H A N N U    V Ä I S Ä N E N


born 1951 in Oulu
lives in Souillac
 
STUDIES
                  
1970-74  School of the Finnish Fine Arts
 
SOLO SHOWS
 
2005"Kohotetut tilat", The City of Oulu
2005Kohotetut tilat", The City of Oulu
2004Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Krijger & Katwijk, Amsterdam
2003Galerie Nanky De Vreeze, Amsterdam
2003Institute of Finland, Madrid
2002Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2000Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
1999Institute of Finland
KALEVALA Galerie Anhava and Galerie Artek, Helsinki
1998Galerie Anhava, Helsinki (with Irina Zatulovskaya)
Galerie Nanky De Vreeze, Amsterdam
1997Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1995Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm
1994Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Finnish Cultural Center, Antwerpen
1993Galerie Artek, Helsinki
1991Oulu Art Museum, Oulu
Galleria Sculptor, Helsingfors
1989Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki
1980Galleria Bronda, Helsinki, also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
2007"Boogie Woogie", Helsinki Kunsthalle
2005"Orientalia", Vaasa; Salo; Göteborg
1999Retretti/Himmelblau, Savonlinna
Pori Art Museum
1998Galerie Nanky De Vreeze, Amsterdam
KunstRAI/Nanky de Vreeze & Living Stone-Art Galleries, Amsterdam
199340ème Salon d'Art Sacré, Galerie Nesle, Paris
1992Institute of Finland, Paris
1991Kerava Art Museum, Kerava
1986Kuuntelua/Listening/Lyssna, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki
1983Finsk Kunst Nå, Oslo
Baden-Baden European Biennal, Baden-Baden
1982Graphica Creativa, Jyväskylä
1979Bradford Graphic Biennal, Bradford
1977-78Young Art from Finland, Warschawa; Wroclaw; Szezecln
1977Countries of the Baltic sea Biennal, Rostock
The "Elonkorjaajat" and "Record Singers", Stockholm
1975The Delhi Triennal, New Delhi
1973The Young Artists' Exhibition, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki, also 1974
 
PUBLIC WORKS
 
2006"Night at the Publishing House", Kaleva Publishing House
1998three-dimensional work "That which renews", Cathedral of Oulu
1996Two paintings "Terpsichore" and "Linos", Suomen Finnish National Opera, Helsinki
1991Painting series, Uusikaupunki Congregational Centre, Uusikaupunki
1987-89Altarpiece, Church of Kontula, Helsinki
1977Wall paintings, Church of St. Thomas, Oulu
 
COLLECTIONS
 
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
The City of Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä
Aine Art Museum, Tornio
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Helsingfors
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Västerås Art Museum, Västerås
Governement of Finland
The Parliament of Finland
The City of Helsinki
The City of Oulu
The City of Espoo
The City of Jyväskylä
The City of Stockholm
SKOP/SKOP-Bank, Helsinki
KOP/Kansallisbank, Helsinki
SYP/UBF, Helsinki
Kansa-yhtymä, Helsinki
PSP/Postipankki Ltd, Helsinki
Kuntsi Foundation, Vaasa
The City of Vantaa
Uppsala landsting, Uppsala
Caldic Chemie BV, Rotterdam
Boekel de Neree, Amsterdam
Katadreuffe BV, Maastricht
AKZO Nobel NV, Arnhem
 
OTHER WORKS AND PUBLICATIONS
 
2007"The Other Shoes", a novel, Otava Publishing House
2007"La Folie" pavilion (together with Architect Hannele Grönlund), Janakkala
2004"Vanikan palikat", a novel
1999Kalevala: illustration
1996Tannhäuser; stage set and contumes, Savonlinna Opera Festival
1985Väisänen prepared a TV series on visual arts, "Eight Interiors", for the Finnish Broadcasting Company
1982-essays and articles
 
ORDERS
 
2007State Art Prize
1993Pro Finlandia