Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna - our judge for the October Get Dusty 2026

Career

Artistic work in Rovaniemi sponsored by the grants of Arts Promotion Centre Lapland 2025 heading for next exhibitionsArtistic work sponsored by the grants of Arts Promotion Centre Lapland 2023Artistic work sponsored by the grants of Arts Promotion Centre Finland and the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Lapland, 2020 – 21Pastel Society of America (PSA) Master Pastellist 2017Artistic work sponsored by the grants of Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Regional Office Lapland, and the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Lapland, 2016 – 17Guest of Honor in the Salon International du Pastel La Rochelle by Société des Pastellistes de France, La Rochelle, France, Sep-Oct 2016Invited artist to Arctic Arts Week 2016, Kakslauttanen, Sodankylä, Finland, August 2016Residency in Arkhangelsk, Russia, sponsored by Arts Promotion Centre Finland and Artists’ Association of Lapland, Aug-Sep 2015Artist in the Hallaa-Project by Artists’ Association of Lapland, responsible for designing the Art Dinner Concept, 2014Artist in the Magenta Project sponsored by the European Union, Lapland University, and Art Council of Lapland 2012 – 13Artistic work in Kemijärvi, Lapland, Finland, since 2010Artistic work in Somero, Southern Finland, 2000 – 10Studio of Ceramic Art in Somero, Southern Finland, 1989 – 95Pro Arte ceramist in Arabia Ltd, Helsinki, Finland, 1986 – 89Studio of Ceramic Art in Rovaniemi, 1982 – 86.

More informations about awards, exhibitions and publications you will find on her website.

Meet her at: https://www.pirkkomakela.fi/

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