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Veera Helmi Remes 
born 1983 Tampere, Finland
Glass designer, Glass artist 
www.helmiremes.com // IG @helmiremes // vhremes@gmail.com // +358407655539

Education 

2008-2010 Tavastia vocational college, Artisan of glassblowing
2002-2006 Kuopio Academy of Design, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Ceramics and glass Design, Designer 

Postgraduate studies and courses 

2021 Bronze casting, Taidevalimo Sinisalo, Tommi Toija & Anssi Kasitonni, Säkylä, Finland
2017 Kiln casting, Heike Brachlow, Cesty Skla / Ways of glass, Sázava, Czech 
2014 Lampworking, Davide Penso, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2012 Lampworking, Fabio Marcomin, Carisolo, Italy 
2010 Breaking Symmetry- workshop, Slate Grove, Nuutajärvi, Finland 
2008 Kilncasting, Emma Varga, The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey 
2008 Beadmaking, Lea Swantz, Kihniö, Finland 
2006- 2007 Kuopio Academy of Design, specialization in glassdesign, Kuopio, Finland 

Private exhibitions

2018 All those tears, Galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany 

2018 Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Finland, Finland

2017 Huoli, Gallery G12, Helsinki, Finland 

2015 Blanc de blancs, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland

2014 Hiljaisuus, S-gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Group exhibitions 

2021 Aamuin ja illoin, päivin ja öin, Gumbostrand Konst&Form, Sipoo, Finland
2021 Lasismi – Puhaltaa henkiin,  The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2020 Anatomy of Longing - Helmi Remes & Panu Ruotsalo, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2019 Why Not - Finnish American Art Glass, Nuutajärvi, Finland
2018 Helmi Remes and Jaakko Liikanen, Glass, Korundi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
2017 Scandinavian Glass Starting all over, The Finnish Glass Museum, Finland, Glass Factory, Sweden, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark
2017 Kiehtova kierre, Filigree Glass in Finland Suomessa, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2017 100-Years of Glass, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2017 Roy Aurinko and Helmi Remes, Galleria Kajaste, Oulu, Finland 
2016 EGC2016- Curated, European Glass Context 2016, Bornholm Art Museum, Denmark
2016 Accident – 10 Finnish Glass Artists, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland 
2016 Talente 2016 competition exhibition, International Trade Fair Münich, Germany
2015 Finnish Glass Art 7, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2014 EGE – European Glass Experience, Finland, Portugal, Spain and Italy
2014 Illuusio summer exhibition, The old glass factory, Riihimäki, Finland
2013 Lasismi, Gernheim Glass Museum, Petershagen, Germany 
2013 Kattaillen, Helsinki, Tampere, Oulu, Finland
2013 Ornamo artists, Helsinki, Finland
2012 The Void, Design Forum Finland, Helsinki, Finland 
2012 Lasismi - Studioglassartists, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland 
2011 Finnish Glass Art, around Europe
2010 Finnish Glass Art 6, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland 

Grants and prizes

2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, semi-annual for the artistic work
2020 Finnish Cultural Foundation, semi-annual for the artistic work
2017 Tied II place, III place and honorary award, 100-Glass design competition, The Finnish Glass Museum
(no I place was given, II prize work was also nominated as The Art Glass Piece of the Year 2017) 
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, for the exhibitions
2017 Finnish Cultural Foundation, for the one year artistic work 
2016 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The Arts Council of Uusimaa, for the artistic work
2015 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The Arts Council of Häme, for the artistic work
2012 Vantaa city, for the artistic work
2011 Ethel E.E. Remes Foundation, for the glass class 
2010 Finnish Cultural Foundation, for the glass kiln 
2008 Finnish Cultural Foundation, North Savo Foundation, for the glass class 

Public art 

2019 Town of Riihimäki, Uramo Elementary school, Riihimäki, Finland

Notable commissions

2017 Riite vase for Rosenthal GmbH, design commission for unique vase serie, limited edition

Work in collections

Konstmuseet i Norr
Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation
Kuopio Academy of Design
The Finnish Glass Museum and Murano Glass Museum
Ristomatti Ratia private collection

Membership

Lasismi Co-op 2010- Founder member
Ornamo - The Finnish Association of Designers
Artists O – The Finnish Association of Artists