SUSANNA
Susanna Sivonen is known as a multi-talented designer and an artist with passion for colours and special details. Her design company was founded in Sweden in 2010. She is one of the most versatile Scandinavian design talents and artists as she creates everything from unique live art sessions to patterns known of surprising details. She has designed collections for leading Scandinavian design and fashion brands such as Finlayson, R-Collection and Aarikka and her unique artwork has been part of international exhibitions. In addition to her design collaborations and art projects, she has launched the Susanna Sivonen brand to develop beautiful products with a very specific touch of her artistic style.
Susanna Sivonen was born in 1984 in Haparanda, in Northern Sweden, and lives and works in Oulu, Finland. As a mother of four energetic kids with a hectic daily life, her art is full of joyful details and lovely humour. She also enjoys creating symbolic art that contemplates deeper emotions and feelings in a realistic and layered way. She is inspired by the cycle of nature, plants and animals. Having grown up in Scandinavia, the cold and darkness of the North, and the changing colors and scents naturally
flow onto paper instinctively in Susanna’s work.
EXHIBITIONS & TRADE FAIRS
2017 Suomi100NYC, The House of Finland Event & Exhibition, New York
2017 Vinterfestuka i Narvik, solo exhibition, Narvik, Norway
2017 NoWords solo exhibition, Voimala 1889, Oulu Finland
2017 Arctic Art & Design Summer, group exhibition, Arctic Light Hotel, Rovaniemi, Finland
2016 Stories By Susanna exhibition tour, Helsinki-Oulu-Haparanda, Finland & Sweden
2016 Art 16, Start Gallery, Not-for-profit, London Global Art Show, London, UK
2016 Pulse Launch Pad, London, UK
2016 Habitare, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Maison & Objet, Paris, France : Collaboration with Paper Republic
2015 Summer exhibition, Gallery 23, Liminka, Finland
2015 Everwhat Gallery exhibition, Oulu, Finland
2015 Finnish Tech, Design & Art Expo, New York Design Week, New York, US
2014, 2015 Formex, Young Designers, Stockholm, Sweden
2014 Alumni exhibition in Arktikum, Arctic Design Week, Rovaniemi, Finland
2014 Aarikka 60 Years Anniversary exhibition, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Greenhouse, Furniture Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 96300 Exhibition, Rovaniemi Design Week, Rovaniemi, Finland