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H E L E N A   H I E T A N E N Born 1963 Sculptures and installations dealing with topics related closely to personal life experiences, life and death, human lifecycle, handicraft traditions and traditional working methods combined with the techniques of the present time, special interest in the combining of natural and artificial light, shadow, the change of natural light and how materials reflect it, materials range from rubber to human hair and optical fibres, at the moment working with how natural and artificial light effects spaces and interiors.                    ART STUDIES 1983-92 University of Industrial Arts UIAH, Helsinki 1989-91 Helsinki University, drawing department SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1996 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki MUU Gallery, Helsinki 1993 Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2000 Statens konstråd, Stokholm, Sweden 1999 The Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic Les Champs de la Sculpture 2000, Paris, France Charlottenburg, Kobenhagen, Denmark ARCO / Galerie Anhava, Madrid, Spain 1998 Ume Se., Umeå, Sweden Stockholm Art Fair / Galerie Anhava, Stockholm, Sweden 1997 Talvi, Barbican Centre, London, Great Britain lluminazione, Venice Biennale,Venice, Italy Kunsthalle, Helsinki - Arsenal,Riiga, Latvia Stockholm Art Fair / Galerie Anhava, Stockholm, Sweden 1996 Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 1995 Art Hotell Lydmar / Galerie Anhava, Stockholm, Sweden Artists´Association of Finland annual exhibition, Kunsthalle, Helsinki 1990 Exhibition of young artists, Kunsthalle, Helsinki WORKS IN COLLECIONS Espoo city Helsinki City Art Museum Malmö Art Museum Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki Oulu Art Museum Pyynikin linna, Tampere State of Finland The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere Turku city Umeå city Private collections in England, Finland and Sweden CATALOGUE Helena Hietanen, FRAME, la Biennale di Venezia 1997 PRIZES 2000 Finland state prize MEMBERSHIPS Artists´ Association in Helsinki Association of Finnish Sculptors MUU ry.