Heikki Häiväoja

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Heikki Aulis Häiväoja (born May 25, 1929 in Jämsä ; † September 15, 2019 in Kauniainen ) was a Finnish sculptor , medalist and university lecturer.

Life

1 Markka coin , designed by Heikki Häiväoja (1964)
Finnish euro coin of 5 cents, designed by Heikki Häiväoja (1999)

Heikki Häiväoja studied from 1947 to 1950 at the University of Art and Design Helsinki and from 1950 to 1951 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki . Since 1950 his work has been presented in exhibitions in Finland and abroad. In 1966, Häiväoja was the Finnish representative at the Biennale di Venezia . His works belong to the inventory of numerous museums, many of which are displayed in public spaces in Finland.

A wide space in Häiväojas creative take grave times one. From 1952 to 2002 he made 51 tombs, including 12 war memorials . In 1981 Heikki Häiväoja and Brita Nickels took part in an exhibition on sepulchral culture in Helsinki Cathedral , which took place as part of the Helsinki Festival . In the period that followed, most of his tombs were built.

Häiväoja has been designing Finnish coins since 1964, in addition to circulation coins such as those for one or five markka, as well as some special coins for various occasions. Häiväoja's most widespread numismatic work is the Finnish euro coins minted since 1999 for 1 to 50 cents, the design of which shows the coat of arms of Finland . Häiväoja's work as a medalist includes more than 90 medals .

From 1958 to 1970 Häiväoja was a teacher at the University of Art and Design Helsinki, most recently he was Vice-Rector of the university. From 1977 to 1984 he was a teacher and vice-rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.

Heikki Häiväoja lived with his wife Paula Häiväoja in Vantaa . Their daughter is the sculptor Johanna Häiväoja (born 1960) who works in France and Finland. In his second marriage, Heikki Häiväoja was married to the theologian and art historian Brita Nickels-Häiväoja (1942-2014), who had a doctorate with a thesis on the funerary art of Häiväojas and other Finnish sculptors. A son born in 1986 comes from this connection.

Works (selection)

Public room

  • Yhteistyö monumentti ( Monument to Cooperation ), Helsinki (1967);
  • Sotainvalidien muistomerkki , Memorial to the War Veterans, Kauniainen (1981);
  • Sodanajan naisen muistomerkki (Memorial to Women in World War II), Kallio , Helsinki (1996).

Coins and medals

Paasikivi special coin, 1970.
  • Circulation coin for 1 Markka (with Olof Eriksson , minted 1964–1993);
  • Memorial coin worth 10 Markka on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Finnish independence (1967);
  • Memorial coin worth 10 Markka on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the Finnish President Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1970);
  • Memorial coin worth 10 Markka on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Finnish independence (1967);
  • Commemorative coin worth 10 Markka on the occasion of the 10th European Athletics Championships in Helsinki (1971);
  • 5 Markka coin (minted 1972–1978);
  • Memorial coin worth 10 Markka on the occasion of the 75th birthday of the Finnish President Urho Kekkonen (1975);
  • Memorial coin worth 10 Markka on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Finnish independence (1977);
  • Memorial coin worth 25 Markka on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the founding of the city of Turku (1979);
  • Face of the Finnish euro coins for 1 to 50 cents (minted since 1999);
  • Pohjoinen taivas ( The Northern Sky ), annual medal of the Suomen Mitalitaiteen Kilta - Gillet för Medaljkonst (Finnish Association for Medal Art ).

Solo exhibitions

  • Retrospective. Medals and sculptures by Heikki Häiväojan . Tampere Art Museum (2004);
  • Medals from Heikki Häiväojan . Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä (2008);
  • Heikki Häiväojan - Monuments and Medals . Library of Kuhmoinen (2011).

Publications

  • Heikki Häiväoja and Brita Nickels: Kaskuja yes anekdootteja. Kuvataiteen piiristä 1930–2010 . Heikki Häiväoja, Vantaa 2010, ISBN 978-952-92-8015-5 (autobiographical work).

Prices

  • Culture Prize of the City of Vantaa (1976);

literature

  • Brita Nickels: Hautamuistomerkki elämän ja kuoleman tulkitsijana. Heikki Häiväojan, Kain Tapperin ja Matti Peltokankaan tekemät hautamuistomerkit 1952–2002 . Aalto University , Helsinki , PhD 2006, ISBN 952-92-1008-6 , online , PDF 4.4 MB.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary. Helsingin Sanomat 24.IX.2019, p. B12.
  2. ↑ a b c d Brita Nickels: Hautamuistomerkki elämän ja kuoleman tulkitsijana. Heikki Häiväojan, Kain Tapperin ja Matti Peltokankaan tekemät hautamuistomerkit 1952–2002 . Aalto University , Helsinki , Dissertation 2006, ISBN 952-92-1008-6 , pp. 51-53, online , PDF 4.4 MB, accessed on November 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c Anonymus (Kasimir Häiväoja): Curriculum Vitae. Heikki Aulis Häiväoja, kuvanveistäjä . Document on the Kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli website , online , Microsoft Word document, 83 kB, accessed on November 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ Vantaan kulttuuripalkinnot , website of the city of Vantaa, accessed November 30, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Häiväoja, Heikki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Häiväoja, Heikki Aulis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish sculptor, medalist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Jämsä
DATE OF DEATH 15th September 2019
Place of death Kauniainen