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 Selected art jewellery artists listed by countries and name. Includes information of the artists, images of the work, cv, statement, publications, exhibitions, coming events, contact.
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 | Lappeenranta, Finland | website: www.sariliimatta.net
mail: aussiekangaroo@hotmail.com
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Sari Liimatta
Sari Liimatta
Sculpture: Process 2009
Glass beads, onyx, fresh water pearls, peridot, pins, quartz, thread, a plastic toy
15 x 9,5 x 12 cm
Sari Liimatta
Sculpture: The guardian 2008
Amber, glass beads, fresh water pearls, malachite, pins, a plastic toy, strengthened silk
26,0 x 8,5 x 17,5 cm
Sari Liimatta
Bracelet: Dressed up 2008
Amber, glass beads, bronze, hematite, fresh water pearls, pins, a plastic toy, turquoise
13,5 x 6,5 x 14,5 cm
Sari Liimatta
Sculpture: Final Affairs 2008
Glass beads, fresh water pearls, pins, rose quartz, thread, a plastic toy, a zip
19,5 x 14,5 x 8,5 cm
Sari Liimatta
Brooch: Not Enough 2005
Glass beads, metals, paint, rubber toys
Three brooches
Sari Liimatta
Sculpture: You don’t look like a toy – I don’t look like a toy… 2005
Glass beads, metal, paint, plastics, plastic toys
Sari Liimatta
Sculpture: But I Love Him 2005
Glass beads, metals, a plastic toy
Sari Liimatta
Necklace: Confessions 2005
Fresh water pearls, glass beads, metals, plastic toys
Sari Liimatta
Sculpture: The Competition 2006
Amber, diabase, fresh water pearls, glass beads, hematite, lava, metal, onyx, plastic toys
Sari Liimatta
Pendant: The Carrier 2006
Glass beads, metals, plastic toy
Sari Liimatta
Sculpture: The Warrior 2006
Metal, plastic toy, quartz
Sari Liimatta
Pendant: The Souvenirs 2006
Metals, shell, plastic toy
Sari Liimatta
Sculpture: The Sleeper 2007
Cast glass, hematite, metals, a rubber toy
Sari Liimatta
Bracelet: The Wind 2007
Glass beads, metal, a plastic necklace and a toy
| Coming exhibitions | 2010: 03.10-08.02, Sieren met Dieren, The CODA museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands | 10.01-21.02, The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA | 15.01-07.02, BESTFORM 10, Kornhausforum, Stadtsaal, Bern, Switzerland | 14.03-25.04, The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University Art Galleries, Myers School of Art, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA | 24.04-17.07, 2010 Glass Jewelry: An International Passion for Design, Mary and Al Shands Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA | 08.05-09, Fiskars 2010, Makasiini, Fiskars, Finland | 27.05-07.08, Glimten i ögat, Kulturhuset Ängeln, Katrineholm, Sweden | 05.06-19.09, Solo exhibition, Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Sweden | 19.09-31.10, The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington, USA
2011: The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, 23.01-06.03, University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California, USA, 27.03-08.05, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA, 31.07-11.09, LSU Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
2012: The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, 02.10-13.11, Murray State Kentucky, Murray, Kentucky, 04.12-15.01, Isla Center for the Arts, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam
| Statement | I was born 1977 into factory worker house. Later I got two little sisters. We had no super great paintings on the walls but nearby there was an abandoned factory area and beautiful forests, wild fields, where I spent the most of my days. I wanted to bury dead birds and mice, and tried to heal sick plants and trees. On their summer holidays our parents took us to the islands, where I collected stones and other treasures of the shores. We travelled with a little boat and slept outdoors. I was never afraid of the wilderness. At school I loved biology and drawing lessons, also music.
When we moved closer to the town center, it was a huge shock to me. I wanted to become a veterinarian, but it was impossible. I had to take a risk in the end and choose art studies.
1998 I started to study jewellery by stone smithing at South Carelia Polytechnic. Studies there lasted for five years, because of the exchange year at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. 2003 I came back to my hometown Lappeenranta and graduated with a B.A. degree.
Now I work at home, or live at work as it often feels like. I read a lot when I´m not working. Mainly I read about art history, biology and physics on nuclear level. I feel that they are all trying to give me some kind of vision to see something. To find something.
On semester 2006-2007 I was teaching stone smithing at South Carelia Polytechnic. It was exciting. It feels important to try to see bigger pictures. But also structures are needed. To keep yourself focused.
I love the forest, but I need the city too. It is a question of balance.
To travel, to see the distance. I need to feel the movement but also to be able to stop, to pause. To define the difference.
I tell about people, but also want to question the status which some animal species have in our culture. It is fascinating how enormous part they still have in our society, no matter how urbanized the environment has been made to look like. The silent power.
I’m constantly looking for the appropriate function of the jewellery to play with. The connection to the human body. Choosing the colours is also in very important part in my work. Together with the materials and the technique, these all are in the end building up the work’s final name.
Something which can… tell the… show the…
| CV | Sari Liimatta, 1977, Lappeenranta, Finland
Education:
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
Public Collections:
2009 Bernische Stiftung für angewandte Kunst und Gestaltung, Bern, Switzerland | the Fine Arts Collection of the City of Bienne, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland www.biel-bienne.ch/kunstsammlung
2008 Collection of Finnish Jewellery Art Association | The Finnish Institute in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Private Collections:
The Bahamas, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Awards:
2005 Prize for young artist, Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2001 The International Contest for Jewellery With Amber Design, second prize, Gdańsk, Poland
Solo exhibitions:
2009 "HIGH/LOW", Friends of Carlotta Galerie für Schmuck und Objekte, Zürich, Switzerland
2008 "OPEN/CLOSED", Galleria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland | "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 | "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 | "Animal", Gallery NORSU, Helsinki, Finland | "IMPULSEN", Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Netherlands | "With Heart", Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 "SPARKLING EYES – humour in finnish jewellery", Copper Smithy, Fiskars Village, Finland | "Look What I Found", Lesley Craze Gallery, London, Great Britain | "Animals", Platina Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden | "Animals", Beatrice Lang galerie fϋr schmuck, Bern, Switzerland
2006 "Au + Fe + Inc. –smykker, smedejern og kunstobjekter, Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark | a platform curated by Hugo Madureira, Pedras&Pêssegos, Porto, Portugal | "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, Finland
2008 "The Pendant Show", Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, United States | "Rajoilla – Korutaide", Galleria 5, Oulu, Finland |"Korutaideyhdistyksen Kokoelma", The Lahti Art museum, Lahti, Finland | "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 | "Medicine", Galleria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland | "Pilkku", Galleria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland
2001 "II ja III Laatua", Galleria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland
2000 "Dialogi", galleria Luowa, Lappeenranta, Finland | "Millennium", The House of Fabergé, St. Petersburg, Russia
Agent galeries:
2008 Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007 Klimt02 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 | "Niello" jewellery technique course, Jonas Balčiunas (Lithuania) | Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia | "A bracelet, which wants to be something else", Iris Eichenberg (Netherlands) | South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland | "Material/Technique – Body", Jacquess Kaufman (Switzerland) | South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland | "Combining", Iris Eichenberg (Netherlands) | South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
2000 "Art To Wear", Judit Karpati-Racz (Hungary) | South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland | "Territory", Iris Eichenberg (Netherlands) | South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland | "Sculpture", Carl Reed (Colorado Springs, USA) | South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland |"Hartsikurssi", Emma Forrest (Great Britain) | South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
Fairs:
2009 "ArtHelsinki 09 Contemporary Art Fair", represented by Finnish Jewellery Art Association, Wanha Satama, Helsinki, Finland | "JOYA (Barcelona Contemporary Jewellery Week)", represented by Klimt02 Gallery, Convent dels Ángels (FAD), Barcelona, Spain | "COLLECT", represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, Saatchi Gallery, London, Great Britain | "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 | "COLLECT", represented by Galerie Rob Koudijs, The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
2001 "@mberif 2001", International Amber, Jewellery and Gems Fair, Gdańsk International Fair Co., Gdańsk, Poland
2000 "Helsinki International Fashion Fair", Fair Center, Helsinki, Finland
Professional experience:
2006-2007 teacher of stone smithing at South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
Grants;
2009 Bernische Stiftung für angewandte Kunst und Gestaltung and the Kanton of Bern, Switzerland | Arts Council of Finland
2007 Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2005 South Carelia Regional Fund of Finnish Cultural Foundation
2003 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
2004 Lappeenrannan Kulttuuritoimisto | Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2003 Lappeenrannan Kulttuuritoimisto
Held lectures:
2006 "KORU2" International contemporary jewellery symposium, Lappeenranta City Hall, Lappeenranta , Finland
Seminars:
2006 "chroma", Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia | "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 | Nijmegen, den Haag, Utrecht, Haarlem, Eindhoven, Netherlands
South Carelia Polytechnic (Lappeenranta):
2006 and 2000 Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Antwerpen, Gent, Belgium | Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2000 and 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia
Residence:
2009 Bernische Stiftung für angewandte Kunst und Gestaltung and the Kanton of Bern (January-June), Biel, Switzerland
2005 Arts Council of Southeast Finland (January), Barcelona, Spain
| Publications | 2010 "Contemporary Jewelry", MONSA Barcelona Publications, Spain
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 | "500 Pendants & Lockets", Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, USA | "Bijoux. Illustration et Design", maomao publications, Barcelona, Spain | "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, Gdańsk International Fair Co., Gdańsk, Poland | "Koru, 2001/3, Christmas", South Carelia Polytechnic, Finland
Magazines:
2009 Finnland Magazin Nr. 81 May, Taru Koch, Switzerland
2008 Crafts, September/October, Great Britain | Glorian Koti August 2008, Anna Aromaa, Finland | Gloria, January | Eeva, January
2007 Dif Magazine March 2007, Francisco Vaz Fernandes, Portugal
2006 Suuri käsityölehti 6-7, Finland
Newspapers:
2009 Etelä-Saimaa 06.11.2009, Liisa Kukkola, Finland | Le Journal du Jura 06.02.2009, Marjorie Spart, Switzerland | Biel Bienne 4/5 February, Venus Ryter, Switzerland
2008 Etelä-Saimaa 26.07.2008, Päivi Ruutiainen, Finland | Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 24.07.2008, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 08.07.2008, Päivi Ruutiainen, Finland
2007 Etelä-Saimaa 20.11.2007, Finland
2006 Etelä-Saimaa 08.07.2006, Päivi Ruutiainen, Finland | Iltalehti 15.06.2006, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 08.03.2006, Liisa Kukkola, Finland
2005 Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 15.12.2005, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 13.12.2005, Finland | Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 06.10.2005, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 01.10.2005, Tiina Suomalainen, Finland
2004 Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 02.12.2004, Päivi Pokkinen, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 24.11.2004, Esa Vilenius, Finland | Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 21.11.2004, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 27.02.2004, Riina Nokso-Koivisto, Finland
2002 Etelä-Saimaa 04.08.2002, Maria Mustranta, Finland | Lappeenrantalainen 28.07.2002, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 27.04.2002, Liisa Kukkola, Finland
2001 Helsingin Sanomat 19.03.2001, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 14.03.2001, Liisa Kukkola, Finland | Kaakkois-Suomen Sanomat 11.03.2001, Finland | Lappeenrantalainen 11.03.2001, Finland
2000 Etelä-Saimaa 21.4.2000, Marko Gylén, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 15.4.2000, Ulla Hietalahti, Finland | Etelä-Saimaa 21.01.2000, Ulla Hietalahti, Finland
Miscellaneous:
2007 Bov Bladet 28.02.2007, Denmark
2006 Toimintakertomus, Etelä-Karjalan ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland | Saimaan lomaopas, Finland | Kaakkuri, Eeva-Kaisa Hakulinen, Finland
| On sale at | Klimt02 | Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| Additional information | See more works at:
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
www.finlandia.ch/public/default.aspx?contentid=159811&culture=fi-FI
www.biel-bienne.ch/kunstsammlung
| Liimatta , Sari
- Lappeenranta
Finland
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