| Curriculum Vitae KRISTIINA KORPELA Vuohikuja 2 A 1 FI-70780 Kuopio, Finland tel. +358-40- 865 0478 kristiina.korpela@iki.fi www.iki.fi/kristiina.korpela |
STUDIES |
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| 1971-75, -1998 | Helsinki University of Art and Design: Art Teacher, Master of Fine Arts |
| -1992 | University of Jyväskylä: Master of Arts (Art History) |
| 1970-72, 1977-80 | University of Helsinki: B.A. and teacher practice |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS |
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| 2012 | Garden Games - Puutarhaleikkejä, G12 Helsinki |
| 2011 | Do you carry water?, communal bucket installation, Galleria LAB, Kuopio |
| 2009 | Cape Collages, Book Shop Oiva, Kuopio |
| 2007 | Frozen Flowers, environmental art at Greatmore Art Studios' courtyard, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2007 | Virtaa (Flowing), works in space and installations, Imatra Art Museum |
| 2006 | Kiskot vievät (Tracks Lead) 3, Kouvola Art Museum, in collaboration with VR Kouvola depot |
| 2004 | Maistuuko taide? (Taste for Art?), installation of liquids and glass, South Karelia Art Museum's entrance gallery, Lappeenranta |
| 2004 | Kiskot vievät (Tracks Lead) 2, Cultural Centre Poleeni, Pieksämäki, in collaboration with VR Pieksämäki engine workshop |
| 2002 | Rankkasade, naurusaaret (Downpour, Laughter Islands), installations of liquids and glass, Varkaus Art Museum's gallery (invited) |
| 2002 | Voi itku (Oh Tears), installation of liquids and glass, Kuopio Museum's tower |
| 2001 | Paratiisin puut (Trees of Paradise), installation of liquids and wood, Pro Wood gallery, Lahti |
| 2000 | Lisää valoa (More Light), liquids works, Gallery Pirkko-Liisa Topelius, Helsinki |
| 1999 | Luomakunta (The Creation), guest artist of the 12th Man in Nature event, Parkano City Hall's gallery and lobby (invited) |
| 1999 | Tarhoja (Gardens), works in space, Gallery 5 / Visual Centre, Oulu |
| 1998 | Otteita paratiisin puutarhasta (Extracts from the Garden of Paradise), work in space, North Savo Council of Art's Gallery Sitruuna, Kuopio |
| 1997 | Outo Matka (Strange Journey), works from 1992-97 as spacial wholes, Imatra Cultural Centre (exhibition space, cafe, library's study hall and music library) |
| 1993 | Yön halki (Through the Night), Studio-Gallery Vintti, Kuopio |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS |
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| 2011 | Ars Libera artists' exhibition, Gallery Carree, Kuopio |
| 2011 | Waters - Vesiä - Amanzi, Finnish - South African group exhibition, University of Lapland galleries Light and Stealth, Rovaniemi |
| 2011 | Waters - Vesiä - Amanzi, Finnish - South African group exhibition, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki |
| 2011 | Waters - Vesiä - Amanzi, Finnish - South African group exhibition, Kuopio Art Museum |
| 2010 | Waters, Finnish - South African group exhibition, cultural center Bag Factory, Johannesburg |
| 2010 | Kuopio Housing Fair, Archipelago City, environmental artwork Venonen (jury) and artworks in fair houses |
| 2010 | Waters, Finnish - South African group exhibition, artSPACE durban Gallery, Durban |
| 2010 | Waters, Finnish - South African group exhibition, AVA Gallery (Association for Visual Arts), Cape Town |
| 2010 | Kalma, Ars Libera's group exhibition, Kulttuurikeskus Poleeni, Pieksämäki |
| 2009 | Curiosity Cabinet, Flower Aquarium, summer exhibition of the Orthodox Church Museum, Kuopio (invited) |
| 2008 | Here = Now, Ars Libera 50 years group exhibition, Galleria Kapriisi, Kuopio (invited) |
| 2008 | Kukka / Flower, Ars Libera's group exhibition, Kuopio Art Museum |
| 2007 | Ziel1Kunst, the best of the Oslip workshops 2001-2006, Museum Nordico, Linz, Austria |
| 2006 | Terrortory, New Terrortories trilogy part 2, MUU gallery, Helsinki (jury) |
| 2006 | Objective1Art, eu-art-network, Cselley Mühle Oslip, Austria |
| 2006 | Bonus, North Savo district exhibition, Kuopio Art Museum / bar & grill Intro (jury) |
| 2005 | More Beans! environmental community art work at the Kanttila yard, Kuopio |
| 2005 | Fliessende Formen (Flowing Forms), spacial artwork, Gera Höhlerbiennale, Germany (jury) |
| 2005 | Luuvaloa 2 (Bone Light 2), installations and Cartoon Bar with Reetta Korpela in conjunction to the Kirjakantti event, Gallery Sitruuna, Kuopio |
| 2004 | Luuvaloa (Bone Light), installations with Reetta Korpela, Corner Gallery, Helsinki |
| 2004 | Rotinat, North Savo Regional Exhibition, Art Anna and city space, Iisalmi, PUMPKIN GARDEN above bomb shelter at railway station (jury) |
| 2004 | Hule, Ars Libera's group exhibition, Engine Hall - Salo Art Museum (invited) |
| 2004 | Salonki ja Sampo, 8 women's exhibition and art event, Gallery Kapriisi and fish restaurant Sampo, Kuopio |
| 2003 | OUTs, works in urban space as part of Ars Libera's summer exhibition Hule, climber garden CREEPER beside Kuopio Art Museum (invited) |
| 2002 | ANTI - contemporary art festival, voice-space work in collaboration with the workers of the Finnish Railroads engine workshop and Riikka Korpela, Kuopio railway station (jury) |
| 2002 | Summer exhibition, Loft Gallery, Hanko (invited) |
| 2001 | Paketti (Package), Pro Wood thematic exhibition, Pro Wood gallery, Lahti (invited) |
| 2001 | Ars Libera (Artists in Kuopio) group exhibition, Cultural Centre Poleeni, Pieksämäki |
| 2000 | Virtaava Baari (The Flowing Bar), 2nd phase of the Helsinki 2000 City of Culture project by Korpela, Törmänen & co, Töölönlahden makasiinit, Helsinki (project leader) |
| 2000 | Hengitystä (Breathing), 2nd phase of the Arctic Expedition project of artists and photographers, Gallery Bau, Helsinki |
| 1999 | Virtaava Baari (The Flowing Bar), 1st phase of the Helsinki 2000 City of Culture project by Korpela, Törmänen & co, Kuopio Art Museum's Juho Rissanen Room |
| 1999 | Naisen katse (Woman's Look), joint exhibition of women artists of Kuopio, Varkaus Art Museum |
| 1998 | Naparetki (Arctic Expedition), group exhibition by ten artists and photographers, in pair with photograph artist Kapa/Martti Kapanen, Victor Barsokevitsch Photography Centre, Kuopio |
| 1998 | Purnu Summer Exhibition, Orivesi (invited) |
| 1997 | Taiteen kuntopolku (Art's Exercise Path), art in nature, environmental art project of Forest Centre Lusto and the Eastern Provinces Councils of Art, Punkaharju |
| 1997 | Terve metsä! (Hail Forest!) thematic exhibition, cone installation, Kuopio Art Museum's Juho Rissanen Room (invited) |
| 1997 | 3. triennale internationale de Tournai, international textile triennale with the theme Nordic textile, Tournai, Belgium; Finnish organizer Finnish Museum of Industrial Art (invited) |
| 1997 | Saalis (Catch), works from nature materials 3, with Taina Kontio, as part of the Jyväskylä Winter programme, adjoined by dance and music improvisations by Jyväskylä Conservatoire, Finnish Handcraft Museum, Jyväskylä (invited) |
| 1996 | Luovat kädet (Creative Hands), arts and craft event and exhibition, Kerava Art Museum in collaboration with Finnish Museum of Industrial Arts (jury) |
| 1996 | On Paper - Of Paper, group exhibition in Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada and the Finnish-American Heritage Center, Hancock, USA (exchange/Kuopio Academy of Design) |
| 1996 | Ornamo's/Taiko's summer exhibition, Cultural Centre Poleeni, Pieksämäki (jury) |
| 1996 | 17 Designer Craftsmen from Finland, industrial arts exhibition of Kuopio Province, Gallery Loja do Design, Porto, Portugal (invited) |
| 1996 | Saalis (Catch), works from nature materials 2, with Taina Kontio, adjoined by an evening of poems in collaboration with the Club of Living Poets, Kaapelitehtaan valssaamo, Helsinki |
| 1996 | Puuta, heinää (Wood, Hey), works from nature materials with Taina Kontio, adjoined by music performances by Kuopio Conservatoire, Kuopio Museum |
| 1995 | Regional Fine Arts Exhibition of Kuopio Province, Varkaus Art Museum (jury) |
| 1995 | Language of Wood, Crafts in Wood from Finland, Crafts Council / Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, Dublin, Ireland (Crafts Council of Ireland - Ornamo/Taiko, jury) |
| 1995 | Yötäpäivää (Day and Night, with Leena Puranen, Gallery Kapriisi, Kuopio |
| 1995 | Kaivauksia (Excavations), with Leena Puranen, University of Jyväskylä Department of Art History's Gallery Pinacotheca, Jyväskylä |
| 1994 | 110 Years Exhibition of the Kuopio Academy of Craft and Design, Turo, Kuopio (invited) |
| 1993 | Group exhibition, art teachers of the Kuopio Academy of Craft and Design, Varkaus Library / Art Museum |
| 1991 | Lapselliset (Childly Ones), group exhibition of art teachers, Studio-Gallery Vintti, Kuopio |
| -1991 | Participating in group exhibitions |
EVENTS |
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| 2011 | On International Waters, video event at the Waters exhibition (org.), Kuopio Art Museum |
| 2009 | Fulfillment, environmental artwork at and around the artist's studio, Kuopio |
| 2009 | Ars Video / MEDIA TAI** event, Kino Kuvakukko, Kuopio |
| 2008 | Oceans Between, Kuopio - Cape Town exchange project with Greatmore Art Studios, 2007-2009 / Ars Africa Festival, Kuvakukko / Isak ry, Kuopio |
| 2006 | Migrating Garden, extension to the More Beans! -project on the VB Photographic Centre's yard |
| 2005 | Workplace exhibition: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2002 | Workplace exhibitions: Occupational health station Medivire, works canteen Kokkipoika/Finnish Railways, Kuopio |
| 2002 | MUU work, installation of liquids in windows, artworks brokering event, MUU Café, Helsinki |
| 2002 | Seoul Living Design Fair, North Savo Council of Art arts and crafts exhibition (drop packages in collaboration with Peter Tavaststjerna), Seoul, South Korea |
| 2001 | Karahvit rannalla (Garafes on Shore)/ Ars Libera's Project 3, installation of liquids and sand, Väinölänniemi swimming beach, Kuopio |
| 2000 | Pulloposti Avignoniin (Bottle Mail to Avignon), 3rd phase of The Flowing Bar project of the Helsinki 2000 City of Culture, Avignon, France |
| 2000 | Taidetta ympäri & ämpäri (Art Here, There and Everywhere), Pori Art Museum, environmental art project (pilot) of the city school administration and Finnish Board of Education, as invited guest artist in a schoolchildren's environmental art event (ideas & direction), Tammi estate, Pori |
| 1998 | Hiili ja Ruusu (Coal and Rose), restaurant installation with Helena Rinta-Jouppi, Restaurant Villa 1898 (ex Finlayson Palace), Tampere |
| 1997 | Metsän hedelmät (Fruits of Forest), nature installation in a shop store with Anna-Maria Väätäinen, Kirjava satama (Motley Harbour), Kerkonkoski, Rautalampi (invited) |
| 1997 | Kohtuja ja sydämiä (Wombs and Hearts), exhibition with Kaisa Törmänen in the women's culture days "Woman by Nature", University of Tampere / Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere (invited) |
| 1993, 1994 | Artists Wheel event, studies at Turo, Kuopio |
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS AND PUBLIC SPACES |
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| Finnish Art Association's collections | |
| Consulate of Finland, Cape Town | |
| TE Centre for North Savo, Kuopio | |
| Kuopio Art Museum: Kuopio City Library, Kuopio City Council | |
| Finnish Handcraft Museum, Jyväskylä | |
| City of Parkano: City Hall | |
| North Savo Council of Art, Kuopio | |
| Imatra Art Museum: Imatra City Library |
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS |
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| 2010 | Finnish Cultural Foundation's North Savo Fund, working scholarship ½ year |
| 2009 | Art Council of Finland, travelling grant |
| 2009 | North Savo Council of Art, working scholarship ½ year |
| 2008 | Finnish Cultural Foundation's North Savo Fund, short working scholarship |
| 2008 | City of Kuopio, international activities' project grant |
| 2008 | North Savo Council of Art, target scholarship |
| 2007 | Centre of Cultural Affairs, City of Kuopio, travelling and exhibition grant |
| 2007 | North Savo Council of Art, working scholarship 2.5 months, project grant |
| 2006 | Kuopio Naturalists' Society, publication grant |
| 2006 | Kauko Sorjonen Foundation, publication grant |
| 2006 | North Savo Council of Art, working scholarship ½ year |
| 2005 | North Savo Council of Art, target scholarship, project grant |
| 2004 | City of Kuopio Council of Arts, City fine arts scholarship 7 months |
| 2004 | North Savo Council of Art, target scholarship |
| 2003 | Finnish Central Council of Arts, fine arts exhibit scholarship |
| 2003 | Kuopio Society of Artists, Minna award on fine arts |
| 2003 | North Savo Council of Art, working scholarship ½ year |
| 2002 | North Savo Council of Art, target scholarship |
| 2000 | Finnish Cultural Foundation's North Savo Fund, working scholarship ½ year |
| 2000 | North Savo Council of Art, short working scholarship 1 ½ months |
| 1999 | North Savo Council of Art, target scholarship |
| 1998 | Kuopio Provincial Council of Art, travelling scholarship |
| 1997 | Finnish Cultural Foundation, working scholarship ½ year |
| 1996 | Kuopio Provincial Council of Art, working scholarship 1 year (cross-artistic) |
| 1995 | Finnish Criticians Association, travelling scholarship |
| 1993 | Kuopio Provincial Council of Art, working scholarship ½ year (criticians) |
IN PUBLICATIONS |
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| Waters - Vesiä - Amanzi, catalogue of a Finnish - South African exhibition project, 2010. | |
| Ars Libera 50 vuotta. Ars Libera, the Artists' Association of Kuopio, 2008. | |
| 10 Years at Greatmore Studios Cape Town. Greatmore Studios, 2008. | |
| Kukka. 11 taiteilijaa. Ars Libera, the Artists' Association of Kuopio, 2007. | |
| Bonus. Pohjois-Savon kuvataiteen aluenäyttely. North Savo Council of Art, 2006. | |
| ZIEL1 = KUNST = ZIEL1. Workshops 2004/2005/2006. Oslip, Austria. Europrint, 2006. | |
| Höhler Biennale. Kunst unter der Altstadt von Gera. Stadt Gera, 2005. | |
| Rotinat. Pohjois-Savon kuvataiteen aluenäyttely. North Savo Council of Art, 2004. | |
| Hulea. Ars Libera, the Artists' Association of Kuopio, 2003. | |
| Helsinki 2000 kulttuuripääkaupunki. City of Helsinki, 2001. | |
| XII Ihminen luonnossa. City of Parkano, 1999. |
MEMBERSHIPS |
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| Kuopio Artists Association Ars Libera | |
| Artists Society MUU (Finnish Society of Artists) | |
| Finnish Criticians Association SARV |
OTHER ACTIVITIES |
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Teaching activities: |
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| 2002-03 | hourly paid teacher, Kuopio Academy of Design |
| 1995- | lecturer and occasional teacher, among others in Kuopio Academy of Design, University of Kuopio / Open University and Helsinki University of Art and Design (art theory, artistic productions, art in developing countries, non-European art) |
| 1982-95 | lecturer in visual expression and art history, Kuopio Academy of Design, head of department of visual expression 1990-92 |
| 1976-82 | art teacher, children's art schools (Espoo, Kuopio), secondary schools and high schools (Vantaa, Helsinki, Kuopio) |
Literary activities: |
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| 2010 | Kristiina Korpela (ed.): Waters - Vesiä - Amanzi, catalogue of a Finnish - South African exhibition project |
| 2007 | Kristiina Korpela - Anna-Maria Heikkinen: Muistikuvia Minna Canthin pihalta ja puutarhasta / Images from Minna Canth's yard and garden, Minerva Kustannus |
| 2006 | chapter in the book Koskinen, Savolainen, Väätäinen: Muistiin punottua / Woven into Memory, Atena |
| 2005-2006 | columnist in the Viikkosavo city weekly |
| 2004 | introduction and pictures to the publication Taidetta ympäri ja ämpäri II / Art Here, There and Everywhere II, Publications of the Pori Art Museum 71/2004 |
| 2002 | article and pictures to the publication Taidetta ympäri ja ämpäri / Art Here, There and Everywhere, Publications of the Pori Art Museum 58/2002 |
| 1994- | critiques, articles and essays, e.g. in TAIDE (ART) Magazine |
| 1992 | picture page to the publication Power of Images, Insea 1992 (publication of the research conference of the international art education society) |
| 1987- | freelance journalist (among others in Savon Sanomat, Taito, Muoto, FormFunctionFinland) |
Research and study journeys 1982- |
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| Africa: Egypt, Nigeria (year 1989), Burkina Faso, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tunisia; exhibitions, lectures and articles on African art in 1990s | |
| Elsewhere: Sweden, Germany, Soviet Union, Italy, Cuba, India, England, Ireland, France, Greece, Austria, Brazil | |
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS |
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| Love, group exhibition, Kuopio Art Museum, 1 June - 2 August 2012 (Ars Libera, curator Juha-Heikki Tihinen) | |
| WATERS, exhibition series, World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 / Lahti, as a part of the water theme programme, from 1 February 2012 | |
| Tracks Lead 4, last phase of the project, Pasila engine workshop area, Helsinki, 2012-2013 |