Bio
Artist Marianne Huotari is best-known for her delicate ceramic wall rugs, which she creates at Arabia Art Department Society in Helsinki, Finland.
Marianne’s distinctive ceramic works weave tradition with contemporary art by applying the classic Finnish textile technique with unpredictable materials. With her pieces she explores hecticness of modern days through slowness of craftsmanship. Each of her ceramic works is built from small pieces, which pass through Marianne’s hands leaving her personal handprint on them. Repetitive nature of work takes countless meditative hours to complete an art piece.
With her roots in textile design, different kind of surfaces and organic materials bloom in her works. There is something inherent in all her pieces, which is tender approach to art and design, no matter the subject. In Marianne’s art, beauty unites with craftsmanship and conscious making.
Huotari’s works have been awarded on international competitions, commissioned to the Finnish State Art Collection, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art and Palazzo Fendi. She was shortlisted for the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2022, and received the 2024 Taito-Finlandia prize and an NYCxDesign Award. Her works are represented by Hostler Burrows in New York.
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September 2026
Voyage — solo exhibition at HB381, New York
Gallery detailsSolo exhibition Voyage at Hostler Burrows HB381 gallery between September 9 - October 31, 2026 in New York.