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| EDUCATION |
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| 1986-93 | Master of Arts, University of Art and Design UIAH, Photography Department, Helsinki |
| 1983-86 | Free Art School, Helsinki |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection) |
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| 2004 | Helsinki Kunsthalle; Finnish View- Fragments of Our Time |
| 2002 | Rantagalleria, Oulu, Finland; Young, Proud & Beautiful |
| 2001 | Institut Finlandais, Paris, France; Jeunes,Fiers& Beaux |
| 2000 | 1% Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark; Young Heroes |
| 1998 | Gallery Zebra, Karjaa; Young Heroes |
| 1997 | Peri Photo Centre, Turku; Young Heroes |
| 1997 | Viktor Barsokevich Centre, Kuopio; Young Heroes |
| 1996 | Old Student House Gallery, Helsinki; Young Heroes |
| 1994 | Kuopio City Art Museum, Kuopio; Potrait of Finnish Rock |
| 1994 | Peri Photo Centre, Turku; Lionheart |
| 1993 | Gallery Vapauden Aukio, Helsinki; Lionheart |
| 1992 | Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä; Potrait of Finnish Rock |
| 1991 | Old Student House Restaurant, Helsinki; Potrait of Finnish Rock |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS (curated, selection) |
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| 2004 | Arken, Museum for Moderne Kunst, Denmark; Anders Zorn og Nordisk Samtidskunst |
| 2004 | Finnish Museum of Photography,Helsinki; "30 by Taik- Helsinki School" |
| 2004 | Salo Artmuseum; Zeitgennössische Fotokunst aus Finnland |
| 2004 | Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan,Poland; Zeitgennössische Fotokunst aus Finnland |
| 2004 | Kunsthalle Lophem, Belgium; Voids, Pads & Places |
| 2003 | The National centre of Art and Landscape of Vassiviere, France; Regarde, il neige |
| 2003 | Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki; Bremer, Lehtola, Parantainen- Nurkkakunta |
| 2003 | Pohjanmaa museum, Vaasa; ID |
| 2003 | Kunstverein Schwerte, Schwerte, Germany; Fünf Positionen Finnischer Fotographie |
| 2003 | Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus, Germany; Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland |
| 2003 | Stadtgalerie, Kiel, Germany; Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland |
| 2003 | Städtische Galerie, Waldkraiburg, Germany; Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland |
| 2003 | Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany; Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland |
| 2003 | Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany; Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland |
| 2003 | Fine Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Beyond Paradise |
| 2003 | Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden; New Realities |
| 2002 | Galerie Nei Liicht, Dudelange, Luxembourg: Lieux: présences-absences II |
| 2002 | The Jugendsali, Helsinki; Almost Perfect |
| 2002 | Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland; Clocwise |
| 2002 | Vejle Kunstmuseum, Denmark; Clockwise |
| 2002 | National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malesia; Beyond Paradise |
| 2002 | National Gallery, Bankok, Thailand; Beyond Paradise |
| 2001 | Novyi Manez, Moscow; Urban Youth |
| 2001 | Biennale di Venezia, Italy |
| 2001 | Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; fotoFINLANDIA! |
| 2001 | Antigo Tribunal, Braga, Portugal; Encontros da Imagem/Festival of Light |
| 2001 | Helsinki City Art Museum; ITE,DIY Lives |
| 2001 | Lönnström Art Museum,Rauma; ITE,DIY Lives |
| 2000 | Caen, France; Les Boreales |
| 2000 | Batofar, Paris, France; Le(s) Nord(s) |
| 2000 | Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki; Urban Youth |
| 2000 | Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark; Organising Freedom |
| 2000 | Kajaani Art Museum; ITE,DIY LIves |
| 2000 | Kaustinen; ITE, DIY Lives |
| 2000 | Art Tank, Belfast, Northern Irland; Viva Scanland |
| 2000 | Centro de Arte la Estancia, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 2000 | Antigo Tribunal, Braga, Portugal; Encontros da Imagem/Festival of Light |
| 2000 | Cavalerizza, Torino, Italy; BIG Torino 2000, Biennial of Emerging Artists |
| 2000 | Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Organising Freedom |
| 1999 | Musée d’art Moderne et Conteporain, Strasbourg, France; Finnish Line:Starting Point |
| 1998 | Sörlandets Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway; Photo/Realities |
| 1998 | Annika Sundvik Gallery, New York, USA; Granny Pine |
| 1998 | Peri Photo Centre, Turku, Finland 80-years |
| 1997 | Hotel Otava, Pori; Heartbreak Hotel |
| 1997 | Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki; Contact |
| 1997 | Palazzo de Renzzo, Bologna, Italy; The Art of Growing Up |
| 1997 | Peri Photo Centre, Turku; The Young in the North |
| 1997 | Finnish Cultural Centre, Antwerpen, Belgium; The Young in the North |
| 1996 | Rådhuset, Copenhagen, Denmark; The Young in the North |
| 1994 | Sysmä; Suvipinx |
| 1993 | Old Cable Factory, Helsinki; Fotofinlandia-The Competition Final |
| 1992 | Gallery Zebra, Karjaa; The Printed Photograph |
| 1992 | Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki; Stop, The Dreams and Rusty everyday |
| 1991 | Art Hall, Helsinki; The Colliding Interpretations |
| 1989 | Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki; Focus- An Invitational Exhibition for Young Finnish photographers |
| 1989 | Old Student House, Helsinki; The Young Photographers Exhibition |
| 1986 | Von Fersen-Sveaborg, Helsinki; The Young Photographers Exhibition |
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| BOOKS |
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| 2004 | Jouko Lehtola’s Finlandia (POC) ISBN 2-915409-03- |
| 2002 | Kuvitelmia/Fantasies(Sara Hilden Art Museum) ISBN 952-9652-24-0 Works included |
| 2000 | Stadin Nuoret/Urban Youth (Tammi) ISBN 951-31-1782-0 Works included |
| 2000 | Itse tehty elämä ITE/DIY Lives (Maahenki) ISBN 952-5328-06-6 Works included |
| 1999 | Vile Bodies: Photography and the Crises of Looking (Prestel) ISBN 3-7913-1940-X Works included |
| 1992 | The Dreams and Rusty Everyday(Tammi) ISBN 951-30-9919-9Participant photographer in the book project |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland, 2003, by Andreas Vowinckel, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein und Ernst Wasmuth Verlag ISBN 3-8030-3306-3 (catalogue) |
| Johnny Kniga 2/2003 "Jouko Lehtola kuvaa nuoret ja vammaiset" by Markus Ånäs ISSN 1458-9583 |
| Clockwise- New Nordic Contemporary Art, Nifca Publications 16 by Stine Hoholt, ISBN 951-8955-65-4 (C) |
| Beyond Paradise - Nordic Artists Travel East, 2002 by David Elliott, Moderna Museet ISBN 91-7100-658-3 (C) |
| Valoa 1839 - 1999/Finnish Photography, pages 179-180, 224 by Arja Elovirta, Suomen valokuvataiteen Museo |
| Encontros da Imagem 2001 (C) |
| Katalog, Journal of Photography & Video, spring 2001 "Power to the People" by Staffan Schmidt ISBN 87-7766-106-0 |
| Encontros da Imagem, 2000 (C) |
| Big Torino 2000, biennial of Emergencing Artists, Edizione Lindau (C) |
| Kunstmagasinet 1% no.9-10/ 2000 "The Evil North" by Mika Hannula |
| Organising Freedom/Nordic Art of the 90’s,2000 by David Elliott, Moderna Museet (C) |
| Siksi-The Nordic Art review no.3-4 1998 |
| Finnish Line-Starting Point,1998 by Paul Hervé Parsy, Musées de Strasbourg ISBN 2-901833-42-X (C) |
| Daily Telegraph Magazine,september 1998, "Lost weekend" by Neil McCormick |
| Independent 24/3 1998 "Vile Bodies" by Ann Treneman |
| Dokumentti 11 valokuvaajaa, 1998, by Olli Haapio, Musta Taide |
| Biennale Syd 1998 Foto/Realiteter by Svein Thorud, ISBN 82-994332-1-5 (C) |
| Zoom International, may-june 1997 |
| Fanny & Darko, the Art of Growing Up, 1997, by Carlo Roberti, Edizione Gabriele Mazzotta, ISBN 88-202-1223-4 (C) |
| Image 5/96 |
| Valokuva/Finnish Photography 3/94 Fotofinlandia issue |
| Valokuva/Finnish Photography 1/94 by Ronald Winter |
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| TV PROGRAMS |
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| 2000 | Hopi Lebel: Helsinki, Non Sous Titre, Paris Cable Channel |
| 2000 | Penny Woolcock: Vile Bodies-Three Films about Photography and Our Taboos, Channel Four, U.K |
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| GRANTS AND PRIZES |
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| 2002-03 | State Grant for Photographic Art |
| 1998-00 | State Grant for Photographic Art |
| 1996 | Young Finland Prize, Central Committee of Arts |
| 1996 | State Grant for Photographic Art |
| 1994 | State Grant for Photographic Art |
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| COLLECTIONS |
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| Arken , Museum for Moderne Kunst, Denmark |
| Moderna Museet, Sweden |
| KIASMA, Finnish Contemporary Art Museum |
| Finnish Museum of Photography |
| Helsinki City Art Museum |
| Espoo City Art Museum |
| State of Finland |
| Lars Swanljung Collection |