CV

b. 1957 in Tervola, Finland
lives in Jyväskylä Finland

Studies
1978-80 Lahti School of Fine Arts
1975-78 Lahti Institute of Industrial Arts. Department for Graphic Design. 
1973-75 Kankaanpää Art School

Solo exhibitions
2018 Gallery G, Helsinki
2016 Gallery Aarni, Espoo
2014 Gallery Å, Turku
2013 Gallery Höyry, Korpilahti
2011 Gallery Colmio, Oulu
2011 Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä
2010 Gallery G, Helsinki, artist of August in Grafoteekki
2008 Gallery Carree, Kuopio, Carborundi 
2007-08 Jyväskylä Art Museum / Holvi, ”Carborundi” retrospective
2005 Gallery Harmonia, JyväskyläTouch of Africa
2004 Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
2003 Gallery BE´19, Helsinki  
2003 Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä
2000 Gallery BE´19, Helsinki
1999 Gallery Harmaja, Oulu | Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä
1997 Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä
1995 Gallery Saskia, Tampere
1994 Gallery BE`19, Helsinki 
1994 Gallery Uusi kuva, Kotka
1992 Poriginal Gallery, Pori  
1992 Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä
1991 Gallery of Turku Artists´ Association, Turku
1988 Art Centre Mältinranta, Tampere  
1988 Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli
1986 Oulu Art Museum, Oulu 
1983 Gallery Saskia, Tampere

Group exhibitions
2017 Artists of Ratamo, Gallery Ratamo, Jyväskylä
2016 You make Mine / I make Yours, Gallery Ratamo, Jyväskylä
2015 Mirror Images, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä
2013 UPM summer exhibiton, S艙n舩salo, Jyv舖kyl�
2011 Uusi lehti, summer exhibition of The Association of Finnish Print Makers, Gallery G, Helsinki
2010 Jyv舖kyl� Artists' Association 65 year anniversary exhibition, Museum of Central Finland, Jyv舖kyl�
2010 Huomenta Afrikka (), 10 year anniversary exhibition of Villa Karo, the Finnish-African Cultural Centre in Grand-Popo, Benin; Taidehalli, Helsinki
2009 Jyv舖kyl� Artists' Association, Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki
2009 Uusi lehti, New impressions, summer exhibition of The Association of Finnish Printmakers, Galleria G, Helsinki
1997 Graka Exhibition, Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus
1997 Visiting Exhibition of Jyv舖kyl� Artistｴs Association, Kuusankoski House, Kuusankoski
1995 Visiting Exhibition of Tampere Artistｴs Association, Old Townhall, Turku
1994 Gallery Harmaja, Oulu
1994 Art Centre M舁tinranta, Tampere
1990 18. Summer Exhibition, Kuusamo
1990 Kluuvi Gallery, Art from Nordic Ostrobotnia, Helsinki

Joint exhibitions
2017-18  Annual Exhibition of Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Jyväskylä Art Museum
2015 Mobile 2015@jkl, Photographic exhibition, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä
2014  Annual Exhibition of Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä
2014 RGB, Photographic exhibition, Höyry Galleria, Korpilahti
2013 Mobile 2013@jkl, Photographic exhibition, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä
2013 Valon murteet, Photographic exhibition, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä
2006, 2012 The Regional Photographic exhibition of Central Finland, Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä
1997, 2000-2001, 2009-2013 Photographic exhibition, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä
2008 Miniature photographic exhibition, Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä
2003-2006, 2008 Annual Exhibition of Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Jyväskylä Art Museum / Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä
2008 “Our Artists”, Jyväskylä Print Center 30 Years, Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä
2007-08 Touring exhibition of Jyväskylä Photographic Center 
2004 Exhibition of Nordic Artist´s Association in Finland, Rantakasarmi, Suomenlinna, Helsinki
2002-2004 Tondo Finlandese, Travelling Exhibition in Central Finland
2002 Miniature Exhibition, Aboa Vetus, Ars Nova, Turku
2002 Environmental Art Project in Jyväskylä
2001 Visiting Exhibition of Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu
1981-1994 Annual Exhibition of Oulu Artist´s Association, Oulu
1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 Annual Exhibition of the Association of Finnish Visual Artists
1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992 Regional Exhibitions of the Province of Oulu

Group exhibitions abroad
2015 Mirror Images, Highland Print Studio, Skotland; Ålgarden, Swewdwn
2014 Ratamo 6-back, CGAC Gallery, Vilna, Lithuania
2011 The Centre for Creative Photography, Suomesta gallery, Berlin
2005 14 Artists from Finland, Jaroslavl Art Museum, Russia
2004 Visual Art from Central Finland, Portali Art Café, Genova, Italy
2003 miniPIENImalist, Miniature Art from Finland, The Line Gallery, Linlithgow, Scotland
2003 Contemporary Art from Central Finland, Petrozavodsk Art Hall, Russia
2001-2002 Tondo Finlandese, Gallery Il Gabiano, La Spezia; Studio Gennei, Pisa; Palazzo Ducale, Genova

International Exhibitions
2016 YOU MAKE MINE, I MAKE YOURS, CIT Wandersford Gallery, Cork Ireland
2016 YOU MAKE MINE, I MAKE YOURS, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä Finland
2015 8^th Biennial og Graphic Art of the Baltic States, Kaliningrad, Venäjä
2014 International Biennial Print Exhibit: ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2013 Le latitudi dell´arte Finlandia-Italia, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italia
2013 Connections North, Innostaa/Inspire, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä
2013 Connections North, Innostaa/Inspire, Wooden Art Gallery, The Crescent, Scarborough, UK
2012 Prints Tokyo 2012, Gallery space of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japani
2011 7th Évora Printmaking Festival - International Biennial - 1st Part 
2010 Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 International Print Triennial Krakow, Main exhibition, Poland
2005 Graphica Creativa, International Print Triennial, 30 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Finnish Open, Jyväskylä Art Museum
2005 8th Biennial of Graphic Art of the Baltic States, Kaliningrad, Russia
2002 Graphica Creativa, International Print Triennial, Ketjut/Links, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä
2000 International Print Triennial "Krakow-Nurnberg", Nurnberg, Germany
2000 International Print Triennial-Krakow 2000-"Bridge to the Future", Krakow, Poland
1999 The PASS, International Exhange of the PASS Art, Osaka City Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1995 3th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhobal and Kalkutta, India
1994 IV International Art Triennial Madjanek, Poland
1990 Graphica Creativa, International Print Triennial, Nordic Graphic Art Competition, Jyväskylä
1983 Baltic Biennial, Rauma
1980 Vaasa Print Triennial of Young Artists, Vaasa

Performances
2009 KUVATtOMAT -monotypia dance show Graphica Creativa, Jyväskylän tanssiopisto (Jyväskylä dance school)

2007 Rundi 1, Eksyksissä UPM, Säynätsalo, music Anja Mauranen, dance Noora Nenonen
2008 Rundi 2, Nuorallatanssija, Jyväskylä Art Museum 
2008 Rundi 3, Kärpäsiä Jyväskylä Summer Festival 

Works in Public Collections
The Finnish State; City of Helsinki/Helsinki Art Museum; Tampere Art Museum; City of Jyväskylä/Jyväskylä Art Museum; Oulu Art Museum; Västerbottens landsting konstkomite, Sweden; City of Raahe; Oulu Cooperative Bank Collection; Oulu Telephone Company; Oulu Broadcasting House; Luova Grafiikka ry.; The Union of Technician, Itella; Tampereen Saskiat ry; Rural Parish of Jyväskylä; Jyväskylä University; Keski-Suomen sairaanhoitopiiri; Jyväskylä Polytechnic; Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection/Rovaniemi Art Museum; Musée Hamaguchi Yozo, Japan; Norrköpings konstmuseum and Västerbottens landsting konstkomite, Sweden; Landstinget Dalarna, Sweden; Landstinget Kronoberg, Sweden; Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden; National Taiwan Museum of Fine arts, Taiwan
 
Public Works
”Flowers for You”, park of Esbjerg, Jyväskylä 2007
"Brain Storm", IT-Dynamo, Jyväskylä Polytechnic 2004
"Kiveen kirjoitetut", By the Jyväsjärvi Lake, Jyväskylä 2002

Memberships
2008- Luovan valokuvauksen keskus Ry (The Centre for Creative Photography)
2004-2015 Jyväskylän taiteilijatalosäätiö (board member and president)
1996- Jyväskylä Artist´s Association (board member 2001-2005)
1993- The Association of Finnish Printmakers

Awards and Grants (selected)
2017 Arts Council of Central Finland
2015 Arts Council of Central Finland 
2014 Arts Council of Central Finland 
2012 Arts Council of Finland
2008 Arts Council of Central Finland, 3-year grant
2007 Arts Council of Central Finland 
2006 Arts Council of Central Finland 
2005 Arts Council of Central Finland 
2004 Cultural Fund of Finland 
2004 Central Committee of Art in Finland 
2003 Arts Council of Central Finland, 1-year grant
2002 Jyväskylä City
2000 Arts Council of Central Finland 
1999 Jyväskylä City, ½ - year grant 
1998 Central Committee of Art in Finland
1995 Cultural Fund of Finland
1994 Arts Council of Oulu Province, 1-year grant
1989 Arts Council of Oulu Province, 1-year grant

Publications

 2010
, Hannu Castr駭, Alvar Aalto -seura ry 2001
, Petru Russu, World of Art books, London, 2005
     
Graphic designer since 1979: advertising agencies 1979-90, freelancer from 1986-.
Teaching art in different places since 1980.