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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 EXPERIENCE

Professor, UIAH, Photography (2006 -)

Lecturer, Assistant, courses and workshops, UIAH 1992 -2005

 

 

EDUCATION

1999 Licentiate of Arts (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki

1992 Master of Arts (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 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 EXHIBITIONS


2008

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 BOOKS

Jyrki 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 COLLECTIONS

Amos 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 AWARDS

2004 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

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