Reijo Kalevi Kärkkäinen

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Basic information

b. 1964, Pielavesi

Visual Artist

Residence: Kuopio

Contact information

Phone number: 040 5846413

Email: reijorama@gmail.com

Artist’s Statement

Reijo Kärkkäinen studies drawing and painting in his work, both text and image boundaries and the
mutual interaction. Performing take turns an abstract expression, and a drawing line finds the
painting. Kärkkäinen coordinates different points of view, in which the seriousness meets the satire
and popular culture is toying with the traditional expression of art. Associations collide and cruise
with each other, and when the crash generated in the right circumstances, there will be life.

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Current information

2019:
Coming solo show to Gallery ARTag, october

2018:
Solo show Gallery ARTag
Workshop and exhibition in Copenhagen with Zven Balslev

2017:
Solo show, Gallery Toolbox, Berlin, Germany

2016
Solo show, Myymälä 2, Helsinki, Finland
Solo show, Taidekeskus Ahjo, Joensuu, Finland
Solo show, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä, Finland

2016 - 2016
Draw Now! Many Sides of Current Drawing, Rovaniemi and Lahti Art Museum

2014:
Solo show Gallery Jangva, Finland

2013:
Residence, solo show and workshop in France
Blackwater, silkscreenbook, Le Garage L., France
residence and soloshow , Gallery Pleiku, Berlin, Germany
soloshow, Mältinranta Artcenter,Tampere, Finland
Horreurs boréales – Exposition d'art scandinave, Le Dernier Cri, Marseilles, France
Très Trait Grave, Le Garage L., France

2012:
soloshow Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland
soloshow Poriginal-gallery, Pori, Finland
FRAME, project grant

2011:
soloshow, MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Pubertity, The Association of Finnish Printmakers 80 years, Salo Art museum
Zombie Love, silkscreenbook, Le Dernier Cri, Ranska

Works from the artist

Name of the work: Kourallisesta dollareita

Name of the work: yksityisnäyttely galleria Mältinranta 2013

Name of the work: yksityisnäyttely, Le Grage L. Ranska 2013

Name of the work: Luettuani Dänikenin hyppäsin kyytiin

Name of the work: Reviiri – vuosi elämästäni

Name of the work: Ohne Titel – Ilman titteliä

Name of the work: Where is erich von Däniken?

Bio

Reijo Kärkkäinen (b.1964) is a Finnish artist who graduated as Bachelor of Arts from University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki.
Kärkkäinen is a multidisciplinary visual artist, whose work ranges from paintings, graphics, installations, photographs to comics and illustrations.
The first solo show 1990 in Turku.
Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists 1993, 2001 and 2010
He works also together with the French arthouse Le Dernier Cri.
He is a member of The Association of Finnish Printmakers, Muu Artists' Association and Finnish Painters' Union.
Works in many collections ao. The Aine Art Museum, Pori Art Museum, Helsinki Art Museum, Kuopio Art Mueum, Oulu Art Museum, Finnish State, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Imatra Art Museum and several private collections.
The Artist lives and works in Kuopio.