IRJA LUOSTARINEN Born 1960, Laukaa, Finland Lives and works in Helsinki +358 40 7634 938
[email protected] ART STUDIES Free Art School, Painter, Helsinki, 2008–2013 Sara Hildén Academy, Visual arts studies, 2003–2006 SOLO EXHIBITIONS Luottokamat (The Things I Trust), Gallery Mustanapa, Rovaniemi, 2015–2016 Turning point, Gallery 2, Pirkkala 2015 Irene ja muita piirustuksia (Irene and other drawings), Café Kahvikuja, Vuosaari 2010 GROUP AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS House Games triennial, indoors art exhibition in a private home, Jyväskylä 2017 Kvintetti / Katoavaisuus, by The Helsinki Artist’s Association, Gallery Kanneltalo, Helsinki 2017 Muisti (Memory), Gallery Rantakasarmi, Suomenlinna, Helsinki 2016 Libellula Project launching event, Third Space, Helsinki 2015 Minun veteni (My Water), Kuusisto Art Manor, Kaarina 2014 Aavikon tuoksuja keitaalla, Gallery Fogga, Helsinki 2014 HAPPY END, Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa 2013 Gradutation exhibition of Free Art school, Tiivistämö, Suvilahti, Helsinki 2013 Yö, Gallery Vaaga, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki 2012 Maalauksia, Gallery Vaaga, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki 2011 Outous, student exhibition with KaaSu ry, Puristamo, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki 2011 Kurkistuksia, part of The Helsinki Festival & The Night of the Arts event, Free Art School and Gallery Vaaga, Helsinki 2010 Taiteen paikka, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä 2010 4H + K, (Gradutation exhibition of Sara Hildén Academy), Haiharan kartano, Tampere 2006 Mun elämä koostuu isoista ja pienistä asioista, Kahvila Runo, Tampere 2006 PERFORMANCE The performance Pesijä (The Washer), part of the project Luottokamat (The Things I Trust), at the opening of the art exhibition Katoavaisuus - by Helsingin Taiteilijaseura, in the gallery of Kanneltalo. Group performance Pesijät (The Washers), part of the project Luottokamat (The Things I Trust), in co-operation with The Organisation for Respiratory Health in Northern Finland, Voimala 1889, Oulu 2017 INSTALLATIONS Luottokamat (The Things I Trust) -album, House Games triennial, Jyväskylä 2017 Luottokamat (The Things I Trust) Rantakasarmi, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki 2016 Luottokamat (The Things I Trust) Mustanapa, Gallery Mustanapa, Rovaniemi 2015– 2016 Luottokamat (The Things I Trust) Third Space, Third Space, Helsinki 2015 Mummon ruusukupit (Granny’s Rose Cups), Gallery 2, Pirkkala 2015
Refugee, Kuusisto Art Manor, Kaarina 2014 COMMUNAL ART PROJECTS Lupa unelmiin, as a visual artist in a communal art project working with seniors, Villa Breda service center, the City of Kauniainen 2012–2016 Taikavoima, as the instructor of art in a pilot project of art education, Päiväkumpu Kindergarten, Vantaa 2007–2008 OTHER DOMAINS OF ART Yhdessä (Together), dancer in a production, Choreography Eeva Muilu, Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Helsinki 2010 MEMBERSHIPS Candidate member of Finnish Painters’ Union Helsinki Artists’ Association Vantaan Taiteilijaseura TEACHING Finnish Adult Education Centre, as a part-time teacher, Helsinki 2012– Expressive Arts Institute Inartes, as a teacher in the Atelier of visual arts, Helsinki 2011–2013
