Janna Syvanova
Créatrice de bijoux
Born 1960, Helsinki, Finland
Training / Education
1982 – 1993
University Of Industrial Arts, Helsinki / Master of Arts / Furniture and Interior Design Finland
Work Experience
1984 – 1987
Work for various studios of architecture and interior design in Helsinki Finland
1994
Lectures about the concepts in own work at various schools and in connection of exhibitions
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows): PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS
2003
“Poetiche finlandesi”, Marijke Studio, Padova, Italy (with Helena Lehtinen and Eija Mustonen)
2002
“Maalaillen – luonnon väreillä”, Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
New jewellery, Scottish Gallery, Scotland, UK
“Préambules et rémanences”, Institut Finlandais, Paris, France
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 (with Antje Wiewinner)
1998
”I am forever blowing bubbles”, Gallery 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
“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
Gallery Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Cardillac Schmuck Gallery, 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
SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
PalmBeachContemporary , repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
2003
“Valuable Links. Jewels from the OSCE-countries”, Dutch Embassy, Maastricht, Netherlands
Gallery Materia Scottsdale, curated by Charon Kransen Arts USA
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, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
”Retro”, Fiskarsin ruukki, Kuparipaja, Fiskars, Finland
2002
International Art + Design Fair 1900-2002, New York, USA repr. Charon Kransen Arts
SOFA, Chicago, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
“Mikromegas”, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan / Musée de l’Horlogerie et de l’Emaillerie,Genèva, Switzerland
“Mini 35x35x35”, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki, Finland
SOFA, New York City, USA repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
Finnish jewellery 3, Kemi Artmuseum / Lönnström Art Museum, Finland
2000
Mikromegas, Bayerischer Kunstgeverbeverein E. V. Munich, Germany/ • American Craft Museum, New York, USA
Finnish jewellery 3, Porvoo Arthall, Porvoo/ Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli/ • Kuopio Art museum, Kuopio, Finland
SOFA New York City, New York, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
Chicago Art Fair SOFA, Chicago, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
2000 Miniatures, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, USA/ Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Peacock, Body Art, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Varhaug, Norway
Ego, Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerp, Belgium
SOFA, Chicago, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
SOFA New York City, New York, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
International 20th Century Arts Fair, New York, USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
1999
A Matter of Materials, Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville KY / Telluride
Gallery of Fine Arts, Telluride Co / Oxoxo Gallery, Baltimore Md, curated by Charon Kransen Arts USA
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, curated by Charon Kransen Arts
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
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
Finnish 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, Gallery 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
Gallery Beeld & Aambeeld, Enschede Holland
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
Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany
Arbeitsgruppe Kunsthandwerk und Design, Osnabrück Germany
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
2004
“Vessel“, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Ma., USA
“Meister der Moderne”, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
“A Touch of Finland”, Flow Gallery, London, UK / Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim, Ireland
Gallery Lief, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2003
“International Artists”, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, curated by Charon Kransen Arts
”Ornaments from the North”, Gallery 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, curated by Charon Kransen Arts
”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, Gallery 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, Gallery Für Schmuck Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany
Papier, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1999
Paper Worlds, Aine Art Museum, Tornio / Gallery im Werkstatt-Laden, Winterhur, Switzerland 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 Norway • Paper + Finland = Art, Mingei Art Museum, San Diego, USA
The primordial sea, Wäinö Aaltosen Museo, Turku, Finland
A Material Approach, Ohio, Wesleyan University, USA, curated by Charon Kransen Arts
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/Gallery Otso, Espoo, Finland
1995
Papierklänge, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1994
Gallery Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Time of Wood and Light, Otso Gallery, 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
Gallery 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
Gallery 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
1989
Vanha Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
AWARDS
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
The City of Helsinki, Information Management Centre
University of Industrial Arts
1990
Zonta-Scholarship
1989
Diploma, Finnish Design 7
GRANTS
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
1990/92/9
Cultural Foundation of Finland
1989/90
University of Industrial Arts
Collections (Private & Museum)
2004
The City of Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
2003
Embassy of Finland, Ottawa, Canada
International Museum of Applied Arts, Turin, Italy
University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2002
OKO Bank, Finland
Galerie Europeenne du bois et de la forêt, Dompierre-Les-Ormes, France
2001
Jack Lenar Larsen Collection, USA (private)
2000
Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin, Germany
1999
The State Art Council of Sweden
Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norge
HPY (Helsinki Telephone Company), Finland
1998
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
American Craft Museum, New York, USA
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Germany
Committee for The Purchase of Works for The State Art Collection/ Embassy of Finland, Bruxelles, Belgium
1997
Neste oy, Finland
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 (private)
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 (private)
1989/00/02
Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland
Artist Statement
“The process of making my recycled paperjewellery pieces, involves a slow, “natural” technique. By curving each slice of paper around the steelwire, one by one, one after another, it is as if the piece grows into its shape by itself. This way the character of wood, paper’s original material, is preserved in the piece – as is also the association to the whole organic world, the way it builds itself, being in constant change, traveling in time.
Printed paper has also an additional reality, the information it contains. Now, one can only see separate words and letters, that have been transformed into graphical patterns on the surface of the piece. The previous content of the material referred to communication between people – message and expression. A piece of jewellery is worn for the same purpose.” Janna Syvanova
« I can make the rules, but the piece takes the shape of its own. When certain formed components start to follow each other and find their rhythm in my hands, the miracle happens. It is a slow, meditative, and a very natural process. I use printed paper, maps, catalogues, dictionary books. They are rich by their past, carrying along certain places and accidental meanings.The previous use of the paper material associates with communication between people-message and expression- A piece of jewellery is worn for the same purpose ». Janna Syvanova
« Je peux m’imposer des règles de travail, mais la pièce prend sa propre forme quand les éléments s’enchaînent les uns aux autres et trouvent leur rythme dans mes mains et le miracle se produit. C’est un processus lent, méditatif, et très naturel. J’utilise du papier imprimé, des cartes, catalogues, livres, dictionnaires. Ils sont riches par leur passé, souvenirs de lieux, évènements. Antérieurement, ces papiers ont servi à faire passer des messages à permettre une communication entre les gens. Un bijou est porté dans le même but. » Janna Syvanova
Cette artiste a participé rue Paul Fort à :
L’exposition « Au-delà du précieux, au-delà du temps » en décembre 2013
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