|
KIRSI NEUVONEN
was born 1960 in Keuruu, Finland. She is one of the most beloved and best known Finnish printmakers. She has been very productive ever since her graduation from the Lahti Art Institute 1984, having given more than 50 solo and even more group exhibitions both in Finland and abroad. Kirsi Neuvonen has always been renewing her art, getting new sources of inspiration from art history and her own life.
As an artist Kirsi Neuvonen is a sensual
esthetician, a happy hedonist, an art historian and a scholar, a
lover of myriad details and, last but not least, a skillful master
of her medium, metal graphics.
|
|
|
|
Studies
Senior High School of Arts, Savonlinna 1976-1979
Department of Visual Arts, The College of Orivesi 1979-1980
Lahti Art Institute 1980-1984
Solo Exhibitions in Finland and Abroad
numerous solo exhibitions from 1985; below the exhibitions of the four previous years:
2002
Turku, Galleria Ama
Oulu, Galleria Harmaja
2001
Porvoo, Vanha Kappalaisen talo
Turku, Auran Galleria
Riihimäki, Allinna
Jyväskylä, Galleria Becker
2000
Helsinki, Galleria G
Raision kirjasto
Lapinlahden kirjasto
Tampere, Galleria Saskia
Stockhom, Galleri Cupido
1999
Ama Gallery - on-line exhibition
Jyväskylä, Sirius Gallery
Kankaanpää, Raikkala Gallery
Kotka, Savarte Art
Kuopio, Kapriisi Gallery
Mikkeli Art Museum
Varkaus Art Museum
1998
Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Oulu, Harmaja Gallery
Rovaniemi Art Museum
Turku, Aura Gallery
Sweden, Uppsala, Smedhamre Gallery
1997
Helsinki, G
Gallery (Gallery of the Society of Finnish Graphic Artists)
Jyväskylä, Alvar Aalto Museum
Joensuu Art Museum
Rovaniemi Art Museum
1996
Jyväskylä, Sirius Gallery
Kotka, Savarte Art
Helsinki, Pohjola Gallery
Kuopio, Kapriisi Gallery
Great Britain, the Finnish Institute in London
Recent Group Exhibitions
1999
Pyhäniemi Summer Exhibition
Kesälahti Summer Exhibition
Muhos, Ateljé Terttu Jurvakainen
Helsinki, Hörhammer Gallery
Vaasa, Summer Exhibition in the Tikanoja Art Museum
1998
Pyhäniemi Summer Exhibition
1997
Jyväskylä,
the Annual Exhibition of the Artists' Association of Jyväskylä
Pyhäniemi Summer Exhibition
Retretti, Himmelblau Collection
Greece, the Finnish Institue in Athens
Works in Collections
Alvar Aalto Museum, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki City Art Museum,
Joensuu Art Museum, Mikkeli Art Museum, Kuntsi Foundation, Wihuri Foundation.
Additionally the collections of numerous other museums,
cities, municipalities, companies, associations
and private persons in Finland and abroad.
Grants and Awards
A five-year-grant of the State of Finland 1997-2002
A 3-year-grant of the State of Finland 1992-1994
Finland Award 1997
Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation's grant 1988
A one-year-grant of the State of Finland 1987
The State Award for Visual Arts 1987
A grant of the Finnish Cultural Foundation 1985
A City of Jyväskylä grant 1985
The International Biennial of Young Graphic Artists' Award in Vaasa 1984
Memberships
The Society of Finnish Graphic Artists
The
Artists' Association of Finland
The
Artists' Association of Keuruu
|
