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Timo Vartiainen
kuvataiteilija / visual artist


Born 1960 in North-Karelia, Finland
Works and lives in Helsinki


Address: Pakilantie 15 A 10,
00630 Helsinki, finland
E-mail: timovar@hotmail.com

JOURNEYS AND POETIC BIRD SHELTERS:
Timo Vartiainen's nature-conservation aesthetic / artickle / Frame publication

Photo Gallery / Frame publication




photo: Timo vartiainen
Muurahaiset/ Ants; Farrrera, Catalonia

Environmental Art
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T I M O V A R T I A I N E N


Works in exhibitions since 1982 (Young Artists' Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 HIAP project Room, Cable Factory, Helsinki; 55 days in Farrera, Catalonia
2004 Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Studio K, Helsinki; Tsurraa
2002 Studio Mezzo, Helsinki; About Hate and Love
1999 Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland; KÖK BUKSUJ, pictures sounds writings
1994 The Helsinki City Art Museum, The Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki; KEM'-LEKA, from the White Sea to the Norwegian Sea
1993 Laterna Magica, Helsinki; A'ILIGAS

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Halikonlahti Green Art Trilogia 2006, Salo, Finland
2003 Taksim Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey; B-FACT, Black Sea- Baltic Sea- Barents Sea
2003 2nd Tirana Biennial, Tirana, Albania; Utopia
2003 Galleri Leena Kuumola, Helsinki, Finland; Bunker Research Group
2000 Øksnehallen, Copengen, Danmark; Det Grønne Spor
1999-2000 Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; Under the same sky


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 Järvenpää Art Museum, Järvenpää, Finland; Vain yksi vuoren huippu, eränkävijän valikoiva silmä
2002 Helsinki City Art Museum, Meilahti, Helsinki; Myth - A journey into the Finnish mindscape
2000 Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland; Fading Chaos
Outi Heiskanen, Johanna Kiivaskoski, Pekka Nevalainen, Beata Joutsen, Hannu Väisänen etc.
2000 The Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland; Occounts of a Journey. The art of leaving, adventuring and finding
Hanni Stolker, Roi Vaara, Frank Kappas, Jussi Kivi, The Royal blue, Outi Pieski, Catarina Ryöppy etc.
1997 The Helsinki City Art Museum, The Hesperia Park, Helsinki, Finland; Growth of Mind
Pekka Nevalainen, Anu Tuominen, Anne Siirtola, Paavo Paunu ja Juha Mäki-Jussila
Timo Vartiainen & Henrik Jensen: RUBBISH, the Archeology of a Garbage Dump
Environmental installations, photoes, diaryes, an architectural plan, a slide show etc. Selected exhibitions:
1992 OKRA Gallery, Vantaa, Finland
1993 Recycling Fair of Riihimäki, Finland


ENVIRONMENTAL WORKS IN NATUR since 1982 using found objects, natural material…


Selected bibliography
2006 Academy of Fine Arts of FIN, doctoral thesis "Too Fargile to turn it into Representation" by T.Pitkänen (p. 111-117)
2006 University of Lapland, doctoral thesis ON THE ROAD AND IN CAMP by Anne Keskitalo
2004 Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland; catalogue Tsurraa
2000 Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland; catalogue Under the same sky
1997 The Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland; catalogue Every moment everywhere
1997 The Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki; exhibition magazine Mielen kasvu/ Growth of Mind

Educations
Academy of Fine Arts of Finland, Helsinki 1984-1988 and 1993
Lahti Institute of Design, Lahti, Finland 1980-1983
Drawing School of Lahti Art Society, Lahti, Finland 1979-1980


Selected grants
Arts Council of Finland 1994, 1998, 1999, 2005-2007
The Helsinki City 1996, 1999
The Finnish Cultural Foundation 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
Alfred Kordelin's Foundation 2001

Working abroad 2 -10 weeks. Selection
Arctic area in northern Finland/ Sweden/ Norway 1987-94, 96-2002, 2004, 2007 / Hitch& walk from NW Russia to Finland, Sweden and Norway 2003/ Hitch & walk from Spain to Kobenhagen 2000 / Journey from Lake Onega to The Komi Republic in Russia 1998 / Russia 1990, 91, 93-94, 96, 98-2000, 2002 / Poland 1994, 96, 98 / Estland 1990, 94, 96, 99 /10 weeks hitch & walk around the Baltic Sea Countries 1996 / 2 month walk & hitch in West Balkan countries and Turkey 2003 / 2 months in Catalonia Pyrenees, Centre d'Art i Natura de Farrera, Spain 2006 / Berlin 2007


© editor: Lea Turto Email: turto@pp.nic.fi