JAN-ERIK ANDERSSON

Born 1954 in Turku
Lives and works in Turku, Finland
Vuorikatu 7 a B 36
FIN-20700 Turku
Finland
tel.& fax : int.+358-2-23 36 265
GSM: +358-40- 501 396 0

e-mail: jan-erik.andersson@anderssonartnospam.com
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internet: www.anderssonart.com

Studies:
1973-81 Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland .Faculty of Science, Bachelor of science. Major Biology and Organic Chemistry, Minor Botany and Art History
1979-82 Turku School of Fine Arts, Turku, Finland
1999- Doctoral student at Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

Selected one-man exhibitions:
1985 The adventures of the triangle, the circle and the square, Tammisaari city library
1987 Yves Klein’ s boxing gloves and other stories, Gallery of the Artists Association, Jyväskylä
1988 The triangle, the circle and the square meet the Fast-food-boat, Galerie Pelin, Helsinki
1989 Tampere Art Museum
1990 The Baby Retsospective, Pori Art Museum and Turku Art Museum
1991 To keep the balance in the alps, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki
The triangle, the circle and the square meet the Fast-food-boat, Studio N, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1993 The houses of the three pigs, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki. With assistance from Henrietta Lehtonen and Annuska Rantanen
1993 The dream of the Iceprincess, Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere
1994 Cafeteria Andersson, Jämsä
1995 Clean/Puhdas/Ren. Galerie Sculptor, Helsinki
Cafeteria Andersson, Turku Art Museum
1997 Galerie Régine Lussan, Paris
1998 The Secret of the Goldenred castle, Sodertalje Art Hall, Sweden
2002 World Wide Chocolate Heart, Galleri 21, Malmo, Sweden

Selected group exhibitions:
1984 /1986 Young Artists’ Exhibition, Art Hall, Helsinki
1986 Turku Art Biennale, Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku
1987 and 1989. Finnish Artists’ Association Annual Exhibition, Art Hall, Helsinki, 1993 Karkkila Factory
1987 /1988 Eighty-European Painters, Touring exhibition in Europe.
1987 400 steps. Installation in the old ropefactory in Turku
1988 Both/And, Nordic Art Centre, Helsinki
1989 Budka. Joined exhibition with young artists from St. Petersburg. Installation in the yard of the Turku Castle
1989 Stockholm Art Fair. Galerie Kaj Forsblom
1990 /1991 Water. Touring exhibition in Finland arranged by the Church of
Finland
1991 Freezone. Art Hall, Helsinki and 1991 Art Hall, Budapest
1992 Lumen 10. Installation in the artificial caves of the Retretti Art Centre, Punkaharju
1992 Sculpture in Kainuu. Outdoor installation-sculpture in Sotkamo
1992 Con Temporis. Installation in Millesgården, Stockholm
1992 Finlandida. Young Finnish Art, design and architecture. The Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
1993 Energy Station. Telecommunication with the Casino Container in Cologne, Helsinki
1994 Art by Airfright. Museu de Arte Contemporanea (MAC), Sao Paulo
1995 Here, Where, Otherwise? Pakhuset, Nykoping, Denmark
Timescape, Kerava Art Museum
Timescape, Södertälje Art hall, Sweden
Timescape, Aine Art Museum, Tornio.
Timescape, Bergens kunstforening, Norway
1996 Timescape, Northern Arizona University Art Gallery, USA
Timescape, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, USA
Timescape, McNeese State University Art Gallery, Lake Charles, USA
Dialogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Borealis 8, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997 Ilo irti, The Finnish Painters’ Association’s exhibition, Galerie Allinna, Riihimäki
MAP-biennale. Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki
1998 Artranspennine98. Public Arts, Wakefield
1999 The Sky is the Limit. Chocolate sculptures for environmental art exhibition in Tampere
Emotions. The Helsinki City Museum
Alphabets and tools, Artemisia gallery, Chicago, USA
2000 Transitions. Finnish Art. Malmo Art Museum, Sweden
Transitions. Finnish Art. Rostock Art Museum, Germany
Alphabets and tools, Finnish Cultural Center, Paris, France
World Wide Choclate heart, Continent. Media Art exhibition. Lasipalatsi, Helsinki-Brussels
Transplant-Heart. Helsinki-Bologna. With Karin Andersen, Bologna
2001 Rotation, Mediaproject in Morgenbladet, Norway, NIFCA
Retretti Art Centre, Punkaharju, Finland
2002 Klosterruinen Berlin, Germany
PR02(en ruta), Puerto Rico Biennale, Puerto Rico

Public works:
1994 Socially warming musicvideo-sculpture, The Kingdom of the Stubbles, in Leinola primaryschool, Tampere.
1997 The Balancing Soul. Leinola primary school, Tampere
The Story of the Islands. Installation based on a fairy tale in Rastis-Nordsjö primary school, Helsinki
The meeting of the Turku Castle Gnome and Valpuri Innamaa. A work on the Theatrebridge , Turku
1998 The Surrealistic Midsummerpole, Rasis-Nordsjö primary school
1999 Kaistapää. A talking sculpture in the Vehicle Administration Centre, Helsinki
2000 The River by the Mountain. Artwork in Masala Church, Kirkkonummi. In co-operation with architect Erkki Pitkäranta
2001 The King’s Road, Artwork in Karakallio Church, Espoo. In co-operation with architect Erkki Pitkäranta.
The Rainbow's Treasure. Environmental work in Biowalley, Turku. 24 lightpoles with windsculptures.

Selected performances:
1993 Eating-performance with Kari Juutilainen, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1994 Eating-performance with Kari Juutilainen, Museu de Arte Contemporanea (MAC), Sao Paulo
Eating-performance with Kari Juutilainen and Pertti Toikkanen, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
1995 Eating-performance with Kari Juutilainen and Pertti Toikkanen, Pori Art Museum
Cleaning the Art, Södertälje Art hall, Sweden
Cleaning performance, Bergens kunstforening, Norway
1996 3 Performances in N.A.M.E.-gallery, Chicago, USA, together with Shawn Decker, Andrea Polli, Louise McKissick and Jeff Callen
1997 Sharp Hearts and Spare Parts. Performance with Louise McKissick (Chicago) in Titanik-gallery, Turku
Music from the Well-Fed Abyss. Digital sound Performance with Shawn Decker (Chicago) in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1998 Eating-performance with Kari Juutilainen and Pertti Toikkanen, Public Arts, Wakefield, UK.
2001 Eating-performance with Pertti Toikkanen, Galerie Pussy Galore, Berlin, Germany
Geisha. Fazer café, Kluuvinkatu, Helsinki
2002 Eating-performance with Kari Juutilainen and Pertti Toikkanen, Lahti Art Museum.
Eating-performance with Kari Juutilainen and Pertti Toikkanen, Jämsä Summer Exhibition

Videos:
Carl Milles & Olga. In co-operation with Marjatta Oja, 1992
The three small pigs. The final story. In collaboration with Henrietta Lehtonen and Joni Bergström, 1993
Mona Lisa, 1995
Love-pizza, 1996
Paradise, video-sound installation in collaboration with Shawn Decker 2003

Internet:
1995 Clean/Puhdas/Ren. www.anderssonart.com
1997 The meeting of the Turku Castle Gnome and Valpuri Innamaa. A work on the Theatrebridge www.teatterisilta.weppi.fi

Architecture:
1995 SOL-world. Artistic planning of the cleaning company SOL’s forthcoming head office in Helsinki. Together with architect Erkki Pitkäranta and architect Jari Inkinen.
1996 The Cumin-house. Artistic planning of an ecological cow-house in Teuva for 40 cows. Together with architect Erkki Pitkäranta.
1997 The Flower house. Artistic planning of a schoolbuilding for gardeners in Kiipula. Together with architect Erkki Pitkäranta.
1998 Rosegarden Open production Table. Interactive exhibition of Rosegarden-projects in Waino Aaltonen museum, Turku
2000 Interior design (with architect Erkki Pitkäranta) for FRAME office, Helsinki

Represented:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Pori Art Museum
Tampere Art Museum
Turku Art Museum
Oulu Art Museum
Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku
Ars Nova Museum, Turku
Sol
Cultor
Vehicle Administration Centre
Public Arts, Wakefield, UK

Professional engagement:
Visiting artist in Chicago Art Institute, Department of art and technology, 1996. Through the Chicago International Artist Program (CAIP)

Art-critic and essays on art in many different papers during 1980-87, for example the finnish magazines Taide (art), Valokuva (photography) , Muoto (design), Åbo Underrättelser (daily paper) and Turun Ylioppilaslehti (studentpaper).

Several courses and workshops in painting, experimental sculpture and installations. Many lectures on modern art, both for children and adults, among others in Chicago Art Institute and Henry Moore Foundation. Facilitator of Challenging Architecture workshop in Public Arts, Wakefield, UK.

Teaching projects and studies for doctorate degree in the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki.


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