STUDIO Heikki Viinikainen is a design studio that manufactures Finnish glassware and art glass. Studio Heikki Viinikainen also offers exhibition, space and product design for companies. "If I were to categorize my sources of inspiration, I could easily become chained by them! In addition to the balance of form, material and working characteristics of the object, I search for a dimension that gets my thoughts flowing. Glass as a material is special when it comes to its many possibilities from delicate forms of expression to wild play with colours. Glass forms a unique combination of colour, shape and space that live through light. They arouse my interest again and again and lead me towards new expeditions into the world of glass.
STUDIO Heikki Viinikainen on kotimaista käyttö- ja taidelasia valmistava muotoilustudio. Studio Heikki Viinikaisen palveluihin kuuluvat myös näyttely- ja tilasuunnittelu sekä tuotemuotoilu yrityksille. "Jos kategorisoisin innoituksen lähteitäni, joutuisin liian helposti niiden vangiksi! Muodon, materiaalin ja käyttöominaisuuksien tasapainon lisäksi etsin esineistä ulottuvuutta joka saa ajatuksen liikkeelle. Lasimateriaalin kohdalla on erityistä sen monet mahdollisuudet herkkyydestä rohkeaan värien ilotteluun. Lasissa yhdistyvät ainutlaatuisella tavalla väri, muoto ja tila jotka elävät valon kautta. Ne saavat aina kiinnostukseni heräämään uudelleen ja johdattavat uusille tutkimusmatkoille lasin maailmaan."
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Heikki Viinikainen
b. 30 January 1978 Kuopio, Finland
Education
2010 Designer, glass and ceramics, Kuopio Academy of Design
2005 Artisan (metal), Mikkeli Vocational College
Assignments
2017 Exhibition design, Fascinating spiral - Filigree glass in Finland, The Finnish Glass Museum
2017 Exhibition design, 100 x Glass - 100 Years - 100 Objects, The Finnish Glass Museum
2017 Exhibition design, Erkki Vesanto - Designer in Iittala, The Finnish Glass Museum
2017 Product design, Babushka glassware, Nord Design
2016 Exhibition design, Peep Show - Another Reality, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2015 Exhibition design, Timo Sarpaneva - Glass Art, The Finnish Glass Museum
2015 Exhibition design, Finnish Glass Lives 7, The Finnish Glass Museum
2014 Exhibition design, Agony to Ecstasy - Three-Dimensional Tales, Nuutajärvi
2014 Exhibition design, Nuutajärvi - A Never-Ending Story, The Finnish Glass Museum
2014 Exhibition design, European Glass Experience, The Finnish Glass Museum
2014 Exhibition design, Colour and Magic - French Art Deco Glass, The Finnish Glass Museum
2013 Exhibition design, Tapio Wirkkala - A Poet in Glass and Silver, The Finnish Glass Museum
2013 Teaching, Tavastia Education Consortium, glass artisans
2013 Exhibition design, Old Finnish Glass, The Finnish Glass Museum
2013 Shop design, The Finnish Glass Museum
2012 Exhibition design, Glass Etc., The Finnish Glass Museum
2012 Teaching, Tavastia Education Consortium, glass artisans
2012 Exhibition design, Erkkitapio Siiroinen, The Finnish Glass Museum
2012 Exhibition design, Gralglas Dürnau 1930-1981, The Finnish Glass Museum
2011 Exhibition design, Lasikomppania - The Nuutajärvi Glassmakers' Cooperative, The Finnish Glass Museum
2011 Teaching, Tavastia Education Consortium, glass artisans
2010 Own design studio Studio Heikki Viinikainen
Awards and Honours
2015 Glass art competition, Municipality of Urjala, third place
2013 Design competition for a font, Church Central Administration, The Finnish Glass Museum, commendation
2006 Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition, second place in the Finnish semi-finals
2005 Scholarship for diligence, Mikkeli Vocational College, Metal Department
Memberships
2013 Ornamo, Finnish Association of Designers
2011 Nuutajärvi Gallery Cooperative NuGO
2010 Nuutajärven lasitaitajat ry society, Lasikomppania
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Hope, Auran Gallery, Turku, Finland
2018 Art Glass, Auran Gallery, Turku, Finland
2009 Beneath the Blue Stone, Gallery Carree, Kuopio, Finland
2008 From Near You - Glass Design, Kellari gallery, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland
Group Exhibitions
2020 Juuri Root - Garden of Glass, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2019 The Finnish Season, Spazio Nobile Gallery, Bryssels, Belgium & Institute Finlandais, Paris, France
2019 Why Not - Finnish American Art Glass, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2018 Glass art from Nuutajärvi, Yrjö Liipola Museum, Koski, Finland
2018 Memory trace, Red Brick Gallery, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2018 Printemps, Gallery Ars longa, Helsinki, Finland
2017 Jewels and Honours, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2016 Peep Show - Another Reality, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2015 In the Terrain of Form, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2015 Refact, Waterford City Hall, Ireland
2015 Wild Solar, Gallery Contempo, Helsinki, Finland
2015 EGE - European Glass Experience, The Murano Glass Museum, Murano, Italy
2015 EGE - European Glass Experience, Museo do Vidrio, Marinha Grande, Portugal
2015 Finnish Glass Lives 7, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2014 Glass in Sight, Gallery O, Helsinki, Finland
2014 White, Lokal, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Glass Kitchen Nuutajärvi, Helsinki Design Week, Finland
2014 Agony to Ecstasy - Three-Dimensional Tales, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2014 Blurred Lines, Copper Smithy, Fiskars, Finland
2014 EGE - European Glass Experience, Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
2014 Camera & Quartz Sand, Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Sipoo, Finland
2014 Nuutajärvi - A Never-Ending Story, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2013 Glass Exhibition at the Embassy of Finland, Washington, United States
2013 Glass is tomorrow, Ampersand House & Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Glass is tomorrow, Museo della Scienza, Milan, Italy
2013 Glass is tomorrow, Cité du Design - Design Biennal, Saint-Étienne, France
2013 Glass is tomorrow, Quantum Glass, Paris, France
2013 Nuutajärvi 220, Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2013 Festival - Artist Communities of Nuutajärvi and Arabia, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2012 Souffler/Capturer, The French Institute of Finland, Pariisi, France
2012 Blow and Capture - Glass and Photographs, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2012 Infinity, Gallery Täky, Lappeenranta, Finland
2011 Lasikomppania, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2011 Kaj Franck's Landscape, Vanhan hytin halli, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2010 Glass Fantasy, Iittala Glass Museum, Iittala, Finland
2010 Utopia and Homecoming, Gallery Taitemia, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland
2010 Finnish Glass Lives, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2008 Glass Fantasy 2008, Iittala Glass Museum, Iittala, Finland
2008 KUMU 2008, Gallery Taitemia, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland
2007 Kanttia kans! Gallery Taitemia, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland
2006 Harvest, Gallery Taitemia, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland