EILA MINKKINEN
Silver smith, Sculptor

Vanhankirkonkatu 20, FIN - 26100 RAUMA
Phone: + 358 50-5720916
E-mail: eilaminkkinen5@gmail.com
http://www.dlc.fi/~eilamink

MEMBERSHIPS
Honorary member of the Sculptors´ Union
Honorary member ofthe Rauma Artists´ Assocition
The Association of Finnish Sculptors, Ornamo, Arte ry, Helsinki artists association
Rauma artists association

STUDIES
1960-64 Eveningschool of Applied Arts, Helsinki
1962-65 Apprentice in a goldsmith's workshop
1965-69 Academy of Applied Arts, faculty of metal art
1969 Licensed silver smith
1969 Free artist
1970-80 Freelance jewellery designer for industry
1972-79 Teacher at the training center of the Academy of Applied Arts

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
The State of Finland
Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki
Museè Arts Decoratifs, Paris (Louvre)
Court of Justice of the European Communities
Iparmüvészet Múzeum, Budapest
Province de Liège, Belgium
Emma, Espoo Art Museum
Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä
Pori Art Museum, Pori
Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
Lahti Historical Museum, Lahti
Sampo-Bank Collection
Rauma, Pori, Kotka, Jyväskylä, Harjavalta,Äänekoski town collection etc.
Lars and Helena Pahlman´s private collection
Taideyhdistys ry´s collection
Several banks and private persons

PUBLIC WORKS
Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
Kaunisjärven Old people´s home, Rauma
Metsä-Rauma pulp-mill, Rauma
UPM- Kymmene papermill, Rauma
Institute of Commercial training, Rauma
Finnish Foreign Trade Association, Helsinki Finnish Employers' Association, Helsinki
Vaasa swedish school of Economic, Vaasa
Rovaniemi University, Rovaniemi
State Office Building, Turku
Kemira Agro, Harjavalta
Outokumpu Copper, Pori
Institute of Nursing, Rauma
Oras Oy, Rauma
Mikrolli Oy, Rauma
Forchem Oy, Rauma
Harjavalta City Education Center, Harjavalta
Public swimming pool, Rauma
Public library, main building, Rauma
Ministry of education, Helsinki
Rauma town hall
Nordea bank, Tapiola, Espoo
Mäntykangas school, Kokkola

SOLO SHOWS
1971 Taidesalongin kellari, Helsinki, Finland
1980 Artisaani, Helsinki, Finland
1982 Brahen Galleria, Turku, Finland
1982 Ässä Galleria, Helsinki, Finland
1983 Galleria Metallum, Stockholm, Sweden
1984 Artisaani,Helsinki,Finland
1985 Poriginal Galleria, Pori, Finland
1986 Galleria 585, Helsinki, Finland
1986 Galleria Strindberg, Helsinki, Finland
1989 Galleria Brinkkala, Turku, Finland
1989 Galleria Saskia, Tampere, Finland
1990 Galleria 25, Helsinki, Finland
1990 Galleria Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland
1990 Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
1991 Galleria Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland
1992 Finnish Glas Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
1992 Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola, Finland
1993 Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
1994 Poriginal Galleria, Pori, Finland
1995 Oulu Youth and Culture Center, Oulu, Finland
1995 Järvenpäähouse, Järvenpää, Finland
1997 Galleria Räikkälä, Kankaanpää, Finland
2001 Lönnström Art Museum Studio, Finland
2003 Pori Art Museum, project room
2003 Porvoo Art Hall
2003 Malmitalo Galleria, Helsinki
2004 Sanoma House, Helsinki
2005 Adamson-Ericu Museum, Tallinn
2005 Galleria Joella, Turku
2005 Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä
2005 Retrospectiv 1962-2005, Designmuseum, Helsinki
2010 Harri Art Centrum, Alavus
2011 Facebook in metal, Helsinki Main Library
2011 Poriginal Gallery, Pori
2011 Äänekoski Art Museum, Äänekoski
2014 Vuojoki Mansion, Eurajoki
2015 Retrospective, Rauma art museum
2016 Jyväskylä Art Museum

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
1969 "New Jewellery", Finnish Design Center, Helsinki
1972 "Young Artists' Exhibition", Art Hall, Helsinki
1973 "Ornamo's exhibition of Applied Arts", Amos Anderson, Art Museum, Helsinki
1974 Invitation exhibition of Applied Arts, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere
1975 "Finnish Association of Applied Arts 100 Years Jubilee Exhibition", Ateneum, Helsinki
1976 "Ceramics and Jewellery", with R. Tulonen, Hyvinkään Taidetalo, Hyvinkää (and 1977 Hvitträsk, Kirkkonummi)
1978 "New and Unique", Kluuvin Galleria, Helsinki
1980 "Finnish Design I", Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki
1981 "Finnish Design II", Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki
1981 "Living metal I", Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki
1981 "Ars Rauma '81", invitation exhibition of applied arts, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
1981 Rauma Artists' Association's annual exhibition, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma (and 1983,-88,-89,-93,-95,-96)
1982 "Finnish Design II", Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu
1982 "Visual Arts from Satakunta", Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
1983 Helsinki Craftsmens Cooperative, Helsinki
1983 "Finnish Design III", Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki (and Kuopio Art Museum)
1984 "Living metal II", Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki
1985 "Finnish Design IV", Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki,
1985 "New Harvest", invitation exhibition, Pori Art Museum, Pori
1985 Rauma Biennale Balticum - Contemporary Art from the Baltic Sea Region, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
1986 "Finland is Daydreaming", Ornamo's exhibition of Applied Arts, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki
1986 Turku and Pori Province Regional Exhibition, Karvatti, Naantali
1987 "Light and Matter", Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
1987 "Zeitgenössisches deutsches und finnisches Kunsthandwerk", 4. Triennale, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki
1987 Rauma Artists' Association, Taidekeskus Mältinranta, Tampere (and the gallery of Turku Artists' Association, Turku)
1987 "Finnish Design", exhibition of applied arts, Tampere Art Museum
1988 "Rauman Taulu ja Patsas", Seinäjoki Art hall, Seinäjoki (and Hyvinkää Art Museum; Rauma Art Museum)
1988 Rauma Artists' Association, Poriginal Galleria, Pori
1989 "Finnstation", installation, Finlaysonin kehräämö, Pori
1989 "Sacrificial Grove", groupwork, Muu ry's summer exhibition Billnäs, Pohja Commune
1989 "Cosmic Secon-Hand Shop", Turku Cultural Centre, installation in metal (and Galleria Saskia, Tampere)
1989 "Expensive Living", groupwork, Galleria Kriittinen Tila, Helsinki
1989 Turku and Pori Province Regional exhibition, Pori Art Museum, Pori
1989 "Inside - Outside", Ornamo's exhibition of applied arts, Kluuvin Galleria,Helsinki
1990 "Raumakuuskajaskariluonaistuulta14m/s", Turku and Pori Province applied arts exhibition, Rauman Art Museum, Rauma
1990 Finnish Design, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki
1990 "Stolen Kiss", groupwork, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
1990 "House of Dreams", installation, Vaasa Theater Summer
1990 Rauma Art Museum 20 years jubilee, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
1991 "Banquet as a Matter of Form", Turku Cultural Centre
1991 "Yökköjen Yö", earth installation, Rauma Art Museum
1993 "Materia", Taidekäsityöläiset Taiko ry's 10 years jubilee exhibition, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki
1993 "A dead fish does not swim", Galleria Wanha Tasala, the shack at the backyard. Joint venture with the Rauma Artists' Association and the Hungarian MAMÜ group in the project "Eleven hal uszkal viz alatt" at Galleria Wanha Tasala, Rauma
1994 "Heinäkuuryhmä", Täky Galleria, Lappeenranta
1994 Womens' Forum 94, Brinkkalan galleria, Turku
1994 Turku Artists' Association 70-year jubilée-exhibition, Turku Art Museum, Turku
1994 Rauma Artists' Association, Emil Cedercreutz Museum, Harjavalta
1995 "Ars Karhulinna 95", Satakunta province exhibition, Pori
1995 Rauma Artists'Assosiation 50-year jubilee-exhibition
1995 "Mänttä Visual Arts Weeks", Mänttä, Finland
1995 "Arteological Findings", Aboa Vetus and Ars Nova, Turku, Nordic Art Center, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
1996 "Escapade", Rauma Artists' Association, Turku Cultural Centre, Turku
1996 The Bridge", Rauma Artists' Association and the Ostrobothnian Artists Union, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
1996 "Woman as an Artist", computer junk jewellery and earth installation"Milk of mother earth", Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
1997 "Whipped cream" Turku and Pori Providence Regional Exhibition in Rauma Art Museum, Lönnström Art Museum, Aland and Nortälje Art Museums, Sweden
1998 "Turku Biennale" Ars Nova Museum, Turku
1998 Alpo Jaakolas sculpture park, Loimaa
1999 "InDoor - OutDoor" exhibition, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
1999 "23 Sculptors" in Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
2000 "häh" Art happening in Lahti
2001 "Metals" group exhibition, Fiskars
2001 "Finnish Jewellery 3", Porvoo, Mikkeli and Kuopio
2001 Turku Artists Association 75-year jubilee-exhibition Just Gallery, Turku
2001 "Neljän tuulen tiellä" group exhibition in Salo Art Museum 2002 "miniAtyyri" group exhibition, Galleria G, Huittinen and Ars Nova Museum, Turku
2003 "Virtaa" Uusimaa province group exhibition, Porvoo
2004 "Ars Rauma" four Rauma artist in Rauma Art museum
2005 "Sata palaa" 100 artist from Satakunta, Lönnström Art museum, Rauma
2005 " Metal Art in Leineperi" Leineperis historical ironnworks, Ulvila
2005 " Sculptors2005" sculptors association 95- years jubilee exhbition, Salo Art museum
2005 "INTOhimoisesti" artists from Satakunta, group exhibition, Suomenlinna Helsinki and Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
2009 "Kokoelma ja Kutsu"- exhibition Lönnström Art museum, Rauma
2009 "Finnish jewellery 1600-2009" Designmuseum, Helsinki
2010 "Koko Kuva" Arte ry. 50-years jubilee exhibition, Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku
2011 "Back Yard" Sculpture Garden. Hanko
2020 Poginal Gallery, Pori

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS ABROAD
1970 International Exhibiton of Jewellery, Wien, Austria
1971 International Exhibition of Jewellery,Munchen Bundesrepublik Deutschland
1974 "The First World Crafts Exhibition", Art Center of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1975 "The Harris Art Festival", England
1975 The Finnish Association of Applied Arts, travelling exhibition: Warsaw, Zagreb, Belgrad, Lyon and Budapest
1976 The Finnish Association of Applied Arts, travelling exhibition: Linz, Prague, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago
1977 The Finnish Association of Applied Arts, Antwerpen, Belgium
1979 "New Finnish Design", Ornamo, Fredrikshavn, Denmark
1979 The Finnish Association of Applied Arts, travelling exhibition: Oslo, Bergen, Tronheim, Norwey; Reykjavik, Iceland, Ankara, Turkey
1982 The Finnish Association of Applied Arts, travelling exhibition: Beirut, Libanon; Amman Jordan; Oslo, Bergen, Norwey; Göteborg, Sweden; Aarhus, Denmark
1982 "Applied Art from Scandinavia", Kanazawa, Japan
1983 Reykjavik, Iceland; Västerås, Sweden
1983 The Finnish Association of Applied Arts, Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
1984 Rauma Artists' Association, Kolpino, Soviet Union
1986 "Daydreaming in Finland", Ornamo exhibiton of Applied Arts, Fredrikshavn, Denmark
1986 "Inspirations Finlandaises", The Finnish Association of Applied Arts, travelling exhibition, Tirana, Bukarest, Athens, Ankara
1987 "Zeitgenössisches deutsches und finnisches Kunsthandwerk", 4. Triennale, Museum für Kunsthantwerk, Frankfurt am Main, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
1987 "Schmuckszene '87", München, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
1987 "25 x Junger Schmuck International", Galerie Kunsthantwerk, West Berlin (and Hamburg; Mainz), Bundesrepublik Deutschland
1987 International Exhibiton of Jewellery, Celje, Yugoslavia
1988 "Zeitgenössisches deutsches und finnisches Kunsthandwerk", 4.Triennale, Kestner Museum, Hannover, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
1988 International Exhibiton of Applied Arts, Oreshak, Bulgaria
1988 "New Form from Finland", Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburg, Englanti
1989 "Inspirations Finlandaises", Kuala Lumpur, India (and Malesia; Ahmedabad; New Delhi)
1990 "Finnish Design and Architecture", exhibition of the Finnish Association of Applied Arts, Madrid, Spain (and Gijon, Bilbao, Barcelona)
1990 "Ars Sonora", I Festival International de Radio Art, Radio National de Espana, Radio 2, Spain
1990 Triennale Européene du Bijou, Paris, France
1990 Triennale Europeéne du Bijou, Palais Luxembourg, Paris France
1991 Ars Sonora, Il Festival International de Radio Art, Radio National de Espana, Radio 2, Spain
1992 Triennale Européenne du Bijou, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
1993 Design et Industrie, la Diversité Finlandaise. Villeurbane, France
1994 The Name of the Game, Vízivárosi-Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
1994 10+10, Swedish and Finnish Applied Art, Västerås Art Museum,Västerås, Sweden
1995 Design Finlandais, Nizza, Contemporary Art Museum, France
1995 Outpost Biennale, visiting card venue, Venice, Italy
1996 Bijoux Contemporains en Images, Cagnes sur Mer, France
1997 "Finnish jewellery" Gallery Hipotese, Barcelona, Spain
1997 Sculptur exhibition with Pori artists in Valencia, Spain
2000 Sculptures in "Euro-Fire Land of Liege" exhibition, Liège Belgium
2000 "Ego Adorned", 20 th Centure Artists´Jewellery, Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerpen
2001 Galleria Stolker, sculptures, Enschede, Holland
2001 "The Ring", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA and SOFA in New York and Chigaco
2001 Charles.A Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin
2002 "Jewelry in Paintign" Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA,
2002 "The ring" Colorado Springs Art Center, Colorado USA
2002 University of Texas, El Paso, Texas USA
2003 Ruthin Craft Center in Wales, England
2008 Design contemporain finlandais, promenons-nous dan le bois Musée les Arts Décoratifs, Paris
2011 "Racconti dal Nord" Castel del Ovo, Napoli, Italy
2013 "Beyond Precious....Beyond Time", Hélène Azize Galerie, Paris.

AWARDS, GRANDS AND SHOLARSHIPS
Several sholarships from Finland State, Finnish Kulturfund and Uusimaa, Turku and Pori county treasury. Helsinki town, and Foundation of Greta and William Lehtinen sholarship. Wärtsilä and Ornamo grants
1978 Finland's State artist grants for half year
1990 Tuuli award from Turku and Pori province
1991-93 Finland's State artist grants for tree years
1992 Finland's State award of applied art
1995 Newspaper Länsi-Suomi artmedal
1999- Finland's State artist grants for five years
2002 Rauma town 560 year jubilee culture medal
2004 Rauma town culture prize
2004 Artist of the year, grant by Ornamo ry.
2006- State Artist Pension

LITTERATURE
1975-83 Yearbooks of Finnish Society of Crafts and Design, Helsinki
1972,1983,1986 Svenk Form, Stocholm Sweden
1981/2, 1990/2, !992/2,1993/1, 1993/4 Muoto magasin, Ornamo ry. Helsinki
1982 Scandinavian and Japan Craft and Design Exhibition catalog, Kanazawa, Japan
1982 Finland Gestaltet, Die Trends der letzten Jahre, edit. Pirkko Tenkama, The Finnish Society of Crafts and Design, Helsinki
1982 Jewelry Consepts and Technology edit. Oppi Untracht, Robert Halle Ltd, London
1985 Rauma Biennale Balticum exhibition catalog, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
1986/2, 1986/3, 1990/2, 1991/3, 1992/2, 1998/4 Form Function Finland magasin, The Finnish Society of Craft and Design, Helsinki
1987/4 Art Aurea magasin, Ebner Verlag, Ulm, Germany
1987 Zaitgenössiche deutsches und finnishes Kunsthandwerk 4 Triennale, Museum fur Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main und Kestner-Museum Hannover, Germany
1988 Valo ja Aine, exhibition catalog, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
1989 Suomalainen hopeataide, edit. Tuula Poutasuo Kirjayhtymä, Helsinki
1990 Ars Suomen Taide part 6, edit. Salme Sarajas-Korte,Otava, Helsinki
1991 Muodon Kuvat, edit. Julian Balint, Ornamo ry.Helsinki
1991 Finnish Artists index, Artists Society, Helsinki
1992 Finnish Design from Finland, edit. Rita Taskinen, Ornamo ry. Helsinki
1992 III éme Triennale de Bijou. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
1993 Mäntän kuvataideviikot,exhibition catalog, Mäntän kuvataiteenystävät ry.Mänttä
1993 Projets singnliers, Design et Industrie, la diversité Finlandaise, Maison du Livre de l'image et du Son, Villeurbane, France
1993 Materia, edit. Hilkka Niemi, Taiko/Ornamo ry. Helsinki
1995 Nordic Jewllery, Concept Jan Lohmann, Lise Funder, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, Arnold Busck A/S, Copenhagen, Danmark
1996 Nainen taiteilijana, exhibition catalog, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma Finland
1996 Bijoux et Orfèvrerie de créateurs, exhibition catalog, Les Musées de Cagnes -Sur -Mer Chateau, Musée- Musée Renoir, France
1996 WSOY.n Iso Tietosanakirja part 6, Werner Söderström Co., Helsinki
1998 Rakkaat Vanhat Tavarat, toim. Leena Nokela, Otava, Helsinki
1998 The Ring past and present, edit. Sylvie Lambert, Rotovision, Swiss
1998 Fakta 2001, part 23 (supplement), Werner Söderström Co., Helsinki
2000 The Ego Adorned, 20th- Century Artists' Jewellery, edit. Jan Walgrave, Province Antwerpen, Belgium
2001 The Ring, The art of the ring, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA USA
2003 Suomalainen koru, edit. Eija Mäkelä and Karin Bonde-Jensen, Art-Print, Helsinki
2003 Uusi Antiikkikirja 1900-1980, Wentsel Hagelstam and Pirjo Hämäläinen, Wsoy, Helsinki
2004 Finnish Artists index, Artists Society, Helsinki
2005 and 2011, Who is Who in Finland, Otava, Helsinki
2005 Patinaa ja pauketta, Eila Minkkinen works 1962-2005,ISBN 952-91-8730-0
2008 Design contemporain Finlandais, Promenonsnous dans le bois, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris
2011 Äks, Kosketuksia, M.steffansson, T. Piilonen, T. Vuorinen
2011 Retroaarteet, edit. Anna-Kaisa Huusko / Juho Huttunen, WSOY, Helsinki
2011 Artisaani-ilmiö, toim. Päikki Priha, Aalto University`s publication.
2015 Can You roll silver, miss Minkkinen? Parvs Publishing, Helsinki ISBN 978-952-5654-75-2
2018 Bijoux contemporains une passion, edit. Chantal Bizot, Nadine Coleno, Edition du Regard, ISBN 078-2-84105-363-6
Mm Solange Thierry de Saint Rapt kokoelma


WORKING ABROAD
1987 and 1997 Cite´internationale des Arts, Paris
1990 Finnish Foundation for Visual Arts, New York
1993, 1998 and 2012 The Association of Finnland atelje in Grassina, Italy
1997 The Association of Finnland atelje in Marbella, Spain
2001 Finnish Institut Villa Lante, Roma, Italy
2008 Finnish Cultur Centrum Villa Karo, Grand Popo,Benin
2009 Circolo Skandinavo, Cultur Centrum, Roma, Italy