Born 1962 in Tampere, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki, FI.
Education1999 Licentiate of Arts (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki , FI
(now Aalto University – School of Arts, Design and Architecture)
1992 Master of Arts (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki, FI
Academic Experience10–17 Professor of Photographic Art. Aalto University – School of Arts, Design and Architecture
06–10 Professor of Photographic Art. University of Arts and Design Helsinki
92–05 Lecturer, Assistant, courses and workshops: UIAH
Solo exhibition
2020 Poetic Realities, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2015 Maa, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, DE
2012 Between Heaven and Earth. Gallery Heino, Helsinki, FI
2008 Dreams and Disappointments, Galerie PF, Poznan, PL
2008 Fire, KFA Gallery, Berlin, DE
2008 Horizon, Gallery Heino, Helsinki, FI
2007 Dreams and Disappointments, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, DE
2006 Dreams and Disappointments, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
2005 Orientations, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, DE (cat.)
2003 The Mystery of Satisfaction, Galleri Pio Diaz, Copenhagen, DK
2002 The Mystery of Satisfaction, Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, BA
2002 Stage, Gallery Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, FI
2000 Fire, I8 Gallery, Reykjavik, IS (cat.)
2000 Fire, The Nordic House, Reykjavik, IS (cat.)
2000 Fire, Foto & Contemparary, Turin, IT
2000 Fire, Fotografiska Center, Copenhagen, DK (cat.)
1999 Fire, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampere, FI
1998 Fire, Zinc Gallery in Luma, Stockholm, SE
1998 Fire, The Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki, FI (cat.)
1997 Earth, Le Parvis, Tarbes, FR (cat.)
1997 The Sparkling Circle of the Heavenly Host, (installation in public place) Helsinki
1995 Paldiski, f-Gallery, Malmö, SE
1995 C2H5 o No, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
1993 Earth, Gallery Luukku, Joensuu, FI
1992 Earth, Tapetenfabrik, Bonn, Germany, Center of Culture, Turku, Finland, Gallery Elvis, Pori, FI
1991 Earth, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, FI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 The Helsinki School - Out of the Depths of Photography, Persons Prpjects Berlin
2023 a touch of playfulness, Stiftung Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, DE
2022 In the Sky Unlike a Bird, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2021 New Perspectives Through Photography – 25 Years of the Helsinki School,
2021 Taidehalli Helsinki, FI
2018 Paysages – les maitres d`une ècole Finlandaise Jumièges Abbey, FR
2017 Landskrona Photo View –Finland, Landskrona Museum, SE
2017 Marked Sites, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, DE
2015 ARCO, Gallery Taik Persons, Madrid, ES
2013 Thread and Paper, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI
2012 Tartuntapintoja. Oulu Museum of Art, FI
2011 Helsinki School. Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich CH.
2010 Daegu Photo Biennale 2010. Tru(E)motion: The Helsinki School. Daegu, KR Memory Traces, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, DE
2010 Memory Traces Exhibition, Jyrki Parantainen and Seppo Renvall Galerie Brotfabrik, Berlin, DE
2010 The Helsinki School-Urban Space, Gallery TAIK, Berlin, DE
2010 Red, Espoo Museum of modern Art, Espoo, FI
2009 Concerning Beauty , Bremer, Lehtola, Parantainen, Gallery Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, FI
2008 Tom Hunter and Jyrki Parantainen, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2007 Silent Violence, Oulu Museum of Art, FI
2007 Finn Art, Eskilstuna Art Museum, SE
2006 Grey Matters, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2005 Helsinki School, Photology, Milano, IT
2005 Personligt - Photographs from The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE
2005 To Look or To See, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2004 30 by Taik, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2004 Love me or leave me, Kiasma, Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, FI
2004 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finland, Salo Art Museum, FI
2003 Corner Society, (Bremer, Lehtola, Parantainen),Gallery Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, FI
2003 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finland, Berlin, Mannheim, Waldkraiburg, Kiel, Cottbus, DE, (catalogue)
2002 Northern Spell, The Embassy of Finland, Washington DC, USA
2002 Northern Spell, Art Centre of Toronto University, CA
2002 Pyynikinlinna, Tampere, FI (cat.)
2002 New Photographs : Brotherus, Kella, Kolehmainen, Lajunen, Parantainen. Helsinki City Art Museum, FI (catalogue)
2001 Magnetic North, The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK (cat.)
2001 Aurora, Art Gallery of Sudbury, CA (catalogue)
2001 Single Room, Trevi Flash Art Museum, IT (catalogue)
2001 Portfolio, The Finnish Photography Museum, Helsinki, FI
2001 Finnish Photography, Gallery Christian Dam, Copenhagen, DK
2001 Finnish Photography, Gallery Christian Dam, Oslo, NO
2001 Une Histoire Finlandaise, Galerie Photo, Montpelier, FR
2000 Works from Kiasma Collection 20, Tensta Konsthall, SE
2000 Aratta, Kopavogur Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS
2000 Big Torino 2000 Biennale, Turin, IT (cat.)
2000 International Photographic Exhibition, Alessandria, IT
1999 Tila – Espaces, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, FR
1999 Auf der Suche nach der Verlorenen Zeit, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, DE (cat.)
1999 Spaces, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
1999 Focus in Fire, Galerie Nei Liicht, Luxemburg
1999 Biennale de Giovani Artisti dell’Europa del Mediterraneo, Rome, IT (cat.)
1999 Light, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
1998 Me, Myself, I, Gallery TAIK, Helsinki, FI (catalogue)
1998 Underexposed, Stockholm, SE (catalogue)
1997 Romeo Martinez International Award, San Marino (cat.)
1997 Drum and Camera, Gallen Kallela Museum, Helsinki, FI (cat.)
1997 Paysages et Matieres, NCE, Paris, FR
1997 Photographies pour une Itinerance, NCE, Paris, FR
1997 Photographies pour une Itinerance, NCE, Paris, FR
1997 Momentum, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
1997 Enter, Helsinki Arthall, FI
1997 Reflections in Circle, Aberdeen, Scottland
1995 The Play of Living Forms, Gallery Otso, Espoo, FI
1995 Vents du Nord, Bibliothèque H. Vincenot, Talant, FR
1995 Mai de la Photo, l´Ancien College des Jesuites, Reims, France (cat.)
1995 3 Photographers from Finland, The Photography Museum, Tallinn, EE
1995 Finnish Images in Print, Eirmos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, GR
1995 Northern Realities, Macedonian Museum for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, GR, (cat)
1995 Ateneumin Taidemuseo (The Finnish National Gallery Ateneum), Helsinki, FI
1992 Finlandida-92, Konstakademien, Stockholm, SE (cat.)
1992 Decennium, Bucharest, Scotland, Istanbul, Ankara, Barcelona, Madrid, ES(cat.)
1992 Painettu Valokuva (The Printed Photograph), Gallery Zebra, Karjaa, FI
1992 56 Nord, Loppehallen, Århus, DK
1990 Fotofinlandia 1989 Award Exhibition, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
1988 Nuori Suomi (Young Finland), Retretti, Punkaharju, FI
Artist Books
1993 Jyrki Parantainen, R. Kovalainen and K. Holopainen: Gaia. Silver print portfolio, UIAH, Helsinki
1991 Jyrki Parantainen: Maa (Earth). Offset-litography portfolio, Opus 18, Helsinki
1987 Jordi Guaridor (alias Jyrki Parantainen): Uns Tretze Petits Catalans. Offset-litography portfolio, Helsinki
Monographs
2006 Jyrki Parantainen: Dreams and Disappointments. Helsinki Festival,
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
1999 Jyrki Parantainen: The Artist in Flames – The Flame, The Sublime and My Art.
Literary Part of Art-Emphasised Licenciate Thesis. University of Art and Design. Helsinki 1999
Grants and Awards (selected)
2006 William Thuring Award, Suomen Taideyhdistys ry.
1998 SUOMI-Award, Photography Arts Council of Finland.
1989 Fotofinlandia Award, Finnfoto ry.
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.
Memberships and honorary positions
2012 Nominator of Discovery Award 2012, Les Recontres d Arles, France
2012 Jury Member of Contemporary and Historical Book Awards, Les Recontres d Arles
2012 Jury Member of Swedish Photobook Prize 2012
2011- Member of the Board of Jouko Lehto Foundation
04–10 Member of the Council of Helsinki Metropolitan region
02–06 Vice-chair of the Union of Artist Photographers
00–06 Member of the Board of Union of Artist Photographers
95–14 Expert in several grant giving organizations
Works in CollectionsAmos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, FR
Grenoble Artheteque, Grenoble, FR
Lahti City Art Museum
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, FR
Mois de la Photo, Montreal, CA
DZ-Bank, Germany, DE
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI
The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere, FI
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
The Finnish State Art Collection, FI
Espoo City Art Collection, FI
Espoo Art Museum, FI
Kodak Company, FI
Bibliothèque H Vincenot, Talant, FR
Dorint Hotel, Brussels, BE
Henna and Pertti Niemistö Foundation, FI
Saastamoinen Collection, Espoo, FI
Nelimarkka Foundation, Helsinki, FI
Pyynikinlinna Art Collection, Tampere, FI
Oulu Art Museum, FI
Pétur Arason Art Collection, Reykjavik, IS
Pentti Kouri Art Collection, New York, USA
Lars Svanljung Art Collection, Helsinki, FI
Heino Art Collection, Helsinki, FI
Other Private Collections: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, USA, Belgium.