Ariadna Donner
Kirgisialainen perhonen / Kirgisisk fjäril / Kirgisian butterfly, 2019 (100 cm x 93 cm)
Eloisa ja hiljainen - talvi / Livlig och stilla - vinter / Lively and Silent - Winter, 2017 (161 cm x 143 cm)
Eloisa ja hiljainen - kesä / Livlig och stilla - sommar / Lively and Silent - Summer, 2015 (164 cm x 134 cm)
Surunauha / Sorgebandet / Weaving Sorrow, 2013 (222 cm x 197 cm)
Seisoin rannalla / Jag stod vid stranden / By the waterfront, 2011 (180 cm x 240 cm) Art collection of Oulu town
Susi juoksi tien yli / Vargen sprang över vägen / The wolf crossed the road, 2009 (240 cm x 200 cm)
Kaiku / Eko / Echo, 2007 (230 cm x 200 cm) Art Collection of Raahe Town
Kajo / Skimmer / Shimmer, 2006 (230 cm x 200 cm) Finnish State Art Collection
Jälkiä värikartalla / Spår på min färgkarta / Imprints on My Colour Chart, 2004 (230 cm x 190 cm) Pro Artibus
Pitkä punainen vuosi / Det långa röda året / The Long Red Year, 2001-2002 (270 cm x 235 cm)
Kuhmoniemen päiväkirja / Kuhmoniemi dagbok / Kuhmoniemi Diary, 2000-2001 (250 cm x 185 cm)
Muistiin kudottu / Vävnad i minnet / Woven Notes, 1998 (220 cm x 200 cm) WSOY
News
Ariadna Donner was nominated to be the Finnish Association of Textile Artists TEXO Textile artist of the year 2024. These are the activities related to the nomination:
- 20.01.2024 Announcement event at the 'Weavers of Vision' exhibition of Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi
- 14.04.2024 Film show 'Woven Diary' at Regina film theatre of Oodi Central Library, Helsinki
- 17.04.2024 Presentation at meeting of the Finnish Association of Textile Artists TEXO
- 26.06.-07.07.2024 Poem of the tapestry, exhibition at Kajaani Poem Festival
- 17.08.2024 Film show 'Woven Diary' at Forssa Textile Week
- 09.2024 Exhibition 'Written with yarns' at Klaukkala Central Library
Author and musician Niillas Holmberg joiks the 'Kanga' tapestry at the TEXO Textile Artist of the Year 2024 announcement event during the 'Weavers of Vision' exhibition of Rovaniemi Art Museum, Korundi 20.01.2024.
Ariadna exhibited 30.1 - 14.2.2019 at the gallery of Espoo Culture Center in Tapiola, Kulttuuriaukio 2 02100 Espoo (Mon-Fri 8-21, Sat 9-18, Sun 9-15). The theme of her exhibition is 'Colours of a quiet dusk'. The inauguration event takes place on January 30th at 16 hours. Free admission.
The Ortjo Stepanov Fund, Russia and Juminkeko Fund, Finland organized between 17th May and 25th June 2017 an exhibition displaying Ariadna Donner's tapestries at the National Theater in Petrozavodsk. The theme of the exhibition was coined by a favorite poem of the artist written by Josif Mandelstam: Za to chsto ruki tvoi nje sumel udjershats [Because I couldn't keep hold of your hands].
On May, 9th 2016 the Kainuu Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation handed over the tapestry 'Book Signs' to the municipality of Kuhmo. The work was hanged above the entrance of the Municipal Library by a group of construction workers together with library director Taina Hyvönen and Ariadna Donner.
15.7.-25.7.2014 Ariadna Donner participated in an exhibition called 'Rajalla / At the Border' organized by artist group Latitude 64 at the Gallery of the Patrons' Association of the Kuhmo International Chamber Music Festival.
Lasse Naukkarinen prepared a documentary film 'The woven diary' where the two artists portray the essence of the artistic creation process as experienced in preparing the tapestry Surunauha / Sorgbandet / Weaving Sorrow, 2013. Both the new tapestry and the documentary were presented at Iivantiira village festival 26.-27.7.2014.
The tapestry 'The wolf crossed the road' is on display at Angers/Artapestry3, Allers - Retours exhibition. ETF, the European Tapestry Forum is a pan-European organisation of professional tapestry weavers who want to raise the profile of tapestry as an art form. With its triennal juried ARTAPESTRY exhibitions, ETF provides a showcase for work by contemporary tapestry artists.
Konstrundan – the Art Circuit 2012 features artists, artisans and designers along the west and south coast of Finland. Studios are opened to the public on July 28th and 29th, from 12-18. The web pages of the campaign present all studios and workshops in an ambitious bilingual map with hyperlinked presentations of the participating artists.
Ariadna Donner's article 'Reflections on Weaving' was published in the fall 2012 (Vol. 38 No. 3) issue of the journal Tapestry Topics of the American Tapestry Alliance. This special issue which has the theme 'Going International' was edited by Anne Jackson.
'Kuhmoniemi diary' is on display 25-28.10.2012 at Art Forum Helsinki 2012. Ariadna Donner was nominated 'Artist of the year 2012' at the fair.
Tapestry: A Woven Narrative (Black Dog Publishing Limited, 2011) is a review of contemporary tapestry design. The book includes a presentation "Tapestry in the Modern Day" where Fiona Mathison gives an excellent overview of current tapestry art. The chapter "Contemporary Weaver Profiles" introduces Ariadna Donner in a short biographical article and three work illustrations (pp. 84-85).