VEERA KULJU
Finnish, b. 1975

EDUCATION

2005–2010   
Aalto University, School of Art and Design, MA Applied Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland

2001–2005   
Lahti University of Applied Science, Institute of Design, BA Experimental Design, Lahti, Finland

2004             
University of Gothenburg, School of Design and Crafts, Exchange Studies, Gothenburg, Sweden

1997–2000   
Vihti School of Art and Craft, Interior Textiles, Artesan, Finland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022   
A Horse, The Forest, A Father, Gallery Halmetoja, Helsinki, Finland

2021  
Noir, Gallery Halmetoja, Helsinki, Finland

2019  
Forest Returns, Täky - Design Autumn, Lappeenranta, Finland
Sounds of Silence, Konsthantverkarna gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2018  
NAKU, Mältinranta Artcenter Studio, Tampere, Finland
Holy Wood, ARTag gallery, Helsinki, Finland

2010  
Shadows & Threads, School of Art & Design, Helsinki, Finland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Ilo Olla, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland
AfterGlow - New Nordic Porcelain - Remix on Bornholm, Køppe Contemporary Objects, Bornholm, Denmark

2022  
Recent Works by Veera Kulju, Marianne Huotari, Hanne G., HB381, New York, NY
After Glow, New Nordic Porcelain, Kunsthall Grenland – Porsgrunn, Norway
After Glow, New Nordic Porcelain, Clay Museum of Ceramic Art, Middelfart, Denmark
After Glow, New Nordic Porcelain, Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum, Sweden

2021  
Ceramics Facing the New, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
LUONTO RETKI, Nastolan kesänäyttely 2021, Nastola, Finland
Solid Ground, IAC Post Tour -program, Väre-Building, Otaniemi, Finland
Coming home to Seoul, FACTORY2, Seoul, South Korea
On the Edge – Äärellä, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
SIELUNMAISEMA, Glasshouse Helsinki, Finland

2020   
Ceramega 2020 – National Ceramic Exhibition, Voipaala Art Center, Sääksmäentie, Finland
Forest Primeval, Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles, CA
Mexico & the Nordics: A Meditation on Individuality in Craft, Tradition, & Modernism, Adorno Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019  
Dark Matters, Taidekeskus itä, Riutta, Lappeenranta, Finland
Coming Home III, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Re/Defining Finnish Contemporary Art & Design, Spazio Nobile Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
London Design Week, Adorno Gallery, London, UK
CHART Design, curated by Lokal Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Perspectives, Iittala & Arabia Design Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Coming Home II, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Collectible, curated by Lokal Gallery, Brussels, Belgium,
Re/Defining Finnish Contemporary Art & Design, The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux & Spazio Nobile Gallery at Collectible, Brussels, Belgium
Institut Finlandais, Paris, France
Spazio Nobile Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2018  
Coming Home, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Juhlat, curated by Lokal Gallery, Institut finlandais, Paris, France
CHART Design, curated by Lokal Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark 
Fiskars Summer House Exhibition, Fiskars Village, Finland
TypoCraftHelsinki, Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús Island, Finland
Line, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

2017  
Enchanted Forest, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Typocraft, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Kisses and Popcorn, Arabia Art Department Society, Designcentre, Helsinki, Finland
Arabia Art Department Society, SEB Bank, Helsinki, Finland

2016  
Yhes, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Signals & ASUN, Habitare Ahead!, Helsinki, Finland
Smaragdus, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

2015  
Ugly Truth, Habitare Ahead!, Helsinki, Finland

2013  
Another Setting, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Give a New Life, MONA the Museum of New Art, Pärnu

2012  
Hirameki Himmeli, Tokyo, Japan
Finnish Design Unwrapped, Istanbul Design Biennal, Turkey
Yhteinen Pöytä, Empiresali Helsinki, Finland
Everyday Discoveries, Suvilahti Helsinki, Finland
Protoshop, Habitare Ahead!, Helsinki , Finland
Finnish Design Unwrapped, Helsinki Design Museum, Finland

2011  
Hells Looks, Antwerp, Belgium 
Finnish Design Unwrapped, London Design Festival, United Kingdom
Protoship, Habitare Ahead!, Helsinki, Finland
DMY International Design Festival, Berlin, Germany
Awake, Argos Young Designers at Argosshall, Helsinki, Finland
Open 140, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Masters of Arts 2011, Salmisaarentalo Helsinki, Finland

2010  
Protoyp Köln, Iso-Roba 4-5, Helsinki, Finland

2009  
Sprouts, Young Designers at Argoshall, Helsinki, Finland

2008  
Nice08, Nordic Art and Culture Festival, Bluecoat, Liverpool, United Kingdom
100 Show, Helsinki Design Week, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland 
Wandering, European Commission Representation, London, United Kingdom
Fennofolk, New Nordic Oddity, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland
THIS IS ME WHO ARE YOU Young Designers, Argoshall, Helsinki, Finland
100% Finlande, Helsinki á Saint Suplice, Paris, France

2007  
Table is Set, Helsinki Design Week, Esplanadi park, Helsinki, Finland

2006  
Helsinki Biennale, Myymälä 2, Helsinki, Finland
The Daughters of Midas, Jewellery on Tour, Helsinki, Finland

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Arabia Art Department Society, Finland
Suomen Laatukeskus, Finland
Finnish State Art Commission Collections, Finland
The Nationalmuseum Stockolm, Sweden
Serlachius Museum, Finland

GRANTS

2022  
Arts Council of Finland
Finnish Cultural Foundation

2021  
Arts Council of Finland
FRAME
Finnish Cultural Foundation

2020  
Greta ja William Lehtisen’s Foundation
TAIKE
Arts Council of Finland

2019  
Finnish Cultural

2018  
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Arts Council of Finland

2017  
Arts Council of Finland

2016  
Arts Council of Finland

2009  
Arts Council of Finland

2008  
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Raivio & Kulju, group exhibition project

2007  
Finnish Cultural Foundation, The Daughters of Midas, group exhibition project

RESIDENCIES

2018  
Arabia Art Department Society, Visiting Artist

2017  
Arabia Art Department Society, Visiting Artist

MEMBERSHIPS

The Association of Finnish Sculptors 
Ornamo / Artists O 
The Jewelry Art Association