Lappeenranta, Finland
e-mail: nikolai[at]balabin[dot]net
Born: 1955, Leningrad, USSR
Studies
1994-96
College diploma of jewellery and stonework design, College of Crafts and Design, Lappeenranta, Finland
1985-91
Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Architecture, Leningrad, Soviet Union
1980-81
Jewellery studio of Tatiana Alekseeva, Leningrad, Soviet Union
Working
since 1997
designer-maker, jewellery artist
since 2001
work practice trainer of students from the jewellery department of South Carelian Polytechnic, Lappeenranta, Finland
Other Activities
2005
juror: International Competition for Young Jewelers "Image and Form", St.-Petersburg curator: selection of russian contemporary jewellery for the exhibition Everyday Aesthetics, Art Museum of Kouvola, Finland 2004
curator: Russian Jewellery Art, group exhibition, Gallery Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland
2003
exhibition architector: proKoru, contemporary finnish jewellery, Craft Museum, Lappeenranta
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Promenade, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka 2009My Park, Masters’ Guild Art Gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia 2008
My Park (with Melitina Balabin), Gallery Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark The Artists O Association’s Artist of The Month, Design Museum, Helsinki 2007
Park (with Melitina Balabin), Gallery Norsu, Helsinki, Finland Garden, Gallery O!, St.-Petersburg, Russia 2005
Thoughts about art, Art Museum of Lappeenranta, Finland
2004
Bono sensu, Craft Museum’s Gallery, Jyväskylä, Finland Line and colour, Gallery Artisaani, Helsinki 2003
Jewellery, Gallery DIX, Helsinki, Finland 2000
Jet-black, Amuletti, Kouvola, Finland Jet-black, Gallery Ideri, Lappeenranta, Finland Selected Joint and Group Exhibitions
2010FINNISH JEWELLERY, Fitchburg Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA KORUT, Gallery Norsu, Helsinki WHITE, Exhibition Hall of the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum, Moscow, Russia 2009 FINNISH JEWELLERY 1600-2009, Design Museum, Helsinki The 3th International Biennale of Amber Art “Alatyr 2009”, Amber Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia
GOOD WOOD, Gallery Vavilon, Samara, Russia
GOOD WOOD, Exhibition Hall of Moscow Art College, Moscow, Russia GOOD WOOD, Geological Fair, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia
GOOD WOOD, Show Room of Parguet-Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Insideout, Galleri Elverket, Tammisaari, Finland HOLOWNIA, The 18th International Silverart Competition DECADENCE, Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej, Legnica, Poland Three paths, Täky-galleria, Lappeenranta, Finland2008-2009
CASE in point, Copper Smithy, Fiskars, Finland Symbols of Faith, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands 2008
Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2008, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia ”Intimacy”, New Traditional Jewellery Contest, nominees, The WesterGasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Helsinki Art Fair (represented by The Finnish Jewellery Art Association), Wanha Satama, Helsinki Jewellery Transit Helsinki-Saint-Petersburg-Moscow (group), Exhibition Hall of Moscow Art College, Moscow, Russia Kokoelma, Jewellery Collection of the Finnish Jewellery Art Association, The Art Museum of Lahti, Finland On the borderlines – Jewellery Art, Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland pro.KORU II, finnish jewellery design, Gallery Iron Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark Jewellery Art Contest “Stay moment! You are so fair!”, International Baltic Jewellery show “Amber Trip”, Vilnius, Lithuania “Absolute Beauty”, 16th International Silverart Competition, nominees, Museum of Amber in Gdańsk; Museum in Gliwice; Design Gallery in Wroclaw, Poland Dat Siert je, Museum De Koperen Knop in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands Winter Exhibition, Gallery Alternatives, Rome, Italy 2007
Symbols of Faith, New Traditional Jewellery 2007 Contest, nominees, SIERAAD International Jewellery and Silver Design Event, Amsterdam RAI, Holland proKORU II, finnish jewellery design, Täky-Gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland Jewellery under construction - tradition as a challence, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands “Absolute Beauty”, 16th International Silverart Competition, nominees, The Gallery of Art in Legnica; Gold, silver, Time Fair, Warsaw; Gallery Yes, Poznan, Poland Spring 2007, Exhibition Center of Union for St.-Petersburg’s Artists, St.-Petersburg, Russia 2006
New Traditional Jewellery Contest 2006, nominees, SIERAAD International Jewellery and Silver Design Event, Amsterdam RAI, Holland Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2006, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia Bijoux de noël, Gallery Johan S., Helsinki, Finland Autumn 2006, Exhibition Center of Union for St.-Petersburg’s Artists, St.-Petersburg, Russia The Second International Amber Artwork Prize of the Baltic Sea Countries, The German Amber Museum, Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany The 15th International Silverart Competition, The Old Town Hall, Legnica, Poland Junwex 2006 International Jewellery Fair (by Gallery O!), Lenexpo, St.-Petersburg, Russia Kontti, contemporary jewellery art, sea container, Market square, Lappeenranta, Finland On the Border, metal art, Green Warehouse, Art museum of Lappeenranta, Finland Garden, jewellery and paintings, Gallery Täky, Lappeenranta, Finland 2005
Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2005, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia Complicated World, jewellery and paintings, Gallery Johan S., Helsinki, Finland KORU. Joieria Contemporània Finlandesa, Gallery FAD, Barcelona, Spain Everyday Aesthetics, Art Museum of Kouvola, Finland Sirdslietas, jewellery art, Gallery Maksla, Riga, Latvia Inform – A manifesto of industrial art, Design Forum Finland, Helsinki; TR1, Tampere, Finland Sever v sertse moem, Art Museum of Muurmansk, Russia 2004
Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2004, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia Jewellery Mix, Gallery Steklo, St.-Petersburg, Russia Love, Craft Museum’s Gallery, Jyväskylä, Gallery Postelli, Kankaanpää, Art Museum of Rovaniemi, Finland Dream Team - finnish design in international limelight, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland 2003
Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2003, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia pro.Koru, finnish contemporary jewellery, Craft Museum of Lappeenranta, Finland Container, Finnish Craft Museum, Jyväskylä, Art Museum of Rovaniemi, Finland 2002
Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2002, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia 2000
Kunsthandwerk aus Finnland, Galerie Handwerkskammer, Hamburg, Germany Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2000, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia Hands’ signs, Kuusankoskitalo, Finland Elektronos 2000 (Amber Design Award), Amberif 2000 Fair, Gdansk, Poland 1999
International Amber Art Exhibition, German Amber Museum, Ribnitz-Damgarten Stone and Jewellery Art, Osobnjak Bosse, St.Petersburg, Russia The Place of Show IV, Craft museum of Lappeenranta, Finland Contemporary Finnish Jewellery and Ceramics, Hagelstam Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 99, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia 1998-99
Finnish Jewellery 2, Art museum of Porvoo, North Pohjanmaa Museum, Oulu, Finland 1998
Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 98, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia 1997
Kunst und kunsthandwerk aus Finnland, Friedrichstadt, Germany Jewellery (group), Gallery Aurora, Porvoo, Finland Ritual, jewellery (group), Gallery Klobben, Helsinki Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2/97, Manege Exhibition Hall, St.-Petersburg, Russia 1996
Finnish Jewellery 1, Art museum of Porvoo City, Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 96, Osobnjak Bosse, St.-Petersburg, Russia Works in Collections
Jewellery Collection of the Finnish Jewellery Art Association
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä
The World of Stone Exhibition Association, St.-Petersburg, Russia Publications
Albums:
”Finnish Jewellery”, Eija Mäkelä ja Kaarin Bonde Jensen, Helsinki 2003
”The Ocarina Tells a Story”, The Finnish Crafts and Arts Organisation, Keuruu 1997 Exhibition Catalogs: FINNISH JEWELLERY 1600 – 2009, Design Museum, Helsinki 2009
Jewelry Olympus 2008-09, The World of Stone, Saint-Petersburg 2010
GOOD WOOD, Natalia Koigorodova, Parguet-Hall, Saint-Petersburg 2009
”Absolute Beauty”, 16th International Silverart Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland 2007
“pro.KORU II", Association of Southeast Finland designer-makers TÄKY, Lappeenranta 2007
“KONTTI”, Korutaideyhdistys ry, Lappeenranta 2006
”Jewellery Olympus 2006”, The World of Stone, St.-Petersburg 2006
”KORU. Joieria Contemporània Finlandesa”, The Arts Council of Southeast Finland, Barcelona 2005
“Arkipäivän estetiikkaa” (“Everyday aesthetics”), Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola 2005
”Jewellery Olympus 2003”, The World of Stone, St.-Petersburg 2003
”Jewellery Olympus 2001”, The World of Stone, St.-Petersburg 2001
“Amberif 2000”, Gdansk International Fair Co., Gdansk 2000 Periodicals: Baltic Jewellery News, February 2009, page 45, Vilnius, Lithuania
Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 1/2009
Baltic Jewellery News, August 2008, page 55, Vilnius, Lithuania
Form Function Finland 1/2004, page 9
Jewellery World 2/2002, pages 28-31, Moskow 2002
Russian Jeweller 4/1997, pages 48-49, St.-Petersburg 1997
Russian Jeweller 5/1997, pages 37, St.-Petersburg 1997 Major Awards
2010Arts Council of Southeast Finland, one year working grant 2009 1st prize in ”Jewellery Olympus 2009” Competition, nomination “Innovation in jewellery art”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia National Council for Design, half a year state grant for artists2008
Nikolai Nuzin´s prize (“Philosophical intepretation of the image”) in jewellery competition ”Jewellery Olympus 2008”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Finnish Cultural Foundation (South Carelian Fund), half a year working grant National Council for Design, travel grant (work group) National Council for Design, quality support for design (work group) 2007
National Council for Design, one year state grant for artists 2006
2nd prize in silver collection nomination, X!V International Jewellery Fair JUNWEX, Lenexpo, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Arts Council of Finland, Public Display Grant 2005
Nikolai Nuzin´s prize (“Philosophical content”) in jewellery competition ”Jewellery Olympus 2005”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Finnish Cultural Foundation (South Carelian Fund), one year working grant National Council for Design, quality support for design 2004
Finnish Cultural Foundation (South Carelian Fund), half a year working grant 2003
Arts Council of Southeast Finland, grant 2002
Diploma in jewellery competition ”Jewellery Olympus 2002”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 2001
Arts Council of Southeast Finland, grant 2000
“25 best works” –diploma in jewellery competition ”Jewellery Olympus 2000”, St.-Petersburg Silver Prize in Amberif Design Award “Elektronos 2000”-competition, Gdansk, Poland(International Competition for Jewellery with Amber Design) Arts Council of Southeast Finland, subsidy for a solo exhibition 1999
2nd prize in competition ”Stone and Jewellery Art” in nomination ”silver jewellery”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 1997
2nd prize in jewellery competition ”Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 2/97” in nomination ”objects from unprecious metals”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 1st prize in jewellery competition ”Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller 1/97” in nomination ”objects from unprecious metals”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 1996
2nd prize in jewellery competition ”Saint-Petersburg’s Jeweller –96” in nomination ”objects from unprecious metals”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Membership
2007-
Artists O, Finland 2005-
Korutaide ry (The Finnish Jewellery Art Association) 1999-
The Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo
Southeast Finland designer-makers TÄKY Artist Residencies
2006
Circolo Scandinavo per Artisti e Scienziati, Rome, Italy
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