Inari Krohn

b. 1945

Art studies

Suomen Taideakatemian koulu (Finnish Art Academy school) 1965-69
Abroad: L´Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France 1971

First exhibition of works: Helsinki 1968

Joint exhibitions in Finland

1968, 1971 Finnish Art Academy 3rd Anniversary Exhibition
1969, 1971 Finnish Artists' Exhibition
1974 National Exhibition, Turku, 1975 Jyväskylä, 1979 Tampere, 1981 Pori
1975, 1976 Finnish Painters' Union's Exhibition
1975 Finnish Art Academy's touring exhibition "Naisia taiteessa" (Women in Art)
1977 Nordisk Grafikunion (Nordic Graphic Art Union), Helsinki
1979 Finnish Painters' Union's 50th Anniversary Exhibition
1980 Finnish Graphic Artists' Exhibition
1985 Finnish Graphic Artists' Jubilee Exhibition Sampo
1975, 1978, 1981, 1996 Graphica Creativa Triennial, Jyväskylä
2004 Paratiisin puutarha (Garden of Paradise), Helsinki City Art Museum
2004 Näkemisen virta (The Stream of Seeing), Amos Andersson Art Museum

Group Exhibitions

1976 Lehtimajajuhla-näyttely (Chanukah Exhibition) with Outi Heiskanen, Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä
1977 Väenpaljous (Crowd) Event with Outi Heiskanen, Museum of Central Finland
1983 8 taiteilijaa Taidehallissa (8 Artists in Art Hall), Helsinki
1985 Tammipaletti (Oak Palette), Helsinki
1986 Kaustinen, Kokkola, Pietarsaari (with Pirkko Nukari)
1989 Sotkamo Summer Exhibition
1990 Hiilellä seinälle (With Charcoal on the Wall), Art Hall, Helsinki
1975-1997 Purnu
1992 Paltta-Baltto, Sippola
1993 Suomalaisia akvarellisteja (Finnish Watercolourists), Art Hall, Helsinki
1993 Himmelblau Group, Galleria Andromeda, Mikkeli, Pyynikinlinna, Tampere
1993-2003 Himmelblau Group, Retretti, Punkaharju
1993 Staffas, Porvoo rural community (with Ulla Rantanen)
1993 Ulottuvilla Group (Mirja Airas, Marjatta Hanhijoki, Inari Krohn, Eeva Tiisala, Elsa Ytti), Vaasa Art Hall, Kemi Art Museum
1993 Finnish Graphic Artists' Happoa Exhibition, Helsinki City Art Museum
1997 Site-Seeing Event, Helsinki Festival
2000 Muodonmuutoksia (Metamorphoses), Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki
2000 Poleeni, Pieksämäki (with Esa Riippa and Marjatta Hanhijoki)
2001 Finnish Artists within the Sphere of Influence of Japan (Marjatta Hanhijoki, Erkki Hervo, Inari Krohn, Kari Laitinen), Kerava Art Museum
2002 Finnish Graphic Arts, Impact Graphics Congress, University of Art and Design Helsinki

2004 Puupiirroksen lumoa (The Enchantment of Wood cuts)(Inari Krohn, Tuukka Peltonen, Johanna Pihlajamaa, Annu Vertanen), Gallery Allinna, Riihimäki
2004 Kasvinkumppanit Group (Maija Albrecht, Inari Krohn, Ulla Liuhala, Ulla Pohjola, Metta Savolainen), Kappalaisen talo (Chaplain's House), Porvoo, Tikanojan Taidekoti (Tikanoja Art Home), Vaasa
2005 Kasvinkumppanit Group, Gallery Saskia, Tampere
2005 Mestari K ja oppilaat (Master K and Pupils)(Pentti Kaskipuro, Mirja Airas, Marjatta Hanhijoki, Outi Heiskanen, Inari Krohn, Elina Luukanen, Marjatta Nuoreva, Esa Riippa) Mikkeli Art Museum

Participated in numerous summer exhibitions since 1970, including Suvi-Pinx, Sysmä, Maila Talvio-salonki (Maila Talvio Salon), Hartola, Villa Roma, Turku, Suomalaisen taidegrafiikan helmiä (The Pearls of Finnish Graphic Arts), Vääksy, etc.

Group Exhibitions Abroad

1970 Nordic Young Artists' Biennial, Oslo
1973 Modern Finnish Art, Moss, Norway
1974 Workaday Finland, London
1975 Södertälje, Sweden
1976 Art by Young Finnish Artists, Hässelby, Sweden
1978 Finnish Graphic Art, Cuba
1977 Six Finnish Artists, Edinburgh, Scotland
1979 Bucharest and Constanza, Rumania
1980 Nordic Women's Exhibition Århus, Denmark and Lund, Sweden
1982 Kaksi graafikkoa (Two Graphic Artists) (with Ilppo Heikuri), Rostock, Germany
1990 International Graphic Art Biennial, Kochi, Japan
1990 Finnish Watercolourists, Copenhagen and London
1993 Nordisk Akvarell (Nordic Watercolour Works), Gothenburg Art Museum, and other Nordic Countries
1993 Maastricht International Graphic Art Biennial, the Netherlands
1996 Nordic Watercolourists, Roskilde, Denmark
1996 Northern Lights, Finnish Contemporary Art, Edinburgh Festival
1996 Graphic Artists of Academy of Fine Arts, National Graphic Art Museum in Mexico, Mexico City
1997 Finnish Graphic Art, Tartu, Estonia
1997 Neljä graafikkoa (Four Graphic Artists), Tosa-Washi Village, Ino, Japan
1997 Finnish Graphic Art, University of Virginia, USA
1998 Finnish and Japanese Graphic Art, Kyoto
1998 International Watercolour Biennial, Mexico City
2000 Two Finnish Artists (Alla Kerisalo-Johnson and Inari Krohn) Växjö Konsthall, Sweden
2000 Finnish Graphic Art, Barcelona, Spain
2001 Finnish Graphic Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2002 Himmelblau Graphic Art Workshop Artists, Beijing and Shanghai, China
2003 Nordic Graphic Art, Seoul, South Korea
2005 Kasvinkumppanit Group, Gallery Cupido, Stockholm
2005 Leonardo Sciascia International Graphic Art Exhibition, Biblioteca Centrale, Milan
2005 6th International Watercolour Biennial, Antwerpen

Personal Exhibitions

1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004 Helsinki
1986, 1995, 1997 Jyväskylä
1977, 1993, 2002 Oulu
1977, 1989, 1991,1992, 2002 Turku
1977, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994 Tampere
1992, 1994, 1997, 2000 Kuopio
1992, 1996, 1998, 2001 Kotka
1996, 1999 Joensuu
and at several other locations in Finland

Personal Exhibitions in Museums

1969 Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä
1992 Heinola Art Museum
1999 Varkaus Art Museum
2000 Lohja Art Museum
2003 Luonto ja fantasia (Nature and Phantasy), retrospective exhibition, works from 1966-2003, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
2004 Luonto ja fantasia (Nature and Fantasy), Oulu Art Museum

Works in various collections

Finnish National Gallery, Kiasma, Helsinki City Art Museum, Tampere Museum of Modern Art, Modern Art Collection Villa Mac, Tampere, Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Kajaani Art Museum, Kuopio Art Museum, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Turku Art Museum, Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Aboa Vetus & Nova, Turku, Oulu Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Mikkeli, Hämeenlinna, Kouvola, Kuopio, Lahti, Pori and Salo Art Museums, State of Finland, Finnish Parliament, Kuntsi Foundation, Nelimarkka Foundation, Yrjö A. Jäntti collection, Jorvi Hospital, Towns of Hamina, Hyvinkää, Jyväskylä, Kerava, Kokkola, Lohja, Oulu, Pori, Pieksämäki and Tampere, Municipalities of Kaustinen, Kustavi and Vihti, Nordea, Oko, Alko, Pohjola, Orion, Finnish Civil Aviation Administration, Leonardo da Vilhu Foundation, Lönnström Foundation, Saastamoinen Foundation, Ponkala Foundation, Finnish Museum of Natural History

Abroad



City of Stockholm, Uppsala Läns Landsting, Västerås Art Museum, Statens Konstråd, Sweden, Kunshalle, Rostock, Museum Beumans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Albertina, Wien

Public works

1983 Killan päiväkoti daycare centre, Kerava
1983 Pääkaupunkiseudun tietokeskus (Metropolitan Area Information Centre), Helsinki
1990 Tytyri School, Lohja

Illustrations in books

1970 Leena Krohn: Vihreä vallankumous, Tammi
1971 Leena Krohn: Tyttö, joka kasvoi, Tammi
1974 Leena Krohn: Viimeinen kesävieras, Tammi
1979 Leena Krohn: Näkki, WSOY
1980 Leena Krohn: Metsänpeitto, WSOY
1993 Leena Krohn: Salaisuuksia, Kirjayhtymä
1994 Leena Krohn: Älä lue tätä kirjaa, Kirjayhtymä
1984 Tiina Kaila: Saari, joka nousi merestä, Otava
1995 Leena Krohn: Poissaolo, hand-made book Grafiikanpaja Himmelblau
2004 Leena Krohn: Tainaron, mail from another city, Prime books, USA

Books

1998 Inari Krohn, Grafiikkaa, The Lauttasaari Press
2004 Muusa kirjahyllyssä, Gummerus

Awards

1969 Suomen Taiteilijain näyttely (Finnish Artists' Exhibition)
1969 Jyväskylän Kesä's debut exhibition prize
1971 Finnish Art Academy 3rd Anniversary Exhibition prize
1971 State Prize shared with Leena Krohn for book Vihreä vallankumous
1996 Pro Finlandia medal
1998 Finnish Cultural Foundation prize

Teaching positions

1971-72: Lahti School of Arts
1970s: Oriveden opisto summer courses in several summers
Painting and graphic courses, e.g. Lapin kansanopisto, Kotkan kansanopisto, Pälkäneen kansanopisto (all Finnish community colleges)
1989: Graphic art and watercolour courses at University of Art and Design Helsinki
1988-90 Vihti Art School
1994-95 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, part-time lecturer in graphic art
1995-98 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, professor of graphic art


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