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The Finnish State Art Commission acquired Helmi Remes' work “Kurjenkanerva” for the collections of the National Archives. There are a total of six works by Remes in the State Art Collection.

The Finninsh Glass Museum selected two Remes´art works to the Finnish Glass Lives 9, a group exhibition that is held every five years in Finland.

Remes was accepted for a month-long artist residency at Starworks Glass Residency (STAR NC, USA).

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

NOW: Finnish Glass Lives 9, The Finnish Glass Museum, RIIHIMÄKI, FINLAND

PAST: ART[s] Gallery. Exhibition opens in January 2025. NOORDWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS

PAST: Ornamo Teosmyynti, Finlandia house, HELSINKI, FINLAND

PAST: Elossa - Helmi Remes, Gumbostrand Konst&Form, SIPOO, FINLAND

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HELMI REMES

is an artist who lives and works in Karkkila, Finland. She started in 2010 working as an artist and designer, currently focusing in sculpture.

Her works are regularly exhibited in international museums and galleries.

In addition to her own creative work, she is actively involved in promoting the Finnish studio glass industry.

Let's make the world a more beautiful place together…

STATEMENT

"The most important thing is that it vibrates." - Exhibition visitor

I seek beauty everywhere, thirsty for experiences and aesthetic pleasures. I look at the world through a magnifying glass; concrete details of minimal size in nature, but also equally human emotional states and micro-expressions. I often work based on experiences and emotions. The starting points of the works may move on dark topics such as the themes of worry, longing, and sorrow but people have described that often dealing with these topics in my work ultimately reflects comfort. I crystallize my view of what silence looks like or how to depict a fleeting sense of satisfaction. I design with the core of emotions, a certain seriousness is reflected in my work.

My main material has been glass. For me, glass is the physical equivalent of sensitivity. The material challenges me to try demanding techniques that I often combine in the same work. Whatever the material, I eliminate the superfluous and I am uncompromising in the expressive power of shape and material. I strive to make abstract objects and sculptures but representational references like mountain landscapes or parts of plants can be found in the works. The most important thing for me is not a direct portrayal but to capture the essence of things that are invisible, even ambiguous. I aim to inspire the viewer to discover beauty in sensitivity.

BIO

Helmi Remes is a Finnish artist and designer who lives and works in Karkkila, Finland. Her work moves between abstract sculptural art or product design, with glass as the prominent material. Remes was born in 1983 in Tampere to a family of artists. The work of her father had a significant impact on her career choice. From an early stage, through the construction of snow sculptures and miniature homes, it was clear that three-dimensional creation, sculpture, and design were fascinating. In early childhood, Remes moved with her family to Kolari, a small village in Finnish Lapland. The time spent in Lapland includes Remes' most important childhood memories, and in her art you can see references to the barren nature of Lapland, the variation of the seasons, as well as the experiences surrounding her father's death.

After graduating as a ceramic and glass designer and artisan in the glass industry, Remes has participated in several different glass technology courses in Europe and Finland. Her work Maa was chosen as Finland's 100th anniversary art glass object, also receiving an honorable mention and a third prize in the same competition for additional works. Remes' works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in Finland and Europe, and her works are represented in the permanent collections of the Murano Glass Museum, the Finnish Glass Museum, the Kiruna Museum of Modern Art, the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation and the Finnish State Art Collections. The city of Riihimäki commissioned a work from Remes for permanent display in a public school building built in Riihimäki, Finland (pictured at right).

In addition to her artistic work, she also does product design work. Remes' work is guided by the desire to emphasize the simplified design language and the properties of the material. Often her works are characterized by the delicate use of a painting-like line, inspired by details or experiences found in nature and imprints of the landscape.

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