Born:
1968, Helsinki, Finland
Training / Education:
- 1989-1993 Lahti Design Institute in Lahti, Finland
- silversmithing
- 1993-1997 Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam Holland
- jewelry design
- 1997-1999 Sandberg Institute Amsterdam Holland
- 2e fase applied arts
Lectures:
- 2001 Lahti Design Institute, Lahti, Finland
- 2001 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
- 2003 KORU1-seminar, Lappeenranta, Finland
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 1999 Sieger Park Mobile Park Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2000 KunstRAI Spring Collection Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Gallery Louise Smit Spring Collection Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Rogaland Kunstsenter On the Way Stavanger, Norway
- Nida Artist house Occupied Nida, Lithuania
- 2002 Gallery Johan S. Peepnik Helsinki, Finland
- Gallery Oona Sights Berlijn, Germany
- Nida Artist house Out of the Blue1 Nida, Lithuania
- Gintaro Museum Out of the Blue2 Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2004 Gallery Louise Smit Substralia Amsterdam, The Netherlands
GROUP EXHIBITIONS since 1996
Selection
- 2000 Internationale Handwerksmesse Talente München, Germany
- Cultuurhuis Heerenveen Kunst van het versieren Heerenveen, The Netherlands
- Aemstelle Kunst aanmoedigingsprijs Amstelveen Amstelveen, The Netherlands
- 2001 Internationale Handwerksmesse Schmuck München, Germany
- Porvoon Taidehalli Finnish Jewelry 3 Porvoo, Finland
- Mikkeli Art Museum Finnish Jewelry 3 Mikkeli, Finland
- Kuparipaja The metals Fiskars, Finland
- Gallery Oona Jardins-à-porter Berlin, Germany
- 2002 Lönnström Art Museum Finnish Jewelry 3 Rauma, Finland
- Kemi Art Museum Finnish Jewelry 3 Kemi, Finland
- Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustriemuseum Finsk-Norsk Kunsthåndverk Trondhem, Norway
- Stedelijk Museum Display Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2003 South Karelia Museum KORU1 Lappeenranta, Finland
- Gallery Oona Rosa Berlin, Germany
- Stedelijk Museum Sieraden, de keuze van Roermond Roermond, The Netherlands
- 2004 Beurs van Berlage Rietveld naar de Beurs Amsterdam
- The New York Art Fair Sofa Charon Kransen Arts, USA
- Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland
Awards / Grants:
- 1997 Nomination Gerrit Rietveld Academy- prize
- 2000 Nomination Kunst aanmoedigingsprijs Amstelveen-prize
- 2002 Travelling subsidy, De Mondriaan Stichting, The Netherlands, for the project "Out of the Blue" in Lithuania
- 2003 Startstipendium Applied Arts, Stichting Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving and Bouwkunst, The Netherlands
Collections:
- 2002 Acquisition Gintaro Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2003 Acquisition Françoise van den Bosch-Foundation, Young talent, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
- since 1999 private collections NL, DE, FI, NO, USA
Publications:
selection
- 2000 Talente Internationale Handwerksmesse, München
- De toegepaste KunstRAI Tableau the Art Magazine nr.3 Amsterdam
- Anna 13.6.2000 Finland
- Kunst aanmoedigingsprijs Amstelveen
- 2001 Schmuck Internationale Handwerksmesse, München
- Metallit Fiskars
- Literatkra ir menas nr. 32, 10.8.2001 Lithuanian Art and Literature Journal Vilnius
- Finsk-Norsk Kunsthåndverk Stavanger
- Stavanger Aftenblad 26.9.2001 Stavanger
- 2002 Helsingin Sanomat 13.4.2002 Helsinki
- Display Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- Kulturos Namai september 2002, Lithuanian TV
- 2003 GZ Art+desing nr.2 Germany
- KORU1 Lappeenranta
- Sieraden, de keuze van Roermond Roermond
- 2004 Substralia Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam
- Residence nr.6 June, The Netherlands
- Gloria nr.9 September, Finland
Artist Statement:
I call my pieces my plants. Partly from nature, partly man-made they show the symbiosis between nature and humanity. As eager we plant, nurture and cut excess growth away, as certainly the grass between the paving pops up again.
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