lives
and works mostly in Lappeenranta, Finland
born in Lappeenranta, 1977
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-2007 teacher of stone smithing at South Carelia Polytechnic,
Lappeenranta, Finland
STUDIES
2003 B.A., stonework and jewellery design, South Carelia
Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
STUDIES
ABROAD
2002-2003 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Jewellery Department,
exchange student, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 Universiteit van Amsterdam, "Masterclass on Indian
Popular Cinema" course, Amsterdam, Netherlands
SOLO
EXHIBITION
2007 "ON/OFF", Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen,
Denmark
INVITATIONAL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 "With Heart", Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen,
Denmark
2007 "SPARKLING EYES – humour in finnish jewellery",
Copper Smithy, Fiskars Village, Finland
2007 "Look What I Found", Lesley Craze Gallery,
London, Great Britain
2007 "Animals", Platina Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 "Animals", Beatrice Lang galerie f?r schmuck,
Bern, Switzerland
2006 "Au + Fe + Inc. –smykker, smedejern og kunstobjekter,
Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark
2006-07 a platform curated by Hugo Madureira, Pedras&Pêssegos,
Porto, Portugal
2006 "KORU2", South-Karelia Art museum, Lappeenranta,
Finland
2005 "KORU. Joieria Contemporània Finlandesa",
FAD, Barcelona, Spain
JURIED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 "Kontti 2007", Korutaideyhdistys ry, Simonkatu
2, Helsinki, Finland
2004.2005"Finnish Jewellery IV", The Craft museum
of Finland, Jyväskylä, The Museum Center Vapriikki,
Tampere,
Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Aineen taidemuseo, Tornio,
The Joensuu Art museum, Joensuu,
Amos Anderson Art museum, Helsinki, Finland
2001.2002"Finnish Jewellery III", The Porvoo Art
Hall, Porvoo, The Mikkeli Art museum, Mikkeli, The Kuopio
Art museum,
Kuopio, Lönnström Art museum, Rauma, The Kemi
Art museum, Kemi, Finland
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2004 "Kidutus-Torture", Galleria Johan S., Helsinki,
Galleria Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland
2002 "International Graduation Show", Galerie
Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2002 "Medicine", galleria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta,
Finland
2002 "Pilkku", galleria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta,
Finland
2001 "II ja III Laatua", galleria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta,
Finland
2000 "Dialogi", galleria Luowa, Lappeenranta,
Finland
2000 "Millennium", The House of Fabergé,
St. Petersburg, Russia
AGENT
GALLERIES
2008 Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007 Klimt 02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
WORKSHOPS
2004 "Glass blowing", Vesa Välikangas, Joutsenon
Opisto, Joutseno, Finland
2003 "Sieraden/Jewellery", Ruudt Peters (Netherlands),
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Jewellery Department, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
2001 "Rörelse", Mona Wallström (Sweden),
South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
2001 "Niello" jewellery technique course, Jonas
Balciunas (Lithuania),
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
2001
"A bracelet, which wants to be something else",
Iris Eichenberg (Netherlands),
South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
2001 "Material/Technique – Body", Jacquess
Kaufman (Switzerland),
South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
2001 "Combining", Iris Eichenberg (Netherlands),
South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
2000 "Art To Wear", Judit Karpati-Racz (Hungary),
South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
2000 "Territory", Iris Eichenberg (Netherlands),
South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
2000 "Sculpture", Carl Reed (Colorado Springs,
USA),
South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
2000 "Hartsikurssi", Emma Forrest (Great Britain),
South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
FAIRS
2008 "COLLECT", represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs,
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
2001 "@mberif 2001", International Amber, Jewellery
and Gems Fair, Gdansk International Fair Co., Gdansk, Poland
2000 "Helsinki International Fashion Fair", Fair
Center, Helsinki, Finland
AWARDS
2005 Prize for young artist, Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2001 The International Contest for Jewellery With Amber
Design, second prize, Gdansk, Poland
GRANTS
personal:
2007 Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2005 South Carelia Regional Fund of Finnish Cultural Foundation
2003 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
shared:
2004 Lappeenrannan Kulttuuritoimisto
2004 Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2003 Lappeenrannan Kulttuuritoimisto
HELD
LECTURES
2006 "KORU2" International contemporary jewellery
symposium, Lappeenranta City Hall, Lappeenranta , Finland
WORKS
IN PUBLICATIONS
2008 "Finnish Design Yearbook 08-09", Design Forum
Finland
2007 "Kontti 2007", Korutaideyhdistys ry, Finland
2006 "KORU2", South Carelia Polytechnic, South-Karelia
Art museum, Finland
2005 "KORU. Joieria Contemporània Finlandesa",
Arts Council of Southeast Finland, Finland
2003 "Finnish Jewellery", Eija Mäkelä,
Kaarin Bonde Jensen, Finland
2002 "The Marzee Magazine nr 27", Galerie Marzee,
Netherlands
2001 "@mberif 2001" –katalog, Gdansk International
Fair Co., Gdansk, Poland
2001 "Koru, 2001/3, Christmas", South Carelia
Polytechnic, Finland
INTERNET
www.klimt02.net
www.galerierobkoudijs.nl
www.korutaideyhdistys.fi
www.artezz.com/kuenstler/gl/55/index.html
SEMINARS
2006 "chroma", Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn,
Estonia
2006 "KORU2" International contemporary jewellery
symposium, South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
2001 "Nocturnus", Estonian Academy of Arts, Muhu
island, Estonia
STUDY
TRIPS
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Jewellery Department (Amsterdam,
Netherlands):
2002 Kassel, Germany
2002 Nijmegen, den Haag, Utrecht, Haarlem, Eindhoven, Netherlands
South
Carelia Polytechnic (Lappeenranta):
2006 and 2000 Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Antwerpen, Gent, Belgium
2001 Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2000 and 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia
RESIDENCE
2005 Arts Council of Southeast Finland (January), Barcelona,
Spain
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