CURRICULUM VITAE, August 2025, MONICA WICKSTRÖM
Born 14.3.1955 in Helsinki, works and lives in Porvoo, Finland and in Helsingør, Denmark
Email: monicawickstrom@gmail.com
www.mwartjewelry.com www.korutaideyhdistys.fi/portfolio-item/wickstrom-monica/
SINCE 2000 Studying and working jewellery.
EDUCATION
2000-03 Vocational Qualification in Visual Expression, Department of Contemporary Jewellery and Sculpture at the School of Arts and Crafts in Porvoo, Finland. Teachers: Kaarin Bonde Jensen and Eija Mäkelä
STUDIES
2000-03 Silversmith Training with goldsmith Valtteri Honkapää, Aurum, Porvoo, Finland
2002 Assistant to the Finnish sculptors Sofia Saari and Helena Hietanen
OCCUPATION
2003-12 Teacher at the Institute of Vocationally Education in Östra Nyland (Eastern Uusimaa), Department of Contemporary Jewellery and Sculpture, Porvoo, Finland
SOLO EXHIBITION
2013 A NEW CHANCE, Contemporary Jewellery, Gallery GalleRian, Ilola, Porvoo, FI
DUO EXHIBITION
2015 Räisänen–Wickström, PLAYGROUND, Picture & Jewelry, Gallery Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, FI
COMING EXHIBITIONS
2025 PRESENCE /// ABSENCE synergycalls.com, Carlo Lucidi Rome, Tincal Lab Porto, Uni.Versus Athens
2025 TURNING POINT / Gdansk Jewellery Week 2025
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 PORVOO visits Viljandi, Art Exhibitions, Porvoo Art Association, Viljandi, EE
2024-25 FRIDA KAHLO I paint flowers so they will not die, Int.Contemp.Jewelry by Women, Carlo Lucidi, Rome, IT
2024 ROJW 2024 Romanian Jewelry Week, Bucharest, RO
2022-23 JEWELRY AND LITERATURE, Tincal Lab Challenge, Porto, PT, Gothenburg, SE, Rome, IT
2022 ARTISTAR JEWELS, Palazzo Bovara, MJW Milano Jewelry Week, IT
2022 JUST IN MY HEAD, Platform Schmuckkunst, Graz, AT
2021 SATELLITE EXHIBITION TO KORU7, Finnish Jewelry Art Association, Lappeenranta, FI
2021 ROJW 2.0 Romanian Jewelry Week, Bucharest, RO
2020 GROWTH & EVOLUTION International Jewellery Exhibition, Kunming, Shanghai, Beijing, CN
2019 CONTROLS/CTRL+S, Budapest Art Jewelry Night 2019, HU
2019 WEARING CHANGE 2019 by NOD, Not Only Decoration, Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, DE
2019 AJW2019, Athens Jewelry Week, Benaki Museum, GR
2019 ADA Amberif Design Award 2019, Fair Catalogue, Gdańsk, PL
2018 CAMERA LUCIDA, Assamblage, The Romanian National Contemporary Jewelry Association, BOZAR, Brussels, BE and the United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
2018 ON FULL VOLUME by NOD, Not Only Decoration, Alliages, Lille, FR
2018 PRIVATE TIME AND SOCIAL INTERACTION, Gioielli in Fermento International Contemporary Studio Jewelry Award, Villa Braghieri, Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, IT and Filatoio di Caraglio, Cuneo, IT and Art Gallery Putti, Riga, LV
2018 ON FULL VOLUME by NOD, Not Only Decoration, Gallery Cbijoux Sàrl, Monthey, CH
2017 CAMERA LUCIDA, Assamblage,TheRomanianNationalContemporaryJewelryAssociation, Bucharest, RO
2017 NOT ONLY AN EXHIBITION by NOD, Not Only Decoration, Gallery Alja&Friends, Vienna, AT
2017 BEWARE OF ANIMALS ON THE MOVE! Gallery Jänis, Turku, FI
2015 TAKE AWAY JEWELLERY, International Jewellery Exhibition, Gallery Johan S, Helsinki, FI
2013-15 FROM THE COOLEST CORNER: Nordic Jewellery, Oslo, NO, Copenhagen, DK, Helsinki, FI, Tallinn, EE, Gothenburg, SE, Vilnius, LT, Munich, DE
2014 DEATH BECOMES HER, International Contest of Contemporary Jewellery, Janus Gallery, Montreux, CH
2012 GOLD, International Jewellery Exhibition, Gallery Johan S, Helsinki, FI
2010 MINIMUM, 19th Legnica International Jewellery Competition, Legnica, PL
2010 JEWELLERY, Korutaideyhdistys /ORNAMO, Gallery NORSU, Helsinki, FI
2009 DECADENCE, 18th International Silver Art Competition, Legnica, PL
2004-05 MESSAGES, Finland-Swedish Art Smith, Pro Artibus, Tammisaari, Porvoo, Vaasa, Maarianhamina, FI
2004 THE PICTURES OF THE NEW LAND, The Artists’ Associations of Uusimaa, Porvoo, FI
2003 STREAM! District Show, Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region, Porvoo, FI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 HOLOWNIA, WOW, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2025, Legnica, PL
2024 HOLOWNIA, EMPATHY, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2024, Legnica, PL
2023 HOLOWNIA, QUALITY, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2023, Legnica, PL
2022 HOLOWNIA, TOUCH, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2022, Legnica, PL
2021 First International Festival of MANUPORTS, Gallery KOHTA, Helsinki, FI
2021 Kolme Colmiossa: Heimo-Elonen Glass–Wickström Jewelry–Åberg Paintings, Gallery Colmio, Porvoo, FI
2021 HOLOWNIA, STILL HUMAN The Legnica Festival of Silver 2020-21, Legnica, PL
2020 CITY Treasure Island, II International triennial of mini-textiles, The Guild of Artists on Textile, Saint-Petersburg, RU
2019 HOLOWNIA SILVER, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2019, Legnica, PL
2017 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Gallery Jänis, Turku, FI
2016 SALES EXHIBITION, Korutaideyhdistys, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, FI
2017 INDEPENDENT Finland-Lithuania, Jewelry, Eglė Čėjauskaitė-Gintalė, Monica Wickström, Anne Räisänen, Gallery Colmio, Porvoo, FI
2017 HOLOWNIA IDENTITY, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2017, Legnica, PL
2016 HOLOWNIA CITY, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2016, Legnica, PL
2015 HOLOWNIA BOUNDARIES, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2015, Legnica, PL
2015 A JEWEL???, Modern Jewels, Gallery Artika, Helsinki, FI
2014 HOLOWNIA CLASSIC, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2014, Legnica, PL
2013 HOLOWNIA REVOLT, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2013, Legnica, PL
2013 KIOSK OF JEWELLERY; Circuits Bijoux, Paris, FR
2013 SCULPTURAL SHAPES, Veistoksellisia muotoja, Gallery Fogga, Helsinki, FI
2012 HOLOWNIA RITUAL, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2012, Legnica, PL
2011 HOLOWNIA SEXY, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2011, Legnica, PL
2011 ART HELSINKI 2011, The Art Association of Jewellery in Finland, Contemporary Art Fair, Helsinki, FI
2009 INSIDEOUT, Jewellery by The Art Association of Jewellery in Finland, and Pro
Artibus, Gallery Elverket, Tammisaari, FI
2008 THE GARDEN OF DREAMS, Group Salainen Puutarha, Porvoo, FI
2008 HOLOWNIA EXCLUSIVE, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2008, Legnica, PL
2007 HOLOWNIA ABSOLUTE BEAUTY, The Legnica Festival of Silver 2007, Legnica, PL
2007 CREATIVE TEXTILE, NCM, the Nordic Council of Ministers, in cooperation with the
Committee for Culture of Archangelsk Regional Government, Archangelsk, RU
2003 CELEBRO, Contemporary Jewellery, Gallery Johan S, Helsinki, FI
2003 HOMO CEREBRUM, Contemporary Jewellery, Porvoo, FI
2002 CHILDREN’S WEEK, Art in Interaction with Children, Helsinki Festival 2002, Gallery Johan S, Helsinki, FI
2001 NUMBER ONE, Contemporary Jewellery, student works, Porvoo, FI
AWARDS
2022 Sculpture to wear Gallery by Lisa Berman, Network Winner at Artistar Jewels, MJW-2022, IT
2021 The Milano Jewelry Week Award at ROJW 2.0, RO
2018 Travelling grant, The Finland-Swedish Foundation, Svenska kulturfonden, FI
2015 Project grant, Porvoo Culture Department, Porvoon kulttuuripalvelut, FI
2015 Project grant, The Finland-Swedish Foundation, Svenska kulturfonden, FI
2014 Travelling grant, The Finland-Swedish Foundation, Svenska kulturfonden, FI
2014 Honorable Mention, International contest of contemporary jewellery, Montreux, CH
2013 Travelling grant, The Finland-Swedish Foundation, Svenska kulturfonden, FI
2010 Honorable Mention, 19th Legnica International Jewellery Competition, Polish Jewellery, PL
2009 Statuette “Marek”, 18th International Silver Art Competition, Award of the Gallery of Art in Legnica, PL
2003 Scholarship, The Finland-Swedish Foundation of Tora Lindeberg, Svenska kulturfonden, FI
1986 The logo of The Hospital of Porvoo, FI
COLLECTIONS
2019 Work Räisänen – Wickström, Collection of Porvoo City, FI
2009-17 Works in Collection of Contemporary Jewellery by The Art Association of Jewellery in Finland, FI
2003 Work Kitula – Starck – Sundman – Wickström, Library of Porvoo, FI
2002-25 Works in private collections Austria, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania and Norway
PUBLICATIONS
2024 FRIDA KAHLO I paint flowers so they will not die, Int.Contemp.Jewelry by Women, Rome, IT
2022 JEWELRY AND LITERATURE, Tincal Lab Challenge 2022, Porto, PT
2020 CITY Treasure Island, II International triennial of mini-textiles 2020, St. Petersburg, RU
2019 ADA Amberif Design Award 2019, Fair Catalogue, Gdańsk, PL
2018 CAMERA LUCIDA, 2018, Assamblage, Bucharest, RO
2018 GIOIELLI IN FERMENTO, Concorso internazionale 2018, IT
2017 NOT ONLY BLAH BLAH, Publication by Stephanie Morawetz & Laura Jack/ NOD Not Only Decoration, AT
2013 FROM THE COOLEST CORNER Nordic Jewellery ISBN 978-3-89790-373-9, ARNOLDSCHE & Nationalmuseet, NO
2011 KATALOG POLSKA BIZUTERIA, ISSN 1509-5002, Gdansk, PL
2010 MINIMUM, 19th Legnica International Jewellery Competition, JAKS, ISBN 978-83-930374-3-8, PL
2009 DEKADENCJA / DECADENCE, 18th International Silver Art Competition, Legnica ISBN 978-83-87304-94-2, PL
2008 SALAINEN PUUTARHA, The Group Secret Garden, Porvoo, ISBN 978-952-92-3929-0, FI
2004 MEDDELANDEN, Pro Artibus, Ekenäs, ISBN 951-97459-6-3, FI
ART SEMINAR / WORKSHOPS
2019 ORGANIZER OF INSTALLATION ART FROM PLASTIC FOOD PACKINGS for Schoolchildren, Kanteletalo, Porvoo, FI
2015 ORGANIZER OF REMAKE JEWELLERY WORKSHOP for Schoolchildren, Porvoo, FI
2010 CULTURE CARNIVAL for Schoolchildren, workshop organizer of Remake Jewellery, Porvoo, FI
2007 CREATIVE TEXTILE, The Nordic Council of Ministers, Archangelsk, RU
2001 NOCTURNUS, International Contemporary Jewellery, Muhu, EE
MEMBERSHIP
Finnish Jewelry Art Association www.korutaideyhdistys.fi
Union of Finnish Art Associations www.skjl.fi
NOD Not Only Decoration www.notonlydecoration.com Porvoo Art Association www.porvoontaideyhdistys.fi
