KORU 8 International Contemporary Triennial Exhibition

Artist list

Manami Aoki, Miriam Arentz, Ingrid Berg, Sara Blosseville, Monika Brugger, Willemien Bruwer, Fernando Crêspo, Ildikó Dánfalvi, Margus Elizarov, Åsa Elmstam, Gésine Hackenberg, Maria Ignacia Walker, Aya Jadon, Courtney Jamieson, Therese Johansson, Steven Kaplan-Pistiner, Heeseung Koh, Jamie Kroeger, Moses Krämer, Marie Lafaille, Vivi Lamarre, Kristiina Laurits, Helena Lehtinen, Yuxi Lu, Helena Lundahl, Märta Mattsson, Felicia Mülbaier, Maria Nuutinen, Rachel Ouizemann, Ismini Pachi, Kimia Parang, Janne Peltokangas, Arianna Pittini, Sarah Powell, Inni Pärnänen, Kendall Reiss, Anna Rikkinen, Anne Saastamoinen, Meghan Schmiedel, Olga Stalev, Yen-Yu Tseng, Natalie Vanderzand, Valérie Wagner, Mona Wallström, Shun Wan Ko, Lingjie Wang, Luisa Werner, Josephine Winther, Ching-Hui Yang

There was a global open call for KORU8 exhibition with the theme “Into the Woods”. All together, the open call received 452 applications from over 50 different countries. The jury consisted 4 persons, and they chose 47 artist/artist groups from 23 different countries to the exhibiton.
 
The jury:
Jewellery artist, Terhi Tolvanen (FI / FR)
Jewellery artist, Kalkidan Hoex (NL)
Head of the research department, Forest Museum Lusto, Reetta Karhunkorva (FI)
Curator, Oulu Art Museum, Selina Väliheikki (FI)

The KORU 8 exhibition will be shown in two museums:
17.5.-1.12.2024 LUSTO Forest Museum, Punkaharju, Finland
spring 2025 Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland

Organizer:
The Finnish Jewellery Art Association is a non-profit association, established in 2005. The association aims to promote contemporary jewellery in Finland and to improve its recognition as an art and design form. The association operates nationally, but the home location is Lappeenranta.

Management: Tarja Tuupanen
Phone: 0414324973