JANNA SYVÄNOJA born 3.3.1960 Helsinki Ehrensvärdintie 4-6 A 4 00150 Helsinki, Finland E-mail: jannasyvanoja@msn.com STUDIES 1982 1993 University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki Master of Arts ( Furniture and Interior Design) SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 Pieces, spaces, precious places, Gallery V & V, Vienna, Austria 2007 Sään armoilla - sään armosta, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland 2006...so schallt es heraus, Antje Wiewinner showroom, Osnabrück, Germany 2006 Gallery Arti Orafe, Florence, Italy 2005 Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden 2004 Röhsska Museet T. and W. Söderberg prize exhibition, Gothenburg, Sweden 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 recyclé, 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 1992 Gardillac Schmuckgalerie, Karlsruhe, Germany JOINT EXHIBITIONS 2012 Schmuck 2012, Munchen, Germany Object Rotterdam with Galerie Louise Smit, The Netherlands 2011 Art Palm Beach Florida, USA Collet 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Between Tradition and Future, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South-Korea SOFA Chicago. USA 2010 Kohti metsää, Galleria Norsu, Helsinki Luvassa lämpenevää, Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu, Finland Paper, Devon Guild of Graftsmen, Ireland Paper art, Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland ev+a invited 2010, Limerick, Ireland Holland Paper Biennial, Museum Rijswijk,, Netherlands Collect 2010, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Puun Syy, Fiskars, Finland Kiilto silmissä, Katrineholm Kulturhuset, Ängel, Sweden Parasta puusta, Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä/ Lusto,Punkaharju,Finland 2009 Collect 2009, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Villa Roosa, Orimattila, Finland The Finnish Paper Art Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland Gioelli di carta, Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy 1
Finnish Jewellery 1600-2009, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland Re-interpreting Nature, Museum of Applied Arts of Budapest, Hungary Paper, Flow Gallery, London 2008 Collect 2008, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK Kiilto silmissä, Fiskars, Finland 100 % Finlande, Paris, France 2007 Tendenser 2007, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway Kontti Helsinki, Finland Transparent, Fiskars, Finland Collect 2007, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK 2006 Naisen muoto, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland Parures, Nîmes / Uzès, France Re-interpreting Nature, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland 2005 Hiljaisuus, Verkaranta Center, Tampere, Finland 30 th Anniversary of the Neon Gallery, Gallery Cap d Art, Genval, Belgium Joieria Finlandesa, Barcelona, Spain Nature, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK Lucca Preziosa, Lucca, Italy Transcender subvertir, Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 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 Mikromegas, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan / Musée de l Horlogerie et de l Emaillerie, Genève, Switzerland Mini 35x35x35, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki, Finland SOFA, New York City, USA Finnish jewellery 3, Kemi Artmuseum / Lönnström Artmuseum, Finland 2001 Mikromegas, Bayerischer Kunstgeverbeverein E. V. München, Germany/ American Craft Museum, New York, USA 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 20 th Century Arts Fair, New York, USA 1999 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 Jewellery moves, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK Gallery Lief, Los Angeles, USA Finnish jewellery 2, Porvoo Arthall, Finland 1997 Papper, Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden 2
Made of wood, made of paper, Buenos Aires, Argentina Nordiske Smykketriennale, Ålborg, Reykjavik, Stockholm, Berlin Schmuck 97, Munich, Germany 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, France 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 Configura 1, Triennale des Europischen Kunsthandwerks The Garden of Form, Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland 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 recycling, 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 2012 Dal Silenzio, Marijke Studio, Padova, Italy (with Julia Kunnap and Castello Hansen 2011 Abushan-Grass to Gold, New Delhi, India Finnish Designer Awards, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland / Finnish-Norwegian Culture Institute, Oslo, Norway / Finnish Institute in Stockholm, Sweden Paper, The Gallery @ The Civic, Barnsley, UK Sipuli, Finnish Culture Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia Transformation and Metamorphosis, Galerie Handwerk, Munchen, Germany 2010 Finnish jewellery exhibition, Museum of Arts, Chelyabinsk, Russia 3
Inspiration by paper, Gallery X, Bratislava, Slovakia 2009 Irreverent, Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts, San Francisco, USA 2008 Just Must, Estonian History Museum, Tallinn, Estonia Finnish Bitches, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, Netherlands International Paper Jewellery, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK Collectables, Alternatives Gallery, Rome, Italy 2007 Collectables, Alternatives Gallery, Rome, Italy 2006 Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, Finland (with Anssi Kasitonni and Pasi Karjula) 2005 Quartets In Materials, Galerie Beeld & Aambeeld, Enschede, Netherlands Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland (with Kuutti Lavonen and Tapani Mikkonen) Keskusteluja, National Opera House, Helsinki, Finland Modernia tuohikulttuuria, Galleria 5, Oulu, Finland 2004 Vessel, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Ma., USA Meister der Moderne, Internationale Handwerksmesse, München, Germany A Touch of Finland, Flow gallery, London, UK / Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim, Ireland Gallery Lief, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2003 Poetiche finlandesi, Marijke Studio, Padova, Italy (with Helena Lehtinen and Eija Mustonen) 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 Paper+Finland=Art, The Art Gallery of New Founland and Labrador/ Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, Canada 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 1996 Nordiske Smykketriennale, Copenhagen, Trondheim, Oslo, Helsinki, Gothenburg Rista Konsthantverk, Umeå, Sweden Papierklänge, Leipzig, Germany/Galleria Otso, Espoo, Finland 1995 Papierklänge, Mönchengladbach, Germany 1994 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland 4
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 2011 Artist of the Year by Ornamo 2004 Torsten and Wanja Söderbergs Prize 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 GRANTS 2012-17 The State Grant (5 years) 2010 Cultural Foundation of Finland 2004-08 The State Grant (5 years) 2000-02 The State Grant (3 years) 1998 Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation 1998/03/09 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 2009 State of Finland/ Ministry of Education 2009 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands 2009 The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK 2008 National Museum, Oslo, Norway 2007 Wihuri Foundation, Finland 2007 Viestilehdet Oy / Espoo Theatre, Espoo, Finland 2007/11 Art Society of Finland 2007 Mint Museum of Craft and Design, No. Carolina, USA 2006/11 State of Finland 5
2005 Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan 2005 The City of Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 2005 Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden 2004 The City of Helsinki Art Museum, Finland 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 The State Art Collection/Embassy of Finland, Bruxelles, Belgium 1997 Neste Oy, Finland 1997 Badisches Landesmuseum, Germany 1997/98/ 02/ 05 /12 Saastamoinen Foundation, Kuopio, Finland 1996 The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995/05 National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden 1993 Craft Museum of Finland, 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 1990/05 Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden 1990/94/96/98/02 Juhani Harri Inge Bromerus Collection, Finland 1989/97/00/02/05 Lars and Helena Pahlman Collection, Finland 1989/00/02 Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland WORKS BY ORDER 2009 State of Finland 2004 The City of Helsinki Art Museum, Finland 2001 Q-Group, Linköping, Sweden A. Sutter, Essen, Germany Metso Paper Oy, Wisconsin, USA 1997 Finnish Litterature Information Centre 1995 Helsinki Telephone Company 1994 Nokia 1993 Finnpap 1991/92/93/95 University of Industrial Arts 1990/95 Enso-Gutzeit 1990 The Finnish Paper Art Gallery MEMBERSHIPS SKL (Finland Sculptor Society), TEXO (Textile artists), HTS (Helsinki Artists Society), Finland Jewellery Art Society, Artists O / Ornamo COMMITTEE WORK 2008-2010 The State Art Collection 6