ARTEGROUND SCANDINAVIAArteground is an open community of Finnish professional artists with task to bring international attention for artists working in Finland and to present our cultural backbone of thinking through art. Currently active group of artists are invited to participate to “Arteground Scandinavia” edition, which presents a cross-section of Finnish artscene. Project is ambitious: combining a group of famous, established and emerging artists to bring together a wider perspective of life, by a group of artists working with several different mediums in visual arts.

Arteground was established in 2009, with initial project to organize an exhibition in the internationally famous cultural city of Viljandi, Estonia. Exhibition was curated through an open call for all Finnish artists working with professional art organizations, after which the first exhibition was held in Viljandi in 2010 and briefly followed by a second exhibition in 2011. In 2012 Arteground reorganized bringing together sixteen artists in a group exhibition ’Die Zeit’ which was presented in Gallerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin, December 2012.

TRUTH = HAPPINESSArteground Scandinavia edition theme for a planned series of exhibitions in Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland) for 2014-2015 is Truth = Happiness.

We are The Arteground and we make this TOGETHER: all the participating artists work as EQUALS. Exhibited artist and their works create context for a discourse for the exhibition theme. This on going process is currently in action, while preparing the exhibitions. While we are exploring the theme as a community, we are also prepared to work with an external curator to arrange an exhibition tailored for the exhibition platform.

Thematic idea originates from the prosperous status of finnish society as an model example of a nation where everything is “good”. Question is: What kinds of things are worth of it? To state out to others in this kind of society?

CONTACT: (mo-fr 10am–16pm)

Curator – Ville Laaksonenville.laaksonen@gmail.com / +358-50-3537071Secretary – Satu Kalliokuusisatu.kalliokuusi@gmail.com / +358-45-3264416Artistic Director – Mika Vesalahti / mika.vesalahti@pp.inet.fiCoordinator – Jari Järnström / jarijarnstrom@welho.com

ARTISTS:

Outi Heiskanen http://oheis.fi/

Jari Järnström www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/1834

Satu Kalliokuusiwww.satukalliokuusi.fi

Annu Kapulainen www.annukapulainen.com

Sanna Karlsson-Sutisnawww.karlsson-sutisna.com

Päivi Koskinenwww.paivikoskinen.com

Ville Laaksonenwww.laaksone.com

Michael Rahikainenwww.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/3277

Arto Vaisanenwww.artovaisanen.net

Jarmo Vellonenwww.jarmovellonen.fi

Mika Vesalahti www.mikavesalahti.com

Sari Vuorenpääwww.sarivuorenpaa.fi

Magdalena Åbergwww.aberg.fi

TRAINING and STUDIES, TEACHING 1956-59 University of Industrial Art Helsinki 1966-69 Finnish Art Academy 1992-95 Professor of printmaking 1994-95 Principal of Finnish Art Academy

PRIZES AND NOMINATIONS (SELECTED) 1976 Finnish State Art Prize 1984 Pro Finlandia 1987 Grad Prix Liege Biennale (Belgium) 1996 Prince Eugens medallion (Sweden) 1998 Finland Prize 1997 Dr. Ph. Hc. Helsinki University 2004 Academician 2008 Saskia of the year

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) 1971 Off-galleria, Nürnberg, Germany (with Mirja Airas) 1977 Art Museums in New Delhi and Calcutta, India 1980 Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland 1980 Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland 1981,83,93 Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland 1985 National Gallery, Stockholm, and Södertälje Art Hall, Sweden 1987 Art Hall Sölvesborg, Sweden (with Pentti Kaskipuro)

1990 The Art Hall of Gothenburg, Sweden 1991 Galleri F15 Norway 1992 Centro Grabado, La Coruna, Spain 1994 Hugo Simberg and Outi Heiskanen as guests of Gallen-Kallela, Tarvaspää, Espoo, Finland 1996 Helsinki City Art Museum and Turku Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Houses, Finland 1999 Museo de la Stampa, Mexico City 2002 Home Sick, Salo artmuseum, Finland 2005 Prince Eugens Waldemarsudde; Art Museum Sundsvall; Art Hall Örebro, Sweden 2005 Museo Del Estampa, Mexico City2005 Sara Hildén art museum, retrospective, Tampere Amos Andersons Art Museum, Helsinki 2005,10 Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland 2007 70th anniversary exhibition Extended Family, Koskigalleria, Tampere, Finland 2008 Kaustinen Chamber Music Festival, Finland 2010 Växjö Konsthall, Sweden 2010 Galeria Grimsom, Seoul, Korea (with Janne Laine) 2010 Grafik West, Gothenburg, Sweden 2010 Heis, Finland-Norway Institute, Oslo, Norway 2010 Santiniketan, India

GROUPEXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS, GROUPS (SELECTED) 1972,76,81 Finnish Artists, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland 1976 8 Finnish Graphic Artists – New York and San Francisco, Finnish Art, Moscow, USSR Finnish Graphic Art, London, Great Britain, Scandinavian Graphic Art, Kiel, Germany 1977 Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 1980 International Graphic Art biennale Mulhouse, France 1981 International Graphic Art exhibition, Soul, South-Korea 1982 Scandinavian View, Scandinavia Today, Scandinavia and USA 1983 International Graphic Art biennale, Soul, South-Korea 1985 European biennale, Baden-Baden, Germany, Ars 95 Helsinki, Finland 1996-1997 Maskulin Feminin Städtische, Galerie Fruchthalle, Museum der Stadt, Ratingen, Germany 1998 International Forum of Art Initiatives ´98 Moscow 1999 Viva Kalevala,Nordic House Reykjavik, Iceland, Florensky at Saint Petersburg, Russia 2001 Triennal of Finnish Art, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europrint, Falun, Sweden, Firenze 2002 11ème Biennale International Petit format de papier, Viroinval, Belgium 2004 International Flavours, Mason Gross –Galleries, New Jersey, USA,2006 Salo Art Museum, Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland, Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden2009 Art Festival Mänttä, Finland , O-Heis-Grup, Voipaala Art Center, Finland.2010 ”Good morning Africa” - Villa Karo 10 years. Kunsthalle Helsinki

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS (SELECTED) In nearly all Finnish Museums and Collections. Nationalmuseet - Stockholm, Nasjoal Galleriet - Oslo, Nordic House - Reykjavik, Albertina Collection - Vienna, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum van Beuningen - Amsterdam, British Museum, Gallery Florentz - Uffizi, Art Museum - Tel Aviv.

OUTI HEISKANEN (Heis)1937 Mikkeli / Helsinkiwww.oheis.fi

OUTI HEISKANEN: “MAGICAL FOREST”, Etching, Tpl’a, 7/99, 27x29,5 cm, 1978

Academician Outi Heiskanen is one of the most important and internationally famous artists in Finland. Apart from her graphic work, Heiskanen is also known for her versatility as a performer, set designer and creative powerhouse of all manner of spontaneous happenings and performances. She is also a member of several independent artists’ groups, the Record Singers, the Bellini Academy, and most recently, the Arteground.

OUTI HEISKANEN: “HOW IS THE BEAVER?”, Etching, K I, 1/1, 29,5x60,5 cm, 2007

STUDIES2001-03 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Master of Fine Arts1984-88 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Faculty of Painting

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS2013 Movement, Gallery AVA, Helsinki, Finland2013 Vintages, Gallery Espoonsilta, Espoo, Finland2012 Iron Flow, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki, Finland 2012 Light and Darkness, Gallery Carree, Kuopio, Finland 2011 Gallery Kapriisi, Tampere, Finland 2011 Gallery Aarni, Tapiola, Espoo, Finland 2009 Suomi-Keskus, Finnland-Zentrum, Berlin, Germany 2009 Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki, Finland2009 Gallery Kone, Hämeenlinna, Finland2008 Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland2007,04,01 Gallery Bakeliittibambi, Project Room, Helsinki, Finland2006 Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland2006 Gallery Kapriisi, Kuopio, Finland2003 Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere, Finland1998 tm•gallery (Finnish Painters´ Unions Gallery), Helsinki, Finland GROUP EXHIBITIONS2013 Artexpo New York 2013, USA2012 Time, Gallery Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany2012 Greative Moments in London 2012, the Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK 2012 Time, Heavenly Academy, Town Gallery of Viljandi, Estonia 2012 Traces of the Journey, Anttinen, Bruun-Järvenpää, Imatra Art museum, Finland 2012 BELA biennial of European and Latin American Contemporary Art 2012, Galeria do Palácio, Porto, Portugal2011 Middle of the Road, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland2011 Greative Moments, the Finnish Contemporary Art in Berlin 2011, Gallery Forum Berlin am Meer, Berlin, Germany 2010 Creative Moments, the Finnish Contemporary Art in Japan 2010, Gallery SoHo, Osaka, Japan 2009 The 6th Novosibirsk Graphic Biennial, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia2009 200 Special Year 1809, Galleri Konst i Karlstad, Karlstad, Sweden2008 Arte Finlandesa 2008, MuBE–Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2004 Arte Finlandesa, Museu do Primeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2012,09,95 Annual Exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations1998 The 103rd Annual Exhibition of the Finnish Artists, Kerava Art Museum, Finland

AWARDS2010 1. iBiennial of Contemporary Art, Honorble Mention, London, Great Britain

ART IN COLLECTIONSState of Finland, Helsinki City Art Museum, Municipality of Tuusula, Orimattila City, Congregations of Vantaa, Altarpiece on Korso Church Vantaa, Church Training College of Järvenpää

GRANTS2012 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, display replacement grant 2011 The Arts Council of Finland, project grant 2010 The National Council for Visual Arts, State Grant to Artist

CONFIDENTIAL POSTS2004-08 President of the Helsinki Artists´ Association

POSITIONS IN TEACHING FINE ARTS2000-03 Pekka Halonen Academy, Tuusula, Finland1991- Adult education centre in Tuusula, Finland

MEMBERSHIPSFinnish Painters´ Union, The Art Association MUU, The Helsinki Artists´ Association, The Artists´ Association of Lahti, The KuumArt, Honorary Member of the Art Association of Tuusula, The Vyborg Artists´ Association

JARI JÄRNSTRÖM1960, Lahti / Helsinkikuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/1834

JARI JÄRNSTRÖM:Watcher, acrylic and oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm, 2013

I start my work by painting the background with acrylic colours in an abstract expressionist way using the style of Action Painting, where the paint can run and spread freely. Action Painting is a style of painting which started in about 1950s and was predominant style until the 1960s. It is often connected to the Abstract Expressionism. Instead of adding the paint to the canvas with careful brush strokes, in Action Painting the paint is splashed and added spontaneously in various ways. I first moistens the canvas with water and then I start to pour, sprinkle and run the acrylic colors into the canvas. The flow of the water and colours forms different kinds of blotches, puddles and spatters to the surface of the canvas.

After the background is done, the work continues with oil colours. This is the point when especially the influences from Constructivism and Neo-figurative art arises. Constructivism emphasizes the geometrical shapes, structures and methodicalness of the art. After that coming influence from figurative art which based on representational art and therefore based on representation of the objects and human. My characteristic pictorial motifs, like human and especially a man are a part of my works.

JARI JÄRNSTRÖM: Cosmos, acrylic and oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm, 2013

TRAINING and STUDIES2013 Goetheanistic Visual Art studies started at Snellman University2005 Jyväskylä Polytechnic, degree in Cultural business2006-07 Kankaanpää Artschool, studies of Art-theraphy2002-03 Kankaanpää Artschool, studies of Echological Arts2000 Hämeenlinna Polytechnic, studies in art teaching1998 Pekka Halonen Academy, degree in Fine Arts1997 Pekka Halonen Academy, degree in Art painting1990 College of Arts and crafts of Vantaa, degree in Artisan

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)2013 Ministery of the Environment, Helsinki Fin2011 Gallery Kapriisi, Tampere, Fin2008 The Porvoo, Arthall Fin2006 Gallery Neptunus, Sipoo, Fin2005 Gallery Valkea, Pukkila, Fin1998 The Porvoo Arthall, Fin1998 Galleria Aurora, Porvoo, Fin1997 The Järvenpää House, Fin1996 Turku Cultural Centre, Fin1995 Söderkulla Mansion, Sipoo, Fin

GROUPEXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS, GROUPS (SELECTED)2013 Environmentalart at Kivinokka, Helsinki2013 The most important thing is gardening, Drawing gallery D5, Helsinki2012 The time: Arteground Artists, Galerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Saksa2012 Croques: Taivaallinen akatemia, Galleria Kajava, Helsinki2012 Heavenly Academy at Viljandi Linnagalerii, Viro2012 Kain Tapper In Memorian: Taivaallinen akatemia, O´Heis taidekoti, Vehmaa2012 Kain Tapperia In Memorian: Taivaaallinen akatemia, Allergiatalo, Hki2012 South to north II: Supernature, Karilan Navettagalleria, Äkäslompolo2012 Porvoo Artsociety Year Exhibition, Art Hall, Porvoo2011 The Exhibition of Finnish Art 2011, Viljandi, Estonia2011 Arteground Artfestival: Artist in landscape, Viljandi, Estonia2011 South to North, Ylläs-Äkäslompolo, Fin2011 Atlas & Sisyfos, Corner Gallery, Helsinki; Fin2011 STEP IN TO THE STORY, Gallery Hanna-Kaarina, Hki2011 Porvoo Artsociety Year Exhibition, Espoo-Tampere-Porvoo2008 Porvoo Artsociety at Tarto Art Hall, Estonia2007 Gallery Neptunus, Espoo, Fin2006,07 EKOART WORKSHOP 1 & 2, professional workshop, Sipoo, Fin2003-04 THE ROOTS- artistgroup, Porvoo, Fin

ARTSOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPSArtists Assosiation of Helsinki - Member of the BoardArtists Assosiation of PorvooThe Arteground ArtistgroupThe Heavenly Academy ArtistgroupKuvasto - Copyright Society of Visual artists

GRANTS AND SCHOLARCHIPS2011 Saskiat Helsinki Assosiation2008 Oskar Öflunds Foundation

CURATORY2013 Arteground Scandinavia2012 Arteground Artists Berlin2011 Helsinki Artsociety Year exhibition2007 Art Cantorila Sculpture exhibition, Sipoo1999 Nurmijärvi Artsociety Year exhibition

SATU KALLIOKUUSI 1965, Helsinki / Kouvolawww.satukalliokuusi.fi

SATU KALLIOKUUSI: Uterine death, 37x50 cm, red wine and ink on paper 2013

Topics of my art comer from the basic elements of human life, from birth to death etc. In this exhibition I am presenting some thougts and feelings of relationships between man and woman, how it works in good and bad and something between that also. I have been thinking about is it posible at all to make it work... In this serie I needed as simple materials as can and I found first ink and then red wine. I found there materials also some symbolic meanings: black ink as death and ground, red wine as life and blood.

SATU KALLIOKUUSI: Object, 37x50 cm, rödvin och bläck pa papper, 2013

STUDIES1985-89 The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki Painting, performance and Audio-visual media 1984-85 As a Grantstudent in Kunsthochschule für Angewandte & Bildende Künste Berlin

PUBLIC WORKS2010 “In the warmth of the archipelago” 7-parts Painting installation in Foye Tammisaari, Finland2010 “Touch of the encouragement” Painting in Tammiharju, Tammisaari, Finland2008 “Swan” and “ In Metro on Friday”, sculptures in Kavopuisto park, Helsinki2007 Metro 25 years anniversary sculptures in Railwaystation, Helsinki2006 Strong Earth- permanent environmental exhibition Pirkanmaa, Finland2005 Blossom of life, Art park for 0-3years old children, Helsinki City,Pikku-Huopalahti and 2006 Arques la Batalle, France Art park 2002-05 wooden Statues in Kaivopuisto-park, in Kaisaniemi and Central park of Helsinki,

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITON since 19842011 “The Nature in us” VicarArt Gallery, Belgium, Brusselles2010 ”Irokoo, honoring the treeof Life”, Installation, performance and workshop, Emma Museum2007 Metro 25 years anniversary sculptures Metro Faces and Swan in Center, Helsinki 2006 Growing from the Earth, in Happihuone, Helsinki2004 Museum Helinä Rautavaara, multiculturalism in my Art2004 Artsalon/Taidesalonki in Bulevardi Helsinki2000 STOA Music hall, ”The Space of silence”- installation, Helsinki1994-03 Galleries in Finland, Sweden, Indonesia 1989-91 Photography exhibitions in Berlin1988-89 The Gallery of Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki1984-85 Fund Art Gallery, Nastola & exhibitions in Järvenpää

GROUP EXHIBITIONS since 19792011,12 Introspective, Kabel factory Drawing Gallery2011 ”Diary of motherhood and Growth”, Mänttä Artfestival XVI, Finland 2011 ”Love” Produforum presenterar, G18 Gallery, Helsinki2011 ”Sisu” Kivinokka environmental exhibition, Helsinki 2010 Environmental exhibition Linkkumylly, Mäntyharju2010 Environmental exhibition Hyvinkään taidepolku2009-10 Palas Environmental exhibition, Hyvinkää2008 “Cloud-group”, Ahmadabad, India2008 International Sculptor symposium Cuzco, Peru 2008 Swan sculpture, Purnu, Finland2008” Artes Finlandesa”, MUBE (Sculpture Modern Art Museum) Sao Paulo Brasil2007 Firenze Biennale Internationale, Group exhibition2000-05 Skutsi&Mätäjoki , environmental art exhibition2002 ”Medicine” Glacepalace, Modern Art Museum, Helsinki, International Art festival tetouan, Tetouan, Morocco2002 Kemi Artmuseum 3 Multicultural women, Post Museum Tampere, invited by I-J Takalo-Eskola2001 Nordart, International exhibition, Budelsdorf,Germany2001 ”Porton” Museo de Arte Contemporania Cusco & Sala de Cultura Bellas Artes, Lima, Peru2000 105. Finnish Art Union art exhibition, installation and performance, Kunsthalle Helsinki1994-99 Seniwati-Woman Gallery, Indonesiaand, Blue Moon, Contemporary & Modern Art, Indonesia 1998 ”Paradise life”- Hämeenlinna Art museum 1994 XL Artfares, paintings and performance, Turku 1989-91 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere Finland and Gallery of Moscow, Russia 1984 Hochschule fur Angewandte & Bildende Kunste, Berlin

PERFORMANCE PIECES since 19872007 Metro 25 years anniversary “Swan” with Vesa Petteri Asikainen, Helsinki 2007 Mandala in our body, painting dance performances and workshops, Pori Art Museum1991 Fift Dresdener Tage der Zeitgenösische Musik, dance & installation, Germany1989 ”Last Night of Ballhaus”, Buthodance, choreographed by Anzu Furukawa1989 Dance ”Caravan of Gods” National Theatre of Cuba1987-88 Multicultural dancegroup ”Sojourn”, Hamburg, Germany, Helsinki, Finland & New York, USA1987-90 Dance choreographies under the direction of Joaquin La Habana, Berlin

PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND TEACHING AND OTHER POSTS since1988 Pori artMuseums, Art Earthschools, Theatres, Helsini Univericity, Kuopio Dance and Music festival2003 The leader of the Finnish part in international EU-Glitterbird project “Art for the very young” 2001 Finnish professional Painters association’s membership jury1990-91 Articles on The Cohensional Effects of Art, STAKES report 117/1993

MEMBERSHIPSThe Finnish Artists Union, Muu ry (Multimedia artists of Finland), Siivet Ry, Helsinki Artists Association, Finnish Dancers Union

SANNA KARLSSON-SUTISNA1965, Helsinkiwww.siivet.org

SANNA KARLSSON-SUTISNA: Public Works

Sanna Karlsson-Sutisna (MA) is a dance and visual artist who graduated from the Finnish Art Academy in 1989. Her professional experience includes studies at the Berlin High School of Arts, as well as further studies in Cuba and Bali. She has focused on studying the roots of art in ritual cultures. She is best known for bringing art to everyday life by performing and sculpting in surprising places, for her environmental art, and for creating permanent “Flower of Life” art parks in Helsinki and France for children under 3 and their families. She has combined images, sculpture and dance to suffuse her performances with ritual form and multicultural elements, enriching Finnish art and everyday life. Her expert knowledge of Balinese culture and dance add depth and conviction to her work. Karlsson-Sutisna has held solo-exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions since 1979, and given dance performances in both her home country Finland (Kuopio Dance Festival) and abroad, in Germany, Denmark, Russia, Sweden, Austria, Poland, England, Indonesia and Cuba. Her works are part of both public and private collections.

Karlsson-Sutisna’s art searches for an increasingly deep unity with nature. She sends roots down deep into the earth and draws on the traditions of our ancestors up to the modern human being.

SANNA KARLSSON-SUTISNA: Beginings and Endings - performance

STUDIES2003 Master of Fine Arts, Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov 1996-03 Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov, the department of painting1994-95 Art School Maa 1991-94 Helsinki High School of Fine Arts

SELECTIVE SOLO EXHIBITIONS2012 “Victory days”, gallery Myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland2011 “Games of Don Juan and other pictures”, Gallery Kajava, Helsinki, Finland2011 “Games of Don Juan”, Drawing Gallery D5, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland2009 ”Memories”, Gallery Kajava, Helsinki, Finland 2008 ”Journey”, 00130Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2007 ”Pâris”, Gallery Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France2005 “Little Stories”, gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland

SELECTIVE GROUP AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS2012 “Die Zeit – The Time”, Arteground-artist group, Gallery Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany2012 “Her Presence In Colours X” – Art Museum Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam 2011 “Portrait – New in View”, Berchtoldvilla, Salzburg, Austria 2011 Aune & Seppo Hikipää art collection, South-Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland2010 ”Facing otherness”, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, Finland2010 “Keine Angst, wir filzen dich nicht!“, gallery Myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland and Galerie5020, Salzburg, Austria2009 “According to nature”, biennale of Artists´ Union of Helsinki, gallery of Kanneltalo, Helsinki2009 ”Animal life”, exhibition of the Artists´ Union of Helsinki, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki 2008 “Riita / Fight”, The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, Tampere, Finland2008 ”Stop! Who is coming?”, International biennale of young artists, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia2008 250-jubilee exhibition of Art Academy of Russian federation, Malyi Manezh, Moscow, Russia2007 ”Ensemble(s)”, Gallery Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France2005 “Memory”, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia2005 Art of Analyste, exhibition of competition for young artists, Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Finland2005 ”Tusovka-art”, gallery MUU, Helsinki, Finland2004 ”RajatOn / Unlimited”, all-Finnish exhibition, Art Centre Ahjo, Joensuu, Finland2003 ”Art International-03”, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia 2001 ”Tones of Russia”, Russian Centre of Culture and Science, Helsinki, Finland

GRANTS2010 Artists´ Association of Finland2010 Salzburg city2008 Frame Finnish Fund for Art Exchange2008, 2006 Artist grant of Vantaa city2007 Cité Internationale des Arts2005 Finnish Central Committee of Arts

PUBLIC AND OFFICIAL ORDERED WORKS2010-11 portrait of Kari Ape, Helsinki Artcraft and Industry Association2008 portrait of Antti Viinikka, Haaga-Helia

WORKS IN COLLECTIONSHelsinki Artcraft and Industry AssociationCity of Salzburg Haaga-Helia Aune and Seppo Hikipää art collectionAcademy of Fine Arts of Russian Federation

ARTIST IN RESIDENCY2013 Studio apartment of House of Finland, Saint Petersburg, Russia2010 Marbella Studio Building, Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation, Marbella, Spain2010 Berchtoldvilla, Salzburg, Austria 2008, 07 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

MEMBERSHIPSFinnish Painters’ UnionHelsinki Artists’ Association

CONFIDENTAL POSTS 2010-11 member of the board of Helsinki Artists’ Association2009-11 member of the residency committee of Vantaa Artists’ Association

ANNU KAPULAINEN1975, Helsinkiwww.annukapulainen.com

ANNU KAPULAINEN: Latvia - White blood cells uprised (from the series Red and White countries), oil on canvas, 110 x 120, 2013

My main theme as an artist is the human being. I seek to describe the world and its phenomena through people or still life. In my art I often work on social and psychological issues and the contrast between man and nature. I have been inspired by different symbols and associations of colours, especially the colour red with its vast amount of different meanings. Symbolism plays a big role in my art.

ANNU KAPULAINEN: Poland - Red book (from the series Red and White countries), charcoal, white chalk, acrylic and oil on canvas, 60 x 200, 2012

STUDIES2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lahti Art Institute, University of Lahti, Lahti, Fin2008 Further Qualification in Photography (VAT), Heltech, Helsinki, Fin2008 Bachelor of Humanistic Studies, University of Helsinki, Fin

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (selected)2013 Burning Them, gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Fin2012 Burning Them, gallery h2o, Barcelona, Spain2012 Monday, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Fin2012 Monday, Pori Art Museum, Poriginal gallery, Pori, Fin2011 Monday, gallery Rajatila, Tampere Fin2010 Monday, gallery Korjaamo, Helsinki, Fin2009 Monday, gallery h2o, Barcelona, Spain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)2013 Northern Love, Art Centre Haihatus, Joensuu, Fin2013 Strange, Tender Light, Photographic Centre Peri, Museum of Wäinö Aaltonen, Turku, Fin 2013 Who is talking? gallery OyOy, Lahti, Fin2012 Die Zeit, Gallery Wagner & Partner, Berlin, Germany2012 Puzzled, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Fin2012 Puzzled, gallery Nuovo, Lahti, Fin2012 Flush, Helsinki City Hall, part of Helsinki Design Capital Project, Helsinki, Fin2011 Spirit Level IV, Lowell Vernissage gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA2011 Spirit Level IV, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence, Italy2011 The Exhibition of Finnish Art, Viljandi, Estonia2011 Billnäs Young Artists, gallery Uusitalo, Billnäs exhibition centre, Billnäs, Fin2011 Mulier, Mulieris, University of Alicante Art Museum, Alicante, Spain2011 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibit, Arthall Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark2011 From Reality to Desire, PHE 2010, BilbaoArte, Bilbao, Spain2010 From Reality to Desire, PHE 2010, Punto del Carmen, Valencia, Spain2010 From Reality to Desire, PHE 2010, Center of Arts, Sevilla, Spain2010 Artists 2010, TR 1 Arthall, Tampere, Fin2010 La Fórmula Mágica, La Capella, Sitges, Spain2010 Foto8 Summershow 2010, Host Gallery, London, UK2010 Cool Water, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Fin

GRANTS (selected)2013 Arts Promotion Centre Finland grant2012 Frame Fund for Art Exchange grant2011 Frame Fund for Art Exchange grant2011 Arts Council of Finland grant2010 Patricia Seppälä Foundation grant2010 Arts Council of Finland grant

PUBLICATIONS (selected)2013 Fire Destroys Painful Memories, Uusi Lahti, 27.3.2132013 Personal Realities, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 27.3.20132013 Burning Away the Past, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 20.3.20132013 Whose voice is heard, Uusi Lahti, 23.1.20132012 Burning Them by Päivi Koskinen, Le Cool Magazine, Edition BCN, September 20122012 Burning Them by Päivi Koskinen, Barcelona TV, 20.10.20122012 Individual and his Roles, Satakunnan Kansa, 3.6.20122012 Puzzle - Niinistö Received by the President, Helsinki News, 8.5.20122012 Flush Down Your Worries, Ylioppilaslehti #99, 30.3.20122011 Nice to be showering…Aamulehti, 12.3.20112010 Rainy days and Mondays, Helsinki Times, 6.5.20102009 Lunes de Paivi Koskinen, Bon Art nro.120, October 2009, ISNN: 1885-43892009 Connexió Barcelona, Barcelona TV, 7.10.2009

PÄIVI KOSKINEN1977, Vantaa / Helsinkiwww.paivikoskinen.com

I am interested in combining reality with illusion. I portray people I know or meet along the way, based on what they have shared with me before we take the picture. I always look for people who identify themselves with my projects. The picture is created from a private performance that challenges the person participating in the process.The concept of identity and the way people are influenced by society interests me. I am curious about the subconscious and feelings accumulated underneath the surface. In the end, happiness is all about being true to your self.

In my series Forget-me-not, I wanted adults to recover the inner child inside of them by asking them to play with me. The exercise was to forget for a while all social rules and to do something you could have done as a child. To enter a place, where everything is possible. A place, where you do not have to worry about what others think of you. For me, happiness is about enjoying the simple things of life. Something we too often forget as adults.

PÄIVI KOSKINEN: I Saw a Helicopter Coming from Forget-me-not series, 80 x 64 cm, Diasec, edition: 5 + 2 AP, 2013

PÄIVI KOSKINEN: Here I am Honey from Forget-me-not series, 100 x 80 cm, Diasec, edition: 5 + 2 AP, 2013

STUDIES2009 MA, Art & Curating, Aalto University School of Arts2002 BA, Art History, University of Turku

SOLO EXHIBITIONS2013 Ville Väri: Dead (Art) - Gallery G12, Helsinki2013 Living Art - trilogy: Belief, Gallery Å, Turku.2013 Living Art - trilogy: Live, Black Wall Gallery, Vaasa.2013 Living Art - trilogy: Life, Gallery Napa/Studio Mustanapa, Rovanniemi.2012 Fourth Dimention - (invited), Artchapel, Turku 2012 Third Eye - Stipendiate of Union of Finnish Art Associations, Museum of Varkaus, Varkaus.2011 The Other - Kapriisi Gallery, Tampere.2011 One - Katariina Gallery, Helsinki.2011 Love - Maaret Finnberg Gallery, Turku.2010 Hope - Poriginal Gallery, Pori.2010 Faith - Saskia Gallery, Tampere.2009 Time - Nefret Gallery, Turku.2006 Googles - Klubi Gallery, Turku.

SELECTED JOINED EXHIBITIONS2013 Greatest of All is Love? - Wainö Aaltonen Museum (WAM), Turku. (with Henna Aho) 2012 Turu Väri: The Bigger Picture - LOGOMO, Turku. (with Henna Aho)2011 Honest Painters 2: Let The Picture Come - Gallery G12, Kuopio. (with Sami Korkiakoski)2011 This is Not RuSSSia - Installation, ArtShortCut ArtSpace, Helsinki. (with Sebastian Ziegler)2007 This is Not AmeriKKKa - performance & public artwork, Patarei, Tallinna. (with Artturi Elovirta)2006 Honest Painters: Importance of Being Ernest - Poriginal, Pori. (with Sami Korkiakoski)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS AND COMPETITIONS2014 Group exhibition, Gallery Jaus, Los Angeles, USA (coming)2013 Pataphysische Topologien - Pataphysical Institute of Basel, (PIB), Basel, Switzerland2013 Waiting for The Expo 2015, Gallery ArtMeet, Milan, Italy2013 Annual of Salo artists association (invited), Perniön vanha kunnan talo, Salo.2012 Annual of Turku artists association, Köysiratagalleria, Turku. 2012 One Party! - Wäinö Aaltonen Museum (WAM), Turku.2012 War or Peace? - Museum of Etelä-Karjala, Lappeenranta2011 Now! - Biennale of Helsinki Artist Association´11, Kanneltalo gallery, Helsinki 2011 Billnäs Young Artists’ - competition, Gallery Uusitalo, Billnäs.2011 Artcenter Salmela Summer Exhibition, Mäntyharju.2011 Dream Images - Saarijärvi Museum, Saarijärvi.2007 Goldener Kentaur - competition, Kuenstlerhaus, Munchen, Germany.2004 Art Of Basware/Art of the Analyste - competition, Sanomatalo, Helsinki.2004 Yellow Art II - competition, Gallery Purkamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki.

CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS2012 Curator of Annual of Paulo Foundation, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki.2010 Fast Art? - Factory Superstars Art Fair, Cable Factory, Helsinki.2010 Holy Doom - GalleryMaaret Finnberg, Turku. 2009 Course of Art - Gallery Nefret, Turku. PRIZES2012 Stipendiate of Union of Finnish Art Associations2011 Curator of Annual of Paulo Foundation

ARTIST IN RESIDENCY2014 Matera, Italy (Arts Promotion Centre Finland) (coming)2014 Marbella, Spain (Finnish Artist’ Studio Foundation) (coming)2014 Il Roccolo, Italy (Schleutker Foudation) (coming) 2013 Genoa, Italy (Arts Promotion Centre Finland)2012 Sfakiotes, Lefkada, Creece.2011 Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju, Finland.2010 Rooftop studios, Berliini, Germany.(Coming)2014 Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova -museum, Turku, Finland.2014 Marbella, Spain (The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation) MEMBERSHIPSFinnish Painters’ UnionThe Finnish Society for Curators, SKY ry

VILLE LAAKSONEN1978, Turku / Helsinki www.laaksone.com

VILLE LAAKSONEN: Opium, oil and acrylic on canvas, 230 x 150 cm, 2013

Let me present an anarchistic statement of faith between man and life. Expand thinking to the extended field of painting and the psychedelic consciousness of the mind. Art is live. And by this I mean each work that artists gives life to is an actual living being: existing as you are. Mere question of belief keeps from proceeding. Listening to the sound of color that is light one sees there is no other movement but the one in experiencing.

VILLE LAAKSONEN Icebow (At Anti-Rainbow Meeting), oil and acrylic on canvas, 150x190 cm, 2013

Medlem i Målarförbundet Medlem i KonstnärsgilletMedlem i Kabelfabrikens konstnärerVerksam som bildkonstterapeut för enskilda personer och grupper.( FPA, TEO,Valtava)

UTBILDNING1981 Studentexamen1982-88 Helsingfors universitet, studier i svensk litteratur och filosofi1987-88 Helsingfors universitets ritsal under lärare Pertti Summa1988-93 Bildkonstakademin, slutexamen1995-99 Studier i konstterapi vid Konstindustriella högskolan i Helsingfors1998 Master of Arts vid Bildkonstakadem 2005 Konsterapeut, psykoterapeut på specialnivå

SEPARATUTSTÄLNINGAR1992 De examinerades utställning, Bildkonstakademin1993 Slutarbete, Bildkonstakademins galleri1999 Causality, Galleri Jangva2001 Målningar och grafik, utställning på Galleri Jangva2003 Målningar, Galleri Ackermann2003 Målningar, Galleri Merlot2008 Målningar och teckningar, Galleri Jangva2012 Swan song, Galleri Jangva

ÖVIRIGA UTSTÄLNINGAR1988 Kilo 3, Finale1988 Skog, utställning, Bildkonstakademin1989 Bjurs-utställning, Bildkonstakademin1989 Målningar från Skagen, Danmark, Bildkonstakademin1990 Friluftsmålningar från Jylland, Bildkonstakademin1990 Bildkonstakademin presenterar, Museet för nutidskonst, Tammerfors1991 De ungas utställning, Konsthallen, Helsingfors1992 Sveaborg, grupputställning, Bildkonstakademins galleri1992 Helsingfors och Nylands läns regionutställning, Kabelfabriken2000,01,02 Rutiå-projektets miljökonstutsällning2001 Rutiågruppens utställning på Hoplax allaktivitetshus2003,04,05 Belliniakademin, Roma Kungsgård, Gotland2004 Mellan broarna, miljökonstutställning i Jämsä2005 Miljökonstutställningen Skutsi, Centralparken Helsingfors2006 Adelaide i Australien2007 Poleeni i Pieksamäki med gruppen 5 napaa2008 Seinäjoki konsthall med gruppen 7 napaa2008 Ahmedabad, Indien med bellinigruppen2009 Voipaala med Bellinigruppen och Indiska konstnärer2009 Mies pirtää, Mannen ritar på Kabelfabriken2009-12 Konstrundan2010 Stenudden, miljökonstutställning2010 Retrospective, kabelfabriken

2011 Atlas och Sisyfos, Kulmagalleriet 2011 Introspective, kabelfabriken2011 SISU, Stenudden miljökonstutställning2011 Den himmelska akademin, Galleri Villisika, Allergihuset i Hoplax2012 I Kain Tappers fotspår, Den himmelska akademin, Oheiskoti, Vemo2012 Tid. Den himmelska akademin, Linna galleria ,Viljandi2012 Narcissos, Drawing Gallery D5, Helsingfors2012 Den himmelska akademin tecknar, Galleri Kajava

STIPENDIER1987,12 Svenska kulturfonden1989,90,92 Resestipendier till Danmark och London, Bildkonstakademin1998 Konstsamfundet2001 Konstamfundet och Svenska kulturfonden2005 Resestipendium för utst. i Mexico, Svenska kulturfonden2008 Resestipendium för utst i Indien, Svenska kulturfonden2012 Grönqvistska stipendiet

SAMLINGAR Hjörring stadsmuseum i Danmark, Saarioinens konstsamling, Konstnärsgillet i Finlan

MICHAEL RAHIKAINEN1962, Helsinkihttp://www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/3277

MICHAEL RAHIKAINEN: Swan Song, oil on canvas, 180 x 150, 2011

When it comes to my artistic activity it seems to me that my main sources of inspiration flows from music, nature, deep psychology and eidetic visions that appears on my inner screen

MICHAEL RAHIKAINEN: Quo Vadis, 175x150cm, 2012

STUDIES1991-95 School of Art and Design, Northern Carelia, Joensuu

SOLO EXHIBITIONS2012 Willa Mac, Tampere2012 G12, Kuopio2011 Ama Gallery, Helsinki2009 Forum Box, Helsinki2006 Bakeliittibambi Gallery, Helsinki2006 Kapriisi Gallery, Kuopio2006 Taidehalli Art Anna, Iisalmi2005 Gjutars Gallery, Vantaa2003 Bakeliittibambi Gallery , Helsinki2003 Kuopion museon Torni2003 Becker Gallery, Jyväskylä2002 Bakeliittibambi Gallery , Helsinki2001 Lapinlahti Art Museum2001 Sitruuna Gallery, Kuopio2000 Ateljee Bar Torni, Helsinki1999 Bakeliittibambi Gallery, Helsinki1988 Museum of Eemil Halonen, Lapinlahti

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2013 Barren Beauty in the Company of Juho Rissanen, Kuopio Art Museum2013 Drawing in the Flesh, Vantaa Art Museum’s collections2012 Die Zeit, Arteground Exhibition, Galerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin2012 Taiteen vuoksi, Kuopio Art Museum2011 Summer Exhibition, Haihatus, Joutsa2008 XIII Mänttä Art Festival2007 Art Center Mältinranta, Exhibition of Finnish Painters’ Union2006 In the Light and Shadow, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai2006 Moving in Margins, Vantaa Art Museum2006 Black & White, Finnish Cultural Institute in Stockholm, Sweden2006 Black & White, Finnish Cultural Institute in Oslo, Norway2006 Bonus, Annual Exhibition of Regional Arts Council of Northern Savo, Kuopio Art Museum2005 The 110th Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Helsingin taidehalli2004 Hule - Ars Libera, Mikkeli Art Museum, Salo Art Museum and Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki2004 Tulta ja tappuraa, Exhibition curated by Kaarina Kaikkonen, Art Anna, City of Iisalmi2004 Rotinat, Artists of Northern Savo region, Art Anna, City of Iisalmi2004 Mustaa ja valkoista, Ars Libera, Varkaus Art Museum and Lahden taidepanimo2004 Tulen viivana! Contemporary drawing, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma2003 Hule - Artists’ association of Kuopio Ars Libera, Kuopio Art Museum2002 ”Kaupunki Herää” Art Collection of Vantaa, Jubilee Exhibition of City of Vantaa1991,96,01 Exhibitions of the Union of Finnish Art Associations 1984-00 Annual Exhibitions, Artists’ association of Iisalmi region1990,98,00 Annual Exhibitions, the Union of Finnish Art Associations 1999 Lapinlahti Art Museum1997 Varkaus Art Museum1989,92,95 Annual Exhibions, Regional Arts Council of Northern Savo1990 Havahdu, the Union of Finnish Art Associations1990 The Annual Exhibition, Artists’ Association of Kuopio Ars Libera1989 The Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists (for young artists)

AWARDS2005 The Palokärki Award, Artists’ Association of Finland

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)Finnish StateSaastamoinen FoundationWihuri FoundationKuopio Art MuseumHelsinki Art MuseumKone FoundationSwanljung CollectionThe City of VantaaLapinlahti Art Museum

MEMBERSHIPSFinnish Painters’ UnionArtists’ Assiciation of Kuopio Ars Libera

ARTO VÄISÄNEN1958, Iisalmi / Kuopiowww.artovaisanen.net

ARTO VÄISÄNEN: Ferdinand, charcoal and dry pastel, 160 x 280 cm, 2012.

ARTON STATEMENT/ BIO PUUTTUU!

ARTO VÄISÄNEN: Freezing, charcoal and dry pastel, 160 x 280 cm, 2012.

ART STUDIES1979-84,01 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts1978-79 Liminka Scool of Arts

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)2012 Gallery Laterna Magica,Helsinki2011 Koodoo Gallery, with Sari Vuorenpää, Kyoto, Japan2009 Galleria Pinna, Savonlinna,Fin

INTERNATIONAL GROUPEXHIBITIONS, (SELECTED)2012 FIDEM XXXII Art Medal Congress, Glasgow, Scotland2012 Die Zei, Arteground-group, Gallery Wagner +Partner, Berlin, Germany2012 The 26th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan2011 Kyoto Art Festival 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan2011 Turppi-group; Exhange and Evolution, Worldvide video Long Beach,1974-99 Long Beach Museum of Art, California, USA2010 Gallery Kei-fu, Kyoto, Japan2008 Punane (“Red “ ),Exhibition of Porvoo Artists´Assocication, Tartu Art Gallery, Estonia2006 Magma Burning Stone,Es Cultura,Centro de Arte La Recova, Santa Crutz, Teneriffe, Sala de Arte Caca Canarias, La Laguna , Teneriffe2004 Scandinavian Stone Sculpture Symposium, Orsa, Sweden2003 Elgen, Telemark Fylkesgallery, Norway

GROUPEXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND (SELECTED)2012 I Stand Behind Tthis Work, Porvoo Artists Assocication, Porvoo Art Hall2011 Maila Talvio Salon,Hartola 2010 Toiseuden kohtaaminen (Encountering Otherness) Rantakasarmi / The Jetty Barracks ) Suomenlinna,Helsinki2008 40 th Anniversary Exhibition of Ars Nova Art Association, Mikkeli Art Museum

MEMBERSHIPSAssociation of Finnish SculptorsGuild of Metallic Art in FinlandKKV-B (Konsnärernas Kollektivverstad-Bohuslän,SwedenArt Association of PorvooTurppi-groupMagma Group (Scannavian artists group)Arteground-group

PRIZES AND AWARDS2012 The 25 th Kyoto Art Festival, International Kyoto Prefecture Prize , Kyoto, Japan2011 The 26 th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Broadcasting System Prize, Kyoto, Japan2009 Engelinpuisto Art Competition, Special Prize,Porvoo, Finland1989 International Stone Symposium, 2nd prize, Nanto, Italy

PUBLIC SCULPTURES AND OBJECTS (SELECTED)

2011 Kukouri and Waves,Kotka Lyseo Globus, Kotka2010 Lovisa Peace Prize, Lovisa Peace Forum, Lovisa 2009 The Pillar of Knowledge ,the Albert Edelfelt Scool. Porvoo, Finland 1994 Babtismal FONT, Church of ST.Lawrence,Vantaa, Finland1989 350th anniversary medal of Savonlinna, Finland 1988 Three –piece basin at Villa Aikala (Finska läkaresällskapet ), Helsinki, previously at the “ Koitto “ building, Helsinki, Finland

COLLECTIONS ( SELECTED )Finnish State Art Collections, FinlandHelsinki City Art Collection, FinlandSavonlinna City Art Collection, FinlandMikkeli City Art Collection, FinlandPorvoo City Art Collection, FinlandSandviken Municipal Art Collection, SwedenNanto Municipal Art Collection, Italy

JARMO VELLONEN1958, Sääminki / Porvoowww.jarmovellonen.fi

JARMO VELLONEN: from series: Kumu, iron, bronze, wood gong sculpture 62 x 62 x 10 cm, 2012

Sculptor Jarmo Vellonen, born 1958, lives and works in Porvoo, Finland. He graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1983. Vellonen has participated in exhibitions both in Finland and abroad since 1979. His works are represented in several collections, including the Finnish State Art Collection and the Helsinki City Art Collection as well as the municipal collections of Sandviken in Sweden and Nanto in Italy.

In his sculptures, Vellonen uses different materials and techniques. Lately he has preferred recycled materials. Installations, environmental art and land art have featured in Vellonen’s art since the beginning of his career.

JARMO VELLONEN: Vision, space and light installation, loop 4,5 min, iron,aluminium, cellar, 700 x 500 x 220 cm, 2012

EDUCATION1988-93 Academy of Fine Arts, the Department of Painting, Helsinki1986-88 Free Art School, Helsinki

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION2013 The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia2011 Gallery Stoa, Helsinki, Finland2010 Gallery Kohina, Joensuu, Finland2009 Gallery12, Kuopio, Finland2008 Finnland Zentrum, Berlin, Germany2007 Yrjö A. Jäntti Art Collection, Porvoo, Finland2006 Gallery AARNI, Espoo, Finland2005 Gallery of Finnish Painters`Union, tm gallery, Helsinki2004 Kaapeli gallery, Helsinki, Finland2001 Gallery Katariina, Helsinki, Finland2000, 95 Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2012 “Arteground Berlin”, Finnish Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany2011 “Arteground”, Finnish Contemporary Art, Viljandi, Estonia2010 “Arteground”, Finnish Contemporary Art, Viljandi, Estonia2009 “The Finnish Art Festival”, Palacio dos Artes, Porto. Portugal2008 “Riita”, Työväenmuseo Werstas, Tampere, Finland2007 “Naturally”, Nagyatad, Hungary2006 Galerie Francois Mansart, Paris, France2005 Kouvola Art Museum, Finland2004 Nordic Art Association Annual Exhibition, Rantakasarmi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland2002 Finnish Association of Aquarelle Art, Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Finland2001 ”Time in Mazzano” -Art from Finland and Estonia, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS2003 Wall painting, NORSSI II, Helsinki University, Helsinki

GRANTS2012 Finnish central commission of art2011 Letterdetska Foundation2009 Oscar Öflunds Foundation2007 The National Council for Visual Arts2007,06,03 Oscar Öflunds Foundation2005 The National Council for Visual Arts2004,02,98 Finnish Cultural Foundation

REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONSFinnish Art SocietyHelander SocietySalmela Art CenterMäntyharju CountyHotel Torni, HelsinkiAnatolia Cultural Association, HelsinkiCollection SwanljungHouse of Satire and Humour, Gabrovo, BulgariaCity of Nagyatad, HungaryMuseum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia

MEMBERSHIPSFinnish Painters´ UnionHelsinki Artists´ AssociationArt Association of Viipuri

CONFIDENTAL POSTS2009- Chairman of the Board, Helsinki Artists´ Association2006 Member of the board of Helsinki Artists Association

MIKA VESALAHTI1967, Helsinkiwww.mikavesalahti.com

MIKA VESALAHTI: Rotation, oil on canvas, 2005, 200 x 300 cm

Making series of paintings is emphasized in my artistic work. Narrativity is essential for me. My work is overlapped with the history of art and gets its driving force on it. I connect art history to a social contemporary criticality. In the sense I can say they are political.

MIKA VESALAHTI: “Victory”, oil on canvas, 220 x 270 cm, 2013

STUDIES2004-06 Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Fine Arts 1987-91 Satakunta Polytechnic, Fine Arts Kankaanpää

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (selected)2012 Momentary Melodies, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, Fin2012 Woodblock Prints, Gallery Daisy, Porvoo, Fin 2011 Aurelia, Gallery G, Helsinki, Fin2011 Momentary Melodies,Gallery Koodoo, Kyoto, Japan 2007 Landscapes, Gallery G, Helsinki, Fin2005 Memento Mori, Gallery Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, Fin2001 Woodblock Prints, Gallery Marian Portti, Lahti, Fin2000 Gallery Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, Fin

COLLECTIVE AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)2013 VIP President Terminal, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Helsinki, Fin2012 Die Zeit, Arteground-Berlin, Gallery Wagner+Partner, Berlin, Germany2012 The 26th Kyoto Art Festival 2012, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan2012 I Stand Behind This Work, Porvoo Artists´ Association, Porvoo Art Hall, The Art Factory, Fin2011 Kyoto Art Festival 25th Anniversary Exhibition 2011, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Annex, Kyoto, Japan2011 Maila Talvio-Salon, Hartola, Fin2010 The 24th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto Japan2010 Gallery Kei-Fu, Kyoto, Japan2009 12 Artists, Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo, Fin2009 The 23rd Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum Of Art, Kyoto, Japan2009 My North, Rantakasarmi, Helsinki, Fin2008 Red, 3rd annual exhibition of the Porvoo Artists´ Association, Tartu Art Gallery, Estonia1997 59th annual exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Fin1997 Cut 102, Artists´ Association of Finland, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki, Fin1994 Grafinova, international graphic art triennial for young artists, Fin1994 Annual exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, Kerava, Fin1992 Rådhushallen, Malmö, Sweden1991 44th Exhibition of Young Artists, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki, Fin

GRANTS AND SCHOLARCHIPS (selected)2013 Finnish National Council for Visual Arts2013 Hopea-Untracht Foundation, City of Porvoo2012 Frame Finnish Fund for Art Exchange2012 Finnish Cultural Foundation/ Uusimaa Regional Fund2012 Arts Council of Finland2011 Finnish National Council for Visual Arts2011 Arts Council of Finland2011 Frame, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange

PRIZES AND AWARDS2012 Kyoto City International Foundation Prize, The 25th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan2009 Kyoto City Mayor´s Prize, The 23rd Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan2008 Porvoo Hospital extension art competition, 3rd prize

ARTSOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPSAssociation of Finnish PrintmakersPorvoo Artists´ AssociationArt Association of Porvoo

TRUSTS2011 Porvoo Artists´ Association, Vice-Chairman with Ylva Holländer2009-10 Association of Finnish Printmakers, Board Member2007-08 Association of Finnish Printmakers, Member of the Exhibition Committee2005-11 Porvoo Artists´ Association, Board member2006-07 Art Association of Porvoo, Board Member

SARI VUORENPÄÄ1966, Kemijärvi / Porvoowww.sarivuorenpaa.fi

SARIVUORENPÄÄ:Reflections,woodblockprint,121x121cm,2012.

Sari Vuorenpää specialises in multi-coloured large-format woodcuts. Strong, bold colours are characteristic to her art and the colour gives a shape and an atmosphere for her works. Often, the starting point of the woodcuts is watching a landscape, the balance between beauty and threat, and combining it with personal interpretations and observations of the world around us.

Graphic artist Sari Vuorenpää has worked as an artist since 1991. She studied graphic art at Satakunta Polytechnic, Fine Arts Kankaanpää and in the Fine Arts Continuing Education Programme at Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Insitute of Fine Arts, completing a Bachelor of Culture and Arts degree. Knowledge of woodblock prints Vuorenpää has deepened during trips in Japan, and she has also participated in many exhibitions in Japan and been rewarded at Kyoto Art Festival in 2009 and 2012.

SARI VUORENPÄÄ: Aurelia Aurita, woodblock print, 242 x 450 cm, 2011.

STUDIES2002-05 University of Industrial Art, Helsinki, Department for Visual Culture (MA) 2001-04 University of Industrial Art, Helsinki, Department for Art Education (MA) 1998-01 University of Industrial Art, Helsinki, Department for Ceramics and Glass (BA) 1999-00 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Sculpture Department1998 Art School Maa, Suomenlinna, Helsinki 1992-99 Helsinki University, Studies in Journalism (BA) 1991-92 Schiller International University, Heidelberg, Studies in International Relations

SELECTED PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS2013 Galleria Jangva, Helsinki 2012 Galleria Johan S., Helsinki2012 Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Åland 2011 Galleria Vanha Raatihuone, Turku2011 Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä 2009 AVA Galleria, Helsinki2008 Galleria Johan S, Helsinki 2006 Galleria Katariina, Helsinki 2005 Ateljee bar Torni, Helsinki 2004 Galleri Bengelsdorff, Helsinki 2003 Galleria Ulaani, Helsinki

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2013 Animal, Haihara Art Center, Tampere 2012 Arteground Berlin, Galerie Wagner Partner, Berlin, Germany 2011 Atlas and Sisyfos, Kulmagalleria, Helsinki2011 Man and space, with Henrika Lax and Camilla Mitts, Galleriet G18, Helsinki 2010 Meeting with the Other, Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki2009 Natural or Unnatural, Helsinki Artists’ association’s biennal 2009 Never Retired, Vantaa Museum of Art2009 Meeting with the Other, Secco 2008 The New Painting, Lahti Museum of Art2007 Casa de Cultura de Gaia ja Museu Teixeira Lopes, Porto, Portugal 2007 Galleria 9 Colonne, Bologna, Italy2007 Galleria Artelier di Milano, Italy2007 Centre Culturel Brésil-France, Galerie d’art Francois Mansart, Paris, France 2006 Nuorten 111. Näyttely, Kunsthalle Helsinki2005 Masters of Arts 2005, Lume, Helsinki

OTHER ART PROJECTS2011-12 Curator for street art project in Unioninkatu, part of Helsinki Capital 200 celebration 2005- Street galleries, idea and planning of open-air galleries, Helsinki

AWARDS2007 Stina Krook Foundation

COLLECTIONSPro ArtibusHelsinki Art MuseumAmos Anderson’s Art MuseumSvenska kulturfondenPrivate collections

MEMBERSHIPSFinnish painters’ UnionArt Society of Helsinki (vice chairman 2012–13)

MAGDALENA ÅBERG1972, Helsinki www.aberg.fi

MAGDALENA ÅBERG: Display (taxidermy I), 2013, Oil on canvas, 41x33 cm

I think the human longing, my longing, towards nature into, which man partially belongs, and also does not, has provided the impetus for my most recent paintings, a series called Display. What is living and what is dead? Why do people collect stuffed animals to put in museums? The longing for a natural state, a fascination for natural phenomena, its power both astounding and beautiful. The fascination of what we see in these stuffed animals, what is familiar to us and what is foreign. I endeavor to capture and convey, that which in animals is corporeal, hairy, feathered and wild, untamed and even erotic. Underneath all the polished and smooth surfaces of society, hides a longing for nature outside the confines of civilisation. Nature, which still exists in all of us.

MAGDALENA ÅBERG: Display (ursus polaris), Oil and acrylic on canvas 100x80 cm, 2013