Vesa Kaleva Varrela | Finsko | web

Studies/Education:

1979-82	University of Turku, Teacher training college of handiwork, Rauma
1982-87	University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki, industrial design
1996	M.A. in Industrial design - UIAH, University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki,

Membership:

1995-

SCULPTOR - Finnish Sculptorers Association

Position of trust:

1988-	Pro Glass Art Finland - board member 1988-, - chaiman 1990-
1991-	Tampere Art Association - board member 1992-93
1991-	TAIKO/ORNAMO/Association of Industrial Arts, Finland, TAIKO Chairman - ORNAMO vice president
2001-	MODUS, Pirkanmaa association of Design and Industrial Arts - board member + vice president

Collections:

- Museum of Applied Arts - Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland; - Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland - Helsinki Museum of Art, Helsinki, Finland; - Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio La Granja, La Granja, Spain - Birgitta Crafoord Collection - Dufeke Säteri, Skåne, Sweden; - IGS Crystalex collection, Castle Lemberk,Czech Republic - City of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; - Tarbekunstmuseum, Tallinn, Estonia; - MAVA, Glass Museum of Alcorcon, Spain - The Pro Artibus Foundation, Ekenäs, Finland: - The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey; - Slovakian Glass Museum, Slovakia - Finlands tb-foundation; - Ministery for Foreign Affairs of Finland; - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tampere; - The Kyösti Kakkonen Collection; - Presidential House of Slovenia; - State of Sweden, Statens Kontstråd; - Region Västra Götland, Uddevalla Hospital, Sweden,

Grants:

- City of Turku; -State Committee for Craft and Design; - Art Council of Finland; - City of Helsinki; - Finnish Cultural Foundation - Alfred Kordelin Foundation; - State of Czechoslovakia; - City of Tampere; - The Province of Häme; - Ministery of Education, Finland - Ministery of Culture, Finland; - Board of Compensation Grants to Visual Artists; - Oskar Öflunds Foundation; - Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation; - Finnish - Swedish Cultural Foundation; - Finnish - Danish Cultural Foundation, - Finnish - Norwegian Cultural Foundation; - Islandic - Finnish Cultural Foundation; - The National Council for Design, Finland; - - Helen ja Walter Qrönqvist Foundation; - Svenska Kulturfonden,

Orders:

2010	Cross of Merit of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, The Order of the White Rose of Finland by President of Finland Tarja Halonen

Awards:

1995	Grand Prix Des Metiers D´art, De la Ville de Lyon, France
2002	Finnish Cultural Foundation, Pirkanmaa Region
2007-11	5-years State Grant for Artists, The National Council for Design, Finland

Exhibitions:

Selected - Group
1985- Nordisk Glas, Reykjavik, Iceland; - Zeitgenössisches deutches und finnisches Kunsthandwerk Triennale, West-Germany, - Jugend formt-glas”, Matildenhöhe Award, Rosenthal Ag. West-Germany; - International Kanazawa Glass exhibition, Japan - International Contemporary Exhibition of Glass and Crystal Sculptures, Generale de Banque, Liege, Belgia; - L`Europe Des Createurs”, Paris,France; - Young Scandinavian Glass”, Nielsen Galerie, Malmö, Sweden; - Finnish Glass Lives 1-6, Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland - The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa `90, Japan; - Vidrio Finlandes Contemporaneo, La Granja, Spain; - World Glass Now ´94, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Shimonoseki Art Museum, Daimaru Grand Hall, Tokyo, Japan; - 4th. European Glass Sculpture Exhibition, Generale de Banque, Liege, Belgia, Banque Générale du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, - Tallinn Applied Art Triennial 1997, Tallinn, Estonia; - Form and Function - Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, U.S.A.; - State of the Art`99, ART COMPANY, Eindhoven, The Netherland; - Tallinn Applied Art Triennal 00, Tallinn, Estonia; - Finlandia. Vanguardia en Vidrio, Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City, - Interglass Symposium, IGS-06, Novy Bor, Czech Republic; - The 30th Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia,USA; - REFLECTIONS AT SEA, Sculpture Biennale Kijkduin, Den Haag, The Netherlands; - Design Gallery/Bulthaup, St. Petersburg, Russia; - European Glass Context 2008, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Denmark - International Glass Symposium 2008, Slovakian Glass Museum, Lednické Rovne, Slovakia; - VITRUM BALTICUM IV + V. Kaunas, Lithuania; - Connections 2009, Contemporary European Glass Sculpture, Prague, Czech Repubtic; - - CAMGERAN2010 Glass exhibition, Eskisehir, Turkey; - GLASS IS MORE! DUTCH DESIGN WEEK, The Netherlands -

Exhibitions:

Selected - Solo
1990- - Helsinki Museum of Art, Helsinki; - Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland; Nielsen Galerie, Malmö, Sweden; - Galleri Glas I, Stockholm, Sweden; - Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, U.S.A.; - Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives- The Hague,The Netherlands; - DeCristal, Madrid, Spain; - Tampere Concert and Congress Hall, Tampere, Finland; - - Ateneo de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain; - MAVA, Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Spain; - Design Forum Finland, Helsinki, Finland; - Museum-Menczendorff house Riga, Latvia; - Galleria XX, Panevèzys Lithuania; - Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia; - Tartu Art House, Tarto, Estonia; - Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland; - Blås & Knåda - Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden: > 2011 - GALERIE ARKTIKA, Germany; - Jurmala City Museum, Jurmala, Latvia and Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival - Kuhmo Arts Centre, Kuhmo, Finland

VESA Kaleva VARRELA
Born in Turku
0503 1957