Born:
1973 Lieksa Finland
Training / Education:
- 2003 The Specialized program of jewellery art (20 credit units), South Carelia
- Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
- 1999 College diploma of jewellery and stonework design, South-Carelia Vocational College, Department of Crafts And Design, Lappeenranta, Finland
- 1998 Internship with Wilhelm Tasso Mattar, Artá, Mallorca Spain
- 1998 Pedagogic studies (15 credit units), Open University of Joensuu, Finland
- 1995 The secondary education of jewellery and stonework design
- Lappeenranta College of Crafts And Design, Finland
Work Experience:
- 2000- Temporary stonework teacher, South-Carelia Vocational College and
- Polytechnic, Department of Crafts And Design, Lappeenranta, Finland
- 1996 Co-director, Gallery Luowa, Lappeenranta, Finland
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
Solo
- 2004 South-Carelia Art Museum, Lobby Gallery Finland
- 2003 Gallery Hnoss, Göteborg, Sweden
- 2000 'Sinus', Crafts Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
- 2000 Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- 1999 'Jewellery about feminity', Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland
Group Shows
- 2004 SOFA Chicago 2004, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2004 Rantapaja Gallery, Tarja Tuupanen, Terhi Tolvanen and Kimmo Heikkilä, Lappeenranta, Finland
- 2004 Hibernate- group, Chicken Gallery, Kiila, Kemiö, Finland
- 2004 Hibernate- group, ContacT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 2004 Schmuck´04, Munich, Germany
- PalmBeachContemporary, Fl. Repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2003 Kranssit, Pro Puu Galleria, Lahti, Finland
- 2003 Koru1, South- Carelia Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
- 2003 Hibernate- group, Galleri Metal, Copenhagen, Denmark
- SOFA Chicago 2002, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
- SOFA New York 2002, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
- Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2002 Hibernate- group, The Finnish Embassy, Dar es Salam, Tanzania
- 2002 SOFA Chicago 2002, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2002 'At Beauty´s Edge', Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, curated by Charon Kransen USA
- 2002 SOFA New York 2002, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2001 'Jewellery, Almere´s choise', De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
- 2001 SOFA Chicago 2001, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2001 Nocturnus, Muhu Island, Estonia
- 2001 Hibernate- group, Chicken Gallery, Kiila, Kemiö, Finland
- 2001 'Junger Schmuck', Hibernate- group, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
- 2001 SOFA New York 2001, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2000 International 21th Century Arts Fair New York 2000, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2000 SOFA Chicago 2000, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
- 2000 'Brücken und Gezeiten', Gallerie Hermann Ritterswürden, Zwiesel, Germany
- 2000 'Talente 2000', München, Germany
- 1999 'Näytön paikka IV', Lappeenranta, Finland
- 1999 'Marzee-prize for graduate work', Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen,
- The Netherlands
- 1999 'Ways to Jewellery', Cologne and Berlin, Germany
- 1999 'Déjà-vu', Wrexham, Wales UK
- 1997 'Not for humourless', Gallery Luowa, Lappeenranta, Finland
- 1997 'Alchemy', Gallery Luowa, Lappeenranta, Finland
Awards / Grants:
- 2004 Travel grant, Art Council Finland
- 2004 Working grant, Art Committee of South-East Finland
- 2003 Working grant, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Unit of South Carelia
- 2003 Grant for organizing Koru1 event, work group, The Finnish Cultural Foundation Finland
- 2003 Travel grant, Art Council of Finland
- 2002 Working grant, Art Committee of South-East Finland
- 2002 Grant for carving machine, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Unit of South Carelia Finland
- 2001 Travel grant, Nordic Institute of Contemporary Art (Nifca)
- 2000 Working grant, Art Committee of South-East Finland
- 1999 Second Price, "Näytön paikka IV"- competition, Crafts Museum of Lappeenranta, Finland
- 1998 Honourable mention: Recycling the marble on The Finlandia House- Competition, Finland
Collections (Private & Museum):
- 2004 Francoise van den Bosch Foundation, The Netherlands
- 2003 Rhöska Museet, Göteborg, Sweden
Publications:
- 2004 Jewellery, Choise of the Euro Parliament, Gallery Marzee, The Netherlands
- 2004 Int. Handwerksmesse Munich Grmany
- 2003 Koru1, Lappeenranta, Finland
- 2001 Jewellery, Almere´s Choise, Gallery Marzee, The Netherlands
- 2001 Nocturnus, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2000 Talente, International Handwerksmesse Munich Germany
Artist Statement:
The main material in my work is stone, which I love for it´s versatility and challenging nature, and hate for it´s trickyness and limitations. I carve the stone thin, sometimes to it´s edge, looking for boundaries and interesting sides of the material. The forms in my jewellery often reminds of human body. I´m interested in human, how different genders differ from each other and how they are the same.
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