Award 2001

Biography

1970 born in Tampere, Finland, 1989 matriculation Tammerkoski Secondary School, 1995 artist, Tampere School of Art and Communication, since 1992 a lot of solo exhibitions, collective exhibitions and group exhibitions in Tampere (Gallery Valkoinen houne, 1997), Lahti (Gallery Kiainä, 1999), Helsinki (Gallery G, 2001), Cluj/Romania (Ist International MiniPrint Biennial, 1997), Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia (The 3rd Malaysia Annual Exhibition of International Contemporary Prints, 1998), Tokyo/Japan (International MiniPrint Triennial, 1998), New Marks/Ähtäri (Exhibition of Young Artists, 1999, 1st prize), 1995 »Digit 2« Tallin/Estonia, 1998 Helsinki, 1999 Chemnitz, Frankfurt, Berlin, Düsseldorf... »Himmelblau« Touring exhibition in Germany, awards and grants for example 1999 Pirkanmaa Art Committee (half year Grant for working), Ministry of Education, 2000 Artist in Residence, Cite des Arts, Paris/France and Akureyri/lceland, Finnish Cultural Foundation

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