Meeli Kõiva (Born January 14, 1960) Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

 is an artist, primarily concerned with glass

Glass

Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...

 active in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 and US, where she has produced a range of paintings, architectural lighting

Architectural lighting design

Architectural lighting design is a field within architecture and architectural engineering that concerns itself primarily with the illumination of buildings. The objective of architectural lighting design is to obtain sufficient light for the purposes of the building, balancing factors of initial...

sculptures, multimedia installations and architectural stained glass pieces.

Reviews

"Meeli Koiva is recognized worldwide as a pioneer of glass and light art as she has experimented with glass, lasers, fibre optics and other new technologies from 1982. By applying these, she has designed innovative light objects in Finland, Belgium and US.

Selected Architectural Glass Installations

• TV Tower of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
• The Port of Tallinn, Estonia
• EU Parliament Main Building, Brussels, Belgium
• Glaston Corporation Headquarters, Tampere, Finland

External links

• Femme
• http://www.glassfiles.com/library/author1893.htm Glassfiles introduction:Meeli Koiva articles
• http://artandarchitecture.co.uk/profile/MeeliKoiva Meeli Koiva introduction:Art & Architecture

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Meeli/116973691658110 Facebook fan page

• http://www.dzinetrip.com/2011/01/amazing-sculptural-installations-by.html Dzine Trip: Amazing Sculptural Installations by Light & Glass Artist Meeli Koiva
• http://joost.ee/mery-crystal-ra/ Meeli Koiva (Mery Crystal Ra) website