Curriculum Vitae
Born 1954 in Narvik, Norway. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.

Education:
1981 MFA, Master of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, US

Work experience:
2009 Visiting Lecturer Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, JP

2008 Visiting Lecturer Beaux-art de Paris, Paris, FR
Senior Curatorial Advisor The Royal Library Denmark, The National Museum of
Photography, Copenhagen, DK
Senior Curatorial Advisor to the Director KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art
Helsinki, Helsinki, FI

2006 Advisor of the Board of Claremont Museum of Art, California, US
Artistic Leader of ViPS (Video Photography Stockholm), Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE

2004- Member of the selection committee of Paris Photo fair, Paris, FR

03-05 Head of the jury for the Hasselblad "Young Artist" Award, Gothenburg, SE

1999- Director of Professional Studies, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, FI

94-99 Senior Lecturer, professional studies, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, FI

88-91 Managing Director of Persons and Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, FI

84-88 Lecturer / Director of Ceramic Sculpture, National Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI

83-86 Ceramic Director, Västra Nylands Folkhögskola, Karjaa, FI

1983 Instructor, Konstfack, Stockholm, SE

82-83 Instructor, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, FI

81-82 Ceramic Instructor, La Verne College, La Verne, California, US

1980 Ceramic Instructor, summer session, Rhode Island School of Design, Nantucket, Massachusetts, US

1978 Art Consultant, Claremont Unified School District, California, US

1977 Visiting Artist in Residence, Farollones Institute, Occidental, California, US

Curatorial and production experience (selected):
2010 Helsinki School- Photography and video NOW, Helsinki City Art Museum Meilahti,
Helsinki, FI

2009 Ola Kolehmainen, A Building is not a Building, New Art Gallery Walsaal, Walsaal, UK
Ola Kolehmainen, A Building is not a Building, The National Museum of Phtotography, Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK
The Helsinki School- New Art Photography from Finland, Loft Project ETAGE, St. Petersburg, RU
Internal and External Landscapes, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, JP
On Top of the Iceberg. New Photography from Finland. Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, DE

2008 Kulturhuset Stockholm, Nuevas Historias, A new View of Spanish Photography and Video Art, Stockholm, SE
Gallery Baudoin Lebon, Dialogue entre 4 générations, Paris, FR
Rose Boréal, Beaux-arts de Paris, FR
Rose Boréal, Beaus-arts de Lille, FR

2007 Stenersen Museum, " Photo Finnish - The Helsinki School, Oslo", NO

2006 Borås Konstmuseum, " Vad är fotografi? The Helsinki School", Borås, SE
Art Pavilion, Nordic Cut, Zagreb, HR
Langhans Galerie, "Dialog - The Helsinki School", Prague, CZ
Brussels City Hall, "The Helsinki School - Finnish photography from the 21st century", BE

2005 Photology, "The Helsinki School", Milano, IT
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, The Helsinki School - A New Approach, Berlin, DE
PPS Hamburg, "The Fourth Generation - The Helsinki School", Hamburg, DE
CFF Centrum för fotografi, "Finnish versions - The Helsinki School", Stockholm, SE
Kulturhuset, "Personally - Photographs from The Helsinki School", Stockholm, SE

2004 Finnish Museum of Photography, " 30 by TaiK - The Helsinki School", Helsinki, FI
Museet for Fotokunst . Brandts Klaedefabrik, "The Helsinki School" Odense, DK

2002 Forum Box, "Masters of Arts", paintings and installations, Helsinki, FI
Finnish Museum of Photography, "Masters of Arts", photography, Helsinki, FI
Museum of Art and Design, "Masters of Arts", mixed media, Helsinki, FI
Helsinki City Museum, "New Photography", 5 finnish photographers, Helsinki, FI
Finnish Embassy, "Northern Spell", 4 finnish photographers, Washington DC, US

2001 Toronto University Art Center, "Northern Spell", 4 finnish photographers, Toronto, CA
Christian Dam Gallery, 11 finnish photographers, Oslo, NO
Paris Photo, Gallery TaiK, FR

2000 New Art Gallery Walsall, "Magnetic North", 5 finnish photographers, Walsall, UK
Art Forum Berlin, Gallery TAIK, Berlin, DE
Finnish National Gallery "Think" millennium exhibition, University of Art and Design
Helsinki, FI

1998 Gallery TAIK, Me, myself and I: 20 perspectives mixed media, Helsinki, FI

97-05 Stockholm International Art Fair, Gallery TAIK, SE

1997 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, "Take Off", 7 ceramic perspectives, Helsinki, FI