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Lappeenranta, Finland melitina[at]balabin[dot]net born 1982 Helsinki, Finland Studies 2006 Specialization studies in Jewellery Art (20 credit units), South Carelia Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland 2005 Supplementary working skills training for artists, artisans and designers (16 c.u.), Adult Education Centre of Tampere City, Finland 2004 The secondary education of jewellery and metalwork design, Tampere College of Crafts and Design, Finland 2003 Fine arts studies (17 c.u.), Adult Education College, Anjalankoski, Finland Courses2009 3D-modelling and wax casting (3 c.u.), Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, Finland Enamel technics, Studio of jewellery artist Anna Tereshenkova, St.-Petersburg, Russia WorkingSince 2005 jewellery designer-maker, jewellery artist
2007-2010 work practice trainer of jewellery design students Solo exhibitions
2010Unknown Path, The Russian Ethnographic Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russia Crossing, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland 2009
Desert Paths, Masters’ Guild Art Gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia Different Stories (with Johanna Halme), Craft Museum’s Gallery, Jyväskylä, Finland Different Stories (with Johanna Halme), Very Small Gallery, Library at Richardinkatu Street, Helsinki 2008 My Park (with Nikolai Balabin), Gallery Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark 2007 Park (with Nikolai Balabin), Gallery Norsu, Helsinki, Finland Once upon a time, JonkGallery, Helsinki, Finland Garden, Gallery O!, St.-Petersburg, Russia Joint and group exhibitions 2011 ArtHelsinki Contemporary Art Fair (represented by The Finnish Jewellery Art Association), Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre pro.KORU II, finnish jewellery design (juried), Täky-Gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland 30th Anniversary of Lappeenranta Saskias , Gallery Kaakaopapu, Lappeenranta SAGĖ UNISEX, Galerija Meno Niša, Vilnius, Lithuania Rare Bird (group), Gallery Laura, Lappeenranta, Finland The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far, Gallery Norsu, Helsinki Art Sales Exhibition of The Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki PARKS - TAKAS - VĒJŠ (with Nikolai Balabin and Anna Fanigina), Cēsis City Exhibition Hall, Cēsis, Latvia 20101 gr. Au, Galerija Meno Niša, Vilnius, Lithuania KORURAL, finnish jewellery art, Chelyabinsk Art Museum, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Helsinki Contemporary Art Fair (represented by The Finnish Jewellery Art Association),
Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre FINNISH JEWELRY, Fitchburg Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA HOLOWNIA, The 19th International Silverart Competition MINIMUM, Corner Gallery, Legnica, Poland KORUT, Galleria Norsu, Helsinki NOW HERE Finland Design Exhibition 2010 (jury), Exhibition Hall of Seinäjoki, Finland WHITE, Exhibition Hall of the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum, Moscow, Russia New members, Täky-Gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland 2009 FINNISH JEWELLERY 1600-2009, Design Museum, Helsinki The 3th International Biennale of Amber Art “Alatyr 2009”, Amber Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia
GOOD WOOD, Gallery Vavilon, Samara, Russia
GOOD WOOD, Exhibition Hall of Moscow Art College, Moscow, Russia
GOOD WOOD, Geological FairManege Exhibition Hall (at The Geological Fair), St.-Petersburg, Russia GOOD WOOD, Show Room of Parguet-Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Insideout, Galleri Elverket, Tammisaari, Finland
Three paths (group), Täky-galleria, Lappeenranta, Finland 2008 Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2008, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia Helsinki Art Fair (represented by The Finnish Jewellery Art Association), Wanha Satama, Helsinki Jewellery Transit Helsinki-Saint-Petersburg-Moscow (group), Exhibition Hall of Moscow Art College, Moscow, Russia Kokoelma, Jewellery Collection of the Finnish Jewellery Art Association, The Art Museum of Lahti, Finland On the borderlines – Jewellery Art, Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland pro.KORU II, finnish jewellery design, Gallery Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark Winter Exhibition, Gallery Alternatives, Rome, Italy 2007 pro.KORU II, finnish jewellery design (juried), Täky-Gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland Kontti 2007, contemporary finnish jewellery (juried), Simonkatu 2, Helsinki, Finland Image and Form 2007 Contest, The Russian Ethnographic Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russia 2006 Bijoux de noël, jewellery, Gallery Johan S., Helsinki Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2006, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia Garden, jewellery and paintings (group), Täky-gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland Familiar unknown, students of jewellery art specialization studies, Gallery Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland The 2nd International Amber Artwork Prize of the Baltic Sea Countries, The German Amber Museum, Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany Silmukoin (juried), Craft and Arts Centre Verkaranta, Tampere, Finland 2005 Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2005, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia Works in collections The Finnish Jewellery Art Association
The German Amber Museum, Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany
Private collections in Finland Catalogues pro.KORU III, 21 finnish jewellery designers, Association of Southeast Finland designer-makers TÄKY, Lappeenranta 2011 KORURAL, Suomalaista korua Uralilla, Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu, Imatra 2010 Jewelry Olympus 2008-09, The World of Stone, Saint-Petersburg 2010 ALATYR 2009, Catalogue of the Third International Biennal of Amber Works of Art, Kaliningrad 2009 GOOD WOOD, Natalia Koigorodova, Parguet-Hall, Saint-Petersburg 2009 pro.KORU II, Association of Southeast Finland designer-makers TÄKY, Lappeenranta 2007 KONTTI, Korutaide ry (Jewellery Art Association), Lappeenranta 2007 Periodicals Baltic Jewellery News (20), 2010, Vilnius, Lithuania Baltic Jewellery News (18), 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania TAITO Magazine 2/2009, pages 12-16, Finland Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 1/2009 Russian Diamonds & Jewellery 4/2008 Awards, grants2011Arts Council of Finland, Public Display Grant
Arts Council of Southeast Finland, half a year working grant
2009 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Regional Fund, half a year working grant 2008 1st prize, ”Olympus 2008” Competition, nomination “Jewellery virtuosos / Innovation”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Oleg Orkin´s prize, ”Olympus 2008” Competition, Saint-Petersburg, Russia National Council for Design, travel grant (work group) National Council for Design, quality support for design (work group) 2007 Finnish Cultural Foundation, grant Arts Council of Southeast Finland, subsidy for a group exhibition 2006 28th prize in The Second International Amber Artwork Competition of the Baltic Sea Countries, The German Amber Museum, Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany Arts Council of Southeast Finland, subsidy for a group exhibition Membership Finnish Association of Designers ORNAMO, 2008 - Korutaide ry (Jewellery Art Association), Finland, 2006 - Southeast Finland Designer-Makers TÄKY, 2006 -
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