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Soile Yli-MÄyry
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, Florida Gallery Viktoria, Gothenburg, Sweden Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York Gallery Seira, Tokyo, Japan Soile Yli-Mayry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Gallery D’ Arte II Saggiatore, Rome, Italy Artfolio Gallery, Singapore Gallery Etienne de Causans, Paris, France 2010 Art Chamber, Goa, India Art Chicago, Chicago Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Soile Yli-Mayry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada Gallery Arktika, Marktoberdorf, Germany State of-the-Arts Gallery, Hong Kong Art Miami, Miami 2009 Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, Florida Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York Ofoten Museum, Narvik, Norway Lakshana Art Gallery, Chennai, India Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Luzern, Switzerland Soile Yli-Mayry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Moisio Art Manor, Kouvola, Finland Scand Art Gallery, Hollviken, Sweden 2008 Gallery Etienne de Causans, Paris, France China Art Museum, Beijing, China Green Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Walter Wicksier Gallery | 210 Eleventh Avenue Suite 303 | T: 212-941-1817 | [email protected] Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland 2007 Art Chamber, Goa, India Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York Gallery Nievergelt, Zurich, Switzerland Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Gallery E. Pinomaa, Hanko, Finland Artfolio Gallery, Singapore Gallery Utställningssalongen, Stockholm, Sweden Art Expo 21, Cologne, Germany Gallery D’Arte Saggiatore, Rome, Italy Sanskrit Gallery Kolkata, India 2006 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida Green Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo Art Avesta, Avesta, Sweden Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Mainau Castle, Germany Lalit Kala (Art) Academy, New Delhi, India Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern art, Shanghai, China 2005 XI Indian Triennale, New Delhi, India Amos Eno Gallery, New York Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Savonlinna Art Museum, Savonlinna, Finland Moisio Art manor, Elimäki, Finland Gallery D’Arte Il Saggiatore, Roma, Italy Artfolio Gallery, Singapore Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai China 2004 Gallery Nievergelt, Zurich, Switserland Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Kassu Halonen Art House, Vaala, Finland Gallery D’Arte Il Saggiatore, Roma, Italy Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Villa Otto Flath, Bad Segeberg, Germany Pietarsaari Museum, Pietarsaari, Finland Gallery Viktoria, Gothenburg, Sweden 2003 Amos Eno Gallery, New York
Walter Wicksier Gallery | 210 Eleventh Avenue Suite 303 | T: 212-941-1817 | [email protected] Green Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Gallery Georg Jaud, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Rheinfelden, Switzerland Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Gallery E. Pinomaa, Hanko, Finland China Art Museum, Beijing, China Gallery Utställningssalongen, Stockholm, Sweden Pinacoteca Art museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil Lalit Kala (Art) Academy Gallery, New Delhi, India 2002 Gallery Ofoten, Narvik, Norway Genkan Gallery / Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China Gaala Gallery, Turku, Finland Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Gallery D’Arte Il Saggiatore, Roma, Italy Artfolio Space Gallery, Singapore Imatra Art Museum 2001 Irving Arte Center, Texas Volvo Gallery, Sydney, Australia Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China Gallery Utställningssalong Karlavägen 81, Stockholm, Sweden Palm Springs Art Fair, California Gallery Viktoria, Gothenburg, Sweden Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Etienne de Gausans, Paris, France Art Collection Gallery, Toronto, Canada Soile Yli-Märyry Art Hall Gallery Cylinda, Sykkylven/Ålesund, Norway Art Gallery Lennart, Naantali, Finland Gallery D’arte Il Saggiatore, Roma, Italy Neliö-Gallery, Oulu, Finland Norsk-Finsk Kulturinstitut, Oslo, Norway 2000 Das Neue Ratthaus, Weissenburg, Germany Amos Eno Gallery, New York Sollentuna Art Fair , Stockholm, Sweden Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland
Walter Wicksier Gallery | 210 Eleventh Avenue Suite 303 | T: 212-941-1817 | [email protected] The Marriott Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile Raumo Art, Rauma, Finland Cymrosa Art Gallery, Mumbai (Bombay), India The Art Chamber, Goa, India The Gallery Art & Design, Mexico City, Mexico 1999 Shanghai Art museum, Shanghai, China Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland Museu de Cass Brasileira, Sao Paulo, Brazil Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina Gallery Etienne de Causans, Paris, France Cultural Foundation Exhibition Hall, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Green Art Gallery , Dubai, United Arab Emirates Nehru Center Art Gallery, Mumbai (Bombay), India Nandor Mikola-Museum, Vaasa, Finland Centro Cultural PUCP, Lima, Peru City Hall, Lima, Peru Gallery Geiger, Konstanz, Germany Artfolio Space Gallery, Singapore 1998 Amos Eno Gallery, New York Gallery Ralino, Paujim-Goa, India Ebury Galleries, London, Great Britain Neliö-Gallery, Oulu, Finland Ginza Gallery House, Tokyo, Japan Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall , Kuortane, Finland Gallery Etienne de Causans, Paris, France The Finnish Embassy, Washington, USA Gallery Utställningssalong Strandvagen 13, Stockholm, Sweden Rio Design Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil TAF 98 Art Fair, Taipei, Taiwan Gallery Viktoria, Gothenburg, Sweden The Finnish Embass, Brasilia, Brazil 1997 Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China Ebury Galleries, London, Great Britain Ginza Gallery House, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Nievergelt, Zurich, Switzerland Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall , Kuortane, Finland
Walter Wicksier Gallery | 210 Eleventh Avenue Suite 303 | T: 212-941-1817 | [email protected] Israel Artist’s House, Jerusalem, Israel Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel LKF The Gallery, Hong Kong Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland TAF 97 Art Fair, Taiperi, Taiwan Gallery Tonichi, Tokyo, Japan 1996 Book Fair, Taipei, Taiwan Städtische Sammlungen, Altes Rahaus, Schweinfurt, Germany Hanse-Office, Brussels, Belgium Gallery Paris, Yokohama, Japan LKF The Gallery, Hong Kong Nelio-Gallery, Oulu, Finland Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany TAF 96 Art Fair, Taipei, Taiwan 1995 Finland Design Cener, Sapporo, Japan Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland Shugado Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Gallery 17, Stockholm, Sweden Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Amos Eno Gallery, New York Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany Gallery Kapriisi, Kuoplo, Finland Gallery Geiger, Kornwestheim/Stuttgart, Germany 1994 Gellery Nievergelt, Zurich, Switzerland Amos Eno Gallery, New York Gallery Avenue Kobe, Kobe, Japan Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland Gallery Vita, Bern, Switzerland Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany Gallery Tobia Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland 1993 Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland TIAS 93 - Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan Art Expo Art Fair, New York Miharayu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Gallery of Amer Cultural Foundation, Helsinki, Finland Nelio-Gallery, Oulu, Finland Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland Gallery Kapriisi, Kuopic, Finland
Walter Wicksier Gallery | 210 Eleventh Avenue Suite 303 | T: 212-941-1817 | [email protected] Gallery Paris, Yokohama, Japan Gallery 17, Stockholm, Sweden Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland Agathenburg Castle, Stade, Germany Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany Gallery Musée, Nagoya, Japan 1992 County Library, Kuortane, Finland Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola Finland Heinola Art Museum, Heinola, Finland Gallery 17, Stockholm Sweden Gallery Adriana, Stuttgart, Germany Nakazawa Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Avenue Kobe, Kobe, Japan Gallery Marius, Copenhagen, Denmark Gallery Fabian, Västerås, Sweden Rathaus, Suhl, Germany Book & Library Fair, Gothenburg, Sweden Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany Book & Press Fair, Geneva, Switzerland Book Fair, Tokyo, Japan 1991 Gallery Auris, Hämeenlinna, Finland Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland Seinäjoki Art Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland Neliö-Gallery, Oulu, Finland Gallery Olab, Gothenburg, Sweden Kunstforum, Schwäbish Gmünd, Germany Gallery Hoffmann, Cologne, Germany Book & Library Fair, Gothenburg, Sweden Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany Alena Adlung Gallery, New York 1990 Neliö-Gallery, Raahe, Finland Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland Ateljee-Gallery, Lahti, Finland Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland Amos Eno Gallery, New York Gallery Geiger, Kornwestheim/Stuttgart, Germany Gallery Olab, Gothenburg, Sweden 1989 County Library, Kuortane, Finland
Walter Wicksier Gallery | 210 Eleventh Avenue Suite 303 | T: 212-941-1817 | [email protected] Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa, Finland Art Gallery Fundart, Nastola, Finland Neliö-Gallery, Raahe, Finland Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland Kajaani Art Hall, Kajaani, Finaland Municipal Library Exhibition Hall, Vantaa, Finland Art Fair, Gothenburg, Sweden Suomi Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden Amos Eno Gallery, New York Gallery Adriana, Stuttgart, Germany 1988 Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland Varkaus Art Museum Oulu Art Museum Finnish Glass museum, Riihimäki, Finland Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, Finland City Hall, Anjalankoski, Finland Suomi Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 1987 Municipal Library Exhibition Hall, Kuopio, Finland Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo, Finland Kuusankoski-House Exhibition Hall, Finland Rauma Art museum, Finland Suomi Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 1986 Kaivopuisto Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Imatra Art museum, Imatra, Finland Emil Cedercreutz Museum, Harjavalta, Finland Seinäjoki Art Hall, Finland 1985 Callery Auris, Tampere, Finland Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa, Finland Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland County Library, Kuortane, Finland 1984 Gallery Artre, Tampere, Finland Kaivopuisto Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 1983 Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland Kaivopuisto Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 1982 Gallery Tawast, Hämeenlinna, Finland 1980 Gallery Malkki, Tampere, Finland 1977 Municipal Exhibition Space, Valkeakoski, Finland 1976 Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa, Finland 1975 Gallery im Westen, Stuttgart, Germany
Walter Wicksier Gallery | 210 Eleventh Avenue Suite 303 | T: 212-941-1817 | [email protected] Before 1975 several groupexhibitions in Finland and abroad.
Selected Corporate Collections
Bell Atlantic, Toronto, Canada Evli Bank, Helsinki, Finland Hitachi Engineering, Japan IBM Suttgart, Germany Lahti Art Museum, Finland McCann-Erickson Brasil, Sao Paulo Nordic Investment Bank, Helsinki, Finland North Pacific Bank, Sapporo, Japan Orion Company, Helsinki, Finland Oulu Art Museum, Finland Outokumpu Company, Helsinki, Finland Shanghai Art Museum
Education
1987 Masters of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lincentiate in 1995 (Culture Sociology) 1971 - 1972 Liberal Art Institute, Helsinki, Finland 1972 - 1975 The Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Germany
Selected Bibliography
2007 December 17, Colour of Consciousness, The Telegraph, Kolkata, India December 16, A Distinctly Leaden Effect, The Telegraph, Kalkota, India October, Dream Bridge, 8 Days, Singapore, page 99 2005 January 25, Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, Colours of the Wind, The Indian Express, New Delhi, India January 21, Team Viva, Silent Song in Colors, The Pioneer Daily News, India Soile Yli-Mäyry, Burning Ash, edited by Marja-Ieena Virtanen, Gummerus Kustannus Oy, Helsinki, Finland January 21, Colours of Life...and Knife, The Hinfu New Delhi, India January 20, A Fine Finnish Touch, Delhi Times, India January 17, Vinita Faridi, Vibrant Hues, Hindustan Times, New Delhi, India 2004 October 27, Lotta Back, Soile Yli-Mäyry Having Exhibition, Vasabladet, Sweden, page 10 September 8, Kuhllmann-Meincke, Soile Yli Has Exhibition,
Walter Wicksier Gallery | 210 Eleventh Avenue Suite 303 | T: 212-941-1817 | [email protected] Segeberger Nachrichten 2003 November 22, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition at China Art Museum, People’s Daily Overseas Edition, China Painter From Northern Europe Having a Exhibition in Ginza, Asahi Daily News, Tokyo, Japan November 22, Soile Yli-Mäyry’s Art Work, Beijing, China Sun in the Bag, Vision Magazine, Beijing China, page 162 2002 October, An Art Exhibition by Finnish Artist Soile Yli- Mäyry, FBC News, Shingapore, page 16 September, Kurt J. Rosenthaler, Soile Yli-Mäyry’s Work, Germany 2001 August 3, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong April, Inner Cities, Hong Kong Tafler, Hong Kong, page 46 March, Recommendation of the Month, Home Journal, Hong Kong, page 38 February 28, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Singapore Newspaper, Hong Kong February, Picsof the Week, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, page 21 2000 December 3, A Different Vision, The Gallery Art & design, Mexico City November 29, Uses the Knife Like Paintbrush, Reforma Cultura, Mexico city, Mexico November 29, Pedro Luis Munguia, Finish Artist Uses Color To Escape From Weather, The News Living, Mexico City , page 27 November 28, El Economist, Soile Yli-Mäyry from Finland, La PLAZA, Mexico City, Mexico, page 1 November 27, Uno Mas Uno Daily News, Mexico city, page 14 November 20, Natasha Israni, Urban Angst, India Today, Bombay, India November 17, Vidyut Kumar Ta, An Artist Develops, The Times of India, Goa, India November 5, Deepa Adhikari, A Colourful Finn & Burning Doors, Mid Day, India 1999 September 26, a staff reporter, Abdullah Open Finnish Art Exhibition, Khaleej times, Dubai, UAE September 26, Abdullah Opens Art Show, Gulf News, UAE September 26, Mariam Mathew, Finnish Artist’s Show Opened in Abu Dhabi, Guif Today, Abu Dhabi September 25, Finnish Artist’s Work on Show Today, Al Ittihad Newspaper, UAE September 23, a staff reporter, Finnish Artist’s Works on Show, Khaleej Times, Dubai, UAE September 23, Marian Mathew, Finnish Artist in Capital for Maiden Mideast Show, The Gulf Today, UAE April 20, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Buenos Aires January 26, Finnish Artist on Display, China Daily, Shanghai, China January 25th, Finnish Woman Painter Showing Her Specie Style in Shanghai, Xin Ming Evening News, China
Walter Wicksier Gallery | 210 Eleventh Avenue Suite 303 | T: 212-941-1817 | [email protected] Cultural Foundation Exhibition Hall, Abu Dhabi, UAE 1997 October 19, Robin Lynam, Going Out, Sunday Morning Post, Hong Kong, page 16 Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition at Lan Kwai Fong The Gallery, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong 1996 November 16, Asphalt Light, Lima, Peru, page C3 June 12, Acclaimed Artist Heads for Shanghai, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong April 29, Christine Ho, Art Facts, Hong Kong ELLE Decoration, Hong Kong, page 29 April 15, Desiree Au, Colourist Has an Eye for Detail, Hong Kong Standard, page 14 April 14, Soile Yli-Mäyry‘s Exhibition at LKF Gallery, Sing Tao Evening Post, Hong Kong April 14 Robin Lynam, Going Out, Sunday Morning Post, Hong Kong April, What’s on : At and About in HK....,Home Journal , Hong Kong, page 44 The Impression is Burning Snow, Yomiuri Daily News, Hokkaido, Japan Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition at Schweinfurt, Schweinfurter markt, Germany The Exhibition in Schweinfurt, Germany, page 17 1994 May 19, Soile Yli-Mäyry’s Work, Handels Zeitung, Zurich, Switzerland May 10, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Mainichi Daily News, Kobe, Japan, page 21 April, Leena Pulfer, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Finland Magazine, Switzerland 1993 October 28, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Feuilleton, Switzerland, Israel September 12, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Arbetet, Gothemburg, Sweden, page 36 1992 April 14, Yamamoto, Contention and Reconciliation with Urban Civilization, Kobe Daily News, Kobe, Japan, page 15 April 12, Painter from Finland, Having an Exhibition, Yomiuri Daily, Kobe, Japan, page 29 April, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition at Gallery Anenue Kobe, Kobe, Japan Galleri Fabrian, Modernismens Traditioner, Vesferas, Sweden 1991 Soile Yli-Mäyry, edited by Matti Pukkila and Pentti Koivunen, Mark print, Lahti, Finland (text in Finnish, English, German, and Japanese)
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