Saana Riikka Kristiina Murtti
b. 1974, Helsinki, Finland, lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
www.finnishdesigners.fi/portfolio/saana.murtti
Education
2013 Master of Arts, Aalto-University, Department of Art (Helsinki, Finland)
2002 Master of Arts in Ceramics, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (U.K)
1997-1998 Institute of Art Ceramics, Höhr-Grenzhausen (Germany)
1999 Ceramic Artisan, Kuopio Institute of Art and Design (Finland)
2012-2013 Arabia Art Department Society, visiting Artist
Awards
2014 Honorable Mention, The 10th International Ceramics Festival´14 Mino, Japan
Artists Talks
Nordic Hands, Symposium, Artist talk, Saana Murtti, MA Ceramic artist, On her artistic work in a phenomenological perspective, 22.9.2018, Godsbanen Art – and Culture Centre, Aarhus, Denmark (www.hintproject.dk)
Upcoming 2019 - 2020
Handwerksform Hannover: Handmade in Europe, 21.3. – 25.4.2020, Hannover, Germany
Gallery G12, Helsinki, Finland groupexhibition with Kirsi Kivivirta, Arni Aromaa, Aura Kajas, Katja Kotikoski, Johanna Ojanen and Tiina Tarvainen, August 2020
3.10.2019 Book launch in Pompidou Centre, Paris ´CERAMIQUE 90 ARTISTES CONTEMPORAINS´, Pyramyd, Maison d´édition consacree au design, á la création et á la culture visuelle, Parutions rentrée 2019. Kirjoittajat: Charlotte Vannier, Véronique Pettit Laforet. (www.pyramyd-editions.com)
2019 ´Blanc de Chine´ International Ceramic Art Award exhibition, 23.6. – 31.7.2019, Peking, China
http://en.blancdechineicaa.com/game2019/works.html
http://en.blancdechineicaa.com/#page2
2019 ´Human Approach´, Aalto-University Art collection, Finland
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Laajasalo Church (Helsinki), Kiviset kankaat (Invitational Exhibition)
2013 Gallery Arabia (Helsinki, Finland): Beyond presence
2012 Gallery Huuto, Uudenmaankatu (Helsinki, Finland): Disappearances
Gallery Lume (Helsinki, Finland)
2005 Gallery Arabia (Helsinki, Finland)
2003 Gallery Septaria Cable Factory (Helsinki, Finland)
Collective Exhibitions
2018
Nordic Hands, Hint Project, Inter-Nordic dialogue about art and the creative processes, exhibition, artists meeting and experimental collaboration, 16 - 23.9.2018 in Godsbanen Art – and culture Centre, Aarhus Tanska (www.hintproject.dk)
About Clay, European Ceramic Art Exhibition, 13.5.- 2.9.2018, Fiskars Village, Copper Smithy, Fiskars, Finland (Invitational Exhibition)
Asuurkeraamika, Loewenschede Tower, Tallinn, Estonia: Muinaisjutud ja tõsilood, (Group Exhibition)
Pyhäniemi summer exhibition 2018, Hollola, Finland
2017
Oregaard Museum (Hellerup, Denmark): Olo-Maerkbart
Gallery Lokal (Helsinki, Finland): Oi Suomi, katso!
Varkaus Artmuseum (Varkaus, Finland): Out and About
Päämajamuseo, Mikkeli, Finland: State of the Art –
The State Art Collection 60 years.
The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland: State of the Art –
Contemporary Art, The State Art Collection, Finland
2016
Kouvola Artmuseum Poikilo, ( Kouvola.Finland): Olo Maekbart
Gallery Art Kaarisilta, Helsinki: Koskettavin veistos 2016 (by
2015
Gallery Pentik, (Posio, Finland): Arctic Clay 2015 International exhibition
Révélations, Grand Palais (Paris, France): Magic language/game of whispers
Gallery K, (Vantaa, Finland): Out and About
Gallery Officinet ,(Copenhagen, Denmark): Contemporary Ceramic Art from
Denmark and Finland
Handwerksform, (Hannover, Germany): Tervetuloa! Angewandte Kunst aus Finnland
Vendyssel Kunst Museum, (Hjorring, Denmark): Scandinavian Ceramic Exhibition
Maila Talvio salonki, Vanha-Koskipään kartano, (Hartola, Finland)
2014
The 10th International Ceramics Festival ´14 Mino, (Japan)
XXIIIrd International Biennal of Vallauris, (France): Contemporary Creation and Ceramic
Design Museum, (Helsinki, Finland): Ceramics & Space – Finnish Ceramic Art Exhibition
Bukowskis presents – The Art and Design of tomorrow, (Helsinki, Finland)
Fiskarsin Ruukin Kuparipaja, (Fiskars, Finland): ´Blurred Lines´
Ars Auttoinen, (Auttoinen, Finland): ´Tyhjä täyttä täydempää´
Untamala Culture Centre, (Untamala, Finland)
Gallery Kappalainen´s House (Porvoo, Finland): Artists O – Out and About
Gallery Arabia (Helsinki, Finland): Arabia Art Department Society 10th anniversary exhibition
2013
Gallery Johan S, (Helsinki, Finland): Contemporary Ceramic Art from Denmark and Finland
Nuutajärvi, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland: ´Juhlat´, Nuutajärvi and Arabia Art
Departments
Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design (Tallinn, Estonia): Artists O – Out and About
Mältinranta Artcenter/Tampere Artist´s Association (Tampere, Finland): with Tiia Matikainen
and Tytti Korin
2012
Gallery Arabia (Helsinki, Finland): group exhibition with Arabia Art Department Society
Annantalo Arts Centre (Helsinki, Finland): with Elisa Rovamo
Lahti Art Museum (Lahti, Finland): Metamorphosis´12 - New Finnish Design
Voipaala Art Centre (Valkeakoski, Finland): Ceramega 12
2011
Gallery Maaret Finnberg (Turku, Finland): with Tiia Matikainen and Tytti Korin
Gallery Art Kaarisilta (Helsinki, Finland)
2009 Gallery Flow (London, U.K): Signals
2007 Åland Art Museum (Åland)
Gallery Pictor (Nummela, Finland)
2006 Gallery Elverket (Tammisaari, Finland)
Gallery Sinne (Helsinki, Finland)
2005 Porvoo Art Factory (Porvoo, Finland)
2004 Craft Museum of Finland (Jyväskylä, Finland)
2003 The National Museum of Finland (Helsinki, Finland)
2002 Howard Gardens Gallery (Cardiff, U.K)
2000 Hantwerkskammer Koblenz (Koblenz, Germany)
Craft Museum of Lappeenranta( Lappeenranta, Finland)
1999 Hantwerkskammer Koblenz (Koblenz, Germany)
Design Forum (Helsinki, Finland)
Gallery 5 (Oulu, Finland)
1998 Gallery Taitemia (Kuopio, Finland)
Gallery Into (Helsinki, Finland)
1997 Gallery Formhaus ( Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany)
Public Collections
Aalto-University Art Collection, Finland
Helsinki University Hospital Art Collection
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
The State Art Collection of Finland
Finnish Art Society Art collection
Arabia Art Department Society´s Collection
Arctic Clay Collection
Private collections
Memberships
Association of Finnish Sculptors
Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo
Artists O
Kuvasto ry
Pot Viapori ry
Grants
2019 The Swedish Cultural Foundation, project grant
2017 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, working grant
2016 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Uudenmaan rahasto, working grant / 3 months
2015 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, travel grant / the International Ceramic
Symposium, Posio, Finland
2014 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, working grant
Greta and William Lehtisen säätiö, project grant
The Finnish-Danish Cultural Foundation, project grant
Arts Promotion Centre, project grant
2013 Ornamo-foundation, Kaarina Aho´s fund, project grant
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, exhibition costs (work group)
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, exhibition costs (work group)
The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, project grant
2012 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, working grant
2011 Uudenmaan taidetoimikunta, exhibition costs (work group)
The Finnish Cultural Foundation, exhibition costs (work group)
2010 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, working grant
2008 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, working grant
2007 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Public display grant
The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, project grant
2006 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, travel grant
2003 Gallery Septaria, exhibition stipend
2002 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Master of Art studies in U.K.
2000 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Master of Art studies in U.K.
2001 Professional Classes Aid Council London
Residences
2015 The 6th Arctic Clay Symposium, International Ceramic Symposium, Posio
2010 Källskär, Åland
2006 Kökar, Åland
Publications, the media
Book: CERAMIQUE 90 ARTISTES CONTEMPORAINS, Pyramyd, Maison d´édition consacree au design, á la création et á la culture visuelle, Parutions rentrée 2019. Kirjoittajat: Charlotte Vannier, Véronique Pettit Laforet, 2019, s. 332 – 337 (www.pyramyd-editions.com)
CGTN FRANCAIS, Le Journal: L´exposition des oeuvres du deuxiéme concours international de céramique intitule ´Blanc de Chine, Concours international d´art céramique à Beijing´, 23.6.2019
https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4386301319795777/4386368807647935?from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0
Ceramics Monthly, issue September 2018, s.18
"Originally published in September 2018 issue of Ceramics Monthly, pages 18. http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org . Copyright, The American Ceramic Society. Reprinted with permission."
Publication: Nordic Hands, Published on the occasion of the laboratorium, symposium and exhibition NORDIC HANDS, Denmark 2018
Exhibition Publication, About Clay, European Ceramic Art, Curator Erna Aaltonen, 2018, p. 56-57
Exhibition Publication, Pyhäniemi 2018, Curator Riikka Latva-Somppi, 2018, p. 50-51
Hämeen Sanomat, Ursula Ryynänen, Riihimäen Vanha Lasitehdas sulautuu nykytaiteeseen, 28.6.2017
Warkauden lehti, Sirpa Ylönen, Teokset kommentoivat nykymenoa, Vakavia ja hauskoja huomioita itsestä ja yhteiskunnasta, 26.1.2017
Publication in Internet, Olo-Maerkbart Exhibition, Kouvola Artmuseum Poikilo 29.9.2016 – 8.1.2017, p.72 – 73, https://issuu.com/artists-o/docs/olo-maekbart-nayttelyluettelo
Ornamo Magazine nr 2/2016, The Artist of the Month, Saana Murtti, April 2016, p.40
Kunsthåndverk, The Nordic Issue, Marianne Zamecznic, Game of Whispers, volume 35/ issue 137/no 3, 2015, p.4-9,
Exhibition publication, magic language / game of whispers, Contemporary craft from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, Nordic Craft Pavilion Révelations Grand Palais 2015, Paris, Object 13 Changing perception, by Saana Murtti, Finland
Lapin Kansa, Anu Jormalainen, Kansainvälinen keramiikka Posion pauloissa, 22.8.2015
Politiken, Lars Hedebo, Utställningen `Definition`, 8.1.2015, (Denmark)
Exhibition publication, Ceramics & Space, 2014, p. 58-59
Exhibition publication, The 10th International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan, 2014, p. 113
Exhibition publication, The 10th Internationale Création Contemporaine et Céramique, Vallauris 2014, p. 66-67, 167-168
www.scandinaviandesign.com, Ceramics & Space exhibition Designmuseet, 1.10.2014
Hufvudstadsbladet, Synnove Rabb, Keramiken tar stolt plats, 1.11.2014
Aamulehti, Katri Kovasiipi, Tee taidematka Padasjoelle ja näe näkymätön, 4.8.2014
Uudenkaupungin Sanomat, Juhani Marttala, Kiviset kankaat valloittavat Untamalassa, 14.6.2014
Laitilan Sanomat, Ville Juuti, Taiteen moninaisuutta hienossa kulttuuriympäristössä, 10.6.2014
Västra Nyland, Camilla Lindberg, I gränslandet föds det nya, 17.5.2014
Borgåbladet, Egil Green, Materialbaserad konst förenar kvinnosextett, 8.5.2014
Uusimaa, Samu Karvala, Hengenheimolaisten näkökulmia elämään, Kuuden monipuolisen taiteilijan teokset luovat puhuttelevan kokonaisuuden, 10.5.2014
Glorian koti, Anna Aromaa, ´Savisten polkujen tallaaja´, August 2013
http://uudised.err.ee/index.php?06276855 (Eestin kulttuuriuutiset), Gerli Nomm, Eesti Tarbekunsti- ja Disainmuuseumis avatakse homme Soome tarbekunsti rühmituse Artists O näitus ´´Out and About´´, 11.4.2013
Aamulehti, Helsinkiläisten näyttely on leikkisä, monimielinen kokonaisuus, 8.2.2013
http://nokkonen.wordpress.com, Raisa Jäntti, Häijyä tekemässä 1.2.2013
Turun Sanomat, Sinikka Eskola, Kenkiä, kuplia ja kielikukkasia 6.7.2011
Turun Sanomat, Nina Suni, Pehmeää kuin äidin syli 12.7.2011
Crafts Magazine, Pamela Buxton, Beyond function and decoration, March/April 2009
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Tidning, 18.10.2007
Nya Åland, 20.10.2007
Västra Nyland, 3.11.2006
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Sanomat, Jukka Yli-Lassila, Muutoksia iholla ja pinnoilla 29.1.2005
Hbl, Åsa Hellman, Lera som andas 17.2.2005
Helsingin Sanomat, Hannu Pöppönen, Nykytaidekäsityö astui Kansallismuseoon
17.9.2003
Other
Keramiikkaa kellon ympäri, Juhana Manner, dokumentary film
Teaching
2018 Espoo School of Art (Espoo, Finland): teacher in ceramics
2014 The Animakers – an interactive animation exhibition, Annantalo Arts Center, Helsinki,
21.8.2014 – 18.1.2015.
2012 Pohjois - Haaga Primary School (Finland): ceramic workshops (Hesan Nuorten Ääni-
Cultural activities)
2011 Saint Petersburg Institute ( Russia): Portrait workshop for children and their parents
2009- Annantalo Arts Centre (Helsinki, Finland): teacher in ceramics
2006-07 Vihti Visual Arts School ( Nummela, Finland) teacher in ceramics
2007 The Finnish Deafblind Association (Helsinki, Finland): teacher in ceramics course
2005-06 The Helsinki Association for Visually Impaired (HUN) (Helsinki, Finland): teacher in ceramics/
exhibition organizer
2003-2006 Vocational Institute Sydväst ( Tammisaari, Finland): teacher in ceramics