Sini Majuri
Sini Majuri, 'The room' glass sculpture, signed Sini Majuri 2021, Glass Studio Mafka&Alakoski Riihimäki.
Glass blowers Kari Alakoski and Marja Hepo-aho. Graal technique. Mixed media. Flared. Free-form glass. Height 22 m. Diameter 16.5 cm.
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Provenance
From the Artist's collection.
Exhibitions
Sini Majuri 'Etiäinen' in Suonenjoki 2021.
The Venice Glass Week, Bel Air Fine art Gallery, Venice 2021.
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Bukowskis presents a collection by award-winning glass artists Sini Majuri and Marja Hepo-aho, displaying a rare cross-section of contemporary Finnish glass. The unique sculptures mirror the depth of the Scandinavian forests and the invisible layers of the human psyche. The selection includes carefully hand-picked pieces of timeless collectable design.
Works by these artists, who are boldly renewing the field of contemporary glass, can be found in prestigious collections, such as those of Berengo Studio and the Museo del Vetro in Murano. Majuri and Hepo-aho have also been featured in numerous international exhibitions, such as the 2021 Venice Glass Week Exhibition at the Bel Air Fine Art Gallery.
Hepo-aho innovatively combines glass with natural materials such as wood and stone, and her gilded sculptures on folklore and femininity have attracted widespread media attention. Majuri has been awarded the Golden A'Design Award in Italy, and she has designed for the M + Museum in Hong Kong and the DutZ Collection in the Netherlands. Her works have been published In Urban Glass, Elle and Designboom.
Designer
Sini Majuri is a glass artist who specializes in robotics and artificial intelligence. Her work has been featured on the front page of The New York Times Magazine and in over 90 international exhibitions in Tokyo, New Mexico, Venice, and elsewhere. Majuri has received numerous international design awards, and her sculptures can be found in the collections of prestigious institutions such as the Berengo Studio, the Corning Museum of Glass, and the Museo Del Vetro. She is interested in interdisciplinary collaborations that push the boundaries of glass, such as dancing ballet with Boston Dynamics robots and showcasing the world's tallest glass shoes at New York Fashion Week.
Majuri, who works at Suomenlinna, sees glass as a poetic material that can be used to represent intangible phenomena and layers of humanity. Dreamlike and femininity are recurring themes in her work. Majuri is fascinated by the intersection of glass art, contemporary technology, and rare craft traditions. For more information about Majuri's work, you can visit her Instagram account and website.
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