Born 1956 in Helsinki, Finland Professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 1996–2005
Education
1982–83 Pratt Institute, New York USA,
1975–79 School of the Finnish Fine Arts Academy, Helsinki, Finland
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Taidesalonki Husa, Tampere, Finland
2010
Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala, Sweden
DadaPost, Berlin, Germany
Institut Finlandais, Paris France
Galleria Korjaamo, Helsinki Finland
2008
Västerås Art Museum, Västerås, Sweden
Aboa Vetus& Ars Nova Art Museum , Turku Finland with Yves Zurstrassen
Galleri Mårtenson&Persson, Båstad, Sweden
2007
Skövde Arthall, Skövde, Sweden
Finsk-Norsk Institute, Oslo, Norway
Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
Helsinki Arthall, Helsinki, Finland
2006
Galleria Korjaamo Helsinki, Finland
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Örebo Arthall, Örebo Sweden
2005
Kuopio Art Museum Kuopio, Finland
Aine Art Museum ,Tornio, Finland
Galleri Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Uddvalla Art Hall Bohusläns Art Museum, Sweden
Millesgården Arthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
Länsmuseet Gävle, Sweden, with My Ekman
Taidesalonki, Husa, Tampere, Finland
2003
Eskilstuna Museum of Art, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Galleri Mårtenson&Persson, Båstad ,Sweden
2002
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
Taidesalonki Husa, Tampere, Finland
Galerie Forsblom Turku, Finland
2000
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
Konstnärshuset , Grafik Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
1998
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri Artek, Helsinki, Finland
1997
Ystad Art Museum, Ystad, Sweden
1996
Galleri Pintura, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Artek, Helsinki, Finland
1995
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Rantagalleria, Turku, Finland
Galerie Van der Tann, Berlin, Germany
1994
Galleri Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Taidesalonki Husa Tampere, Finland
1993
Pyynikinlinna, Tampere, Finland
Taidesalonki Bell’arte, Turku, Finland
Gallerie von der Tann Berlin, Germany
1992
Galleri Artek Helsinki, Finland
1991
Anette Gullberg Galleri, Cologne, Germany
North- Norwegian Art Museum, Tromso, Norway
Taidesalonki Bellárte, Turku, Finland with Jon Arne Mogstad
1990
Nordic House, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galleri Nordanstad-Skarstedt, Stockholm
Galleri Artek Helsinki, Finland
1989
Galleria Valkoinen Huone, Tampere, Finland
Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
1988
Galleri Contur, Stockholm, Sweden
1987
Taidesalonki Husa, Tampere, Finland
Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway
1986
Galleria Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland
1985
Hanasaaren Kulttuurikeskus, Espoo, Finland
Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Lång, Malmö, Sweden
1984
Galerie Ackermann, Helsinki, Finland
1983
Galleri Sankt Olof, Norrköping, Sweden
Painters Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1981
Painters Gallery Helsinki, Finland
1979
Niemelän Kartano, Heinola, Finland
Group Exhibitions:
2010
13th session of Islamic Art Festival, "Naqsh and Raqsh", Sharjah Contemporary Art Museum
Cool Water, Galleria Korjaamo, Helsinki Finland
2009
Galleri Mårtensson&Persson, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri Mårtensson& Persson, Båstad, Sweden
Art in Office, Stockholm, Sweden
2008
OHO, Contemporary Art from Pekka Halonen Collection, Kuopio Art Museum, Finland
Sam Vanni ,teacher and master Helsinki city Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2007
Taidekeskus Salmela Mäntyharju, Finland
Monotypi-Typ, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
Bara Färg, Göteborgs Museum of Art, Sweden
Connecting People, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norge
2005
Joulutähti ,Galleria Forsblom, Finland
Orientalisim Arthome Tikanoja Vaasa,and Salo ArtMuseum Salo, Finland
The Armory Show Andrehn-Schiptjenko New York, USA
2004
Landskape of Power, Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere Finland
The Armory Show Andréhn-Schiptjenko, New York, USA
2003
The Expanded Book, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2002
ISCP Open Studios, New York, USA
Unikki, Fiskars Konstcentrum, Finland
2001
Love and Freedom, Pyynikinlinna, Tampere, Finland
Todays Future, Vantaa City Art Museum, Vantaa, Finland
The Wihuri Art Collection, Helsinki Arthall and Galleri Skulptor, Helsinki, Finland
Painting about Painting, Kristinehamns Art Museum, Kristinehamn, Sweden
Eukabeut-Event, CMU Art Musem, Chiangmai, Thailand
2000
Konstnärsböcker, Galleri Neon, Brösarp, Sweden
Nordic Postmodernism, Kiasma Modern Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Stockholm Art Fair Galleri Forsblom, Sweden 1999 Art Biennal of Finnish Art, Mänttä, Finland
Teachers R Us, Bror Hjorts Hus, Uppsala, Sweden
Junge Europäische Kunst Finland, Aschersleber Kunst & Kulturverein, Germany
1998
7:1, Arte Skandia, Galeria de Arte Moderna di Scafate Provinca di Salerno, Campanja, Italy
1997
Oulu Museum of Art, Oulu, Finland
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
1996, 97
Taidetta, Norrköpings Ar Museum Norrköping
Båtmanskasarena Karlskrona, Skövde Art Hall
Västerås Art museum, Sundsvalls Art Museum KUB Kulturcentrum, Helsingborg
Konstens Hus, Luleå, Sweden
1996
Önske Utställning,Ystads Artmuseum Ystad Sweden
1995
Varkaus CityArt Museum, Varkaus, Finland
Voralbergisches Landesmuseum, Bregenz, Austria
Stadtmuseum Nordico, Linz, Austria
Galerie Bassi, Remagen, Germany
Galerie Welt Sastbory, Austria
Galerie im Taxis Palais, Innsbruck, Austria
Skapelser, Churches at Skaraborgs County, Sweden
1994
Crossing Over, Changing Places, Helsinki City Art Museum Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Bergman, Gothenburg, Sweden
To Read, Nordic Art Center, Helsinki, Finland
Nicolas Aleksander Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Postmodern or Modern, From the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Myyrmaki Center,Vantaa, Finland
Gallerie Von Der Tann, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Johans S, Porvoo, Finland
13th International fair of Prints, Grechen, Germany
Galerie im Kreishaus, Cuxhaven, Germany
1993
Galerie im Bildumngszentrum, Wolfenrutel, Germany
Galleria Andromeda, Mikkeli, Finland
Rathaus-galerie, Leverkusen, Germany
Galerie M Kreishaus, Celle, Germany
Transit, National Gallery of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Galleria Kaj Forsblom, Turku, Finland
Saga Print Fair, Paris, France
Real, Nordic Art Center, Helsinki, Finland; and Kunstv. Lune, Dormund, Germany
Paintings, Graham Modern Gallery, NewYork, USA
1992
Local Fauna, New York, USA
Norrsken 92, Biennale for Young Artists, Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
I Like It, Lahti Art Museum, Finland
Galleria Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland
Galleria Duetto, Helsinki, Finland
1991
Pleasure, Hallwalls Center for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, New York, USA
Kunst Europa 91, Rosendahl Kunstverein, Munchen, Germany
Nordic Art / New York, Frank Bustamente Gallery, New York, USA
1990
Galleria Valkoinen Huone, Tampere, Finland
Baltic Biennale, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Purnu, Orivesi, Finland
1989
The 125 Anniversary, of the Artists Association of Finland, National Art Museum of Finland; Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland
Small Scale Abstraction, Art In General, New York, USA
Five New Painters, John Davis Gallery, New York, USA
Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
1988
John Davis Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Alex Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
1987
Drawn Out, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, USA Galleri Contur, Stockholm, Sweden
Fruit, Helsinki Art Hall, Finland
Taidesalonki Bell’arte, Turku, Finland
By the River Contemporary Finnish art , Pori Art
Museum, Pori, Finland
1986
Attitudes, Aalborg Art Museum, Denmark;
Art Hall of Södertälje, Sweden; Kjarvalstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
New Finnish Art of the 1980’s, Gallery OTSO, Espoo; Oulu Museum of Art; Mikkeli Art Museum, Finland
Contacts / Contrasts, Pori Art Museum, Finland
1986
Purnu, Orivesi, Finland
Picture of the Beloved, Pyynikinlinna, Tampere, Finland
Listening, Helsinki Art Hall, Finland
1985
Aurora, Nordic Art Center, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
1984
“Infallvinklar” Länsmuseet, Örebro, Sweden
Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Finnish Art, Riimäki Art Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
1983
By the River, New Finnish Art, Pori Art Museum, Three Artists, Helsinki City Art Gallery, Finland
1982
Festival International de la Peinture, Cagned-Sur-Mer France
1981
Nine Finnish Artists – Travelling Exhibiton in Sweden Triennale of Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan
1980, 84
State Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland
1978–84
Exhibition of the Young Artists’, Helsinki Art Hall, Finland
1979,81
Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists’, Helsinki Art Hall, Finland
83,85
1979
7 Young Artist Galleri G, Helsinki, Finland
Collections:
Aboa Vetus &Ars Nova Art Museum, Turku, Finland
Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Borås Art Museum, Sweden
Eskilstuna Museum of Art, Sweden
Göteborg Museum of Art ,Sweden
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Hämeelinna Art Museum, Finland
Imatra Art Museum, Finland
Kajaani Art Museum, Finland
Kouvola Art Museum, Finland
Kuopio Art Museum, Finland
Lahti Art Museum, Finland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Norrköping Art Museum, Sweden
Oulu Museum of Art, Finland
Pori Art Museum, Finland
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Skövde Art Museum, Sweden
Tampere Art Museum, Finland
Turku Art Museum, Finland
Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden
Västerås Art Museum, Sweden
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, The Netherlands
Alko Oy, Finland
Barkleys Bank DLC, London, England
City of Espoo, Finland
City of Kotka, Finland
City of Lahti, Finland
City of Kuopio, Finland
City of Malmo, Sweden
City of Norrköping, Sweden
City of Oslo, Norway
City of Salo, Finland
City of Stockholm Sweden
City of Tampere, Finland
City of Turku, Finland
City of Vantaa, Finland
City of Örebro,Sweden
State of Finland
State of Sweden
Ev. Lutherian Parish of Helsinki, Finland
Ev. Lutherian Parish of Mikkeli, Finland
Ev. Lutherian Parish of Turku, Finland
Fredric Roos Collection, Sweden
Insurance Company of Kansa, Finland
Insurance Company of Pohjola, Finland
Konst i Länet, The municipality of Uppsala, Sweden
KOP Bank Collection, Finland
Next Collection, Sweden
OKO Bank Collection, New York, USA
Provinzial Art Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany
Paulo Foundation Finland
Saastamoinen Art Collection, Finland
SKOP Bank Collection, Finland
The municipality of Nacka
Turun Alueen Säästöpankki Collection, Finland
Awards:
Honorary prize of Maire Gullichsen Foundation, 1997
Young Finnish Artist of the Year, 1989
Third prize, mural painting competition for the Oulu Music Center, 1983
Commissions:
2010
Hattunauha, Töölönkatu 23, Helsinki Finland
2007
Mosaiks at the State prison Turku Finland
2006–2008
Projekt Färg signaler at metro stations Gärdet och Zinkensdamm, Stockholm, Sweden
2002
Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
”Mot Ljus”, Luleå University Luleå, Sweden
1997
Flämslätt Kyrka, Sweden