AINO KAJANIEMI |
taideteokset art works |
kirkkotekstiilit liturgical church textiles |
tilaustyöt commissions |
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AINO KAJANIEMI Lahjaharjuntie 12 |
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Education:
| 1978-83 |
University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland, Textile dep. |
| 1975-77 |
School of arts and crafts in Petäjävesi, Weaving dep. |
| 1974 |
Secondary school graduate, Kilpisen Lukio, Jyväskylä |
Membership:
| Artists O / Ornamo | |
| Finnish Association of Textile artists TEXO | |
| Finnish Association of Designer Makers TAIKO | |
| Artists assosiation of Jyväskylä |
Solo exhibitions:
| 2013 | Ii, Culture Kauppila |
| 2012 | Helsinki-Vantaa airport, VIP Centre |
| 2012 | Saarijärvi, Vintti gallery |
| 2011 | Porvoo, Gallery Colmio |
| 2011 | Laukaa, Järvilinna |
| 2011 | Eurajoki, Gallery Gylich |
| 2010 | Jyväskylä, Gallery Becker |
| 2010 | Oulu Gallery Colmio |
| 2008 | Lappeenranta, gallery TÄKY |
| 2008 | Sweden, Gothenburg, TEXTILIA |
| 2008 | Jyväskylä, Patina |
| 2007 | Lahden taidepanimo, Hiivahuone |
| 2006 | Barcelona, La Galeria |
| 2005 | Jyväskylä, Galleria Becker |
| 2005 | Oulu, Galleria 5 |
| 2003 | TEXTILIA center, Gothenberg, Sweden, |
| 2001 | Konnevesi, Käpy gallery, Hankasalmi Library |
| 2001 | Rauma, Rauma-Hall |
| 2001 | Jyväskylä, Main Library |
| 1999 | Rauma, Teresia and Rafael Lönnström Museum |
| 1998 | Spain, Fuengirola, Pacosintupa gallery |
| 1998 | Helsinki, Bau, Gallery for Applied Art |
| 1998 | Jyväskylä, Gallery Becker |
| 1997 | Ii, Community Center |
| 1997 | Lappeenranta,Laura Korpikaivo-Tamminen Museum of Handicrafts |
| 1997 | Lahti, Pihagallery |
| 1996 | Jyväskylä, Enviroment Center Kammi |
| 1996 | Seinäjoki, Seinäjoki Art Hall |
| 1995 | Jyväskylä, Museum of Central Finland |
| 1995 | Jyväskylä, Finnish Art and Craft Center Aivia |
| 1995 | Kotka, Gallery Uusikuva |
| 1994 | Lahti, Gallery Kolibri |
| 1994 | Helsinki, Gallery Hagelstam |
| 1992 | Oulu, Gallery of City Library of Oulu |
| 1992 | Jyväskylä, Gallery Wivi |
| 1984 | Kemi Art Museum |
Juried collective exhibition:
| 2012-2013 | Joensuu Art Museum, Oulu Art Museum, Turku, Väinö Aaltonen Museum, TEXO 9. triennial |
| 2011 | South-Korea, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Between tradition and future |
| 2011, 09, 07, 05, 04, 02, 01, 1998 | Jyväskylä Art Museum, Artists Association of Jyväskylä |
| 2010 | Helsinki, Mexico-Finland, Finlands National Archive | 2010 | Raisio Museum Harkko, Finnish textile exhibition |
| 2008 | Museum of Central Finland, Artists Association of Jyväskylä |
| 2007-08 | Jyväskylä, Finlands Handicraft Museum, Design from Central Finland |
| 2007 | Mänttä, G.A. Serlachius -museum PAPRU, paper art exhibition |
| 2006 | Helsinki, Johan S. TEXO miniature textiles |
| 2006 | Helsinki, Amos Anderson Art Museum, TEXO 7. triennial |
| 2005 | Helsinki, Design Forum, Tampere, TR 1, Vammala, Valkeakoski, Inform |
| 2003 | Kankaanpää Parish Centre, Hartauskuvia II |
| 2002, 03 | Poland, Lodz, The Central Textile Museum, Oulu Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Etelä-Karjala Art Museum, TEXO 6. triennial |
| 1999-2000 | Kerava Art Museum, Aikasauma, TEXO exhibition |
| 1996,97 | Helsinki, Gallery Bronda, Rauma, Lönnström, Mikkeli Art Museum 40th jubilee exhibition of TEXO |
| 1996 | Kerava Art Museum, Creative Hands |
| 1993, 94, 97 | Jyväskylä, Alvar Aalto Museum, Artists Association of Jyväskylä |
| 1993, 94 | Helsinki, Turku, Varkaus, Tampere, Matkalla, TEXO exhibition |
| 1993 | Helsinki Art Hall, Materia, 10th jubilee exhibition of TAIKO |
| 1992 | France, Paris, Institute of Finland, TEXO exhibition |
| 1991 | Tampere, Espoo, 3rd Finnish Textile Triennial |
| 1986, 88, 91 | Helsinki, Tampere, Espoo, Tallinn, Miniature textiles, TEXO exhibition |
Group exhibitions:
| 2013 | England, Scarborough, Woodend gallery, Jyväskylä, Gallery Ratamo, Connection North |
| 2013 | Lapinlahti Art museum, KOHTA, together with Helena Kaikkonen and Synnöve Dickhoff |
| 2013 | Helsinki, Suomenlinna, Gallery Rantakasarmi, POLKU, together with Päivi Hintsanen, Anne Mäkelä and Virve Lilja |
| 2012 | England, North Yorkshire, Mercer art gallery Harrogate |
| 2012 | Korpilahti Höyry gallery |
| 2011 | Helsinki, Gallery Duetto, together with Raija Jokinen |
| 2010 | England Bilston Craft Gallery, paperworks |
| 2010 | Helsinki, Gallery NORSU 5 year’s jubilee exhibition |
| 2010 | Norway, Oslo, Finlands Culture Institut, Finnish Designer Awards |
| 2010 | Gallery Carree, Kuopio with Aura Kajaniemi |
| 2010 | England, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Paper Works |
| 2010 | Helsinki, Design Forum Finland, Finnish Designer Awards |
| 2009 | Jyväskylä, Äkkigallery |
| 2009 | London, Flow gallery, Signals, Paper works |
| 2009 | Sweden, Upperud Åsensbruk, Dalslands konstmuseum, with R. Jokinen |
| 2009 | Helsinki, Gallery NORSU with Ane Henriksen and Kristen Saeterdal |
| 2009 | Joutsa, Haihatus, Joensuu Taitokortteli |
| 2008 | Australia, Melbourne, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn |
| 2008 | Netherlands, Museum Ryswyk, with Raija Jokinen and Marian Biljenga |
| 2008 | Saarijärvi Art museum, -50+ erotique, 14 women artists |
| 2008 | The ANU School Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia, "The Fine Art of Tapestry Weaving" Sue Lawty and Fiona Rutherford, Great Britain, Sara Lidsay, Australia, Susan Mowatt, Skotland, Yasuko Fujino, Japan, Jane Kidd, Kanada, Aino Kajaniemi, Finland |
| 2007 | Helsinki, Laterna Magica, with Ulla-Maija Vikman |
| 2007 | Jyväskylä, Finlands Handicraft Museum, Marian Bijlenga (NL), R.Jokinen |
| 2006 | Estonia, Tarto, Estonian National museum, with Aet Ollisaar |
| 2006 | Norway, Oslo, Finlands Culture Institut, with Päikki Priha |
| 2006 | Naantali Artroom, with textile artist Raija Jokinen |
| 2006 | Helsinki, Forum Box, with textile artist Raija Jokinen |
| 2006 | Iisalmi, Arthall Art Anna, Three sisters |
| 2005 | Russia, Jaroslavl Art Museum, 13 artists from Finland |
| 2004, 05 | Turkey, Izmir, Helsinki, Virkki Handicrafts Museum, 6 textile artists |
| 2003 | Jyväskylä, Museum of Central Finland, Three sisters |
| 2002 | Hämeenlinna, Culture Centre, with textile artist Raija Jokinen |
| 2001 | Jugoslavia, Belgrad, Applied Art Museum, Three textile artists from Finland |
| 2000 | Slovakia, Bratislava, Galleria X, 3+3 |
| 2000 | Helsinki, Gallery Bau, Three sisters |
| 1997 | Lithuania, Vilna, Akademia Gallery, Three textile artists from Finland |
| 1996 | Vaasa, Art Hall, with sculptor Sanna Koivisto |
| 1995 | Turku, Gallery of Brinkkala, with sculptor Sanna Koivisto |
| 1993 | Kemi Art Museum, with sculptor Sanna Koivisto |
| 1993 | Tampere, Art Center Mältinranta, with sculptor Sanna Koivisto |
| 1992 | Helsinki, Gallery Vapaudenaukio, Three sisters |
| 1983 | Helsinki, Kluuvi Gallery, Graduates |
Collective exhibitions:
| 2012 | Oulu Art Museum, Tartuntapintoja - art from new purchase |
| 2012 | Jyväskylä Art Museum, art collection from the 21th century |
| 2011 | Denmark, Skaerbaek Fritidscenter Arthouse |
| 2010, 09, 08 | Helsinki Art Fair |
| 2007 | Jyväskylä, Dance happening, Verstas, textile sculpture |
| 2007 | Spain, Barcelona, La Galeria |
| 2007 | Bulgaria, Sofia, National Academy of Art, Academia Gallery, Contemporary textile Art from Finland |
| 2005 | Jyväskylä, Finlands Handicraft Museum, Siirtymä |
| 2004 | Vaasa, Tikanojan taidekoti, In Sleepland |
| 2003,04,05 | Oulu, Lusto, Kemi, Orimattila, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Semplice |
| 2001–03, 05-11 | Orimattila, Villa Roosa, summer exhibition, invited artists from Finland |
| 2001 | Korea, Soeul, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, 10 finnish textile artists |
| 2001 | Korea, Daegu, Fashion Center, 9 textile artists |
| 2001-03 | Italy, La Spezia, Pisa, Bari, Genova, Kisko Kivimakasiini, Tondo Finlandese |
| 2001 | Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovenská Narodná Galléria V Bratislave, Linen |
| 2000 | Viitasaari, Punainen Paja, summer exhibition |
| 1998, 2000 | Vaajakoski, Wanha Woimala |
| 1998 | Spain, Madrid, Scuola de Arte ”La Palma”, TEXO exhibition |
| 1996 | Helsinki, Design Forum, VALO- Light, TAIKO exhibition |
| 1996 | South Korea, Soeul, Art Hall in Dpt. Gallery |
| 1995, 96 | Oulu, Kuopio, Vaasa, Putkessa, TAIKO exhibition |
| 1995 | Kellokoski, Ohkola Hospital, Minä – I |
| 1988 | Soviet Union, Volgograd, Artists association of Kemi |
International collective exhibitions:
| 2013 | Poland, Lodz, Central Museum of Textiles, 14th International Triennial of Tapestry |
| 2013 | Jyväskylä, Museum of Central Finland ARTAPESTRY 3 |
| 2013 | London, Flow gallery, Forming Words |
| 2012 | Netherlands, Kunstmaan Ameland, international exhibition |
| 2012 | Denmark, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, ARTAPESTRY 3 |
| 2012 | Japan, Kyoto art center, International tapestry exhibition ORIZUME II |
| 2011 | England, Barnsley, The Civic, Paper Works |
| 2011 | Bulgaria, Sofia, City gallery, paper art biennial |
| 2011 | Musée Cinquantenaire Brussel and Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, The Web of Europe/ Contemporary Paraphrases of an Eighteen-century Brussels Tapestry, Culture Institute of Hungary, Brysselja Ildiko Dobranyi Foundation, Budapest |
| 2011 | Sweden, Gothenburg, Röhhska Museum, Textilia exhibition |
| 2011 | Shetland, Weisdale, Shetland´s Arts Bonhoga Gallery, “Portage: textiles extremes of scale” |
| 2011 | London Collect fair, Saatch Gallery, Flow gallery |
| 2009 | Grand Hall, Anciens Abattoirs, Mons, Belgium, the European Price for Applied Arts |
| 2009 | Chigaco SOFA fair, Gallery NORSU |
| 2009 | Minitextile exhibition "X"Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Chemnitz, Germany |
| 2008-10 | Denmark, Aalborg, ARTAPESTRY, The 2st European Tapestry triennial Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Norway, Bergen, West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, France, Angers, Musée Jean Lurcat et de la Tapisserie Contemporaine, Sweden, Luleå, Konsthallen art museum |
| 2008 | 10th Textile Miniature Exhibition, Galeria X, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Paris, Viaduc des Arts, Masterwork – Objets de créateurs eoropéens, Ateliers d´Art de France | |
| 2007 | World Craft Council, The Best of European Contemporary Crafts, Luxemburg |
| 2007 | England, London, The Collyer-Bristow Gallery, Northern Light Exhibition, Skandinavian contemporary art |
| 2005-07 | Denmark, Aalborg, Art Museum of North Jutland, Germany, Krefeld, Deutsches Textilmuseum, France, Angers, Musée Jean Lurcat et de la Tapisserie Contemporaine, ARTAPESTRY, The 1st European Tapestry triennial |
| 2006 | England, Cardiff, Craft in the Bay, Makers Guild in Wales |
| 2003 | Germany, Heidelberg, Max Berk Museum, 10th Intern. Biennale der Spitze |
| 2002 | Belgium, Brussels, 10th International Lace Biennial – Contemporary Art |
| 2002, 05 | Czech Republic, Prague, U Prstenu Gallery, international miniature textiles |
| 2002, 1996 | France, Beauvais, 2nd and 5th Festival International de la Tapisserie et de L’art de la Fibre |
| 2001 | Rauma, Poselli, Face to, international miniature textiles |
| 2001 | Latvia, Riga, ETN, The State Art Museum, Tradition& Innovation |
| 1997 | Estonia, Tallinn, Applied Art Museum, Useless Things, Tallinn Applied Art Triennial |
| 1997 | Belgium, Tournau, Nordic Textile Art |
| 1997 | Sweden, Kalmar, Ögonblick Norden, 5 nordic outdoor installations |
| 1997 | Sweden, Kalmar, Teatergalleriet, Nordic 650th jubilee of the Union of Kalmar |
| 1994 | Italy, Como, Miniartextil |
| 1986 | Germany, Munich, Jugend Gestaltet |
Public commissions:
| 2011 | Jyväskylä, The Chapel of Mäntykangas, tapestries |
| 2010 | Jyväskylä, Hospital of Central Finland, tapestry |
| 2009 | Jyväskylä, Finnish Broadcasting Network regional office, tapestries |
| 2008 | Vesanka school and library, tapestries and rugs |
| 2007 | Jyväskylä, Keskisuomalainen Oyj, Publishing company entrance hall, paper installation, the victory of a competition |
| 2006 | Espoo, Muurala staff restaurant, tapestries |
| 2005 | Mikkeli, The Diocese Chapter, meeting room,tapestry, the victory of a competition |
| 2004 | Iisalmi, Ylä-Savo Jurisdictional District Office, tapestry |
| 2003 | Helsinki, Kustaankartano service centre for the aged, 3 tapestries and 2 rugs |
| 2001 | Jyväskylä, The public Swimming pool, Fireplace room, rug |
| 2001 | Jyväskylä, ARE Oy, meeting room, double weaving cloth |
| 2000 | Helsinki, HUS; hospital chapel, tapestry |
| 1996 | Jyväskylä, Meeting room of public swimming pool, double weaving cloth |
| 1996 | Jyväskylä, Karjaportti, the canteen, double weaving cloth |
| 1994 | Vaajakoski service centre for the aged, Rural district of Jyväskylä, rug |
| 1994 | Jyväskylä, Service block of Kortepohja, rug |
| 1989 | Kemi, Health centre of Syväkangas, tapestry, double weaving cloth and spatial textile work |
| 1988 | Kemi, Comprehensive school of Hepola, rug |
| 1988 | KEMI Oy, the canteen, pulp fibre work |
| 1987 | Oulunsalo, Upper level of a comprehensive school, tapestry The victory of a competition |
| 1985 | Kemi, United Bank of Finland, tapestry |
Art works in collections:
| State of Finland | |
| Helsinki Art Museum | |
| Jyväskylä Art Museum | |
| Finlands Craft Museum | |
| Oulu Art Museum | |
| Commune of Ii | |
| City of Gothenberg/Sweden | |
| Cities of Vaasa, Kemi, Kotka, Naantali | |
| Kellokoski Hospital | |
| Keskisuomalainen Oyj | |
| TEXTILIA center, Göteborg, Sweden | |
| The County of Jyväskylä | |
| The University of Jyväskylä | |
| Commune of Värmland, Hospital of Karlstad, Sweden | |
| Dalslands Konstförening, Sweden | |
| NIB, Nordic investmentbank |
Liturgical church textiles:
| 2008 | Church of Rymättylä, textiles for the altar and the pulpit |
| 2006 | The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, The Chapel of The centre of Education, Järvenpää |
| 2003 | Church of Vaajakoski |
| 2002 | Church of Palokka |
| 2000 | Helsinki, HUS, hospital chapel for children |
| 1998-99 | The Rural Parish of Jyväskylä, Church of Taulumäki |
| 1988-90 | Church of Veitsiluoto |
| 1986-88 | City Church of Kemi |
Grants and awards:
| 2011 | Personal five-year-grant for artistic work, National Council for Crafts and Design |
| 2010 | The textile artist of the year 2010 |
| 2010 | Jyväskylä Culture Prize |
| 2009,04,99 | Personal one-year-grant for artistic work, National Council for Crafts and Design |
| 2008,1998 | Stipend for crafts and design exhibitions, Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 2008,01,96,92 | National Council for Crafts and Design |
| 2010,08,07,01,00,97 | Travelling allowance, The Central Arts Council of Finland |
| 2007-05,96,92,91 | Grant for crafts and design exhibitions, Art Committee of Central Finland |
| 2005, 01 | Stipend for crafts and design exhibitions, National Council for Crafts and Design |
| 2010,05, 00 | Compensation grant to visual artists, Ministry of Education |
| 2002 | Stipend for crafts and design exhibitions, Cultural foundation of the Central Finland |
| 2001 | Stipend for crafts and design exhibitions, Ornamo Foundation |
| 2001 | Stipend for crafts and design exhibitions, Foundation of Greta and William Lehtinen |
| 1997,95,94,92 | Grant for crafts and design exhibitions, City of Jyväskylä |
| 1997 | Grant for crafts and design exhibitions, Finnish-Swedish Cultural Foundation |
| 2010,1997, 93 | Personal half-year-grant for artistic work, Art Committee of Central Finland |
| 1995 | Personal half-year-grant for artistic work, City of Jyväskylä |
| 1993 | Stipend for crafts and design exhibitions, Eva and Maija Taimi Foundation |
| 1985 | Personal one-year-grant for artistic work, Art Committee of the Province of Lapland |