Bio
RITVA KOVALAINEN
Born 1959, Hattula, Finland
1990 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design, Helsinki
Artist photographer
Artist Professor
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(Ritva Kovalainen and Ritva Kovalainen & Sanni Seppo co-operation)
2018 Light Factory, Charlotte NC, USA, Tree People, Ritva Kovalainen & Sanni Seppo
2014 Centro De Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, ES, El Bosque Dorado, Ritva Kovalainen, Sanni Seppo
2013 Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía, Almeria ES, El Bosque Dorado, Ritva Kovalainen, Sanni Seppo
2011-12 Helsinki Art Museum, Jyväskylä Art museum, Hämeenlinna Art museum, Kuopio Art Museum Golden Forest, Ritva Kovalainen & Sanni Seppo
2008 Around Slovakia and Czech republic, Tree People, Ritva Kovalainen & Sanni Seppo
2005-08 Salo Art Museum, Victor Barsokevitsch Photographic Centre, Kuopio, Hippolyte Gallery Helsinki, FI, Side Gallery, Newcastle UK, Land of Beautiful Horses, Ritva Kovalainen
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Lokal, Helsinki, Encanted Forest
2017 Hossa nationalpark opening, Suomussalmi, Ritva Kovalainen: They're so hopeful, so green
2017 Kerava Artmuseum, Green Land – Blooming City
2015 Embassy of Finland, Washington, USA, Trees are Poems, Albrecht, Eskola, Kovalainen & Sammallahti
2015 Pyhäniemi Mannor, Pyhäniemi, Hollola
2014 Gallery Gumbostrand, Sipoo, FI Shout and whisper, Ritva Kovalainen & Sampsa Sarparanta
2013 Sinebrycoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Trees are Poems, Albrecht, Eskola, Kovalainen & Sammallahti
2012 Nordic Light Festival, Kristiansund, Norway
2011 Serlachius-museum, Mänttä FI, Forest
SELECTED BOOKS
2017 Det här vill jag säga
2017 Crooked and Wild, R.Kovalainen (Musta taide)
2014 Tree People (Puiden kansa) new editions by R.Kovalainen and S.Seppo
2009 Silvicultural operations, (Metsänhoidollisia toimenpiteitä), a photographic book
2005 Talande Träd, a photographic book about trees in Kimito
2005 Land of Beautiful Horses, a photographic book, Like, Helsinki
COLLECTIONS, selected
Paulo Foundation, Finland
Jyväskylä Artmuseum
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
Collections of the State of Finland
Collections of the Parliament of Finland
Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku, Finland
Espoo Art Museum, Finland
Collections of Kodak, Finland
Collection of Photographs of the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Kuopio Art Museum, Finland