Kristian KROKFORS
1952, Finland
Kristian Krokfors föddes i Finland 1952. Drygt 20 år gammal påbörjade han sin utbildning vid konstindustriella högskolan i Helsingfors, för att 1974 flytta till England och studera i Leicester. Under det sena 80-talet arbetade Krokfors ett antal år i New York, för att därefter återvända till Helsingfors. På auktion förekommer främst Krokfors grafik, med stiliserade motiv av trädgårdar och hus.
Källa: Bukowskis
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UTBILDNING:
1973-74 Studied Art at the University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki, Finland
1974-77 Studied at Leicester Polytechnic, England, where he received his BA.
1977-78 Advanced Printmaking Course, Croydon College of Art, England
SEPARATUTSTÄLLNINGAR:
1979 Galleria Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
1981 Galleria Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
1982 Galleria Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
Galerie Grafiart, Turku, Finland
1983 Galleri Pictor, Gothenburg, Sweden
1984 Galerie Grafiart, Turku, Finland
1985 Galleri Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
1986 Galleria 5, Kouvola, Finland Galleria Nuovo, Lahti, Finland
Galerie Grafiart, Turku, Finland
1987 Galleri Futura, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri Sinklar, Sundsvall, Sweden
Galleri Bacchus, Borås, Sweden
Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
1988 Galleria Valkoinen Huone, Tampere, Finland
Saga Gallery, London, England
1989 Galerie Grafiart, Turku, Finland
1990 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Finland Trade Center, London, England
1991 Dannenberg Gallery, New York, USA
1992 Galleria Nuovo, Lahti, Finland
Galleria Okra, Vantaa, Finland
Galerie Grafiart, Turku, Finland
Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Galeria Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas, Spanien
Galleria Harmaja, Oulu, Finland
Galerie Grafiart, Turku, Finland
1995 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Galleria Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland
Galleria Vitriini, Tampere, Finland
1997 Galleria Harmaja, Oulu, Finland
1998 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Galleria Aura, Turku, Finland
1999 Salmela Arts Center, Finland
2002 Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, Finland
SAMLINGSUTSTÄLLNINGAR:
1976 The Exhibition of the Young Helsinki Art Hall, Finland (1977-1983)
1979 Annual Exhibiton of the Artists´ Association of Finland (1980-1983, 1985-1986)
1980 \\\"The Picture World an World View\\\", Jyväskylä Summer, Finland
1981 2nd Biennal of European Graphic Art, Baden-Baden, Germany
The Society of Finnish Graphic Artists 50 Years
Anniversary Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland
”Name of the Game”, The Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
State Art Exhibition, Finland
1982 Nuremberg Drawing Triennale, Nuremberg, Germany
Biennial Exhibition of Prints for Young Artists, Vaasa, Finland
Scandinavia Today-Traveling Exhibition, USA
1983 Finnish Art Now Heine-Onstad Art Museum, Oslo, Norway
1984 Print Biennale, Cracow, Poland
Grafica Finlandese Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
State Art Exhibition, Finland
1985 The Young Artist of the Year-Exhibition, Tampere art Museum, Tampere
”Sampo”, Exhibition of the Society of Finnish Graphic Artists, Helsinki
1986 Cracow Biennale, Cracow, Poland
”Prints from All Over” University Memorial Center, Boulder, USA
International Contemporary Art Fair, London, England
Ninth British International Print Biennale, Bradford, England
1987 Intergrafik´87, Berlin, Germany 2nd Biennale Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama, Japan
The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy pf Arts, London
17th International Biennale of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
\\\"Graphica Creativa\\\", Jyväskylä, Finland
1988 Crakow Biennale, Crakow, Poland
Contemporary Finnish Printmakers, Albany and Old Forge, USA
Festival International de Gravyre, Menton, France
1989 Privatbanken Gallery, New York, USA
Chicago Art Fair, USA
1990 Bath Contemporary Art Fair, Bath International Festival, England
Interprint, Lviv, Ukraine
1991 Intergrafia´91, Katowice, Poland
1992 \\\"Once Again\\\" Kelsinki Art Hall, Finland
Beyond Boundaries, Contemporary The Forum Gallery, New York, USA
1993 \\\"Acid\\\" Secret Life of Printmaking, City of Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
ARCO, Spanish Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
1999 ”Bara konst.”, Galleri Futura, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Första Galleriet, Helsingborg, Sweden
Auran Galleria, Turku, Finland
REPRESENTERAD:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, The Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki, The Helsinki City Art Museum, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere Museum of Modern Art , Chicago Art Institute, USA, Art Museum of Lodz, Poland, The Art Museum of Crakow, Poland, The State Collection, Sweden, The City of Nuremberg, Germany, Svenska Handelsbanken, Sweden, Banque Societe Generale de France, Stockholm, Sweden, Citibank, London, England, Morgan Bank, Korea,Yamaichi Securities, Japan.
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