Visual artist; paintings, graphics, tectons,
videos and mixed media works
Lives and works in Tampere, Finland
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address
Soraharjunkatu 2 A
33270 Tampere, Finland
33270 Tampere, Finland
Atelier
Kalkku Kunsthalle
Kalkun viertotie 2 C 9–10
33330 Tampere, Finland
Kalkun viertotie 2 C 9–10
33330 Tampere, Finland
Phone
+358 400 628 828
E-mail
CURRICULUM VITAE (selected)
1949
Born in Tampere, Finland
1970
First works exhibited
1973
Graduated from the Lahti Art School, painter, City of Lahti, Finland
1977
A member of the Association of Finnish Printmakers, Finland
1980
A member of the Finnish Painters' Union, Finland
1980–90
Teacher of painting and serigraphy in the Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää, Finland
1982–90
Director of the Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää, Finland
1992–05
Chairman of the Tampere Artists' Association, Finland
1991–92
Director of the Art Department in the Tampere School of Art and Media, Tampere, Finland
1997
Prize in The International Mini Print, Cadaques, Spain
2005
Third prize in the 10th European Biennial Competition for Graphic Art, Brügge, Belgium
2012
Prize in the 3nd International Biennale of Graphic Digital Arts – Gdynia, Poland
2015
Honorary Mention in the Miniprint Kazanlak, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND (selected)
2019
"LXX – spectrum –", Tampere Art Museum, Tampere
"LXX – digit –", MMältinranta Art Center, Gallery, Tampere
2018
"Recta – Regulus" Gallery 68, Helsinki, Finland
2016
"Regio" Gallery 68, Helsinki
2014
Kannel House Gallery, Helsinki, (L. Holmström, S. Syrjänen)
2013
Galleria G12 Helsinki, Helsinki
Galleria Saskia, Tampere
2012
"I.X.", Tampere Hall, Winter Garden, Tampere
2011
"spatial functions", Alvar Aalto - Museum, Gallery, Jyväskylä
Galleria Joella, Turku
2010
"Hommage á Nordgren", Tampere Hall, Winter Garden, Tampere
2009
"LX", Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere
Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus
2008
"Tempo", Tampere Hall, Winter Garden, Tampere
2007
Willa Mac, Finnish Modern Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
2006
Werstas, Central Museum of Labour in Finland, Tampere
2005
Art Salon Husa, Tampere
2004
Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki
2002
"...evol...", Bang&Olufsen Gallery, Tampere, (L. Holmström, S. Syrjänen)
2001
Gallery G, Helsinki
2000
Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
SOLO EXHIBITIONS ABROAD (selected)
2018
Galeria "w Ratuszu", Slawno, Poland
2014
"Relatio", Not’Art Galleria, Siracusa, Italy
2010
"Atelier – Ausstellung", Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
2009
Galleri Kronan, (L. Holmström, S. Syrjänen), Norrköping, Sweden
2004
Kim Nae Hyun Art Gallery, Kuyngki-Do, Seoul, Korea
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2019
4th Global Print 2019, Alijo, Portugal
2018
9th International Printmaking Biennial Douro 2018, Douro, Portugal
2017
45th International Print Award "Carmen Arozena 2017", Madrid, Spain
3rd Global Print 2015, Alijo, Portugal
2016
5th International Biennale of Graphic Digital Arts – Gdynia, Poland
1st TKO International Miniprint Exhibition 2016, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Japan
8th International Printmaking Biennial Douro 2016, Alijo – Douro, Portugal
International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2016 ROC, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
"Colour-Meditation", Kulturbunker, Cologne, Germany
2nd Global Print 2015, Alijo, Portugal
Miniprint Kazanlak, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Sint-Niklaas Printmaking Biennial and Competition 2015, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2014
"Interferente", Bucharest Fringe 2014, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
4th International Biennale of Graphic Digital Arts – Gdynia, Poland
2013
"Mondrianisation 2013", Espace 59, Paris, France
Land-Art "insomnia", Ignis and Satra Mountain, Maramures, Romania
2012
7th International Print Triennale Colour in Graphic Art, Torun, Poland
International Print Exhibition Yunnan 2012, Kunming City, China
3nd International Biennale of Graphic Digital Arts – Gdynia, Poland
2011
ART EDITION 2011, Seoul International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
8th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
Interbifep XIV, International Biennial Festival of Portrait, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010
2nd International Biennale of Graphic Digital Arts – Gdynia, Poland
2009
12th European Biennial Competition for Graphic Art, Brügge, Belgium
SIPA 2009, Seoul International Print Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
6th International Print Triennale Colour in Graphic Art, Torun, Poland
7th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, London, UK
2008
International Print Exhibition Yunnan 2008, Kunming City, China
BIMPE V, 5th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada
International Art Exhibition, "Nord Art 2008", Büdelsdorf, Germany
Naestved International Exhibition of Contemporary Mini Square Prints, Naestved, Denmark
2007
Gyeongnam International Art Festival 2007, Gyeong Nam State Museum, Masan, Korea
International Art Exhibition, "Nord Art 2007", Büdelsdorf, Germany
2006
5th International Print Triennale Colour in Graphic Art: Now! Torun, Poland
6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Dumfries, UK
International Art Exhibition, "Nord Art 2006", Büdelsdorf, Germany
2005
Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
International Art Exhibition, Nord Art 2005, "Art of Mystery", Büdelsdorf, Germany
Corpus05 – European Biennal for Graphic Art, Brügge, Belgium
2004
13th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
7th Edition of "Premio Citta´ di Laives-2004, Laives, Italy
10th Seoul Print Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
International Print Exhibition, Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany
2003
4th International Print Triennale, "Colour in Graphic Art", Torun, Poland
International Print Triennial, Krakow 2003, Cracow, Poland
"European Culture Integration Bridge", Lavra Gallery, Kiev, Ukraina
2002
"Intergrafia - 2000", Torun City Museum, Torun, Poland
12th Baghdad International Festival for Photographic Pictures, Baghdad, Iraq
International Contemporary Print Arts Exhibition, Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, South Korea
The 12th Space International Print Biennial, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2001
"Triennial Continents", Ksiaz Castle Gallery, Wabrzych, Poland
Triennial 100 Cities Kartuzy 2001, Refektarz Gallery, Poland
Triennial 100 Cities Suwalki 2001, Art and Culture Regional Center, Poland
"The European Contemporary Prints", Kim Nae Hyun Art Gallery, Goyang-city, South Korea
2000
International Print Exhibition, "Colour in Graphic Art", Torun, Poland
International Print Triennial, Krakow 2000, "Bridge to the Future", Cracow, Poland
"Intergrafia - 2000", World Awards Winners Gallery, Katowice, Poland
International Print Triennial, Krakow 2000, Nürnberg, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS ABROAD (selected)
2017
3th International Exhibition Small Print, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sandomierrz, Poland
3th International Exhibition Small Print, Galeria Laznia, Radom, Poland
2016
3th International Exhibition Small Print 13x18, Galeria Atut, Konskie, Poland
2014
Six artists from China, Finland, Germany, Netherland, South Korea
Marziart Internationale Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2013
3. KurzfilmForum–Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
2012
"Awards Winners", Micromundi, Museu de Miniatures i Microminiatures, Besalu, Espanja
2011
Festivals Ûbereck-Art 2011, Kurzfilm-Forum, Berlin, Germany
2010
"Salonausstellung", Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Wiepersdorf, Germany
2008
"love without boundaries", Gallerie kritiku, Prague, Czech Republic
2007
"CHEM-Gruppe", (10 artists from Tampere) New Saxon Gallery, Chemnitz, Germany
2006
"OM", (J. Arffman, L. Holmström, P. Nuutinen, M. Pirilä), Gallery Caesar, Olomouc, Czech Republic
"Fragile", Nordiska Konstförbundet, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
Contemporary Finnish Graphic Art, NordicHouse Gallery, Cracow, Poland
2002
"koemieskoe", (L. Holmström, R. Mörö, H. Riskula), Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selected)
In Finland:
The State of Finland
The Collections of The Parliament House of Finland, Helsinki
Kiasma, Modern Art Museum, Helsinki
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
Tampere Art Museum, Tampere
Tampere Contemporary Art Museum, Tampere
Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku
Turku Art Museum, Turku
Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä
Aine Art Museum, Tornio
Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu
Pori Art Museum, Pori
Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus
Kerava Art Museum, Kerava
Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola
Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio
MAC, Modern Art Collection, Tampere
Abroad:
Katrineholms kommun, Sweden
Laivesin kunta, Italy
Research Archives of The Graphic Workshop Naestved, Tanska
Americas Biennial Exhibition, Reseach Archives, USA
Van Damme Collection, Belgium
International Portrait Gallery, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzogovina
Art Edition, Soul, South-Korea
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden
Capo Frio Empragel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Howard Miller Collection, USA
Matti Milius Collection, Tartu, Estonia
Västerbottens läns landsting, Sweden
City of Linköpingin, Linköping, Sweden
Landstinget Västernorrland, Sweden
Kanagawa Arts Foundation, Kanagawa, Japan
Arvika Art Museum, Arvika, Sweden
Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
COMMISSIONED WORKS (selected)
2017
"Gemma", installation; 5 steel constructions, Vuores, Tampere, Finland
"Globus", steel construction, Urkin piilopirtti, Pinsiö, Finland
2016
"Ornament of Aino", colour artwork, Järvenpää, Finland
"Continuus 4–4", colour artwork in 8 parts, Rantatunneli / Coast tunnel, Tampere, Finland
2015
"Reflexus 2x4", installation; 8 steel constructions and colour design, Vuores, Tampere, Finland
2008
"J", iron construction / relief, Junttan, Kuopio, Finland
2002
"Dynamis", relief painting / sculpture, Foster Wheeler Energy, Varkaus, Finland
Updated 17.07.2020