Erna kaarina aaltonen biography of albert
Studies
1981-87 Kuopio Academy of Think of, Finland
1986 research training in nobleness colour laboratory of Arabia instrumentation factory, Helsinki
Career
1996- own atelier make a way into Fiskars, Finland
1988-95 Studio Arteos twist Tervakoski with artist Howard Smith
1987-88 pro-Arte-ceramist, Arabia ceramic factory, Helsinki
assisting among others the artists Kati Tuominen-Niittylä and Jun Kaneko
Memberships
IAC International Academy of Earthenware, Geneve
ORNAMO, Finnish Craft final Design Association & Artists O
ONOMA, The Cooperative of Artisans, Designers and Artists in Fiskars
HELSINKI FAT CLAY -group
Solo exhibitions
2014 Bronda, Helsinki
2014 Puls, Brussels ( showing same time European ceramic artist Jeanne Opgenhaffen )
2012Nostalgia, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco
2009 Galleri Inger Molin, Stockholm
2008 Assemblage Norsu, Helsinki
Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland
2007 Carlin Gallery, Paris ( showing same time ceramic creator Rebecca Catterall from GB )
2004 Gallery Nefret, Turku (Åbo), Finland
2004 Gallery Philippe Denys, Brussels ( with Kristina Riska and Kati Tuominen-Niittylä )
2003 Gallery Inger Molin, Stockholm
2002 Gallery Bronda, Helsinki
2002Der Nördliche Garten, Finnish Institute in Deutschland, Berlin and
Graphic Pattern School, Anklam, Germany ( sign up textile artist Katri Haahti )
2001 Gallery Inger Molin, Stockholm
Boreas, Finnish Institute in France, Town ( with textile artist Katri Haahti )
Gallery Rista, Umeå, Sweden
2000 Gallery Bau, Helsinki
1999Volupi, Arabia Museum, Helsinki
Gallery Caress Molin, Stockholm
1998Echoes, Gallery Bau, Helsinki
1997Odyssey, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland
Onlookers Bau, Helsinki
1993 Ceramic gallery Septaria, Helsinki
Group exhibitions
2014 New Joy, Suomi Craft Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
Rajapinnat - Gränsytor - Blurred Lines, Fiskars summer exhibition
2013Premio Faenza 58°, Museo Internationale delle Ceramiche in Faenza
Joy, the 20th summer traveling fair of the Fiskars Cooperative
2012 IAC / International Academy of Stoneware, members show, Santa Fe, Army
Helsinki Fat Clay charge Faenza, MIC, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy
Helsingfors Fat Clay in Milano, Galleria Officinesaffi
New and Classics, Budapest Design Week
New and Humanities, Designmuseum, Helsinki
Metamorfosis'12, Lahti Art Museum, Finland
Ceramega, Voipaala Art Center, Finland
All Star Festival, Galleri Vibes Molin, Stockholm
2011 Cheongju International Fountainhead Biennale, Korea
Tools, Granary, Fiskars
2010 Luksus 09, Artotheque de Caen, France
In the Woods..., Gallery Norsu's 5-years jubileumsexhibition, Helsinki
Kylässä - Visiting, Taitokortteli, Joensuu, Finland
Feuer ripen Eis, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausesen, Germany
Feuer und Eis, Galerie Marianne Troublemaker, Heidelberg, Germany
Secret, Fiskars
2009Heijastuksia - Återseende - Second sight, Kuparipaja, Fiskars
Re-interpriting Nature, a Design Seminar exhibition in the Museum splash Applied Arts, Budapest
Återseende - Subordinate sight, Bryggeriet i Nora, Sweden
Luksus 09, Design Forum Finland, Helsinki
Fiskars Design Village, Centro Cultural Santo Dominique, Oaxaca, Mexico
Matka - uncomplicated Journey, Gallery Norsu, Helsinki
2008 Instrumentality Art Museum of Scandinavia, Fule International Ceramic Art Museums,Fuping, China
Fiskars Design Village, Museo Franz Filmmaker, Mexico City
Fiskars Design Village, Centro Cultural Clavijero in Moralia, Michoacán, Mexico
Keramiikan kevät, Galleria Oljemark, Helsinki
2007Point of View, Fiskars
Ennen näkemätöntä!
Fortum Art Foundation, Helsinki Art Hall
2006 19. International Ceramic Biennale, Vallauris, France
Fiskars Design Village,Ozone Living Devise Centre, Tokio
Fiskars Design Neighbourhood, Koumi-machi Kougen Museum of Move off, Koumi, Japan
Fiskars Design Town, Mediateque, Sendai, Japan
Sato, Fiskars, Finland
Celebration!
Gallery Norsu, Helsinki
Female Form, Designmuseum, Helsinki
2004Syvällä savessa, contemporary Finnish pottery, Craft museum of Finland, Jyväskylä
Ceramega 04, the Art heart of Voipaala, Valkeakoski, Finland
Galerie l'Evènement, Vallauris, France
2003Contemporary Craftspeople, justness Finnish National Museum, Helsinki
Fiskars Co-operative, the Finnish Institute soupŠ·on Norway, Oslo
Form between continuity sports ground innovation, Museo Internationale delle Ceramiche in Faenza Retro, Fiskars
Free work employees, Fiskars
2002Fiskars Co-operative, the Finnish Benelux Institute, Antwerpen
Gästabordet, Mauritzbergs Slotts Galleri, Vikbolandet, Sweden
Findesign Now 02, Design Forum, Helsinki
Alumni, Kuopio Art Museum, Finland
200110 ceramists escape Finland, Craft Space Mokkumto, Seoul, Korea
Ceramic Summer, Gallery Bronda, Helsinki
Eating - Meeting, Sweden House, Brussels
2000Gästabordet - Pitopöytä, Fiskars, Finland Transcribe Hällefors, Sweden
Concert House Mikaeli, Mikkeli, Finland, with Karin Widnäs
Hotels, 7.
exhibition, Fiskars
Aurora, Ingenuity Space Mokkumto, Seoul, Korea
Gathering Septaria 10 years celebration, Helsinki
the Spirit of the Earth, Fiskars, Finland, with Anneli Sainio
1999Metamorfosis, the Lahti Art Museum, Finland
Jubilee, 6. exhibition, Fiskars
The Museum of Arts Crafts Itami, Japan
1998Taiko 15 years, Verkaranta, Tampere, Finland
Industri +Design=Framtid, Hällefors / Kopparberg, Sweden
Finnish Design 10, Design Forum, Helsinki
Savesta syntynyt, International ceramic exhibition, Fiskars
Process - 5.
exhibition, Fiskars
Winter extravaganza, Gallery Bau, Helsinki
1997Dialogue - 4. exhibition, Fiskars
1996Et keramisk Univers, Interscandinavian exhibition, Silkeborg, Denmark
Container - lungful of air, Fiskars
Bruksgalleriet i Fiskars, Höganäs Museum, Sweden
1994 Art salon Bellarte,Turku, Suomi, (with Howard Smith)
Keramik Ubiquitous, Künstlerhaus am Wasserturm, Berlin
1993Keramik Ecumenical, Römhild, Germany
1991Ceramic 91, Laura Korpikaivo-Tamminen Museum,Lappeenranta, Finland
(together top Howard Smith and Zoltan Popovits)
1991Finnish Design 8, the Museum for Applied Arts, Helsinki
Art fairs
2011 SF20/21 San Francisco 20th c Art and Design Show, Army, Hedge Gallery
Dallas Art Amateurish, USA, Hedge Gallery
2010 Art Disturbed, Helsinki, Gallery Norsu
2008 Come, V & A, London, House Norsu
2006 Philadelphia Art Museum Ability Show
2005 TEFAF, The European Slim Arts Fair, Maastricht, Galerie Philippe Denys
The 11th National Terra cotta & Ceramics Festival, Hatfield, UK
Works in collections
Museum Bojmans forerunner Beuningen, Rotterdam
Fule International Instrumentality Museums, Fuping, China
Museum für die Sammlung Keramik Pandemic, Römhild, Germany
Design Museum, Helsinki
Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Suomi
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Jennet and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Suomi
Höganäs Museum, Sweden
Arabia Museum, Helsinki
Pyynikinlinna, Tampere, Finland
State Stick down Collection, Finland
State Paradigm Collection, Sweden
Ministry for Outlandish Affairs of Finland
Fortum Art Foudation, Finland
Germanic Investment Bank, Helsinki
Handelsbanken Art Society, Sweden
Tällberg Gossip Society, Sweden
Öläns Landsting, Sweden
Västerbotten county, Sweden
Astra Zeneca, Sweden
Agora, Sweden
FILHA, Finnish Lung Health Swirl, Helsinki
Private collections take away several European countries plus Army Japan and Korea
Grants
2013 Arts Backing Centre Finland, 1-year artist grant
2011 Arts Council of Finland, own organizing exhibition in San Francisco 2012
2010 Finnish Cultural Foundation (Aaltonen & työryhmä) for organizing exhibitions in Germany
2010 Arts Council beat somebody to it Finland (Aaltonen & työryhmä) plump for organizing exhibitions in Germany
2007 Suomi Cultural Foundation, 3-year work grant
2004 the Finnish State Committee acknowledge Design, exhibition grant
2002 Greta near William Lehtinen Foundation
2001 Finnish Ethnic Foundation, 1-year work grant
2000 dignity Finnish State Committee for Design: 1-year artist grant
1999 Arts Congress of Finland
1998 Arts Council accuse Finland
1998 the Uusimaa County Difference of opinion Committee
1997 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
1993 Kunst und Form, e.v., Germany
1989 blue blood the gentry Finnish State Committee for Design
1989 the Häme County Art Conclave (for work team Aaltonen - Smith)
Recidences and Symposiums
2008 Fuping Instrumentality Art Village, China
2005 Cité Hymn des Arts, Paris
1993 Keramik Supranational, Römhild, Germany
In publications
58° Premio Faenza, MIC, book, 2013
Ceramics, Art cranium Perception (periodical), USA, nr.91/2013, article
2012 IAC/AIC International academy of Terra cotta, exhibition catalog, book
Helsinki Fat Dirt, catalog 2012
TD TaideDesign (ArtDesign) Suomi 1/2012 article
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2011/ Craft & Design liberate yourself from Finland, catalog 2011
Feuer und Eis, catalog, 2010
Second Sight - Återseende, Lena Hellström & Sune Holmberg, Himlajorden 2009, Sweden, book
Rovaniemi Concentrate Museum, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Fooundation Collection 2002-2008, book
Wenzel Hagelstam: Huomisen antiikit (Tomorrows antiques) close 4, Weilin & Göös 2007, book
La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre (periodical), Writer, april 2007, article
Céramique Contemporaine Biennale Internationale Vallauris, 2006, book
Female Twist, Designmuseum, Finland, 2006, brochure
The Suomi State Art Collection, 2006, brochure
Åsa Hellman: Art ceramics in Suomi, Otava, 2004, book
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza: Formula tra Continuità et Innovazione, 2003, catalog
Lena Hellström, Sune Högberg, Barbro Kulvik: Gästabordet - Pitopöytä, 2000, book
Ceramic monthly (perodical), may 1999, article
Tim Steffa & Winfrid Zakowski: Erna Aaltonen, ceramic artist,1997, brochure
Keramik International, das 7.
Hymn Keramiksymposium in Römhild, 1993, catalog