About
Anni Honkajuuri is a ceramic artist, designer and art teacher (Master of Arts) from Hämeenlinna, Finland.
Send me an email maanantainen(a)gmail.com.
Instagram called anni.honkajuuri
www.finnishdesigners.fi/portfolio/anni.honkajuuri
Artist Statement
”When I`m sitting front of my desk I`m working with piece of clay, which is amorphous form. I`m trying to achieve forms from my imagination. Therefore my eyes are in my fingertips and I`m trying to see what I´m working with. Working and touching are related to time. You don`t feel if you don’t stop.
Exhibitions
No past, Funny Future. Summer 2023. Hämeenlinna.
Group exhibition was held with Art Association Hämeenlinna and BBK Celle, German and Art collective 10+1 from Tampere. My ceramic work Smile! consist 24 different kind of smiles.
2022 Gallery Wall. Union of Finnish Art Associations. Helsinki.
There were five porcelain works of mine in the window exhibition in the center of Helsinki. Works were standing in coboltblue stands. This small exhibition was continuum of my solo exhibition called Think!. There were lights in the window over nights so all bypassers could see the works. This was in December, darkest month of the year.
Uusi aika -Neues Leben was held in German, Celle castle. Summer 2022.
Group exhibition was held with Art Association Hämeenlinna and BBK Celle, from German. My ceramic work was part of the exhibition called Cheek to Cheek (yes, the song sang by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald).
2022 The Ornamo Art and Design Sale. Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki.
2022 Gumbostrand, Konst&Form, Söderkulla. Art and design sale.
2021 The Ornamo Art and Design Sale. Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
Think! Thinking is hard work 2021 Gallery Paperihuone, Hämeenlinna. Soloexhibition.
My second solo exhibition was held here in Hämeenlinna, were I live and effect. It was important to show my people what I have been doing the past year while having a working grant. Thinking while working was really easy and it was like a flow, all three months while working. I tried lot of new ways of making ceramic works, also with glazes and coloring the clay. This was important exhibition!
Borders of thinking 2020 Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti. Soloexhibition.
My first soloexhibition was held in Gallery Uusi Kipinä in Lahti city.
Sculputers made of paperporcelain were thesis of thinking -how thoughts consist to our minds.
What kind of shapes are thoughts, what kind of structures are thoughts.
Thinking starts off from seed, which grows, expands and widens.
Agenda Art 2030, 2020 Helsinki, Nationalmuseums park.
All of my teardrops -ceramic installation was part of Agenda Art 2030 -art exhibition in Helsinki.
Ceramic tears were hanging from big maple tree in a park of National museum.
There are teardrops of sorrow, pain and bites. There are drops for joy, happiness and to be grateful.
In a small teardrop there is whole living in it, like beginning of life but also viruses, as we all are wery aware of.
Teardrops were allowed to feel.
3:40 2019 Helsinki and in Tampere.
3:40 was a time themed group exhibition by three ceramic artists from Hämeenlinna, Finland. We shared a studio space and are all born in 1979. 3:40 is an exhibition about present, past and the feeling of time in oneself. The phenomena of the present time, definition of time and being present at the moment were all be seen in the exhibition. The 3:40 in Gallery Myymälä2 was a first part of the exhibitions the group, the second part was in Tampere, in Gallery Ronga, in the Autumn 2019.
In the very Act 2019 Rovaniemi, Arktikum
The teachers and principals of the visual arts schools for children and young people was presented as practitiones of fine art in the Galleries of Arktikum run by The University of Lapland, faculty of art and design. ”Usually people are only watching works in exhibitions but I want to offer a possibility to touch my works. Ceramic surface is made for touching. -You can feel all my works!”
Viiva 2018 Art museum of Hämeenlinna.
Viiva was a line themed group exhibition in Art museum of Hämeenlinna. It was a 70 years birthday exhibition hold by Artist Society of Hämeenlinna. There was first touchable work of mine called ”Feel the line”. 350 cm long glazed line made of earthenware.
Fly away 2015 Gallery Arx, Hämeenlinna.
In Young Artist exhibition I had a bunch of balloons made of casting clay. Twelve balloons were hang up from the roof and were like flying away. I thought they were en route from a circus.
Pirtti 2015 Gallery Lokal, Helsinki.
Pirtti (Cottage) group exhibition by artist and artisans. I design new tableware with an older touch of Häme tableware.
Tori 2015. Helsinki.
Tori was an group exhibition by artist and artisans. There was a big soft ice-cream made of paper porcelain and one ceramic balloon.
Paper bags 2012 Gallery Arx, Hämeenlinna.
In Young Artists exhibition I had a many ceramic paper bags.
Take Away 2008 Gallery Johan S. Helsinki.
In Take Away group exhibition I presented crashed ceramic cars. I also discussed a climate change through my works.
Linnut ne lentää 2006 Gallery Oma Huone, Helsinki.
There was three woman artist showing their thoughts about the birds in this exhibition. My works were teapots and jugs with a forms of a different birds.
Biography
2021 Introduction to the curating. The University of the Arts Helsinki.
2015 The experimental color workshop for babies. Instructor. Pori.
2012 Lahti University of Applied Sciences. Design Business and Design Research.
Institute of Design. Designer. Master level.
2008 Forssa Institute of Vocational education, Crafts and Design. Artisan of ceramics.
2005 The Aalto University School of Art and Design Helsinki, School of Art Education. Art teacher.
Masters of Arts.
2003-2004 The Aalto University School of Art and Design Helsinki, Glass- and Ceramicdepartment.
Grants
2022 Taike (Arts Promotion Centre Finland), Project Grant for having a ceramic kiln.
2020 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Häme Regional Fund. Working grant.
Member
2021 Artists O -a society of artist.
2017-2023 Reggio Emilia Association of Finland, board member.
2015 Artist` Association of Hämeenlinna.
2007 The Ornamo - Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo.
2005 The Finnish Association for Environmental Education.
2005 The Finnish Art Teachers organisation.
2002-2004 The school of Art and Design, The student union, the body of representative.
Publications
Kaarisilta Biennale goes green. Environmental art exhibition in Villähde, catalogue 2021.
Viiva- Art Society of Hämeenlinna 70 -years Exhibition in Artmuseum of Hämeenlinna, catalogue 2018.
Experience of ceramicfield
2023 Woodfiring event in Mallusjoki.
2023 Rawclay festivals in Mallusjoki.
2021 Woodfiring event in Mallusjoki.
2008-2018 Ceramic sales in Taidekasarmi, Hämeenlinna. One of organizers.
2011 Ceramic sale in Hovinkartano Hauho. Organizer.
2010 China, Peking area. Fact finding ceramic excursion.
Investor by Former ministry of trade and industry of Finland.
2008 Japan, Fact finding ceramic excursion.
Investor by Former ministry of trade and industry of Finland.
2007 South-Korea, Fact finding ceramic excursion.
Investor by Former ministry of trade and industry of Finland.
2007 Riitahuhta Heini, ceramicartist. Art department of Arabia. Helsinki. Internship.
2006 Ceramic excursion in China, Yixing, Lingdeshen, Huangzhou, Guangzhou. Fact finding ceramic excursion.
Investor by Former ministry of trade and industry of Finland.
2005 Ceramic excursion in Japan, Kioto area. Fact finding ceramic excursion.
Investor by Former ministry of trade and industry of Finland.
2004 Darlington pottery, England. Work/internship.
2004 Woodfiring (Anagama kiln) with Nic Collins in his studio in Moretonhamstead.
