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Vernissage: Samstag, 29. November 2008, 20 UhrLandeScapes
Minna Mäkelä (FI)
Dauer der Ausstellung 29.11. - 12.12.2008
Exhibition supported by FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
Konzert: Samstag, 29. November 2008, 21 Uhr
Jack Freezone & the swin(g)in ciccioli
www.myspace.com/swininciccioli
Land= ground, earth, country, lead one to, bring one to…
Escape = break free, make a getaway, slip away, avoid capture… Scape= trail, track, train, contrain, stem…
In my exhibition LandeScapes in Gallery Zero I’m showing works inspired by a feeling where the land is escaping under ones feet. In these works I’m telling a story of everyday life and at the same time trying to catch the unknown. The work negotiates between the rational and irrational mind. As a result, a drawing is a kind of a portrait of a process.
The drawings in the show are neither of the inside nor the outside but the space between them. The Finnish word “Tila” can be translated into English as “ room”, “ place”, “space” or “state of mind”, and that ambiguity I find both fascinating and true. That kind of ambiguity can be many times the beginning of the work, the reason and the motivation.
Many times I travel in-between abstraction and figurativeness. Figurative elements, such as human figures, express a certain feeling or an atmosphere rather than tell a story of a specific person.
I approach my work through the material element- grayons, pencil, colour pencil, water colour and varnish. The background of the work, the wooden surface that I often leave visible is also essential and forms a figurative element in the work. Often my works are like puzzles, where different elements come together and communicate.
When it comes to my art, I’m not interested in finding or creating a certain style. Instead I think it’s important to continually learn new methods and to question oneself about what one is doing and why.
Minna Mäkelä
Born in Oulu 1975, lives and works in Helsinki
Art studies:
Academy of Fine Art,Helsinki, MFA 2006-2008
Lahti, School of Fine Arts, BA 1997-2001
Georgia State University, School of Art and Design, printmaking department,USA 2000
Escuela de Bellas Artes, Valencia,Spain 1998-1999
Liminka Art school 1994-1995
Works in collections:
Kiasma, Contemporary Art museum of Finland
State of Finland
Suomen Taideyhdistys
Oulu Art Museum
The city of Tampere
Saastamoinen Art foundation
private collections
Awards:
Arts Council of Finland, together with Riikka Mäkikoskela 2008
Arts Council of Finland 2007
Arts Council of Uusimaa Region 2007
Arts Council of Häme Region 2006
The Häme Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation 2004
The Häme Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation 2002
SOLO/SHARED exhibitions:
Fafa-galley, Helsinki 2008
Poriginal-galleria,Pori , together with Maria Kausalainen 2007
Gallery Jangva, Helsinki 2007
”Linnut laulaa, niillä on asiaa”, Taidepanimo, Lahti 2006
Galleria Napa, (together with Maria Kausalainen) 2005
Galleria Kipinä, Lahti 2003
Galleria Leonardo, Tampere (together with Anna Seppälä) 2003
"Tplà 5/5", Taidekeskus Mältinranta, Tampere
(together with 3 other Artists) 2003
Varikko Galleria, Seinäjoki ( with 3 oth er artists) 2002
Becoming:
Taidekeskus Mältinranta, Tampere, together with Riikka Mäk2i0k0o8skela
solo exhibition in gallery Aarni, Weegee- house Espoo 2009
GROUP exhibitions:
Tennispalatsi- museum, Helsinki 2008
Riitekukkia, el Palacio Consistorial de Cartagena, Spain 2008
ÅÖÄ, Holden Gallery, Manchester England 2008
Pirkkala Sculpture 07. Pirkkala Alasali-gallery 2007
Masters of the University, FAFA-gallery Helsinki 2006
Hyvinkää Art museum 2006
Lönnström Art museum, Rauma 2006
Suomenlinnan Rantakasarmi Gallery, Helsinki
(together with 3 other artists) 2006
Finnish printmaking associations year exhibition, Joella gallery,2 T0u0r5ku
Art of Analyste, uoung art exhibition, Sanomatalo Helsinki 2005
Miniprint 2004, Taidemuseo, Lahti 2004
Nordic Art association exhibition,
Suomenlinnan Rantakasarmi, Helsinki 2004
New finnish prints, South college gallery,
The university of Massachusetts Amherst, USA 2004
The University of Hanoi, Gallery of the Art school, Hanoi, Vietn2a0m03
Art of Analyste, Young Art exhibition Sanomatalo, Helsinki 2003
TaloKoti-group:
-Kouvola Art Museum 2003
-Suomenlinnan Rantakasarmi gallery 2003
-Matinpalo Museum, Nastola 2003
-Imatra Art Museum 2003
SKJL:n 64.year exhibit., Seinäjoki Arthall 2002
Rantaleikit, Gallery Marianportti, Lahti 2002
Suomen Taiteilijain 107,näyttely, Helsinki Art hall 2002
Lahden Taideinstituutin tutkintotyönäyttely, Taidemuseo, Lahti
Lahti Art museum 2001
New Potatoes, Barentsy region, young artists exhibit:
-Rovaniemi Art Museum 2001
-Nordnorsk Kunstnersentrum, Svolvaer, Norway 2001
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