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Curriculum Vitae

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

Courses

2009

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

Working

Since 2005 jewellery designer-maker, jewellery artist
Since 2007 work practice trainer of jewellery design students  

Solo exhibitions

2010

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

2010

FINNISH JEWELRY, Fitchburg Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA

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

Catalogues

FINNISH JEWELLERY 1600–2009, Design Museum, Helsinki 2009

Jewelry Olympus 2008-09, The World of Stone, Saint-Petersburg 2010 

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

Awards, grants

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 -

 
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Melitina Balabin