2010 
Mobile Museum of Art Glass, Wear Mobile, USA
Las Palmas, Object, Galerie Louise Smit, Naturae, Rotterdam, NL
Saatchi Gallery, Collect, Galerie Louise Smit ,Naturae London, UK
Glasmuseum Leerdam, Op het lijf geblazen, Leerdam, NL
Bernard Foundation, Juste un peu de terre sur la peau, Limoge, FR 
Galeria Garash, Walking the Gray Area, Mexico City, MX

In my work I visualize the relationship between man and nature. I am fascinated especially by the human interference in the nature; the traces that are left behind by the taking care, the organizing or controlling nature. But the nature “fights back”, it keeps on growing and changing. This unpredictable power of life is for me a source of inspiration. This dialogue between control and freedom has become the general theme for my jewelry.

Terhi Tolvanen

Terhi Tolvanen, 1968, Helsinki, Finland 

Education:
1997-1999 Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, NL 2nd phase applied arts
1993-1997 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL Jewellery design
1989-1993 Lahti Design Institute in Lahti, FI Silversmithing

Public collections:
Gintaro Museum, Vilnius, LT | Stichting Françoise van den Bosch, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL | European Ceramics Work Center, Den Bosch, NL | Schmuck Museum, Pforzheim, DE | Koch Collection, CH | Rotasa Collection Trust, USA | Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, NL | The Jewelry Art Association Finland, FI | Design Museo, FI | Private collections NL, DE, FI, NO, LT, USA, SE, SP, I, SI 

Solo exhibitions (selection):
2010 Galerie Viceversa Naturae Lausanne, CH | Galerie Spektrum Naturae Munich, DE
2009 Loods6 Naturae Amsterdam, NL
2007 Galerie Louise Smit Woodland Amsterdam, NL | The Chicago Art Fair, Sofa Studio 206 Charon Kransen Arts, USA
2006 Galleri Hnoss Smyckekonstnär från Finland Gothenburg, SE | Galleria Johan S. Naturae Helsinki, FI
2004 Galerie Louise Smit Substralia Amsterdam, NL 

Group exhibitions (selection):
2009 Art Museum of South Texas Glass Wear Corpus Christie, USA | Memorial Art Gallery Glass Wear University of Rochester, Rochester, USA | Museum of Arts & Design Glass Wear New York, USA | Internationale Handwerksmesse Schmuck Munich, DE | Gallery of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Schmuck Melbourne, AUS | Museum of Cultures Fetched From Afar Helsinki, FI | Museum Catharijne Convent Lingam Utrecht, NL | Konstfack Lingam Stockholm, SE
Philadelphia Art Alliance Challenging the Chatelaine Helen W. Drutt, Philadelphia, USA | Saatchi Gallery Collect Galerie Louise Smit, London, UK | Design Museo Suomalainen Koru Helsinki, FI | Goldfingers Opening Copenhagen, DK
2008 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Glass Wear, Pforzheim, DE | Museum of Arts & Design Glass Wear, New York, USA | Design Museum, Challenging The Chatelaine Helen W. Drutt, Gent, B | SM’s-Stedelijk Museum, Challenging The Chatelaine Helen W. Drutt, s’Hertogenbosch, NL | Kunstlerhaus, Challenging The Chatelaine Helen W. Drutt, Wien, A 

for more see: http://www.terhitolvanen.com

2010 Lingam, Museum Catharijneconvent, NL (cat.) |Object Rotterdam GalerieLouise Smit, NL (cat.) |Collect Crafts Council, London, UK (cat.)
2009 Mixed Media Jewellery A&C Black publishers, UK (cat.) | Schmuck Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, DE (cat.) | Jewellery Compendium Darling Publications, DE (cat.)
2008 Art Jewelry Today Schiffer Publishing, USA (cat.) | European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery Mons, BE (cat.) | Bijoux: Illustration et Design Maomao publications, Barcelona, SP (cat.) | Promenons-nous dans les bois Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, FR (cat.) | For the Love of Nature Metalsmith Magazine, Nr.3, USA (art.) | New Best Friends Items nr.4, NL (art.) | Promenons-nous autour de bois Liberation, FR (art.) | Adorn, New Jewellery Laurence King Publishers, UK (cat.)
2007 Woodland Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam (cat.) | Jewelry Follows Landscape GZ Art+design nr.2 (art.) | Groots onderhoud Items nr. 3/4 Amsterdam (art.) | Fashion Source: Jewellery Illustration Maomao publications, Barcelona (cat.) | Natural Materials A&C Black publishers, UK (cat.)