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EXHIBITIONS
Bold = One man exhibition 31
Cursive = group exhibition 65
International 41
- Kadun polte Galleria Rankka, Helsinki 2022
- GO SOMERO GO GO Somero Stone Dairy 2022
- Reaching for the shiny destiny Somero Stone Dairy 2021
- Yeastoceanshadow Somero Stone Dairy 2020
- Birchbaroque Somero Stone Dairy 2019
- LightGlassNest Somero Stone Dairy 2018
- Splice Oulu Art Museum 2017
- PaimioRiver Somero Stone Dairy 2017
- WetGlareConcept Somero Stone Dairy 2016
- SteelBioRakuBird Somero Stone Dairy 2015
- Living In A Hybrid Environment Kunsthall Grenland, Norway 2014
- And Harvesters Salo Art Museum 2014
- WideOpenElk Somero Stone Dairy 2014
- OakClaySpace Somero Stone Dairy 2013
- IceFireChair Somero Stone Dairy 2012
- Under the Big Dipper Somero Stone Dairy 2011
- Pärlor från Skördemän, Finland Institute, Rönnells Antivariat, Gallery G5; Stockholm, Sweden 2010
- GlassWheatRiver Somero Stone Dairy 2010
- After Sauna Art Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki 2010
- Harvesters – once enfant always terrible Pro Artibus, Raasepori; Kuntsi Art Museum, Vaasa 2009
- Ankara Symposion, University of Ankara, Turkey 2008
- Change in Construction Lönnström Art Museum, Pori 2007
- FogDeer Retretti Art Centre 2007
- Suljek Cycle Krasnojarsk Art Hall, Siberia, Russia 2006
- Age of Myanndash - Deer-Elk Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki 2006
- Harvesters Now Kiskon kivimakasiini 2004
- Leo Ruuskanen and Harvesters Jyväskylä Art Museum; Helsinki Art Hall 2003-2004
- Älgälv Härnösand konsthall, Sweden 2002
- Moosedeer Ars Nova Art Museum, Turku 2002
- Elgbåt – Mooseboat Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway 2002
- Fremde Landschaft Heimat Mannheim, Germany 2001
- Twilight II Reithalle Ingolstadt, Germany 2000
- Minusinsk bear Gallery Bronda, Helsinki 2000
- April Conjunction The Painters´ Gallery, Helsinki 2000
- Kapova and dogs Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma, Helsinki 2000
- Timesite - Aikapaikka Forest Museum Lusto 99
- Twilight Kunstverein Klagenfurt, Austria 98
- Arte Sella, Italy 98
- Festival International de la Peinture Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 98
- Sanart – Art and Environment Ankara, Turkey 97
- Pesov Nos Emlak Bank Gallery, Ankara, Turkey 97
- Kildin Gallery Bronda, Helsinki 96
- Luleå sommarutställning Luleå, Sweden 96
- Turbulent Landscape Exploratorium, San Francisco, USA 96
- Kunst in der Landschaft Prigglitz, Austria 96
- Timescape – Finnish Contemporary Art Kerava Art Museum; Södertälje konsthall, Sweden; Aine Art Museum, Tornio; Bergen Kunstforening, Norway; Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff; Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City; McNeese University Art Gallery, Lake Charles; USA 95-96
- From Ateljee to Museum, Kerava Art Museum 94
- Mandas Gallery Astoria, Helsinki 92
- UNDR – Art and Technology Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 92
- Onega Time Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, USA 91
- Ponoi Keski-Suomen Museo, Jyväskylä 91
- Zalavruga Time Lawrence University Art Gallery, Appleton, USA 90
- New Stone Age Victor Barsokevitsch Center of Photography, Kuopio 88
- White Deer Gallery Bronda, Helsinki 87
- Deertrap Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, USA 87
- Living paintings Institute of Microbiology, Helsinki 85
- Experiment Ö-vik Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 85
- Birdtime Hyvinkää Art Museum; Gallery Bronda, Helsinki; Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka 84-85
- Evening Whispers Darkly Amos Anderson Art Museum 84; American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York; The Swedish Museum, Philadelphia; Slavin Gallery, Washington DC, USA 82-83
- It cannot happen with us Nordic Art Center, Helsinki 82
- Arteder Bilbao, Spain 82
- He does not forget – he only does not want to remember Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, Sweden; Lahti Art Museum; Vanha ylioppilastalo, Helsinki 81- 82
- Evening Whispers Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku 82
- State Exhibition 81, 76, 75
- Finnish Portraits Kansas City Art Institute, USA 81
- Rolf Westphal – Antero Kare Arkansas University, Little Rock, USA 81
- River Bank Porvoo Art Hall 79
- Mataristo Sysmä 79
- Edge of Mist Kluuvin galleria, Helsinki 79
- Art Hall 50 years , Helsinki 78
- Child portraits Helsinki City Art Museum 78
- Portraits Karhula library 78
- Finnish Art Zacheta, Warsow; Galleria Awangarda, Wroclaw; Zamek Ksiazat Pomorskich, Szczecia; Poland 78
- Aktuell Finsk Konst Ystad; Helsingborg; Varberg; Sweden 77-78
- Adhesive Archetypes Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki; Nordens Hus, Reykjavik, Island; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 76-77
- Annual exhibition of Finnish Artists 76
- Exhibition of the Young Art Hall, Helsinki 77, 75, 70
- Harvesters Gallery Cheap Thrills, Helsinki 75
- A Head Museum for the Eighties; Gallery Cheap Thrills, Helsinki; Arkivmuseet, Lund, Sweden; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 74-75
- Line drawings Gallery Cheap Thrills, Helsinki 73
- Fart Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, Poland 73
- An International Cyclopedia of Plans and Occurrences Anderson Gallery, Virginia, USA 73
- Harvesters Vaasa Art Hall 72
- Sculptor Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki 70
- Real Lies Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki 70
- Parallel Exhibition for the Young, Helsinki 69
Teaching and lectures/International
53 institutions/12 countries
- Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, Poland 74 Visual Semiotics
- Nordens Hus, Reykjavik, Island 77 History, Art, Finland
- ABF-Huset, Stockholm, Sweden 77 Symbolic Light
- University of Oslo, Norway 80 Structuralism and Semiotics in Visual
- University of Arkansas, Little Rock USA 81 Symbol and Meaning
- Washington University, Seattle USA 81 Umberto Eco and Contemporary Finland
- Kansas City Art Institute, USA 81 Lecture series: Art, Architecture and Design in Finland
- Columbia University, New York USA 81 Harvesters and Symbols
- University of Texas, Austin USA 81 Public Art and Architecture
- Temple University, Philadelphia USA 82 Lecture series: He does not forget, he just does not want to remember
- Kansas City Art Institute, USA 82 Lecture series: Semiotics of Visual Art
- Haveford University, Philadelphia USA 82 Tractatus and Colour
- American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, USA 82 Forest as only church
- Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 82 Lecture series: History in Art, Architecture and Design
- National Press Club, Washington DC, USA 82 Symbol and Society
- Washington Club, Washington DC, USA 82 Visual Finland
- Swedish Museum, Philadelphia USA 82 State and Art
- La Salle College, Philadelphia, USA 82 Political Landscape
- Rådhuset, Örnsköldsvi, Sweden 85 Beginning of Life: Microbes
- Northern Arizona University, Flaggstaf, USA 87 Finnish-Ugrian Visual Heritage
- Mount Allison university, Sackville, Canada 87 Lecture series: Bird as a Symbol of the Birth of Life
- Washington Sculptors, Washington DC, USA 87 Contemporary Art and Design in Finland
- Hässelby Slott, Stockholm, Sweden 88 Art Magazines in Finland
- Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 89 Meaning of Time
- Kabli, Estonia 89 Past in Contemporary
- Lawrence University, Appleton, USA 90 Lecture series: Contemporary Scandinavian
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Illionois, USA 91 Birdtime
- Hania, Greece 91 Colour as the Baby of Light
- Wichita State University, Wichita, USA 93 Always is a long time
- Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, USA 93 Memory as a starter for contemporary
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Cambridge, USA 93 Bacteria – Indicator of Time
- Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 94 Wittgenstein´s Visual Concepts in Philosophical Investigations
- Umeå Art School, Sweden 94 Wittgenstein and Colour
- University of St. Petersburg, Russia 94 Visual Heritage of Ancient Finland
- Institute of History, Tallin, Estonia 95 Silicons as mold makers
- McNeese University, Lake Charles, USA 96 Contemporary Art in Finland
- Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey97 Workshop and lecture series: Living Materials
- Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Ufa, Bashkortoshtan, Russia 99 Ancient Art in Northern Europe
- Middle East Technical University, Anakara, Turkey 00Backteria, mold and fungus as art makers
- University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales 01 Microbes and chemicals as living surfaces
- Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway 02 Living Art by Chemicals
- University of Industrial Arts, Oslo, Norway 02 Living Art by Microbes
- Kulturfabriken, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 02 Cource and lecture series: Large Scale Graphics
- University of Umeå, Sweden 02 Stone Age Visuals in Ural and Altai
- Härnösand konsthall, Sweden 02 Microbes as Pigment Producers
- Jämtlands läns museum, Östersund, Sweden 02 Ancient Rock Paintings in Finland
- Center of Prehistory, Niaux, France 04 Cluster of Sites
- Museum of Prehistory, Pech Merle, France 04 Ancient Art in Scandinavia
- University of Moscow, Russia 05 Stone Age Art in Finland
- Academy of Fine Arts, Tallin, Estonia 07 Ancient and Woodcut
- Historical Museum, Tallin, Estonia 07 Lake Onega petroglyphs
- Artists Union, Krasnojarsk, Russia 07 Aspelin
- Ankara University, Turkey 08 Ancient Paintings
- Ankara University, Turkey 10 Ancient reliefs
- Rönnels Antikvariat, Stockholm, Sweden 10 Harvesters
Kansas City Art Institute visiting professor 1981 USA
TEACHING FINLAND, 52 institutions
- Tampere School of Art and Communications, rector 1991-92
- Luovi Vocational Center teacher 2003-2010
- Aalto University
- University of Helsinki
- University of Art and Design, Helsinki
- University of the Arts Helsinki
- Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
- Free Art School, Helsinki
- Art School Maa, Helsinki
- University of Tampere
- University of Vaasa
- University of Lapland, Rovaniemi
- University of Jyväskylä
- University of Turku
- University of Joensuu
- Åbo Academy, Turku
- School of Art and Design, Lahti
- Lahti Art School
- Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic, Tornio
- Turku Drawing School
- Adult Institution, Helsinki
- Finnish-Swedish Cultural Institution, Espoo
- Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju
- Forest Museum Lusto, Punkaharju
- Bioart Society of Finland
- Oriveden Opisto, Hartolan Opisto, Riihimäen opisto, Artists´ Association of Helsinki, Someron työväenopisto, Helsinki University Kilpisjärvi Biological Station …
ADMINISTRATION
- Artists Association of Helsinki board member 1974-91, chairman 1988-91
- Publishing House Taide Ltd board member 1987-97
- International Association of Art Critics AICA board member 1988
- New York Foundation, founder and chairman of the board 1989-91
- State Committee for the Education of Communications1991-93
- Bioart Society of Finland, board member 2011-
PUBLICATIONS
- published 152 essays and articles: Taide-magazine; Tiede 2000-magazine; Filmihullu; Valör, Sweden; Bildende Kunst, Germany, Volym, Sweden, Adoranten, Sweden, Kansas City Art Institute Magazine, USA…
- translated 4 books: Johannes Itten: Interaction of Colours, Publishing House Taide Ltd.; Heydon Herrera: Frida Kahlo, Publishing House Otava...
- Moderna Museet -publication, editorial board 1977-82
- Scandinavian Art (Siksi) editor-in-chief 19801
- published 7 books:
- - Hirvipeura – Moosedeer (edit.), Pitkäjärven taide ja kulttuuri 2013
- - Elonkorjaajat – Skördemän -Harvesters (edit), Bluemotion/Salo Art Museum 2011/2012
- - Myanndash – Rock Art in the Ancient Arctic (edit), Arctic Centre 2000
- - Timescape – Finnish Contemporary Art (edit), Atena Publishing House 1995
- - Celebration of Light, Pyrri Art Center 1989
- - Surrealism (edit), Retretti Art Center 1987
- - Adhessiva Arketyper (editor), Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 1977
DIRECTOR/CURATOR
- Art Centre Retretti artistic director 1987-88
- Art Centre Pyrri artistic director 1989-90
- Arttransition – New Media Technologies –board member 1989-90, Massachussetts Institute of Technology MIT, USA
- New Stone Age Viktor Barsokevitsch –Center for Photography, Kuopio 1988
- Aleksander Rodchenko 7 Scandinavian museums 1989: Viktor Barsokevitsch Center for Photography and Kuopio Museum; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo; Kulturhuset, Stockholm; Helsinki City Art Museum; Oulu Art Museum; Rovaniemi Art Museum; Turku Art Museum
- Timescape – Finnish Contemporary Art 7 museums in Scandinavia and USA 1995-96: Kerava Art Museum; Bergens Kunstforening, Norway; Södertälje Art Hall, Sweden; Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, USA; Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, USA; McNeese University Art Gallery, Lake Charles, USA
- Myanndash – Rock Art in the Ancient Arctic Scandinavian exhibition tour 1995-97, Arktikum, Rovaniemi; Alta Museum, Norway
- Timesite – Environmental Art and Prehistory Forest museum Lusto, Punkaharju 1999
- Tampere School of Art and Communications director 1991-92
- Producer of 13 multimedia productions:
- - Hybrid Swan Kunsthall Grenland, Norway
- - Fish Schooling, Retretti Art Center
- - Fog Deer, Retretti Art Center
- - Awekening Swan, Retretti Art Center
- - Hyaena Dog Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
- - Moosescape, San Francisco Exploratorium USA
- - Battle of Kings, Charlottenborg Art Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
- - Geobir Lynx, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Austria
- - Human Figure, Reithalle, Ingolstadt, Germany
- - Hunting Dogs, Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma, Helsinki
- - Swan, Ars Nova Art Museum, Turku
- - Eagle´s Nest, Kemi Art Museum
- - White Swan, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
- Focus - New Medias in Photography international seminar, director, 1992 Tampere
- National Board of Education curator of new medias 1993
- WSOY - New Media 1998-99, multimedia editor, cd-rom producer: Vuosi CD 2000; @ctive +, Blake&Mortimer
- Wapit Ltd AD 2000
- Bluemotion concept planner 1993-2010
- Smältande monument, tv-program, producer and director, YLE FST 2006, director
- Somero Stone Dairy board member 2010-