MIA MALJOJOKI 2010
mellifinellistudio in collaboration with Donna Veverka, is happy to present the alternative jewelry of the internationally acclaimed jeweler Mia Maljojoki.In her own words :
I am a jewelry artist. Using dental plaster, pigments, paint rubberbands, and strings, I freeze moments to be worn and displayed on the body. My work is formed by motion, mood and play between intention and result. I cast, wash, bite, scratch, throw, scrub, break, and pour. This can last few minutes or can be done in layers taking many months.This exhibition is called Explosive : Frozen Fireworks. Fireworks are a momentary explosion to celebrate an event. They produce sound, light, color, and smoke. Simultaneously, Fireworks produce wonderment, excitement, nostalgia, and inspiration.
For this exhibition I have worked to collect this ephemera to wear them on the body.
Can’t emotion be solid?
I was born and raised Joensuu, Finland. In 2001 received a BFA in Small Metals from Massachusetts College of Art. In 2004, I moved to Munich, Germany to continue my studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunst (Royal Academy of the Arts) under Prof. Otto Künzli. In February 2010 I was awarded a Diplom degree (German equivalent to an MFA) as a Meisterschulerin (the highest level of academic honors). A month later, in March 2010, at “Schmuck” I was awarded the Herbert Hofmann Award, a prestigious contemporary jewellery award. My work is currently presented at Gallery Spektrum, München, Germany, Gallery Rob Goudijs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Gallery Noel Guyomarc'h, Montreal, Canada
I live and worki in München, Germany with my husband and our two children.
Current Exhibition
MIA MALJOJOKI
Explosive: Frozen Fireworks
August 21 - September 10
closingreception: sept.10 5-8pm
exhibition images
artist's website: miamaljojoki.com/
MIA MALJOJOKI
Explosive: Frozen Fireworks
August 21 - September 10
closingreception: sept.10 5-8pm
exhibition images
artist's website: miamaljojoki.com/
The mellefinelli studio is the work and display studio of jewelry maker Melissa Finelli. mellefinellijewelry.com
The studio is co-curated by Peter Harris.
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The studio is co-curated by Peter Harris.
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