Miniprint Annual 2012

visual artist, art curator
Born 1941 in Finland
Artistic education 1996 – 2002 Helsinki University of Arts and Design, open
1998 Arts management, Sibelius Academy
Memberships Association of Finnish Printmakers, Finnish Painters’ Union,
The Finnish Society for Art Curators
Some Art Exhibitions
2011 Chronos and Kairos – time of change, retrospective exhibition Lapua Art Museum, Finland
Graphiamania, retrospective graphic art exhibition, Varikko gallery, Seinäjoki, Finland
Kiwa 2011, Kyoto International Woodcut Art Exhibition, Japan
2nd Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Art Center of Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
En volume, Exposition internationale d’estampes contemporaines, Rueil-Malmaison, France
Sofia Paper Art Biennial, Sofia Bulgaria 
2010 2nd Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand, touring exhibitions
Lessedra World Art Print Annual 2003-2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 2nd Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand
5ème Biennale de Gravure d’Albi 2009, France
Amateras, Annual Paper Art Exhibition, by invitation
Mise à jour, exposition international d’estampes contemporaines, Rueil Malmaison, France
La XIV Biennale Internationale de la Gravure et des Nouvelles Images de Sarcelles, France
2008 Compact Prints 2008, Townsville, QLD, Australia
L’Arte e la Montagna 2008, Museo d’Arte Contemporaneo Paolo Pini, Milano, Italy
5th KIWA exhibition, travelling exhibition, Takanabe Museum, Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan
10th Anonyme Zeichner N°9, Kunstraum Kreutzberg/ Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
4 ° Muestra Internacional de Miniprint de Rosario, 2008, Rosario, Argentina
2007 International Print Triennial Varna 2007, Art Gallery of Varna, Bulgaria
International Biennial of Small Graphic Forms and Exlibris, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland
Ural Print Triennial 2007, Ufa, Russia
Kiwa 2007, Kyoto International Woodcut Art Exhibition, Japan
Arte e il torchio, V International small engraving exhibition, Cremona, Italy, by invitation
Evora Print Festival, Evora, Portugal, by invitation
Iosif Iser International Contemporary Print Biennial, Ploiesti Romania
2006 The 5th Egyptian International Triennial, Cairo and Aleksandria, Egypt
2005 Grafica Creativa 2005, 30-years jubileum, Finnish open, Jyväskyä Art Museum, Finland
Some prizes, awards, honours
2007 5th Évora Print Making Festival, International Biennial, prize, Évora, Portugal
Iosif Iser International Contemporary Print Biennia, Ploiesti, Romania, honorary diplom
2005 Iosif Iser International Contemporary Print Biennial, Ploiesti, Romania,
the prize of the Prahova County Art Museum
2001 Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain, the prize
2000 The Biennale Internationale d’Art Miniature, Ville-Marie, Quebéc, the distinction short list
Grand Prix International d’Arts Plastiques, Nice, France,
diplome d’honneur 1991, 1992, 1994, the prize of the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer 1996;

Solitude, 2010, IMAGEON, Color Rolling, 13 x 19 cm – 150

Wood, 2010, IMAGEON, Color Rolling, 13,5 x 19,5 cm – 150