Marjukka Vainio
Born
1953,
Renko, Finland
Lives and works in Hämeenlinna, the South of Finland
EDUCATION
1998
Master of Arts (Photography), University of Art and Design UIAH,
Helsinki
1983
International Center of Photography, New York
1977 - 1982 University of Art and Design, Department of
Photography,
Helsinki
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
The Finnish Museum of
Photography, Helsinki
Taidemuseo,
Hämeenlinna, Fin
2005
Lumière de la Terre,
Galerie Aquatinte, Strasbourg
Jordens ljus, Konstens hus, Luleå,
Sweden
2004
Photo
Art, l’USINE GALERIE, Bruxelles
2003
Light
of the Earth, Ama Gallery, Turku
The heart has it’s reasons,
exhibition
on the light advertise-ment board, Hämeenlinna
Tales of Slowness, exhibition on
the
light advertisement board, Hämeenlinna
2002
Root, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
2000
The Artist of the Month, Cultural Center Hämeenlinna
1999
Kasvien valtakunta/Växternas Välde, Gallery Aurora, Porvoo
Photographs, AmaNet
gallery,
www.amagallery.net
The heart has it`s reasons, Gallery Arkku,
Konnevesi
Juuri nyt!, Gallery G`s Studio, Helsinki
1998
Avlagningar, Mariehamnsgalleriet, Åland
Kulkukivi, Keuruu Art Museum
1997
From the Portfolio of an Alkemist, Galeria Pintura, Helsinki
Kulkukivi (within the joint
exhibition
Birth of Silence), Häme Castle, Hämeenlinna
1996
Hommage á Ester Helenius, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte,
Helsinki;
Galeri Zebra, Karjaa
1992
Hommage
á Ester Helenius, Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Taxi, sound and slides
performance,
Theater Loosi 84’s, Hämeenlinna
1991
Studio
exhibitions: Unikko and Lilja Rubus, The Circulating exhibitions of
Hämeenlinna
Art Museum
1990
The
Magic Garden Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
Den Magiska
trädgården,
Irwing, Galleriet för fotokonst, Mal-mö, Sveden
1985
Commedia dell’ Arte, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Hel-sinki
1984
Commedia
dell`Arte, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Berliner
Liste 06, (l’USINE GALERIE), Berlin
alvimaa – Winterland, Triennal of
Photography,
Salo Art Museum,
Finnish Artists at l’Usine again,
l’USINE GALERIE, Brussels
The Helsinki School, Finnish
photography from the 21th century,
City Hall of Brussels, Belgium
2005
Berliner
Liste 05, (l’USINE GALERIE), Berlin
To
look or to see - In search of meanings in photography,
The
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
The Helsinki School,
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Kallan kukka ja muita
lehtiversoja,
Valokuagalleria Hippolyte, Helsinki
Suomen taiteilijaseuran 110.
näyttely, Taidehalli, Helsinki
The Affordaple Art Fair,
London
2004
Best of 5, l’USINE GALERIE,
Bruxelles
Berliner
Liste 04, (l’USINE GALERIE), Berlin
photofair-cologne (l’USINE GALERIE), Cologne
30 by Taik, Finnish Museum of
Photography, Helsinki
The
Art of Paper Fair,
Royal College of Art, London
The
Affordaple Art Fair,
London
The
Seattle International Art Fair, Seattle, USA
2003
The Princesses of
The Bewitched Camera: Sleeping Beauty, multimedia and dance performance
with
dancer Reijo Kela, Häme Castle, Hämeenlinna
Tarinoita hitaudesta, Hämeenlinna Art Museum
2002
Pågående,
Panhuset vid Röda sten, Gothenburg
The Artist Association of Hämeenlinna,
Tavistoc,
England
Feeling, Riihimäki, Art Museum
2001
Natursyndrom
im Norden, Städtische Galerie Tuttlingen, Germany
2000 Otpechatki
–
Imprint 2000, Petroskoi, Russland
1999 Svensk
Bokkonst
1998, Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm, Garfiska museet, Helsingborg
1997 Ars
Häme,
Allinna Gallery, Riihimäki
The Birth Of Silence, Stage Pegassos, Vaasa
1996 Do You
Remember?,
Photographs, steel and water, Laterna Magica, Helsinki
Momentum – Finnish Photography, Finnish Museum
of
Pho-tography, Helsinki
The 101th Exhibition of The Finnish
Association
of Artists, Hy-vinkää
Primavera, Flowers in Art, Lahti Art Museum
Ars Häme, The Cultural Center of
Hämeenlinna
1995 The
Regional
Photography Exhibition of province of Häme, Tampere and Lahti
Postfem, The Post Museum, Helsinki
Angels, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte,
Helsinki
1994
Contemporary
Art from Hämeenlinna, Tver Art Museum, Rus-sia
1992 Decennium –
Finnish
Photography in the 1980`s, touring exhibition in Europe 1992-93
Video disc for the jubilee year of the independence,
Heureka
Science Center
and the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki 1992
Regional Exhibition of province of Häme,
Voipaala
, Sääksmäki
Envy, light and sound installation, Hämeenlinna
1990 3 Expressions (3
Uttryck)
(with Boris Mihailov, K. Clement) Signalhallen, Stockholm
Ode for Wire Rope and Gorrugated Iron, light and
sound
installation, Hämeenlinna
1989 Regional
Art
Exhibitions of the Province of Häme, Taidehovi, Hauho
Black White Magenta, Hämeenlinna Art Museum
1988 Flying Eros,
Hyvinkää
Art Museum, Hyvinkää
1986 By Lake Wanaja,
Hämeenlinna
Art Museum, Hämeenlinna
1985 Oneself, Joe’s
Gallery,
Turku
1984 26
Photographers,
Canon Gallery, Amsterdam, Hämeenlinna Art Museum,
Joensuu Art Museum and
Wäino
Aaltonen Mu-seum, Turku
Wooden fence exhibition Blind Lights,
Hämeenlinna
Railway Station
1983 Rubber Bicromates and
Calotypes,
Educational Gallery Of ICP, New York
1982 Something
Personal,
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
Tanners, Hämeenlinna Historical Museum,
Hämeenlinna
PORTFOLIOS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
2006 "Maan Valoa" "Light of the
earth" "Lumière de la terre" "Jordens Ljus", Hämeenlinna
1998
Hommage á Ester Helenius
(poems Bo Carpelan, layout Ritva Kovalainen and Marjukka Vainio,
colour separation Peter Ragnarsson, editions
in
Finnish, Swedish, English and French),
Helsinki, Stockholm and Sala
1994 The Land of Vanai and
the
Town of Vanai, Hämeenlinna
COLLECTIONS
The art collections of the State of Finland
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
Wihuri Foundation / Rovaniemi Art Museum
Hämeenlinna Art Museum
City of Espoo
City of Hämeenlinna
Central Hospital Municipal Association of Kanta-Häme,
Hämeenlinna
PRIZES
The Finland Prize, 2003
Svensk Bokkonst 1998 (Award of Swedish Book Art), 1999
The Art Award in Photography of The Provincial Arts Council for
Häme,
1995
CONFIDENTAL POSTS
Appointed representative of The Photographic Arts Council for State
2000-
Appointed representative of The Provincial Arts Council for Häme
1998
– 2003
MEMBERSHIPS of PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Finnish Association of Artist in Photography
Association Ars Häme ry.
The Artist Association of Hämeenlinna