Miniprint Annual 2012

Facebook: Eija Irmeli Piironen

Art schools:
Visual artist, Lahti University of applied sciences 1990 –94
- Ecole des Beaux Arts de Brest, France, 1994
Art school of Hyvinkää 1988- 90

Other education:
Studies on contents production, Helsinki University of technology, 1999 - 2005
Master of Arts, (Natural sciences), University of Helsinki, 1990

Private exhibitions in Finland:

2009 “On a colour picnic”, Culture center of Espoo,
2008 Seinäjoki Art Hall, Studio, Seinäjoki
2005 Lahti Art Brewery: Woodgutsfactory, paintings and woodcuts
Gallery Avart, Savonlinna (Factorys' outlet)
2002 The culture center of Espoo
1998, -99 Gallery Marian Portti, Lahti
1998 Promenadigalleria, Hyvinkää
1997 ”Cave gallery Pii”, café Rauha, Lahti
Gallery Artteli, Joensuu
1994 Gallery Art Leonardo, Tampere
1991 Gallery Putka, Savonlinna

Most important group exhibitions:

2010 Lessedra, International painting and mixed media competition, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prints for Peace - Grabados por la Paz, Monterrey, México
http://printsforpeacemexico.blogspot.com/
5. Rokycany graphic biennale, Czech Republic
5th bienal International de Gravura. Douro 2010, Portugal
”Laughing performance” (12.-13.2.2010), Orivesi, Finland
2008 Mail art exhibition, The A.S. Popov Central Museum of
Communications,St.Petersburgh, Russia
Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art, Italy
“DRAW IN” Exhibition, 00130Gallery, Helsinki
“Fôret Nomande” Canadian-Finnish artists group exhibition in Canada
5 different cities
2007 Biennial of Small Graphic Art GRAFIX 2007, Breclav,Czech Republic
”Lomabiennaali”, Poor Artist in Residens, Drawing performance,
Savonlinna market place, Finland
”Apis Mellifera”, Gallery Aarni, Espoo, Finland
2006 Association of Lahti graphic artists 25 years, Art brewery, Lahti, Finland
2004-06 ”Mirror of the wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland,”
Nebraska, Washington, Minnesota, (exhibition in several cities), USA
2005 ”Kalman kukka”, The finnish graphic artists' 110-y jubileum exhibition,
Art Brewery of Lahti, Finland
2004 Gliwize, International exhibition of ex-libris, Poland
International Biennial of Humor and Satire in the Arts, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2002 III Triennale “Gallant and Erotic Creation –ex-libris & small graphic”,
Havirov, Czech Republic
2000 Varna, Bulgaria
1999 The 9th international biennial print and drawing, Taipei fine arts museum, ROC
1998 Miniprint Finland, Art museum of Lahti, Finland
World Print festival, AGART, Ljubljana, Slovenia
International print triennale, Cracow,Poland
Summer exhibition, Pärnu, Estonia


Other artistical activities

2009 Exhibition co-ordinator of Miniprint Finand 2010
2006 - 2007 Chairwoman of the Graphic Artists' association of Lahti
Member of Miniprint Finland 2007 jury
2006 Artist recidence in Oaxaca, Mexico
1999, 2002 Artist residence in Marbella, Spain
1999- Member of Centro d’Arte e Cultura ”Giuseppe Biasi” Sassari, Italy
1998 Artist workshop in Jurbarkas, Lithuania

I just wanted to hold on something, and you prepared me Blinis, 2009, Etching, Aquatint, 14,7 x 19,6 cm – 250

Dropped out (from our bed), 2009, Etching, Aquatint, 18,3 x 12 cm – 150

In my own wooden outhouse, 2009, Etching, Aquatint, 18 x 12 cm – 150