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MAIJA HOLMA born 1971 in Jyväskylä, Finland Lives and works in Jyväskylä |

Studies
2004 University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Social Sciences/Philosophy
2003 Open University of Jyväskylä, basic studies in philosophy
1995 Workshop on traditional printing methods, Kankaanpää School of Arts
1990-94 Lahti Design Institute, Department of Photography
1989-90 Liminka School of Arts
Solo exhibitions
1999
Mikkeli Photographic Centre
Laterna Magica, Helsinki
Galleria Becker, Jyvaskylä
1998
Häme-Galleria, Lahti
Galleria Titanik, Turku
1995
Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004
ArsJokVars, Jämsä
Photographers' Regional Exhibition, Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä (also 2001, 1999, 1996)
Annual Exhibition of Jyväskylä Artists' Society, Jyväskylä Art Museum (also 1997, 1999-2003)
2003
Guest Exhibition of Jyväskylä Artists' Society, Culture Centre Poleeni, Pieksämäki
2002
Four Artists in Kerava, Kerava Art Museum
Members' Exhibition, The Centre for Creative Photography, Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä (also 1997)
Virne - Grin, Humour in Finnish Photography, Mikkeli Photographic Centre
2001
Mänttä Art Festival Exhibition
Tondo Finlandese, La Spezia, Pisa, Bari, Genova; Italy
1999
Indoors/Outdoors, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
104. Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Helsinki Art Hall
1998
Landscape '97, Photography Centre Peri, Turku
1997
Landscape '97, Jyvaskyla Fair Center
1995
LOITTO - 10 Photographers, Museum of Industrial Arts, Helsinki
Young Artists' Annual Exhibition, Helsinki Art Hall (Ducat Award of the Finnish Art Association)
Works in collections
State of Finland
City of Jyväskylä
Selected works for museums and architects
1995 - Photographer in Alvar Aalto Museum
1999 Colin St. John Wilson: British Library; photographic documentation
2001 Photos of Aarno Ruusuvuori's architecture for the exhibition "Concrete Spaces",
Museum of Finnish Architecture
2002 Photos of details in Alvar Aalto's architecture for the exhibition and book "Drawn in Sand",
Museum of Finnish Architecture and Alvar Aalto Museum
Photos for the book "Alvar Aalto Designer", Alvar Aalto Museum
Kristian Gullichsen: Kauniainen Church, Malmi Church, Myllytie apartment block; photographic documentation
2003 Photos for the book "The Aalto House", The Complete Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto, vol. 6, Alvar Aalto Foundation and Alvar Aalto Academy
2004 Photos of Aino Aalto's design for the book Aino Aalto, Alvar Aalto Museum
PUBLICATIONS
1998 Alvar Aalto "A Gentler Structure For Life", book of photographs, Finnish Building Centre
Alvar Aalto "A Gentler Structure for Life", photograph exhibition
2004
Kocatepe Kültür Merkezi, Kizilay, Ankara, Turkey
Museum of Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia
2003
Finsk-Norsk Kulturinstitutt, Oslo, Norway
Culture House Katowice, Poland
Galeria Space, International Centre for Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2002
Ottawa, Kanada
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Maqueta de la Habana, Miramar, Havanna, Cuba
Casa de Cultura Agustin de la Hoz, Arrecife, Lanzarote
Nueva Sala de exposiciones del Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Puerto de Rosario, Fuerteventura
2001
CAAM, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Design Forum, Helsinki, Finland
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Museo de Historia Mexicana, Monterrey, Mexico
Centro Cultural Olympo, Merida, Mexico
Instituto Cultural Cabañasin, Guadalajara, Mexico
Centro Cultural Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
2000
Faculty of Architecture, Montevideo, Uruguay
Buenos Aires, Salta, Rosario, Cordoba; Argentina
Curitiba, Brazil
1999
Sao Paolo 4th Architecture Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Santiago, Chile
Lima, Peru
Bogota, Columbia
Caracas, Venezuela
1998
Almada, Portugal
Koper, Slovenia
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alvar Aalto "A Gentler Srtucture for Life", Finnish Building Centre 1998
Hannu Castrén: 2000+, Central Finnish Art at the Turn of the Millennium, Alvar Aalto Society 2001
Alvar Aalto Designer, Alvar Aalto Museum 2002
Drawn in Sand, Unrealised Visions by Alvar Aalto, Museum of Finnish Architecture/Alvar Aalto Museum 2002
Golden Bell and Beehive, Light fittings by Alvar and Aino Aalto, Alvar Aalto Museum 2002
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