Английская Википедия:Anu Pentik
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Eeva Anneli ("Anu") Pentikäinen (Шаблон:Nee Pasi; born 3 August 1942),[1] better known professionally as Anu Pentik, is a Finnish designer and ceramicist.
Early life and education
Pentik's mother died when she was only six, after which she had to assume responsibility for running the household.[2]
She trained as a home economist (Шаблон:Lang-fi), and later as arts & crafts instructor.[3]
Pentik is largely self-taught; pottery-making and leather craft started as her hobbies, before she decided to try her hand at them professionally.[4]
Career
Pentik set up her eponymous ceramics and interior design business Шаблон:Ill in Posio, Lapland, in 1971, together with her husband Topi Pentikäinen.[1][5] The first products were sold at the village petrol station.[2]
The first retail store in Helsinki opened five years later,[5] and over the next forty years the business grew to comprise 80 stores in Finland and other Nordic countries,[1] making it one of Finland's leading design businesses.[4] The company is known for its focus on employee well-being, work-life-balance, and flexible work time arrangements.[4] It employs over 300 staff,[1] of whom Шаблон:Circa 80% are women.[4]
Pentik has remained throughout the artistic director of the family business, working full time into her late 70s.[2]
Design
Pentik's designs are characterised by warm colours and organic shapes, and have been described as atmospheric.[6]
Her products are designed to be sustainable, safe and long-lasting.[7]
Exhibitions (selected)
In 1993, Pentik co-exhibited alongside her fellow industrial designers Kaija Aarikka and Vuokko Nurmesniemi, in an exhibition titled "Kolme naista, kolme elämäntyötä" (Шаблон:Literally "Three women, three lifeworks") in Ikaalinen.[8]
In 2006, she held her 35-year-retrospective exhibition "Intohimona keramiikka" (Шаблон:Literally "Ceramics as passion") at the Retretti art museum in Punkaharju.[9]
In 2017, Pentik's two-month solo exhibition "Three Rooms" in Kunsthalle Helsinki formed part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of Finland's independence.[6][2]
In 2020, she held a 50-year-retrospective solo exhibition at the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art in Turku.[2]
Awards and honours
In 2012, Anu Pentik was conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of Lapland's Faculty of Art and Design.[10][1]
In 2014, she was awarded the Шаблон:Ill medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland.[11]
In 2021, Pentik received the Finnish State Prize for Design in recognition of her 50-year-career.[3]
References
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- Pro Finlandia Medals of the Order of the Lion of Finland
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