Resume

OPINNOT / STUDIES

1977-81 Suomen Taideakatemian koulu / School of the Fine Arts Academy of Finland

1985-86 Konstfackskolan, Stockholm, Sweden

YKSITYISNÄYTTELYT / SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 Such- gallery, Helsinki

2013 Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma, Helsinki

2008 Sculptor´s Gallery, Helsinki

2007 Institut Finlandais, Paris, France

2004 Oulu Art Museum

2003 No Name, Pori Art Museum, Pori

2003 Inhabit, with Terry Smith, Oratorio di San Ludovico, Venice

2002 Enchantment, Sculptor’s Gallery, Helsinki

2002 Image and Imagination, Forum Box, Helsinki

2000 Transplant-Heart, Espoo-Prague, (with Alena Kotzmannovä)

2000 Galleri 21, Malmö

2000 Visual Space Goliath, New York

1999 Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, New York

1998 Gallery Kari Kenetti, Helsinki

1998 Galerie Artek, Helsinki

1996 Gallery Jangva, Helsinki

1996 Galleri Leena Kuumola, Helsinki

1995 Galerie Artek, Helsinki

1994 Institut Finlandais, Paris, France

1994 Riga’s Gallery, Riga, Latvia

1992 Artist of the Year, Helsinki Festival, Helsinki Art Hall

1992 Gallerie Nemo, Eckernförde, Germany

1990 Gallery of the Jyväskylä Arts Society, Jyväskylä, Finland

1989 Gallery Kluuvi, Helsinki

1985 Gallery Vanha, Helsinki

1984 TM-gallery, Helsinki

1983 Gallery Vanha, Helsinki

1981 TM-gallery, Helsinki

RYHMÄNÄYTTELYT / GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Open Studios, International Studio and Curatioral Program, New York

2015 Nordic Contemporary Art, Galleri 21, Malmö, Sweden

2013 Karjala!, Helsingin Taidehalli

2012 Karjala, Joensuu

2011 Finissage, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

2011 Open Art, Örebro, Sweden

2010 Luvassa lämpenevää, Joensuu

2009 Vanhassa vara parempi, Loviisa

2009 Får ej övertäckas, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum

2009 Oikeilla jäljillä, Kiasma, Helsinki

2008 Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany

2006 Belgrade Biennal, Art, Life and Confusion, Serbia

2006 Anttolanhovi, Anttola

2006 Joen kolmas ulottuvuus, Joensuu

2006 Breaking the Ice, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany

2006 Mustavalkoinen metafora, Helsingin Taidehalli

2005 Huuma, Örebro Konsthalle, Sweden

2005 Arjen murtumia, Kiasma, Helsinki

2005 Space now and then, Tilburg, Holland

2003 Q, Designing the Quietness, Tokyo, Japan

2003 Yöjuna, Kiasma, Helsinki

2002 Open Studios, International Studio and Curatioral Program, New York

2000 Subrosa, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000 Artists-in-Akiya, Tokyo, Japan

2000 Not A Theme Show, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.

1999 Art Crash, Århus, Denmark

1999 4th Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland

1999 II Triennal fur Finnische Kunst, Berlin

1998 II Triennale of Finnish Art, Helsinki Art Hall

1997-98 Unknown Adventure, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Rostock, Germany

1997 No Vacancies II, Vantaa, Finland

1997 Ensemble, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland

1996 Maskulin-Feminin, Rastatt, Ratingen, Germany

1996 Stor Grafik, Stockholm, Sweden

1995 No Vacancies I, Amsterdam

1995 Aquilo, Wien, Bologna, Helsinki

1995 VI Triennale Kleinplastik Europa-Ostasien

1994-95 Air, Water and Earth, Tokyo, Takaoka, Nagano, Fukuyama, Osaka, Japan

1994 Crossing-over, Helsinki City Art Museum

1993 Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Karkkila, Finland

1993 Mare Balticum, Stockholm, Sverige

1992 Baltic Biennale, Rostock, Germany

1992 Con Temporis, Millesgärden, Sweden

1991 Otso Gallery/ Espoo, Finland

1991 Contemporary Art in Finland, DAAD-Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1991 Borealis V, Pori Art Museum, Finland

1991 Free Zone, Budapest, Hungary

1990 Free Zone, Helsinki Art Museum, Finland

1990 Nach Den Regeln der Kunst, Frankfurt, Fulda, Germany / Joensuu, Finland

1989 Tre Finska Kvinnor, Visby, Sweden

1989 Nostalgia ja Murros, Gallery Kluuvi, Helsinki

1989 Sao Paolo Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil

1988 Art is an Experience, Kajaani, Finland

1988 Megapaja, Helsinki, Finland

1988 Young Artists of the Year, Tampere Art Museum, Finland

1987 Vejie Art Hall, Denmark

1987 Mitä Näkyy, Ateneum, Helsinki / Rovaniemi, Kuopio, Finland

1987 Light and Matter, Helsinki City Art Museum

1987 Streif, Brands Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark

1987 Kilo 2, Espoo, Finland

1986 Gallery Bronda, Helsinki

1986 Gallerie Nemo, Eckernförde, Germany

1985 Nordic Environment Art, Saari-Vala, Inkoo, Finland

1985 Skatta Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland

1983 Finsk sekelskifte och nutid, Malmö, Sweden

1983 Finsk konst nä, Oslo, Norway

1983 AKT 83, Art Museum of Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland

1983 Kites as Art in Nordic Countries, Helsinki

1982 Paris Biennale, Paris, France

1982 Young Finnish Artists/ Mikkeli, Finland

1982 Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists/ Helsinki

1981 The State Art Exhibition, Pori, Finland

1981 Galleri De Unga, Stockholm, Sverige

RESIDENSSIT / RESIDENCIES

2016 International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, U.S.A.

2014 Wihuri foundation, Rovaniemi University, Finland

2013 Villa Lante, Rome

2010 Kone Foundation, Mietoinen, Finland

2002-03 International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, U.S.A.

2000 Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

1999-00 Snug Harbor, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, New York, U.S.A.

1993 United States Government Sponsored Guest in the U.S.

PALKINNOT & TUNNUSTUKSET / PRIZES & AWARDS

2013 Pro Finlandia medal

2013 EMO-foundation Art Award

2003 Environmental Art Award

2001 Fine Arts Award of Finland

1999 Mänttä Art Award

1995 UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts

TEOKSIA KOKOELMISSA / WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Mikkeli City

Jyväskylä City, Alvar Aalto Museum

Joensuu Art Museum

KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

Tampere Art Museum

Wihuri Foundation

Helsinki City, Aurora hospital

Oulu Art Museum

Amos Anderson Art Museum

Kone Foundation, Mietoinen