JULIA MARIA KÜNNAP
CURRICULUM VITAE
Annual exhibition of Estonian jewellery art, Tallinn Art Hall Silver 2003, Galeria Sztuki, Legnica, Poland 2002 Estonian Design 2002, Helsinki Faberge' Arts Foundation, St Petersburg, Russia 2001 Graduate Show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmingen, Netherlands* Sleipnir, Exhibition of Scholars of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Tallinn Townhall* TALENTE, International Show of Young Applied Artists, München* 2000 Spira, Mikolajczyki Gallery, Krakow, Poland 1999 Ornament as a Crime, Kulturhuset, Stockholm* Ferromenal, Galerie of Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn * catalogue or printed matter SEMINARS 2007 Ars Ornata Europeana, Manchester Flags Konstfack, Stockholm 2006 Chroma Monochroma, Kanuti Guild House, Tallinn 2005 Luxus Design, Lahti, Finland 2004 Laegas, Estonian Applied Art Museum, Tallinn 2001 Nordic Jewellery Triennale, Göteburg Nocturnus, Pädaste manor, Muhu island 2000 Body and sign, Stockholm 1997 Millenium II, Tallinn JULIA MARIA KÜNNAP Viiralti 7-12, Tallinn 10117, Estonia juliamaria@kynnap.ee Born September 21, 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia Graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts, by Prof Kadri Mälk 2004 Master of Arts 2001 Bachelor of Arts 2006 Artist in Residence, Alchimia School of Contemporary Jewellery, Florence 1999 Studies at Konstfack, Stockholm by Prof Christer Jonsson SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 Re-readymade, Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn 2003 Tallinn Heat, Meistrite Hoovi Galerii, Tallinn PARTICIPATION AT EXHIBITIONS 2007 Mokume gane, Museum of Jewellery Art, Pforzheim, Germany 2006 Monochroma, Kanuti Guild House, Tallinn* Chroma, HOP Gallery, Tallinn* Twilight, FAD, Barcelona; V&V Gallery, Vienna Chroma Galerie Le Arti Orafe, Florence* 2005 In Corpore, 4th Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery, Nîmes, France Twilight, A-gallery, Tallinn; Giardano Sonoro Limonaia dell'Imperialino, Florence* RRH-stipendium, Museum of Jewellery, Pforzheim, Germany II European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery, Museum of Silversmithing, Castle of Seneffe, Belgium* Faberge' 2005, Museum of Arts, Lahti, Finland 2004 Laegas, Estonian Applied Art Museum, Tallinn Sleipnir, Exhibition of Scholars of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Estonian National Museum, Tartu 2003 Link to the body, 3rd Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery, Nîmes, France Notes, 3-Dimensional Estonian Art, Szentendre Art Mill, Hungary*
FILMOGRAPHY 2003 Of Jewellery and People, a film about the jewellery department of Estonian Academy of Arts: author, director 2002 Animation The Penguin Parade: author, director, art director AWARDS 2005 Dr Ruth Reisert-Hafner stipendium for goldsmiths and jewellery artists, Gemany 2004 Annual prize of art magazine "Kunst.ee", Estonia 2003 Best animation film (The Penguin Parade), International Panorama of Thessaloniki, Creece 1998 Roman Tavast annual stipendium for young jewellery artist, Estonia TEACHING ASSIGNMENT 2007 Workshop Flags: Estonia, Konstfack, Stockholm The tension (conseptual jewellery project), speciality project for 3rd year students in Estonian Academy of Arts 2006 The Tree (mythological jewellery and blacksmithing), speciality project for 1st year students in Estonian Academy of Arts Conseptual and technical intensive courses in Alchimia, Florence 2003, 2005 Course of anodizing metals in Estonian Academy of Arts ESSENTIAL WORKS 2005 Eucharist vessels of St John s Church, Tartu 2004 Official chain of rector of Academy Nord, Tallinn WORKS REPRODUCED In Magazines Kunst.ee 4/2004; 2/2005 Stiil 1/2003 Maja 1/2003 Eesti Ekspress/ Mimi 19.05.2005 GZ Art+Design 2/2005, Germany In Books and Catalogues Metall 2, EAA, Tallinn 2004 WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Estonian Applied Art Museum, Tallinn
general switch ventilator
power source
garlic
opening and closing mechanism
AEROCHEMICAL ANTIVIRUS DEVICE pendant silver, gold, electric fan, battery, switch, garlic (by request) 4 x 4 x 2,5 cm box painted plywood, leather, silver 2006
GUIDING WHEEL FOR LITTLE FINGER water-buffalo horn, white gold, ball-bearing, rubber 6,5 x 3,5 x 1,2 cm 2006
RING WITH MERCURY POOL mercury, niobium, electron, rock crystal 2,5 x 2,5 x 2 cm 2006
ILLUSION
In every context and for various diverse points in space, events occur in domains absolutely distant from the centre. The notion of simultaneousness however, does not apply to these events. In some contexts an event occurs earlier, in others it is the other way round. But there is one context where two events can occur simultaneously.
ANEMOMETER silver, ball-bearing 2001
ANTENNA silver 2001
VENTILATION TUBE silver, smoke candle 2001
WARNING LIGHTS silver, blinking LEDs, battery 2001
FLYING JEWELLERY
Flying jewellery is an hommage to the brave men who sacrificed their lives in the name of unrealized dreams. I admire the strengh of their will and faith. The clearness and consistency of their vision. Do these apparatuses really fly? To what heights can the imagination fly?
ELECTRIC POWERED RING titanium, silver, micromotor, battery, switch 4 x 4 x 4,5 cm 2004
WRISTBAND WITH SUPPORT-WHEEL silver, leather, ball-bearings, rubber 6,6 x 9 x 1 cm 2004
WHEEL-SKATES WITH AIR-SCREWS aluminium, steel, oak wood, wenge wood, ball-bearings 26 x 9 x 13 cm each 2004
TALLINN HEAT
9-28 silver, mammoth ivory, amber, electronics 5,3 x 4,7 x 1,8 cm 2003
Each brooch is a segment of a soviet-time block-house. Every window has its own warmth. Pressing a button on the backside of a brooch, it makes a sound or says a sentence. Together the brooches form an installation expressing an endless cubic city.
11-62 silver, mica, electronics (the light is pulsing randomly) 5,3 x 4,7 x 1,2 cm 2003
8 y, s m 3
27-13 silver, lilac wood, electronics (pressing the button, the brooch says sentences such as: Could I sleep with You tonight? etc.) 5,3 x 4,7 x 1,2 cm 2003
10-2 silver, ebony, amber, LED, battery 5,3 x 4,7 x 1,8 cm 2003
2 s 5 2
10-4 silver, obsidian, electronics (brooch glowes red) 5,3 x 4,7 x 0,8 cm 2003
28-7 silver, amber, electronics 5,3 x 4,7 x 1,8 mm 2003
MECHANICAL RING No. 3 niob, gold, silver, tourmaline, aqua, clockwork 2,5 x 1,7 x 5,5 cm 2000
MECHANICAL RINGS
MECHANICAL RING No.1 titanium, silver, gold, clockwork, selenite, enamel 2,2 x 1,7 x 5 cm 1999
MECHANICAL RING No. 2 titanium, silver, clockwork, ball-bearing 2,9 x 1,9 x 4,5 cm 2000
COLLAR OF OFFICE OF THE ACADEMY NORD, TALLINN
silver, cubic zirconia, steel wire 2004
EUCHARIST VESSELS OF ST JOHN S CHURCH, TARTU St John s Church in Tartu has repeatedly suffered during periods of war. The building, which was originally constructed upon oak rafts, has gradually been sinking so that even today the surviving southern wall leans outwards quite noticeably. There are no clear, geometrically pure forms in the church. In the course of each restoration and reconstruction both the interior and exterior of the church has been altered according to the fashion of the era. The church building with its curved and slanting walls and partly revealed red brick constitute the basis for the design of the Eucharist vessels. These bulks and forms have remained in place for centuries. The chalice emerges out of an arch, the flagon out of the space between the choir room windows, and the paten out of the royal gallery. The items are handcrafted from silver and gold. A trace of a hammer can be seen on the surface of the material the touch of a hand, the natural part of the work. 2005
RING gold, steelwire 2001
RING gold, steelwire 2001
RING cubic circonia, steel 2000
RING OF LIGHT silver, LED, battery 2003
RING OF LIGHT silver, LED, battery 2005
RINGS
ENGAGEMENT RING 14 ct white gold, LEDs, battery 2003
ENGAGEMENT RINGS 14ct white gold, white LED, hercon switch, magnet, battery 2004
brooch silver, ball-bearing 2,5 x 2,2 x 2,2 cm 2001
Suddenly a room is full of energy. Radiation of a person. pocket jewellery velvet, steel, silver, acustic element playing "F端r Elise" 5 x 5 x 1,6 cm 2000
brooch silver, mokume gane, mirror, quartz 2,5 x 3,5 x 1,2 cm 1998
OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR
brooch silver, plique-a-jour enamel, mirror 4,5 x 2,9 x 1,2 cm 1998