Exhibited:

G.A.S. Conference - Student Show at MIT, Cambridge, MA

Note:

AULI RAUTIAINEN

Auli Rautiainen is a Finnish-born glass artist who studied at the Glass Department of the School of Craft and Design at Sheridan College from 1994 to 1996, while completing her Masters of Fine Arts with the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland. She went on to be Artist in Residence at the Harbourfront Center Glass Studio in Toronto from 1997 to 1999, also teaching glass blowing workshops. Rautiainen retuned to Finland to found the glass program at Kuopio Academy of Design, where she taught from 2001 to 2007. She has since dedicated herself to her art full time, exhibiting world wide and the recipient of numerous international awards.
In recent years, Auli Rautiainen has expanded her glass art into kiln formed glass. Use of colours and patterns is the signature feature in her works. Auli Rautiainen's glass has been exhibited world wide, and she has been presented with awards and grants for her unique glass works and designs through out her career. 
Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections

Claridge Collection, Montreal, QC

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2000 Finnish glass, Objects by Auli Rautiainen, Galerie Splinter, Berlin, Germany
1999 Auli Rautiainen, Starfish Glassworks,Victoria, BC, ON
1997 Synchronized Floating, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 Finnish Glass Art 2000–2005, Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Turkey
Finnish Glass Art 2000–2005, Museum Naradove we Wroclaw, Poland
Finnish Glass Art 2000–2005, Stichting Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam, Netherlands
2006 Musée du Verre Carmaux, France
L'art du verre finlandais 2000–2005, Conseil Général de Meurthe et Moselle, Nancy, France
2005 Steninge World Art Glass Exhibition, Steninge Palace, Märsta, Sweden
Suomen lasi elää, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2004 Vetri. Nel mondo. Oggi, Palazzo Franchetti, Venice, Italy
Faszination Glas, Tendenzen in der Finnischen Glaskunst, Galerie Brigitte Kurzendöfrfer, Pilsach, Germany
Blue Room, Glass in Contemporary Life, The Arches in Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Faszination Glas, Tendenzen in der Finnischen Glaskunst, Glasmuseum Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany
Finnish Glass Art, Nääs Palace, Floda, Sweden
Blue Room, Glass in Contemporary Life, The Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, UK
Faszination Glas, Tendenzen in der Finnischen Glaskunst, Stadtmuseum Schleswig, Schleswig, Germany
2003 Blue Room, Geffrey Museum, London, UK
Pasaitges Vider de Finlandia I Espanya, Espai Vidre Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Auli Rautiainen, Riikka Latva-Somppi and Vesa Varrela, Gallerie Splinter, Berlin, Germany
Faszination Glas, Tendenzen in der Finnischen Glaskunst, Felleshus, Berlin, Germany
Vanguardia en vidrio Finlandia – Vanguardia en vidrio, Museo de Historia Mexicana, Monterrey, Mexico
2002 Finlandia – Vanguardia en vidrio, Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, Mexico
Steninge World Art Glass Exhibition, Hadelande Glasverk, Jevnaker, Norway
Finlandia – Vanguardia en vidrio, Museo do Vidro, Marinha Grande, Portugal
Nordic Glass 2000, Fossakleiva Brukssenter, Bergen, Bergen
Steninge World Art Glass Exhibition, Steninge Palace, Märsta, Sweden
Findesignnow 02, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland
2001 Nordic Glass 2000, M.K. Ciurlionsis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
Edge – cutting edge glass and ceramics, The Finnish Embassy, London, UK
Nordic Glass 2000, Museum of Industrial Arts, Riika, Latvia
Finlandia – Varguardia en Vidrio, Museo de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
Nordic Glass 2000, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
Nordic Glass 2000, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
Finlandia – Varguardia en Vidrio, Fundaci'fn Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
3+3 Dimensions, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
Omand – Possession, Tallinn Applied Art Triennial 2000, Applied Arts Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 Nordic Glass 2000, Pachus C, Copenhagen, Denmark
Finnish Glass Lives 4, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
3+3 Dimensions, Applied Arts Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Moderne Zeiten: Finnisches Glas 1929–99, Museum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Meistern der Modern, International Hantwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
1999 Moderne Zeiten: Finnisches Glas 1929–1999, Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Leipzig, Germany
Essence lll, Starfish Glassworks, Victoria, BC, ON
1998 Aromatik, Elena Lee Gallerie, Montreal, ON
The 2nd Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, ON
Finnish Design 10, Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland
Visual Arts Mississauga, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
The 7th Annual Canadian Glass Show, Alberta, ON
1997 Scandinavian Glass Art, The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
Canadian Glass Show, Smashing Glass Inc., Edmonton, ON
Design Contemporain de Verre Finlandais, Contemporary Art Centre, Schalkwijk, The Netherlands
Design Contemporain de Verre, The Finnish Institute, Paris, France
1996 La Biennale Du Verre, Elena Lee Gallerie, Montreal, ON
The 1996 International Student Exhibition, Boston, Ma, USA
1995 The 1995 International Student Exhibition, Ashville, NC., USA

Selected Awards and Grants

2007 Artist Ambassador of National Liberty Museum, PA, USA
Grant, Regional Arts Council of North Savo, Finland
2004 Grant, Art Council of Finland
Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation, North Savo Region
Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation
Grant, Regional Arts Council of North Savo, Finland
Grant, Design Council of Finland
2003 Finalist, The Bombay Sapphire Prize 2003, International Glass Design Award, The Bombay Sapphire Foundation, London, UK
Grant, Regional Arts Council of North Savo, Finland
Grant, Design Council of Finland
2002 Grant, Regional Arts Council of North Savo, Finland
2001 Grant, Regional Arts Council of Uusimaa, Finland
Grant, Design Council of Finland
1999 Grant, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Award of Excellence, Visual Arts Mississauga, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
1997 Scholarship, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1996 2nd prize, Glass Art Society, International Student Exhibition, Boston, Ma, USA
Scholarship, The Studio of Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Scholarship, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
1995 Travel grant: University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Travel grant: University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Scholarship, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
Scholarship, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Nordplus Scholarship (Scandinavian Scholarship)
Scholarship, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland

Selected Links

auliglass.com