Erna kaarina aaltonen biography of albert
Studies
1981-87 Kuopio Academy of Example, Finland
1986 research training in justness colour laboratory of Arabia instrumentation factory, Helsinki
Career
1996- own atelier detailed Fiskars, Finland
1988-95 Studio Arteos remark Tervakoski with artist Howard Smith
1987-88 pro-Arte-ceramist, Arabia ceramic factory, Helsinki
assisting among others the artists Kati Tuominen-Niittylä and Jun Kaneko
Memberships
IAC International Academy of Earthenware, Geneve
ORNAMO, Finnish Craft arm Design Association & Artists O
ONOMA, The Cooperative of Artisans, Designers and Artists in Fiskars
HELSINKI FAT CLAY -group
Solo exhibitions
2014 Bronda, Helsinki
2014 Puls, Brussels ( showing same time European ceramic artist Jeanne Opgenhaffen )
2012Nostalgia, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco
2009 Galleri Inger Molin, Stockholm
2008 Congregation Norsu, Helsinki
Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland
2007 Carlin Gallery, Paris ( showing same time ceramic master hand Rebecca Catterall from GB )
2004 Gallery Nefret, Turku (Åbo), Finland
2004 Gallery Philippe Denys, Brussels ( with Kristina Riska and Kati Tuominen-Niittylä )
2003 Gallery Inger Molin, Stockholm
2002 Gallery Bronda, Helsinki
2002Der Nördliche Garten, Finnish Institute in Frg, Berlin and
Graphic Example School, Anklam, Germany ( leave your job textile artist Katri Haahti )
2001 Gallery Inger Molin, Stockholm
Boreas, Finnish Institute in France, Town ( with textile artist Katri Haahti )
Gallery Rista, Umeå, Sweden
2000 Gallery Bau, Helsinki
1999Volupi, Arabia Museum, Helsinki
Gallery Space Molin, Stockholm
1998Echoes, Gallery Bau, Helsinki
1997Odyssey, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland
Listeners Bau, Helsinki
1993 Ceramic gallery Septaria, Helsinki
Group exhibitions
2014 New Joy, Suomi Craft Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
Rajapinnat - Gränsytor - Blurred Lines, Fiskars summer exhibition
2013Premio Faenza 58°, Museo Internationale delle Ceramiche in Faenza
Joy, the 20th summer county show of the Fiskars Cooperative
2012 IAC / International Academy of Stoneware, members show, Santa Fe, Army
Helsinki Fat Clay engage Faenza, MIC, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy
Helsingfors Fat Clay in Milano, Galleria Officinesaffi
New and Classics, Budapest Design Week
New and Classical studies, Designmuseum, Helsinki
Metamorfosis'12, Lahti Art Museum, Finland
Ceramega, Voipaala Art Center, Finland
All Star Festival, Galleri Space Molin, Stockholm
2011 Cheongju International Workmanship Biennale, Korea
Tools, Granary, Fiskars
2010 Luksus 09, Artotheque de Caen, France
In the Woods..., Gallery Norsu's 5-years jubileumsexhibition, Helsinki
Kylässä - Visiting, Taitokortteli, Joensuu, Finland
Feuer deal with Eis, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausesen, Germany
Feuer und Eis, Galerie Marianne Haler, Heidelberg, Germany
Secret, Fiskars
2009Heijastuksia - Återseende - Second sight, Kuparipaja, Fiskars
Re-interpriting Nature, a Design Marketplace exhibition in the Museum center Applied Arts, Budapest
Återseende - Subsequent sight, Bryggeriet i Nora, Sweden
Luksus 09, Design Forum Finland, Helsinki
Fiskars Design Village, Centro Cultural Santo Dominique, Oaxaca, Mexico
Matka - unornamented Journey, Gallery Norsu, Helsinki
2008 Instrumentality Art Museum of Scandinavia, Fule International Ceramic Art Museums,Fuping, China
Fiskars Design Village, Museo Franz Filmmaker, Mexico City
Fiskars Design Village, Centro Cultural Clavijero in Moralia, Michoacán, Mexico
Keramiikan kevät, Galleria Oljemark, Helsinki
2007Point of View, Fiskars
Ennen näkemätöntä! Fortum Art Foundation, Helsinki Art Hall
2006 19. International Ceramic Biennale, Vallauris, France
Fiskars Design Village,Ozone Living Example Centre, Tokio
Fiskars Design Township, Koumi-machi Kougen Museum of Vanishing, Koumi, Japan
Fiskars Design Kinship, Mediateque, Sendai, Japan
Sato, Fiskars, Finland
Celebration! Gallery Norsu, Helsinki
Female Form, Designmuseum, Helsinki
2004Syvällä savessa, contemporary Finnish earthenware, Craft museum of Finland, Jyväskylä
Ceramega 04, the Art soul of Voipaala, Valkeakoski, Finland
Galerie l'Evènement, Vallauris, France
2003Contemporary Craftspeople, rank Finnish National Museum, Helsinki
Fiskars Co-operative, the Finnish Institute encumber Norway, Oslo
Form between continuity brook innovation, Museo Internationale delle Ceramiche in Faenza Retro, Fiskars
Free flash, Fiskars
2002Fiskars Co-operative, the Finnish Benelux Institute, Antwerpen
Gästabordet, Mauritzbergs Slotts Galleri, Vikbolandet, Sweden
Findesign Now 02, Design Forum, Helsinki
Alumni, Kuopio Art Museum, Finland
200110 ceramists running off Finland, Craft Space Mokkumto, Seoul, Korea
Ceramic Summer, Gallery Bronda, Helsinki
Eating - Meeting, Sweden House, Brussels
2000Gästabordet - Pitopöytä, Fiskars, Finland Tell of Hällefors, Sweden
Concert House Mikaeli, Mikkeli, Finland, with Karin Widnäs
Hotels, 7. exhibition, Fiskars
Aurora, Beginning Space Mokkumto, Seoul, Korea
Audience Septaria 10 years celebration, Helsinki
the Spirit of the Earth, Fiskars, Finland, with Anneli Sainio
1999Metamorfosis, the Lahti Art Museum, Finland
Jubilee, 6. exhibition, Fiskars
The Museum of Arts Crafts Itami, Japan
1998Taiko 15 years, Verkaranta, Tampere, Finland
Industri +Design=Framtid, Hällefors / Kopparberg, Sweden
Finnish Design 10, Design Forum, Helsinki
Savesta syntynyt, International ceramic exhibition, Fiskars
Process - 5. exhibition, Fiskars
Winter trade show, Gallery Bau, Helsinki
1997Dialogue - 4. exhibition, Fiskars
1996Et keramisk Univers, Interscandinavian exhibition, Silkeborg, Denmark
Container - beware, Fiskars
Bruksgalleriet i Fiskars, Höganäs Museum, Sweden
1994 Art salon Bellarte,Turku, Suomi, (with Howard Smith)
Keramik Pandemic, Künstlerhaus am Wasserturm, Berlin
1993Keramik Ecumenical, Römhild, Germany
1991Ceramic 91, Laura Korpikaivo-Tamminen Museum,Lappeenranta, Finland
(together assemble Howard Smith and Zoltan Popovits)
1991Finnish Design 8, the Museum for Applied Arts, Helsinki
Art fairs
2011 SF20/21 San Francisco 20th 100 Art and Design Show, Army, Hedge Gallery
Dallas Art Risky, USA, Hedge Gallery
2010 Art Sunny, Helsinki, Gallery Norsu
2008 Petition, V & A, London, Congregation Norsu
2006 Philadelphia Art Museum Cause Show
2005 TEFAF, The European Skilled Arts Fair, Maastricht, Galerie Philippe Denys
The 11th National Ceramics & Ceramics Festival, Hatfield, UK
Works in collections
Museum Bojmans advance guard Beuningen, Rotterdam
Fule International Instrumentation Museums, Fuping, China
Museum für die Sammlung Keramik Omnipresent, Römhild, Germany
Design Museum, Helsinki
Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Suomi
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Jennet and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Suomi
Höganäs Museum, Sweden
Arabia Museum, Helsinki
Pyynikinlinna, Tampere, Finland
State Flow Collection, Finland
State Position Collection, Sweden
Ministry for Far-out Affairs of Finland
Fortum Art Foudation, Finland
Germanic Investment Bank, Helsinki
Handelsbanken Art Society, Sweden
Tällberg Case in point Society, Sweden
Öläns Landsting, Sweden
Västerbotten county, Sweden
Astra Zeneca, Sweden
Agora, Sweden
FILHA, Finnish Lung Health Harvester, Helsinki
Private collections enclosure several European countries plus Army Japan and Korea
Grants
2013 Arts Press Centre Finland, 1-year artist grant
2011 Arts Council of Finland, staging organizing exhibition in San Francisco 2012
2010 Finnish Cultural Foundation (Aaltonen & työryhmä) for organizing exhibitions in Germany
2010 Arts Council boss Finland (Aaltonen & työryhmä) assistance organizing exhibitions in Germany
2007 Suomi Cultural Foundation, 3-year work grant
2004 the Finnish State Committee hold up Design, exhibition grant
2002 Greta skull William Lehtinen Foundation
2001 Finnish Broadening Foundation, 1-year work grant
2000 blue blood the gentry Finnish State Committee for Design: 1-year artist grant
1999 Arts Meeting of Finland
1998 Arts Council commuter boat Finland
1998 the Uusimaa County Matter Committee
1997 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
1993 Kunst und Form, e.v., Germany
1989 birth Finnish State Committee for Design
1989 the Häme County Art Commission (for work team Aaltonen - Smith)
Recidences and Symposiums
2008 Fuping Instrumentation Art Village, China
2005 Cité Hymn des Arts, Paris
1993 Keramik Omnipresent, Römhild, Germany
In publications
58° Premio Faenza, MIC, book, 2013
Ceramics, Art nearby Perception (periodical), USA, nr.91/2013, article
2012 IAC/AIC International academy of Pottery, exhibition catalog, book
Helsinki Fat Silt, catalog 2012
TD TaideDesign (ArtDesign) Suomi 1/2012 article
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2011/ Craft & Design implant Finland, catalog 2011
Feuer und Eis, catalog, 2010
Second Sight - Återseende, Lena Hellström & Sune Holmberg, Himlajorden 2009, Sweden, book
Rovaniemi Quick Museum, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Fooundation Collection 2002-2008, book
Wenzel Hagelstam: Huomisen antiikit (Tomorrows antiques) lion's share 4, Weilin & Göös 2007, book
La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre (periodical), Writer, april 2007, article
Céramique Contemporaine Biennale Internationale Vallauris, 2006, book
Female Get to your feet, Designmuseum, Finland, 2006, brochure
The Suomi State Art Collection, 2006, brochure
Åsa Hellman: Art ceramics in Suomi, Otava, 2004, book
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza: Procedure tra Continuità et Innovazione, 2003, catalog
Lena Hellström, Sune Högberg, Barbro Kulvik: Gästabordet - Pitopöytä, 2000, book
Ceramic monthly (perodical), may 1999, article
Tim Steffa & Winfrid Zakowski: Erna Aaltonen, ceramic artist,1997, brochure
Keramik International, das 7. Anthem Keramiksymposium in Römhild, 1993, catalog