Janna Syvänoja - curriculum vitae
JANNA SYVÄNOJA
born 1960 Helsinki
STUDIES
| 1982 - 1993 | University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki – Master of Arts ( Furniture and Interior Design) |
| 1979 | Haukilahden lukio, Final Examination |
SEPARATE EXHIBITIONS
| 2003 | "Poetiche finlandesi", Marijke Studio, Padova, Italy (with Helena Lehtinen and Eija Mustonen) |
| 2002 | "Maalaillen – luonnon väreillä", Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2002 | New jewellery, Scottish Gallery, Scotland, UK |
| 2002 | "Préambules et rémanences", Institut Finlandais, Paris, France |
| 2002 | Bijoux en papier recycle, chez Johanna Gullichsen, Paris, France |
| 2000 | "Muistelen maisemia", Taidehallin studio, Helsinki, Finland |
| 1999 | Rista Konsthantverk, Umeå, Sweden |
| „Begegnungen", Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany | |
| 1998 | "I am forever blowing bubbles", Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland |
| 1997/98 | „WeissWald", Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe / Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein E.V, Germany |
| 1996 | "Jyviä vai lakanoita", Näyttelyhuone Klobben, Helsinki, Finland |
| 1995 | The Finnish Paper Art Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland |
| 1995 | "Readymade Talk", Gallery Maronie, Kioto, Japan (with Niran Baibulat) |
| 1993 | "Rajamaa", Exhibition of final examination, University of Industrial Design, Helsinki, Finland, (with Niran Baibulat) |
| 1992 | Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland Gardillac Schmuckgalerie, Karlsruhe, Germany |
JOINT EXHIBITIONS
| 2004 | "Nordic Cool : Hot Women Designers", The Nat'l Museum of Women In Arts, Washington D.C., USA |
| "Natur ganz Kunst", Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 2003 | "Valuable Links. Jewels from the OSCE-countries", Dutch Embassy, Maastricht, Netherlands Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Republic of Korea "Pro.Koru", Laura Korpikaivo-Tammisen käsityömuseo, Lappeenranta, Finland "Inner Luxury". International Contemporary Jewellery, Barcelona, Spain SOFA, New York, USA "Retro", Fiskarsin ruukki, Kuparipaja, Fiskars, Finland |
| 2002 | International Art + Design Fair 1900-2002, New York, USA |
| SOFA, Chicago, USA | |
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"Mikromegas", Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan / Musée de l'Horlogerie et de l'Emaillerie, Genève, Switzerland |
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| "Mini 35x35x35", Galleria Katariina, Helsinki, Finland | |
| SOFA, New York City, USA | |
| Finnish jewellery 3, Kemi Artmuseum / Lönnström Artmuseum, Finland | |
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Mikromegas, Bayerischer Kunstgeverbeverein E. V. München, Germany/ American Craft Museum, New York, USA |
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| Finnish jewellery 3, Porvoo Arthall, Porvoo/ Mikkeli Artmuseum, Mikkeli/ Kuopio Artmuseum, Kuopio, Finland | |
| SOFA New York City, New York, USA | |
| Chicago Art Fair SOFA, Chicago, USA | |
| 2000 | Miniatures, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, USA/ Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland |
| Peacock, Body Art, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Varhaug, Norway | |
| Ego, Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerpen, Belgium | |
| SOFA, Chicago, USA | |
| International 20th Century Arts Fair, New York, USA | |
| A Matter of Materials, Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville Ky / Telluride Gallery of Fine Arts, Telluride Co/ Oxoxo Gallery, Baltimore Md | |
| Material and Form, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Finnish jewellery 2, Pohjoispohjanmaan Museo, Ainola, Finland | |
| 1998 | A Matter of Materials, Metropolis Gallery, Seattle/ Prime Gallery, Toronto/ Art Fair SOFA, Chicago/Stones Gallery, San Francisco / Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Canada/Thomas Mann Gallery, New Orleans, USA |
| Portrait of Masters in the Crafts, Munich, Germany | |
| Summer exhibition, Pyhäniemi mansion, Hollola, Finland | |
| Tyhjä - Empty ? , Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland | |
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Jewellery moves, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK Gallery Lief, Los Angeles, USA |
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| Finnish jewellery 2, Porvoo Arthall, Finland | |
| 1997 | Papper, Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden |
| Made of wood, made of paper, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
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Nordiske Smykketriennale, Ålborg, Reykjavik, Stockholm, Berlin Schmuck 97, Munich, Germany |
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| Fibre, Fiskars, Finland | |
| Nordic Jewellery, Toronto, Canada | |
| Mänttä Artexhibition (Mäntän kuvataideviikot), Mänttä, Finland | |
| Charlottenborgs Autumnexhibition 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Mokkumto Craft Space, Soul, South-Korea | |
| Joulurauha, Klobben, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 1996 | Exhibition for Crafts, Verkaranta, Tampere, Finland |
| Finish Jewellery, Porvoo Art Hall, Finland | |
| Subject 96, Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland | |
| Woman as an artist, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland | |
| Time for wood, Fiskars, Finland | |
| Made of wood, made of paper, Design Forum, Helsinki | |
| Paper Road, Galerie Metal, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Kaleidopaper, Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| Papier-Art-Fashion, Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe / Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Luovat Kädet, Kerava Art Museum, Finland | |
| 1995 | Design Finlandais, Nice, Italy |
| Biennale del Bronzetto, Padova, Italy | |
| Galerie Beeld & Aambeeld, Enschede | |
| 1994 | Helen Drutt Collection, Museum Bellerive, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Nordiska Profiler, National Museums, Stockholm, Bergen, Oslo, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Helsinki | |
| 10 + 10, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden | |
| 1993 | Benno Premsela Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Design Forum summer exhibition, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Subject 1, Design Forum , Helsinki, Finland | |
| Ingenuity and creativity, Unesco House, Paris, France | |
| 1992 | Expo 92, Seville, Spain |
| Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany | |
| Arbeitsgruppe Kunsthandwerk und Design, Osnabrück | |
| Triennale du Bijou, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France | |
| Finland i dag, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 1991 | Stars of Form, Helsinki, Finland |
| Finnish Design 8, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland | |
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Configura 1, Triennale des Europischen Kunsthandwerks The Garden of Form, Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland |
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| Design Forum summer exhibition, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 1990 | New Form, Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Spain |
| Schmuckzene 90, Munich, Cologne, Germany | |
| Nord Form 90, Malmö, Sweden | |
| Fair of recyicling, Riihimäki, Finland | |
| Triennale Europeenne du Bijou, Paris, France | |
| 1989 | Finnish Design 7, Helsinki, Finland |
| The Youth Festival of Pyongyang, North-Korea | |
| Utopia 2000, Grand Palais, Paris, France | |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2004 | "Meister der Moderne", Internationale Handwerksmesse, München, Germany "A Touch of Finland", Flow gallery, London, UK |
| Gallery Lief, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| 2003 | "International Artists", Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
| "Ornaments from the North", Galerie Beeld & Aambeeld, Enschede, Netherlands | |
| 2. Nordic jewellery triennale, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway | |
| 2002 | "Masterpieces", Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy |
| "International Jewellery Metalsmithing Invitational", University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA | |
| "Juuret", Helsinki Arthall, Helsinki, Finland / Tallinna Kunstihoone, Estonia | |
| 2. Nordic jewellery triennale, Lahti sport museum, Lahti, Finland / Museum of Applied Arts, Tallinn, Estonia / Museum of Applied Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark / Hafnarborg Kulturcenter, Hafnarborg, Iceland | |
| 2001 | 2. Nordic jewellery triennal, Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Paper + Finland = Art, Galerie Montcalme, Ottawa/ Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada/Nash Gallery/ Minneapolis, USA | |
| 2000 | In Loco 1999 - Syklus, Flekkefjord Museum, Norge |
| Paper Worlds, Museum von Pully, Lausanne, Swizerland | |
| Nature's picnic, Jugendhall, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Re-one, The Finnish Paper Art Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland | |
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Paper+Finland=Art, The Art Gallery of New Founland and Labrador/ Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, Canada |
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| Paper Exhibition, Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, Finland | |
| Trends&Innovations in Contemporary Jewelry by European women artists, Ilias LALAoUNIS Jewelry Museum, Athens, Greece | |
| Papier, gold und silber, Galerie Für Schmuck Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Papier, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 1999 | Paper Worlds, Aine Art Museum, Tornio / Galerie im Werkstatt-Laden, Winterhur, Suisse |
| Tuohen jalostajat, Artek, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Eläköön Kalevala, Gallen-Kallela Museum, Tarvaspää, Finland | |
| In Loco 1999 - Syklus, Risor Kunstförening, Norge / Christianssand Kunstförening /Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum / Nordenfleldske Kunstindustrimuseum | |
| Paper + Finland = Art, Mingei Art Museum, San Diego, USA | |
| The primordial sea, Wäinö Aaltosen Museo, Turku, Finland | |
| A Material Approach, Ohio, Wesleman University, USA | |
| 1998 | Paper + Finland = Art, American Craft Museum, New York/Chicago Athaneum at Shaumburg, Chicago, USA |
| Paper Worlds, Jyväskylä Art Museum/ Vanha Raatihuone, Turku / Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland | |
| Nature as Object - The 3rd Australian International Crafts Triennial, Perth , Australia | |
| 1997 | Finnish jewellery, Gallery Hipotesi, Barcelona, Spain |
| Five women in craft and design, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Valo Festival, Barbican Center, London, UK | |
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Nordiske Smykketriennale, Copenhagen, Trondheim, Oslo, Helsinki, Gothenburg Rista Konsthantverk, Umeå, Sweden |
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| Papierklänge, Leipzig, Germany/Galleria Otso, Espoo, Finland | |
| 1995 | Papierklänge, Mönchengladbach, Germany |
| 1994 | Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland |
| Time of Wood and Light, Otso Galleria, Espoo, Finland | |
| Kunsthandverker aus Finland, Osnabrück, Germany | |
| 1993 | Projets singuliers, Villeurbanne, France |
| On Paper from Paper, Museum of Handicraft, Lappeenranta, Finland | |
| Paperipursi, Museum of Myllysaari, Valkeakoski, Finland | |
| 1992 | Galerie V & V , Vienna, Austria |
| Kesä(t)yöt, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Contrasts and Connections, USA / Finland | |
| Incontri con l'arte, Milan, Italy | |
| Scandinavian Jewellery Exhibition, Electrum Gallery, London, UK | |
| 1991 | Jewellers by four artists, Lahti Art Museum, Finland |
| Galleria Olga Soe, Paris, France | |
| Arki-exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 1990 | Koruko, Gallery 25, Helsinki, Finland |
| Gallery Titanic, Turku, Finland | |
| Finnish Paper Art Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland | |
| Gallery Ratatosk, Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| Vanha Gallery, Helsinki, Finland |
HONOURS
| 1997 | Bayerischer Staatpreis |
| 1995 | 3rd prize in Vaasa University Art-competition |
| 1993 | Finland Prize of Young Art, Ministry of Education |
| 1993 | The City of Helsinki, Information Management Centre |
| 1993 | University of Industrial Arts |
| 1990 | Zonta-Scholarship |
| 1989 | Diploma, Finnish Design 7 |
SCHOLARSHIPS
| 2004- | The State Grant (5 years) |
| 2000-02 | The State Grant (3 years) |
| 1998 | Greta and William Lehtinen – Foundation |
| 1998/03 | Compensation Grant to Visual Artist's, Ministery of Education |
| 1997 | Kalevala Koru scholarship |
| 1996/97/99/2001/03/04 Travel grant of Arts Council of Finland | |
| 1995/97 | FRAME |
| 1995 | Kordelin Foundation scholarship |
| 1994 | The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation |
| 1990/92/97 Cultural Foundation of Finland | |
| 1989/90 | University of Industrial Arts |
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS AND IN PUBLIC PLACES
| 2003 | Embassy of Finland, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2003 | International Museum of Applied Arts, Turin, Italy |
| 2003 | University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA |
| 2002 | OKO Bank, Finland |
| 2002 | Galerie europeenne du bois et de la forêt, Dompierre-Les-Ormes, France |
| 2001 | Jack Lenar Larsen Collection, USA |
| 2000 | Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin, Germany |
| 1999 | The state art council of Sweden |
| 1999 | Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland |
| 1999 | Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norge |
| 1999 | HPY (Helsinki Telephone Company), Finland |
| 1998 | Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia |
| 1998 | American Craft Museum, New York, USA |
| 1998 | Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany |
| 1998 | Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Germany |
| 1998 | Committee for The Purchase of Works for The State Art Colection/Embassy of Finland, Bruxelles, Belgium |
| 1997 | Neste oy, Finland |
| 1997 | Badisches Landesmuseum, Germany |
| 1997/98/ 02 Saastamoinen Foundation, Kuopio, Finland | |
| 1996 | The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1995 | National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1993 | Museum for Crafts, Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 1992 | Benno Premsela Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1992 | Helen Drutt Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA |
| 1992/98 | Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Canada |
| 1990 | Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1990/94/96/98/02 Juhani Harri – Inge Bromerus Collection, Finland | |
| 1989/00/02 Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland | |
WORKS BY ORDER
| 2001 | Q-Group, Linköping, Sweden |
| A. Sutter, Essen, Germany | |
| Metso Paper Oy, Wisconsin, USA | |
| 1997 | Finnish Litterature Information Centre |
| 1995 | HPY |
| 1994 | Nokia |
| 1993/95 | University of Industrial Arts |
| 1993 | Finnpap |
| 1991/92 | University of Industrial Arts |
| 1990/95 | Enso-Gutzeit |
| 1990 | The Finnish Paper Art Gallery |
MEMBERSHIPS
| SIO (Interior Architects), TEXO (Textile artists), HTS (Helsinki Artists Society), SKL (Finland Sculptor Society) |
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