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Sari LiimattaSari Liimatta
ANIMAL THEME
Representatives of certain animal species.
The expectations, generalizations, beliefs and symbolism around animal themes.
I observe how animals were positioned in ancient cultures and especially how they still have such a powerful part in our everyday surroundings. They are connected also to many industrial materials.
I try to give back their animal powers which the toy makers often try to hide, bring down or deny altogether. I never make them tell only stories about people, without telling their own story at the same time.
METHOD
Life is just a beautiful game with quite sad and paradoxical structure.
Something very huge is composed of super small particles. To find the balance and the ways how it alters. Things which we can never fully understand, because it is unnecessary.
To choose.
Adapt yourself and survive. For the time which is so relative.
About the surprises, changes. During some tiny tiny moments which proved to be meaningful afterwards. I just try to describe.
Animals called people.
MATERIALS
Stones. Glass. Glass is something which looks in the end super cold material,
but has needed enormous amount of warmth along the way of being manufactured.
It needs to be handled with the greatest care, or it may easily harm you.
DEFINITIONS
a jewellery sculpture = a sculpture which tells about jewelry.
Other works
Artist Details
Career
| 1977 | born in Lappeenranta, Finland |
| 2002/2003 | Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Jewellery Department, exchange student, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2003 | Universiteit van Amsterdam, “Masterclass on Indian Popular Cinema” course, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2003 | B.A., stonework and jewellery design, South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland |
| 2009 | instructor of final year project, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, jewellery, Imatra, Finland |
Exhibition
| 2007 | solo “ON/OFF”, Galleri Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2008 | solo “In the Front Room: Sari Liimatta”, solo presentation, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2008 | solo “OPEN/CLOSED”, Galleria Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland |
| 2009 | solo “HIGH/LOW”, Friends of Carlotta Galerie für Schmuck und Objekte, Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2010 | solo “FrontRoom: SARI LIIMATTA jewellery sculptures”, solo presentation, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2010 | solo “New work: Sari Liimatta”, preview, Verzameld Werk, Gent, Belgium |
Prize
- 2001The International Contest for Jewellery With Amber Design, second prize, Gdansk, Poland
- 2005Prize for young artist, Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2010 "KORURAL", Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Finland
2010 "Dreaming Jewelry", Miquel Abellán, Monsa, Barcelona, Spain
2009 "KORU 3: International Contemporary Jewellery", Saimaa University of Applied Sciences publications, Finland
2009 "ArtHelsinki 09", Helsinki contemporary art fair, Helsinki, Finland
2009 "The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2008 "Silver Schools", The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Legnica, Puola
2008 "500 Pendants & Lockets", Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, USA
2008 "Bijoux. Illustration et Design", maomao publications, Barcelona, Spain
2008 "Finnish Design Yearbook 08-09", Design Forum Finland
2007 "Kontti 2007", Finnish Jewellery Art Association, Finland
2006 "KORU2", South Carelia Polytechnic, South-Karelia Art museum, Finland
2005 "KORU. Joieria Contemporània Finlandesa", Arts Council of Southeast Finland, Finland 2003 "Finnish Jewellery", Eija Mäkelä, Kaarin Bonde Jensen, Finland 2002 "The Marzee Magazine nr 27", Galerie Marzee, Netherlands 2001 "@mberif 2001", Gdańsk International Fair Co., Gdańsk, Poland