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Terhi TolvanenTerhi Tolvanen
Jewelry about the interaction between man and nature.
Shaping the classical French gardens or forestry leave marks in nature, the shapes of trees and landscapes change. Then again the nature will renew itself, moss or mushrooms appear as soon as there is a chance. In my work I’m observing this symbiosis between man and nature. At their best they adapt to each other and make a beautiful match.
I play with contrasts like valuable against worthless, mathematical against free and associative. Also in my choice of materials I am searching for the borders between natural and artificial. For example in the series “Woodland” (2007) I combine my own designed “nature” with branches of birch, hazel, rosemary, and heather, as well as gemstones such as smoky quartz and aquamarine.
My work is inspired by love for the beauty in nature, and its strength comes from the necessity to visualise this beauty.
Other works
Artist Details
Career
| 1968 | born in Helsinki, FI |
| 1993 | Lahti Design Institute |
| 1997 | Gerrit Rietveld Academy |
| 1999 | Sandberg Institute |
Exhibition
| 2000 | solo「Spring Collection」, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam |
| 2000 | solo「 Spring Collection Galerie Louise Smit」, KunstRAI, Amsterdam |
| 2001 | solo「Occupied」, Nida Artist House, Nida, LT |
| 1999 | solo「Mobile Park」, Sieger park, Amsterdam |
| 2001 | solo「On the Way」, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger, NO |
| 2000 | solo「Spring Collection」, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam |
| 2002 | solo「Out of the Blue2」, Gintaro Museum, Vilnius, LT |
| 2002 | solo「Out of the Blue1」, Nida Artist House, Nida, LT |
| 2002 | solo「Sights」, Galerie Oona, Berlin |
| 2002 | solo「Peepnik」, Galleria Johan S., Helsinki |
| 2004 | solo「Substralia」, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam |
| 2006 | solo Galleri Hnoss, Gothenburg, SE |
| 2007 | solo「Woodland」, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam |
| 2009 | Loods 6 Naturae, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2010 | Galerie Viceversa Naturae, Lausanne, CH |
| 2010 | Galerie Spektrum Naturae, Munich, DE |
| 2011 | Goldfingers Nature Collection, Copenhagen, DK |
| 1999 | solo「Mobile Park」, Sieger park, Amsterdam |
| 2000 | solo「 Spring Collection Galerie Louise Smit」, KunstRAI, Amsterdam |
Prize
- 2007Highly Commended, The Dutch Design Awards, NL
- 2000Nomination Kunst aanmoedigingsprijs Amstelveen-prize, NL
- 1997Nomination Gerrit Rietveld Academie-prize, NL
