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| EDUCATION |
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| 1993-99 | Master of Arts, (Photography), University of Art and Design, Helsinki |
| 1988-92 | University of Helsinki, Department of Journalism |
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| MEMBERSHIP |
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| 1996 - | Union of Artist Photographers, Helsinki |
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| PROJECTED SHOWS |
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| 2006 | Galeria Salvador Diaz, Madrid |
| Robert Miller Gallery, New York |
| 2005 | Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected) |
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| 2005 | Minimalism is my Great Love, Galerie Artfinder, Hamburg |
| Search for Mastery, Galerie Nei Licht, Dudelange, Luxembourg |
| 2004 | Search for Mastery, Museum Waldhof, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld |
| Construction II, Galerie sphn, Berlin |
| 2003 | Construction, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki |
| 2001 | The Yellow Staircase, site specific public work commissioned by Helsinki Festivals |
| 2000 | Golden Hall, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik |
| 1999 | Pyramid, gallery installation, Zinc Gallery, Stockholm |
| 1998 | Portaikko-Trappan, gallery installation, Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki |
| 1997 | Temple, gallery installation, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki |
| 1996 | Exitus, Rantagalleria, Oulu, Finland |
| 1995 | Exitus, Laterna Magica, Helsinki |
| Gallery installation, Gallery Finnfoto, Helsinki |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected) |
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| 2005 | Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
| 2004 | Galerie Salvador Diaz, Madrid |
| Made in Berlin, Berlin Art Forum |
| roellin|duerr galerie, St. Gallen |
| The Helsinki School, Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense |
| 30 by TaiK, The Helsinki School, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki |
| 2002 | Le Bâti et Le Vivant (The Built and Living) , Chapelle du Rham, Luxembourg |
| Brussels - Helsinki, Maison L'Art Actuel Chartreux, Brussels |
| Helsinki - Brussels, Valkoinen Sali, Helsinki |
| New Images, Helsinki City Art Museum: Brotherus, Lajunen, Kella, Kolehmainen, Parantainen |
| Norhern Spell, Finnish Embassy, Washington D.C. |
| Toronto University Art Center, Toronto |
| Kuvitelmia / Fantasies Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere |
| 2001 | Magnetic North, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall |
| Finnish Photography, Gallery Christian Dam, Copenhagen |
| Gallery Christian Dam, Oslo |
| 2000 | 100 Show: 90 Designers - 10 Artists, Helsinki |
| 1999 | Tila - Espaces, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
| Spaces, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki |
| 1998 | Blue You, Into Gallery, Helsinki |
| Me, Myself and I, Bensow House, Helsinki |
| 1996 | Photography Finlandia Award, Helsinki |
| European Photography Award, Bad Homburg, Germany |
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| ARTIST BOOKS |
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| 1994 | Qinterro, OPUS 26, gravure Portfolio |
| 2004 | Ola Kolehmainen. Texts by Ferdinand Protzman, Klaus Honnef, Kunstverein Bielefeld, |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected) |
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| 2004 | Anu Uimonen: "Valokuvaa elää kultakautta", Helsingin Sanomat, May 4, Helsinki |
| 2003 | Sabine Willkop: Metropolis Magazine, part 4, Miklos Gaal, Aino Kannisto, Ola Kolehmainen, Timothy Persons, ARTE TV channel, transmitted 22.11. |
| Ferdinand Protzman: "Landscape, Photographs of Time and Space", National Geographic Books, Washington |
| Giulia Vola: "Ola Kolehmainen", JULIET art magazine, Nr 114, Trieste |
| Boris Hohmeyer: "Aufbruch im Hohen Norden", ART das kunst Magazin, Nr 9, Hamburg |
| Anu Uimonen: "Tilan ja pinnan hallittua leikkiä", Helsingin Sanomat, June 5, Helsinki |
| Nina Björkman: "Vitare vitt, svartare svart", Huvudstadtsbladet, July 7, Helsinki |
| "Täydellisiä tiloja", Image, May 2003, Helsinki |
| 2002 | Pierre Stiwer, Paul di Felice: "Le Bâti et Le Vivant / The Built and the Living" 2nd edition. Contemporary Photography, exhibition catalogue, Cafe Creme, Luxembourg |
| Asko Mäkelä: "Kuvitelmia / Fantasies", exhibition catalogue, Finnish Museum of Photography, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Helsinki / Tampere |
| ZOO, Contemporary culture catalogue, number 11, London |
| Oliwer Lowerstein: "Wired Nation", Art Review, May 2002 vol. LIII, London |
| Claude Lorent: "Regards Croisés Bruxelles - Helsinki". La Libre Culture, November 20, Brussels |
| Robert Fulford: "Art Around Every Corner", National Post, May 9, Toronto |
| 2001 | Caryn Faure Walker: "Magnetic North", Current Finnish Installation Photography in Finland", University of Art and Design, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki |
| Roy Exley: "The strategic contrasts of scale and subtle juxtapositions of subject create an eminently intelligent and visually engaging spectacle", Nu magazine 6 vol. III, Stockholm |
| Cathrine Grant: " Magnetic North @ New Art Gallery Walsall", Flash Art, Nov-Dec vol.IV No 221 |
| 1999 | ZOO, Contemporary culture catalogue, No 2, London |
| Markus Partanen, Kati Lintonen: "Temple / Ola Kolehmainen", FRAMES, viewing Finnish contemporary photography, Päivi Rajakari (ed.). Frame, Finnish Fund for Art Echange, Helsinki |
| Pessi Rautio: "Ne pääsemättömät tilat". Helsingin Sanomat, January 23, Helsinki |
| Paul Steen: "Tysta verk kräver tid", Dagens Nyheter, March 9, Stockholm |
| 1998 | Me, Myself and I, exhibition catalogue, University of Art and Design, Helsinki |
| Caryn Faure Walker: "New Finnish Photography" No 12, Creative Camera, London |
| 1997 | Pauliina Pasanen: "Temple", Kuva No 5, Helsinki |
| Marja-Terttu Kivirinta: "Musta neliö ja kuolema", Helsingin Sanomat, September 28, Helsinki |
| Maarit Seeling: "Temppeli Kluuvissa", Arkkitehti 5-6, Helsinki |
| 1996 | Kati Lintonen: "Ola Kolehmainen", exhibition catalogue, European Photography No 60, vol. 17. issue 2. Andreas Müller-Pohle (ed.), Göttingen |
| Fotofinlandia, exhibition catalogue, Valokuva no 2, Kati Lintonen (ed.), Helsinki |
| Kari Kemppainen: "Koneromantiikka 90-luvun malliin", Kaleva, March 15, Oulu |
| 1995 | Kati Lintonen: "Exitus", Valokuva No 4, Helsinki |
| Anu Uimonen: "Kun elämä kolhii", Helsingin Sanomat, November 11, Helsinki |
| Pessi Rautio: " Kun ihmiset poistuvat, kuvaaja saapuu", Helsingin Sanomat, October 10, Helsinki |
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| WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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| Peter W. Klein Collection |
| Malmö Art Museum |
| Roland Berger Collection, Munich |
| European Investment Bank, Luxembourg |
| Heino Collection, Helsinki |
| Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi |
| Espoo Art Museum |
| Kiasma Collection, Helsinki |
| Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo |
| SOK Collection, Helsinki |
| Muurame City |
| UPM-Kymmene collection, Helsinki |
| Helsinki City Art Museum |
| Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki |
| Kouri Collection, New York |
| Lars Swanljung Collection, Helsinki |
| State Art Council, Stockholm |
| State of Finland |
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| PRIVATE AND COMPANY COLLECTIONS: |
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| Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, USA |