Meeli Kõiva
Meeli Kõiva (known professionally as Mery Crystal Ra;[1] born 14 January 1960, Tartu) is a cosmopolitan artist. She has pioneered light and glass as visual art forms. She is primarily concerned with glass and light, active in Finland, Belgium and the USA, where she has produced a range of paintings, architectural lighting sculptures, multimedia installations, videos and architectural stained glass pieces.
She has been an innovator, a pioneer and a visionary in the field of light/glass art for 30 years. Her first light and glass exhibition was held in 1991. This was an innovative presentation of new work and a breakthrough in light art history. For the past two decades, she has been working at her studios in Helsinki, New York, Paris and San Francisco. Her best known works include the main building of the European Parliament; “Reactive River” light glass sculpture and video.[2] She's one of the winners of the 2013 and 2014 Light In the City, Northern Light European light artists competition.[3][4] https://www.codaworx.com/profile/mery-crystal-ra/12148
Selected Architectural Glass Installations
- PARASITE BEACH Link CODA magazine website https://www.codaworx.com/project/parasite-beach-estonian-mining-museum
- TV Tower of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia Link, an article http://merycrystalra.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MEELI_ART_EG.pdf
- The Port of Tallinn, Estonia
- EU Parliament Main Building, Brussels, Belgium
- Glaston Corporation Headquarters, FLYING SHEETS OF PAPER Tampere, Finland Link https://www.codaworx.com/profile/mery-crystal-ra/12148
Link https://www.codaworx.com/awards/video/2015/entries/flying-sheets-of-paper-glaston-corporation]
- REACTIVE RIVER, European Parliament main building Link https://www.codaworx.com/profile/mery-crystal-ra/12148
- GOLDEN GATE MEETS GOLDEN GATEWAY Link https://www.codaworx.com/profile/mery-crystal-ra/12148
- LIGHT FOR PEACE Link https://www.codaworx.com/profile/mery-crystal-ra/12148
- WINGS, Supreme Court Of Estonia Link Link https://www.codaworx.com/profile/mery-crystal-ra/12148
References
- ↑ Profile, merycrystalra.com; accessed 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "From nothing to something via light and glass", chattininmanhattan.com; accessed 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "Light in the City in Eskilstuna - Speakers". City of Jyväskylä. City of Jyväskylä. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ http://www.valonkaupunki.jyvaskyla.fi/english/projects/lic/activities/eskilstuna/speakers
An artist Mery Crystal Ra-a winner of the public choice award at CODA magazine TV 2 http://reporter.postimees.ee/v2/3558703/eesti-kunstnik-voitis-uelemaailmse-konkursi-publikupreemia Link https://www.codaworx.com/awards/video/2015/entries/flying-sheets-of-paper-glaston-corporation] MERY CRYSTAL RA at CODAworx magazine website: Link https://www.codaworx.com/profile/mery-crystal-ra/12148
External links
- Meditation in my all-white atelier
- Mery Crystal Ra - an artist in glass
- Glassfiles introduction: Meeli Koiva articles
- Facebook page
- Dzine Trip: Amazing Sculptural Installations by Light & Glass Artist Meeli Koiva
*[ www.merycrystalra.com ]
Link https://www.codaworx.com/profile/mery-crystal-ra/12148