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Markku Kosonen Suutarinmäki 8 mobile +358-(0)50 360 2910
EDUCATION/STUDIES: University of Art and Design Helsinki (Institute of Applied Arts), 1964-68
WORK/CAREER HISTORY: Teacher, University of Art and Design Helsinki 1968-78 Planner in the National Board of Vocational Education 1979-85 Free-lance artist, teacher and critic 1975-
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Artek, Helsinki 1987 Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden 1988 Rista Konsthantverk, Umeå, Sweden 1990 Galleria Lief, Los Angeles, USA 1990 Artek, Helsinki 1990 Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden 1991 City of Raahe, Finland 1991 Brown/Grotta Gallery, USA 1991 Spazio Fabrica Atelier, Milano, Italy 1991 Artek, Helsinki 1992 Savonlinna Art Museum, Savonlinna, Finland 1994 Rogaland Kunstnersenter, Stavanger, Norway 1995 Dovetusai, Milano, Italy 1996 City of Parkano, Finland 1996 Pro-Art, St.Louis, Missouri, USA 1996 Galleria Mokkumto, Seoul, South-Korea 1997 Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden 2000 Konstens Hus, Luleå, Sweden 2003
Five Finnish Art Craftsman, Röhska Konstslödjmuseet,
Dell`arredamento, Monza 1982 Finland in der Kulturmuhle, Switzerland 1983 Scandinavia and Japan Craft Design Exhibition, Artisaani/Lignum, Stockholm 1983 Artisaani/Iceland 1982 ”Finland Vision” Helsinki and Denmark
1987 ”Zeitgenössiches Deutsches und Finnisches
Kunsthandwerk Scandinavian Design: A way of life, Japan 1987 Cold: Design from Finland, Japan and Switzerland 1988-89 Design in Finland, Edinburg, England 1988 Hordaland Kunstnersentrum, Bergen, Norway 1989 Nord Form, Malmö, Sweden 1990 New Form From Finland, Madrid and Bilbao, Spain 1990 Galleria Ratatosk, Gothenburg, Sweden 1991 Rista Konsthantverk, Umeå, Sweden 1991 Configura 1, Erfurt, Germany 1991 Maamme, Helsinki 1992 Avain Galleria, Helsinki 1992 Incontri con la`rte, Refrontolo, Italy 1992 EXPO Sevilla´92 1992 Galleria Lief, Los Angeles, California, USA 1993 Brown/Grotta Gallery, Conneticut, USA 1993,1994,1995 Aplikaatio, Helsinki and St. Petersburg 1994 In Touch, International Crafts, Lillehammer, Norway 1994 Design Finlandais, Musee D`Art Moderne et D`Art
Contemporain, Time for Wood, Fiskars, Finland 1996 Made in Wood, Design Forum, Helsinki 1996 L`Intreccio, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy 1996 SOFA-art Chicago exposition, USA 1996 Valo-Reflecting Finnish Culture, Barbican Centre, London 1998 Design from Finland, Nara and Kyoto, Japan 1998 Nature as Object, Art Gallery of Western Australia 1998 SOFA-art Chicago exposition, USA 1998 Contemporary International Basketmaking, Weaving the World; Contemporary Art of Linear Construction,
Augenlust, Zeitgenössisches Kunsthandwerk in
Deutschland, Time for Wood, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Middle Terminal 1999-00 A Scandinavian Sensibility, Brown/Grotta Gallery,
Braid, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum and Tonder Museum,
Turned Multiples II Exhibition, USA and Canada 2001 Wood x 10, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK 2002 Konshantverkarna från Fiskars, Stockholm, Sweden 2002 Willow, Oulu, Finland 2002 "Flechten" Gallerie Handwerk, München, Germany 2003 60:e Breddgraden, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia 2003-04 Fiskars grup, Antwerpwn Belgium, Oslo, Norway 2003 Curly Birch, Fiskars, Finland 2004
WORKS IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS AND PUBLIC PREMISES: Design Museum (Museum of Applied Arts), Helsinki Röhsska Konstlöjmuseet, Gothenburg, Sweden Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Nationalmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden City of Luleå, Sweden City of Lahti, Finland City of Vantaa, Finland City of Hyvinkää, Finland City of Raahe, Finland City of Parkano, Finland Private collections: Finland, Sweden, Norway, England,
USA,
PUBLISHING
ACTIVITIES: Paju/Willow 1991 Design in Finland 1992 Domus ”The Great Tree”, Article 1995 Willow, Elämän puu, Article 1997 ”The Great Tree”, Essay 1999 Curly Birch - Visakoivu
AWARDS: State Prize 1981 3-year State Artist Grant 1985-1988 Alvar Aalto Foundation, Artek Prize 1991 15-year State Artist Grant 1992-2008 Asko Avonius Prize 2000 Suomen kulttuurirahasto, Etelä-Savon maakuntarahasto,
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