A L V A R   G U L L I C H S E N


Born 1961 in Helsinki.
Painter, sculptor, illustrator, founder of Bonk Business Inc.
Works and lives in Helsinki.
                          
EDUCATION
                          
1981-82The Free Art School, Helsinki
1984-88Academy of Fine Arts, painting dept., Helsinki
1988-89Academy of Fine Arts, sculpture dept., Helsinki
                          
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
                          
2003Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2002Galleria Krista Mikkola (with Tuija Markonsalo), Helsinki
1999Planet Bonk, Helsinki Kunsthalle
1999Planet Bonk, Seinäjoki Kunsthalle
1998Planet Bonk, Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku
1997Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Galerie Artek, project room, Helsinki
1995Paint Factory, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
1992Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1990Galleria Mikkola & Rislakki, Helsinki
                          
SELECTED BONK BUSINESS INC. SHOWS
                          
1999Le Monde de Bonk, Centre Belge de la Bande dessinée, Brussels
1999Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
1998Finnish Embassy, Washington DC
1998National Museum of Photography, Film and TV, Bradford
1998Electrokinetics Gallery, New York
1997Leo Kamen Gallery, Northern Encounters, Toronto
1996Bonk Expo, The Nordic House, Faroe Islands
Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles
1995Bonk Swexpo, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1994Bonk Expo -94, Old Customs House, Helsinki
The History of Bonk, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
1993Bonk 100, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
1989Raba Hiff Show, Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki
                          
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
                          
2002ROR: Piece by piece, Manifesta 4, Städel, Frankfurt, Germany
ROR: Piece by piece, Fundamentalism of the New Order, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2001Fotografia Metafisica, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
Origin Gallery, Dublin
ROR: UTOPIA, Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm
ROR: UTOPIA, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
ROR: UTOPIA, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2000TERROR 2.0, Finnish Institute, Stockholm
Northern Post-Modernism, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Advertainment, Palazzo dell'Arte, Milan
1999Identity Crisis, The Lighthouse, Glasgow
1995Sculptor, Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki
1993Airport, Helsinki-Vantaa airport
1992Finlandidap, Stockholm, Sweden
EXPO 92, Seville, Spain
Triennale di Milano, Italy (with Stefan Lindfors)
1991Biennale de Sao Paolo, Brazil
Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
"Sinirand", The Art Hall of Tallinn, Estonia
1990Consumer goods fair, The Helsinki Fair Centre
"Nordic", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
1989GIART 89, Nordic Youth Biennale, Gothenburg, Sweden
                          
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
                          
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
The Helsinki City Museum
The City of Espoo
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Svenska Kulturfonden
The City of Vantaa
The City of Pori
Oulu Art Museum
Salon Taidemuseo
Salon läntinen terveyskeskus
Kunsthalle zu Kiel
City of Oulu
                          
PUBLIC MONUMENTS:
                          
Posankka, as part of Environmental Art Works in Turku, Finland, 1999
                          
INVOLVED IN PUBLICATIONS:
                          
REVOLUTIONS ON REQUEST No 2, 2000
Good Dog swims, picture book, 1999
Alvar Bonk Gullichsen, Otava ISBN 95-1-15427-3 / 95-1-15690-X
Bonk Business Inc. 1893-1993, Otava ISBN 951-1-12772-1
Bonk Calendar 1995
Miss Bonk Calendar 1994, Otava
Bonk Expo Catalogue 1994
Bonk Worlds Magazine 1993
                          
INVOLVED IN MUSIC AND FILM (SELECTION):
                          
There's No Business Like Bonk Business, CD single
Music: Matti Piri, Lyrics: Richard Stanley, Producer: Petri Jokiranta 1993
Dance '33, Bonk Factory Orchestra, CD, Ondine 1994
                          
The Anchovy Prince, TV documentary
Director: Raimo Lång. Producer: Petri Jokiranta. Broadcast by YLE 1993
                          
The Cosmic Sucker, 52 min. docudrama.
Director: Juhana Manner, Writer: Richard Stanley. Producer: Filmitalli Oy.
Broadcast by YLE and Arte 1997
                          
Viettelysten Loma, short film
Directed by Tuija Markonsalo and Alvar Gullichsen, 2001-2002.
                          
MEMBERSHIPS
                          
The Finnish Painters’ Association / Suomen Taidemaalariliitto
Artists' Association Muu and Dimensio group.
ROR (Revolutions on Request) member 1999-2002