TUULA LEHTINEN

Born 1956 in Tampere, Finland

Studies:

The Finnish Art Academy 1976-80

One-man shows and group exhibitions in Finland and abroad since 1980

Represented in various collections in Finland and in Sweden, e.g. Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki; Museum of Modern Art/ Kiasma, Helsinki; Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere; The collections of the States of Finland and Sweden.

Public works:

Space Times, Sääksjärvi School Center, 2000-2001

Milky Way, Teknos Ltd, Tapiola Tower, Espoo, 1999

Crossing Points, Mercantile Fastems factory, Tampere, 1997

I Am The Way, Pirkkala Church, 1995

Christ's Seven Words on The Cross, Pirkkala Church, 1994

The Blue Orbit, Rahola Day Care Center, Tampere, 1993

The City, Merita Bank (Nordea), Tampere, 1992

Navigare, Orivesi Sport Hall, 1991

Books:

Metalligrafiikka - a handbook on intaglio printmaking

techniques, Kustannusosakeyhtiö Taide, 1992

Painokuvia - Printed Images , Kustannusosakeyhtiö

Pohjoinen, Grafiikanpaja Himmelblau 1997


2004
One man shows:
Galleria Nuovo, Lahti
"Monumental sweets", Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
Hallwyska Muséet, Stockholm, Sweden
Gallerie Rosemarie, Malmö

Group exhibitions:
"Gardens of Eden", Helsinki City Art Museum

2003
One man shows:
"Interior design exhibition", Galleria G, Helsinki
Tikanojan taidekoti, Vaasa
Konsthallen i Hishult, Sweden

Group exhibitions:
Country and urban, Lappeenranta
Pirkanmaan 2.Triennaali, Tampere Art Museum

2002
One man shows:
Galleria Ama, Turku
"Landscape Painting", Taidesalonki Husa, Tampere
"God konst i hemmiljö", Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Haugesund Billedgalleri, Norway
Galleri Thomasen, Gothenburg, Sweden

Group exhibitions:
Avesta Art, Avesta, Ruotsi

2001
One man shows:
Auran Galleria, Turku
Galerie Sabine Laurenzi, Bonn, Germany

Group exhibitions:
Blott blått, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden / Porcelain Pillow III
MIKRO 01 STUVSTA, Gula rummet, Stuvsta, Sweden
Little Big Little, Finnish printmakers 70 years, Helsinki Art Hall / Print for a Pillow
Subrosa, Helsinki Art Hall
Finlandx6 dimensiones, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden

Public Art:
Space Times, Sääksjärvi School Center

2000
Group exhibitions:
Subrosa, Flowers in Nordic Contemporary Art, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Danmark / Painting For a Sofa
Galleri G, Opening Exhibition (Päivikki Kallio, Tuula Lehtinen, Antti Ratalahti, Heli Salonen) /
Park Hotel: Suite
Prints From Himmelblau, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
True Illusion, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden / Flower Painting with padding, Landscape Painting with padding, Textile Painting with padding

CD -cover / Ismo Alanko Säätiö : Sisäinen solarium -/ Flower Painting

1999
One man shows:
Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden / Irene
Hand Made Pictures, Kiala Herrgårds Galleri, Borgå
Auran Galleria, Turku

Group exhibitions:
Spiegelungen/ Grafiikapaja Himmelblau, Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Chemniz and Finnish Institut in Berlin, Germany
Princess Dreams, Tikanoja Art Home, Vaasa, Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Aikamuoto/ Art of The 1990´s in Tampere, Tampere Art Museum
Valoa pajalla /Himmelblau, Galleria Harmaja, Oulu
II Triennal of Finnish Art, Haus am Waldsee -museum, Berlin, Germany

Public Art:
Milky Way, Teknos AB, Tapiola, Helsinki

1998
One man shows:
Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
Lucias Garden, Tamperetalo / Pirkanmaa Cultural Fund
Hand Made Pictures, Galleria Saskia, Tampere

Group exhibitions:
Kesäpainos - city art project, Rose Pelars, Tampere Railway Station, Museum for Modern Art, Tampere
Pukkilan Koivulinna (Tomas Byström, Tuula Lehtinen)
Sun Drawings -heliogravure exhibition, Suomenlinnan rantakasarmi
Bella Figura -art fair, Galerie Marijke Raaijmakers, Amsterdam, Holland
De Zaaijer/Nanky and Chris de Vreeze (Tuula Lehtinen, Tomas Byström, Bert van Loo), Amsterdam, Holland

1997
One man shows:
Printed Images, Amos Andersons Art Museum, Helsinki, Art Museums in Joensuu and Oulu

Group exhibitions:
Himmelblau, Finnish Institute in Berlin, Germany, Galleria Harmaja, Oulu, Galleria Sirius, Jyväskylä

Public Art:
Crossing Points, Mercantile-Fastems, Tampere

Printed Images -art book, Kustannus Pohjoinen and Grafiikanpaja Himmelblau

Printmaker -prize from Finnish Printmakers

1996
One man shows:
Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
Bildgalleriet, Varberg, Sweden

Group exhibitions:
Four Directions, (Radoslaw Gryta, Lars Holmström, Tuula Lehtinen, Osmo Rauhala), Räikän sali, Ylöjärvi
Himmelblau-Taivaansini, special exhibition in The Grafik Triennal in Grenchen, Schwitzerland / Kreismuseum Syke, Germany/ Museum des Landkreises, Diepholz, Germany

Curator to Paper Mirrow -exhibition, Art Center Retretti and Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki

1995
One man shows:
Galerie Grafiart, Turku
Galleria Valkoinen Huone, Tampere

Group exhibitions:
Himmelblau, Arco-art fair, Madrid, Spain
Himmelblau, Bagarstugan, Mariehamn
Himmelblau-Taivaansini, Galerie Villa Rolandseck, Bonn, Germany/ Galerie im Taxis Palais, Innsbruck, Austria/ Galerie Welt, Salzburg, Austria, Galerie Bassi, Europäisches Kulturzentrum, Remagen, Germany

Curator to Us-Print -exhibition, Art Center Retretti

Public Art:
I Am The Way, Pirkkala Church congregation hall

1994
One man shows:
The Day of The False King, Turku Art Museum and Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki
Jämsän Kivipankki
City Hall´s Galleri, Bonn, Germany

Group exhibitions:
Himmelblau, Galleri Johan S., Borgå, /Galerie im Kreishaus, Cuxhaven, Germany / Rathaus-galerie, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany /Städtiche Galerie, Zulpich, Germany, Himmelblau/ Stockholm Arco -art fair / Saga -art fair, Paris, France

Curator to 4/4 - Prints From European Workshops, Art Center Retretti

Public Art:
Christ´s Sewen Words on The Cross -contemplation sites in Pirkkala Church

1993
One man shows:
Heinola Art Museum

Group exhibitions:
Himmelblau, Art Center Retretti, Himmelblau/ Saga-art fair, Paris and Art Multiple, Düsseldorf, Germany/Taivaansini, Pyynikinlinna, Tampere
Grafiikanpaja Himmelblau, Galleri Andromeda, Mikkeli/ Galleri Grafiart, Turku/ Galleri Kamras, Borgholm, Sweden
Views and Visions, Contemporary art from Tampere, Tampere Art Museum / Design Works Foundation, Gateshead , England

1992
One man shows:
Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Kuopio Art Museum
Galleri Smedhamre, Uppsala, Sweden

Group exhibitions:
The Nile, Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere
Love on The Ruines, Museum of Modern Art, Tampere
Grafiikanpaja Himmelblau, Galleria Sirius, Jyväskylä/ Galleria Taike, Kajaani/ Galleria Duetto, Helsinki

Intaglio -hand book in technique, Kustannus Taide

Public Art:
Blue Orbit, Rahola Day Care Center, Tampere

1991
One man shows:
Pyynikinlinna, Tampere
Galleria Andromeda, Mikkeli

Group exhibitions:
5 Grabadores Finlandesas (Heikki Kukkonen, Kuutti Lavonen, Kari Laitinen, Tuula Lehtinen, Antero Olin), Malaga, Spain
Modern Finnish Art from Tampere, Galleri Ekhnaton, Cairo, Egypt

1990
One man shows:
Taidegraafikot Galleria, Helsinki

Group exhibitions:
Seisova Pöytä, Tampere Art Museum

Public Art:
The City, STS- bank ( Nordea), Tampere

1989
One man shows:
Seinäjoki Art Hall
Galleria Valkoinen Huone, Tampere
Galleria Andromeda, Pieksämäki

Group exhibitions:
Hällä Väriä, Art Center Retretti
The World and The Picture, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki

Grafiikanpaja Himmelblau is founded in Tampere

1988
One man shows:
Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki
Galleri Vent, Bonn, Germany
Group exhibitions:
Hommage to Diderot´s encyklopedy, (Silja Rantanen and Tuula Lehtinen), Alvar Aalto -museum, Jyväskylä, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Aine Art Museum, Tornio

Public Art:
Navigare, Orivesi Sports Hall

1987
One man shows:
Galleri Grafiart, Turku
Galleri Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt
Galleri 5, Kouvola

Group exhibitions:
Young Artist of The Year, Tampere Art Museum
Artist As a Teacher, Tampere Art Museum

1986
One man shows:
Galleri Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki
Galleri Smedhamre, Uppsala, Sweden
Galleri 5, Kouvola

Group exhibitions:
The Picture of The Beloved, Pyynikinlinna, Tampere

1985
One man shows:
Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
Galleria Saskia, Tampere

1984
One man shows:
Galleri Grafiart, Turku
Alvar Aalto -museum, Jyväskylä

Group exhibitions:
5 Young Printmakers, Galleri Ets Ets Ets, Umeå, Sweden
Vasa Grafik Biennal For The Young, Vaasa Art Hall
National Exhibition

Honorary Prize in Vasa Grafik Biennal For The Young
Art Prize of The Finnish State

1983
One man shows:
Taidegraafikot Galleria, Helsinki

Group exhibitions:
5 Young Printmakers, Kluuvin Galleria, Helsinki
Aurinkolaiva, Galleria Nykyaika, Tampere

1982
Group exhibitions:
5 Young Printmakers, Vaasa Art Hall, Kemi Art Museum, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
The Annual Exhibition of The Finnish Artists, Helsinki Art Hall
The Young, Helsinki Art Hall

1981
Group exhibitions:
The Annual Exhibition of The Finnish Artists, Helsinki Art Hall
The Young, Helsinki Art Hall
5 Young Printmakers (Ritva Kosonen, Kari Laitinen, Kuutti Lavonen, Heikki Kukkonen, Tuula Lehtinen), Museum of Modern Art, Tampere

1980
One man show:
Galleria Saskia, Tampere

1976-80
The School of the Finnish Art Academy

1974
The Young, Helsinki Art Hall

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