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STUDIES
1991–92 Institut des Hautes Études en Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
1980–85 The Academy of Fine Arts Finland, Helsinki, Finland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Gallery Kalhama&Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Kouvolan taidemuseo, Kouvola, Finland
Kulttuuripappila Sylvi, Pieksämäki, Finland
2007 Ytimestä | Coring, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki; Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli;
Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2006 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 Galleria Orton, Helsinki, Finland
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2001 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1999 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Arkipelag, The Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleria Figure, Turin, Italy
1997 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway
1995 Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1993 Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
1991 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1989 Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Flachsland rauscht, E105, Berlin, Germany
Posh Painting, Gallery Kalhama& Piippo Contemporary, Savonlinna, Finland
Memory Traces, Ludwig Museum, Kobelenz, Germany; Finnland - Institut in Deutschland, Berlin, Germany
Stressed Beauty, Plateforme Finlande, Art Paris + Guests, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Carnegie Art Award, Listasafn Islands, Reykjavik, Island; The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden; Kunsternes Hus, Oslo, Norway;
Kunsthalle, Helsinki
2009 Carnegie Art Award, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Swanjung möter Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Välillä Väriä - Värillä Väliä, Taabor 09, Nurmijärvi, Finland
Särkynyt Sydän - Valikoima Lars Swanljungin nykytaiteen kokoelmasta Vaasasta, Joensuun taidemuseo, Joensuu
The More the Merrier – Enempi parempi. Monta kuvaa, monta ääntä Pieksämäen kaupungin taidekokoelmasta, Kulttuurikeskus Poleeni, Pieksämäki
2008 Kuvan jälkeen / Image and after, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Zuordnungsprobleme, Johann König Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Storyline, Galerie Susan Nielsen, Paris, France
Golden rain, Eigeroya Lighthouse, Stavanger, Norway (curator: Michael Petry)
2007 Who’s on First?, Royal Academy Schools Gallery, Hornsey, UK
Baltico e Mediterraneo, Italia e Finlandia a confronto, Castel Sant’ Angelo, Rome, Italy
I Love Malmö, Turun taidemuseo, Turku, Finland
Zoo, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2006 The Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Art Goes Kapakka, Helsinki (curator: Milla Toivanen), Finland
Connecting People, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway
2005 Intohimona taide | A Passion for Art, Vexi Salmi Art Collection, Hämeenlinna Art Museum,
Hämeenlinna, Finland
2004 Rakastaa Ei rakasta | Love Me or Leave Me,
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Villa Lante 50, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Vasta Maalattu – Peinture Fraîche, Le Triage, Nanterre, France; Kerava Art Museum,
Kerava, Finland (curator: Cecilé Marié)
Yöjuna / Night Train, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä (curator: Kari Kenetti), Finland
2003 Handlungsanweisnungen | Instructions, Kusthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Maisema nyt | Landscape now, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli
(curators: Pilvi Kalhama, Mikko Kalhama), Finland
Cité des Arts, Paris, France
Over the Horizon, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
2002 Stop for a moment, Gävle Art Center, Gävle (curators: Mika Hannula, Kari Immonen), Sweden
Popkornia ja politiikkaa – Taiteen aktivistit, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
OPEN2OO2, Venice Lido (curators: Paolo De Grandis, Pierre Restany), Italy
An der Schwelle des Unbekannten, Kulturabteilung Bayer, Leverkusen
Kesähilloo, Lasipalatsi, Helsinki (curator: Harri Kivi), Finland
5 p.m.–5 a.m. -window, Lasipalatsi, Helsinki (curator: Harri Kivi), Finland
2001 Art Goes Kapakka, Helsinki, Finland
Oskuldens århundrade – den vita monokromens historia, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
(curator: Bo Nilsson)
Måleri & Måleri, Kristinehamns konstmuseum, Kristinehamn, Sweden (curator: Fred Andersson)
Remedy for Melancholy, Edsvik konst och kultur, Stockholm, Sweden (curator: Anders Kreuger)
Sub Rosa, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark; Södertälje Art Hall,
Södertälje, Sweden; Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (curator: Charlotte Brandt)
2000 Sonic Eye, with Nina Roos, Yle-Radio Event, Helsinki, Finland
Premio Michetti, Museo Michetti, Palazzo San Domenico, Francavilla al Mare
(curator: Gianni Romano), Italy
Töölönlahden taidepuutarhat | The Art Gardens of Töölönlahti, with Robert Lucander, Helsinki
(curator: Seppo Vesterinen), Finland
Norden | North, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (curators: Sabine Folie, Brigitte Kölle)
Pohjoinen postmodernismi, Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Draw 4, Kaapelin Galleria, Helsinki, Finland
1999 Sanoja | Words, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (curator: Tuukka Luukas)
Drawing 3, Kaapelin galleria, Helsinki, Finland
Drawing, Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998 Sanoja | Words, Muu galleria, Helsinki, Finland; Glass Box, Paris, France
(curator: Tuukka Luukas)
Momentum, Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
(curators: Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Attle Gerhardsen)
Aavan meren tällä puolen | This Side of the Ocean, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma,
Helsinki, Finland (curator: Maaretta Jaukkuri)
1997 Suomi-päivät Venäjällä | Finland festival in Russia, AIS, Moscow, Russia
Sex Snack’n Pop, Galleria Titanik, Turku, Finland
Radical Painting, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Clean & Sane, Edsvik konst och kultur, Stockholm, Sweden (curator: Maria Lind)
La Biennale di Venezia | The Venice Biennal, The Nordic Pavilion, Venice, Italy
(curator: Jon-Ove Steihaug)
1996 Enter, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Nykytaidetta kotimiljöössä | Contemporary Art in Home Environment,
Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland (curator: Anders Kreuger)
Fin d’Histories, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, France (curator: Guillaume Paris)
1995 ARS ’95, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
(curators: Maaretta Jaukkuri, Tuula Arkio)
Finsk maleri, Galleri Solvberget; Stavanger’s cultural centre, Stavanger, Norway;
Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway
Das Abenteuer der Malerei | The Adventure of Painting,
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfahlen, Düsseldorf; Würtenbergischer Kunstverein,
Stuttgart, Germany (curators: Martin Hentschel, Reimund Stecker)
Bilder und Installationen | Images and Installations, Rheinisches Industriemuseum, Cromford
(curators: Igor Antic, Ullrike Kessl)
1994 Drawings & Drawings, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tidsanda II, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Jään reunalla, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, Finland
Love & Virus, Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fistful of Flowers, Grand Salon, New York, USA (curators: Collins & Milazzo)
Dialogue with the Other, Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark; Norrköping Art Museum,
Norrköping, Sweden (curator: Lene Burkard)
8 rum till måleri, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway (curator: Gertrud Sandqvist)
Wanås 1994, Knislinge, Sweden (curator: Marika Wachtmeister)
Borta men hemma, Moderna Museet, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
(curator: Bo Nilsson)
Applikaatio, Finnish Art Triennial I, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;
The State Museum of History, St.Petersburg, Russia (curator: Kimmo Sarje)
1993 L’Opera al Femminile, Galleria Arx, Turin, Italy (curator: Gian-Carlo Pagliasso)
Netwerk, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Ihanku, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Transit, The National Museum of Finland, Helsinki, Finland (curator: Timo Valjakka)
Future lies ahead, Taejon Expo ’93, Taedok Science Town, Taejon, South Korea
(curator: Pontus Hultén)
Elvis has left the building, Grand Salon, New York, USA (curators: Collins & Milazzo)
Privat | Private, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway (curator: Gertrud Sandqvist)
Needlepoint, embroidery, macrame and crochet, Postmasters Gallery, New
York, USA (curators: Collins & Milazzo)
Changing 1 dense Cities, Shedhalle | Rote Fabrik, Zürich (curator: Harm Lux)
Floor show, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
1992 Multiplar | Multiples, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Inter Nos, The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki, Finland (curator: Halldor Björn Runolfsson)
Alt er samtidigt, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark (curator: Réne Block)
Rakkautta Raunioilla, with Nina Roos, Tampereen Nykytaiteen Museo, Tampere, Finland
(curator: Jyrki Siukonen)
Rauma Biennale Balticum, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland (curator: Barbara Straka)
Weiter Horizont, Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany (curator: Ritva Röminger)
Changing 1 dense Cities, Shedhalle | Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland (curator: Harm Lux)
1991 Sergei Djagilev Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Art against AIDS, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri I, Gothenburg, Sweden
Entrance to Exit, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin, Germany (curator: Réne Block)
Cetinjé Bienniel, Cetinjé, Montenegro (curator: Pontus Hultén)
Yksi | Monta, Galleria Pieni Agora, Helsinki, Finland
Multiples, Galleria Pieni Agora, Helsinki, Finland
Abject, The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki, Finland (curator: Gertrud Sandqvist)
1990 Abject, Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm, Sweden (curator: Gertrud Sandqvist)
Objekteja | Objects, Galleria Mikkola & Rislakki, Helsinki, Finland
1989 Kohti 90-lukua | Towards 90’s, Galleria Mikkola & Rislakki, Helsinki, Finland
Muu ry., Helsinki, Finland
1988 Trivial, Seinäjoki Art Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland
Solmu-Art, Pieksämäki, Finland
1987 Trivial, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Fantastic Finns, Holst Halvorsens Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
1986 Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland
Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
1985 The Gallery of the Finnish Painters’ Society, Helsinki, Finland
Nuorten näyttely | The Young Artists’ Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
The Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden
Apoteksbolaget (now: Apoteket AB), Stockholm, Sweden
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
Seoul Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Saastamoinen Foundation, Finland
Wihuri Foundation, Finland
Olle Olsson-Hagalund Foundation
City of Espoo, Finland
City of Mikkeli, Finland
City of Pieksämäki, Finland
Aktia Bank, Finland
Sampo-Leonia Bank, Finland
OKO Bank, Finland
SCENOGRAPHY
1997 Ofelia | Ophelia, choreography by Kirsi Monni, The Cultural Centre of Eastern Helsinki,
Helsinki, Finland
PUBLIC WORKS
2004 Nude, The Local Government Pensions Institution, Helsinki, Finland
AWARDS
2006 Finland Prize
RESIDENCIES
2002 Cité des Arts, Paris, France
1991 Villa Lante, Finnish Institute in Rome, Italy
Guest Studios of Artists’ Association of Finland AAF:
1998 New York, USA
1992 New York, USA
1982 Grassina, Italy
TEACHING
2004–2008 Professor and Director of Painting Department, The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts,
Helsinki, Finland
2001 The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2000 Nordic Art School in Kokkola, Finland
1999 The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Konsthögskolan i Malmö | Malmö Art Academy, Sweden
1996 Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen | Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway
Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary