Riitta Päiväläinen – CV
Riitta Päiväläinen
Kymintie 38
00560 Helsinki
gsm: +358-40-5632424
email: rpaiva aT elisanet.fi
Born Maaninka,1969. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
EDUCATION2002 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Department of Photography
1998 Bachelor of Art, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Department of Photography
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2008 XIII Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
2008 Skellefteå Art Museum, solo show, Skellefteå, Sweden
2008 Kemi Art Museum, "Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings" with Ari Saarto, Kemi, Finland
2008 Gallery Camara Obscura, group show, Madrid, Spain
2008/09 Kerava Art Museum, "Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings" with Ari Saarto, Kerava, Finland
2007/08 Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
2007 National Museum of Szczecin, "Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings", with Ari Saarto, Szczecin, Poland
2007 Jönköping Art Museum, Jönköping, Sweden
2006 Haninge Art Museum, Haninge, Sweden
2006 Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle, Sweden
2005 Gallery Archifax, with Ari Saarto, Genoa, Italy
2004 City Library of Jönköping, Jönköping, Sweden
2004 Gallery Valo, Rovaniemi, Finland
2003 Gallery Dina4Projekte, München, Germany
2003 Gallery Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
2003 Arktikum-centre, Rovaniemi, Finland
2002 Gallery Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Gallery Romfeia, with Ari Saarto, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2001 The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, England
2001 Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
2000 VB Photographic Centre, with Nanna Hänninen, Kuopio, Finland
2000 Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland
1999 Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Gallery Zinc, Stockholm, Sweden
FUTURE EXHIBITIONS/ PUBLICATIONS
2008 Artist book, "Riitta Päiväläinen - Imaginary Meetings"
2009 Galleri Andersson Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 "Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings" with Riitta Päiväläinen, January/February or March/April) Peninsula Arts Gallery, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2007 "6th Biennale de la Photographie Arficaine", curated group show, Mali, Africa
2007 "Helsinki School", Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
2006 "Vad är Fotografi? - Helsinki School", Borås Art Museum, Borås, Sweden
2006 Kuopio Art Museum, with Nanna Hänninen and Taina Kontio, Finland
2006 "The Helsinki School - Finnish photography from the 21st century", Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles
Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
2006 "Various Artists: The Helsinki School", Gallery Photology, Milan, Italy
2005 "Helsinki School, The New Approach", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2005 "Personally", Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 "Under Your Skin", Gallery White Box, New York, United States
2005 "30 by Taik", The Museum of Finnish Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2004 "Facing East: Contemporary Landscape Photography from Baltic Areas", touring exhibition: The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, England/ Impressions Gallery, York, England/ Tullie House & Art Gallery 2006, Carlisle, England/
Yard Gallery 2006 - 2007, Nottingham, England
2004 "Peinture fraîche: jeune création finlandaise", Nanterre, France/ Kerava Art Museum 2005, FI
2003 "Gokann", 4th Triennial of the Finnish Artists´ Association, Kyoto, Japan/ Helsinki Kunsthalle 2004, FI
2003 "Summer", Kerava Art Museum, Finland
2003 "Ordinary Life", Vantaa Art Museum, Finland
2003 "Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Finnland", Germany/ Salo Art Museum 2004, Finland
2002 "Artstorm", Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway
2000 "Jatulintarha", A Finnish and British artists´ exchange 2000-2002
2000 "Our Friends From The North", Hatfield, England
1999 "Exhibition ´99", The Association Gallery, London, England
WORKING IN ABROAD/RESICENCIES
2004 Aomori, JAP
2003 Jenny and Antti Wihuri, Artist in Residence, 3 months, Rovaniemi, FI
2002 Kökar, Artist in Residence, FI
2001 Seascale, Ravenglass, UK (Jatulintarha-project)
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
2007 Issues in Curating, Liz Wells, 2007, UK/ Västerbottens Folkblad, 15.12.2007, Katarina Franck, SWE/ Västerbottens Kuriren, 11.12.2007, Marit Strandberg, SWE/ Sveriges Radio Västerbotten, 2.12.2007 interview by Kaarina Honkanen, SWE/ Västerbottens Kuriren, 24.11.2007, Anders Sjögren, SWE/ Västerbottens Folkblad, 24.11.2007, Lars Böhlin, SWE/ The Helsinki School, New Photography by TaiK, Hatje Cantz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7757-1888-2, GER/ Swedish Radio (www.sr.se), interview Peder Losten /Swedish Radio: SISU -radio, interview Pekka Ranta/ Jönköpings Posten, 26.1.2007, Ann-Kristin Losten, Jönköping, SWE
2006 Stockholms Fria Tidning, Niels Herbert, SWE, Dagens Nyheter, 3x kritikerns val, 18.11, review by Jessica Kempe, SWE/ Gefle Dagblad, Konstens nya kläder, 26.8, review by Sanna Wikström, SWE
2006 Catalogue RIITTA PÄIVÄLÄINEN - Imaginary Meeting, Structura, Camouflage, ISBN 952-92-073-X, text by Hasse Persson/ LIVRAISON, nr 2, Hidden Objects, 2006/2007, Stockholm, SWE/
Iisalmen Sanomat, newspaper, 24.2.2006, review by Maija Puustinen, FI/ Savon Sanomat, newspaper, 24.2.2006, review by Hannele Tikkinen, FI/ TAIDE 2/06, review by Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, FI
2005 RYUKO TSUSHIN, vol. 508, pages 149 - 154, Nippan Ips Co, Tokyo, Japan
2005 THE HELSINKI SCHOOL, Photography by TaiK, Hatje Cantz Verlag, ISBN 3-7757-1574-4, GER,
pages 182-187, text by Andrea Holzherr
2005 FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU, nro 2, 15.01.05, article by Ute Noll, pages 1, 7
2004 HOTSHOE/ Fresh perspectives on contemporary photography, October/November 2004 #132, article by Melissa DeWitt, pages 40-47, UK/ Jönköpings Posten, newspaper, 8.10.2004, article by Yvonne Teiffel, SWE
Catalogue - PEINTURE FRAICHE, ISBN 2-9518850-1-6, Ambassade de Finlande, Institut finlandais, Paris/ Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, 13.3.2004/ Kide, 1/2004, periodical of the University of Lapland, article by Olli Tiuraniemi, FI/
Lapin Kansa, newspaper, 17.1.2004, review by Seija Lappalainen, FI
2003 Cataloque - VESTIGE SERIES ICE AND WIND - Hki, ISBN 952-91-5986-2, text by Andreas
Vowinckel/ Catalogue- GOKANN, IV Triennale of Finnish Art, ISBN 952-9864-20-5/
ART- Das Kunstmagazin, Nr. 9/ September 03, page 21,GER/
LANDSCAPE: PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIME AND PLACE, by Ferdinand Protzman, USA/
FINNISH PHOTOGRAPHY 2003, Musta Taide - photography art publication,1/2003, FI/
Cataloque - ZEITGENÖSSISCHE FOTOKUNST AUS FINNLAND,
ISBN 3-8030-3306-3, text by Andreas Vowinckel, pages 44-46 in German, 159-161
in English, 100-105 photos, GER/ Helsingin Sanomat, newspaper, 14.6.2003, review by Arja
Maunuksela, FI/ Västerbottens Kuriren, newspaper, 23.4.2003 review by Patrik Back
2002 Cataloque - INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, pages 6-7, Plovdiv, Bulgaria/ Helsingin Sanomat, newspaper, review by Arja Maunuksela/ Taide-magazine (ART), 1/02, FI
2001 Jatulintarha CD-ROM, A Finnish and British artists´exchange, published by Center for
Creative Photography/ University of Jyväskylä and Cumbria, Institute of the Arts, Carlisle/
Newsquest, newspaper, 11.5.2001, review by Adrian Mullen, UK
2000 Cataloque - OUR FRIENDS FROM THE NORTH, University of Hertfordshire´s Art and
Design Gallery, text by Kathy Kubicki, UK/ Kaleva, newspaper, 11.11.2000, review by Timo
Jokelainen/ Savon Sanomat, newspaper, 13.1.2000, review by Seppo Roth
1999 Cataloque - EXHIBITION ´99, The Association Gallery, UK/ Helsingin Sanomat, newspaper,
28.10.1999, review by Arja Maunuksela/ PHOTONEWS- photography magazine, 9/99, article
by Denis Brudna, GER/ KAMERA- photography magazine, 9/99, article by Hannamari
Purhonen, FI/ MUSTA TAIDE - photography art publication, "Finnish Photography 1998 -
1999 ", FI/ CREATIVE CAMERA - magazine feb/march 99, UK
1998 KUVA (Photography) - magazine 4/98, portfolio, pages 21-25, FI/ Paris Photo, Newsletter,
23.11.1998, FRA/ Svenska Dagbladet, newspaper, 7.3.1998, review by Eva Runefelt, SWE/
Cataloque, Zinc Gallery, SWE
MEMBERSHIPS/POSITION OF TRUST
2001-04 Member of the board of The Union of Artist Photographers, FI
2000-01 Member of the co-operative colour printing laboratory VÄRINÄ, Helsinki,FI
1998- Member of The Union of Artist Photographers, Helsinki, FI
COMISSIONS
2004 Jönköping municipality, the gymnasium of Per Brahe, SWE
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008 Arts Council of Finland (Quality Support for Publications of Photographic Art)/ Finnish Cultural Foundation
2008 FRAME
2007 Arts Council of Finland
2006 Arts Council of Finland
2005 National 3 - years working grant/ Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
2004 National one-year - working grant, Niilo Helander Foundation/FRAME
2003 Hasselblad Foundation/Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
Recidence and Working Grant in Rovaniemi, FI/ National
Grant/ Oskar Öflund Association/National Culture Foundation/
Finnish Fund for Art Exchange/
Finnish- Swedish Cultural Fund
2002 National one-year - working grant
2001 Finnfoto/ Oskar Öflund Association/
National half-year - working grant
2000 Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (FRAME)/
The National Culture Foundation of Finland,
1999 Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (FRAME)/
Arts Council of Finland/ Finnfoto/ Alfred Kordelin Association/
Oskar Öflund Association/ University of Art and Design /
Arts Council of Finland
1998 Arts Council of Finland/ Finnish- Swedish Cultural Fund/
The City of Helsinki/ Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (FRAME)/
University of Art and Design
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Kiasma, Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Museum of Finnish Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish State
The State Art Council, Sweden
Kuopio Art Museum, Finland
Saastamoinen Foundation, Finland
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finland
The City of Tampere, Finland
The City of Skellefteå, Sweden
The City of Umeå, Sweden
Balticgruppen Umeå, Sweden
County Council of Västerbotten, Sweden
Kultur Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden
Haninge Kunstcentrum, Haninge, Sweden
DZ-Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
European Investment Bank in Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Private collections (England, Finland, Germany, Japan, Spain)
GALLERY CONTACTS
GALLERI ANDERSSON SANDSTRÖM
address: Aktrisgränd 34,
903 64 Umeå, SWEDEN
Tel. 090 - 14 49 90
Fax. 090 - 14 49 70
www.gsa.se
galleri@gsa.se
YUMIKO CHIBA ASSOCIATES
6-12#401, Kamimeguro 3-chome
Meguro-ku, 153-0051
Tokyo, JAPAN
tel. 03-5773-5859
www.ycassiociates.co.jp
ycassociates@mui.biglobe.ne.jp
GALLERY PHOTOLOGY
Via della Moscova,
25 - 20121 Milano
ITALY
Tel. +39026595285
www.photogoly.com
