Sari Liimatta

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
2009 "HIGH/LOW", Friends of Carlotta Galerie für Schmuck und Objekte, Zürich, Switzerland
2008 "OPEN/CLOSED", Galleria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland
2008 "In the Front Room: Sari Liimatta", solo presentation, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007 "ON/OFF", Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark

INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 "Near and Far", Museum of Cultures, Tennis Palace, Helsinki, Finland
2009 "The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawaii, USA, Soma Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, University of Mississippi Museum, University, Mississippi, USA
2008 "Scandinavian Jewellery", Electrum Gallery, London, Great Britain
2008 "Animal", Gallery NORSU, Helsinki, Finland
2008 "IMPULSEN", Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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
2009-2010 "Sieren met Dieren", The CODA museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2009 "KORU3", Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland2008 "The Pendant Show", Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, United States
2008 "Rajoilla – Korutaide", Galleria 5, Oulu, Finland
2008 "Korutaideyhdistyksen Kokoelma", The Lahti Art museum, Lahti, Finland
2008 "The Silver Schools", The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Legnica, Poland, Jubinale -'08 – 1st Summer Trade Fair –
Trendshow for Jewellery & Watches, Cracow, Poland
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
2009 "Insideout", Galleri Elverket, Tammisaari, Finland
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
2009- Friends of Carlotta Galerie für Schmuck und Objekte, Zürich, Switzerland
2008- Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007- Klimt 02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

WORK IN COLLECTIONS
public collections
2009 Bernische Stiftung für angewandte Kunst und Gestaltung, Bern, Switzerland
2009 the Fine Arts Collection of the City of Bienne, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland www.biel-bienne.ch/kunstsammlung
2008 The Finnish Institute in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

private collections (known)
The Bahamas, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Portugal, 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
2009 "COLLECT", represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Saatchi Gallery, London, Great Britain
2009 "OBJECT Rotterdam", represented by Galerie Rob koudijs, the LP II, Las Palmas, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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

WORKS IN PUBLICATIONS
2009 "The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2008 "Silver Schools", The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Legnica, Puola
2008 "500 Pendants & Lockets", Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, USA
2008 "Bijoux. Illustration et Design", maomao publications, Barcelona, Spain
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.sariliimatta.net
www.klimt02.net/jewellers/index.php?item_id=708
www.klimt02.net/gallery/jewellers/content.php?tipus=NAME&id_content=708&id_sel=2
www.galerierobkoudijs.nl/site.php?xs=artistDetail&id=32
www.korutaideyhdistys.fi/liimatta/index.htm
www.finin.dk/fi/sariliimatta07.html
www.ironinc.dk/english/archives/2007/onoff.html
www.hanatkaakkoon.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=168&Itemid=89

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