Rauhankatu 7 E 35a 00170 Helsinki Finland
martikainen@outi.info | www.outi.in

Education

University of Art and Design Helsinki, Textile art and design MA 1999
Vihti School of Arts and Crafts 1985-1987
High school of Jyväskylä Lyseo, Matriculation examination 1981

Other studies

Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunst, den Haag 1996
Hochschule der Kunst,, Erasmus exchange program, Berlin 1995
University of Helsinki, studies in logopedics 1982-1985

Exhibitions

Ystävät & ystävät - 100 % suomalaista Design Forum, Helsinki 2010
Helsingin taidemessut -Art Helsinki, Wanha Satama, Helsinki 2009
The 16th Annual International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair, SOFA Chicago 2009
Toinen luonto - Re-interpreting nature, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest 2009
Tuunattu tuoli - Tuolibaari, Habitare Ahead!, Helsinki 2009
The textiles and visual arts exhibition, Villa Roosa, Orimattila 2009
Playful - New Finnish Design, New York 2009
It is Beautiful Here, Fiskars 2009
R.a.s.i.a, Fiskars 2009
Cloth and Culture Now, Manchester 2008-2009
"Together" Villa Roosa, Orimattila 2008
Galleria K, Helsinki 2008
Cloth and Culture Now, Norwich 2008
International Fair for Art and Design, New York 2007
Auringon alla, Villa Roosa, Orimattila 2007
Points of View, Fiskars Village 2007
Gallery Proto, Oulu 2007
Ungari Instituudi Galleri, Tallinn, Estonia 2007
The Window Gallery of the Office of Ornamo, Helsinki 2006
Hungarian Cultural and Scientific Centre, galleria U, Japan Café, Helsinki 2006
Kunnon tunteet, Villa-Roosa, Orimattila 2006
Textile Artists Texo 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki 2006
Metrin juhlaa -uudet kuviot kankaalla
•The Textile Museum of Forssa 2006
•The Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä 2006
Silmukoin, Verkaranta, Tampere 2006
Northern Fibre 6 - (Wo)man and Technology, Kerava Museum of Art, 2005
Wetterhoff 120-years competition exhibition, Hämeenlinna 2005
Digiprints, Isku Interior showroom, Helsinki, digital prints on furniture and other surfaces 2005
Inform, Design Forum, Helsinki, TR1, Tampere 2005
Forum Box 2004
International workshop Berkenele, Latvia 2004
White, Granary, Fiskars 2004
’Necklace’, environmental art at Suomenlinna dockyard 2002
Emilio Pucci, Firenze 2001
Galleria Luisa delle Piane, Milan 2000
Centre des textiles contemporaines de Montreal
Jacquard 2000, Virtual gallery , Kanada 2000
Living Waters, Suomenlinna 1999
Austausch im Möbel, DasMöbel, Wien 1999
Kotimainen-Hemlik, Galleria Hagelstam 1999
Art goes camping/MUU ry, Helsinki 1998
Pöytään ja vuoteeseen, summer exhibition of textile students, Helsinki 1996
Young Forum’96
• Design Forum, Helsinki, MUOVA Vaasa, Institut Finlandais, Paris, University of Lapland
• Muoti 1996-1997
Jalostettua puuta, Made of Wood, Made of Paper, Design Forum 1996
Finnish Design: Textiles, Crafts and Furniture 1995
• Manchester Metropolitan Galleries
• Finnish Institute, London
5. Metri, Design Museum, Helsinki 1994
Studio MM, Helsinki 1993
90-luvun Metri, Gallery of Foundation of Amer, Helsinki 1991

Design co-operation with architects

Exterior walls
Oulu City Hall Administrative Building, Oulu Finland 2009
The Finnis National Board of Education, Helsinki 2009
Moveres Business Garden, Helsinki 2009
The Kuriirinmuuri Office Building, Vantaa 2006
TKP/FMC offices, Helsinki 2003
Kone Building, Espoo 2001
Sonera offices, Helsinki 2000
Finnish pavilion Expo2000, Hannover

Interiors
The Klinger Finland, Masala 2007
Main building of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu 2004

Exhibitions to come

13th International Triennial of Tapestry Lodz, Poland 10.5.-3.10. 2010
'Pearls and Beads', Galerie Handverk Munich, Germany 18.6.-31.7. 2010
'Portage: Textiles, Extremes of Scale', Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland October 2010

Awards and Grants

The Textile Artist of the Year 2006
I prize of Wetterhoff 120-years competition, Hämeenlinna 2005
III prize of design competion Eläke-Varma, Helsinki 1997

Finnish Cultural Foundation 2008
Finnish Cultural Foundation 2007
The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Fund 2006
The Arts Council of Finland 2006
Finnish Cultural Foundation 2005
Alfred Kordelin Foundation 2004
Eeva ja Maija Taimi Foundation 2003
Finnish Cultural Foundation 2003
The Arts Council of the County of Uusimaa 2000
University of Arts and Desing Helsinki, UIAH 1995, 1996, 1999
Leo and Regina Wainstein Foundation 1991

Collections

Art collection of the State of Finland
Desing Museum, Helsinki
Galleria Luisa delle Piane, Milano