Nomad artist creating high quality sculptures and installations for private homes and public spaces. Bringing peace and calmness of nature to the space. 

I’m Minja Kolehmainen,

an artist and a cabinetmaker from Finland.

Everything is handmade from the start to the finish with loving kindness and with respect for nature. Nature is the most important value for me. Carefully selected material, high quality and sustainable sculptures.

 

Most of the time I find myself exploring in the water, at the beach or on the rocks. These places bring me peace and comfort in my head. Time stops. These moments are precious, calm, gentle and meditative. These feelings I create on the surface of the wood. 

My purpose in this lifetime is to keep alive the Finnish craftsmanship, experience and see the beauty of life and share it with you in the form of my art. 

You can follow my journey at instagram and tiktok: @minjakolehmainen

 

Sending love and kindness. 

Your artist,
Minja <3

Lets meet

Come and visit my solo exhibition C O N N E C T I O N, at Kupru Gallery, Fiskars, Finland. 19.-30.7.2023

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EDUCATION

2013-2015
Further education, Vocational examination of woodworking, apprenticeship at Nikari Oy, Fiskars, Finland

2011-2013
Vocational qualification in basic woodworking, Teuva, Finland

2006-2009
Applied Arts BA, University For Creative Arts, Kent, Rochester, UK

2005-2006
Västra Nylands Folkhögskola, community college, visual arts, Karjaa, Finland

 

EXHIBITIONS

2023
Yhteys/Connection, solo exhibition, Kupru Gallery, Fiskars, Finland

2022
Meillä on vain tämä hetki, solo exhibition, Onoma Shop/Gallery Fiskars, Finland
Konstrundan, Minja & Mobile Workshop, pop up -exhibition, Vallila Taiteilijatalo, Helsinki, Finland
Minja & Mobile Workshop, Pop up -exhibition, Night of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland

2019
Factory, Fiskars Summer Exhibition, Finland

2018
Fiskars pop up -exhibition, Design Werk, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nikari Stories, Takenaka Carpentry Tool Museum, Kobe, Japan

2017
Greetings From Suomi -satellite exhibition, Tre, Helsinki, Finland
Greetings From Suomi, Fiskars Summer exhibition, Finland

2016

Habitare, Onoma´s Stand, Helsinki

2015

We Love Wood(s), The Finnish institute in Paris, France
We Love Wood(s), Artek, Helsinki
We Love Wood(s), Fiskars Summer exhibition, Finland

2010
Contemporary voices in wood, Few and Far, London design week, Uk

2009
Notting Hill Design Fair, London, Uk
100% Design, Earls Court, London, Uk
Mint Escapes, Mint, London, Uk
Northern Line, Design Forum Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Hackney Wicked Festival, Lion Works Gallery, London, Uk
New Designers, Business Design Center, London, Uk

 

WORK IN COLLECTIONS

6/2023
Museum For fine Woodworking objects, New Hampshire, USA

 

WORK

-2023
Artistic work

11/2022
Art installation, Fiskars School

7/2021-7/2022
Working Grant, Artistic Work in a Mobile Workshop, Finnish Cultural Foundation

2015-2021
Nikari Oy, Cabinetmaker, Fiskars, Finland

2018-2019
Member of art committee, Onoma, Cooperative of artisans, designers and artists in Fiskars, Finland

2010-2011
Unto This Last, Machining CNC router, Cabinetmaker, London, Uk

 

OTHER

-2023
Member of Ornamo

-2015
Member of Onoma, Cooperative of artisans, designers and artists in Fiskars, Finland