TAPANI MIKKONEN

Tapani Mikkonen - Photo: Esko Koskenranta

Tapani Mikkonen's (born 1952 in Joensuu, Northern Carelia) quarter-of-a-century-long career of a graphic artist and printer means hundreds of exhibitions home and abroad, organizing group exhibitions, creating work shops and establishing printing studios like Imprimo in Helsinki where he currently works. He is a forcefully expressive artist with high sensitivity. In recent years he has finished several monumental works of graphic art for public places. His works belong to the collections of the major Finnish art museums.

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Curriculum Vitae


CURRICULUM VITAE

Studies

1973-74 Orivesi College
1974-77 Lahti Art School
1978-79 University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki


Solo Exhibitions

1975, 1982 Lohja Library, Lohja
1975 Rovaniemi Library, Rovaniemi
1976 Yrjö Liepola Museum, Koski
1977 Kokkola Art Museum
1977, 1982 Galleria Saskia, Tampere
1977,1978,1980 Graphic Artists Gallery, Helsinki
1978 Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa
Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku
1982 Pecs, Hungary
1982,1984 Galleria Strindberg, Helsinki
1984 Galleria Husa, Tampere
Montpellier, France
1984, 1986 Galleria 5, Kouvola
1984, 1990 Joensuu Art Museum
1985 Graphic Artists' Gallery, Helsinki
Galleria Tallin Vintti, Helsinki
1986, 1992 Galleria Valmogård, Kauniainen
1986 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki
1988 Gallery Persons&Lindell, Helsinki
Galerie Grafiart, Turku
Lilla Galleriet, Helsingborg, Sweden
1990, 1994 Galleria G, Helsinki
Piha Galleria, Lahti
1991, 1996 Lieksa Culture Center
1994 Joensuu Art Museum
Galleria Valmogård, Kauniainen
Villa Jankovsky, Kajaani
Piha Galleria, Lahti
1995 Galleria New Page, Helsinki
Galleria Husa, Tampere
1996 Galleria Artina, Helsinki
Galleria Valmogård, Kauniainen
1997 Galleria Harmaja, Oulu
Vaal Galleri, Tallinna
1998 Galleria G, Helsinki
2000 Galleria Valmogård, Kauniainen

Group Exhibitions (the last ten years)

1989-1990 Finnish Graphic Art, touring exhibition; Saarbrucken,
Saarlouis, Leverkusen, Germany
1990 Imprimo Graphics; Pecs, Budapest, Balatonfured, Hungary
1990 Helsinki Group, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1992 Finnish Graphic Art, Warsaw, Poland
Finnish Graphic Art in Africa; Tanzania, Mosambique, Zansibar
1992 Galleria La Ventana, Valencia, Spain
Galleria Architect Collection, Malaga, Spain
1992, 1993 Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
1994 Stockholm Art Fair, Sollentuna, Sweden
1995 New Symbolists Gallery, St.Petersburg
1996 Stor Grafik, Grafikens Hus i Mariefred, Sweden
1998 Lithos 200, Grafikens Hus i Mariefred, Sweden
11th Tallinn Print Triennial, Estonia
Cologne Art Fair, Germany
1999 Ljubljana Print Triennial, Slovenia
2000 International Graphic Art Triennial, Cracow, Poland
3rd International Graphic Art Triennial, Torun, Poland

Works in Collections

Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki

Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Helsinki City Art Museum
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä
Kuopio Art Museum
Lahti Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere
Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku
Parliament of Finland
The Cities of Espoo, Harjavalta, Hyvinkää, Hämeenlinna,
Imatra, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kauniainen, Kerava, Kokkola,
Kuusankoski, Lieksa, Lohja, Mikkeli, Orivesi, Porvoo, Tampere,
Turku and Vantaa in Finland
Alfred Kordelin Foundation
Paulo Foundation
Wihuri Foundation/Rovaniemi Art Museum
Altia Group Collection
Kone Collection
Merita - Nordbanken Collection
OKO Bank Collection
Leonia Collection
Pohjola Collection
Ilmarinen Collection
Tapiola Collection
Kansa Collection
Kunsthalle, Rostock, Germany
Artoteket, Fär Islands, Denmark
The City of Minneapolis, USA
Province of Värmland, Sweden
Estonia Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Embassy of Finland in Berlin
Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden

Public Works(monumental works of graphic art)

1981

Great Wind, Helsinki University, Ruskeasuo, Finland
1984
Interregnum I-V: Ars longa, vita brevis, Embassy of Finland, Vienna, Austria
1990
Autumn, Mikaeli House, Mikkeli, Finland
Tree, Kerava Sanatorium, Finland
Notes, Lahti City Library, Finland
1997
Voices of The Sea I, Hotel Majvik, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Voices of The Sea II, Government House, Helsinki
Earth Wind, Restaurant Eliel, Helsinki
Seabreeze, Restaurant Terminus, Helsinki

Awards

1979 Graphics and Drawing Competition of the Finnish State, Second Prize

1981 Finnish Fine Arts Association, Art Prize for Young Artist
1982 International Print Biennial of the Young, Vaasa,
Scholarship Prize
1984 Scolarship Prize of Finnish Artists' Association
1986 The Young Artist of the Year, Scholarship Prize
1997 The Society of Finnish Graphic Artists' Award
1998 11th Tallinn Print Triennial Prize, Estonia