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EDUCATION
2002-2006 Fine Art Kankaanpää, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (BA)
2000-2001 Liminka Art School
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Huuto Gallery / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2024 Poriginal Gallery / PORI, FINLAND
2021 Galleria Fikka / PORVOO, FINLAND
2020 Studio Mältinranta / TAMPERE, FINLAND
2018 Huuto Gallery / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2017 Pori Art Museum (Rappu) / PORI, FINLAND
2017 Babel Art Space / TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
2017 Gallery Oksasenkatu 11 / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2014 Gallery Rajatila / TAMPERE, FINLAND
2014 MUU Gallery, Studio / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2012 Pori Art Museum (Media Point) / PORI, FINLAND
2011 Orlovska 10 / GABROVO, BULGARIA (with Lora Dimova)
2010 Goethe Institut / SOFIA, BULGARIA (with Lora Dimova)
2010 Gallery 3h+k / PORI, FINLAND
2008 Poriginal Gallery / PORI, FINLAND
2004 Seinäjoki Art Hall, Studio / SEINÄJOKI, FINLAND
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Finnish Spirit: Identity / Lapinlahden lähde / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2019 Haihatus / JOUTSA, FINLAND
2019 Art Fair Suomi'19 / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2019 "Organic Substitutes" Matca Art Space / CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA
2017 Nyte 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery 3h+k / PORI, FINLAND
2017 23rd International Biennial of Humour and Satire Art / GABROVO, BULGARIA
2017 "The Truth About Finland" / Publication & Exhibitions in HELSINKI & PORI, FINLAND (Curated by Porin Kulttuurisäätö)
2017 Art Fair Suomi'17 / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2010 “Qui Vive?” Biennale for Young Art / MOSCOW, RUSSIA
2009 ”Public Stash” Virka Gallery / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2006 ”Nation of Art 06” Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova / TURKU, FINLAND
2006 ”Pamela Pam Pam” Jyväskylä Art Museum / JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND
SELECTED FILM FESTIVALS & VIDEO SCREENINGS
2021 Flickfair Film Festival
2021 Chronotop Contemporary Art Festival / VYBORG, RUSSIA
2021 Korpifest / ENO, FINLAND
2019 Photophobia Contemporary Moving Image Festival / HAMILTON, CANADA
2019 Videoforma 7 / ST.PETERSBURG / RUSSIA
2019 Sound Sauna, Tempo Documentary Festival / STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
2018 Aesthetica Short Film Festival / YORK, UK
2018 Pori Film Festival / PORI, FINLAND
2018 31st Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2018 Quarantine Film Festival / VARNA, BULGARIA
2018 Athens Short Film Festival / ATHENS, GREECE
2018 Doc Lounge / TURKU, FINLAND
2018 The W:OW Project / KIEV, UKRAINE
2018 Kinos 18 / LAHTI, FINLAND
2018 19th Festival International du Film d'Aubagne (FIFA) / AUBAGNE, FRANCE
2018 KFK Short Film Festival / ISTANBUL, TURKEY
2018 The 15° Festival Internacional Signos de la Noche / TUCUMÁN, ARGENTINA
2017 Burnt Experimental Video Art and Film Fest / MONTREAL, CANADA
2017 The 15th International Festival Signes de Nuit Lisbonne / LISBON, PORTUGAL
2017 The 2nd BINCIFF, Bahia Independent Cinema Festival / SALVADOR, BRAZIL
2017 XI.Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival / ISTANBUL, TURKEY
2017 Festival International Signes de Nuit (Signs of The Night) / PARIS, FRANCE
2017 Shared Sight International Short Film Festival / CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA
2017 Rivne International Film Festival / RIVNE, UKRAINE
2017 Jacksonville Documentary Film Festival / JACKSONVILLE, FL / USA
2017 Channels Festival 2017 (Video Visions) / Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) / MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
2016 Videokanava Festival 2016 & Online Exhibition 2017
Third Space / HELSINKI, Arthouse Cinema Niagara / TAMPERE, Titanik Gallery / TURKU, FINLAND
2016 Kiasma Theater / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2013 Videoholica International Video Art festival / VARNA, BULGARIA
2013 Balaclava Online Gallery
2010 Västerås Art Museum / VÄSTERÅS, SWEDEN with Lora Dimova
2010 Videoholica International Video Art festival / VARNA, BULGARIA with Lora Dimova
2010 Örebro International Video Art festival / ÖREBRO, SWEDEN with Lora Dimova
CURATING
2017 Videokanava: FINLAND reflecting the W:OW topic - We Are One World (co-operation with W:OW project)
2016 “ABYSS – Splinters in the Depths” Performance biennale, HELSINKI / TAMPERE / PORI, FINLAND
2006-2015 ”Perf06 -15” International Performance Festival / PORI, FINLAND
2006-2011 Gallery 3h+k / PORI, FINLAND (Events & exhibitions)
SELECTED PROJECTS WITH T.E.H.D.A.S. -COLLECTIVE
2014 ”Live & Dead Art” exhibition at Pori Art Museum / PORI, FINLAND
2014 ”Sheepsack DaDaoke” Nordic Tracks Performance Festival / PÄRNU, ESTONIA
2013 ”Big Bear House” performance & exhibition at Kanepes Culture Center / RIGA, LATVIA
2011 “High Fashion Low Life” / PORI, FINLAND
2010 ”Long live the New Now” Diverse Universe –Festival / PÄRNU, ESTONIA
2005 ”Slum” / OULU, FINLAND
GRANTS & PRIZES
2023 / 2024 Arts Promotion Centre Finland / Project Grant
2021-22 Kone Foundation (two year scholarship)
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland / Mobility Grant
2020 Covid-19 Grant / Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2018 The Finnish Film Foundation / Travel Grant
2018 AVEK / Media Art Project Grant
2018 FRAME Finland / Travel Grant
2017 VISEK Centre for The Promotion of Visual Art
2017 The Sign Award -Festival International Signes de Nuit / PARIS, FRANCE
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland / Mobility Grant
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland / Project Grant
2016 Nordic Culture Point / Mobility Grant
2016 Finnish Cultural Foundation / Satakunta region (ABYSS - work group scholarship)
2014 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (one year scholarship)
2012 Art Council of Finland (one year scholarship)
2011 Art Council of Finland / Public Display grant (5 months scholarship)
2011 State Art Price of Finland (T.E.H.D.A.S.)
2011 City of Pori
2010 Finnish Cultural Foundation / Satakunta region (6 months scholarship)
2009 Art Council of Finland / Public Display grant (5 months scholarship)
2008 Art Council of Satakunta region (4 months scholarship)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2018 19th Festival International Du Film D'Aubagne -festival catalogue
2017 "Truth About Finland" Porin Kulttuurisäätö
2015 “The Ghost of the Present” Videofocus / Stigmart10 Art Review/ March 2015
2013 T.E.H.D.A.S. 10th anniversary book, Pori Art Museum Publications 120
2010 Home Sweet Home -exhibition catalogue
2009 Public Stash -exhibition catalogue
2006 Nation of Art 06 -exhibition catalogue
TEACHING & LECTURES
2007-2017 SAMK University of Applied Sciences, Fine art KANKAANPÄÄ
2016 Art School Maa / HELSINKI, FINLAND
2010 & 2006 Aalto University (Visual Culture) / PORI, FINLAND
2008 Pori Art School / PORI, FINLAND
RESIDENCIES
2021 The Finnish Institute at Athens, GREECE
2017 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder / TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
2010 Art Council of Satakunta region / BERLIN, GERMANY
MEMBERSHIPS
MUU / Artists' Association
AV-Arkki (Distribution Centre for Finnish Media Art)
T.E.H.D.A.S. / Artists' collective
MESSIANIC RESEARCH CENTRE FOR VISUAL ETHICS (MRCVE)
SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND PROJECTS
INTERNATIONAL
2019 "Triticum Ex Machina - Acts of Bakery" Die Färberei / MÜNICH, GERMANY
2018 OPEAN 4 / MÜNICH, GERMANY
2018 Kösk / MÜNICH, GERMANY (with Johnny Amore)
2018 Sofia Underground "What Now - Now What / SOFIA, BULGARIA
2015 “MADE IN MIND I” Nepal-Finland screening project, Third Space / HELSINKI & Gallery Mcube / KATHMANDU, NEPAL
2012 ”State of The Nation Episode IV” Second Performance Festival, Glogauair / BERLIN, GERMANY
2011 ”State of The Nation Episode III” Grace Exbition Space / NEW YORK, USA
2010 ”State of the Nation II” Skånes Konstförening / MALMÖ, SWEDEN
2010 ”Accumulating value - 7 for The Price of 1” -Performance Tour:
BERLIN / LEIPZIG / FRANKFURT / COLOGNE / DEN BOSCH / AMSTERDAM / ROTTERDAM, GERMANY / NETHERLANDS
2008 Fumoir/Rookzaal / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
2008 Image/Artots / DEN BOSCH, NETHERLANDS
2008 “Operation Neuschwanstein” (with Johnny Amore) Die Färberei / MÜNCHEN, GERMANY
2006 “Maternal Series: The Final Solution” N.o.D. / PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
2006 “The Opening Show” Art Map / PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
2005 “Allegory for Refining Punishment” Factor44 / ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2005 “Experiments on Time 6” Bureau du Port / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
2005 “Elegy for Masculine Frustration” Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives / THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
FINLAND
2019 Pori Art Museum / Staircase, PORI
2018 Third Space, HELSINKI
2017 Pori Jubileum, PORI
2015 Gallery Huuto, HELSINKI
2014 Pori Art Museum, PORI
2014 Là-bas Biennale, HELSINKI
2013 Perf13, PORI
2012 Là-bas Biennale, HELSINKI
2011 Telakka, TAMPERE
2010 ”Accumulating value - 7 for The Price of 1” Pori Art Museum, PORI
2010 ”State of the Nation part 1– Echoes from Speriferia” Art Goes Kapakka, HELSINKI
2009 "Operation Neuschwanstein -Reconsidered", TURKU
2009 “The Site of Painting” Pori Art Museum, PORI
2008 Pori Jubileum (with Johnny Amore), PORI
2008 Art Contact, HELSINKI
2008 Helsinki Art Hall, HELSINKI
2007 “As Slow as Possible” Laitama, HELSINKI
2007 “Infernal II: Le Coq D' or - Golden Cockerel” La Bás, HELSINKI
2006 “Infernal II: Le Coq D' or - Golden Cockerel” Fluxee, TURKU
2006 “Master & Slave” PORI, TAMPERE, HÄMEENKYRÖ
2006 “Infernal I: Va pensiero sull’ali dorate” JYVÄSKYLÄ Art Museum
VIDEO SCREENINGS
2018 "Time After Time" Kösk / MÜNICH, GERMANY
2010 “Operation Neuschwanstein” (with Johnny Amore) Galeria Pistolet / SOFIA, BULGARIA
2009 “Operation Neuschwanstein” (with Johnny Amore) ProArtOrg / BELGRAD, SERBIA
2009 “Operation Neuschwanstein” (with Johnny Amore) Hotel Mariakapel / HOORN, NETHERLANDS
2009 “Operation Neuschwanstein” (with Johnny Amore) Makan / AMMAN, JORDANIA
2007 “Operation BeNeLux” Factor44 / ANTWERP, BELGIUM
SHORTS FILMS / DVDs
2018 "Time After Time" 57:10 min
2009 “Operation Neuschwanstein” (with Johnny Amore) 29:50 min
2007 “On the Bright Cup of the Side” (with Johnny Amore) 14:26 min
2007 “Operation BeNeLux” DVD, 2007 “Master & Slave” 26:30 min
2005 “A Brief History of The Research Centre” DVD
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2013 Fluxee - performance decade
2013 Johnny Amore: Performers / Pori Art Museum Publications 121
2012 Second Performance Festival -exhibition catalogue
2010 “Accumulating Value - 7 for The Price of 1” / Pori Art Museum Publications 104
2008 Register08
2007 Chronologie Factor 44 les jour fixes 1996-2006
2006 P0607 -exhibition catalogue
GRANTS
2019 FRAME Finland (mobility grant)
2019 Art Council of Finland (mobility grant)
2011 & 2010 Art Council of Finland (travel grant)
2010 Frame Finland
2010 Art Council of Satakunta region
2005 Finnish Cultural Foundation / Satakunta region
2005 CIMO
MRCVE is Jussi Matilainen, Asko Nivala, Janne Rahkila and Simo Saarikoski