Randi Marainen
Randi Marainen, née Eriksen, is a Swedish Sámi silversmith and artist.
Marainen grew up in a Sami family on the Norwegian Atlantic coast and trained as a silversmith with the German silver and goldsmith Gispert Dunker in Kautokeino Municipality. She has also studied duodji at Samernas utbildningscentrum in Jokkmokk, and pedagogy at college. She worked for a few years at the Sámslift Foundation Sámi Duodji in Jokkmokk with research on and development of duodji.
Her public artwork includes a decoration in the main stairwell of the Diehtosiida campus.
She lives and works in Nedre Soppero/Vuolle-Sohppar in Kiruna Municipality. She is married to artisan Thomas Marainen and is the mother of singer Simon Marainen.
Awards
- 2010 – Asa Kitok Award
- 2010 – Rubus arcticus
- 2019 – The Culture Award of the Sámi Council