Aura Kajaniemi is a Finnish artist whose technique is based on bead embroidery. "In my work I explore new ways to use bead embroidery in combination with other techniques and materials. Lately my focus has shifted to three-dimensional ways of working; from tight, heavy surfaces to airy, lighter structures. I focus on compositions, the combination of colour and form. By exploring different beading techniques, my work is in continuum with the history of beadwork. My aims are esthetic in nature but has a deeper level in the thought process. I adore harmony and symmetry but am forced to break them in order to find something new. Muted and harmonic colour combinations inspire me; tiny changes in hue make all the difference. Small is my size. Tiny beads, the unnoticeable changes in shape and size are immensely interesting. The story is in the details that create the whole." |
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tel: +358504111345
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ig: aura.kajaniemi
Citizenship: Finnish
EDUCATION
2013-2015 Aalto university, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Fashion and Clothing desing, MA
2010-2013 Aalto university, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Fashion and Clothing desing, BA
2009-2010 Orivesi, College of arts
2005-2009 Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences, Theater costuming
1999-2005 Jyväskylä Normaalikoulu, high school
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Helsinki, Om'pu galleria, coming
2023 Helsinki, Oksasenkatu 11 -galleria
2022 Helsinki, Käsityöaktivismi, Craft Corner, Jyväskylä, The Craft museum of Finland, juried
2022 Rovaniemi, Galleria Värinä
2022 Helsinki, Om'pu galleria
2021 Tampere, Galleria Saskia
2021 Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2021 Helsinki, Om’pu galleria
2021 Helsinki, Parsittu ja paikattu, Craft Corner, Jyväskylä, The Craft museum of Finland, juried
2020 Helsinki, Om'pu galleria
2020 Jyväskylä, Galleria Becker
2020 Porvoo, Galleria Colmio
2019 Konnevesi, Galleria Käpy, collective exhibition
2019 Helsinki, Om'pu galleria, collective exhibition
2019 Helsinki, Alakulttuurikeskus Loukko
2019 Kouvola Art Museum, Poikilo, with Aino Kajaniemi
2018 International Poetry Meeting, Eskişehir, Turkey, performance art
2018 Jyväskylä, Pistot exhibition, The Craft museum of Finland, juried
2018 Helsinki, Pistot-exhibition, juried
2017 Jyväskylä, Vakiopaine bar
2017 Jyväskylä, Vakiopaine bar, with Heta-Linnea Kovanen
2017 Eurajoki, Ympäristökoru 3, juried
2017, -16, -14, -11, -09 Bratislava, Minitextile Exhibition, collective exhibition, juried
2017 Ukraine, Mini Textile Art "Scythia", collective exhibition, juried
2017 Kuopio Korttelimuseo, Jyväskylä Teeleidi, Porvoo Taidetehdas, collective exhibition, curated
2016 Kemi Art Museum, with Aino Kajaniemi
2016 Helsinki, Tekstiili 16, collective exhibition, juried
2016 The Craft Museum of Finland, Ikkunagalleria
2015 Hankasalmi main library, Päivitetty pitsi, pitsejä Pohjoismaista ja Baltiasta, collective exhibition, curated
2015 Helsinki, Galleria Atski, group exhibition
2014 Jyväskylä, Galleria Patina, with Aino Kajaniemi
2013 Helsinki, Kampaamo Maa
2012 Porvoo, Galleria Colmio
2011 Orivesi handicraft center, with Aino Kajaniemi
2010 Kuopio, Galleria Carree, with Aino Kajaniemi
2009 Jyväskylä, Kehystämö Patina, Tuulikaappigalleria
2008 Jyväskylä, Pykälistö summer exhibition, graphic art, juried
2007 Jyväskylä, Kehystämö Patina, graphic art
COSTUMING
2014, 2015 Helsinki University Museum, A Student of the Time, short films
2008 Jyväskylä, Huoneteatteri, Ryöstetty kieli
2008 Savonlinna theater, Frankenstein
2007 Jyväskylä, Harju summer theater, Aleksis Kivi ja Serbian prinsessa
WORK EXPERIENCE
2017,-18 Muurame, sewing of church textiles
2016 Lecture, workshop, The Craft Museum of Finland
2014, -15, -16 Näytös ’14, ’15, '16. Aalto University fashion show production team
2013,2014 Producing made-to-measure clothing
2012,2013 Fashion collection, design and production
2007,2011 Järvenpää, sewing of church textiles
2007 Tampere Theater, wardrobe, internship