TOPI RUOTSALAINEN - Curriculum Vitae
born in Kuopio (Finland) 20.11. 1979 Wallininkuja 2 D 81, 00530 Helsinki phone: +358 44 3569552 email: topi@topiruotsalainen.com web: www.topiruotsalainen.com |
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Education
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2006- Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, MFA studies 1998-2005 Master of Arts (MA), University of Art & Design, Helsinki 2001 Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence |
Current & forthcoming exhibitions
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2008 Art Copenhagen, The Nordic Art Fair 2008 (19.-21.9.) Forum, Copenhagen
2010 Gallery Heino, Helsinki |
Solo exhibitions
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2007 Insiders, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki 2006 GalleriAri, Mikkeli 2005 Looking for mango, Museum of Kuopio, Tower 2005 Big boys, small men, Galerie Oljemark, Helsinki |
Group exhibitions
| 2008 Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju
2008 Kuva's spring show, Art Museum Tennispalatsi, Helsinki 2008 New painting, Art Museum of Lahti 2008 New works, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki 2007 Art centre Salmela, Mäntyharju 2007 What's on second, Royal Academy schools gallery, London 2007 Selfportrait, Gallery Katariina & Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki 2007 Masters of the University, Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 2006 Art centre Lovely, Heinola 2006 Erotique, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki 2006 Trygve Lie Gallery, New York /with Marika Holm, Juha Metso & Elina Sarlin 2004 Kuvan äärellä, Media centre Lume, Helsinki 2004, -05, -06 Peippola Art summer, Elimäki 2003 AH-NE, Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu, Tallinna 2003 Lumen taju, Media centre Lume, Helsinki 2002 Gallery Atski, Helsinki 2001 End of term undergraduate students show, SACI, Firenze 2001, -02, -03, -04, -06 The Art of BasWare / The Art of Analyste, Media piazza of the Sanoma house / Cable factory (2001), Helsinki 2001 Annantalo, Helsinki 1997 Kraft der Bilder, neue Schloß, Stuttgart |
Artistic activities
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2002- 2005 Guide, Finnish national gallery, Ateneum art museum 2000 Underpass-painting-project, Itkonniemi, Kuopio 1998- Substitute art teaching 1997 New York quidebook illustration, Suomen matkailuliitto, Tammerpaino Oy |
Work in collections
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Anttola Hovi, Art museum of Heinola, Mäntyharju town,
Service union united PAM, Art centre Salmela, Varamiespalvelu,
Private collections |
Awards
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Salmela´s Young Artist of the Year 2008, Art Centre Salmela, 2008
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Memberships
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Helsinki Artists Association Finnish Painters Union candidate |