoo, Finland
• 1995
• Papierklänge, Mönchengladbach, Germany
• 1994
• Gallery Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
• Time of Wood and Light, Otso Gallery, Espoo, Finland
• Kunsthandverker aus Finland, Osnabrück, Germany
• 1993
• Projets singuliers, Villeurbanne, France
• On Paper from Paper, Museum of Handicraft, Lappeenranta, Finland
• Paperipursi, Museum of Myllysaari, Valkeakoski, Finland
• 1992
• Gallery V & V , Vienna, Austria
• Kesä(t)yöt, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland
• Contrasts and Connections, USA / Finland
• Incontri con l'arte, Milan, Italy
• Scandinavian Jewellery Exhibition, Electrum Gallery, London, UK
• 1991
• Jewellers by four artists, Lahti Art Museum, Finland
• Gallery Olga Soe, Paris, France
• Arki-exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland
• 1990
• Koruko, Gallery 25, Helsinki, Finland
• Gallery Titanic, Turku, Finland
• Finnish Paper Art Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland
• Gallery Ratatosk, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1989
• Vanha Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Awards / Grants:

AWARDS

• 2004 Torsten and Wanja Söderbergs Prize
• 1997 Bayerischer Staatpreis
• 1995 3rd prize in Vaasa University Art-competition
• 1993 Finland Prize of Young Art, Ministry of Education
• 1993 The City of Helsinki, Information Management Centre
• 1993 University of Industrial Arts
• 1990 Zonta-Scholarship
• 1989 Diploma, Finnish Design 7

GRANTS

• 2004 The State Grant (5 years)
• 2000-02 The State Grant (3 years)
• 1998 Greta and William Lehtinen - Foundation
• 1998/03 Compensation Grant to Visual Artist's, Ministery of Education
• 1997 Kalevala Koru scholarship
• 1996/97/99/2001/03/04 Travel grant of Arts Council of Finland
• 1995/97 FRAME
• 1995 Kordelin Foundation scholarship
• 1994 The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation
• 1990/92/9 Cultural Foundation of Finland
• 1989/90 University of Industrial Arts

Collections (Private & Museum):

• 2004 The City of Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
• 2003 Embassy of Finland, Ottawa, Canada
• 2003 International Museum of Applied Arts, Turin, Italy
• 2003 University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
• 2002 OKO Bank, Finland
• 2002 Galerie Europeenne du bois et de la forêt, Dompierre-Les-Ormes, France
• 2001 Jack Lenar Larsen Collection, USA (private)
• 2000 Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin, Germany
• 1999 The State Art Council of Sweden
• 1999 Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
• 1999 Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norge
• 1999 HPY (Helsinki Telephone Company), Finland
• 1998 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
• 1998 American Craft Museum, New York, USA
• 1998 Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
• 1998 Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Germany
• 1998 Committee for The Purchase of Works for The State Art Collection/ Embassy of Finland, Bruxelles, Belgium
• 1997 Neste oy, Finland
• 1997 Badisches Landesmuseum, Germany
• 1997/98/ 02 Saastamoinen Foundation, Kuopio, Finland
• 1996 The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1995 National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1993 Museum for Crafts, Jyväskylä, Finland
• 1992 Benno Premsela Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands (private)
• 1992 Helen Drutt Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
• 1992/98 Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Canada
• 1990 Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1990/94/96/98/02 Juhani Harri - Inge Bromerus Collection, Finland (private)
• 1989/00/02 Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland

Artist Statement:

“The process of making my recycled paperjewellery pieces, involves a slow, “natural” technique. By curving each slice of paper around the steelwire, one by one, one after another, it is as if the piece grows into its shape by itself. This way the character of wood, paper's original material, is preserved in the piece - as is also the association to the whole organic world, the way it builds itself, being in constant change, traveling in time.

Printed paper has also an additional reality, the information it contains. Now, one can only see separate words and letters, that have been transformed into graphical patterns on the surface of the piece. The previous content of the material referred to communication between people - message and expression. A piece of jewellery is worn for the same purpose.”