Auli Rautiainen
GLASS DESIGNER
"Glass is an enchanting partner, occasionally easy to shape and receptive and at times erratic, a little bit like us humans. You should approach glass with beautiful intentions and gentle hands. Then it allows you a chance for a fleeting and unique contact.
My career with glass as my partner has included hectic teamwork in a hotshop as well as solitary concentration in the silence of my own studio. But always the common factor has been color, the everlasting source of my inspiration. With different techniques I get to paint my designs on the glass canvas and frame them with this materials own yearning for roundness and soft lines."
WORKS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Auli Rautiainen
born 1975, Helsinki, Finland
Education
1991-97 MFA, University of Art and Design, Department of Ceramic And Glass Design, Helsinki, Finland
1994-96 Sheridan College, School of Craft and Design, Glass Department, Oakville, Canada
1994 Orrefors Glass School, Orrefors, Sweden
Professional experience
1997- present Glass artist
2010- present Senior lecturer, Degree Program in Glass and Ceramics, University of Applied Sciences, Hämeenlinna, Finland
2009 Teacher, University of Art and Design, Department of Ceramic And Glass Design, Helsinki, Finland
2001-2007 Lecturer, Kuopio Academy of Design, Department of Ceramics And Glass Design, Kuopio, Finland
1998-1999 Instructor of glass blowing workshops, Harbourfront Centre Glass Studio, Toronto, Canada
1997-1999 Artist-in-residence , Harbourfront Centre Glass Studio, Toronto, Canada
1995 Summer student residency, Harbourfront Centre Glass Studio, Toronto, Canada
Awards and honors
2007 Artist Ambassador of National Liberty Museum, PA, USA
2007 Grant, Regional Arts Council of North Savo, Finland
2004 Grant, Art Council of Finland
2004 Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation, North Savo Region
2004 Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation
2004 Grant, Regional Arts Council of North Savo, Finland
2004 Grant, Design Council of Finland
2003 Finalist, The Bombay Sapphire Prize 2003, International Glass Design Award, The Bombay Sapphire Foundation, London, Great Britain
2003 Grant, Regional Arts Council of North Savo, Finland
2003 Grant, Design Council of Finland
2002 Grant, Regional Arts Council of North Savo, Finland
2001 Grant, Regional Arts Council of Uusimaa, Finland
2001 Grant, Design Council of Finland
1999 Grant, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Award of Excellence, Visual Arts Mississauga, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
1997 Scholarship, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1996 2nd prize, Glass Art Society, International Student Exhibition, Boston, Ma, USA
1996 Scholarship, The Studio of Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY,USA
1996 Scholarship, Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada
1995 Travel grant: University of Art And Design, Helsinki, Finland
1995 Travel grant: University of Art And Design, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Scholarship, Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada
1994 Scholarship, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Nordplus Scholarship (Scandinavian Scholarship)
1994 Scholarship, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Collections
2000 The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
1998 The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
1997 The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
1996 The Claridge Collection, Montreal, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2000 Finnish glass, Objects by Auli Rautiainen, Galerie Splinter, Berlin, Germany
1999 Auli Rautiainen, Starfish Glassworks,Victoria, BC, Canada
1997 Synchronized Floating, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
Selected exhibitions
2010-2104 Finnish Glass Art 2000-2005
2014 Glashütte Gernheim, Germany
2013 Musée du verre, Carmaux, France
2012 design factory, Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 National Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 Suomen lasi elää - 6, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2006-2009 Finnish Glass Art 2000-2005
2009 Finnish Glass Art 2000-2005, National Gallery, Banska Bystrica, Slovenia2008-2009 East-Slovanian Gallery, Kosice, Slovenia2008 Gernheim, Germany
2008 Museum of Decorative Art and Design, Riga, Latvia
2007 Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Turkey
2007 Museum Naradove we Wroclaw, Poland
2007 Stichting Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam, Netherlands
2006 L'art du verre finlandais 2000-2005, Musée du Verre Carmaux, France
2006 L'art du verre finlandais 2000-2005, Conseil Général de Meurthe et Moselle, Nancy, France
2005 Steninge World Art Glass Exhibition , Steninge Palace, Märsta, Sweden
2005 Suomen lasi elää - 5, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2004 Vetri. Nel mondo. Oggi, Palazzo Franchetti, Venice, Italy
2004 Faszination Glas, Tendenzen in der Finnischen Glaskunst, Galerie Brigitte, Kurzendöfrfer, Pilsach, Germany
2004 Blue Room, Glass in Contemporary Life, The Arches in Glasgow, Glasgow, Great Britain
2004 Faszination Glas, Tendenzen in der Finnischen Glaskunst , Glasmuseum Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany
2004 Finnish Glass Art, Nääs Palace, Floda, Sweden
2004 Blue Room ,Glass in Contemporary Life , The Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, Great Britain
2004 Faszination Glas, Tendenzen in der Finnischen Glaskunst , Stadtmuseum Schleswig, Schleswig, Germany
2003 Blue Room , Geffrey Museum, London, Great Britain
2003 Pasaitges Vider de Finlandia I Espanya , Espai Vidre Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2003 Auli Rautianen, Riikka Latva-Sompi and Vesa Varrela , Gallerie Splinter, Berlin, Germany
2003 Faszination Glas,Tendenzen in der Finnischen Glaskunst, Felleshus, Berlin, Germany
2003 Vanguardia en vidrio Finlandia - Vanguardia en vidrio, Museo de Historia Mexicana, Monterrey, Mexico
2002 Finlandia - Vanguardia en vidrio, Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, Mexico
2002 Steninge World Art Glass Exhibition, Hadelande Glasverk, Jevnaker, Norway
2002 Finlandia - Vanguardia en vidrio, Museo do Vidro, Marinha Grande, Portugal
2002 Nordic Glass 2000 , Fossakleiva Brukssenter, Bergen, Bergen
2002 Steninge World Art Glass Exhibition, Steninge Palace, Märsta, Sweden
2002 Findesignnow 02 , Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland
2001 Nordic Glass 2000, M.K. Ciurlionsis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
2001 Edge - cutting edge glass and ceramics, The Finnish Embassy, London, Great Britain
2001 Nordic Glass 2000, Museum of Industrial Arts, Riika, Latvia
2001 Finlandia - Varguardia en Vidrio, Museo de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
2001 Nordic Glass 2000, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Nordic Glass 2000, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2001 Finlandia - Varguardia en Vidrio, Fundaci'fn Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
2001 3+3 Dimensions, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2001 Omand - Possession, Tallinn Applied Art Triennial 2000, Applied Arts Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 Nordic Glass 2000, Pachus C, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000 Finnish Glass Lives 4, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2000 3+3 Dimensions, Applied Arts Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 Moderne Zeiten: Finnisches Glas1929-99, Museum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
2000 Meistern der Modern, International Hantwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
1999 Moderne Zeiten: Finnisches Glas 1929-1999, Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Leipzig, Germany
1999 Essence lll, Starfish Glassworks, Victoria, BC, Canada
1998 Aromatik, Elena Lee Gallerie, Montreal, Canada
1998 The 2nd Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, Canada
1998 Finnish Design 10, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Visual Arts Mississauga, Art Gallery of Mississauga,Mississauga, Canada
1997 The 7th Annual Canadian Glass Show, Alberta, Canada
1997 Scandinavian Glass Art, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
1997 Canadian Glass Show, Smashing Glass Inc., Edmonton,Canada
1997 Design Contemporain de Verre Finlandais, Contemporary Art Centre, Schalkwijk, The Netherlands
1997 Design Contemporain de Verre, The Finnish Institute, Paris, France
1996 La Biennale Du Verre, Elena Lee Gallerie, Montreal, Canada
1996 The 1996 International Student Exhibition, Boston, Ma,USA
1995 The 1995 International Student Exhibition, Ashville, NC., USA
