martti kapanen artist / photographer

 

                   K A P A  b. 1949, lives in Jyväskylä, Finland

 

                   ART STUDIES

                   Department of Photography, Lahti Institute of Applied Arts, 1972-75

 

                 SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND

                   2005 Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

                   2003 Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä

                   2003 Mikkeli Centre for Photography

                   2000 Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki

                   1999 Gallery Harmaja, Oulu

                   1999 Jyväskylän Art Museum

                   1997 Häme-galleria, Lahti

      1997 Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      1994/95 Rovaniemi Art Museum

      1994 Rantagalleria, Oulu

      1993 Gallery Fotokram, Jyväskylä

      1992 Gallery of the Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Jyväskylä

      1992 Laterna Magica, Helsinki

      1991 Katariinan Kamari, Hankasalmi

      1991 Peri Photography Centre, Turku

      1991 Galley Luukku, Joensuu

      1991 Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki

      1990 Nykyaika Photographic Centre, Tampere

      1990 Jyväskylä City Library

      1990 Mikkeli Centre for Photography

      1989 Iisalmi Cultural Centre, Iisalmi

      1989 Rantagalleria, Oulu

      1989 VB Photographic Centre, Kuopio

      1988 Gallery of the Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Jyväskylä

      1988 Äänekoski City Library

      1986 Rantagalleria, Oulu

      1986 Poriginal Gallery, Pori

      1986 Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki

      1986 Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku

      1986 Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä

      1985 Gallery Nykyaika, Tampere

      1985 Gallery Harjukatu 40, Lahti

      1985 Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      1984 Restaurant Ilokivi, Jyväskylä

      1982/83  Studio of the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki

      1982 Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä

      1981 Kirkkopuisto Park, Jyväskylä

      1974 House of Culture, Helsinki

       

      SOLO EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

      2002 Galerie Bayer&Bayer, Prague, the Czech Republic

      2001 VI mes internacional de la fotografia 2001, Galería El Conteiner, Quito, Equador

      2001 Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, England

      1996 Fragmentation, Triple-x Festival, Westergasfabriek,

        Amsterdam, the Netherlands

      1994 Gallery of the Bratislava School of Design,

       Photography Month, Bratislava, Slovakia

      1989 Wurst, Copenhagen, Denmark

      1989 Stavanger Kunstnersenter, Galleri BFK, Norway

      1986 Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark

      1986 Billund Centret, Billund, Denmark

      1986 Fotografia Oltre, Chiasso, Switzerland

      1986 Fotogalleriet i Lund, Sweden

            

      GROUP AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND

      2000-2005 Annual Exhibition of the Jyväskylä Artist´s association, Jyväskylä Art Museum

      2002, 2005 Exhibition of the Centre for Creative Photography, Gallry Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      2005 Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi

      2004 Hate or Love, Kiasma, Kelsinki

    • 2004 Saarijärvi Museum, Saarijärvi
    • 2004 Leuku Exhibition, Arktikum, Rovaniemi

      2003 Jatulintarha, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      2002 Miniatyyri, Ars Nova, Turku; Gallery K, Huittinen

      2002-2003 Tondo Finlandese, Travelling Exhibition in Finland

      2002 The Knife , The Museum of Finnish Handicraft, Jyväskylä

      2001 Punainen Paja, Viitasaari

      1999, 2001 The Regional Exhibition of Photography in Central Finland, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      2001 Works from the Collection of Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Forum Box, Helsinki

      2001 Mänttä Visual Arts Festival, Mänttä

      2001 Fotofinlandia, Cable Factory, Helsinki

      2000/2001 Visiting Exhibition of Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Pirkanpohja, Ähtäri

      1999/2000 Floating Thoughts, 10-years Anniversary Exhibition of the Centre for Creative Photography,

       Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä

      1999/2000 Northern Postmidermisn-Finnish Photography, Kiasma, Helsinki

      1999/2001 Light, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki

      1999 Long Live Lutakko, Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä

      1998 The Knife and the Display Case, Lusto, Punkaharju

      1998 Naparetki, VB Photographic Centre, Kuopio

      1998 Heartscape-Sydänmaan kuvia, Cable Factory, Helsinki

      1998 Taas, Annual Exhibition of Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä

      1997 Näin sen niän, Varkaus Art Museum

      1997-98 Finland 80, Peri Photographic Centre, Turku; Nykyaika Photographic Centre, Tampere;

       Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      1997 Drum and the Camera, Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo

      1997 Pig!, Pinacotheca, Jyväskylä

      1997 Mänttä Visual Arts festival

      1997 The Return of the Past – The End of Utopias?,

       1st Ars Baltica Triennial of Photography, Kunsthalle, Helsinki

      1996 Raekuuro, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki

      1996 3rd Regional Exhibition of Photography in Central Finland, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      1996 Art Lutakko, Jyväskylä

      1996 Momentum, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki

      1996 Muistoja syvältä/Divers Memories, Pielinen Museum, Lieksa

      1995 Galleria Zebra, Fotograficentrum Raseborg, Karjaa

      1995 LUMO-95, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      1995 Joki - The River, Rovaniemi Art Museum andtehbank of the River Ounasjoki

      1995 Käsikirjoitus - The Script, Kunsthalle, Helsinki

      1995 50th Anniversary Exhibition of the Jyväskylä Artist´s Association,

       Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      1995 Floating Forks, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      1993 98th Finnish Artists Exhibition, Högfors Ironworks, Karkkila

      1993 Visiting exhibition (Kapa, Jyrki Markkanen),

       Promenadigalleria, Hyvinkää

      1992 Visiting Exhibition of the Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Saarijärvi Museum

      1992 I like it !, Lahti art Museum

      1992 Triskele, VB Photographic Centre, Kuopio; Mikkeli Art Museum;

       Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä

      1992 Fotofinlandia, Sea Cable Hall, Helsinki

      1991 On Sale, Galleria Zoo, Helsinki

      1991 Own Pictures, Galley Fotokram, Jyväskylä

      1991 From Mental Image to Picture , VB Photographic Centre, Kuopio

      1991 The Honour of Paper, Kunsthalle, Helsinki

      1990 Greetings from the Pigstry, Rovaniemi Art Museum

      1990 Tikkamannila Summer Exhibition, Tikkakoski

      1990 95th Finnish Artists Exhibition, Kunsthalle, Helsinki

      1989   Pastport Photo, Gallery Luukku, Joensuu

      1989 Perspective on the City, Jyväskylä City Library  

      1989 Regional Exhibition of the Province of Central Finland , Saarijärvi Museum

      1988 93th Finnish Artists Exhibition, Kunsthalle, Helsinki    

      1988 10 Years of Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki  

    • 1988 Summer Exhibition of Jyväskylä Artist´s Association, Riihigalleria, Kuhmoinen
    • 1988 Landscape, Tikkamannila, Tikkakoski

      1988 Northern Light, Oulun City Library Exhibition Hall

      1987 Fotogenesis , Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki and

       Kuopio Art Museum

      1986 Where? Finnish Photography 1864-1986,Kunsthalle, Helsinki

      1986 Fotogenesis, Gallery Fotokram, Jyväskylä

      1985 Photographic Art Collection of the Union Bank of Finland, Helsinki

      1985 Iceberg 2, Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki

      1984 Graphic Art from Central Finland, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä

      1983 36th Young Artists Exhibition, Taidehalli, Helsinki

      1983 Regional Exhibition of the Province of Central Finland, Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä

      1983-84 Tikkamannila Summer Exhibition, Tikkakoski

      1983-94 Annual Exhibitions of the Jyväskylä Artist´s Association,Alvar Aalto museum, Jyväskylä

      1981 From the Lahti School, Studio of the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki

      1980 Kiosks, Touring Exhibition with Markus Leppo

       

      GROUP AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

      2004 Portali Art Cafè, Genova, Italia

      2003 Opere a 63¤ 05´ N 25¤ 54´E, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italia

      2003 Optechatki, Petrozavodsk Art Hall, Russia

      2003 Roots and Tops, Petrozavodsk Art Hall, Russia

      2003 Miniature, The Line Gallery, Linlithgow, Scotland

      2001 Tondo Finlandese/Suomalainen ympyrä, Galleria Il Gabiano, La Spezia;

       Studio Gennai, Pisa; Museo Nuova Era, Bari, Palazzo Ducalon Art Museum, Genova, Italia

      1998 Nordic Landscape Exhibition, Eskiltuna Art Museum, Sweden

      1996-97 Matria Europa, Touring Exhibition in 12 European organized by Sluik/Kurpershoek and    Portable Gallery, the Netherlands

      1996-98 The Return of the Past-The End of Utopias?, 1st Ars Baltica Triennial of

       Photographic Art, Schleswig, Berlin, Dresden, Germany; Odense, Denmark;

       Stockholm, Sweden; Tallinn, Estonia; Warsaw, Poznam, Poland; Paris, France

      1996 Panorama-Fotografie, Linhof Galerie, Munchen, Germany

      1995 Point of Contact, Galerie Foto Medium Art, Wroclaw, Poland

      1994 Gallery Borey (Kapa, Mikko Hietaharju, Rune Snellman), St Petersburg, Russia

      1994 Hotel Europa, Galerie im Pferdestall, Berlin, Germany

       Salon Futura, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

      1994 Northern Realities, Makedonian Museum of Modern Art, Tessaloniki, Greece

      1994-95 Stranger than Paradise, International Center of Photography, New York, USA;

       Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark;

       Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

      1994 Engramme Center (Kapa, Jyrki Markkanen, Tarja Teräsvuori, Ulla Virta)

       Quebeck, Canada

      1993 Galerie Archieve (Kapa, Andrew Bick), The Hague, the Netherlands

      1993 Im Licht der Schatten (Kapa, Susanne Greven, Wojciech Prazmowski,

       Salvatore Puglia), Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Germany

      1993 Galerie Fotomania (5 taiteilijaa Suomesta), Rotterdam, the Netherlands

      1993 Maldoror Gallery (Kapa, Walter Rast, Kamiel Verschooren), The Hague, the Netherlands

      1991 Nude, Lichtbild Galerie, Worpswrede, Germany

      1991 New Spaces of Photography, Wroclaw, Poland

      1991 Blind Navigator, Bergen art Museum, Norge

      1990 Gallery Foto Medium Art, Wroclaw, Poland

      1989 Fotografer ser på sig selv, Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark

      1988 Nordic Light, Murmansk, The Soviet Union

      1986 1st International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery,

       Toronto, Canada

      1986 R.I.P. , Arles, France

      1986/87 New Nordic Photography, Dusseldorf Art Museum, Federal Republic of Germany

      1986/87 Instant - for Example Today, Nikon Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

      1986 New Finnish Photography, Nikon Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

      1985 Graphic Art from Central Finland, Déri Museum, Debrecen, Hungary

      1984-85 Nordiska gummitrycks fotografer, all Nordic Countries 

      1983 International Exhibition of Painters, Hajduböszörmeny, Hungary

       

      WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

      City of Jyväskylä/Jyväskylä Art Museum

      City of Espoo

      City o Helsinki/Helsinki City Art Museum

      Wäinö Aaltonen Museum

      Central Finnish Archieve of Photography

      Collection of the Union Bank of Finland

      Finnish Society of Photography

      City of Hajduböszörmeny, Hungary

      Fotografia Oltre Collection, Switzerland

      Finnish Museum of Photography

      Kuopio Art Museum

      VB Photographic Centre

      Rural Parish of Jyväskylä

      Modern Art Collection - MAC

      Regional Council of Central Finland

      Jerzy Olek Miniature Collection, Poland

      Museum of Contemporary Art / Kiasma

      The Finnish State

      Jenny ja Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection / Rovaniemi Art Museum

       

      BOOKS OF OHOTOGRAPHS

      Jyväskylä Architecture, 1982

      Alvar Aalto and Central Finkand, 1985

      Löytöjä Ajasta - Finds in Time, 1987

      Veikko Hirvimäki, 1987

      Kapa, 2000

       

      MEMBERSHIPS

      Jyväskylä Artists Association

      League of Finnish Photograpic Artists

      Centre for Creative Photography

      Vice-member of the State Artworks committee 1990-1992

      Member of the Arts Council of Central Finland, 1992-97

       

      AWARDS:

      State Art Prize 1984

      Fotofinlandia Finalist 1992 and 2001

      Art Prize of the Arts Council of Central Finland 2001

      5-years State Grant 1990

      15-years State Grant 1995