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-