J a n n e L a i n e

D.O.B. 27th March 1970 in Tampere, Finland

Address Hämeenpuisto 37 A 45, 33200 Tampere, Finland Phone + 358 40 767 3330

E-mail [email protected] Online portfolio www.jannelaine.net

Studies Visual Artist, Tampere School of Art and Media 1992 – 1995

Solo Exhibitions

2020 Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere, Finland 2019 Casa de la Cultura, Lima, Peru Voipaala Art Center, Sääksmäki, Finland 2018 Galerie A.Piroir, Montreal, Canada Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland 2017 Evans Contemporary Gallery, Peterborough, Canada Laine & Heiskanen, Galleri Cupido, Stockholm, Sweden Laine & Heiskanen, Gallery 12, Kuopio, Finland Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain 2016 Laine & Kivinen, Kunstverket Galleri, Oslo, Norway Gallery Harmaja, Oulu, Finland Taidekeskus Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland 2015 Tampere Art Museum, Finland Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland ArTag Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2014 Art Hall Seinäjoki, Finland Gallery 2, Pirkkala, Finland 2013 Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere, Finland Gallery Harmaja, Oulu, Finland Gallery Joella, Turku, Finland 2012 Gallery Aarni, Espoo, Finland Heiskanen & Laine, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden Heiskanen & Laine, Kuhmo Arts Center, Kuhmo, Finland Heiskanen & Laine, Gallery G12, Helsinki, Finland Heiskanen feat. Laine, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland 2011 Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland Tampere maja, Tartu, Estonia Laine & Heiskanen, Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland Laine & Heiskanen, Art Centre Antares, Ruokolahti, Finland Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland Maison Arc-en-Ciel, Alliàge asbl, Liège, Belgium 2010 Silence, Open Studio, Toronto, Canada Laine & Heiskanen, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea Laine & Heiskanen, Gallery 12, Kuopio, Finland Fenix, Helsinki, Finland 2009 Laine & Heiskanen, Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere, Finland In The Half Light, Gallery Harmaja, Oulu, Finland Laine & Heiskanen, Gallery Cupido, Stockholm, Sweden 2008 Gallery Joella, Turku, Finland Laine & Heiskanen, Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland H2O, Tampere-talo, Talvipuutarha, Finland 2007 Night Reflections, Jónas Vidar Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland Laine featuring Heis, Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland In Between, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland 2006 On a Journey…, Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland Forbidden Garden, Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland No-Man’s-Land, Gallery Harmaja, Oulu, Finland No-Man’s-Land, Poriginal Gallery, Pori, Finland No-Man’s-Land, Himmelblau Gallery, Tampere, Finland 2004 Nowhere, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland Nowhere, Gallery Tarusto, Savonlinna, Finland 2003 Prints, Gallery Nevada, Huittinen, Finland 2002 Silence, Stipend Exhibition, Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland Silence, Nurmijärvi Library Gallery, Finland 2001 Silence, Titanik, Turku, Finland Silence, Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland 2000 Numb, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland 1999 Numb, Gallery Kipinä, Lahti, Finland 1997 Licence to Print, Gallery Valkoinen huone, Tampere, Finland

Collective Exhibitions

2020 Nordic Printmaking Triennial, Gallery Sander, Norrköping, Sweden Nordic Printmaking Triennial, Trelleborgs Museum, Sweden 2nd TKO International Miniprint Exhibition, Tokio, Kyoto, Osaka, Japan 2019 22nd International Exlibris competition Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 3rd Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial, Beauty, Kaunas. Lithuania 2nd Mini Print International Cantabria, Spain Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan Bucharest International Print Biennale BIPB, Romania 39th Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Spain 4th Global Print, Douro, Portugal International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria 2018 Light/Matter, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2018 ROC, Taiwan, R.O.C Bimpe X, Vancouver, Canada Imprint – International Competitive Exhibit of Printmaking, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 5th Annual International Juried Print Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Print Biennial Lodz, Poland International Ex-Libris Competition Varna, Bulgaria XII International Competition fo Ex-Libris – Gliwise, Puola 38th Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Spain International Print Triennial – Kraków – Main Exhibition, Poland 3rd International Printmaking Biennial Cacak, Serbia 3rd Jogja Miniprint Biennale 2018, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Interernational Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria 2nd International Biennial of Artworks on Paper, Prijedor, Bosnia Herzegovina 2017 10th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Canada Light/Matter; Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, USA 6th Guanlan International Print Biennial, China 37th Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Spain 8th Splitgraphic International Graphic Art Biennial, Split, Croatia Festival de la Gravure Diekirch, Luxembourg Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria MiniPrint Berlin 2017, Galleri Heike Arndt, Berlin, Germany International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria Graphium-Timišoara Biennala Internationjalâ de Gravjirâ Micâ, Romania 2016 1st TKO International Miniprint Exhibition, Tokyo, Kioto, Osaka, Japan BIMBE IX, Vancouver, Canada 1st International Biennial of Artworks on Paper, Prijedor, Bosnia Herzegovina 4th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, Romania International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria 36th Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Spain Festival de la Gravure Diekirch, Luxembourg 2nd International Exlibris Competition Varna, Bulgaria Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria 2015 5th Guanlan International Print Biennial, China Tribuna Graphic, Art Museum of Cluj, Romania 20th International Exlibris competition Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tokio, Japan Festival de la Gravure Diekirch, Luxembourg 35th Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Spain 2014 International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak 2014, Bulgaria Triennale D’estampe Gravure Originale, France 1st International Exlibris Competition Varna, Bulgaria 1st Jogja Miniprint Biennale 2014, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 34th Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Spain Festival de la Gravure Diekirch, Luxemburg 2013 4th Guanlan International Print Biennial, China International Print Triennial – Kraków – Istanbul, Turkey International Print Triennial – Kraków – Falun, Sweden 8th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Canada Triennale Européenne de l’Estampe Contemporaine 2013, Toulouse, France Global Print 2013, Douro, Portugal Premio Aqui, 11th International Biennial of Engraving, Acqui Terme, Italy Festival de la Gravure Diekirch, Luxembourg 19th International Exlibris competition Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 2012 International Print Triennial – Kraków – Main Exhibition, Poland International Print Triennial PrinArt Katowice, Poland Imprima 2012, Brazil FISAE 34. International Ex-Libris Competition, Naantali, Finland 5th Pirkanmaa Triennial, Tampere, Finland 6th Bienal Internacional de Gravura, Douro, Portugal 2011 8th International Biennial of Engraving of Liège, Belgium Festival de la Gravure Diekirch, Luxembourg Global Matrix III International Print Exhibition, USA 16th International Print Biennial Varna,Bulgaria 14th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lódz, Poland 2010 Grafik ohne Grentzen – International Print Network 2010, Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg, Germany 7th International Miniprint Triennial, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland 5th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal 8th World Triennial of Small Graphic Prints, France 2009 6th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Canada 4th International Graphic Biennial Split, Croatia 4th Pirkanmaa Triennial, Tampere, Finland Festival de la Gravure Diekirch, Luxembourg 7th International Biennial of Engraving of Liège, Belgium 6th International Triennial of Graphic Art – Bitola, Macedonia “Is it Still Graphics or a Photography?”, Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole, Poland 15th Seoul Space International Print Biennial, Korea 2008 Festival de la Gravure Diekirch, Luxembourg 3rd International Mini Print Graphium, Timisoara, Romania International Print Exhibition Yunnan 2008, China 2007 5th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Riviéres, Québec, Canada 14th Tallinn Print Triennial – Political & Poetical, Kumu, Tallinn, Estonia 5th International Triennial of Graphic Arts Sofia, Bulgaria International Multiple Art Exhibition GIAF, Masan, Korea 1st International Graphic Triennale – Wien 2007, Austria 6th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria 2006 16th International Exlibris competition Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 14th Seoul Space International Print Biennial, Korea 2nd International Print Biennial Ceará, Brazil Global Matrix II International Print Exhibition, USA Small Europe 2006, 4th Biennial of small scale arts, Hallsberg & Örebro, Sweden 3rd Pirkanmaa Triennial, Tampere, Finland 4th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada 2005 Graphica Creativa, Jyväskylä, Finland Turku Biennial, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland 5th International Biennial of Engraving of Liège, Belgium 4th Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tokyo, Japan 4th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria 2004 Triennale Krakau, Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg, Germany 5th International Mini-Print Triennial, Lahti Art Museum, Finland Triennial 100 Cities – Intergrafia, Ostrzeszow, Poland Triennial 100 Cities – Prints from the four quarters of the Globe, Poznan, Poland 2003 Intergrafia – World Award Winners Gallery, Niepolomice, Poland International Print Triennial in Cracow, Poland Eurografik, European Culture Integration Bridge, Lavra Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 4th International Biennial of Engraving of Liège, Belgium 6th World Triennial of Small Graphic Prints, France 2002 7th International Biennial of Graphics of the Baltic Sea, Kaliningrad-Königsberg, Russia 13th German International Exhibition of Graphic Art in Frechen, Germany 3rd Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tokyo, Japan 11th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lódz, Poland 2001 2nd World Festival of Art on Paper, Ljubljana, Slovenia International Marianne Brandt Contest 2001, Chemnitz, Germany 4th International Mini-Print Triennial, Lahti Art Museum, Finland 12th Tallinn Print Triennial – ”Mutating Image”, Tallinn, Estonia 2000 1st Pirkanmaa Triennial, Tampere, Finland 5th World Triennial of Small Graphic Prints, France 1999 Uusia jälkiä / New Marks, Exhibition of Young Artists, Ähtäri, Finland 10th International Exhibition Small Graphic Forms, Lódz, Poland 1998 2nd Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Japan 3rd International Mini-Print Triennial, Lahti Art Museum, Finland Grafinnova ´98, Pohjanmaa Art Museum and Vaasa Art Hall 3rd Malaysia Annual Exhibition of International Contemporary Prints, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1997 1st International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania Särkyneen sydämen hotelli, valtakunnallinen valokuvanäyttely, Hotell Otava, Pori, Finland 1996 Comment, Exhibition of Young Artists, Espoo, Finland

Group Exhibitions

2020 Vinterutstilling på Soli Brug, Sarpsborg, Norway 2019 Black on White, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland London Original Print Fair, United Kingdom SGC International Member Travelling Exhibition, USA Wingfield Barns, Suffolk, Great Britain Galerie L’Etangd’Art, Bages, France Picture book, Nastola, Finland Mosaic, Winter Garden, Tampere, Finland 2018 Silk Road Art Gallery, Xi’an, China Site:Brooklyn, New York, USA Fundació Tharrats d’Art Gràfik, Barcelona, Spain Mänttä Art Festival, Finland 2017 Nordic Möte, Soli Brug, Norway Gallery Artèria, Iqualada, Spain National Library of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain Rajataide 20-years, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland Printti V, National Miniprint Exhibition, Nokia, Finland 2016 Painting of the Mind, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland Tallinn Print Triennial – The Winners, Vilnius Graphic Art Centre Gallery, Lithuania Taidetta tilassa, Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Sipoo, Finland London Original Print Fair, United Kingdom 2015 Elements, Contemporary Museum Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland Sin, Serlachius museum, Mänttä, Finland London Original Print Fair, United Kingdom Passport, Studio Wäkewä, Mikkeli, Finland 2014 London Original Print Fair, United Kingdom Kunstverket Galleri, Oslo, Norway La Calaca Press III International Print Exhange 2013, Melbourne, Australia La Calaca Press III International Print Exhange 2013, Hong Kong 2013 La Calaca Press III International Print Exhange 2013, Texas, USA La Calaca Press III International Print Exhange 2013, Granada, Nicaragua La Calaca Press III International Print Exhange 2013, Jalisco, Moralis, Mexico London Original Print Fair, United Kingdom Horizonte, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 2012 Tampere Art Fair, Finland Heiskanen, Laine, Mattila, Nurmijärvi Gallery, Finland Hanni, Laine, Lilja, Gallery Aila Seppälä, Lahti, Finland Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland II La Calaca Press International Print Exchange 2012, Illinois, Texas; USA II La Calaca Press International Print Exchange 2012, Granada, Nicaragua Luonnon lahjat, Järvilinna Art Center, Vihtavuori, Finland Kieli on – sopii sanoa, Gallery Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland Taidetta jakokaapeissa 3, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland Meri, Gallery Emil, Tampere, Finland Meri, Gallery Noorus, Tartu, Estonia Meri, Kunstbygningen Filosoffen, Odense, Denmark Summer, Gallery Art Frida, Helsinki, Finland Easter, Gallery Art Frida, Helsinki, Finland Red Horse, Gallery Laaja, Äänekoski, Finland 2011 Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland ArtHelsinki, Finland Tampere Art Fair, Finland Constructed realities, Grafikens hus, Mariefred, Sweden Puun taju, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland Forest, Gösta Serlachius Museum, Mänttä, Finland Avec Outi, Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxemburg Heiskanen, Laine, Karjalainen, Äkkijyrkkä, Gallery Aila Seppälä, Lahti, Finland 2010 Satujen sateenvarjo, GalleryAri, Mikkeli, Finland Maila Talvio-salonki, Vanha-Koskipää, Hartola, Finland Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland La Strada – journeys in contemporary art, Novomestská radnice, Prague, Czech Republic La Strada – journeys in contemporary art, Galerie Klatovy/Klenová, Czech Republic Sinitaivas- Blue Sky, Riihigallery, Kuhmoinen, Finland Albrecht, Innanen, Kivinen, Laine, Mattila, Gallery Aila Seppälä, Lahti, Finland Standing in the middle of Craft, Art and Design, Space CAN, Seoul, Korea Salaisuus/Hemlighet/Secret, Fiskars Ruukki, Finland Art Fair Busan, Korea 2009 Today at Home, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland Pelaa! - Play!, Salo Art Museum, Finland Graphic Arts on both sides of the Gulf, Hanasaari, Espoo, Finland O-Heis-Grup, Voipaala Art Centre, Sääksmäki, Finland 2008 La Strada – journeys in contemporary art, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Aineellista – Aineetonta, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland Luokkakokous/Class Meeting, Verkaranta, Tampere, Finland Tampereen kasvot, Takahuhti Art Centre, Tampere, Finland Least Common Denominator; Laine, Lampisuo, Nurro, Pihlajamaa, Mikkeli Art Museum, Finland 2007 Mikael Agricola – kuvasta sanaksi, sanasta kuvaksi, Rautavaara and Turku, Finland Vaasan Seta ry:n juhlanäyttely, Ateljé Torni, Vaasa, Finland 2006 Grafik x 8, Galleriet G 18, Helsinki, Finland Sininen torni, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland Rassut, Rajataide ry; 10 years, Tampere, Finland Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland 75 taidegraafikkoa- Association of Finnish Printmakers, Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland Täysi kattaus, Association of Finnish Printmakers – 75th Anniversary Exhibition, Lahti, Finland 2005 Fuego y Hielo Finlandes, Exhacienda de Enmedio, Mexico City, Mexico Miniprint Finland 2004, Salo Art Museum, Finland 2004 Talven tunnelmia, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland Contemporary Finnish Graphic Art, Nordic House Gallery, Cracow, Poland Rajanylityksiä, Filharmony Hall, Petrozavodsk, Russia Blue Sky – Graphics From Finland, LU Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia Blue Sky – Graphics From Finland, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania 2003 Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland Himmelblau, Pyynikinlinna, Tampere, Finland Sinitaivas, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland 2002 Blue Sky – Graphics From Finland, Wang Fung Art Gallery, Beijing, China Blue Sky – Graphics From Finland, Exhibition Hall of Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China Document, Rajataide ry, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland 2001 Dispensing with Formalities – Taidetta Jakeluun, Muu ry, Helsinki, Finland Dispensing with Formalities – Taidetta Jakeluun, Rajataide ry, Tampere, Finland Pyhäniemi Estate, Finland Valoa Pajalla, K.H. Renlund Art Museum, Kokkola, Finland 2000 Raja-arvoja 4, Ahjo Art Centre, Joensuu, Finland Raja-arvoja 3, Hämeenlinna Centre for the Arts, Hämeenlinna, Finland 1999 Uusia hankintoja, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland Valoa Pajalla, Gallery Harmaja, Oulu, Finland Laine, Soppela, Syrjälä; Into Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Raja-arvoja 2, Kaapeli Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Himmelblau Touring exhibition in Germany; Frankfurt, Berlin, Düsseldorf... 1998 Kaiku/Eko/Echo, Gotland, Sweden The Summer Edition, Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland Aurinkopiirroksia, Suomenlinna Fortress, Helsinki, Finland Raja-arvoja, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland Laine, Lampisuo, Lehtinen; Gallery Kapriisi, Kuopio, Finland 1997 Halpa, (Force Majeure II), Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland Himmelblau, Aura Gallery, Turku, Finland Tampere Artists Association, Group Exhibition, Kuusankoski, Finland Uudet taiteilijat, Mältinranta Art Centre, Tampere, Finland 1995 Lopputyönäyttely, Finlayson Gallery, Tampere, Finland Digit 2, Digital Art Exhibition, Vanha Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Digit 2, Eesti Ajaloo Instituut, Tallinn, Estonia 1994 Digit!, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland Elektrolyysi, Poleeni, Pieksämäki, Finland 1993 Force Majeure, Experimental Photography Exhibition, Tampere, Finland 1992 Eloa, Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland

Awards, Prizes

2020 Posti Art Award 2018 Bimpe X, Vancouver, Canada; Honorary Mention 2017 10th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Riviéres; Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir Prize 2017 Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria; Second Prize 2016 International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak 2014, Bulgaria; Honorary Mention 2016 36th Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Spain; Winner 2014 International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak 2014, Bulgaria; Honorary Mention 2012 FISAE XXXIV International Ex-Libris Competition, Naantali, Finland; 4th Prize 2012 Imprima 2012, Brazil; Honorary Mention 2009 15th Seoul Space International Print Biennial, Korea; Purchase Prize 2007 5th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Riviéres; National Bank of Canada Award 2002 3rd Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial; Special Award 2001 International Marianne Brandt Contest 2001; 1st Prize 2001 12th Tallinn Print Triennial; Equal and Purchase Prizes 1999 Uusia jälkiä New Marks, Exhibition of Young Artists; 1st Prize 1997 Särkyneen sydämen hotelli; 3rd Prize

Works in Collections in Finland (selected)

Aine Art Museum Amos Anderson Art Museum City of Espoo City of Kemi City of Tampere City of Turku City of Valkeakoski Didrichsen Art Museum EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art; Finlandia collection Espoo Congregation Helsinki City Art Museum Hämeenlinna Art Museum Imatra Art Museum Jyväskylä Art Museum Kemi Art Museum Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art; Swanljung collection Mikkeli Art Museum Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Oulu Art Museum Parliament of Finland Paulo Foundation Raimo Anttila Foundation Rovaniemi Art Museum/Wihuri Foundation Serlachius Art Museum State Art Collection Turku Art Association Vantaa Art Museum

Works in Collections abroad (selected)

Albertina, Austria Estonian Art Museum, Estonia Estonian Bank, Estonia SMTG Krakóv, Poland Västerås Art Museum, Sweden Warvick University, United Kingdom

Grants / Residencies

2019 Cité des Arts, Paris, France, Artist in Residence 2018 Compensation Grant for Visual Artists, Central Arts Council 2017 Frame, Travel Grant 2015 Finnish Cultural Foundation, 1-year Grant 2014 Compensation Grant for Visual Artists, Central Arts Council 2013 Budapest, Hungary, Artist in Residence 2012 New York, USA, Artist in Residence 2010 Cité des Arts, Paris, France, Artist in Residence Central Arts Council, Travel Grant Central Arts Council, Travel Grant 2009 5-year State Grant Finnish – Swedish Cultural Foundation, Travel Grant Central Arts Council, Travel Grant 2008 Central Arts Council, Travel Grant Cité des Arts, Paris, France, Artist in Residence 2007 Finnish Cultural Foundation; Pirkanmaa Foundation, 1-year Grant Frame, Travel Grant Compensation Grant for Visual Artists, Central Arts Council Akureyri, Iceland, Artist in Residence 2006 1-year State Grant 2005 Siglufjördur, Iceland, Artist in Residence Sleipnir / Nifca, Travel Grant 2004 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Artist Grant National Council for Visual Arts, Project Grant Cité des Arts, Paris, France, Artist in Residence Ministry of Education, Travel Grant 2002 Compensation Grant for Visual Artists, Central Arts Council City of Tampere, Project Grant 2000 Finnish Cultural Foundation; Juhani Kirpilä Foundation, Artist Grant Cité des Arts, Paris, France, Artist in Residence Akureyri, Iceland, Artist in Residence Ministry of Education, Travel Grant Sleipnir / Nifca, Travel Grant 1999 Arts Council of Tampere Region, 1/2-year Artist Grant 1996 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Project Grant 1995 Himmelblau, Exhibition Stipend

Memberships Positions of Trust

Tampere Artists´Association, 1996 - Executive Committee 1999 – 2010 ( vice president 2004 - 2007 ) Exhibition Committee 2000 – 2007 ( president 2004 - 2007 ) Rajataide Association, Founder Member, 1996 - Executive Committee 1996 – 2000 Honorary Member 2006 Association of Finnish Printmakers, 1997 - Executive Committee 2003 – 2004 Exhibition Committee 2003 – 2004 Centre for Creative Photography, 1998 – Photography Centre Nykyaika 2010 – Committee for the Purchase of Works for the State Art Collection, 2005 – 2007 Young Artist of the Year Selection Panel, 2008 - Kuvasto Association Exlibris Aboensis 2012 – Finnish Exlibris Association 2012 –

Working

Art Printer, Graphic Workshop Himmelblau, since 1992 – Master Printer 2006