Timothy Persons
Curator, Director Professional Studies
tel. (+358) 40 7311 151
Born 19.8.1954
Narvik, Norway
Gallery TAIK's curator, Timothy Persons, is the Director of Professional Studies Program and a Senior lecturer at the Aalto University School of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland.
Along with his position at the Aalto University School of Art and Design he is also the artistic leader of VIPS (Video Photography Stockolm), in Kulturhuset, Sweden, a senior advisor to the Borås Art Museum, Sweden, and as well as a member of selection committee of Paris Photo, Senior Curatorial Adviser KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland, Senior Curatorial Adviser The Royal Library, The National Museum of Photography Copenhagen, Denmark. He has also been an adviser to the board of the Claremont Museum of Art, California.
As an adopted child Persons grew up in Southern California, and graduated with a MFA from
the Claremont Graduate School. He has lived in Finland since 1982 and currently resides between Paris and Berlin.
In addition to his duties as curator, he is also an artist, exhibiting mainly in Scandinavia and Germany. He has lectured at numerous universities in the United States and Europe. He has created a wide range of projects that have taken him around the world, including Central America, Africa and the Middle East.
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EDUCATION 1981 MFA, Master of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, USA
WORK EXPERIENCE2010 Visiting Lecturer Rogaland Art Museum Stavanger
2009 Visiting Lecturer Shiseido Gallery Tokyo
2008 Visiting Lecturer Beaux-art de Paris
2008 Senior Curatorial Advisor The Royal Library Denmark, The National Museum of Photography Kopenhagen, Denmark
2008 Senior Curatorial Advisor to the Director KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland
2006 Advisor of the Board of Claremont Museum of Art, California, USA
2006 Artistic Leader of ViPS (Video Photography Stockholm), Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Member of the selection committee of Paris Photo fair
2003-2005 Head of the jury for the Hasselblad "Young Artist" Award, Gothenburg, Sweden
1999 Director of Professional Studies, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1994-1999 Senior Lecturer, professional studies, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1988-1991 Managing Director of Persons and Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1984-1988 Lecturer / Director of Ceramic Sculpture, National Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland 1983-1986 Ceramic Director, Västra Nylands Folkhögskola, Karjaa, Finland
1983 Instructor, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
1982-1983 Instructor, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
1981-1982 Ceramic Instructor, La Verne College, La Verne, California, USA
1980 Ceramic Instructor, summer session, Rhode Island School of Design, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
1978 Art Consultant, Claremont Unified School District, California, USA
1977 Visiting Artist in Residence, Farollones Institute, Occidental, California, USA
CURATORIAL & PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE2010 Helsinki School- Photography and video NOW, Helsinki City Art Museum Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Ola Kolehmainen, A Building is not a Building, New Art Gallery Walsaal, Walsaal, UK
2009 Ola Kolehmainen, A Building is not a Building, The National Museum of Phtotography Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 The Helsinki School- New Art Photography from Finland, Loft Project ETAGE, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009 Internal and External Landscapes, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 On Top of the Iceberg. New Photography from Finland. Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
2008 Kulturhuset Stockholm, Nuevas Historias, A new View of Spanish Photography and Video Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Gallery Baudoin Lebon, Dialogue entre 4 générations, Paris, France
2008 Rose Boréal, Beaux-arts de Paris, France
2008 Rose Boréal, Beaus-arts de Lille, France
2007 Stenersen Museum, " Photo Finnish - The Helsinki School, Oslo", Norway
2006 Borås Konstmuseum, " Vad är fotografi? The Helsinki School", Borås, Sweden
2006 Art Pavilion, Nordic Cut, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 Langhans Galerie, "Dialog - The Helsinki School", Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Brussels City Hall, "The Helsinki School - Finnish photography from the 21st century", Belgium
2005 Photology, "The Helsinki School", Milano, Italy
2005 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, The Helsinki School - A New Approach, Berlin, Germany
2005 PPS Hamburg, "The Fourth Generation - The Helsinki School", Hamburg, Germany
2005 CFF Centrum för fotografi, "Finnish versions - The Helsinki School", Stockholm, Sweden
2005 Kulturhuset, "Personally - Photographs from The Helsinki School", Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Finnish Museum of Photography, " 30 by TaiK - The Helsinki School", Helsinki, Finland
2004 Museet for Fotokunst . Brandts Klaedefabrik, "The Helsinki School" Odense, Denmark
2002 Forum Box, "Masters of Arts", paintings and installations, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Finnish Museum of Photography, "Masters of Arts", photography, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Museum of Art and Design, "Masters of Arts", mixed media, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Helsinki City Museum, "New Photography", 5 finnish photographers, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Finnish Embassy, "Northern Spell", 4 finnish photographers, Washington DC., USA
2001 Toronto University Art Center, "Northern Spell", 4 finnish photographers, Toronto, Canada
2001 Christian Dam Gallery, 11 finnish photographers, Oslo, Norway
2001 Paris Photo, Gallery TaiK, France
2000 New Art Gallery Walsall, "Magnetic North", 5 finnish photographers, Walsall, UK
2000 Art Forum Berlin, Gallery TAIK, Berlin, Germany
2000 Finnish National Gallery "Think" millennium exhibition, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland
1998 Gallery TAIK, Me, myself and I: 20 perspectives mixed media, Helsinki, Finland
1997-2005 Stockholm International Art Fair, Gallery TAIK, Sweden
1997 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, "Take Off", 7 ceramic perspectives, Helsinki, Finland
ARTISTIC WORK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS2002 "Enviroments", 7th Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
2001 Galerie Anhava, Stocholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 Galerie Anhava, Stocholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 Gallery Uusitalo, Paintings, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Gallery TAIK, Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
1996 Into Gallery, Mix Media, Helsinki, Finland
1995 Galerie Apollo, Paintings, Porvoo, Finland
1995 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, "Estrada", Paintings, Helsinki, Finland
1986 Lilla Galleriet, Stockholm Art Fair, Paintings, Stockholm, Sweden
1985 Barnsdale Park Municipal Gallery, "Art in Clay", Los Angeles, California, USA
1984 Gallery Ackerman, Stockholm Art Fair, Paintings, Stockholm, Sweden
1980 State Polytechnic University, Ceramic Sculpture, Pomona, California, USA
1979 Barnsdale Municipal Arts Gallery, Terra Sigillata, Los Angeles, California, USA
1978 College Show, Design Division of the American Ceramic Society, Los Angeles, California, USA
1977-1978 Library Gallery, Ink and Clay Show No. 5,6,8, State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, USA
1977 Irvine Gallery, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2004 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Gallery Uusitalo, Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Gallery Uusitalo, Paintings, Helsinki, Finland
1997 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Paintings, Helsinki, Finland
1995 Galerie Grafiart, Paintings and Ceramics, Turku, Finland
1994 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Paintings, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Gallery Kiirina, Paintings, Tammisaari, Finland
1993 Galerie Grafiart, Paintings and Ceramics, Turku, Finland
1993 Bronda Gallery, Paintings, Helsinki, Finland
1991 D´Arte Gallery, Paintings, Helsinki, Finland
1988 Lilla Galleriet, Paintings, Helsingborg, Sweden
1988 Gallery White Room, Paintings, Tampere, Finland
1987 Salo Cultural Centre, Paintings, Salo, Finland
1987 Galerie Grafiart, Paintings and Ceramics, Turku, Finland
1986 Gallery Elva, Paintings, Stockholm, Sweden
1986 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Paintings, Helsinki, Finland
1986 Gallery Nuovo, Paintings, Lahti, Finland
1986 Lilla Galleriet, Paintings and Ceramic Sculpture, Helsinborg, Sweden
1985 Galerie Grafiart, Paintings. Turku, Finland
1985 Galerie Ackerman, Ceramics, Tammisaari, Finland
1985 Lilla Galleriet, Paintings, Helsingborg, Sweden
1984 America Center, Paintings, Helsinki, Finland
1984 Galerie Ackerman, Paintings and Ceramics, Helsinki, Finland
1983 Arabia Gallery, Ceramic Sculpture, Helsinki, Finland
1982 Gallery, Ceramic Sculpture, San Francisco, USA
1981 Union St. Gallery, Ceramic Sculpture, San Francisco, California, USA
1981 Elemets Gallery, Ceramic Sculpture, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, USA 1980 Clayhouse Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
1980 Mandell Gallery, Terra Sigillata, Los Angeles, California, USA
1979-1980 Untitled Gallery, Teraa Sigillata and Sculpture, Los Angeles, California, USA
1979 Museum of African American Art, Ceramics, Los Angeles, California, USA
1979 Marcia Rodell Gallery, Sculpture, Brentwood, California, USA
GRANTS/AWARDS2006 Finnish Ministry of Education for the Helsinki School project
2005 Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Helsinki School project
2001 Finnish Cultural Fund
1996-2002 Grant from Frame in 5 years
1996 Finnish-Swedish Cultural Fund
1980-1981 Claremont Graduate School Fellowship Award, Claremont, California, USA
1979 Travel material grant from Air France, Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, California, USA and Clark Humanities Museum, Claremont, California, USA to photograph West African
ceramic architecture
COLLECTIONSFred Maer Ceramic Collection, Los Angeles, California, USA
Väinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland
Clarke Humanities Museum, Claremont, California, USA
Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
OKO Bank Collection, Helsinki, Finland
Nordea, Bank Collection, Helsinki, Finland
Alko Collection, Helsinki, Finland
Pentti Kouri Collection, New York, USA
Saastamoinen Collection, Helsinki, Finland
Arabia Collection, Helsinki, Finland
Apoteket AB, Stockholm
Helsinki City Museum, Finland
