Curriculum Vitae

ART STUDIES

2009-10 Contemporary sculture specializing course for professional artists. Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
2002 Use of recycled materials on contemporary art, Specializing course for professional artists. Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
1994 Postgraduate course, Fine Arts School, Helsinki, Finland.
1987-1992 Master of Arts, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain. Major: Painting.

NEXT EXHIBITIONS

2010 Siksakkia taiteesta Theorie-ja takaisin, Galleria Titanik, Turku (with Hietanen and Irni)
        Kannanottoja, TILA Gallery, Helsinki (with Kakko)
        Kutsupaketti, Art. 50-vuotisjuhlanäyttely WAM Turku
        Huomenta Afrikka (20.6.-11.8.2010), Taidehalli, Helsinki

2011 Matkaopas, Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lähti (with Ollikainen )
         Made in Intia, Gallery Å, Turku (with Ollikainen)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Kaapeli gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
2006 TM· gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
2005 `Par-ci, Par-là’ Gallery, Lyon, France.
2004 AMA Gallery, Turku, Finland.
2003 Pirkko-Liisa Topelius Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
2000 Poriginal Gallery, Pori, Finland.
1999 Joella Gallery, Turku, Finland.
1995 Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2009 KIERRÄTYSTÄ Riihimäen Taidemuseo, Finland.
2008 Mukanatuomaa (Ollikainen & Koski-Vähälä), Lönnström art museun ,Rauma.
2007 Tavaravarastossa (Ollikainen & Koski-Vähälä), Harkko, Raisio, Finland.
         Matkalla (with Minna Sjöholm), Mälminranta, Tampere, Finland.
2006 NOW AND THEN galleriet G 18, Helsinki, Finland.
         Tavaravarastossa (with Ollikainen & Koski-Vähälä), gallery Huuto,Helsinki.
         Room to move (with Paula Ollikainen, Minna Sjöholm, Tobias Bülow, Maja Herenz, BarbaraTewes and Dirk Wenke), gallerie
         Max 7, Bochum, Germany.
         STRATEGIER Konstnärshuset 60th Celebration of the Nordic Art Assosiation, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 Turku Biennaali, Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland.
2004 FRAGILE The Nordic Art Association, Rantakasarmi Gallery, Suomenlinna, Helsinki.
         Room to move, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland.
         Kahta puolta, Caisa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
         60 º 27’06’’22º16’38’’ Turku’s Artists Association 80 y. exhibition,WAM,Turku.
2003 Azafrán Finnish Institute(Heli Kurunsaari, Sari Koski- Vähälä), Madrid, Spain.
         Art goes kapakka, Helsinki, Suomi
2001 Annual Exhibition of the Turku Artists Association.
2000 Details from Finland. Malerhof Voigtholz.Germany. (With Petri Hytönen, Kimmo Ojaniemi and Hasan Fuat)
         The primordial sea, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku.
1999 Centennial of the Turku Artists Association, Poleemi, Pieksämäki.
1998 Turku Bienal, Matti Koivurinta Foundation, Ars Nova Modern Art Museum,Turku.
1997 5 Viewpoints, Cultural Center, Turku.
         Art and Philosophy, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku.
1996-95 Annual Exhibition of the Turku Artists Association.

COMMUNITY ART / PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2010 Do you think you own that space? Brinkhalli and Turku main Library. With Beverley
Carpenter.
2008-2009 RAPID (Regeneration Artits Partnership through Intercultural Dialogue). International project (England, Portugal, Finland)
2008 Recycling workshop, Grand-Popo, Benin, Africa. With Victor Amoussou
2006 Colour code, Ars Nova museum, Turku, Finland.
2002-2003 Kaleidoscope, Ars Nova museum, Turku, Finland.
2001-2002 Laberynth, Ars Nova museum, Turku, Finland.

WORK IN COLLECTIONS

WAM, Wäinö Aaltonen Modern Museum Turku, Finland.
Stiftelsen för Åbo Akademi Foundation, Finland.
Lönnströmin art museum, Rauma, Finland

ART FAIR

2008 HELSINKI Taide 2008 Helsinki art fair. Finland

ART-RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007- 2010 Painting lector at Turku University of Applied Sciences ARTS ACADEMY.
2007 Member of the Jury in the Turku´s Biennial 2007, Finland.
1998 - 2006 Arts teacher at Adult education program from the City of Turku .

ARTIST RESIDENCY

2011 Taf taf residency, Dakar, Senegal, Africa (23.5.-10.7.2011)
2010 Parapilli house, India (1 month)
2008 Villa Karo, Benin, Africa (2 months)

MEMBERSHIPS

Finnish Painters´ Union
Turku Artists Association
Arte ry. (board of directors)

AWARDS/GRANTS

2010 Arts Council of Finland.
Arts Council of south-west Finland
2009 Arts Council of Finland (5 months)
2009 Arts Council of south-west Finland
2008 Villa Karo foundation. Art society of Turku, Finland.
2007 Finnish Cultural Fund, Finland. Arts Council of Turku, Finland.
2006 FRAME / Finnish Cultural Fund, Finland.
2005 Arts Council of south-west Finland (1 year). Matti Koivurinta Foundation, Finland.
2004 Arts Council of south-west Finland
2003 Art Council of Turku, Finland.
2000 Finnish Cultural Fund, Finland (1/2 year)
1998 Art Council of Turku, Finland.
1997 Matti Koivurinta Foundation, Finland.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Publications-Catalogues

NOW AND THEN, galleriet G18, Helsinki, Finland 2006
Turku Bienal, Ars Nova Modern Art Museum, Turku, Finland 2005
60 º 27’06’’22º16’38’’ Turku’s Artists Association 80 years exhibition,WAM,Turku, Finland 2004
“The primordial sea” Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland 2000
Turku Bienal, Matti Koivurinta Foundation, Ars Nova Modern Art Museum,Turku, Finland 1998
Art and Philosophy, Wäinö Aaltonen Modern Art Museum, Turku, Finland 1997

TV and Radio Documentations

YLE 1 TARU TV Arts and diversity, 2004-05-15
YLE 2 South-west Finland News, 2004-04-21
YLE 2 South-west Finland´s Canal Culture, 1999-03-20

Publications-Articles

Aurinkolaiva, Turun Ammatikorkeakoulu, "A sauna, a lake – but no birches", Matti Välimäki, 12.2008 [pdf]
MA, Painting lecture, Turku University of Applied Sciences, "International Terminal", Susana Nevado, 2008 [pdf]
Länsi-Suomi-News,”Turha tavara on tärkeä”, Anni Teppo,4.4.2008
Turun Sanomat, ”Susana Nevado kaipaa Turkuun lisää kansainvälisyyttä”, Riitta Monto,9.3.08
Aamu Lehti- News, ”Ulkomailla olemme ulkopuolisia”, Sami Sjöberg,10.11.2007
Tamperelainen ”Saippuaa ja kasveja Mältinrannassa”, 7.11.2007
Helsingin Sanomat-News, ”Taiteilijat innostuivat logistiikasta”, Anne Ruohiainen, 28.7.2006
Turun Sanomat-News, ”Turkulaistaiteiljat Huudossa Helsingissä” 19.7.06
Helsingin Sanomat-News, "Vieraiden toivomuksia nonstoppina", Kaisa Heinänen, 6.7.2006
Helsingin Sanomat-News, "Tintamareski on ilveilyteatteri", Kaisa Heinänen, 8.7.2006
SixDegrees,"Clouds and dreams", Anna-Sofia Joro, 23.6-31.8.2006
Ruhr Nachrichten (Bochum) "Actually, we are same all", Ralf Schäfer, 16.2.2006
TS News, “Susana Nevado käsittelee rohkeasti katolista kuvastoa”, Riitta Liede,3.10.2005
Helsingin Sanomat-News ”Taiteilijan täytetty koira ja muuta pyhä”, Anne Ruohiainen, 30.6.2005
Turun Sanomat-News ”Pyhä ja epäpyhä taide”, Lars Saari, 17.6.2005
TS News”Nykytaidetta pyhien ja epäpyhien päivien ratoksi”, Tuomo Karhu, 7.5.2005
Artists 4/2004 Fragile, Marja-Liisa Torniainen, Finland
TS News, “Art research space from Lapland till the south of Europe” , Iina Antinluoma, 20.8.04
Åbo Underrättelser-News, “Sent I augusti”, Minna Aalto, 21.8.2004
Helsingin Sanomat-News weekly now nr.20, Caisa Gallery, Jukka Yli-Lassila, 14-20.5.2004
Turun Sanomat-News Treffi shows, “The most important thing”, Jenni Kleemola,11-17.2.2004
Turun Sanomat-News, “Everybody has an story”, Mia Tykkyläinen, 22.2.2004
Åbo Underrättelser-News, “Tre olika syner pa konstnärskap”, Minna Aalto, 14.2.2004
Turun Sanomat-News, ”16 näkemystä turkulaisuudesta”, Jyrki Vuori, 23.1.2004
Åbo Underrättelser-News,80 ar av turbulens, Siv Skogman, 23.1.2004
H S News, “Globaalia turkulaisuutta paikallisin vivahtein”, Jukka Yli-Lassila, 22.2.2004
Taide 2/04 Art-magazine,”paljasjalkaisia ja ulkomaisia turkulaisia”, Pilvi Kalhama.
Helsingin Sanomat-News, ”Ordinary live inside no language” ,Jukka Yli-Lassila, 12.6.2003

Internet Publications www.rsyke.org ”Tavaravarastossa”, Pirkko Holmberg 8.2006

Doctoral thesis

Katve-Kaisa Kontturi , researcher and lector at the University of Turku, Finland ( art history)
is doing her doctoral book about Helena Hietanen and my artist process.
Publiced articles:
“ From representationalist tactics to transmaterial ethics” Art History, University of Turku.
“Prosessi, material ja muutos” uusmaterialistista estetiikkaa kentällä, from the book: ”Kanssakäymisiä,osallistuvan taiteentukkimuksen askelia”, taidehistorian seura, Helsinki 2005.