KATI TUOMINEN-NIITTYLÄ
Born 1947 Helsinki, Finland

Studies
1966-68 School of Industrial Arts, Helsinki
1972-76 University of Art and Design Helsinki

Career information
1977-80 Own workshop in Helsinki
1980-2003 Employed by Arabia
1993 Employed by Iittala
2004- Free-lance designer/ceramist

Memberships
International Academy of Ceramics
Arabia Art Department, Helsinki
Helsinki Fat Clay
The Finnish Association of Designers ORNAMO

Solo Exhibitions
1982 Arabia-Nuutajärvi, Helsinki, Finland
1984 Arabia Museum Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1990 Artek, Helsinki, Finland
1993 Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, Oregon, USA
1996 "Angle of Vision", Arabia Museum Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1997 Galleri Björnen, Stockholm, Sweden
1998 Finsk Form, Malmö, Sweden
2001 “Angle of Vision II”, Arabia Museum Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Gallery Inger Molin, Stockholm
2003 “Shadows”, Alvar Aalto Museum Gallery, Jyväskylä, Finland
2007 Kaj Franck-prize exhibition, Design Forum, Helsinki
2008 Kaj Franck-prize exhibition, Gallery Modus, Tampere
2011 Gallery Inger Molin, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 Gallery Officine Saffi, Milano

2022 Galleria Duetto, Helsinki

Joint and Touring Exhibitions
1978 "The Bowl", Vientitalo, Helsinki, Finland
1979 "Rakennuskeramiikkaa", Finnish Design Center, Helsinki, Finland
1981 "Brukskonst och konsthantverk under 50 år", Höganäs Museum, Sweden
1981, -83, -85, -87, -89, -93 and -96 "Finland Designs", Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1982 "Unikate finnischer Künstler", Düsseldorf and Frankfurt, Germany
1982 Illums Bolighus, Copenhagen, Denmark
1982 Stockmann, Helsinki, Finland
1984 Galerie Grafiart, Turku, Finland
1984 NK, Stockholm, Sweden
1985 Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Faenza, Italy
1985 ASF-Gallery, New York, USA
1985 Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere, Finland , touring exhibition
1985 Lidköpings Hantverks- och Sjöfartsmuseum, Sweden
1987 Gallery Otso, Espoo, Finland
1987, -88 Triennale "Zeitgenössisches deutsches und finnisches Kunsthandwerk", touring exhibition Frankfurt and Hannover, Germany; Helsinki, Finland
1988, -89 Art by Design: The Katonah Gallery, New York; The Hagley Museum and Library, Delaware; International Design Center, Minnesota; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA
1988 Arabia Pro Arte Collection, Arabia, Helsinki; Verkaranta, Tampere, Finland
1989 -90 Actualité de la Ceramique Européenne, touring exhibition, France
1989 -90 Scandinavian Ceramics and Glass, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
1990 Oslo International Ceramics Symposium, Research in Clay Art, Norway
1990 Lidköpings Hantverks- och Sjöfartsmuseum, Sweden
1990 Galleria Johans, Porvoo, Finland
1990 "East meets North", Posio, Finland
1991 Arabia Pro Arte Collection, Arabia, Helsinki; Verkaranta, Tampere, Finland
1991 Thoughts in Clay, Gallery Pictor, Nummela, Finland
1991 6 Ceramists from Finland, Seoul, Korea
1992 The Pot, Design Forum Finland, Helsinki, Finland
1992 Art and Industry in Ceramics - Personal Statements in Clay by Nordic Artists and Designers, Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1992 A Little Thing, Båstad, Sweden
1992 Spring, Gallery Bellarte, Turku, Finland
1993 Gallery Maronie, Kioto, Japan
1993 3rd Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1993 Arabia Pro Arte, Arabia, Helsinki, Finland
1993 -94 "From Dreams to Reality", Scandinavian-Baltic exhibition tour
1993 Group Six, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Gallery Bremer, Karkkila, Finland
1994 Arabia Pro Arte, Luum Galeri, Tallinn, Estonia
1994 Gallery Arioso, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 Museum for Contemporary Art, Nice, France
1995 Gallery Norby, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995 Joint Nordic Exhibition for invited artists, Gallery Lionet, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 Hetjens-Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany; Keramikmuseum, Germany
1995 Centrum for Changing Exhibitions, Karlsruhe, Germany
1995 Design Finlandais, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, France
1996 Nikolai House Liukko, Keuruu, Finland
1996 Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, Finland
1996 "Extra Trend Show", Frankfurt Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
1996 Arabia Pro Arte Collection, Arabia, Helsinki, Tampere, Finland
1996, -97 Museum of Art and Design, touring exhibition of ryas and ceramics, France
1998 Savesta syntynyt, exhibition of contemporary ceramics, Fiskars, Finland
1998 Finnish Design 10, The Turn of the Millennium, Design Forum Finland, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Nikolai House Liukko, Keuruu, Finland
1998 Finnish Design Exhibition in Japan and USA
1998 Nordic Ceramic Triennale, Sweden
1998 Light and Shadow, Special exhibition at the Mino ceramic festival, Tajimi, Japan
1998 Exhibition of the Mino Ceramic Competition, Tajimi, Japan
1999 Arabia 125 years, Ambiente 1999, Frankfurt, Germany
1999 “The Nordic Transparency”, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000 Metamorphos, Lahti, Finland
2000 Arabia artists in Retretti, Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland
2000 Keramik, Höganäs Museum, Sweden
2000 Finnish Glass Lives 4, Glass Museum of Finland, Riihimäki, Finland
2000 Gallery Norby, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000 "Viewpoints II", Arabia Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2001 Galleri Norby, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 "10 from Finland", Gallery Mokkumto, Seoul, Rep. of Korea
2002 "Kosketuskohta", Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki
2003 “Retro”, Fiskars, Finland
2004 “A Touch of Finland”, Flow-Gallery, London & Antrim, Northern Ireland
2004 “Ceramics 2004, European Ceramics”, Fiskars, Finland
2004 ”Syvällä Savessa”, Finnish Handicraft Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
2004 Gallery Philippe Denys, Brussels, Belgium
2005 Scandinavian Stylish Design: Arabia Ware in Finland, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
2006 Collect Art Fair, Flow Gallery, London
2006 Septaria Gallery, Helsinki
2006 The Intern. Art + Design Fair, New York
2006 Fiskars, Finland
2006 Forum Box, Helsinki
2007 Gallery Goed Werk, Zulte, Belgium
2007 The Intern. Art + Design Fair, New York
2008 Collect Art Fair, Flow Gallery, London
2008 Gallery Oljemark, Helsinki
2008 Art Fair, Wanha Satama, Helsinki
2009 Signals, Gallery Flow, London
2009 Gallery Besson, London
2009 Danske Keramisk Museum, Mitterfart, Denmark
2010 Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany
2010 Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
2011 Gallery Angelo, Pori, Finland
2011 Helsinki Art Fair
2012 Arabia’s 9th floor, Gallery Arabia, Helsinki
2012 Faenza, MIC, “Helsinki Fat Clay”
2012 Gallerie Officinesaffi, Milan, “Helsinki Fat Clay”
2012 Flow Gallery, London
2013 Pyhaniemi summer exhibition, Lahti
2013 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Rep. of Korea
2013 SOFA/ Chicago, with Galleries Flow (London) and Offcine Saffi (Milano)
2013 1/10 , ARABIA ART DEP. JUBILEE EXHIBITION, Galleria Arabia, Helsinki
2013-14 Arabia Art Dep. tournament exhibitions in Japan
2014 The Ceramic Object, Galleri Format, Oslo, Norway
2014 ‘Sato’, Galleria Gumbostrand, Sipoo, Finland
2014 Gallery Marianne Heller, ( FatClay-group), Heidelberg, Germany
2014 Sofa Chicago with Gallery Officine Saffi
2015 Nine Seasons Arabia Art Department, Washington DC, Finnish Embassy
2016 London Craft Week with Gallery Officine Saffi
2018 Collect London (several years) by Officine Saffi
2018 ABOUT CLAY, international ceramic exhibition, Kuparipaja, Fiskars
2019 Collect London by Officine Saffi
2019 Gallery Hostler & Burrows has represented me in Miami and SanFransisco art fairs.

Design works
1987 Domino-tableware (together with Pekka Paikkari)
1988 Venetsia-plate
1993 Storybirds-pitchers (prototypes 1984)
1995 Gluck-pitchers (glass)
1996 Roma-plates
2004 KoKo-tableware (together with Kristina Riska)
2006 KoKoHot-owenpots (together with Kristina Riska)

Public works
2005 Gekko, Kamppi, Helsinki - together with Pekka Paikkari & Kristina Riska
2021 Unique wall bricks for National Theatre restoration with Pekka Paikkari.

Awards, scholarships and recognitions
1979, -81 State scholarship for projects
1984 State award for industrial art
1989, -93 "Finland Designs", honorable mention
1991 Kaj Franck scholarship
1993 Scholarship of The Finnish Cultural Foundation
1993 A 5-year artist grant of the State of Finland
1994 The Design Plus Award, The International Frankfurt Fair Ambiente, Frankfurt, Germany
1994 Formland prize, Denmark
1994 Diploma from the Association for Finnish Work
1996 Formland Prize, Denmark
1998 Grand Prix and Honorary Mention, The 5th International Ceramics Competition ‘98 Mino, Japan
2000 Scholarship of the State of Finland
2002 Gold Medal and Honorary Mention, The 6th International Ceramics Competition ‘02 Mino, Japan
2003 A 5-year artist’s grant of the State of Finland
2005 Judge for 7th International Ceramic Competition ’05 Mino, Design Category, Japan
2007 Kaj Franck Prize
2013 State pension for artists
2018 Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (FL PF)

Museums and collections
Arabia Museum, Helsinki
Collections of Pohjola Group, Helsinki
Handelsbanken, Sweden
Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Höganäs Museum, Höganäs, Sweden
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Seoul Design Museum, Korea
Statens Konstråd, Sweden
Ulster Museum, Ireland
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
New Ceramic Museum , Tajimi, Gifu pref., Japan
Finnish State Collections
Wihuri Foundation

Works also in numerous private collections