CURRICULUM VITAE HEIDI VASARA Born 1971 in Mikkeli, Finland Lives and works in Joensuu, Finland
e-mail:
[email protected] http://www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/taiteilijat/2485 http://joensuuntaiteilijaseura.fi/taiteilijasivu/vasara-heidi/ Pekkalankatu 7 D 2, 80260 Joensuu, Finland + 358 50 570 3587
Education
1997-1999 North Karelia Polytechnic a degree programme of fine art and design 1993-1997 The School of Fine Art in Imatra
Selected solo exhibitions 2018 2017 2015 2014 2013 2012 2012 2011 2010
Gallery Kellokas, Äkäslompolo, Finland Sulkava Church and belfry Gallery Seinä, Helsinki, Finland Gallery Kohina, Joensuu, Finland Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland Gallery kajaste, Oulu, Finland Gallery Johan S., Helsinki, Finland Art Center Ahjo, Joensuu, Finland Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland
Selected group exhibitions 2018 Orka Fjöll, Sæborg, Hrísey, Iceland 2018 Northern Direction - Color Attack II, Glass Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 2017 Imatra Art Museum 2016 5000m2, Lappeenranta, Finland Möhkönvirta-nykytaidenäyttely, Ilomantsi, Finland 2015 Art Oxygen, Art Center Ahjo, Joensuu, Finland 2014 Art Centre Espace prévert and Castle la Grange-la Prévôté, France 2012 Taiteen Vuoksi – Saimaa kuvataiteessa, Kuopio Art Museum, Finland Aquabiennale 2012, The 5th International Exhibition of Watercolour, Pedrozavodsk Art Hall, Russia Taiteen Vuoksi – Saimaa kuvataiteessa, Mikkeli Art Museum, Finland 2011 Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Finland Valvegallery, Oulu, Finland 2010 Climate Change in Visual Art, Joensuu Art Museum, Finland Hot Hot, Climate Change in Contemporary Art, Pedrozavodsk Art Hall, Russia Collections
Joensuu Art Museum Mikkeli Art Museum, Finland The Arts Council of North Karelia
Public works
2017 Mural painting “Yläilmoissa/Up in the air” on the concrete wall in Honkalampi Centre, Liperi, Finland 2013 Mural painting “Veden äärellä/By the water” on the wall of the Water Pumping Station in Penttilänranta in Joensuu, Finland 2000, 2001 Paintings on the street at the market square in Joensuu (group) 1999 Permanent background set as a commission to North Karelia Polytechnic, Unit of Forestry and Wood Technolocy to North Karelia (group) 1995 Mural painting, comprehensive school of Sienimäki in Imatra (group)
Memberships
Finnish Painters´Union Artists´Association of Joensuu
Nordic Watercolour Society Kuvasto ry/the Copyright Association of Artists Other activities
2017 Artist in Residence, Old School House, Hrísey, Iceland 2016 Artist in Residence Petrozavodsk, Russia 2015 Joensuu Artists Association's 70th Anniversary Book, member of work group 2014 Artist in Residence Pouilly Le Fort, France 2014 – 2015 Chairman of Artists’ Association of Joensuu 2013 Artist in Residence Grassina, Italy 2007 Artist in Residence Schloss Plüschow, Germany 2005-2006 Vice Chairman of Supporters’ Association of Art Centre of Ahjo 2004-2005 Board Member of Supporters’ Association of Art Centre of Ahjo 2002 Scholar in Speyer, Germany 2001-2003, 2016 – Executive Committee Member of Artists’ Association of Joensuu Teaching a.o. The Art School of children and the young in Joensuu since 2000
Curatorial projects
Norhern Paradise, Artists exchangeproject between North Karelian and Karelian (Russia) young artists, one of three curators, Finland and Russia 2015-2018 YHTÄ JUHLAA-70th Anniversary exhibition of Joensuu Artists Association, producer/curator, Petroskoi Russia, 2015 Member of the Jury for Annual Exhibition by Union of Finnish Art Associations, 2012
Grants
2018 2018 2017 2017 2016 2015 2015 2014 2012 2010 2009 2009 2009 2008 2007 2007 2006 2005 2002 2001 1999 1999
The Karelian Culture Promotion Foundation (KKES), ½-year-grant The Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant The Finnish Cultural Foundation/North Karelia, ½-year-grant The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, one-year-grant The Arts Council of North Karelia, ½-year-grant The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant The Arts Council of North Karelia, project grant The Arts Promotion Centre Finland/North Karelia, ½-year-grant The Arts Council of North Karelia, project grant The Finnish Cultural Foundation/North Karelia, one-year-grant The Karelian Culture Promotion Foundation (KKES), one-year-grant The Arts Council of North Karelia, project grant National Council for Visual Arts, project grant City of Joensuu, project grant Finnish Cultural Foundation/North Karelia Regional Fund The Arts Council of North Karelia, project grant National Council for Visual Arts, Project Grant State Grant to Artist, one-year-grant Finnish Cultural Foundation/North Karelia Regional Fund The Arts Council of North Karelia Finnish Cultural Foundation/South Savo Regional Fund The Arts Council of South Savo
23.7.2018
