KOKOELMA
22 Mar – 18 May 2024
Muotoilukeskus Proto
Oulu, Finland
Muotoilukeskus Proton kevään näyttelyssä tutustutaan vaikuttavaan otokseen Korutaideyhdistyksen kokoelmasta.
Korutaideyhdistys ry on kerännyt korutaiteen kokoelmaa vuodesta 2008 lähtien. Kokoelma dokumentoi kotimaista korutaidetta ja nykyisellään se kattaa lähes 140 koruteosta.
Kokoelma sisältää muun muassa pitkän uran tehneen Eila Minkkisen klassikkoteoksia 80-luvulta sekä suomalaisen korutaiteen uranuurtajien kuin myös viime vuosina valmistuneiden lahjakkaiden nuorten teoksia. Kokoelmasta on valittu 50 teosta nähtäville 36 korutaiteilijalta. Teokset ovat ensimmäistä kertaa nähtävillä näin pohjoisessa.
KOKOELMA -näyttely on nähtävissä Muotoilukeskus Protossa 22.3.2024–18.5.2024.
Local Treasures
1 – 30 June 2023
Mini Gallery Onoma Shop
Fiskars, Finland
In Fiskars you will eventually come across slag, which is a very typical material for the ironworks village. The dark bricks of the historical buildings are made from slag, but you may also find pieces of slag on the ground. Slag is a glass-like by-product of iron production, and can still be found in the grounds of the village today.
"After moving to Fiskars, this unusual material caught my attention and I started collecting it on my walks, until I soon realized that it was unavoidable to do something with it, as I previously had been working with stone. Slag pieces can be quite different in color, texture, and shape, and may contain cracks or inclusions of minerals and metals, making each piece unique.
Throughout history man has made objects for different purposes from found materials. Various beads were also used as a medium of exchange in different cultures. I wish to highlight the untapped local slag material, exploring value and its expressions, and the material's potential as a substance for arts and crafts."
Supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Members of Onoma cooperative start a new season in Kupru gallery, inspired by Easter time.
Onoman jäsenten oma pääsiäisen ajasta inspiroitunut näyttely avaa tämän vuoden sesongin Kupru galleriassa.
Exhibition planning and set up as a member of the artistic committee of Onoma.
Read more in Finnish here.
Weave of Waves, Theresa Storbacka, 2022, photo: Lokal gallery
Work featured in the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat 26th of February 2023, in an article about a longing for the handmade. Link to article here.
The Sense of Spirituality
1 – 4 Sep 2022
The Sense Of Spirituality – exhibition looks at spiritual phenomena in this time.
Spirituality is one of the central concepts of being human. Therefore, the absence of spirituality in western design during the past decades is is quite astonishing. Design with spiritual values opens up to external and internal changes, new possibilities and human emotions. When design adapts to changes, it is no longer a predictable technical performance, from which feeling and intuition have almost completely vanished. Part of spiritual design is openness through which change can enter.
The exhibition is curated by designers Piia Jalkanen, Päivi Keski-Pomppu and Susan Elo.
Thu 15 - 19
Fri - Sun 12 - 19
Venetsia-talo, Lapinlahdenpolku 8 D, 00180 Helsinki
More information: Helsinki Design Week
HIDDEN
12 Aug – 17 Sep 2022
HIDDEN – Forms of the Senses
Satellite Exhibition
Lokal Gallery + Online Gallery
Annankatu 9, Helsinki
The satellite of the Onoma co-operative’s summer exhibition Hidden approaches multisensory experiences through art, design and craftsmanship, now also in Lokal’s homely environment. The artists featured in the Hidden exhibition reflect on the meanings and possibilities of the various senses in their own work. A number of factors contribute to how someone experiences and senses a work or an object. Often, however, the interpreter is strongly led by the creator of the work or object. The satellite exhibition is co-curated by Laura Sarvilinna and Katja Hagelstam.
Read more here about the Hidden exhibition, taking place in the Fiskars Village.
Artists participating in the satellite exhibition: Klaus & Elina Aalto / Erna Aaltonen / Antrei Hartikainen / Hemmo Honkonen / Sasha Huber / Mari Isopahkala / Minja Kolehmainen / Eija Koski / Tero Kuitunen / Nathalie Lautenbacher & Naoto Niidome / Jenni Mikkonen / Tuulia Penttilä / Renata Schirm (Jakowleff) / Theresa Storbacka / Maija Toukolehto / Elle Valkeapää
The exhibition is part of the Helsinki Design Week 2022 program. Helsinki Design Week, the largest design festival in the Nordic countries, will take place 1st–11th September 2022.
The Fabric of Being
14 – 31 July 2022
Presented in an intimate historical village setting once occupied by ironworkers, this solo exhibition features textile art, mini-sculpture, and jewelry art crafted from found local slag stone.
The Fabric of Being explores the connection between physical materials and human wellbeing, form in relation to consciousness, and considers the value of each.
The exhibition is part of the parallel programme of Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale,
In addition to the exhibition works, there will be some jewelry for sale.
Date: Thur – Sun 14.–31.7.
Times: 12:00-16:00
Address: Peltorivi 8, 10470 Fiskars
Tickets: Free admission by pre-booking. Book your timeslot here: Onoma Shop
Access to this event involves using stairs and thresholds.
More information and updates:
https://fiskarsvillagebiennale.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/theresastorbacka
Supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation
Interview
Interview regarding the ‘Hidden - Forms of the senses’ exhibition at Yle 22.5.2022, in Swedish.
22 May - 4 Sep 2022
Onoma’s summer exhibition HIDDEN - Forms of the Senses, is a manifesto for multi-sensory experience.
On Sunday 22 May, Onoma’s summer exhibition, Hidden – Forms of the Senses, will open in Fiskars Village as part of the Fiskars Village Art and Design Biennale. Curated by Laura Sarvilinna, the exhibition deals with how the senses influence artistic work and the experience of art. The exhibition explores multi-sensory experience through art, design and craft. Hidden is a sensual exhibition, which is set up in a way that takes into account the possibilities and limitations created by our senses and bodies and the environment, from the perspective of both the artist and the visitor.
In the West, we have been making value judgements about the human senses since ancient times. The number of senses has changed, and over time, they have each been assigned a different importance in relation to our thoughts and actions. We live in a period of human history characterised by unprecedented amounts of information and sensory overload. At the same time, and perhaps precisely because of this, we have reduced our sensory sensitivity by only relying on our dominant senses. We have almost forgotten the importance of versatile sensory practice and multi-sensory experience.
For people doing creative work, multi-sensory experience is a prerequisite for the imagination and creative practice. It is a natural path from an idea, or perhaps a coincidence, to a finished work. The works in the exhibition are intended to be experienced holistically. They appeal to several senses simultaneously. In order to maintain a sense of truth and presence in our lives, we must take care of the interaction between our senses and consider their multidimensional nature.
Open 22 May – 4 September, 11:00-18:00 every day.
Kuparivasarantie 5, Fiskars, Raseborg, Finland.
Jewelry for Wars Untold (from “Untold Arctic Wars”an Yle Original series)
4 Feb 2022
I was invited to create jewelry for the music video of Wars Untold, which is the official theme song, written by Irene, for the war documentary series Untold Arctic Wars. This collaboration allowed me to continue exploring materials from my local surroundings, finding connections between current living environment, artistic practice and the documentary series. The jewelry was made from deer antler found in the woods of my home village. No animals were harmed, as the antlers had been shed naturally.
“Untold Arctic Wars is a new generation war documentary series that explores the least known events of the second World War. It’s the first ever documentary to reveal the role of the Arctic nations in WWII, discovering the importance of the arctic region in the most violent war in human history. We need to be reminded of the frozen hell so that history will never repeat itself”. - Irene
The song and video was out 4th of February. The series, produced by Ntrnz premiered on February 14th on Finnish TV Yle. The video, shown as a trailer for the series, will be shown in other Nordic countries through SVT, NRK, and DR channels during the spring 2022, and is distributed to National Geographic channel through Walt Disney Company - first shown in Benelux countries.
Watch the video here: Youtube or Yle Areena
Watch the series on Yle Areena: Vaietut Arktiset Sodat (Untold Arctic Wars)
Connected! Part of Obsessed Jewellery Festival
18 - 21 Nov 2021
A group show with work of alumni and the new team of tutors from Jewellery Design & Gold and Silversmithing of Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. The works are connected in an intimate atmosphere and to be seen in the beautiful ‘Temple’ of the Academy.
Obsessed! Is a biennial jewellery festival that takes place in various cities throughout the Netherlands - Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Apeldoorn, Den Bosch, Eindhoven and Belgium - Antwerp. The upcoming third edition of Obsessed! connects the best jewelry related events - museum and gallery exhibitions, artist open studios, pop-ups, lectures, fairs and book launches - into one intriguing program curated by Current Obsession.
Full program on www.obsessedwithjewellery.com
Pictures from the exhibition below. Photo by Ligia Poplawska.
Member of Onoma Cooperative
Theresa joined the Onoma Cooperative of Artists, Designers and Artisans in Fiskars in November 2021. Onoma is the largest and the oldest operating cooperative of artists in Finland - with six new members who just got selected to join in. The cooperative is celebrating its 25th birthday in 2021!
Members of the Finnish Jewellery Art Association
21 Oct - 13 Nov 2021
Exhibition with work from 33 members of the Finnish Jewellery Art Association in Roikka & Riutta Gallery of Art Centre East in Lappeenranta, Finland. The exhibition curator and amanuensis of Oulu Museum of Art, Elina Vieru, was invited to jury the exhibition. She has a fresh perspective for jewellery and this is how she describes the the works of the applicants:
”This exhibition in whole shows how inspiring, current and versatile the authorship is, likewise the means of expression, techniques, materials and themes, in the field of contemporary jewellery. The works themselves conveyed a wide spectrum of discussion topics, concerns and sources of strength in this current time.”
The exhibition is a satellite event of the international KORU7 event for contemporary jewellery, in Lappeenranta.
www.taidekeskus-ita.fi/korutaide2021/
www.facebook.com/events/431922161781234/
Featured in the visuals for Irene’s new single Boundaries
Nordic alt-pop-artist Irene released the second single from her album on 18th June, wearing a unique pair of carved antler earrings by Theresa Storbacka in the visuals and videos.
Irene is known for her recognisable voice but also from her original visual universe. The Boundaries single is accompanied with a series of mini music videos, filmed in collaboration with the award-winning director Juha Ilmari Laine (Best Finnish Music Video, 2018).
For the mini videos, visuals and music, visit:
Virtual exhibition and sales event Jewellery from Afar
13 - 21 March 2021
The Finnish Jewellery Art Association is organising the annual jewellery art sales this year exceptionally online. 26 member-artists are participating with 83 juried jewellery art pieces. The exhibition event takes place on @korutaideyhdistys Instagram account, starting on the 13th of March. All the art pieces are for sale and works will be presented one by one with artwork information, price and contact details.
https://klimt02.net/events/exhibitions/jewellery-afar-korutaideyhdistys?fbclid=IwAR0EorevUTVcwpymkA9e58_xhWD0kVBkc8z8bHhfcgo37_80NMpS48e6OFo
https://www.korutaideyhdistys.fi/teosmyynti-2021-verkossa-jewellery-from-afar/
Material Stories: Gemstones. Carrying Deep Time with You
23 Feb 2021
Feature in an article series about the various perspectives on the use of materials by Saskia van Es at Klimt02; a platform for art jewelry and contemporary crafts.
https://klimt02.net/forum/articles/material-stories-gemstones-carrying-deep-time-you-saskia-van-es
The Jewellery Artist of the Year, Matti Mattsson, is awarded with a pendant made by Theresa Storbacka
28 Nov 2020
The Finnish Jewellery Art Association has chosen Matti Mattsson as the Jewellery Artist of the Year, and awarded him with the stone pendant “Vega”, made by artist and member Theresa Storbacka.
During his nearly 50-year career, Mattsson has maintained a distinctive and strong style. In the jewellery world, he is known as a pioneer in using recycled materials and as a positive, friendly and encouraging colleague who has supported many new jewellers in starting their careers.
LOKAL KANSALLISSALI
16.11.-23.12.2020
Lokal Kansallissali is now open! And we are part of it! Lokal Kansallissali is a new festive store by @lokalhelsinki , situated in the magnificent Väinämöisenlinna in the heart of Helsinki where you can experience the world of art, craft and design in the spirit of Christmas. Its carefully curated assortment features local master artisans’ works of art, design and fresh produce available to purchase. You are warmly welcome to explore its eight different rooms; the Food Cabinet, Hall, Old Pharmacy, Ateljé, Jewellery Box, Wardrobe, Art Room & Mirror Corridor. They are each filled with carefully curated objects in true Lokal style; crafts from the villages, ceramics, art glass, textiles, wood, birchbark – natural materials at their best.
Opening hours 16.11.- 6.12.
Mon - Fri 9:30 - 20:00
Sat - Sun 10:00 - 18:00
(6.12. Finnish Independence Day 6.12. 9:30 - 16:00)
Opening hours 7.12.-23.12.
Everyday 08:30 - 20:00
Aleksanterinkatu 44, 2nd floor
http://lokalhelsinki.com/kansallissali/
Feature in Current Obsession, the magazine and platform for contemporary adornment / Oct 2020
Current Obsession is a jewellery magazine and platform based in the Netherlands. Appreciated for its experimental approach and unconventional style, it showcases new ways of presenting and experiencing jewellery. CO collaborates with exceptional designers and artists and develops curatorial projects and events with renowned brands and cultural institutions.
CO connects diverse audiences in and outside of the field of jewellery and amplifies the voices of makers. The knowledge and expertise of its team, and their desire to continue to search for what is ‘current’ in the field, have established CO as a trailblazer in contemporary jewellery and beyond, making it the go-to platform for an international and cross-disciplinary network of designers, artists and initiatives.
https://www.current-obsession.com/theresa-storbacka/
IG: @currentobsessionmag
Virtual exhibition of Broken Beauty at Lalabeyou gallery
8 Oct - 18 Dec, 2020
« Beautiful is everything one looks at with love. » Christian Morgenstern
BROKEN BEAUTY, the exhibition proposed by ALLIAGES gallery and curated by Juan Riusech, with work from more than 50 international artists. You can access the online gallery and online shop through the website of Lalabeyou gallery.
https://www.lalabeyou.com/calendario-cursos/categoria/broken-beauty/
https://alliages.org/virtual-broken-beauty-lalabeyou
« Broken Beauty » will show the works of Aisegul Telli, Alex Kinsley Vey, Anne Léger, Anu Kirkinen, Charlotte Vanhoubroeck, Christine Jalio, Claudia Steiner, Corrado De Meo, Dania Chelminsky, Elli Xippa, Emilie Le Dez, Erato Kouloubi, Fabiana Gadano, Francine Schloeth, Fruzsina Zalavári, Isabel Trujillo, Isabelle Busnel, Jason Stein, Jieun Park, Juan Harnie, Juan Riusech, JuanJo Garcia Martin, Katrine Ingrid Christensen, Leslie Shershow, Lucie Popelka Houdková, Marta Herradura Villalba, Maud Traon, Michelle Kraemer, Miki Asai, Min Jae Eom, Mineri Matsuura, Namkyung Lee, Nan Jin, Nicole Schuster, Nik Hanton, Patricia Gallucci, Rho Tang, Ruizhi Li, Saadah bin Shehab, Sara Mas Tomas, Sara Shahak, Sébastien Carré, Silvia Serra, Sungryun Kim, Taibe Palacios, Teresa Faris, Theresa Storbacka, Victoria Ioannidou, Viktoria Münzker, Xenia Deimezi, Xianou Ni, Xinia Guan & Yiota Vogli.
Take the Plunge
18.9. - 19.10., 2020, Vienna
Come with us on a voyage full of discoveries from the sea shore to the depths of the ocean. Forgotten treasures from the ocean floor emerge and tell of a world beyond the surface where flotsam and sea creatures are turned into wearable sculptures.
Curated by Elisabeth Habig and Konstanze Prechtl, the exhibition “Take the Plunge” shows national and international artists whose works deal with topics related to water. In this exhibition, water also acts as a connecting element between applied and visual arts, blurring the boundaries. The audience is invited to take the plunge and experience wearable art by a selection of intriguing international artists.
with Works by:
Bendedikt Fischer, Lindsey Fontijn, Elisabeth Habig, Angelos Konstantakatos, Wiebke Pandikow, Konstanze Prechtl, Yeseul Seo, Theresa Storbacka, Alise Talberga, Eva Tesarik.
Studio Elisabeth Habig
Look Closer - Stones and jewellery
3-10.9.2020, Helsinki
The forests and shores of Finland are full of small gems. You may have noticed one on your walk and taken it with you, perhaps kept it as a memory of a place close to your heart.
In the exhibition designers have used different Finnish stone specimens found in the nature to create jewellery and small artefacts. The stones are given the spotlight they deserve and for example the everyday granite found all over the country is shown from a new point of view. The balance and relationship of metals and stones are carefully examined and worked on in the exhibition items.
Manufactured by traditional handcrafting methods, the works are unique pieces of art.
Artists: Minna Arponen, Elina Honkanen, Jaana Junkkaala, Päivi Keski-Pomppu, Fanni Laukkanen ja Theresa Storbacka.
https://www.helsinkidesignweek.com/events/look-closer-stones-and-jewellery/
Broken Beauty, the virtual exhibition
BROKEN BEAUTY, an exhibition proposed by ALLIAGES and curated by Juan Riusech like it was supposed to be seen in Munich at Schmuck Jewelry Week, 2020.
See the virtual exhibition: https://alliages.org/broken-beauty-the-virtual-exhibition
The annual sales exhibition of the Finnish Jewellery Art Association at Kaapelitehdas, Valssaamo, in Helsinki. Open 7 - 15 of March, opening 6th of March at 17-19h.
Korutaideyhdistys ry tuo jälleen Kaapelitehtaan Valssaamoon suomalaisen nykykorun myyntinäyttelyn. Teosmyynnissä on esillä teoksia kaikkiaan 47 korutaiteilijalta eri puolilta Suomea. Korutaide rikkoo perinteistä käsitystä korusta niin käyttötavan, sisällön kuin materiaalienkin suhteen. Itsenäisenä taidemuotonaan korutaide kuuluu nykytaiteen kenttään. Teokset ovat uniikkeja kappaleita, joiden lähtökohtana on ollut tekijänsä taiteellinen ilmaisu. Lähtökohtana voivat myös olla asiakkaan toiveet, joita taiteilija, muotoilija tai koruseppä toteuttaa. Korutaideyhdistyksen teosmyyntiin on koottu teoksia molemmista lähtökohdista esitellen yhdistyksen jäsenten monipuolista tuotantoa.
Valssaamossa on paikalla näyttelyn taiteilijoita sekä Korutaideyhdistyksen edustajia vastaamassa kiinnostuneiden kysymyksiin.
Yhdistys palkittiin viime vuonna muotoilun valtionpalkinnolla ja se on julkaissut myös tuoreen oppaan korutaiteen maailmaan, joka on jaossa tapahtuman aikana yleisölle.
Tervetuloa avajaisiin 6.3. klo 17-19!
https://www.facebook.com/events/786637261829999/?event_time_id=786637271829998
BROKEN BEAUTY
The new exhibition proposed by ALLIAGES and curated by Juan Riusech moves to Munich for Munich Jewellery Week. The exhibition will be held at the Werkstatt Gallery in Zentnerstraße 3, 80798 Munich, 12 - 14 March, 2020. The opening will take place on Wednesday 11th of March, 2020 18-21h.
Gallery open hours : Thu-Fri 13-19h & Sat 10-13h.
https://alliages.org/broken-beauty-schmuck-2020
https://munichjewelleryweek.com/events/broken-beauty
EXHIBITION CANCELLED
SSA / VAS OPEN
22 dec 2019 - 30 Jan 2020
A collaborative venture between Scotland’s two leading arts organisations: Society of Scottish Artists and Visual Arts Scotland, resulting in a combined annual show presenting the best in contemporary art and design.
Visual Arts Scotland explores the regions where artforms crossover, especially those between the fine and applied arts, and for this exhibition looked for artists who demonstrate conceptual thinking and innovation, as well as outstanding design and craftsmanship in jewellery and silversmithing. The focus was also on artists who are following or developing an ethical and sustainable practise.
What is beauty ? When you got it broken ? Broken Beauty … « Beautiful is everything one looks at with love. » Christian Morgenstern
BROKEN BEAUTY, the new exhibition held in Alliages gallery, Lille from Dec. 14th 2019 to February 15th 2020, and in Munich city center for Schmuck 2020 from March 11th-14th, 2020. The exhibitions are proposed by ALLIAGES and curated by Juan Riusech.
https://alliages.org/broken-beauty
