Tero Annanolli

Basic information

b. 1975, Kokkola
Visual Artist, Painter
Residence: Sipoo

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Artist’s Statement

Expert in recycled fabrics and gold

Visual Artist, Art teacher MA, Art developer, CEO Art Annanolli LTD

Tero is a multitalent person, who has 15 years of experience in teaching art. At the same time Tero has been creating his carrier as a Visual Artist. Tero was awarded the gold medal by London Cultural Olympiad in 2012 and has been a member of the Olympic Fine Arts Association since 2014. Tero has spent periods of painting in both artistic capitals of Europe: Paris and Rome.
The Sources of Tero´s Creative workshops in organisations are Artistic interventions. It is an alternative way to stimulate innovatiness and creativeness.

Annanolli typically chooses flowers, plants and landscapes as themes for his paintings. In portraying humans, Annanolli approaches his subject in relation to the environment and space. Key issues in his artworks are surface structure and the use of recycled fabrics, such as cast-off tablecloths, bedspreads and curtains.

Annanolli's work has been praised for his versatile use of materials and closeness to nature. Recycled fabrics are used as a base material for paintings, and he combines fabrics with sheet metals in a surprising way. “My works were inspired by nature and food – the life around us,” says artist Tero Annanolli. “I often explore new environments by foot, attuned to the scents and sounds, as well as the light in the early morning, in the evening or after the rain. Wild herbs are something ordinary and multidimensional at the same time. You can find them by ditches and in the fields, and they reveal fine shapes and flavours and fascinating stories.” In his works, Tero has depicted the delicate nature of wild herbs and has added touches of gold leaf that reflect the light streaming into the depths of the forest.
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Art Centre Salmela, Exhibitions 2019
https://www.taidekeskussalmela.fi/artisti/tero-annanolli/


THE FINNISH INSTITUTE IN ROM, Artist in Residence 2019


 

Bio

Education
2014-2015 University of the Arts Helsinki, post-degree specialisation programme on Artistic Interventions in Organisations
2010 Portrait Painting Course organised by Finnish Culture Fund
2009–2010 St. Petersburg I. E. Repin Institute of visual arts education
1998–2004 (M.A) University of Art of Design Helsinki, Department of Art Education
2002–2003 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting
1996–1997 University of Applied Sciences Design and Restoration Kymenlaakso, Department of Industrial Design

Art teaching
2004–2016 Academy of Pekka Halonen, Tuusula, teacher of fine arts

Grants and Awards:
2015 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2014 Travel grant of Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2013 Alli Paasikivi Foundation
2012 Travel grant of Finnish Artists' Studio Foundation
2012 ArteCult- travel grant, Roma
2011 Arts Council of Finland
2010 Europol Art Competition, Winner A, The Hague, The Netherlands, www.europol.europa.eu
2010 Portrait painting course organised by Finnish Culture Foundation
2009 Niilo Helander Foundation
2012 Olympic Fine Art London 2012, Creative cities collection – Fine Arts Exhibition London 2012, Gold medal
2010 Europol, The Hague, The Netherlands, www.europol.europa.eu
2008 Vanda parish, St. Laurin blessing the chapel arts competition, the first Honorary

Collection
Embassy of Finland Jakarta
Circolo Scandinavo, Rome
Stifvelsen Grez, France
Kalahari Art Museum, Guwahati, India
Olympic Fine Art London 2012 Creative Cities collection, Art Centre Beijing
Water Cube collection Beijing
Collections of S-Bank,
Europol ( EU), Haag, the Netherlands
SOK Finland, City of Kotka, ORTON, Hospital of Invalid Foundation Art Center Salmela, City of Mäntyharju, City of Ristiina, K.H. Renlund Museum Kokkola, OP Bank, Kokkola, OKO Bank Helsinki, General Government

Private Membership
Member of OFAA (Olympic Fine Arts Association)
Finnish Painters ́ Union
Member of the Artists Association of Helsinki
Member of Finnish Association of Designers, Ornamo

Other artistic activities and positions of trust:
2014-2016 Board member of Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo
2014 Vice president of OFAA (Olympic Fine Arts Association)
2013-2017 Board member of OFAA (Olympic Fine Arts Association)
2011-2018 Board member of Arkadia Culture Society of the Finnish Parliament

Exhibitons on abroad:
2017 Art Fair of Málaga, Spain
2016 Indonesian Contemporary Art &Design, Jakarta
2016 Cité Internationale des Arts’ Paris
2016 Le Carceri Castello di Milazzo, Italia
2016 Tugu Kunstkring Paleis, Jakarta, Indonesia
2015 Olympia Fine Art Association Exhibition & Symposium, India
2015 NORDIC SEASON - Finland in Lisbon Contemporary Exhibition
2014 Qingdao International Art Biennale, China
2014 PopUp Bookshop Bivari, Lissbon, Portugal
2014 Gallery Ajamaja, Estonia
2012 Water Cube, CENTRO ITALIANO PER LE ARTI E LA CULTURA 2012, Beijing
2012 OFA Olympic Fine Arts 2012, Barbican centre, London
2012 International Artists' Symposium

Artist residences
2019 The Finnish institute of Roma, Villa Lante
2016 Cité internationales des Art, Paris
2016 Circolo Scandinavo, Rome

2015 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Hôtel Chevillon, France

2014 International concrete symposium, Finland
2014 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Matera, Italy

2013 International concrete symposium under the theme, Forms in concrete, Germany
2012 XIII International Art Symposium, Hungary


Group and Co. Exhibitons:
2019 Art Centre Salmela
2018 Näsi´Mansion gallery, Porvoo, Finland
2017 Näsi´Mansion gallery, Porvoo, Finland
2015 The yearly art exhibition of the Salon Maila Talvio, Finland
2014 K. H. Renlundin museo, Kokkola
2014 Art Week Helsinki, Finland
2014 K. H. Renlund Museum, Kokkola, Finland
2013 Cultural centre of Gumbostrand, Sipoo, Finland
2012 Kerava Art Museum Palikkaooppera, Finland