ARTEGROUND SCANDINAVIA Arteground is an open community of Finnish professional artists with task to bring international attention for artists working in Finland and to present our cultural backbone of thinking through art. Currently active group of artists are invited to participate to “Arteground Scandinavia” edition, which presents a cross-section of Finnish artscene. Project is ambitious: combining a group of famous, established and emerging artists to bring together a wider perspective of life, by a group of artists working with several different mediums in visual arts. Arteground was established in 2009, with initial project to organize an exhibition in the internationally famous cultural city of Viljandi, Estonia. Exhibition was curated through an open call for all Finnish artists working with professional art organizations, after which the first exhibition was held in Viljandi in 2010 and briefly followed by a second exhibition in 2011. In 2012 Arteground reorganized bringing together sixteen artists in a group exhibition ’Die Zeit’ which was presented in Gallerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin, December 2012.
TRUTH = HAPPINESS Arteground Scandinavia edition theme for a planned series of exhibitions in Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland) for 2014-2015 is Truth = Happiness. We are The Arteground and we make this TOGETHER: all the participating artists work as EQUALS. Exhibited artist and their works create context for a discourse for the exhibition theme. This on going process is currently in action, while preparing the exhibitions. While we are exploring the theme as a community, we are also prepared to work with an external curator to arrange an exhibition tailored for the exhibition platform. Thematic idea originates from the prosperous status of finnish society as an model example of a nation where everything is “good”. Question is: What kinds of things are worth of it? To state out to others in this kind of society?
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Curator – Ville Laaksonen ville.laaksonen@gmail.com / +358-50-3537071 Secretary – Satu Kalliokuusi satu.kalliokuusi@gmail.com / +358-45-3264416 Artistic Director – Mika Vesalahti / mika.vesalahti@pp.inet.fi Coordinator – Jari Järnström / jarijarnstrom@welho.com
ARTISTS: Outi Heiskanen http://oheis.fi/ Jari Järnström www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/1834 Satu Kalliokuusi www.satukalliokuusi.fi Annu Kapulainen www.annukapulainen.com Sanna Karlsson-Sutisna www.karlsson-sutisna.com Päivi Koskinen www.paivikoskinen.com Ville Laaksonen www.laaksone.com Michael Rahikainen www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/3277 Arto Vaisanen www.artovaisanen.net Jarmo Vellonen www.jarmovellonen.fi Mika Vesalahti www.mikavesalahti.com Sari Vuorenpää www.sarivuorenpaa.fi Magdalena Åberg www.aberg.fi
OUTI HEISKANEN (Heis) 1937 Mikkeli / Helsinki www.oheis.fi
TRAINING and STUDIES, TEACHING 1956-59 University of Industrial Art Helsinki 1966-69 Finnish Art Academy 1992-95 Professor of printmaking 1994-95 Principal of Finnish Art Academy PRIZES AND NOMINATIONS (SELECTED) 1976 Finnish State Art Prize 1984 Pro Finlandia 1987 Grad Prix Liege Biennale (Belgium) 1996 Prince Eugens medallion (Sweden) 1998 Finland Prize 1997 Dr. Ph. Hc. Helsinki University 2004 Academician 2008 Saskia of the year PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) 1971 Off-galleria, Nürnberg, Germany (with Mirja Airas) 1977 Art Museums in New Delhi and Calcutta, India 1980 Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland 1980 Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland 1981,83,93 Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland 1985 National Gallery, Stockholm, and Södertälje Art Hall, Sweden 1987 Art Hall Sölvesborg, Sweden (with Pentti Kaskipuro) 1990 1991 1992 1994 1996 1999 2002 2005 2005 2005 2005,10 2007 2008 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010
The Art Hall of Gothenburg, Sweden Galleri F15 Norway Centro Grabado, La Coruna, Spain Hugo Simberg and Outi Heiskanen as guests of Gallen-Kallela, Tarvaspää, Espoo, Finland Helsinki City Art Museum and Turku Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Houses, Finland Museo de la Stampa, Mexico City Home Sick, Salo artmuseum, Finland Prince Eugens Waldemarsudde; Art Museum Sundsvall; Art Hall Örebro, Sweden Museo Del Estampa, Mexico City Sara Hildén art museum, retrospective, Tampere Amos Andersons Art Museum, Helsinki Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland 70th anniversary exhibition Extended Family, Koskigalleria, Tampere, Finland Kaustinen Chamber Music Festival, Finland Växjö Konsthall, Sweden Galeria Grimsom, Seoul, Korea (with Janne Laine) Grafik West, Gothenburg, Sweden Heis, Finland-Norway Institute, Oslo, Norway Santiniketan, India
GROUPEXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS, GROUPS (SELECTED) 1972,76,81 Finnish Artists, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland 1976 8 Finnish Graphic Artists – New York and San Francisco, Finnish Art, Moscow, USSR Finnish Graphic Art, London, Great Britain, Scandinavian Graphic Art, Kiel, Germany 1977 Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 1980 International Graphic Art biennale Mulhouse, France 1981 International Graphic Art exhibition, Soul, South-Korea 1982 Scandinavian View, Scandinavia Today, Scandinavia and USA 1983 International Graphic Art biennale, Soul, South-Korea 1985 European biennale, Baden-Baden, Germany, Ars 95 Helsinki, Finland 1996-1997 Maskulin Feminin Städtische, Galerie Fruchthalle, Museum der Stadt, Ratingen, Germany 1998 International Forum of Art Initiatives ´98 Moscow 1999 Viva Kalevala,Nordic House Reykjavik, Iceland, Florensky at Saint Petersburg, Russia 2001 Triennal of Finnish Art, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europrint, Falun, Sweden, Firenze 2002 11ème Biennale International Petit format de papier, Viroinval, Belgium 2004 International Flavours, Mason Gross –Galleries, New Jersey, USA, 2006 Salo Art Museum, Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland, Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden 2009 Art Festival Mänttä, Finland , O-Heis-Grup, Voipaala Art Center, Finland. 2010 ”Good morning Africa” - Villa Karo 10 years. Kunsthalle Helsinki WORKS IN COLLECTIONS (SELECTED) In nearly all Finnish Museums and Collections. Nationalmuseet - Stockholm, Nasjoal Galleriet - Oslo, Nordic House - Reykjavik, Albertina Collection - Vienna, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum van Beuningen - Amsterdam, British Museum, Gallery Florentz - Uffizi, Art Museum - Tel Aviv.
OUTI HEISKANEN: “MAGICAL FOREST”, Etching, Tpl’a, 7/99, 27x29,5 cm, 1978
Academician Outi Heiskanen is one of the most important and internationally famous artists in Finland. Apart from her graphic work, Heiskanen is also known for her versatility as a performer, set designer and creative powerhouse of all manner of spontaneous happenings and performances. She is also a member of several independent artists’ groups, the Record Singers, the Bellini Academy, and most recently, the Arteground.
OUTI HEISKANEN: “HOW IS THE BEAVER?”, Etching, K I, 1/1, 29,5x60,5 cm, 2007
JARI JÄRNSTRÖM 1960, Lahti / Helsinki kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/1834
STUDIES 2001-03 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Master of Fine Arts 1984-88 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Faculty of Painting PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS 2013 Movement, Gallery AVA, Helsinki, Finland 2013 Vintages, Gallery Espoonsilta, Espoo, Finland 2012 Iron Flow, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki, Finland 2012 Light and Darkness, Gallery Carree, Kuopio, Finland 2011 Gallery Kapriisi, Tampere, Finland 2011 Gallery Aarni, Tapiola, Espoo, Finland 2009 Suomi-Keskus, Finnland-Zentrum, Berlin, Germany 2009 Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki, Finland 2009 Gallery Kone, Hämeenlinna, Finland 2008 Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland 2007,04,01 Gallery Bakeliittibambi, Project Room, Helsinki, Finland 2006 Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland 2006 Gallery Kapriisi, Kuopio, Finland 2003 Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere, Finland 1998 tm•gallery (Finnish Painters´ Unions Gallery), Helsinki, Finland GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Artexpo New York 2013, USA 2012 Time, Gallery Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany 2012 Greative Moments in London 2012, the Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK 2012 Time, Heavenly Academy, Town Gallery of Viljandi, Estonia 2012 Traces of the Journey, Anttinen, Bruun-Järvenpää, Imatra Art museum, Finland 2012 BELA biennial of European and Latin American Contemporary Art 2012, Galeria do Palácio, Porto, Portugal 2011 Middle of the Road, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland 2011 Greative Moments, the Finnish Contemporary Art in Berlin 2011, Gallery Forum Berlin am Meer, Berlin, Germany 2010 Creative Moments, the Finnish Contemporary Art in Japan 2010, Gallery SoHo, Osaka, Japan 2009 The 6th Novosibirsk Graphic Biennial, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia 2009 200 Special Year 1809, Galleri Konst i Karlstad, Karlstad, Sweden 2008 Arte Finlandesa 2008, MuBE–Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2004 Arte Finlandesa, Museu do Primeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2012,09,95 Annual Exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations 1998 The 103rd Annual Exhibition of the Finnish Artists, Kerava Art Museum, Finland AWARDS 2010 1. iBiennial of Contemporary Art, Honorble Mention, London, Great Britain ART IN COLLECTIONS State of Finland, Helsinki City Art Museum, Municipality of Tuusula, Orimattila City, Congregations of Vantaa, Altarpiece on Korso Church Vantaa, Church Training College of Järvenpää GRANTS 2012 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, display replacement grant 2011 The Arts Council of Finland, project grant 2010 The National Council for Visual Arts, State Grant to Artist CONFIDENTIAL POSTS 2004-08 President of the Helsinki Artists´ Association POSITIONS IN TEACHING FINE ARTS 2000-03 Pekka Halonen Academy, Tuusula, Finland 1991- Adult education centre in Tuusula, Finland MEMBERSHIPS Finnish Painters´ Union, The Art Association MUU, The Helsinki Artists´ Association, The Artists´ Association of Lahti, The KuumArt, Honorary Member of the Art Association of Tuusula, The Vyborg Artists´ Association
JARI JÄRNSTRÖM:Watcher, acrylic and oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm, 2013
I start my work by painting the background with acrylic colours in an abstract expressionist way using the style of Action Painting, where the paint can run and spread freely. Action Painting is a style of painting which started in about 1950s and was predominant style until the 1960s. It is often connected to the Abstract Expressionism. Instead of adding the paint to the canvas with careful brush strokes, in Action Painting the paint is splashed and added spontaneously in various ways. I first moistens the canvas with water and then I start to pour, sprinkle and run the acrylic colors into the canvas. The flow of the water and colours forms different kinds of blotches, puddles and spatters to the surface of the canvas. After the background is done, the work continues with oil colours. This is the point when especially the influences from Constructivism and Neo-figurative art arises. Constructivism emphasizes the geometrical shapes, structures and methodicalness of the art. After that coming influence from figurative art which based on representational art and therefore based on representation of the objects and human. My characteristic pictorial motifs, like human and especially a man are a part of my works.
JARI JÄRNSTRÖM: Cosmos, acrylic and oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm, 2013
SATU KALLIOKUUSI 1965, Helsinki / Kouvola www.satukalliokuusi.fi
TRAINING and STUDIES 2013 Goetheanistic Visual Art studies started at Snellman University 2005 Jyväskylä Polytechnic, degree in Cultural business 2006-07 Kankaanpää Artschool, studies of Art-theraphy 2002-03 Kankaanpää Artschool, studies of Echological Arts 2000 Hämeenlinna Polytechnic, studies in art teaching 1998 Pekka Halonen Academy, degree in Fine Arts 1997 Pekka Halonen Academy, degree in Art painting 1990 College of Arts and crafts of Vantaa, degree in Artisan PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) 2013 Ministery of the Environment, Helsinki Fin 2011 Gallery Kapriisi, Tampere, Fin 2008 The Porvoo, Arthall Fin 2006 Gallery Neptunus, Sipoo, Fin 2005 Gallery Valkea, Pukkila, Fin 1998 The Porvoo Arthall, Fin 1998 Galleria Aurora, Porvoo, Fin 1997 The Järvenpää House, Fin 1996 Turku Cultural Centre, Fin 1995 Söderkulla Mansion, Sipoo, Fin GROUPEXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS, GROUPS (SELECTED) 2013 Environmentalart at Kivinokka, Helsinki 2013 The most important thing is gardening, Drawing gallery D5, Helsinki 2012 The time: Arteground Artists, Galerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Saksa 2012 Croques: Taivaallinen akatemia, Galleria Kajava, Helsinki 2012 Heavenly Academy at Viljandi Linnagalerii, Viro 2012 Kain Tapper In Memorian: Taivaallinen akatemia, O´Heis taidekoti, Vehmaa 2012 Kain Tapperia In Memorian: Taivaaallinen akatemia, Allergiatalo, Hki 2012 South to north II: Supernature, Karilan Navettagalleria, Äkäslompolo 2012 Porvoo Artsociety Year Exhibition, Art Hall, Porvoo 2011 The Exhibition of Finnish Art 2011, Viljandi, Estonia 2011 Arteground Artfestival: Artist in landscape, Viljandi, Estonia 2011 South to North, Ylläs-Äkäslompolo, Fin 2011 Atlas & Sisyfos, Corner Gallery, Helsinki; Fin 2011 STEP IN TO THE STORY, Gallery Hanna-Kaarina, Hki 2011 Porvoo Artsociety Year Exhibition, Espoo-Tampere-Porvoo 2008 Porvoo Artsociety at Tarto Art Hall, Estonia 2007 Gallery Neptunus, Espoo, Fin 2006,07 EKOART WORKSHOP 1 & 2, professional workshop, Sipoo, Fin 2003-04 THE ROOTS- artistgroup, Porvoo, Fin ARTSOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPS Artists Assosiation of Helsinki - Member of the Board Artists Assosiation of Porvoo The Arteground Artistgroup The Heavenly Academy Artistgroup Kuvasto - Copyright Society of Visual artists GRANTS AND SCHOLARCHIPS 2011 Saskiat Helsinki Assosiation 2008 Oskar Öflunds Foundation CURATORY 2013 Arteground Scandinavia 2012 Arteground Artists Berlin 2011 Helsinki Artsociety Year exhibition 2007 Art Cantorila Sculpture exhibition, Sipoo 1999 Nurmijärvi Artsociety Year exhibition SATU KALLIOKUUSI: Uterine death, 37x50 cm, red wine and ink on paper 2013
Topics of my art comer from the basic elements of human life, from birth to death etc. In this exhibition I am presenting some thougts and feelings of relationships between man and woman, how it works in good and bad and something between that also. I have been thinking about is it posible at all to make it work... In this serie I needed as simple materials as can and I found first ink and then red wine. I found there materials also some symbolic meanings: black ink as death and ground, red wine as life and blood.
SATU KALLIOKUUSI: Object, 37x50 cm, rödvin och bläck pa papper, 2013
SANNA KARLSSON-SUTISNA 1965, Helsinki www.siivet.org
STUDIES 1985-89 The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki Painting, performance and Audio-visual media 1984-85 As a Grantstudent in Kunsthochschule für Angewandte & Bildende Künste Berlin PUBLIC WORKS 2010 “In the warmth of the archipelago” 7-parts Painting installation in Foye Tammisaari, Finland 2010 “Touch of the encouragement” Painting in Tammiharju, Tammisaari, Finland 2008 “Swan” and “ In Metro on Friday”, sculptures in Kavopuisto park, Helsinki 2007 Metro 25 years anniversary sculptures in Railwaystation, Helsinki 2006 Strong Earth- permanent environmental exhibition Pirkanmaa, Finland 2005 Blossom of life, Art park for 0-3years old children, Helsinki City,Pikku-Huopalahti and 2006 Arques la Batalle, France Art park 2002-05 wooden Statues in Kaivopuisto-park, in Kaisaniemi and Central park of Helsinki, SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITON since 1984 2011 “The Nature in us” VicarArt Gallery, Belgium, Brusselles 2010 ”Irokoo, honoring the treeof Life”, Installation, performance and workshop, Emma Museum 2007 Metro 25 years anniversary sculptures Metro Faces and Swan in Center, Helsinki 2006 Growing from the Earth, in Happihuone, Helsinki 2004 Museum Helinä Rautavaara, multiculturalism in my Art 2004 Artsalon/Taidesalonki in Bulevardi Helsinki 2000 STOA Music hall, ”The Space of silence”- installation, Helsinki 1994-03 Galleries in Finland, Sweden, Indonesia 1989-91 Photography exhibitions in Berlin 1988-89 The Gallery of Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 1984-85 Fund Art Gallery, Nastola & exhibitions in Järvenpää GROUP EXHIBITIONS since 1979 2011,12 Introspective, Kabel factory Drawing Gallery 2011 ”Diary of motherhood and Growth”, Mänttä Artfestival XVI, Finland 2011 ”Love” Produforum presenterar, G18 Gallery, Helsinki 2011 ”Sisu” Kivinokka environmental exhibition, Helsinki 2010 Environmental exhibition Linkkumylly, Mäntyharju 2010 Environmental exhibition Hyvinkään taidepolku 2009-10 Palas Environmental exhibition, Hyvinkää 2008 “Cloud-group”, Ahmadabad, India 2008 International Sculptor symposium Cuzco, Peru 2008 Swan sculpture, Purnu, Finland 2008” Artes Finlandesa”, MUBE (Sculpture Modern Art Museum) Sao Paulo Brasil 2007 Firenze Biennale Internationale, Group exhibition 2000-05 Skutsi&Mätäjoki , environmental art exhibition 2002 ”Medicine” Glacepalace, Modern Art Museum, Helsinki, International Art festival tetouan, Tetouan, Morocco 2002 Kemi Artmuseum 3 Multicultural women, Post Museum Tampere, invited by I-J Takalo-Eskola 2001 Nordart, International exhibition, Budelsdorf,Germany 2001 ”Porton” Museo de Arte Contemporania Cusco & Sala de Cultura Bellas Artes, Lima, Peru 2000 105. Finnish Art Union art exhibition, installation and performance, Kunsthalle Helsinki 1994-99 Seniwati-Woman Gallery, Indonesiaand, Blue Moon, Contemporary & Modern Art, Indonesia 1998 ”Paradise life”- Hämeenlinna Art museum 1994 XL Artfares, paintings and performance, Turku 1989-91 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere Finland and Gallery of Moscow, Russia 1984 Hochschule fur Angewandte & Bildende Kunste, Berlin PERFORMANCE PIECES since 1987 2007 Metro 25 years anniversary “Swan” with Vesa Petteri Asikainen, Helsinki 2007 Mandala in our body, painting dance performances and workshops, Pori Art Museum 1991 Fift Dresdener Tage der Zeitgenösische Musik, dance & installation, Germany 1989 ”Last Night of Ballhaus”, Buthodance, choreographed by Anzu Furukawa 1989 Dance ”Caravan of Gods” National Theatre of Cuba 1987-88 Multicultural dancegroup ”Sojourn”, Hamburg, Germany, Helsinki, Finland & New York, USA 1987-90 Dance choreographies under the direction of Joaquin La Habana, Berlin PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND TEACHING AND OTHER POSTS since1988 Pori artMuseums, Art Earthschools, Theatres, Helsini Univericity, Kuopio Dance and Music festival 2003 The leader of the Finnish part in international EU-Glitterbird project “Art for the very young” 2001 Finnish professional Painters association’s membership jury 1990-91 Articles on The Cohensional Effects of Art, STAKES report 117/1993 MEMBERSHIPS The Finnish Artists Union, Muu ry (Multimedia artists of Finland), Siivet Ry, Helsinki Artists Association, Finnish Dancers Union
SANNA KARLSSON-SUTISNA: Public Works
Sanna Karlsson-Sutisna (MA) is a dance and visual artist who graduated from the Finnish Art Academy in 1989. Her professional experience includes studies at the Berlin High School of Arts, as well as further studies in Cuba and Bali. She has focused on studying the roots of art in ritual cultures. She is best known for bringing art to everyday life by performing and sculpting in surprising places, for her environmental art, and for creating permanent “Flower of Life” art parks in Helsinki and France for children under 3 and their families. She has combined images, sculpture and dance to suffuse her performances with ritual form and multicultural elements, enriching Finnish art and everyday life. Her expert knowledge of Balinese culture and dance add depth and conviction to her work. Karlsson-Sutisna has held solo-exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions since 1979, and given dance performances in both her home country Finland (Kuopio Dance Festival) and abroad, in Germany, Denmark, Russia, Sweden, Austria, Poland, England, Indonesia and Cuba. Her works are part of both public and private collections. Karlsson-Sutisna’s art searches for an increasingly deep unity with nature. She sends roots down deep into the earth and draws on the traditions of our ancestors up to the modern human being.
SANNA KARLSSON-SUTISNA: Beginings and Endings - performance
ANNU KAPULAINEN 1975, Helsinki www.annukapulainen.com
STUDIES 2003 1996-03 1994-95 1991-94
Master of Fine Arts, Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov, the department of painting Art School Maa Helsinki High School of Fine Arts
SELECTIVE SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 “Victory days”, gallery Myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland 2011 “Games of Don Juan and other pictures”, Gallery Kajava, Helsinki, Finland 2011 “Games of Don Juan”, Drawing Gallery D5, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland 2009 ”Memories”, Gallery Kajava, Helsinki, Finland 2008 ”Journey”, 00130Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2007 ”Pâris”, Gallery Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 2005 “Little Stories”, gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland SELECTIVE GROUP AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS 2012 “Die Zeit – The Time”, Arteground-artist group, Gallery Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany 2012 “Her Presence In Colours X” – Art Museum Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam 2011 “Portrait – New in View”, Berchtoldvilla, Salzburg, Austria 2011 Aune & Seppo Hikipää art collection, South-Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland 2010 ”Facing otherness”, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2010 “Keine Angst, wir filzen dich nicht!“, gallery Myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland and Galerie5020, Salzburg, Austria 2009 “According to nature”, biennale of Artists´ Union of Helsinki, gallery of Kanneltalo, Helsinki 2009 ”Animal life”, exhibition of the Artists´ Union of Helsinki, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki 2008 “Riita / Fight”, The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, Tampere, Finland 2008 ”Stop! Who is coming?”, International biennale of young artists, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia 2008 250-jubilee exhibition of Art Academy of Russian federation, Malyi Manezh, Moscow, Russia 2007 ”Ensemble(s)”, Gallery Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 2005 “Memory”, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia 2005 Art of Analyste, exhibition of competition for young artists, Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Finland 2005 ”Tusovka-art”, gallery MUU, Helsinki, Finland 2004 ”RajatOn / Unlimited”, all-Finnish exhibition, Art Centre Ahjo, Joensuu, Finland 2003 ”Art International-03”, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia 2001 ”Tones of Russia”, Russian Centre of Culture and Science, Helsinki, Finland GRANTS 2010 Artists´ Association of Finland 2010 Salzburg city 2008 Frame Finnish Fund for Art Exchange 2008, 2006 Artist grant of Vantaa city 2007 Cité Internationale des Arts 2005 Finnish Central Committee of Arts PUBLIC AND OFFICIAL ORDERED WORKS 2010-11 portrait of Kari Ape, Helsinki Artcraft and Industry Association 2008 portrait of Antti Viinikka, Haaga-Helia WORKS IN COLLECTIONS Helsinki Artcraft and Industry Association City of Salzburg Haaga-Helia Aune and Seppo Hikipää art collection Academy of Fine Arts of Russian Federation ARTIST IN RESIDENCY 2013 Studio apartment of House of Finland, Saint Petersburg, Russia 2010 Marbella Studio Building, Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation, Marbella, Spain 2010 Berchtoldvilla, Salzburg, Austria 2008, 07 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France MEMBERSHIPS Finnish Painters’ Union Helsinki Artists’ Association CONFIDENTAL POSTS 2010-11 member of the board of Helsinki Artists’ Association 2009-11 member of the residency committee of Vantaa Artists’ Association
ANNU KAPULAINEN: Latvia - White blood cells uprised (from the series Red and White countries), oil on canvas, 110 x 120, 2013
My main theme as an artist is the human being. I seek to describe the world and its phenomena through people or still life. In my art I often work on social and psychological issues and the contrast between man and nature. I have been inspired by different symbols and associations of colours, especially the colour red with its vast amount of different meanings. Symbolism plays a big role in my art.
ANNU KAPULAINEN: Poland - Red book (from the series Red and White countries), charcoal, white chalk, acrylic and oil on canvas, 60 x 200, 2012
PÄIVI KOSKINEN 1977, Vantaa / Helsinki www.paivikoskinen.com
STUDIES 2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lahti Art Institute, University of Lahti, Lahti, Fin 2008 Further Qualification in Photography (VAT), Heltech, Helsinki, Fin 2008 Bachelor of Humanistic Studies, University of Helsinki, Fin PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (selected) 2013 Burning Them, gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Fin 2012 Burning Them, gallery h2o, Barcelona, Spain 2012 Monday, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Fin 2012 Monday, Pori Art Museum, Poriginal gallery, Pori, Fin 2011 Monday, gallery Rajatila, Tampere Fin 2010 Monday, gallery Korjaamo, Helsinki, Fin 2009 Monday, gallery h2o, Barcelona, Spain GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected) 2013 Northern Love, Art Centre Haihatus, Joensuu, Fin 2013 Strange, Tender Light, Photographic Centre Peri, Museum of Wäinö Aaltonen, Turku, Fin 2013 Who is talking? gallery OyOy, Lahti, Fin 2012 Die Zeit, Gallery Wagner & Partner, Berlin, Germany 2012 Puzzled, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Fin 2012 Puzzled, gallery Nuovo, Lahti, Fin 2012 Flush, Helsinki City Hall, part of Helsinki Design Capital Project, Helsinki, Fin 2011 Spirit Level IV, Lowell Vernissage gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA 2011 Spirit Level IV, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence, Italy 2011 The Exhibition of Finnish Art, Viljandi, Estonia 2011 Billnäs Young Artists, gallery Uusitalo, Billnäs exhibition centre, Billnäs, Fin 2011 Mulier, Mulieris, University of Alicante Art Museum, Alicante, Spain 2011 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibit, Arthall Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 2011 From Reality to Desire, PHE 2010, BilbaoArte, Bilbao, Spain 2010 From Reality to Desire, PHE 2010, Punto del Carmen, Valencia, Spain 2010 From Reality to Desire, PHE 2010, Center of Arts, Sevilla, Spain 2010 Artists 2010, TR 1 Arthall, Tampere, Fin 2010 La Fórmula Mágica, La Capella, Sitges, Spain 2010 Foto8 Summershow 2010, Host Gallery, London, UK 2010 Cool Water, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Fin GRANTS (selected) 2013 Arts Promotion Centre Finland grant 2012 Frame Fund for Art Exchange grant 2011 Frame Fund for Art Exchange grant 2011 Arts Council of Finland grant 2010 Patricia Seppälä Foundation grant 2010 Arts Council of Finland grant PUBLICATIONS (selected) 2013 Fire Destroys Painful Memories, Uusi Lahti, 27.3.213 2013 Personal Realities, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 27.3.2013 2013 Burning Away the Past, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 20.3.2013 2013 Whose voice is heard, Uusi Lahti, 23.1.2013 2012 Burning Them by Päivi Koskinen, Le Cool Magazine, Edition BCN, September 2012 2012 Burning Them by Päivi Koskinen, Barcelona TV, 20.10.2012 2012 Individual and his Roles, Satakunnan Kansa, 3.6.2012 2012 Puzzle - Niinistö Received by the President, Helsinki News, 8.5.2012 2012 Flush Down Your Worries, Ylioppilaslehti #99, 30.3.2012 2011 Nice to be showering…Aamulehti, 12.3.2011 2010 Rainy days and Mondays, Helsinki Times, 6.5.2010 2009 Lunes de Paivi Koskinen, Bon Art nro.120, October 2009, ISNN: 1885-4389 2009 Connexió Barcelona, Barcelona TV, 7.10.2009
PÄIVI KOSKINEN: I Saw a Helicopter Coming from Forget-me-not series, 80 x 64 cm, Diasec, edition: 5 + 2 AP, 2013
I am interested in combining reality with illusion. I portray people I know or meet along the way, based on what they have shared with me before we take the picture. I always look for people who identify themselves with my projects. The picture is created from a private performance that challenges the person participating in the process.The concept of identity and the way people are influenced by society interests me. I am curious about the subconscious and feelings accumulated underneath the surface. In the end, happiness is all about being true to your self. In my series Forget-me-not, I wanted adults to recover the inner child inside of them by asking them to play with me. The exercise was to forget for a while all social rules and to do something you could have done as a child. To enter a place, where everything is possible. A place, where you do not have to worry about what others think of you. For me, happiness is about enjoying the simple things of life. Something we too often forget as adults.
PĂ„IVI KOSKINEN: Here I am Honey from Forget-me-not series, 100 x 80 cm, Diasec, edition: 5 + 2 AP, 2013
VILLE LAAKSONEN 1978, Turku / Helsinki www.laaksone.com
STUDIES 2009 MA, Art & Curating, Aalto University School of Arts 2002 BA, Art History, University of Turku SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Ville Väri: Dead (Art) - Gallery G12, Helsinki 2013 Living Art - trilogy: Belief, Gallery Å, Turku. 2013 Living Art - trilogy: Live, Black Wall Gallery, Vaasa. 2013 Living Art - trilogy: Life, Gallery Napa/Studio Mustanapa, Rovanniemi. 2012 Fourth Dimention - (invited), Artchapel, Turku 2012 Third Eye - Stipendiate of Union of Finnish Art Associations, Museum of Varkaus, Varkaus. 2011 The Other - Kapriisi Gallery, Tampere. 2011 One - Katariina Gallery, Helsinki. 2011 Love - Maaret Finnberg Gallery, Turku. 2010 Hope - Poriginal Gallery, Pori. 2010 Faith - Saskia Gallery, Tampere. 2009 Time - Nefret Gallery, Turku. 2006 Googles - Klubi Gallery, Turku. SELECTED JOINED EXHIBITIONS 2013 Greatest of All is Love? - Wainö Aaltonen Museum (WAM), Turku. (with Henna Aho) 2012 Turu Väri: The Bigger Picture - LOGOMO, Turku. (with Henna Aho) 2011 Honest Painters 2: Let The Picture Come - Gallery G12, Kuopio. (with Sami Korkiakoski) 2011 This is Not RuSSSia - Installation, ArtShortCut ArtSpace, Helsinki. (with Sebastian Ziegler) 2007 This is Not AmeriKKKa - performance & public artwork, Patarei, Tallinna. (with Artturi Elovirta) 2006 Honest Painters: Importance of Being Ernest - Poriginal, Pori. (with Sami Korkiakoski) SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS AND COMPETITIONS 2014 Group exhibition, Gallery Jaus, Los Angeles, USA (coming) 2013 Pataphysische Topologien - Pataphysical Institute of Basel, (PIB), Basel, Switzerland 2013 Waiting for The Expo 2015, Gallery ArtMeet, Milan, Italy 2013 Annual of Salo artists association (invited), Perniön vanha kunnan talo, Salo. 2012 Annual of Turku artists association, Köysiratagalleria, Turku. 2012 One Party! - Wäinö Aaltonen Museum (WAM), Turku. 2012 War or Peace? - Museum of Etelä-Karjala, Lappeenranta 2011 Now! - Biennale of Helsinki Artist Association´11, Kanneltalo gallery, Helsinki 2011 Billnäs Young Artists’ - competition, Gallery Uusitalo, Billnäs. 2011 Artcenter Salmela Summer Exhibition, Mäntyharju. 2011 Dream Images - Saarijärvi Museum, Saarijärvi. 2007 Goldener Kentaur - competition, Kuenstlerhaus, Munchen, Germany. 2004 Art Of Basware/Art of the Analyste - competition, Sanomatalo, Helsinki. 2004 Yellow Art II - competition, Gallery Purkamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki. CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS 2012 Curator of Annual of Paulo Foundation, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki. 2010 Fast Art? - Factory Superstars Art Fair, Cable Factory, Helsinki. 2010 Holy Doom - GalleryMaaret Finnberg, Turku. 2009 Course of Art - Gallery Nefret, Turku. PRIZES 2012 Stipendiate of Union of Finnish Art Associations 2011 Curator of Annual of Paulo Foundation ARTIST IN RESIDENCY 2014 Matera, Italy (Arts Promotion Centre Finland) (coming) 2014 Marbella, Spain (Finnish Artist’ Studio Foundation) (coming) 2014 Il Roccolo, Italy (Schleutker Foudation) (coming) 2013 Genoa, Italy (Arts Promotion Centre Finland) 2012 Sfakiotes, Lefkada, Creece. 2011 Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju, Finland. 2010 Rooftop studios, Berliini, Germany. (Coming) 2014 Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova -museum, Turku, Finland. 2014 Marbella, Spain (The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation) MEMBERSHIPS Finnish Painters’ Union The Finnish Society for Curators, SKY ry
VILLE LAAKSONEN: Opium, oil and acrylic on canvas, 230 x 150 cm, 2013
Let me present an anarchistic statement of faith between man and life. Expand thinking to the extended field of painting and the psychedelic consciousness of the mind. Art is live. And by this I mean each work that artists gives life to is an actual living being: existing as you are. Mere question of belief keeps from proceeding. Listening to the sound of color that is light one sees there is no other movement but the one in experiencing.
VILLE LAAKSONEN Icebow (At Anti-Rainbow Meeting), oil and acrylic on canvas, 150x190 cm, 2013
MICHAEL RAHIKAINEN 1962, Helsinki http://www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/3277
Medlem i Målarförbundet Medlem i Konstnärsgillet Medlem i Kabelfabrikens konstnärer Verksam som bildkonstterapeut för enskilda personer och grupper.( FPA, TEO,Valtava) UTBILDNING 1981 Studentexamen 1982-88 Helsingfors universitet, studier i svensk litteratur och filosofi 1987-88 Helsingfors universitets ritsal under lärare Pertti Summa 1988-93 Bildkonstakademin, slutexamen 1995-99 Studier i konstterapi vid Konstindustriella högskolan i Helsingfors 1998 Master of Arts vid Bildkonstakadem 2005 Konsterapeut, psykoterapeut på specialnivå SEPARATUTSTÄLNINGAR 1992 De examinerades utställning, Bildkonstakademin 1993 Slutarbete, Bildkonstakademins galleri 1999 Causality, Galleri Jangva 2001 Målningar och grafik, utställning på Galleri Jangva 2003 Målningar, Galleri Ackermann 2003 Målningar, Galleri Merlot 2008 Målningar och teckningar, Galleri Jangva 2012 Swan song, Galleri Jangva ÖVIRIGA UTSTÄLNINGAR 1988 Kilo 3, Finale 1988 Skog, utställning, Bildkonstakademin 1989 Bjurs-utställning, Bildkonstakademin 1989 Målningar från Skagen, Danmark, Bildkonstakademin 1990 Friluftsmålningar från Jylland, Bildkonstakademin 1990 Bildkonstakademin presenterar, Museet för nutidskonst, Tammerfors 1991 De ungas utställning, Konsthallen, Helsingfors 1992 Sveaborg, grupputställning, Bildkonstakademins galleri 1992 Helsingfors och Nylands läns regionutställning, Kabelfabriken 2000,01,02 Rutiå-projektets miljökonstutsällning 2001 Rutiågruppens utställning på Hoplax allaktivitetshus 2003,04,05 Belliniakademin, Roma Kungsgård, Gotland 2004 Mellan broarna, miljökonstutställning i Jämsä 2005 Miljökonstutställningen Skutsi, Centralparken Helsingfors 2006 Adelaide i Australien 2007 Poleeni i Pieksamäki med gruppen 5 napaa 2008 Seinäjoki konsthall med gruppen 7 napaa 2008 Ahmedabad, Indien med bellinigruppen 2009 Voipaala med Bellinigruppen och Indiska konstnärer 2009 Mies pirtää, Mannen ritar på Kabelfabriken 2009-12 Konstrundan 2010 Stenudden, miljökonstutställning 2010 Retrospective, kabelfabriken 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012
Atlas och Sisyfos, Kulmagalleriet Introspective, kabelfabriken SISU, Stenudden miljökonstutställning Den himmelska akademin, Galleri Villisika, Allergihuset i Hoplax I Kain Tappers fotspår, Den himmelska akademin, Oheiskoti, Vemo Tid. Den himmelska akademin, Linna galleria ,Viljandi Narcissos, Drawing Gallery D5, Helsingfors Den himmelska akademin tecknar, Galleri Kajava
STIPENDIER 1987,12 Svenska kulturfonden 1989,90,92 Resestipendier till Danmark och London, Bildkonstakademin 1998 Konstsamfundet 2001 Konstamfundet och Svenska kulturfonden 2005 Resestipendium för utst. i Mexico, Svenska kulturfonden 2008 Resestipendium för utst i Indien, Svenska kulturfonden 2012 Grönqvistska stipendiet SAMLINGAR Hjörring stadsmuseum i Danmark, Saarioinens konstsamling, Konstnärsgillet i Finlan
MICHAEL RAHIKAINEN: Swan Song, oil on canvas, 180 x 150, 2011
When it comes to my artistic activity it seems to me that my main sources of inspiration flows from music, nature, deep psychology and eidetic visions that appears on my inner screen
MICHAEL RAHIKAINEN: Quo Vadis, 175x150cm, 2012
ARTO VÄISÄNEN 1958, Iisalmi / Kuopio www.artovaisanen.net
STUDIES 1991-95 School of Art and Design, Northern Carelia, Joensuu SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 Willa Mac, Tampere 2012 G12, Kuopio 2011 Ama Gallery, Helsinki 2009 Forum Box, Helsinki 2006 Bakeliittibambi Gallery, Helsinki 2006 Kapriisi Gallery, Kuopio 2006 Taidehalli Art Anna, Iisalmi 2005 Gjutars Gallery, Vantaa 2003 Bakeliittibambi Gallery , Helsinki 2003 Kuopion museon Torni 2003 Becker Gallery, Jyväskylä 2002 Bakeliittibambi Gallery , Helsinki 2001 Lapinlahti Art Museum 2001 Sitruuna Gallery, Kuopio 2000 Ateljee Bar Torni, Helsinki 1999 Bakeliittibambi Gallery, Helsinki 1988 Museum of Eemil Halonen, Lapinlahti SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Barren Beauty in the Company of Juho Rissanen, Kuopio Art Museum 2013 Drawing in the Flesh, Vantaa Art Museum’s collections 2012 Die Zeit, Arteground Exhibition, Galerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin 2012 Taiteen vuoksi, Kuopio Art Museum 2011 Summer Exhibition, Haihatus, Joutsa 2008 XIII Mänttä Art Festival 2007 Art Center Mältinranta, Exhibition of Finnish Painters’ Union 2006 In the Light and Shadow, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai 2006 Moving in Margins, Vantaa Art Museum 2006 Black & White, Finnish Cultural Institute in Stockholm, Sweden 2006 Black & White, Finnish Cultural Institute in Oslo, Norway 2006 Bonus, Annual Exhibition of Regional Arts Council of Northern Savo, Kuopio Art Museum 2005 The 110th Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Helsingin taidehalli 2004 Hule - Ars Libera, Mikkeli Art Museum, Salo Art Museum and Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki 2004 Tulta ja tappuraa, Exhibition curated by Kaarina Kaikkonen, Art Anna, City of Iisalmi 2004 Rotinat, Artists of Northern Savo region, Art Anna, City of Iisalmi 2004 Mustaa ja valkoista, Ars Libera, Varkaus Art Museum and Lahden taidepanimo 2004 Tulen viivana! Contemporary drawing, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma 2003 Hule - Artists’ association of Kuopio Ars Libera, Kuopio Art Museum 2002 ”Kaupunki Herää” Art Collection of Vantaa, Jubilee Exhibition of City of Vantaa 1991,96,01 Exhibitions of the Union of Finnish Art Associations 1984-00 Annual Exhibitions, Artists’ association of Iisalmi region 1990,98,00 Annual Exhibitions, the Union of Finnish Art Associations 1999 Lapinlahti Art Museum 1997 Varkaus Art Museum 1989,92,95 Annual Exhibions, Regional Arts Council of Northern Savo 1990 Havahdu, the Union of Finnish Art Associations 1990 The Annual Exhibition, Artists’ Association of Kuopio Ars Libera 1989 The Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists (for young artists) AWARDS 2005 The Palokärki Award, Artists’ Association of Finland WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTED) Finnish State Saastamoinen Foundation Wihuri Foundation Kuopio Art Museum Helsinki Art Museum Kone Foundation Swanljung Collection The City of Vantaa Lapinlahti Art Museum MEMBERSHIPS Finnish Painters’ Union Artists’ Assiciation of Kuopio Ars Libera
ARTO VÄISÄNEN: Ferdinand, charcoal and dry pastel, 160 x 280 cm, 2012.
ARTON STATEMENT/ BIO PUUTTUU!
ARTO VÄISÄNEN: Freezing, charcoal and dry pastel, 160 x 280 cm, 2012.
JARMO VELLONEN 1958, Sääminki / Porvoo www.jarmovellonen.fi
ART STUDIES 1979-84,01 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts 1978-79 Liminka Scool of Arts PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) 2012 Gallery Laterna Magica,Helsinki 2011 Koodoo Gallery, with Sari Vuorenpää, Kyoto, Japan 2009 Galleria Pinna, Savonlinna,Fin INTERNATIONAL GROUPEXHIBITIONS, (SELECTED) 2012 FIDEM XXXII Art Medal Congress, Glasgow, Scotland 2012 Die Zei, Arteground-group, Gallery Wagner +Partner, Berlin, Germany 2012 The 26th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan 2011 Kyoto Art Festival 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan 2011 Turppi-group; Exhange and Evolution, Worldvide video Long Beach, 1974-99 Long Beach Museum of Art, California, USA 2010 Gallery Kei-fu, Kyoto, Japan 2008 Punane (“Red “ ),Exhibition of Porvoo Artists´Assocication, Tartu Art Gallery, Estonia 2006 Magma Burning Stone,Es Cultura,Centro de Arte La Recova, Santa Crutz, Teneriffe, Sala de Arte Caca Canarias, La Laguna , Teneriffe 2004 Scandinavian Stone Sculpture Symposium, Orsa, Sweden 2003 Elgen, Telemark Fylkesgallery, Norway GROUPEXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND (SELECTED) 2012 I Stand Behind Tthis Work, Porvoo Artists Assocication, Porvoo Art Hall 2011 Maila Talvio Salon,Hartola 2010 Toiseuden kohtaaminen (Encountering Otherness) Rantakasarmi / The Jetty Barracks ) Suomenlinna,Helsinki 2008 40 th Anniversary Exhibition of Ars Nova Art Association, Mikkeli Art Museum
MEMBERSHIPS Association of Finnish Sculptors Guild of Metallic Art in Finland KKV-B (Konsnärernas Kollektivverstad-Bohuslän,Sweden Art Association of Porvoo Turppi-group Magma Group (Scannavian artists group) Arteground-group PRIZES AND AWARDS 2012 The 25 th Kyoto Art Festival, International Kyoto Prefecture Prize , Kyoto, Japan 2011 The 26 th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Broadcasting System Prize, Kyoto, Japan 2009 Engelinpuisto Art Competition, Special Prize,Porvoo, Finland 1989 International Stone Symposium, 2nd prize, Nanto, Italy PUBLIC SCULPTURES AND OBJECTS (SELECTED) 2011 2010 2009 1994 1989 1988
Kukouri and Waves,Kotka Lyseo Globus, Kotka Lovisa Peace Prize, Lovisa Peace Forum, Lovisa The Pillar of Knowledge ,the Albert Edelfelt Scool. Porvoo, Finland Babtismal FONT, Church of ST.Lawrence,Vantaa, Finland 350th anniversary medal of Savonlinna, Finland Three –piece basin at Villa Aikala (Finska läkaresällskapet ), Helsinki, previously at the “ Koitto “ building, Helsinki, Finland
COLLECTIONS ( SELECTED ) Finnish State Art Collections, Finland Helsinki City Art Collection, Finland Savonlinna City Art Collection, Finland Mikkeli City Art Collection, Finland Porvoo City Art Collection, Finland Sandviken Municipal Art Collection, Sweden Nanto Municipal Art Collection, Italy
JARMO VELLONEN: from series: Kumu, iron, bronze, wood gong sculpture 62 x 62 x 10 cm, 2012
Sculptor Jarmo Vellonen, born 1958, lives and works in Porvoo, Finland. He graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1983. Vellonen has participated in exhibitions both in Finland and abroad since 1979. His works are represented in several collections, including the Finnish State Art Collection and the Helsinki City Art Collection as well as the municipal collections of Sandviken in Sweden and Nanto in Italy. In his sculptures, Vellonen uses different materials and techniques. Lately he has preferred recycled materials. Installations, environmental art and land art have featured in Vellonen’s art since the beginning of his career.
JARMO VELLONEN: Vision, space and light installation, loop 4,5 min, iron,aluminium, cellar, 700 x 500 x 220 cm, 2012
MIKA VESALAHTI 1967, Helsinki www.mikavesalahti.com
EDUCATION 1988-93 Academy of Fine Arts, the Department of Painting, Helsinki 1986-88 Free Art School, Helsinki SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION 2013 The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia 2011 Gallery Stoa, Helsinki, Finland 2010 Gallery Kohina, Joensuu, Finland 2009 Gallery12, Kuopio, Finland 2008 Finnland Zentrum, Berlin, Germany 2007 Yrjö A. Jäntti Art Collection, Porvoo, Finland 2006 Gallery AARNI, Espoo, Finland 2005 Gallery of Finnish Painters`Union, tm gallery, Helsinki 2004 Kaapeli gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2001 Gallery Katariina, Helsinki, Finland 2000, 95 Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 “Arteground Berlin”, Finnish Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany 2011 “Arteground”, Finnish Contemporary Art, Viljandi, Estonia 2010 “Arteground”, Finnish Contemporary Art, Viljandi, Estonia 2009 “The Finnish Art Festival”, Palacio dos Artes, Porto. Portugal 2008 “Riita”, Työväenmuseo Werstas, Tampere, Finland 2007 “Naturally”, Nagyatad, Hungary 2006 Galerie Francois Mansart, Paris, France 2005 Kouvola Art Museum, Finland 2004 Nordic Art Association Annual Exhibition, Rantakasarmi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2002 Finnish Association of Aquarelle Art, Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Finland 2001 ”Time in Mazzano” -Art from Finland and Estonia, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland PUBLIC COMMISSIONS 2003 Wall painting, NORSSI II, Helsinki University, Helsinki GRANTS 2012 Finnish central commission of art 2011 Letterdetska Foundation 2009 Oscar Öflunds Foundation 2007 The National Council for Visual Arts 2007,06,03 Oscar Öflunds Foundation 2005 The National Council for Visual Arts 2004,02,98 Finnish Cultural Foundation REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONS Finnish Art Society Helander Society Salmela Art Center Mäntyharju County Hotel Torni, Helsinki Anatolia Cultural Association, Helsinki Collection Swanljung House of Satire and Humour, Gabrovo, Bulgaria City of Nagyatad, Hungary Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia MEMBERSHIPS Finnish Painters´ Union Helsinki Artists´ Association Art Association of Viipuri CONFIDENTAL POSTS 2009- Chairman of the Board, Helsinki Artists´ Association 2006 Member of the board of Helsinki Artists Association
MIKA VESALAHTI: Rotation, oil on canvas, 2005, 200 x 300 cm
Making series of paintings is emphasized in my artistic work. Narrativity is essential for me. My work is overlapped with the history of art and gets its driving force on it. I connect art history to a social contemporary criticality. In the sense I can say they are political.
MIKA VESALAHTI: “Victory”, oil on canvas, 220 x 270 cm, 2013
SARI VUORENPÄÄ 1966, Kemijärvi / Porvoo www.sarivuorenpaa.fi
STUDIES 2004-06 Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Fine Arts 1987-91 Satakunta Polytechnic, Fine Arts Kankaanpää PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (selected) 2012 Momentary Melodies, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, Fin 2012 Woodblock Prints, Gallery Daisy, Porvoo, Fin 2011 Aurelia, Gallery G, Helsinki, Fin 2011 Momentary Melodies,Gallery Koodoo, Kyoto, Japan 2007 Landscapes, Gallery G, Helsinki, Fin 2005 Memento Mori, Gallery Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, Fin 2001 Woodblock Prints, Gallery Marian Portti, Lahti, Fin 2000 Gallery Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, Fin COLLECTIVE AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected) 2013 VIP President Terminal, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Helsinki, Fin 2012 Die Zeit, Arteground-Berlin, Gallery Wagner+Partner, Berlin, Germany 2012 The 26th Kyoto Art Festival 2012, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan 2012 I Stand Behind This Work, Porvoo Artists´ Association, Porvoo Art Hall, The Art Factory, Fin 2011 Kyoto Art Festival 25th Anniversary Exhibition 2011, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Annex, Kyoto, Japan 2011 Maila Talvio-Salon, Hartola, Fin 2010 The 24th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto Japan 2010 Gallery Kei-Fu, Kyoto, Japan 2009 12 Artists, Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo, Fin 2009 The 23rd Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum Of Art, Kyoto, Japan 2009 My North, Rantakasarmi, Helsinki, Fin 2008 Red, 3rd annual exhibition of the Porvoo Artists´ Association, Tartu Art Gallery, Estonia 1997 59th annual exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Fin 1997 Cut 102, Artists´ Association of Finland, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki, Fin 1994 Grafinova, international graphic art triennial for young artists, Fin 1994 Annual exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, Kerava, Fin 1992 Rådhushallen, Malmö, Sweden 1991 44th Exhibition of Young Artists, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki, Fin GRANTS AND SCHOLARCHIPS (selected) 2013 Finnish National Council for Visual Arts 2013 Hopea-Untracht Foundation, City of Porvoo 2012 Frame Finnish Fund for Art Exchange 2012 Finnish Cultural Foundation/ Uusimaa Regional Fund 2012 Arts Council of Finland 2011 Finnish National Council for Visual Arts 2011 Arts Council of Finland 2011 Frame, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange PRIZES AND AWARDS 2012 Kyoto City International Foundation Prize, The 25th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan 2009 Kyoto City Mayor´s Prize, The 23rd Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan 2008 Porvoo Hospital extension art competition, 3rd prize ARTSOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPS Association of Finnish Printmakers Porvoo Artists´ Association Art Association of Porvoo TRUSTS 2011 2009-10 2007-08 2005-11 2006-07
Porvoo Artists´ Association, Vice-Chairman with Ylva Holländer Association of Finnish Printmakers, Board Member Association of Finnish Printmakers, Member of the Exhibition Committee Porvoo Artists´ Association, Board member Art Association of Porvoo, Board Member
SARI VUORENPÄÄ: Reflections, woodblock print, 121x121 cm, 2012.
Sari Vuorenpää specialises in multi-coloured large-format woodcuts. Strong, bold colours are characteristic to her art and the colour gives a shape and an atmosphere for her works. Often, the starting point of the woodcuts is watching a landscape, the balance between beauty and threat, and combining it with personal interpretations and observations of the world around us. Graphic artist Sari Vuorenpää has worked as an artist since 1991. She studied graphic art at Satakunta Polytechnic, Fine Arts Kankaanpää and in the Fine Arts Continuing Education Programme at Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Insitute of Fine Arts, completing a Bachelor of Culture and Arts degree. Knowledge of woodblock prints Vuorenpää has deepened during trips in Japan, and she has also participated in many exhibitions in Japan and been rewarded at Kyoto Art Festival in 2009 and 2012.
SARI VUORENPÄÄ: Aurelia Aurita, woodblock print, 242 x 450 cm, 2011.
MAGDALENA ÅBERG 1972, Helsinki www.aberg.fi
STUDIES 2002-05 2001-04 1998-01 1999-00 1998 1992-99 1991-92
University of Industrial Art, Helsinki, Department for Visual Culture (MA) University of Industrial Art, Helsinki, Department for Art Education (MA) University of Industrial Art, Helsinki, Department for Ceramics and Glass (BA) Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Sculpture Department Art School Maa, Suomenlinna, Helsinki Helsinki University, Studies in Journalism (BA) Schiller International University, Heidelberg, Studies in International Relations
SELECTED PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS 2013 Galleria Jangva, Helsinki 2012 Galleria Johan S., Helsinki 2012 Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Åland 2011 Galleria Vanha Raatihuone, Turku 2011 Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä 2009 AVA Galleria, Helsinki 2008 Galleria Johan S, Helsinki 2006 Galleria Katariina, Helsinki 2005 Ateljee bar Torni, Helsinki 2004 Galleri Bengelsdorff, Helsinki 2003 Galleria Ulaani, Helsinki SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Animal, Haihara Art Center, Tampere 2012 Arteground Berlin, Galerie Wagner Partner, Berlin, Germany 2011 Atlas and Sisyfos, Kulmagalleria, Helsinki 2011 Man and space, with Henrika Lax and Camilla Mitts, Galleriet G18, Helsinki 2010 Meeting with the Other, Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki 2009 Natural or Unnatural, Helsinki Artists’ association’s biennal 2009 Never Retired, Vantaa Museum of Art 2009 Meeting with the Other, Secco 2008 The New Painting, Lahti Museum of Art 2007 Casa de Cultura de Gaia ja Museu Teixeira Lopes, Porto, Portugal 2007 Galleria 9 Colonne, Bologna, Italy 2007 Galleria Artelier di Milano, Italy 2007 Centre Culturel Brésil-France, Galerie d’art Francois Mansart, Paris, France 2006 Nuorten 111. Näyttely, Kunsthalle Helsinki 2005 Masters of Arts 2005, Lume, Helsinki OTHER ART PROJECTS 2011-12 Curator for street art project in Unioninkatu, part of Helsinki Capital 200 celebration 2005- Street galleries, idea and planning of open-air galleries, Helsinki AWARDS 2007 Stina Krook Foundation COLLECTIONS Pro Artibus Helsinki Art Museum Amos Anderson’s Art Museum Svenska kulturfonden Private collections MEMBERSHIPS Finnish painters’ Union Art Society of Helsinki (vice chairman 2012–13) MAGDALENA ÅBERG: Display (taxidermy I), 2013, Oil on canvas, 41x33 cm
I think the human longing, my longing, towards nature into, which man partially belongs, and also does not, has provided the impetus for my most recent paintings, a series called Display. What is living and what is dead? Why do people collect stuffed animals to put in museums? The longing for a natural state, a fascination for natural phenomena, its power both astounding and beautiful. The fascination of what we see in these stuffed animals, what is familiar to us and what is foreign. I endeavor to capture and convey, that which in animals is corporeal, hairy, feathered and wild, untamed and even erotic. Underneath all the polished and smooth surfaces of society, hides a longing for nature outside the confines of civilisation. Nature, which still exists in all of us.
MAGDALENA Ă…BERG: Display (ursus polaris), Oil and acrylic on canvas 100x80 cm, 2013