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Ola Kolehmainen – CV


Born 1964 in Helsinki, Finland. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Education
1993-99 Master of Arts in Photography, University of Art and Design Helsinki
1988-92 University of Helsinki, Department of Journalism

Memberships
Union of Artist Photographers in Finland

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2010 17th Biennale of Sydney, AUS
2010 A Building is not a Building, KUNTSI, Museum of Modern Art, Wasa, FI
2010 Colour Urban Structures, Galerie Artfinder, Hamburg, DE
2010 Galerie Vanguardia, Bilbao, ES
2010 Galerie Brandstrup, Oslo, NO
2009 A Building is not a Building, KIASMA, Helsinki, FI
2009 A Building is not a Building, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, DK
2009 A Building is not a Building, New Art Gallery Walsall, UK
2009 Ola Kolehmainen, Jyrki Parantainen, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2008 Ola Kolehmainen, PurdyHicks Gallery, London, UK
2008 Ola Kolehmainen, Galerie Senda, Barcelona, ES
2007 Mirrors and Windows, Sint-Lukas galerij, Brussels, BE
2007 Ola Kolehmainen and Pertti Kekarainen, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, NO
2006 Espace des deux arbres, Artothèque de Caen, Caen, France, FR
2006 Fraction, Abstraction, Recreation, Galería Salvador Díaz, Madrid, ES
2006 Arquitectura en dos dimensions, SEA, Castillo de Santa Bárbara, Alicante, ES
2005 Space is Unknown, Galerie dominique fiat, Paris, FR
2004 Search for Mastery, Museum Waldhof, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, DE
2004 Construction II, Galerie sphn, Berlin, DE
2003 Construction, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, FI
2001 The Yellow Staircase, site-specific public work commissioned by Helsinki Festivals, Helsinki, FI
2000 Golden Hall, i8 galleri, Reykjavik, IS
1999 Pyramid, gallery installation, Zinc Gallery, Stockholm, SE
1998 Portaikko-Trappan, gallery installation, Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki, FI

Group Exhibitions (selected)
2010 Export - Import, Taidehalli Helsinki, ES
2009 Auf der Spitze des Eisbergs - Neue Fotografie aus Finnland, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, DE
2008 Mois de la Photo, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, FR
2008 En Privat 1, Esbaluard, museu d´art modern I contemporani de palma, Palma de Majorca, ES
2008 Artistas y Fotógrafos - Imágenes para una colección, Museo de Madrid Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, ES
2008 Nessuna onda può pettinare il mare, Fotografia Italiana, Milan, IT
2007 Drei Farben - Weiss, Thema: Equality, XIV. Rohkunstbau, Schloss Gross Leuthen, Spreewald, DE
2007 The Helsinki School of Photography, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2007 Photo Finnish: The Helsinki School, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, NO
2006 Intersection—Between Past and Future, Pori Art Museum, FI
2006 Ideal Cities—Invisible Cities, Zamo, PL
2006 Vad är fotografi?- The Helsinki School, Borås Konst Museum, Borås, SE
2006 Nordic Cut- The Helsinki School, Art Pavilion, Zagreb, Croatia, HR
2006 Opterracuna: Anton Henning, Ole Kolehmainen, Sven Kroner, Anj Smith, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
2005 Premio Extraordinario de Fotografia, Fundacion Aena, Madrid, ES
2005 The Helsinki School—A New Approach, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2005 The Helsinki School—A New Approach, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE
2004 Galería Salvador Díaz, Madrid, ES

2004 Contemporary finnish photography, galerie | christian roellin, St. Gallen, CH
2002 Le Bâti et le Vivant (The Built and the Living), Chapelle du Rham, LU
2002 Brussels—Helsinki, La Maison d´Art Actuel des Chartreux, Brussels, BE
2002 Helsinki—Brussels, Valkoinen Sali, Helsinki, FI
2002 New Pictures—Brotherus, Kella, Kolehmainen, Lajunen, Parantainen, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
2001 Magnetic North, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK
2001 Finnish Photography, Gallery Christian Dam, Copenhagen, DK
2000 100 Show: 90 Designers-10 Artists, Helsinki, FI
1999 Tila-Espaces, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, FR
1999 Spaces, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI

Monographs
2009 David Elliott, Alistar Hicks, Arja Miller, Taru Tappola. Ola Kolehmainen: A Building is not a Building, Hatje Cantz Verlag
2007 Martina Fuchs, Mark Gisbourne. Ola Kolehmainen: Abstraction, Fraction, Recreation, Hatje Cantz Verlag,
2004 Honnef, Klaus and Ferdinand Protzman. Ola Kolehmainen: Search for Mastery. Bielefeld: Kunstverein Bielefeld
1994 Qinterro, OPUS 26, gravure portfolio

Bibliography (selected)
2008 Ketelsen Patricia. "Retratos Inmoviles" Architectural Digest, Espana, March `08

2007 Gossert, Laurence. "Review: Ola Kolehmainen, Space is unknow[sic]" Paris-Art, November 2005. http://www.paris-art.com/lieu_detail-2939-fiat-kolehmainen.html

2007 Hicks, Alistair. "Loving the Grid: Ola Kolehmainen´s Minimalist Photographs." db artmag, no. 38 (online edition, October-November 2006) and no. 1 (printed edition, forthcoming 2007)

Luyckx, Filip. "Mirrors and Windows." Tijdschrift Sint-Lukasgalerij Brussels, no. 2

2006 Fuchs, Martina. "Ola Kolehmainen." In Ideal Cities—Invisible Cities, exh. cat.

European Art Projects. Multiple locations in Zamość, Poland and Potsdam, Germany

2006 Binst, Jean-Marie. "Art in the Detail." Agenda, July

2006 Barth, Malin. "Fornemmelse for rom." No Magazine, no. 7

2006 Neil, Jonathan T.D. "Review: In View, Opterracuna, Robert Miller Gallery." Modern Painters

2006 Nordic Art and Design. Auction cat. Christie´s. London

2006 Portfolio: Ola Kolehmainen, Photographie, April
2005 Holzherr, Andrea, et al. The Helsinki School: Photography by TaiK. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz

2005 Jäämeri, Hannele. "Jetsetti tulee ostoksille." Suomen Kuvalehti, June 10
2005 Premio Extraordinario de Fotografía. Madrid: Fundación Aena
2005 Ulander, Maria. Kulturtidningen Kulturhuset Stockholm 4
2005 Valjakka, Timo. "Straight in Front." Ptah. 2005, no. 2

2004 Berg, Roland. "Glänzende Aussichten." Der Tagesspiegel, September 17

2004 Anu Uimonen: "Valokuvaa elää kultakautta", Helsingin Sanomat, May 4, Helsinki

2004 Friis, Jens, and Finn Trane. Museet for Fotokunst Journal of Photography and Video January 16

2003 Sabine Willkop: Metropolis Magazine, part 4, Miklos Gaal, Aino Kannisto, Ola Kolehmainen, Timothy Persons, ARTE TV channel, transmitted 22.11.

2003 Ferdinand Protzman: "Landscape, Photographs of Time and Space", National Geographic Books, Washington

2003 Giulia Vola: "Ola Kolehmainen", JULIET art magazine, Nr 114, Trieste

2003 Boris Hohmeyer: "Aufbruch im Hohen Norden", ART das kunst Magazin, Nr 9, Hamburg

2003 Anu Uimonen: "Tilan ja pinnan hallittua leikkiä", Helsingin Sanomat, June 5, Helsinki

2003 Nina Björkman: "Vitare vitt, svartare svart", Huvudstadtsbladet, July 7, Helsinki

2003 "Täydellisiä tiloja", Image, May 2003, Helsinki

2002 Pierre Stiwer, Paul di Felice: "Le Bâti et Le Vivant / The Built and the Living" 2nd edition. Contemporary Photography, exhibition catalogue, Cafe Creme, Luxembourg

2002 Asko Mäkelä: "Kuvitelmia / Fantasies", exhibition catalogue, Finnish Museum of Photography, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Helsinki / Tampere

2002 ZOO, Contemporary culture catalogue, number 11, London

2002 Oliwer Lowerstein: "Wired Nation", Art Review, May 2002 vol. LIII, London

2002 Claude Lorent: "Regards Croisés Bruxelles - Helsinki". La Libre Culture, November 20, Brussels

2002 Robert Fulford: "Art Around Every Corner", National Post, May 9, Toronto

2001 Caryn Faure Walker: "Magnetic North", Current Finnish Installation Photography in Finland", University of Art and Design, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki

2001 Roy Exley: "The strategic contrasts of scale and subtle juxtapositions of subject create an eminently intelligent and visually engaging spectacle", Nu magazine 6 vol. III, Stockholm

2001 Cathrine Grant: " Magnetic North @ New Art Gallery Walsall", Flash Art, Nov-Dec vol.IV No 221

1999 ZOO, Contemporary culture catalogue, No 2, London

1999 Markus Partanen, Kati Lintonen: "Temple / Ola Kolehmainen", FRAMES, viewing Finnish contemporary photography, Päivi Rajakari (ed.). Frame, Finnish Fund for Art Echange, Helsinki

1999 Pessi Rautio: "Ne pääsemättömät tilat". Helsingin Sanomat, January 23, Helsinki

1999 Paul Steen: "Tysta verk kräver tid", Dagens Nyheter, March 9, Stockholm

1998 Me, Myself and I, exhibition catalogue, University of Art and Design, Helsinki

1998 Caryn Faure Walker: "New Finnish Photography" No 12, Creative Camera, London

1997 Pauliina Pasanen: "Temple", Kuva No 5, Helsinki

1997 Marja-Terttu Kivirinta: "Musta neliö ja kuolema", Helsingin Sanomat, September 28, Helsinki

1997 Maarit Seeling: "Temppeli Kluuvissa", Arkkitehti 5-6, Helsinki

1996 Kati Lintonen: "Ola Kolehmainen", exhibition catalogue, European Photography No 60, vol. 17. issue 2. Andreas Müller-Pohle (ed.), Göttingen

1996 Fotofinlandia, exhibition catalogue, Valokuva no 2, Kati Lintonen (ed.), Helsinki

1996 Kari Kemppainen: "Koneromantiikka 90-luvun malliin", Kaleva, March 15, Oulu

1995 Kati Lintonen: "Exitus", Valokuva No 4, Helsinki

1995 Anu Uimonen: "Kun elämä kolhii", Helsingin Sanomat, November 11, Helsinki

1995 Pessi Rautio: " Kun ihmiset poistuvat, kuvaaja saapuu", Helsingin Sanomat, October 10, Helsinki


Works in Collections

The National Museum of Photography Collection, DK
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Collection, DE
Carl Gustav Ehrnrooth Collection, FI
Artek Collection, Helsinki, FI
The City of Madrid Collection, ES
European Central Bank Collection, DE
Societé Générale Collection, Paris, FR
Deutsche Bank, Germany, UK
DZ Bank, DE
Fundación Centro Ordóñez-Falcón de Fotografía, ES
Peter W. Klein Collection, DE
Malmö Art Museum, SE
Roland Berger Collection, Munich, DE
European Investment Bank, L
Espoo Art Museum, FI
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
Helsinki City Art Museum, FI
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
Pentti Kouri Collection, New York, USA
State Art Council, Stockholm, SE
State of Finland, FI
Private and company collections in Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, USA


 


 

 


 

 

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