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
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
