Curriculum Vitae Lotta Leka Siirintie 20, 20300 Turku p.044-5220371
[email protected] www.lottaleka.fi www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/3718 www.taiko.fi/lottaleka www.turuntaidelainaamo.fi STUDIES 2016-2017 Participatory art services, The Agency for Cultural Well-being 2013-2015 Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences 2013-2015 Fine arts, Västra Nylands Folkhögskola 2011-2012 Self-portraying methods, Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences COURSES 2016 Photoshop, The Summer University of Turku 2015 Performance, Moving in Kimito/Ange Taggart 2012 Visual art, Manilla Art centre EXHIBITIONS 2018 Thicket, Taidelainaamo, Turku 2017 Syöpymätön, Academic Library, FellmanniCampus, Lahti 2017 Kasvumailla, Koroinen, Turku 2017 Syöpymätön, Lahti University of Applied Sciences 2016 Syöpymätön, Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki 2016 Syöpymätön, Cancer organisation, Jyväskylä 2016 Syöpymätön, Turku Main Library 2015 Syöpymätön, Gallery Hoppa, Jyväskylä 2015 Graphic arts, Design Hill Café, Halikko & Kukonkallio, Salo 2013 Viiden vuoden valo, Teijon Masuuni 2013 Hyvä puoli, family councelling office, Raisio 2012 Hyvä puoli, Kirakka, Perniö GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 Mikä eläin! Book Café of Turku 2015 NibArt, Gallery Fokus, Karjaa 2015 Läheltä, Gallery Fokus, Karjaa 2014 Mielen tila, Teijon Masuuni 2014 Ilo! Maalauksia ja grafiikkaa, Café Elegia, Turku 2013 Tiellä, Heideken family centre, Turku 2012 Tiellä, Köysiratagallery, Turku 2012 Self-portraits, Köysiratagallery, Turku 2010 Another Mexico – Jyri Jaakkola and the murder of the indigenous, Culture Centre Valve, Oulu JOINT EXHIBITIONS 2018 Rajattomuus, Kuusisto Art Manor 2017 Katseen ja valon taikaa, Mökkigallery, Kaarina 2017 Painettu Turussa – Tryckt i Åbo, Ratamo, Jyväskylä 2017 Yhteispaino, Gallery Joella, Turku 2017 100-year-old Finland Sustainability, United Nations Headquarters, New York 2017 Art and Coffee, Corinthian, New York 2017 Art without borders, AVA Gallery, Helsinki 2016 Särö-Sprickan-Fracture, Almintalon Taidekeskus, Loviisa 2016 Salonki, Salo Artist´s Association, Teijon Masuuni 2016 Art in Pinxinmäki, Summer exhibition of Turku printmakers association, Sysmä 2016 Enter into Art, Kulturbunker Cologne-Mülheim/Cologne, House Eberhard/Diez,
Leifheit Cultural Center/ Nassau, Germany 2015 Överart, Forum, Turku 2015 Länsituulta, Seinäjoki Art Hall 2015 Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, SNAP, Edmonton, AB 2014 BIMPE, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2014 BIMPE, Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, BC 2012 2000 & 11 self-portraits, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki 2011 2000 & 11 self-portraits, Turku Art Museum, Kynnys gallery, Gallery Å, & Köysiratagallery, Turku 2011 Ikuisesti uskolliset, Halikonlahti Greenart, Salo Art Museum ART PROJECTS 2018 Space Humane – Humaani Tila, B-Gallery, Turku, multicultural community art project 2016- Intense, artistic working with a person about GAD 2017- Art visits, portraits of persons having dementia together with their loved ones 2014-2015 Syöpymätön, artistic working and an exhibition with a person about cancer SITE SPECIFIC ART 2015 Knitfury performance, Festival Norpas, Taalintehdas 2013 Knitted Bus stop, installation, Olohuone 306,4km2 city art, Turku 2013 Tree of life, Knit ’n’ Tag, Turku 2013 Art path installation, Festival Norpas, Taalintehdas ART IN PUBLIC PLACES 2013 Ajan paloilla, together with Andréa Vannucchi, Tea Tikka and Kai Fagerström, Forum, Turku PERSONAL GRANTS 2017 Arts promotion Centre Finland 2017 Arts promotion Centre Finland 2016 Annemarie Schleutker Foundation 2015 Arts promotion Centre Finland 2015 Cancer organisation Central Finland MEMBERSHIPS Artists´Association Muu Turku Printmaker´s Association Turku Artists´ Association PAND – Performers and Artists for Nuclear Disarmament PUBLICATIONS Lotta Leka, 2015: You-portraiture in artistic work. Bachelor ´s thesis. Turku University of Applied Sciences Ilona Tanskanen, Johanna Antinkaapo, Pia Bartsch & Lotta Leka, 2013: Girls on the Arts` pathway. In: I as Me Making of 2000 & 11 self-portraits. s. 145-146. Edit. Ilona Tanskanen. Turku University of Applied Sciences POSITIONS OF TRUST Turku Printmaker´s Association, Member of the Board 2017 Turku Artists´Association, Vice member of the Board 2017-18 Arkipelag Workshop Association, Member of the Board 2008-14
RESIDENCIES Ghiffa, Italia, 2017 TEACHING 2018 Aquarelle monotype, Turku 2017 Pop up -printmaking workshops, Turku 2017 Aquarelle monotype, Turku 2015 Pop up -printmaking workshops, Turku 2012 Printmaking, Kemiönsaari 2008 Printmaking, Kemiönsaari
