Hannu VÄISÄNEN
1951, Finland

Hannu Väisänen

STUDIES
1970-74 School of the Finnish Fine Arts

SOLO SHOWS
2005 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Kohotetut tilat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", The City of Oulu
2005 Kohotetut tilat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", The City of Oulu
2004 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Krijger & Katwijk, Amsterdam
2003 Galerie Nanky De Vreeze, Amsterdam
2003 Institute of Finland, Madrid
2002 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2000 Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
1999 Institute of Finland
KALEVALA Galerie Anhava and Galerie Artek, Helsinki
1998 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki (with Irina Zatulovskaya)
Galerie Nanky De Vreeze, Amsterdam
1997 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1995 Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm
1994 Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Finnish Cultural Center, Antwerpen
1993 Galerie Artek, Helsinki
1991 Oulu Art Museum, Oulu
Galleria Sculptor, Helsingfors
1989 Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki
1980 Galleria Bronda, Helsinki, also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Boogie Woogie\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Helsinki Kunsthalle
2005 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Orientalia\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Vaasa; Salo; Göteborg
1999 Retretti/Himmelblau, Savonlinna
Pori Art Museum
1998 Galerie Nanky De Vreeze, Amsterdam
KunstRAI/Nanky de Vreeze & Living Stone-Art Galleries, Amsterdam
1993 40ème Salon d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Art Sacré, Galerie Nesle, Paris
1992 Institute of Finland, Paris
1991 Kerava Art Museum, Kerava
1986 Kuuntelua/Listening/Lyssna, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki
1983 Finsk Kunst Nå, Oslo
Baden-Baden European Biennal, Baden-Baden
1982 Graphica Creativa, Jyväskylä
1979 Bradford Graphic Biennal, Bradford
1977-78 Young Art from Finland, Warschawa; Wroclaw; Szezecln
1977 Countries of the Baltic sea Biennal, Rostock
The \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Elonkorjaajat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Record Singers\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Stockholm
1975 The Delhi Triennal, New Delhi
1973 The Young Artists\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Exhibition, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki, also 1974

PUBLIC WORKS
2006 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Night at the Publishing House\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Kaleva Publishing House
1998 three-dimensional work \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"That which renews\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Cathedral of Oulu
1996 Two paintings \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Terpsichore\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Linos\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Suomen Finnish National Opera, Helsinki
1991 Painting series, Uusikaupunki Congregational Centre, Uusikaupunki
1987-89 Altarpiece, Church of Kontula, Helsinki
1977 Wall paintings, Church of St. Thomas, Oulu

COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
The City of Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä
Aine Art Museum, Tornio
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Helsingfors
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Västerås Art Museum, Västerås
Governement of Finland
The Parliament of Finland
The City of Helsinki
The City of Oulu
The City of Espoo
The City of Jyväskylä
The City of Stockholm
SKOP/SKOP-Bank, Helsinki
KOP/Kansallisbank, Helsinki
SYP/UBF, Helsinki
Kansa-yhtymä, Helsinki
PSP/Postipankki Ltd, Helsinki
Kuntsi Foundation, Vaasa
The City of Vantaa
Uppsala landsting, Uppsala
Caldic Chemie BV, Rotterdam
Boekel de Neree, Amsterdam
Katadreuffe BV, Maastricht
AKZO Nobel NV, Arnhem

OTHER WORKS AND PUBLICATIONS
2007 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Other Shoes\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", a novel, Otava Publishing House
2007 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"La Folie\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" pavilion (together with Architect Hannele Grönlund), Janakkala
2004 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Vanikan palikat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", a novel
1999 Kalevala: illustration
1996 Tannhäuser; stage set and contumes, Savonlinna Opera Festival
1985 Väisänen prepared a TV series on visual arts, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Eight Interiors\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", for the Finnish Broadcasting Company
1982- essays and articles

ORDERS
2007 State Art Prize
1993 Pro Finlandia

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