Hanna Ryynänen
Syntynyt / Born in 1993
Asuu ja työskentelee Lapinlahdella / Currently living and working in Lapinlahti, Finland
KOULUTUS / EDUCATION
2024 Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Metalsmithing, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
2016 Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Jewelry Art, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Imatra, Finland
2015 Exchange studies, Jewelry and Silversmithing, Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
JÄSENYYDET / MEMBERSHIPS
2016 Finnish Jewellery Art Association
2016 South Karelia Art Association
PALKINNOT / AWARDS
2024 Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation Materials Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2020 Lauritsala School Public Art Competition, Lappeenranta, Finland, the second prize with proposal Lintukoto
2018 Competition for designing an object/piece of jewellery art for Imatra's 70th birthday, the first prize with project
Imatra - A City like piece of Jewellery
JULKISET TAIDETEOKSET / PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2021-22 Kasvukäyrät (The Growth Curves), Joutseno school, Joutseno, Finland
TEOKSIA KOKOELMISSA / WORK IN COLLECTIONS
2021 Collection of Kuopio Art Museum
2017 Collection of The Finnish Jewelry Art Association
2017, 2019 Collection of the Finnish State Art Commission
Private collections
YKSITYISNÄYTTELYT / SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Salaisuuksia II, B-Gallery, Project Room, Turku, Finland
2022 Salaisuuksia, Gallery Muuntotila, Tampere, Finland
2021 Sinä päivänä kun II, Art Center Ahjo, Joensuu, Finland
2021 Sinä päivänä kun, Art Center East, Lappeenranta, Finland
2019 Koru kivien joukossa, Gallery Jänis, Turku, Finland
2018 A Jewel among Stones, A-Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia
2017 Koru kivien joukossa, Gallery Krimi, Imatra, Finland
YHTEIS- JA RYHMÄNÄYTTELYT / GROUP AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2024 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, MI, USA
2023 Constellations Detroit – Buenos Aires: Cranbrook Academy of Art and Taller Eloi, Melting Point València,
Fabrika12, València, Spain
2022 Aaltoilevat kadut, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland
2022 METALLOphone 6: Memory of a Place, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021 KORU7, South Karelian Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
2021 Nupit Kaakkoon, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland
2020 Contemporary Jewels Brazil_Finland – Polarities, A CASA Museum, São Paulo, Brazil
2019 Kylässä, Gallery Pato, Taideruukki, Kouvola, Finland
2019 Gallery Koria, Housing Fair 2019, Kouvola, Finland
2019 STEEL_inspired, International exhibition in co-operation with Hochschule Wismar, Germany
2019 Northern Light – Jewellery from Finland, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2018 KORU6, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Tiivistämö, Helsinki, Culture center Laikku, Tampere, Finland
2018 KORU+itä, Art Centre East, Lappeenranta, Finland
2018 Marzee at FRAME, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany
2018 KAAKKO18, Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
2018 Marzee for Starters, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2018 Marzee Graduates @ CODA, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2017 Sieraden: de beste jonge internationale sieraadontwerpers, geselecteerd door Marzee, Museum Het Valkhof,
Nijmegen, Netherlands
2017 Juuri/Nyt - The new members of South Karelia Art Association part II, Gallery Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland
2017 Grannar - Naapurit, Sädesmagasinet, Ludvika, Sweden
2017 Art Today 2017, Louhitalo, Eno, Finland
2017 Talente, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany
2017 Jewellery Art Association sales exhibition, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2017 Silviisii, Gallery Kaakaopapu, Lappeenranta, Finland
2017 Totuuksia, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
2016 Korutaidetta Taidelainaamossa, Gallery 47, Lappeenranta, Finland
2016 Marzee Graduate Show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2016 Onneomija II, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
2016 POP l’atelier Bijou, ENSA Limoges, France
2015 PopUp-gallery Hui Säi Säi, Imatra, Finland
2015 BA3, Sint Lucas Showroom, Antwerpen, Belgium
2014 Project Sulattimo, Sulattimo, Imatra, Finland
2014 Heijastuksia, Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää, Finland
2014 Fine Arts Exhibition, Gallery Ikuinen, Tampere, Finland
2013 Muuntujat, Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää, Finland
LUENNOT / LECTURES
2024 Guest Lecturer, Contemporary Frameworks, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, USA
2021 Artist Talk – From Invisible to Tangible, KORU7 seminar, LAB University of Applied Sciences,
Fine Art department, Lappeenranta
2018 Artist Talk – From Idea to Piece of Jewelry, KORU6 Lecture Event at Tiivistämö, Helsinki
TAITEELLINEN TYÖSKENTELY JA LUOTTAMUSTOIMET / OTHER ARTISTIC WORKING AND CONFIDENTIAL POSTS
2024 Guest Lecturer, Contemporary Frameworks, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, USA
2024 Assistant Preparator, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
2022-24 Assistant Preparator, Cranbrook Art Museum, Work Study Program
2024 Co-curator for ALIEN, Cranbrook International Student Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art,
with Reeha Lim and Yifei Zhu
2023-24 International Student Representative, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2022 Talismaani (Talisman) -workshops for children, South Karelian Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
2020-21 Chairwoman of South Karelia Artist's Association
2021/4 Working period in Arenys de Mar -residency, in Arenys de Mar, Spain
2020/10-12 Working period in Valóság -residency in Budapest, Hungary
2019-20 Taiteilijan jalanjäljillä (Following the artist's footprints) -workshops for primary schools, South Karelian children’s
cultural center Metku, Lappeenranta, Finland
2019 Curator of exhibition Told by a Dream – Exhibition by Kouvola Artist Association, with Tapio Mömmö, Art Centre East,
Lappeeranta, Finland
2017-19 Vice chairwoman of South Karelia Artists' Association
2018- Art in the work life -course, organized by Kaakon taide
2016-18 Assistant at Saimaa UAS jewellery department
2015 Intern for KORU5, Imatra
2014 Intern for Stone symposium, Imatra
APURAHAT / GRANTS
2023 Arts Promotion Center Finland, artist working grant
2022 Arts Promotion Center Finland, grant for exhibition and material costs
2022 The VISEK Centre for the Promotion of Visual Art, artist working grant
2021 Arts Promotion Center Finland, artist working grant
2020 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Regional Fund, artist working grant
2020 Arts Promotion Center Finland, grant for residency and internationalization
2019 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, for a working group, for organizing a jewelry art exhibition in collaboration
with Finnish and Brazilian artists in São Paulo, Brazil
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, grant for workshop equipment
2017 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Regional Fund, artist working grant
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, grant for an exhibition trip to Germany
2016 Korutaideyhdistys ry, grant for graduating jewellery art student
2015 William and Ester Otsakorpi Foundation, grant for studies abroad
Syntynyt / Born in 1993
Asuu ja työskentelee Lapinlahdella / Currently living and working in Lapinlahti, Finland
KOULUTUS / EDUCATION
2024 Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Metalsmithing, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
2016 Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Jewelry Art, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Imatra, Finland
2015 Exchange studies, Jewelry and Silversmithing, Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
JÄSENYYDET / MEMBERSHIPS
2016 Finnish Jewellery Art Association
2016 South Karelia Art Association
PALKINNOT / AWARDS
2024 Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation Materials Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2020 Lauritsala School Public Art Competition, Lappeenranta, Finland, the second prize with proposal Lintukoto
2018 Competition for designing an object/piece of jewellery art for Imatra's 70th birthday, the first prize with project
Imatra - A City like piece of Jewellery
JULKISET TAIDETEOKSET / PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2021-22 Kasvukäyrät (The Growth Curves), Joutseno school, Joutseno, Finland
TEOKSIA KOKOELMISSA / WORK IN COLLECTIONS
2021 Collection of Kuopio Art Museum
2017 Collection of The Finnish Jewelry Art Association
2017, 2019 Collection of the Finnish State Art Commission
Private collections
YKSITYISNÄYTTELYT / SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Salaisuuksia II, B-Gallery, Project Room, Turku, Finland
2022 Salaisuuksia, Gallery Muuntotila, Tampere, Finland
2021 Sinä päivänä kun II, Art Center Ahjo, Joensuu, Finland
2021 Sinä päivänä kun, Art Center East, Lappeenranta, Finland
2019 Koru kivien joukossa, Gallery Jänis, Turku, Finland
2018 A Jewel among Stones, A-Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia
2017 Koru kivien joukossa, Gallery Krimi, Imatra, Finland
YHTEIS- JA RYHMÄNÄYTTELYT / GROUP AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2024 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, MI, USA
2023 Constellations Detroit – Buenos Aires: Cranbrook Academy of Art and Taller Eloi, Melting Point València,
Fabrika12, València, Spain
2022 Aaltoilevat kadut, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland
2022 METALLOphone 6: Memory of a Place, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021 KORU7, South Karelian Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
2021 Nupit Kaakkoon, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland
2020 Contemporary Jewels Brazil_Finland – Polarities, A CASA Museum, São Paulo, Brazil
2019 Kylässä, Gallery Pato, Taideruukki, Kouvola, Finland
2019 Gallery Koria, Housing Fair 2019, Kouvola, Finland
2019 STEEL_inspired, International exhibition in co-operation with Hochschule Wismar, Germany
2019 Northern Light – Jewellery from Finland, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2018 KORU6, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Tiivistämö, Helsinki, Culture center Laikku, Tampere, Finland
2018 KORU+itä, Art Centre East, Lappeenranta, Finland
2018 Marzee at FRAME, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany
2018 KAAKKO18, Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
2018 Marzee for Starters, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2018 Marzee Graduates @ CODA, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2017 Sieraden: de beste jonge internationale sieraadontwerpers, geselecteerd door Marzee, Museum Het Valkhof,
Nijmegen, Netherlands
2017 Juuri/Nyt - The new members of South Karelia Art Association part II, Gallery Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland
2017 Grannar - Naapurit, Sädesmagasinet, Ludvika, Sweden
2017 Art Today 2017, Louhitalo, Eno, Finland
2017 Talente, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany
2017 Jewellery Art Association sales exhibition, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2017 Silviisii, Gallery Kaakaopapu, Lappeenranta, Finland
2017 Totuuksia, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
2016 Korutaidetta Taidelainaamossa, Gallery 47, Lappeenranta, Finland
2016 Marzee Graduate Show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2016 Onneomija II, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
2016 POP l’atelier Bijou, ENSA Limoges, France
2015 PopUp-gallery Hui Säi Säi, Imatra, Finland
2015 BA3, Sint Lucas Showroom, Antwerpen, Belgium
2014 Project Sulattimo, Sulattimo, Imatra, Finland
2014 Heijastuksia, Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää, Finland
2014 Fine Arts Exhibition, Gallery Ikuinen, Tampere, Finland
2013 Muuntujat, Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää, Finland
LUENNOT / LECTURES
2024 Guest Lecturer, Contemporary Frameworks, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, USA
2021 Artist Talk – From Invisible to Tangible, KORU7 seminar, LAB University of Applied Sciences,
Fine Art department, Lappeenranta
2018 Artist Talk – From Idea to Piece of Jewelry, KORU6 Lecture Event at Tiivistämö, Helsinki
TAITEELLINEN TYÖSKENTELY JA LUOTTAMUSTOIMET / OTHER ARTISTIC WORKING AND CONFIDENTIAL POSTS
2024 Guest Lecturer, Contemporary Frameworks, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, USA
2024 Assistant Preparator, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
2022-24 Assistant Preparator, Cranbrook Art Museum, Work Study Program
2024 Co-curator for ALIEN, Cranbrook International Student Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art,
with Reeha Lim and Yifei Zhu
2023-24 International Student Representative, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2022 Talismaani (Talisman) -workshops for children, South Karelian Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
2020-21 Chairwoman of South Karelia Artist's Association
2021/4 Working period in Arenys de Mar -residency, in Arenys de Mar, Spain
2020/10-12 Working period in Valóság -residency in Budapest, Hungary
2019-20 Taiteilijan jalanjäljillä (Following the artist's footprints) -workshops for primary schools, South Karelian children’s
cultural center Metku, Lappeenranta, Finland
2019 Curator of exhibition Told by a Dream – Exhibition by Kouvola Artist Association, with Tapio Mömmö, Art Centre East,
Lappeeranta, Finland
2017-19 Vice chairwoman of South Karelia Artists' Association
2018- Art in the work life -course, organized by Kaakon taide
2016-18 Assistant at Saimaa UAS jewellery department
2015 Intern for KORU5, Imatra
2014 Intern for Stone symposium, Imatra
APURAHAT / GRANTS
2023 Arts Promotion Center Finland, artist working grant
2022 Arts Promotion Center Finland, grant for exhibition and material costs
2022 The VISEK Centre for the Promotion of Visual Art, artist working grant
2021 Arts Promotion Center Finland, artist working grant
2020 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Regional Fund, artist working grant
2020 Arts Promotion Center Finland, grant for residency and internationalization
2019 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, for a working group, for organizing a jewelry art exhibition in collaboration
with Finnish and Brazilian artists in São Paulo, Brazil
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, grant for workshop equipment
2017 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Regional Fund, artist working grant
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, grant for an exhibition trip to Germany
2016 Korutaideyhdistys ry, grant for graduating jewellery art student
2015 William and Ester Otsakorpi Foundation, grant for studies abroad