TARJA TUUPANEN
1973 Lieksa, Finland
Lives and works in Lappeenranta, Finland

1993-1995 College of Crafts and Design Lappeenranta, Jewellery and Stonework
1997-1999 South Carelia Vocational College and Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Crafts and Design Department
2003 The Specialized program of jewellery art, South Carelia Vocational College, Lappeenranta
2000 - Temporary stonework teacher, South-Carelia Vocational College and Polytechnic,
Department of Crafts And Design, Lappeenranta
1996 Co-director, Gallery Luowa, Lappeenranta
1998 Honourable mention: Recycling the marble on The Finlandia House- Competition, Finland
1999 Second Price, ”Näytön paikka IV”- competition, Crafts Museum of Lappeenranta, Finland

Solo Exhibitions:
1999 Jewellery about feminity , Design Forum Helsinki / 2000 Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen (NL) / Sinus, Crafts Museum, Lappeenranta / 2003 Gallery Hnoss, Göteborg, Sweden / 2004 South-Carelia Art Museum, Lobbygallery , Lappeenranta.

Group exhibitions:
1997 Alchemy, Gallery Luowa, Lappeenranta / Not for humourless, Gallery Luowa, Lappeenranta / 1999 Déjà-vu, Wrexham, Wales / Ways to Jewellery, Cologne and Berlin, Germany / Marzee-prize for graduate work, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (cat.) / Näytön paikka IV, Crafts Museum Lappeenranta / 2000 Talente 2000, Munich, Germany (cat.) / Brücken und Gezeiten, Gallerie Hermann Ritterswürden, Zwiesel, Germany / SOFA Chicago 2000, represented by Charon Kransen Arts / International 21th Century Arts Fair New York 2000, represented by Charon Kransen Arts / 2001 SOFA New York 2001, represented by Charon Kransen Arts / Junger Schmuck Hibernate- group, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany / Hibernate- group, Chicken Gallery, Kiila, Kemiö, Finland / Nocturnus, Muhu Island, Estonia (cat.) / SOFA Chicago 2001, represented by Charon Kransen Arts / Jewellery, AlmereŽs choice, organized by Gallery Marzee, De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands (cat.) / 2002 SOFA New York 2002, represented by Charon Kransen Arts / At BeautyŽs Edge, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, USA / SOFA Chicago 2002, represented by Charon Kransen Arts / Hibernate- group, The Finnish Embassy, Dar es Salam, Tanzania / 2003 Hibernate-group, Galleri Metal, Copenhagen, Denmark / Koru 1, South- Carelia Museum, Lappeenranta / Kranssit, Pro Puu Galleria, Lahti, Finland / 2004 SchmuckŽ04, Munich, Germany (cat.) / Hibernate-group, ContacT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA / Hibernate- group, Chicken Gallery, Kiila, Kemiö, Finland / Tarja Tuupanen, Terhi Tolvanen and Kimmo Heikkilä, Rantapaja Gallery Lappeenranta / Jewellery, The Choice of the Europarliament, Galerie Marzee Nijmegen.

Works in collections:
Rhöska Museet, Göteborg, Sweden; Françoise van den Bosch Foundation/Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands

email: tarjatuupanen@hotmail.com