Tarja Tuupanen

Tarja Tuupanen, 1973, Lieksa, Finland.

Education:
2013 MFA, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Teachers pedagogic studies, HAMK, Hämeenlinna, Finland
2003 The Specialized program of jewellery art (20 credit units), South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
1999 College diploma of jewellery and stonework design, South Carelia Vocational College, Department of Crafts And Design, Lappeenranta, Finland

Working:
2012 S-T-O-N-E- workshop (with Nelli Tannerin), KORU4, Imatra | Sense of stone- workshop, Estonia Academy of Arts, Department of Jewellery and Blacksmithing, Tallinn, Estonia
2007 SEAL, workshop, Ravstedhus, Denmark
2006 Cameo today, workshop with Helena Lehtinen, KORU2, Lappeenranta, Finland
2000- > Stonework teacher, part time, Saimaa University of Applied Scienses, Lappeenranta/Imatra, Finland

Awards and grants:
2015 Working grant, Arts Promotion Center Finland 
2014 Working grant, Arts Promotion Center Finland; Kymenlaakso and South Carelia
2013 Working grant, Niilo Helander Foundation
2010 Working grant, Art Council of Finland 
2008 Working grant, The Finnish Cultural Foundation | Grant for tools, Art Committee of South-East Finland
2007 Working grant, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Carelia | Travel grant, Art Council of Finland
2006 Working grant, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Carelia | Travel grant, Art Council of Finland
2004 Travel grant, Art Council Finland | Working grant, Art Committee of South-East Finland
2003 Working grant, The Finnish Cultural Foundation | Grant for organizing Koru1 event (group TT, Mustonen, Heikkilä) The Finnish Cultural Foundation | Travel grant, Art Council of Finland
2002 Working grant, Art Committee of South-East Finland | Grant for carving machine, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Unit of South Carelia
2001 Travel grant, Sleipnir (Nifca)
2000 Working grant, Art Committee of South-East Finland

Exhibitions (solo):
2015 Gallery Four, Gothenburg, Sweden
2012 Some whites, Gallery Iida, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Valkoisesta, Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Blanco, Gallery Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland
2004 South Carelia Art Museum, Lobbygallery
2003 Gallery Hnoss, Göteborg, Sweden
2000 Sinus, with Eija Mustonen, Crafts Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland | Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1999 Jewellery about femininity, Design Forum window gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Exhibitions (group, selection):
2015 Hibernate-group, 84 GHz, München, Germany
2014 Hibernate-group, Gallery HOP, Tallinn, Estonia | 5th European Triennal of Contemporary Jewellery , Mons, Belgium | Mineral Art, German Gemstone Museum, Idar-Oberstein, Germany | Regard sur l’Scandinavia, Cagnes sur Mer, France, cureted by Olga Zobel
2013 Steinbeisser Jewellery Fair, Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy in Amsterdam, the Netherlands | GeMANOgy, MANO Contemporary Jewellery & Object, Taiwan | Marzee Graduation Show 2013, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands | Konstfack Spring Exhibition, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden | LahtiJewelry; 84 GHz, München, Germany and Gallery Pont&Plas, Gent, Belgium | Galleri Marzée, Soylegalleriet, Oslo National Academy, Oslo, Norge | Meanwhile in Finland, Nutida svensk silver, Stockholm
2012 Ashes and Diamonds; Gallery Platina Stockholm, Muotohuoltamo Lahti, Finland and a Gallery Pihatto Lappeenranta, Finland | Baculum, Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum München, Germany | Mirrors & Candles, Galleria Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode, Belgium | Sence of Place, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburg
2011 Ring, The jewel forever, Gallery Hnoss, Gothenburg, Sweden | The Spirit of Stone, South Karelia Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland | Geography, SNAG conference, Seattle, USA | Silver stories, Galleri for samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
2010 Hibernate-group, Galleria 5, Oulu, Finland | Aavistus; Tiina Rajakallio, Maria Vuorinen and Tarja Tuupanen, Gallery 84 GHz, Münich, Germany
2009 KORU3, Imatra Art Musem, Imatra, Finland | Still, Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode, Belgium
2008 Finnish Bitches, Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | From hand to Hand, Mudac; Lausanne, Switzerland
2007 Hnoss depended, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg, Sweden | Hibernate-group, Collect, London, England, (represented by Gallery Norsu, Hki)
2006 Kontti, Finnish Jewellery Art, Lappeenranta, Finland | Francoise van den Bosch, tijdgenoten en jong talent, CODA Museum, The Netherlands
2005 Joieria Finlandesa, FAD- galleria, Barcelona, Spain | Hibernate-group, Gallery Tactile, Geneve, Switzerland
2004 Hibernate- ryhmä, ContacT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Schmuck´04, München, Germany
2003 KORU 1, South-Karelia Museum, Lappeenranta, Finalnd | Hibernate- ryhmä, Galleri Metal, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 At Beauty´s Edge, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, USA | SOFA New York 2002 (represented by Charon Kransen Arts, NY)
2001 Jewellery, Almere´s choise, De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands | Nocturnus, Muhu, Viro
2000 Talente 2000, München, Germany
1999 Graduate work, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1997 Alchemy, Galleria Luowa, Lappeenranta, Finland

Work in collections:
Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland | Rhöska Museet, Göteborg, Sweden | Franqoise van den Bosch Foundation, The Netherlands | Regional Museum, Turnov, Czech Republic | Lars ja Helena Pahlman, private collection, Finland

Memberships and confidental posts:
2015-2016 Member of National Council of Architecture, Design and Environmental Art
2005-2012 Chairwoman of Finnish Jewellery Art Association

2015  Interview in web publication (Finnish)
2014  Itsenäisyyden ajan suomalainen koru, Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi
2012 Ashes and Diamonds (exhibition cat.) HUMAK
2011 The Ring – Jewel Forever (exhibition cat.) Gallery Hnoss | Fortelling i sølv, Kunstnerforbundet (exhibition cat.)
2010 KORURAL, Saimaa University of Applied Scienses (exhibition cat.)
2009 KORU 3, Saimaa University of Applied Scienses (exhibition cat.) | The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008, Darling publications
2008 Out of the shell, Gallery Loupe (exhibition cat.) | De main á main / From Hand to Hand, Mudac-Musée de design et d’arts (exhibition cat.)
2007 Hnoss Depended, Röhsska Museet & Galleri Hnoss. (exhibition cat) |  Baltic Jewellery News 11/2007 (article) | Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine 4/2007 | Kontti, Finnish Jewellery Art Association (exhibition cat.)
2006 Kontti, Finnish Jewellery Art Association (exhibition cat.) | Schmuck catalogue 2006
2005 Koru, Joieria Contemporània Finlandesa, Art Committee of South-East Finland (exhibition cat.)
2004 Schmuck catalogue 2004 | Jewellery, The choise of the Europarliament, Galleria Marzee, The Netherlands
2003 KORU 1, South-Carelia Polytechnic, Unit of Craft and Design, Lappeenranta, Finland (exhibition cat.) | Jewellery, Almere´s choise, Gallery Marzee, The Netherlans
2001 Nocturnus, Estonia (exhibition cat.)
2000 Marzee catalogue 14/2000

Gallery Ornamentum, Hudson (NY), USA