Sonja Dallyn is an artist, designer and artistic researcher whose work is concept-driven with an interdisciplinary approach.
Sonja Dallyn is a Helsinki-based artist, designer, and artistic researcher. Her work is both conceptual and deeply personal. It addresses versatile issues from trauma and grief to embodiment and resiliency. Dallyn’s background is in ceramics, but in recent years she has expanded her practice to include glass, biomaterials and traditional craft practices such as natural dyeing and rope twining. The focus of her work is in the process of making, with documentation, photography and writing playing important roles. Her ideas frequently stem from visceral reactions to tinkering or fiddling around with a material. In her previous projects she has enjoyed working with collaborators from a variety of backgrounds, co-learning and brainstorming within the framework of a creative brief. Poetry and illustration are Dallyn's latest mediums of introspection. She is currently finalising her studies in the Contemporary Design Master’s program in Aalto University.
Education
MA Contemporary Design, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture; ongoing
BA Design, Aalto University, School of Arts Design and Architecture 2021
Latest Exhibitions
2024 | AURA art & lifestyle pop-up, Torikorttelit, Helsinki, 3.10.-30.10.
2024 | VALO -group exhibition, Galleria Toinen Silmä, Helsinki, 11.4.-28.4.
2023 | Book Launch & zine exhibition for Irti, Myymälä 2, Helsinki, 14.10. (Sample book in Myymälä 2 permanent open library collection)
2022 | Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, 22.-30.10.
2022 | Design Without Borders, Kiscell Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 02.10.-06.11.
2022 | Soil Horizons, Väre Espoo, 14.5.-27.5.
2022 | CHEMARTS at Designs for a Cooler Planet, Väre Espoo 7.9.-12.10.
2021 | CHEMARTS at Designs for a Cooler Planet, Infinite Materials, Väre Espoo 8.-29.9.
2021 | Käsillä Elävä Perintö, Taito Gallery, Helsinki 25.5.-18.8.
2021 | Kohtaamisia, Kind of Green Gallery, Helsinki 10.6.-7.7.
2019 | Material Exploration joint exhibition, Harald Herlin Learning Center, Espoo 10.4.-26.4.
Exhibition Design
2024 | Exhibition posters, visual materials and displays for Aalto University CHEM department permanent lobby exhibition
(Main Exhibition Design by Saara Kantele)
2024 | Exhibition posters and other visual materials for Aalto University Bioinnovation Center in Dutch Design Week Eindhoven
2024 | Exhibition posters for Aalto University Bioinnovation Center in Designs for a Cooler Planet, Marsio
2023 | Exhibition posters for Aalto University Bioinnovation Center in Dutch Design Week Eindhoven
(Main Exhibition Design by Baldur Haraldsson)
2023 | Exhibition posters for Aalto University Bioinnovation Center in Designs for a Cooler Planet, Väre
(Main Exhibition Design by Baldur Haraldsson)
2023 | Display and materials for Aalto University Bioinnovation Center in The World Circular Economy Forum
2022 | Building exhibition structures as part of the artist lead exhibition design team for Soil Horizons
2022 | Display and posters for Aalto University Bioinnovation Center launch event
2021 | Display and posters for Putretti in Designs for a Cooler Planet, Väre
Relevant Work Experience
2023 | Unfolding Sense of Water: care across boundaries, Soil Laboratory (Prof. Maarit Mäkelä),
Research Assistant; independent artist, ceramic artist
2022 | Aalto University Bioinnovation Center, Research Assistant; Graphic Designer (ongoing)
2022 | Aalto University; School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems (CHEMARTS), Course Assistant
2021 | Aalto University; School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems (Putretti),
Research Assistant; exhibition design
2021 | Gallerie Anhava; Customer Servant on Gallery opening days
@sonja.dallyn @sonobonosonja.dallyn@aalto.fi
(+358) 0409627320
