KORU+itä. Members of the Finnish Jewellery Art Association

Artist list

Kimmo Heikkilä, Tuija Hietanen, Elina Honkanen, Sirja Knaapi, Mervi Kurvinen, Helmi Lindblom, Mia Maljojoki, Minna Markkanen, Eija Mustonen, Maria Nuutinen, Wiebke Pandikow, Ari Pyörälä, Inni Pärnänen, Tiina Rajakallio, Hanna Ryynänen, Jenni Sokura, Janna Syvänoja, Nelli Tanner, Suvi Tupola, Tarja Tuupanen

This exhibition is one of the satellite shows during KORU6, the international contemporary jewellery event in Imatra.
 
Taidekeskus Itä Art Centre East is a new gallery and art space in the central of Lappeenranta. It is administered by Etelä-Karjalan Taiteilijaseura (”The Artists’ Association of South Karelia”) ja Korutaideyhdistys (”Jewelry Art Society”). The Centre consists of two Gallery spaces and The Art Rental Store of Lappeenranta. It is the only gallery that regularly presents contemporary jewellery in Finland.
 
The Jewellery Art Association was founded in Lappeenranta in 2005. The association aims to promote contemporary jewellery in Finland and to improve its recognition as an art and design form. Another goal of the association is to increase awareness about Finnish jewellery internationally. As means towards those ends, the association organizes exhibitions, presentations and discussion panels, and distributes information about events.