Tarmo Thorström (born 1983)
Studies
2020 Master craftsperson, Raision seudun koulutuskuntayhtymä Raseko
2016 Master of educational science, University of Turku
2002 High school graduate, Mäntän lukio
Memberships
Artists’ Association MUU ry/ Artists’ Association of Finland
Rauman taiteilijaseura ry(Rauma artists’ association)
Private exhibitions
2023 ‘Profiles’, Art home Ylen, Rauma
2022 ‘Together’, Rauma Lace Week, Culture House Poselli, Rauma
2012 ‘Pin up lace’,Rauma Art Museum
2007 ‘Äijäpitsiä II’, Rauma Lace Week
Permanent public artworks
2021 ‘LED lace cross’, Nurmijärvi parish, Old vicarage’s babtistry
2020 ‘Silmäpako’, Kuninkaankatu 10, Rauma
2019 ‘Lace benches’, Nortamo park, Rauma
2015 ‘Ancient light, spectaculum 79 Ceti’, Old townhall, Rauma (documentary time lapse video of the artwork)
2015/2020 ‘Flight of Fancy’, together with Suzanne Morlock and Glenn Messersmith, Parpansali park, Rauma (presentation of the artwork)
Temporary artworks abroad (in a public space)
2020 ‘Micro/macro’, Headford, Ireland
2015 Häpskräps, Plauen, Germany
Temporary artworks in Finland (in a public space)
2021 ‘Grain lace’ and ‘Perception of Lumi/Lumen’, Light art festival Lumen Rauma
2019 ‘Lace graffitis II’, Old Rauma streets
2016 ‘Rauman OKL 120 vuotta’, a light art projection, Rauma
2016 ‘Lace graffitis’, Valtakatu, Rauma
2016 ‘Photon graffiti’, Sepän talo, Rauma
2013-2023 ‘Old Rauma market square stone bollard saga’, Rauma
2016 ‘Brummi lace graffiti’, Culture bar Brummi, Rauma
2015 ‘Craftmanship’s exclamation mark’, Pajapuisto, Rauma
2015 ‘Pitsisalavakiekot’, together with Matti Pursiheimo, The Rauma channel
2014 ‘Dronttohtorlai’, a light art projection, Sepän talo, Rauma
2014 ‘Riippumaton pitsi’, Rauma art museum
2013 ‘Lace Illuminati’, installation and a video performance, Old Rauma market square
2013 ‘Häpskräps’, together with Matti Pursiheimo, Rauma city hall’s tower
2012 ‘Rauma 570 years’, Rauma city hall
2010 ‘Lace pavilion’, Porvoo
Joint exhibitions
2017 ‘Pitsi on Pop!’, Salo art museum
2014 ‘Turku book fair’, Turku
2014 ‘Pitsi Goes Pub’, Rauma
2013 ‘Pitsi Goes Pub’, Rauma
2012 ‘Art Goes Kapakka’, Restaurant Zetor, Helsinki
2013 ‘Pyörällä päästään’, Craft museum of Finland, Jyväskylä
2006-2019 ‘Rauma Lace week’, Lace Centre Emelia, Rauma
2006 ‘Pietarin pitsitie’, Monastery of Alexander Nevsky, St. Petersburg, Russia
2006 ‘Äijäpitsiä’, together with Atso Tulosmaa, Rauma Lace week
International activity
2023 Work demonstrations and a dress in a fashion show, Lace Festival of Peniche, Portugal
2023 Work demonstrations and exhibition, Lace Festival of Krakovany, Slovakia
2022 Work demonstrations and exhibition, Lace Festival of Novedrate, Italy
2021 Lecture and exhibition, Lace Festival of Girona, Spain
2019 Open workshop, Feel Finland Festival, Finnish Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Intensive course teacher on bobbin lace special techniques, Pärnu, Estonia
2016 OIDFA congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 Work demonstrations and exhibition, Lace Festival of Kozard, Hungary
2015 Work demonstrations and exhibition, Lace Festival of Bobowa, Poland
2015 Open workshop, Finnish institute in Paris, France
2013 Work demonstrations, Lace Festival of Tönder, Denmark
2012 Work demonstrations, Lace Festival of Offida, Italy
2011 Work demonstrations, Lace Festival of Vadstena, Sweden
2006 Work demonstrations, Lace Festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Grants
2022 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, one year work grant
2021 Kuopio Academy of Design Foundation
2021 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, mobility grant
2017 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, four months work grant
2015 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, one year work grant
2013 Satakunta Arts Council, three months work grant
2011 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
Awards
2020 ‘Lacemaker of the year’, Lace Centre Emelia
2020 ‘Ruorimiehet’ medal, The city of Rauma
2014 ‘Upthrust award of crafts’, The Finnish Fair Foundation
2014 ‘The medal of Culture’, Sanomalehti Länsi-Suomi
Publications
2019 ‘Moderni pitsinnypläys’ (Publisher: Moreeni)
Other
2021 Designer of the ‘Rauma sweater’ with Katrina Salo
2021 ‘Käsityöt’, a symbiotic performance of music and crafts with Eero Grundström in the chamber music festival Rauma Festivo
2010 ‘Äärest viäre’, pedagogical producer of the Rauma lace online study web site