Jouko Lehtola

Born 1963 in Helsinki, Finland. Died 2010 in Helsinki.

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Education
rn1993 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design UIAH (Now: Aalto rnUniversity – School of Arts, Design and Architecture), Photography rnDepartment, Helsinki, FI
rn1983-86 Free Art School, Helsinki, FI

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Selected solo exhibitions (held by Jouko Lehtola foundation since 2010)
rn2018 Galleria Ratio, Jyväskylä, FI
rn2017 Some Girls, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
rn2015 Young Heroes, The Window gallery, Paris, FR
rn2015 Retrospectiv, Fotogalleriet Format, Malmö, SE
rn2014 Jouko Lehtola Foundation presents JÖNSSI, Galleria Lasipalatsi, Helsinki, FI
rn2013 End of Innocence, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
rn2012 In Memoriam, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, FI
rn2011 Kuvia Suomen saaristosta, Nötö, Turun saaristo
rn2011 Muistonäyttely, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
rn2010 Finlandia, Gun Gallery, Stockholm, SE
rn2009 Turki Art MuseumStudio, FI
rn2009 Concerning Beauty (with Jyrki Parantainen and Stefan Bremer), Galleria Krista
rnMikkola, Helsinki, FI
rn2006 Jouko Lehtola´s Finlandia - La Condition Publique, Roubaix, FR
rn2006 Young Heroes - Contemporary Art Museum DA2, Salamanca, ES
rn2005 Jouko Lehtola´s Finlandia - Gallerie Photo-Pole Image Haute Normandie, Rouen, FR
rn2004 Finnish View- Fragments of Our Time - Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, FI
rn2002 Young, Proud & Beautiful - Rantagalleria, Oulu, FI
rn2001 Jeunes,Fiers& Beaux - Institut Finlandais, Paris, FR
rn2000 Young Heroes - 1% Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
rn1998 Young Heroes - Gallery Zebra, Karjaa, FI
rn1997 Young Heroes - Peri Photo Centre, Turku, FI
rn1997 Young Heroes - Viktor Barsokevich Centre, Kuopio, FI
rn1996 Young Heroes -Old Student House Gallery, Helsinki, FI
rn1994 Potrait of Finnish Rock - Kuopio City Art Museum, Kuopio, FI
rn1994 Lionheart - Peri Photo Centre, Turku, FI
rn1993 Lionheart - Gallery Vapauden Aukio, Helsinki, FI
rn1992 Potrait of Finnish Rock - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, FI
rn1991 Potrait of Finnish Rock -Old Student House Restaurant, Helsinki, FI

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Selected group exhibitions  (held by Jouko Lehtola foundation since 2010)
rn2016 Venskaber (Friendships), Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Denmark, DK
rn2016 The Limits of Control, Finnish Cultural Institute in NY
rn2009 Sweet Sixteen, 4e Biennale de photographie en condroz, Centre Culturel de
rnMarchin, BE
rn2006 Finlandia - Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
rn2006 Talvimaa-Winterland - Salo Art Museum, FI
rn2006 Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsinborg, SE
rn2006 Läsnäolo-Presence - Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku, FI
rn2006 Fotofinlandia Final - Sanomatalo, Helsinki, FI
rn2005 Helsinki School - Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
rn2005 Helsinki School - Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE
rn2004 Anders Zorn og Nordisk Samtidskunst - Arken, Museum for Moderne Kunst, DK
rn2004 30 by Taik- Helsinki School - Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
rn2004 Zeitgennössische Fotokunst aus Finnland - NBK, Berlin, DE
rn2004 Zeitgennössische Fotokunst aus Finnland - Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan, PL
rn2004 Voids, Pads & Places - Kunsthalle Lophem, BE
rn2003 Regarde, il neige - The National Centre of Art and Landscape of Vassiviere, FR
rn2003 Bremer, Lehtola, Parantainen- Nurkkakunta - Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, FI
rn2003 ID - Pohjanmaa museum, Vaasa, FI
rn2003 Fünf Positionen Finnischer Fotographie - Kunstverein Schwerte, Schwerte, DE
rn2003 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland - Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus, DE
rn2003 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland - Stadtgalerie, Kiel, DE
rn2003 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland - Städtische Galerie, Waldkraiburg, DE
rn2003 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland - Kunstverein, Mannheim, DE
rn2003 Beyond Paradise - Fine Art Museum, Shanghai, CHN
rn2003 New Realities - Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, SE
rn2002 Lieux: présences-absences II - Galerie Nei Liicht, Dudelange, LU
rn2002 The Jugendsali - Rauma Art Museum, FI
rn2002 Lähes Täydellinen-Almost Perfect - Kuopio Art Museum, FI
rn2002 Clockwise - Nordic House, Reykjavik, IS
rn2002 Clockwise - Vejle Kunstmuseum, DK
rn2002 Beyond Paradise - National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, MAL
rn2002 Beyond Paradise - National Gallery, Bankok, THA
rn2001 Urban Youth - Novyi Manez, Moscow, RU
rn2001 Biennale di Venezia, IT
rn2001 fotoFINLANDIA! - Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, DK
rn2001 Encontros da Imagem/Festival of Light - Antigo Tribunal, Braga, PT
rn2001 ITE, DIY Lives - Helsinki City Art Museum, FI
rn2001 ITE,DIY Lives - Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, FI
rn2000 Les Boreales - Caen, FR
rn2000 Le(s) Nord(s) - Batofar, Paris, FR
rn2000 Urban Youth - Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
rn2000 Organising Freedom - Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, DK
rn2000 ITE,DIY LIves - Kajaani Art Museum, FI
rn2000 ITE,DIY LIves - Kaustinen, FI
rn2000 Viva Scanland - Art Tank, Belfast, Northern IRL
rn2000 Centro de Arte la Estancia, Caracas, VE
rn2000 Encontros da Imagem/Festival of Light - Antigo Tribunal, Braga, PT
rn2000 BIG Torino 2000, Biennial of Emerging Artists - Cavalerizza, Torino, IT
rn2000 Organising Freedom - Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
rn1999 Finnish Line:Starting Point - Musée d´art Moderne et Conteporain, Strasbourg, FR
rn1998 Photo/Realities - Sörlandets Art Museum, Kristiansand, NO
rn1998 Granny Pine - Annika Sundvik Gallery, New York, USA
rn1997 Finland 80-years - Peri Photo Centre, Turku, FI
rn1997 Heartbreak Hotel - Hotel Otava, Pori, FI
rn1997 Contact - Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
rn1997 The Art of Growing Up - Palazzo de Renzzo, Bologna, IT
rn1997 The Young in the North - Peri Photo Centre, Turku, FI
rn1997 The Young in the North - Finnish Cultural Centre, Antwerpen, BE
rn1996 The Young in the North - Rådhuset, Copenhagen, DK
rn1994 Suvipinx - Sysmä, FI
rn1993 Fotofinlandia-The Competition Final - Old Cable Factory, Helsinki, FI
rn1992 The Printed Photograph - Gallery Zebra, Karjaa, FI
rn1992 Stop, The Dreams and Rusty everyday - Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
rn1991 Törmäävät tulkinnat-The Colliding Interpretations - Art Hall, Helsinki, FI
rn1989 Focus- An Invitational Exhibition for Young Finnish Photographers - Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
rn1989 The Young Photographers Exhibition - Old Student House, Helsinki, FI
rn1986 The Young Photographers Exhibition - Von Fersen-Sveaborg, Helsinki, FI

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Publications
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2004 Jouko Lehtola´s Finlandia (POC) ISBN 2-915409-03-X
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2002 Kuvitelmia/Fantasies(Sara Hilden Art Museum) ISBN 952-9652-24-0 Works included
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2000 Stadin Nuoret/Urban Youth (Tammi) ISBN 951-31-1782-0 Works included
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2000 Itse tehty elämä ITE/DIY Lives (Maahenki) ISBN 952-5328-06-6 Works included
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1999 Vile Bodies: Photography and the Crises of Looking (Prestel) ISBN 3-7913-1940-X Works included
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1992 The Dreams and Rusty Everyday(Tammi) ISBN 951-30-9919-9Participant photographer in the book project

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Biography
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2006 Jouko Lehtola, 2006, Fundación Salamanca Ciudad de Cultura, ISBN 84-96603-08-3 (cat.)
rn2003 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus rnFinnland, 2003, by Andreas Vowinckel, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein und rnErnst Wasmuth Verlag, ISBN 3-8030-3306-3 (cat.)
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2003 Johnny Kniga 2/2003 "Jouko Lehtola kuvaa nuoret ja vammaiset" by Markus Ånäs ISSN 1458-9583
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2002 Clockwise- New Nordic Contemporary Art, Nifca Publications 16 by Stine Hoholt, ISBN 951-8955-65-4 (C)
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2002 Beyond Paradise - Nordic Artists Travel East, 2002 by David Elliott, Moderna Museet ISBN 91-7100-658-3 (C)
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2001 Encontros da Imagem 2001 (C)
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2001 Katalog, Journal of Photography & Video, spring 2001 "Power to the People" by Staffan Schmidt ISBN 87-7766-106-0
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2000 Encontros da Imagem, 2000 (C)
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2000 Big Torino 2000, biennial of Emergencing Artists, Edizione Lindau (C)
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2000 Kunstmagasinet 1% no.9-10/ 2000 "The Evil North" by Mika Hannula
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2000 Organising Freedom/Nordic Art of the 90´s, 2000 by David Elliott, Moderna Museet (C)
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1999 Valoa 1839–1999/Finnish Photography, pages 179-180, 224 by Arja Elovirta, Suomen valokuvataiteen Museo
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1998 Siksi-The Nordic Art review no.3-4 1998
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1998 Finnish Line-Starting Point, 1998 by Paul Hervé Parsy, Musées de Strasbourg ISBN 2-901833-42-X (C)
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1998 Daily Telegraph Magazine,september 1998, "Lost weekend" by Neil McCormick
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1998 Independent 24/3 1998 "Vile Bodies" by Ann Treneman
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1998 Dokumentti 11 valokuvaajaa, 1998, by Olli Haapio, Musta Taide
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1998 Biennale Syd 1998 Foto/Realiteter by Svein Thorud, ISBN 82-994332-1-5 (C)
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1997 Zoom International, may-june 1997
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1997 Fanny & Darko, the Art of Growing Up, 1997, by Carlo Roberti, Edizione Gabriele Mazzotta, ISBN 88-202-1223-4 (C)
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1996 Image 5/96
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1994 Valokuva/Finnish Photography 3/94 Fotofinlandia issue
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1994 Valokuva/Finnish Photography 1/94 by Ronald Winter

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TV programmes
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2000 Hopi Lebel: Helsinki, Non Sous Titre, Paris Cable Channel
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1999 Penny Woolcock:Vile Bodies-Three Films about Photography and Our Taboos, Channel Four, U.K

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Grants and prizes
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2007-2011 State Grant for Photographic Art
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2002-2003 State Grant for Photographic Art
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2001 Art Prize, Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region
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1998-2000 State Grant for Photographic Art
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1996Young Finland Prize, Arts Council of Finland
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1996 State Grant for Photographic Art
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1995 State Grant for Photographic Art

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Works in collections
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Arken , Museum for Moderne Kunst, Denmark
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Moderna Museet, Sweden
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Deutsche Bank
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KIASMA, Finnish Contemporary Art Museum
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Finnish Museum of Photography
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Helsinki City Art Museum
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Espoo City Art Museum
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State of Finland
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Lars Swanljung Collection
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Kouri Collection
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Photographer

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