Jyrki Parantainen – CV
Born in 1962 in Tampere, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki. Address: Lönnrotinkatu 36 K 23, 00180 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358-40-5081081, e-mail: jparanta @ uiah.fi
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCEProfessor, UIAH, Photography (2006 -) Lecturer, Assistant, courses and workshops, UIAH 1992 -2005
EDUCATION1999 Licentiate of Arts (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki 1992 Master of Arts (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2008 Dreams and Disappointments, Galerie PF, Poznan, Poland FIRE, KFA Gallery, Berlin HORIZON, Gallery Heino, Helsinki FIRE, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles 2007 Dreams and Disappointmens, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin 2006 Dreams and Disappointmens, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki 2005 Orientations, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin (catalogue) 2003 The Mystery of Satisfaction, Galleri Pio Diaz, Copenhagen 2002 The Mystery of Satisfaction, Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo Stage, Gallery Krista Mikkola, Helsinki 2000 Fire, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik (catalogue) Fire, The Nordic House, Reykjavik (catalogue) Fire, Foto & Co, Turin, Italy Fire, Fotografiska Center, Copenhagen (catalogue) 1999 Fire, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampere, Finland 1998 Fire, Zinc Gallery in Luma, Stockholm Fire, The Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki (catalogue) 1997 Earth, Le Parvis, Tarbes, France (catalogue) The Sparkling Circle of the Heavenly Host, (installation in public place) Helsinki 1995 Paldiski, f-Gallery, Malmö, Sweden C2H5 o No, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki 1993 Earth, Gallery Luukku, Joensuu, Finland 1992 Earth, Tapetenfabrik, Bonn, Germany, Center of Culture, Turku, Finland, Gallery Elvis, Pori, Finland 1991 Earth, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2008 Helsinki School, Gallery Purdy Hicks, London 2007 Silent Violence, Oulu Art Museum, Finland Helsinki School, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki Eskildstuna Art Museum, Sweden
2005 Photology, Milano Personligt - Photographs from The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm To Look or To See,The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
2004 30 by Taik,The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki Love me or leave me, Kiasma,Museum of Modern Art,Helsinki Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finland, Salo Art Museum, Finland
2003 Corner Society, (Bremer, Lehtola, Parantainen),Gallery Krista Mikkola, Helsinki Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finland, Berlin, Mannheim, Waldkraiburg,Kiel Cottbus (catalogue)
2002 Northern Spell, The Embassy of Finland, Washington DC Northern Spell, Art Centre of Toronto University Pyynikinlinna, Tampere, Finland (catalogue) New Photographs : Brotherus, Kella, Kolehmainen, Lajunen, Parantainen, Helsinki City Art Museum (catalogue)
2001 Magnetic North, The New Art Gallery Walsall, England (catalogue) Aurora, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Canada (catalogue) Single Room, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Italy (catalogue) Portfolio, The Finnish Photography Museum, Helsinki Finnish Photography, Gallery Christian Dam, Copenhagen Finnish Photography, Gallery Christian Dam, Oslo Une Histoire Finlandaise, Galerie Photo, Montpelier, France
2000 Works from Kiasma Collection, Tensta Konsthall, Sweden Aratta, Kopavogur Art Museum, Reykjavik Big Torino 2000 Biennale, Turin, Italy (catalogue) International Photographic Exhibition, Alessandria, Italy
1999 Tila - Espaces, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris Auf der Suche nach der Verlorenen Zeit, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin (catalogue) Spaces, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki Focus in Fire, Galerie Nei Liicht, Luxemburg Biennale de Giovani Artisti dell'Europa del Mediterraneo, Rome (catalogue) Light, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
1998 Me, Myself, I, Gallery Taik, Helsinki (catalogue) Underexposed, Stockholm (catalogue)
1997 Romeo Martinez International Award, San Marino (catalogue) Drum and Camera, Gallen Kallela Museum, Helsinki (catalogue) Paysages et Matieres, NCE, Paris Photographies pour une Itinerance, NCE, Paris Momentum, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki Enter, Helsinki Arthall Reflections in Circle, Aberdeen, Scotland
1995 The Play of Living Forms, Gallery Otso, Espoo, Finland Vents du Nord, Bibliothèque H. Vincenot, Talant, France Mai de la Photo, l´Ancien College des Jesuites, Reims, France (catalogue) 3 Photographers from Finland, The Photography Museum, Tallinn, Estonia Finnish Images in Print, Eirmos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece Northern Realities, Macedonian Museum for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, (catalogue) Ateneumin Taidemuseo (The Finnish National Gallery Ateneum), Helsinki
1992 Finlandida-92, Konstakademien, Stockholm (catalogue) Decennium, Bucharest, Scotland, Istanbul, Ankara, Barcelona, Madrid (catalogue) Painettu Valokuva (The Printed Photograph), Gallery Zebra, Karjaa, Finland 56 Nord, Loppehallen, Århus, Denmark
1990 Fotofinlandia 1989 Award Exhibition, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
1988 Nuori Suomi (Young Finland), Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland
ARTIST BOOKSJyrki Parantainen, R Kovalainen and K Holopainen: Gaia. Silver print portfolio, UIAH, Helsinki 1993.
Jyrki Parantainen: Maa (Earth). Offset litography portfolio, Opus 18, Helsinki 1991.
Jordi Guaridor (alias Jyrki Parantainen): Uns Tretze Petits Catalans. Offset litography portfolio, Helsinki 1987
Literary Part of Art-Emphasised Licenciate Thesis. University of Art and Design Helsinki 1999
WORKS IN COLLECTIONSAmos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris DZ-Bank, Germany Grenoble Artheteque, Grenoble Lahti City Art Museum Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris Mois de la Photo, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston The Finnish State Art Collection Espoo City Art Collection Espoo Art Museum Kodak Company, Finland Bibliothèque H Vincenot, Talant, France Dorint Hotel, Brussels, Belgium Henna and Pertti Niemistö Foundation, Finland Saastamoinen Collection, Espoo, Finland Pyynikinlinna Art Collection, Tampere, Finland Oulu Art Museum, Finland Pétur Arason Art Collection, Reykjavik Pentti Kouri Art Collection, New York Lars Svanljung Art Collection, Helsinki Heino Art Collection, Helsinki Other Private Collections: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Creece
GRANTS AND AWARDS2004 5 years working grant, Arts Council of Finland 1995 3 years working grant, Photography Arts Council of Finland 1993 1/2 years working grant, Photography Arts Council of Finland 1998 SUOMI-Award, Photography Arts Council of Finland 1989 Fotofinlandia Award |