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Elina Ruohonen

Selected Curriculum Vitae
Visual Artist, born 1970, Kaarina, Finland
Living and working in Turku, Finland
p. +358 (0)41-5046461
e-mail: elinaruohonen@hotmail.com
http://www.elinaruohonen.net
https://www.instagram.com/elina.ruohonen.artist/
http://www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/2189

ART EDUCATIONS
2001 Tampere Polytechnic School / Art and media, Post graduate studies
1998-2000 Tampere Polytechnic School / Art and media, Visual Artist BA
1995 Krasnojarsk Art Institute, Russian
1991-1995 Kankaanpää Art Institute

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2021 Gallery Harmaja, Oulu
2021 Gallery Bronda, Helsinki

2021 Gallery Aura, Turku

2018 Scenarios, Gallery Aura, Turku, Finland
2017 Seperation of Powers, tm-gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Roots & culture ja Jälkeinen aika, Gallery Aura, Turku
2015 The Other Side Gallery Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Piece of cake and sea landscapes, (Ruohonen, Immonen )Korpoström, Finland
2013 Swap tm-gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2012 P.O.I.N.T. (Ruohonen, Keskinen), Art Hall of Porvoo, Finland
2012 Enough, Gallery Joella, Turku, Finland
2011 Double, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Through painting, Gallery Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Through painting, Art Center Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland
2007 Web orientated, Gallery Ama, Turku, Finland
2005 Minimum Kosmos – Own happines, Gallery Pirkko-Liisa Topelius, Helsinki, Finland 2003 Hallucination and cotton candy, Art Center Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland
2001 Spaces between, Gallery Pirkko-Liisa Topelius, Helsinki, Finland
2001 On the surfase, Galleria d`Arte Contatto, Venice, Italy
2000 My sea, tm-Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

JOIN EXHIBITIONS

2022 Überhund, Art Museum of Salo

2022 Ars Pori

2021 ExpeditioNova, st.Spiritus Greiswald, Germany
2020 Naisia Naamioita ja Villiä luontoa, Art Museum of Kerava

2020 ”The First International Urban Art Exchange, New Zealand and Turku Finland
2019-2020, Art Hall, Helsinki
2019 XXIV Mänttä Art Festival
2019 Art Hall Turku
2019 Fresh Paint, Painters union 90 anniversary exhibition, Art Museum of Lappeenranta
2017 Gallery Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Gallery Aura, Turku, Finland
2015 Sample, Contemporay paintings, Museum of Wäinö Aaltonen, Turku
2015 II International exhibition, Gulf of Finland 2015, Saint Petersburg, Venäjä
2015 Roots, Kankaanpää, 50- anniversary exhibition
2015 Olohuone 306,4 km2 – installation, Turku, Finland
2014 Gulf of Finland 2014, Finland, Russian, Estonia
2014 My Water, Art Manor of Kuusisto, Finland
2014 Virtaa, Gallery Å, Turku, Finland
2014 Virtaa, Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland
2013 Artist association of Turku, the 89. year exhibition, Gallery of Brinkkala, Turku
2012 Schauraum, Gallery Nolte, Munster, Germany
2012 Finnish union of artist associations, Art museum of Hyvinkää
2012 Pirkanmaa 5. Triennal, IHMISEN MITTAA, Bargain-group
2012 YHTÄ JUHLAA, Art museum of Wäinö Aaltonen, Turku
2012 SATAMAPAIKKA, Suomen Joutsen, Turku
2012 SEA, Bargain-group, Tampere, Odensen, Tarto. Finland- Denmark-Estonia
2011 New States of contemporary Art, Gallery Michael Nolte, Germany
2011 Mänttä artfestival, Honour your Father and Mother, Finland
2011 IN THIS AGE, gallery TILA, Helsinki
2011 NYT2011, Together, contemporary art in Naantali and Raisio
2010 Artist 2010, Finnish artist 115.th exhibition
2010 Art in distribution cabinet, Tampere Contemporary Art museum
2010 International Exhibition KIC Nord Art, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2010 Mänttä, Terrible joy, Bargain-group 2010 Head ahead, – cultural project, Tampere, Finland
2009 Money, Money, Money, Harkko Art Museum Of Raisio, Finland
2009 Pirkanmaa 4 th. Triennal, Tampere, Finland
2006 Pirkanmaan triennaal, Directors cut, TR 1, Tampere, Finland

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2022 Yllin Kyllin Taiteen Talo/ The house of Arts, Turku

2021 Seasisters, Ponsia, Turku

2021 Die Seasisters im Anthropozän, Rostock

2019 Seasisters, Art Hall of Vaasa
2018 Seasisters in Anthropocene, Örö, Finland
2018 15 minutes to Go, Gallery Rankka, Helsinki
2017 The Three, moosehausegallery, Tampere, Finland
2015 Nordic season, MeetiNGArt gallery, Lissabon, Portugal
2008 Love without boundaries, Gallerie Kritiku, Praque, Czech
2007 Bargainia, bargainia, Stockmann, Tampere, Finland
2007 Spirit ensable, Villa Keisarinharju, 5-y. celebration exhibition, Kaivanto, Finland
2007 Love without boundaries, Taidekeskus Mältinranta, Finland
2006 With or Without, Art Museum of Varkaus, (Keskinen, Kirstinä), Finland
2006 Postfordian weight and living Indexes Bargain-group, Museum of Labor, Tampere, and Goethe Institute, Helsinki, Finland and Arte galerie N, Munchen, Germany
2005 coloring book, Gallery Kaapeli, Turku, Finland and Helsinki, Finland
2004 Signs of labour, Munchen, Germany
2003 Bargain=Löytö, Museum of Labor, Tampere, Finland

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
HUS / Helsinki University Hospital

HAM Art Museum of Helsinki

TYKS / University Hospital

Art Museum of Oulu
WAM Art Museum of Turku,
Art museum of Tampere,
City of Turku,
Finnish Government`s Art collection,
Municipality of Ylöjärvi, Finland Medical care of Pirkanmaa, Finland,
The City of Tampere, Finland,
The Foundation of Raimo Anttila, Finland Museum of Lenin, Tampere, Finland,
The City of Kaarina, Finland,
The Art Institute of Kankaanpää, Finland Private collections

PUBLIC WORKS
2021 TYKS Majakkasairaala / Turku univeristy Hospital

2015 City of Turku, Braheskolan,
2011-2012 Luhtaa daycare, Tampere, Finn-Medi oy, Tampere, Finland City of Tampere office, Finland, Jussinkylä day nursery, Tampere, Finland, Lumisuo hall of residence, Kankaanpää, Finland, The City of Jurbargas, Lithuania

BARGAIN-PERFORMANCES 2003 – 2010

GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP

2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2020 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2020 Art Museum of Turku
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Seasisters
2019 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, working grant
2019 City of Åbo, Artist Grant
2019 Svenska Kulturfondet, Seasisters
2018 Konstsamfundet, Seasisters
2018 Art Museum of Turku, Seasisters
2018 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Seasisters
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 1/2 working grant
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Southwest Finland, 1/2 working grant
2017 City of Åbo, Artist Grant
2016 Saskia- scolarship 2015 Art council of Varsinais-Suomi , working grant
2014 Finnish Cultural Foundation, 1 year working grant
2013 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Public display grant
2013 Art Union of Turku, Foundation of Helena Bruun
2013 City of Turku
2012 Union of Finnish Art Associations, ASPA
2012 Art council of Varsinais-Suomi , 1 year working
2009 Nililo Helander foundation
2007 City of Tampere, artistic work scholarship
2006 Art council of Finland
2005 Art council of Finland
2003 Tunkua scholarship for exhibition
2002 The Arts council of Pirkanmaa, for ½ year artistic work

MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish painters Union,
Artists association of Tampere,
Artists association of Turku