CV
Laura Pehkonen
b. 1985 Oulu, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
2014 Master of Arts, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture,
Applied Art and Design Master Program
2010 University of Art and Design Helsinki, Ceramic and Glass Art BA
2006-2007 Hamk University of Applied sciences, Glass and Ceramic design
2004 Salpaus Further Education school, audiovisual communication BE
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
2024 Solo exhibition, Vallilan Panimon galleria
2025 Aistinvarainen, Suomen käsityön museo, Jyväskylä
2025 Public art piece, Porvoo
2025 Joint exhibition with Hanna-Riikka Heikkilä, Gallery Saskia, Tampere
2026 Solo show, Gumbostrand Konst & Form
SOLO WORKS, EXHIBITONS AND COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2023 Herkkupalat / Goodie Bits, public art piece, Gaudia-campus, Lahti, Finland
2022 Merellä / At sea, public art piece, Vaasa Hospital
2022 Domino, public ceramic mural, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art
2022 Mix & match, ceramic mural, Ásmundarsalur, DesignMarch, Reykjavik Design festival, Iceland
2021 Comfort zone, solo exhibition, Rio11 gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2021 Puu / A Tree, public ceramic mural for Myyrmäki Street Art Triennal, Helsinki
2020 KOMBO, public art piece, commissioned by Helsinki Art Museum HAM
2019 TEMPO, Solo show, Hakola Shop Helsinki, Finland
2018 Horizons, ceramic wall mural, commissioned by The Finnish State Art Deposit Collection
2018 Public ceramic art for Pasila Street Art District, Helsinki
2018 Fine Lines together with Katariina Guthwert, official program of Designmarch 2018, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 Buffet - Icelandic edition, Designmarch 2017, Lækningaminjasafniđ, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016 Tuovi Eskola: Herbaario & Laura Pehkonen: Kuvitelmia, Galleria Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, Finland
2016 Laura Pehkonen X Galleria Kooma, Oulu
2013 Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki
2013 Samasta -teoksia monista osista, together with Matias Liimatainen, Mari Paikkari and Veera Tamminen, Gallery Arabia, Helsinki
2012 Jakkara, pinkki ja sitruuna, The Exhibitionists, Helsinki
2012 Seinäruusuja / Wallflowers, Suomenlinna Toy Museum, Helsinki
2012 A gift for the Unseen in Suomenlinna, Kraanalaituri´s crane
2011 Kummalla puolella with Lotta Mattila, Arabia gallery, Helsinki
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Metsä, Taattisten tila
2023 Länk-Link-Linkki II, group exhibition, HV Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
2023 Ilo Olla, group exhibition, Heinola Art Museum, Finland
2022 Serving Sculpture - Renewal of Finnish Craft & Design, group exhibition in Finlands Institutet Stockholm, Sweden, curated by UUmarket
2021 On the Edge- Äärellä group exhibition, Kulttuuritalo Korundi, Rovaniemi, Finland
2020 New Season - Nouvelle Saison joint virtual exhibition at the Finnish Institute Paris, curated by Finnish design collective UU market
2019 Mid-Atlantic Keramik Exchange exhibition, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019 Tyhmänäyttely - The Stupid exhibition, Hotel Klaus K. , Helsinki, Finland
2018 European Ceramic Context 2018, Bornholm, Denmark
2018 Pyhäniemen kesä, Pyhäniemen kartano, Hollola, Finland
2018 Fiskars Summer House, Fiskars, Finland
2018 Mix & Match, Lokal, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Project Network, Apple House Gallery, Guldagergaard - International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskor, Denmark
2017 Superwood Festival, Hotel Rantapuisto, Helsinki
2017 Fungus Figura, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
2016 Behind the Seen, Taidehalli, Porvoo
2015 Gumbostrand Konst&Form, Sipoo
2015 Keramiikka tilassa - Ceramics and Space, Designmuseo, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Biennal Internacional de Ceramica de Manises, Valencia, Spain
2014 Material Matters, Mediacenter Lume Gallery, Helsinki
2014 Masters of Art Unseen, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki
2014 Bloom, Lokal, Helsinki
2014 Rajamailla - Young Designers´ association´s spring exhibiton, Helsinki
2012 You are here. Art and Design Boundaries Exhibition, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki
2011 Venice reflected in contemporary waves, Gallery Kadieff, Raatimiehenkatu 2, Helsinki
2011 Uunituoretta!, LB-Contemporary, Annankatu 16, Helsinki
2010 Lasifantasia 2010, Iittala glassvillage, Iittala
2009 AHNE´09, Rotermanni 4, Tallinna
2008 Lasifantasia 2008, Iittala glassvillage, Iittala
GRANTS AND FUNDS
2022 working grant, Taike, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2022 Taike, Arts Promotion Centre Finland (project grant for working group)
2021 Taike, Arts Promotion Centre Finland (traveling grant for working group)
2021 One year working grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation
2019 Taike, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2018 Taike, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2017 Taike, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2016 Taike, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2015 Greta&William Lehtinen Foundation
2013 Arabia Factory´s Art Department Society ry, Group exhibition at Arabia Gallery
2012 Valtion muotoilutoimikunnan kohdeapuraha keraamikkojen työhuoneen varustamiseen, Laura Pehkonen & work group
COLLECTIONS
Helsinki Art Museum HAM
EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art
Valtion taideteostoimikunnan kokoelma, Kansallisgalleria / The Finnish State Art Deposit Collection, Finnish National Gallery
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center
Private collections
RESIDENCIES
2019 Mid-Atlantic Keramik Exchange, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019 Cotto Designs Ceramic Studio, Lima, Peru
2018 Project Network, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
2016 Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo
Artists O
Art Association Öy Ry
Kuvasto ry
SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
2020 A set of ceramic decoration technique workshops, Cotto Design Studio, Lima, Peru
2018 "Painting Paradise" planning and teaching porcelain painting workshop for Iittala & Arabia Design Centre www.designcentrehelsinki.com
2017 planning and teaching wheel throwing workshop for Iittala & Arabia Design Centre www.designcentrehelsinki.com
2017 "Re-Imagine Arabia" planning and teaching experimental plate decoration workshop for Iittala & Arabia Design Centre www.designcentrehelsinki.com
2017 planning and teaching ceramic proto workshop for asulym seekers in co-operation with Fair start https://www.fairstartproducts.com/product/5
2014 Teaching and planning weekly Ceramic workshop for kids, Espoo
2014 "OHO- Opitaan yhdessä!" Multi-cultural workshop in co-operation with writer-dramaturge Riikka Takala at Entresse Library, Espoo
2014 Porcelain decoration workshop in EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art
2009 Assistant for sculptor Kim Simonsson
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
2022 Elle Decoration Sweden
2021 Ornamo magazine, Seasonal artist
2017 Werde Magazin - Lebenskunst, Natur & Vielfalt
2017 "Laura Pehkonen. Un mundo delicato e luminoso." La Ceramica in Italia e nel mondo n. 34
2017 HA Magazine on Icelandic design and architecture vol. 05
12/2016 “Läckra bakelser bland mossa och palmer”, Östnyland 20.12.2016
4/2016 Glorian Koti
2/2016 "Keraamisia ajatuksia" Kaleva 20.2.2016
1/2016 Eeva
9/2015 Deko
9/2015 TL-Magazine
2014 “Keramiikka tilassa-Keramiikan tila” Design museo exhibiton cataloque, pages 70-71
5/2014 Deko
1/2014 Koti ja Keittiö
9/2013 Plaza Koti
9/2013 Keski-Uusimaa
6/2013 A3-lehti, www.a3lehti.fi
2/2013 Deko
3/2012 Koti ja Keittiö
1/2011 Gloria
52/2010 Helsingin Sanomat Nyt
12/2010 Helsingin Sanomat Salivahti