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I am living and working mostly in Lappeenranta, Finland, which is also the town where I was born.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015-2016 props assistant, Lappeenranta City Theatre, Lappeenranta, Finland

2009 instructor of final year project, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, jewellery, Imatra, Finland

2008 commentator at the final year project seminar, South Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Department of Stoneware and Jewellery Design, Lappeenranta, Finland

2006-2007 teacher of stone smithing at South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland

STUDIES

2011-2012 Computer-aided design/3D (Autodesk Auto-Cad 2012, Autodesk Inventor 3D, Autodesk Revit Architecture 3D, SolidWorks 3D CAD), Aamos Oy, Technopolis, Lappeenranta, Finland

2005 Metalwork, Vocational preparatory training for basic education, Aktiva, Lappeenranta, Finland

2003 B.A., stonework and jewellery design, South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland

STUDIES ABROAD

2002-2003 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Jewellery Department, exchange student, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2003 Universiteit van Amsterdam, "Masterclass on Indian Popular Cinema" course, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

2021 "Challenging entities", solo presentation, Hannah Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2016 "Close & Far", ATTA Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2010 "New work: Sari Liimatta", preview, Verzameld Werk, Gent, Belgium

2010 "FrontRoom: SARI LIIMATTA jewellery sculptures", solo presentation, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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, The Netherlands

2007 "ON/OFF", Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark

SHARED EXHIBITION

2010 "PAROUSIA -A new body for the figurine", shared with Byggstudio, curated by Päivi Ernkvist, Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Gustavsberg, Sweden

INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 "The Weight of Meaning", Hannah Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2024 "IS ANYONE HERE?" PUTTI Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2024 "Cosmos Lem Jewellery", curated by Agata Danielak-Kujda and Giedymin Jablonski, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania

2023 "Cosmos", organized by The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design Wroclaw, Galerie Door, Mariaheide, The Netherlands

2023 "Cosmos Lem Jewellery", curated by Agata Danielak-Kujda and Giedymin Jablonski, Assembly Hall of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

2022 "Cosmos Lem Jewellery", curated by Agata Danielak-Kujda and Giedymin Jablonski, ICE Krakow Congress Center, Krakow, Poland

2020-2021 "Two of a Kind", Klimt02, Hannah Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2020 "Beaded", curated by Catarina Silva, Institut Français inMunich, Palais Seyssel

d´Aix, Munich, Germany

2019 "Untitled", Cherry Bonyapan, Sari Liimatta, Giulia Nelli, Carolina Quintela, INTHEPENDANT Gallery, Porto, Portugal

2018 "The metamorphoses of pearls in contemporary and conceptual jewellery ", Art Gallery Putti, Riga, Latvia

2018 "Dandelion fluff´s flight through the universe ", Art Gallery Putti, Riga, Latvia

2017 "Gustavsbergs Konsthall Revisited", Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Gustavsberg, Sweden

2017 "Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life", The Four Domes Pavilion, the Wroclaw National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland, the Copper Museum in Legnica, Legnica, Poland

2016 "Not Too Precious", curated by Gregory Parsons, National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland

2015 "To Recover", Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2015 "Not Too Precious", curated by Gregory Parsons and Dr. Elizabeth Goring, Gallery One & Two, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, Great Britain

2015 "Beads (perle e perline)", Fiera Abilmente, Vicenza, Italy

2014 "Regard sur La Scandinavie", curated by Olga Zobel, Espace Solidor, Place du Château, Haut-de-Cagnes, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France

2013 "Designed for Klimt02", Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2013 "Naturalienkabinette - Vorbilder aus der Natur", curated by Dr. Michaela Braesel and Wolfgang Lösche, the Galerie Handwerk in co-operation with the Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Paläontologisches Museum München, Munich, Germany

2013 "Water & Earth", curated by Päivi Ruutiainen, the Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland

2012-2013 "The Beauty Chase - Parcours esthétiques du bijou contemporain", curated by Valeria Accornero, Espace le Carré, Lieu Municipal d´Art Contemporain, Lille, France

2012 "Vesi ja maa", curated by Päivi Ruutiainen, in collaboration: The Icelandic-Finnish Cultural Foundation, The Embassy of Iceland in Helsinki and Iceland Design Centre, galleria Tove, Hanasaari, Espoo, Finland

2012 "Jewellery Unleashed!", Museum of Modern Art Arnhem in collaboration with the Museum Bellerive, Museum Bellerive, Zürich, Switzerland

2012 "Time Out. Tendenser 2012" , curated by Heidi Bjørgan, Galleri F15, Punkt Ø, Moss, Norway

2011-12 "Ontketend │ Jewellery Unleashed", curated by Liesbeth den Besten, Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, Arnhem, the Netherlands

2011 "Collect Rocks, Plant Flag", curated by Klimt02 & Ben Lignel, Gallery S O, London, Great Britain

2011 "Brooch", The Sterling Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2011 "100 år efter Rackstadkolonin och det nya konsthantverket", curated by Johan Wingestad, Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, Sweden

2011 "Creative Creatures", Electrum Gallery, London, Great Britain

2011 "The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California, USA, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA, LSU Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, The Clare M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State Kentucky, Murray, Kentucky, USA, Isla Center for the Arts, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam

2010-11 "The city of Biel Bienne proudly presents: 2 | 007 - 0 I 0", Kunstkommission der Stadt Biel, CentrePasquArt Kunsthaus, Biel, Switzerland

2010 "korUral", Museum of Arts, Chelyabinsk, Russia

2010 "Glimten I ögat", Kulturhuset Ängeln, Katrineholm, Sweden

2010 "Secret", Makasiini, Fiskars, Finland

2010 "Glass Jewelry: An International Passion", Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Mary and Al Shands Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

2010 "The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, University Art Galleries, Akron, Ohio, USA, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington, USA

2010 "BESTFORM 10", Kornhausforum, Stadtsaal, Bern, Switzerland

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, The Netherlands

2008 "With Heart", Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark

2007 "New concepts, new languages, new gallery, Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

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 für schmuck, Bern, Switzerland

2006 "Au + Fe + Inc. -smykker, smedejern og kunstobjekter", Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark

2006-09 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

2013 "Jewelry·Identity" 2013 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, curated by Guo Qiang and Hu Jun, the World Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China

2012-13 "Unexpected Pleasures, The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery", Curated by Dr. Susan Cohn and Nina Due, Design Museum, London, UK

2012 "Unexpected Pleasures, The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery", Curated by Dr. Susan Cohn and Nina Due, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

2011-12 "Kaakkois-Suomen alueen nuorten taiteilijoiden näyttely", curated by Eeva-Mari Haikala, South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland

2009 "Preview of the 2010 Collection: The Beauty & The Best", Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2009-2010 "Sieren met Dieren", The CODA museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

2009 "KORU3", Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland

2008 "The Pendant Show", Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA

2008 "Rajoilla - Korutaide", Galleria 5, Oulu, Finland

2008 "Collection of Finnish Jewellery Art Association", 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", Finnish Jewellery Art Association, 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

OTHER GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 "Big Bold & Beautiful", CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

2016 "Juwelen CODA Collectie", CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

2015 "Christmas Exhibition", Galeria Tereza Seabra, Lisbon, Portugal

2014 "Jewellery-Pirkanmaa 5th Design Exhibition", TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere, Finland

2014 "Bloemlezing - Anthology 2014", the CODA museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

2009 "Insideout", Galleri Elverket, Tammisaari, Finland

2004 "Kidutus-Torture", Galleria Johan S., Helsinki, Galleria Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland

2002 "International Graduation Show", Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The 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

2011- Jubilee, Iwate pref., Japan

2007- Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2020- The Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

2019- The Wroclaw National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland

2015- The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland

2014- the CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

2013- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

2012- Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland

2010- Municipality of Katrineholm, Sweden

2009- Berner Design Stiftung, Bern, Switzerland

2009- the Fine Arts Collection of the City of Bienne, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

2008- Collection of Finnish Jewellery Art Association, Finland

FAIRS

2018 "PAN Amsterdam", represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, The RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2018 "Die Internationale Handwerkmesse 2018, Handwerk & Design, FRAME", represented by Gallery PLATINA, Munich Jewellery Week 2018, Munich, Germany

2012 "PAN Amsterdam", represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, The RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2012 "KunstRAI Artfair", represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010 "HEAF 2010 Helsinki Art Fair: Masterworks", represented by Gallery NORSU, Wanha Satama, Helsinki, Finland

2010 "OBJECT Rotterdam", represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, the LP II, Las Palmas, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2009 "ArtHelsinki 09 Helsinki contemporary art fair", represented by Finnish Jewellery Art Association, Wanha Satama, Helsinki, Finland

2009 "JOYA (Barcelona Contemporary Jewellery Week)", represented by Klimt02 Gallery, Convent dels Ángels (FAD), Barcelona, Spain

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 "Joyas à la Carte", represented by Klimt 02 Gallery, the 1898 Hotel, Rambla 109, Barcelona, Spain

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 AND SCHOLARSHIP

2016 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, National Council for Interdisciplinary Art, Diversity and International Activities

2016 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, National Council for Architecture, Design and Environmental Art

2016 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The Arts Council of Southeast Finland

2011 Arts Council of Finland, design

2010 South Carelia Regional Fund of Finnish Cultural Foundation, Finland

2009 Berner Design Stiftung and the Kanton of Bern, Switzerland

2009 Arts Council of Finland, design

2007 Arts Council of Southeast Finland

2005 South Carelia Regional Fund of Finnish Cultural Foundation

2003 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Finland

HELD LECTURES

2010 "Exhibiting Jewellery" seminar, Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Gustavsbergs theater, Gustavsberg, Sweden

2006 "KORU2" International contemporary jewellery symposium, Lappeenranta City Hall, Lappeenranta, Finland

IN PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS & CATALOGUES

2024 "ROTA NAV TIKAI ROTA / JEWELLERY IS NOT ONLY JEWELLERY", PUTTI Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2016 "Re/Defining Jewellery", CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

2015 "Not Too Precious", Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales, Great Britain, ISBN: 978-1-905865-12-3

2015 "Handful/Käeulatuses", Tanel Veenre, edited by Tamara Luuk, Arnoldsche Art Publishers ISBN 978-3-89790-436-1

2014 "Regard sur La Scandinavie", Olga Zobel Biró, la Direction des Affaires Culturelles et le Service Communication de la Ville de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, ISBN 978-2-919244-10-2

2014 "Itsenäisyyden ajan suomalainen koru", Helena ja Lasse Pahlman, Tuula Poutasuo, Päivi Ruutiainen, Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm, Esko Timonen, Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi, Bonnier Books Finland, Finland

2013 "2013 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition", Zhan Binghong, China, ISBN 978-7-5180-0050-0

2013 "Gem Visions 2014", Swarovski Gems™, D. Swarovski Distribution GmbH, Austria

2013 "Suzanne Golden presents interviews with 36 artists who innovate with beads", Lark Crafts, an Imprint of Sterling Publishing, New York, USA

2012 "The Beauty Chase - Parcours esthétiques du bijou contemporain", Espace le Carré, Lieu Municipal d´Art Contemporain, Ville de Lille, France

2012 "The Gem Visions Preview 2014", Swarovski Gems™, D. Swarovski Distribution GmbH, Austria

2012 "Earth and water", Päivi Ruutiainen and Iceland Design Centre, The Icelandic-Finnish Cultural Foundation, Finland

2012 "Jewelbook -International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art 12/13", Stichting Kunstboek Publishers, Oostkamp, Belgium

2012 "Unexpected Pleasures", edited by Susan Cohn, contribution by Deyan Sudjic, published by Skira Rizzoli, New York, USA

2011 "On Jewellery", Liesbeth den Besten, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, Germany

2011 "Noovo Volume 3: Unexpected Thoughts | Contemporary Jewellery", María del Rosario González y Santeiro and Jorge Margolles Garrote, Noovo Editions, The Pepin Press BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010 "KORURAL", Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Finland

2010 "Dreaming Jewelry", Miquel Abellán, Monsa, Barcelona, Spain

2009 "KORU 3: International Contemporary Jewellery", Saimaa University of Applied Sciences publications, Finland

2009 "ArtHelsinki 09", Helsinki contemporary art fair, Helsinki, Finland

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", Finnish Jewellery Art Association, 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", Gdańsk International Fair Co., Gdańsk, Poland

MAGAZINES (selected)

2015 Jewelit, vol. 17, Winter 2015, Takao Tsubouchi, Workcouture Yoshida, Tokyo, Japan

2014 Baltic Jewellery News, 26th issue, Odilija Guntoriute, Vilnius, Lithuania

2012 Inside Art, November 2012, Margherita Criscuolo, Italy

2012 Nord Eclair, 20.11.2012, Martin van Boxom, France

2012 Kunsthåndverk No.2, 2012, Marianne Zamecznik, Norway

2012 Galerie Rob Koudijs Magazine Jubilee issue, Galerie Rob Koudijs, The Netherlands

2011 Time Out Budapest, June 2011, Hungary

2011 Art Aurea, 2-2011, Sarah Schuhmacher, Germany

2010 Taide & Design, numero 9, Päivi Ruutiainen, Finland

2010 Casa Viva, Número 158, Julio 15, Roser Vendrell, Spain

2009 Inform Nr. 16, 12/2009-01/2010, Switzerland

2009 Finnland Magazin Nr. 81 May, Taru Koch, Switzerland

2008 Crafts, September/October, Great Britain

2008 Glorian Koti, August 2008, Finland

2008 Gloria, January

2008 Eeva, January

2007 Dif Magazine March 2007, Francisco Vaz Fernandes, Portugal

2006 Suuri käsityölehti 6-7, Finland

NEWSPAPERS

2016 Etelä-Saimaa 28.10.2016, Finland

2016 Imatralainen 20.10.2016, Finland

2013 El País, suplemento S Moda, November 16, Victoria Aroca, Spain

2013 Süddeutsche Zeitung, Nr. 122, Germany

2012 Voix du Nord, 18.11.2012, Virginie Carton, France

2012 Moss Avis 30.03.2012, Torgeir Snilsberg, Norway

2011 Etelä-Saimaa 05.10.2011, Seppo Paajanen, Finland

2011 Etelä-Saimaa 04.10.2011, Sari Pullinen, Finland

2010 Svenska Dagbladet 23.07.2010, Calle Arvidson, Sweden

2010 Pohjalainen 30.05.2010, Hannu Ranta, Finland

2010 Helsingin Sanomat 11.05.2010, Anu Uimonen, Finland

2009 El País, Quaderns, Dijous 17 de desembre de 2009, Ángela Molina, Spain

2009 Uutisvuoksi 22.11.2009, Päivi Ruutiainen, Finland

2009 Etelä-Saimaa 12.11.2009, Päivi Ruutiainen, Finland

2009 Etelä-Saimaa 06.11.2009, Liisa Kukkola, Finland

2009 Uutisvuoksi 06.11.2009, Anne Vihavainen, Finland

2009 Le Journal du Jura 06.02.2009, Marjorie Spart, Switzerland

2009 Biel Bienne 4/5 February, Venus Ryter, Switzerland

2008 Etelä-Saimaa 26.07.2008, Päivi Ruutiainen, Finland

2008 Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 24.07.2008, Finland

2008 Etelä-Saimaa 08.07.2008, Päivi Ruutiainen, Finland

2007 Etelä-Saimaa 20.11.2007, Finland

2006 Etelä-Saimaa 08.07.2006, Päivi Ruutiainen, Finland

2006 Iltalehti 15.06.2006, Finland

2006 Etelä-Saimaa 08.03.2006, Liisa Kukkola, Finland

2005 Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 15.12.2005, Finland

2005 Etelä-Saimaa 13.12.2005, Finland

2005 Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 06.10.2005, Finland

2005 Etelä-Saimaa 01.10.2005, Tiina Suomalainen, Finland

2004 Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 02.12.2004, Päivi Pokkinen, Finland

2004 Etelä-Saimaa 24.11.2004, Esa Vilenius, Finland

2004 Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 21.11.2004, Finland

2004 Etelä-Saimaa 27.02.2004, Riina Nokso-Koivisto, Finland

2002 Etelä-Saimaa 04.08.2002, Maria Mustranta, Finland

2002 Lappeenrantalainen 28.07.2002, Finland

2002 Etelä-Saimaa 27.04.2002, Liisa Kukkola, Finland

2001 Helsingin Sanomat 19.03.2001, Finland

2001 Etelä-Saimaa 14.03.2001, Liisa Kukkola, Finland

2001 Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 11.03.2001, Finland

2001 Lappeenrantalainen 11.03.2001, Finland

2000 Etelä-Saimaa 21.4.2000, Marko Gylén, Finland

2000 Etelä-Saimaa 15.4.2000, Ulla Hietalahti, Finland

2000 Etelä-Saimaa 21.01.2000, Ulla Hietalahti, Finland

MISCELLANEOUS

2016 "Jonni - Savitaipaleen paras keihäänheittäjä ja pahin huijari", handbill, Lappeenranta City Theatre, Lappeenranta, Finland

2016 "Kuin ensimmäistä päivää", handbill, Lappeenranta City Theatre, Lappeenranta, Finland

2016 "Iso paha susi", handbill, Lappeenranta City Theatre, Lappeenranta, Finland

2016 "Paniikki - miehiä hermoromahduksen partaalla", handbill, Lappeenranta City Theatre, Lappeenranta, Finland

2016 "Kolmen pennin ooppera", handbill, Lappeenranta City Theatre, Lappeenranta, Finland

2011 "HOCHsitzen", SCHMUCK2 E.V., Germany

2007 Bov Bladet 28.02.2007, Denmark

2006 Toimintakertomus, Etelä-Karjalan ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland

2006 Saimaan lomaopas, Finland

2006 Kaakkuri, Eeva-Kaisa Hakulinen, Finland

2001 "Koru, 2001/3, Christmas", South Carelia Polytechnic, Finland

SEMINARS

2010 "Exhibiting Jewellery", Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Gustavsbergs theater, Gustavsberg, Sweden

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

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

RESIDENCIES

2009 Berner Design Stiftung and the Kanton of Bern, Biel, Switzerland

2005 Arts Council of Southeast Finland, Barcelona, Spain

STUDY TRIPS (with schools)

Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Jewellery Department (Amsterdam, The Netherlands):

2002 Kassel, Germany

2002 Nijmegen, den Haag, Utrecht, Haarlem, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

South Carelia Polytechnic (Lappeenranta, Finland):

2006 and 2000 Tallinn, Estonia

2001 Antwerpen, Gent, Belgium

2001 Amsterdam, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

2000 and 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia