J A A K K O   N I E M E L Ä

born 1959
                  
STUDIES
                  
1982-85The Art School of Kankaanpää
                  
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
                  
2005"Stagings of Sorrow", Forum Box Gallery, Helsinki
Gallery WHITE BOX / THEANNEX, New York
2004Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2002"Black Box", Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku
1999Galleri 21, Malmö
"Little-Big-Man", Myyrmäkitalo, Vantaa
1998Galerie Artek, Helsinki
Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå
1997Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1996Pori Art Museum, Kokemäki river
1994Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm
1992Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä
                  
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
                  
2006"Breaking the Ice", Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Reconnaissance", Gallery Interaccess, Toronto
2005"Mäntän Kuvataideviikot", Mänttä, Finland
Valohoitoa", Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku, together with Helena Hietanen
"Pyyteetöntä", Rauma Art Museum
2004"GRIDLOCK", Govett - Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
"Silmä ja mieli", Kiasma, Helsinki
"Voids, Pads and Places", Kunsthalle Lophem, Belgia
2003Peking Biennale 2003
"IDEOLOGIA", Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Gothenburg
"Den Gyldne", Charlottenburg, Kööpenhamina
2002"Den Haag Sculptuur 2002", Den Haag
"Klosterstrasse/Berlin", Berlin
2001"Interface", Third Triennal of Finnish Art, Gothenburg Art Museum
"Aurora", Art Gallery of Sudbury, Canada / Embassy of Finland, Washington DC
"Nordisk Rörelse", Århus Artbuilding
2000"Transitions",The 90th anniversary of The Association of Finnish Sculptors, Malmö Art
Museum, Kunsthalle Rostoc
"Byn / Kylä", Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
Umedalen Skulptur, Umeå
"Luma-Luma", Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg
1999"Northern Echoes", The Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague / The West Bohemian
Gallery, Plzen /The Gallery of Fine Art - House of Art, Ostrava
1997 Art Fair/ Galerie Anhava, Stockholm
"No Vacancies" 2, Myyrmäkitalo, Vantaa
1996Art Fair/ Galerie Anhava, Stockholm
1995"No Vacancies", Amsterdam
1994"Art by Air Freight", Sao Paulo
1993Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
                  
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
                  
Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art/ Helsinki
Wihuri Collection/ Rovaniemi Art Museum
Saastamoinen Foundation/ Kuopio
Turku Art Museum
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum
The City of Turku
Helsinki City Art Museum
The City of Turku
The City of Helsinki
The City of Espoo
The City of Vantaa
Rauma Art Museum
The City of Rauma
Pori Art Museum
The City of Pori
The City of Jyväskylä
The City of Tampere
Kuopio Art Museum
Kerava Art Museum
The City of Gävle
"Statens Konstråd"/ Sweden
Sundsvall Art Museum
The City of Umeå
"Apotekets Konstförening"/ Sweden
Gothenburg Art Museum
Art Gallery of Sudbury / Canada
Private Collections in Finland, Sweden and Germany
Tony Cragg`s Collection
                  
SELECTED PUBLIC WORKS
                  
"Metsä" Kuntien eläkevakuutus building, Helsinki, together with Helena Hietanen, 2005
"Coumting numbers", Kaakkuri school, Oulu, 2004
"Let´s go", Linnainmaa school, Tampere, 2004
"KIÄL", The City Library of Rauma, 2004
DOWNTOWN - transparent city, Korso / Vantaa 2002
"Drop", Finnish Embassy , Canberra, Australia, 2002
"Kylä", Keskusta school, Salo, 2002
"Onion", The City Library of Vaasa, 2001
"Air Rooms", Mitthögskolan, Örnsköldsvik,Sweden, 1999
                  
PRICES
                  
State price for visual arts, 2005
"Mäntän kuvataideviikot", mainprice, 2005
Werkstattpreiss der Kunststiftung Eric Hauser, Rotweil, Germany, 1997
Biennale Balticum, Rauma, Finland, 1987
                  
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
                  
Framework, 4 / 2005
Aamulehti, 26. 11. 2005
Aamulehti, 8. 7. 2005
Huvudstads Bladet, 9. 1. 2005
Helsingin Sanomat, 8. 1. 2005
Circa 109, Autumn 2004
Turun Sanomat, 24. 6. 2004
Irish Times / Culture, 23. 5. 2004
Mistä on taiteilijat tehty / Kustannus OY Taide, 2004
Länsi Suomi, 15. 1. 2004
Frame News, 1 / 2003
Helsingin Sanomat, 14. 12. 2002