Heikki Viinikainen
DESIGNER, GLASS ARTIST
Studio Heikki Viinikainen creates and produces glass for daily use and in limited editions. The collection contains also unique art glass objects. All objects are made by hand in Nuutajärvi Glass Village in a hotshop of a glass cooperative called Lasikomppania.
“As well as the harmony of the shape, material and use of property I search for the object a dimension which puts my thoughts on. Special in glass material is its many opportunities from sensitivity to rich use of color. Glass combines in a unique way color, shape and space that lives through the light. The Glass material inspires and leads me to new explorations in the glass world.”
WORKS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Heikki Viinikainen
Born 30st Jan 1978, Kuopio, Finland
Pruukinraitti 10 A 3
31160 Nuutajärvi
Tel: +358(0)50 3381432
www.studioviinikainen.com
heikki@studioviinikainen.com
Assignments
2015 Exhibition planning, Timo Sarpaneva – Glass Art, The Finnish Glass Museum
2015 Exhibition planning, Finnish Glass Lives 7, The Finnish Glass Museum
2014 Exhibition planning, Agony to Ecstasy – Three-Dimensional Tales, Nuutajärvi
2014 Exhibition planning, Nuutajärvi – A Never-Ending Story, The Finnish Glass Museum
2014 Exhibition planning, European Glass Experience, The Finnish Glass Museum
2014 Exhibition planning, Colour and Magic – French Art Deco Glass, The Finnish Glass Museum
2013 Exhibition planning, Tapio Wirkkala – A Poet in Glass and Silver, The Finnish Glass Museum
2013 Teaching, Tavastia Education Consortium, glass artisans
2013 Exhibition planning, Old Finnish Glass, The Finnish Glass Museum
2013 Shop design, The Finnish Glass Museum
2012 Exhibition planning, Glass Etc., The Finnish Glass Museum
2012 Teaching, Tavastia Education Consortium, glass artisans
2012 Exhibition planning, Erkkitapio Siiroinen, The Finnish Glass Museum
2012 Exhibition planning, Gralglas Dürnau 1930-1981, The Finnish Glass Museum
2011 Exhibition planning, Lasikomppania – The Nuutajärvi Glassmakers’ Cooperative, The Finnish Glass Museum
2011 Teaching, Tavastia Education Consortium, glass artisans
Awards and Honours
2015 Glass art competition, Municipality of Urjala, third place
2013 Design competition for a font, Church Central Administration, The Finnish Glass Museum, commendation
2006 Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition, second place in the Finnish semi-finals
2005 Scholarship for diligence, Mikkeli Vocational College, Metal Department
Memberships
2013 Ornamo, Finnish Association of Designers
2011 Nuutajärvi Gallery Cooperative NuGO
2010 Nuutajärven lasitaitajat ry society, Lasikomppania
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Beneath the Blue Stone, Gallery Carree, Kuopio, Finland
2008 From Near You – Glass Design, Kellari gallery, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland
Group Exhibitions
2015 In the Terrain of Form, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2015 Refact, Waterford City Hall, Ireland
2015 Wild Solar, Gallery Contempo, Helsinki, Finland
2015 EGE - European Glass Experience, The Murano Glass Museum, Murano, Italy
2015 EGE - European Glass Experience, Museo do Vidrio, Marinha Grande, Portugal
2015 Finnish Glass Lives 7, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2014 Glass in Sight, Gallery O, Helsinki, Finland
2014 White, Lokal, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Glass Kitchen Nuutajärvi, Helsinki Design Week, Finland
2014 Agony to Ecstasy – Three-Dimensional Tales, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2014 Blurred Lines, Copper Smithy, Fiskars, Finland
2014 EGE - European Glass Experience, Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
2014 Camera & Quartz Sand, Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Sipoo, Finland
2014 Nuutajärvi – A Never-Ending Story, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2013 Glass Exhibition at the Embassy of Finland, Washington, United States
2013 Glass is tomorrow, Ampersand House & Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Glass is tomorrow, Museo della Scienza, Milan, Italy
2013 Glass is tomorrow, Cité du Design - Design Biennal, Saint-Étienne, France
2013 Glass is tomorrow, Quantum Glass, Paris, France
2013 Nuutajärvi 220, Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Souffler/Capturer, The French Institute of Finland, Pariisi, France
2012 Blow and Capture – Glass and Photographs, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2012 Infinity, Gallery Täky, Lappeenranta, Finland
2011 Lasikomppania, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2011 Kaj Franck’s Landscape, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2010 Glass Fantasy, Iittala Glass Museum, Iittala, Finland
2010 Utopia and Homecoming, Gallery Taitemia, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland
2010 Finnish Glass Lives, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2008 Glass Fantasy 2008, Iittala Glass Museum, Iittala, Finland
2008 KUMU 2008, Gallery Taitemia, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland
2007 Kanttia kans! Gallery Taitemia, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland
2006 Harvest, Gallery Taitemia, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland
