CV Kaarina Ormio

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Myllykallionrinne 2 C 24, 00200 Helsinki, Finland, Tel. +358 45 638 4592

kaarina at galleriahuuto dot net

Born in Helsinki 1968.

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Education

1994-2001

MFA, The Fine Arts Academy, Helsinki, Finland
The Departments of Time and Space, and Sculpture

2000

Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden

1992-1993

Tallinn Art University, Tallinn, Estonia
The Departments of Metal Art and Sculpture

Memberships

The Finnish Artist Association Muu

The Artists' Association of Finland

Galleria Huuto, board member

Cultural Association Lila, chairperson

The Artist group Vedelik (EST), correspondent

Solo + Exhibitions

2016

Metropoli 2016, Galerii METROPOL 6m2, Tallinn, with Veikko Björk

2013

Artist of July, the virtual culture arena V.art live, Sweden

2010

Fairytale Clothing, Le Petit Festival du Théâtre, Croatia, with Mari Leskinen

2009

Kläder för Stockholm, Candyland, Stockholm, Sweden

2008

Kiinalaisuusharjoituksia / Chinese Exercises, Galleria Huuto Uudenmaankatu, Helsinki

My Chinoiserie, TC/G Nordica Gallery, Kunming, China

2007

Chinoiserie, baltiquerie, Y galerii, Tartu, Estonia

2005

Mäng, G-Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia

2004

I Think, Therefore I Am Not.

Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, with Elin T. Sørensen

2003

Ämbrisse või Läänemerre?, Tampere-maja, Tartu, Estonia

A.H. Tammsaare Museum, Vargamäe, Estonia

Mab, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki

02-03

Leikki, MUU Gallery, Helsinki

Participation in Exhibitions and Festivals

2019

Vedelik Spring exhibition, Copper Leg Artist residency, Rae, Estonia

The Great Wheel of Fortune, a Galleria Huuto project, Art Fair Suomi, Cable factory, Helsinki

The Great Wheel of Fortune, a Galleria Huuto project, Supermarket - Stockholm Independent Art Fair

2018

Huuto oot uuH, the opening exhibition of the new Galleria Huuto on Eerikinkatu

Evidence Room with Galleria Huuto, SUPERMARKET – Stockholm Independent Art Fair

2017

One-Room Flat, Art Fair Suomi, Helsinki, Huuto member artists' group show

One-Room Flat, SUPERMARKET – Stockholm Independent Art Fair

One-Room Flat, Galleria Huuto Jätkäsaari

2016

INSPIRED, Scandinavian Art Festival, TaoXichuan museum & Scandinavian Center, Jingdezhen, China

2015

Found in Translation, Scotty Enterprises, Berlin

Là-bas → Jumala (God), Cable Factory, Helsinki

Bread and Smoke, Magiska rum, Rånäs Castle, Sweden

Lila Dance & Company at Koli Environmental Art Festival

2014

Vedelik Autumn Exhibition, Kuku Klubi, Tallinn

Kommentti Post Scriptum and Lila Dance Company at KARELFEST Environmental Art Festival, Petrozavodsk, Russia

Bloomsday, arranged by Tuntematon kaupunki, Helsinki

2013

7th International Mini-Art Festival, Novgorod and St.Petersburg, Russia; and Vilnius, Lithuania

Kommentarij III Peterburg, Museum of Nonconformist Art, St.Petersburg, Russia

Käärikas, Vedelik at Moks, Estonia

Kommentti III Helsinki, Galleria Huuto Jätkäsaari, Helsinki

Vedelik Spring Exhibition, Tallinn

2012

I See, Studio44, Stockholm, Sweden

AAARGH! – 10 years later, Galleria Huuto 10th anniversary exhibition, Magasin L3, Helsinki

Palikkaooppera, the opening exhibition of the new Kerava Art Museum

Kommentti II / Koммeнтapий II, site specific environmental art exhibition in Toukola-Arabianranta, Helsinki

Concept of Performance, Là-bas Biennale for experimental live art, Kiasma, Helsinki

2011

Kambriska åtbörder, Fylkingen, Stockholm

2011

Kommentti I / Koммeнтapий I, Karhumäki, Karelia, Russia

2010

Le Petit Festival du Théâtre, Dubrovnik, Croatia

The First International Karelian Land Art Festival, Aunus, Russian Karelia

Undergrund, screening at Galleri Sinne, Helsinki

Rain of Down as a series of screenings at Linnagalerii / Kunsthalle Tallinn (curating)

2009

Head Container, Fylkingen, Stockholm

Haihatus / Valvomo, arranged by Kalle and Pauliina Turakka Purhonen, Joutsa

Rain of Down - video performances, Galleria Huuto Viiskulma, Helsinki (curating)

Performance at Helsinki Photography Festival, Meilahti Art Museum, Helsinki

2008

Piirtäen, a drawing exhibition, Galleria Rajatila, Tampere

Huutokauppa, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki

Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory, Helsinki

FOLK 08 Local Global, Mariannelund, Sweden

Piirtäen, Taidepanimo, Lahti

2007

Piirustus, a drawing exhibition, Galleria Huuto Uudenmaankatu, Helsinki

2006

Art Fair Suomi, MUU Gallery, Helsinki

Amorph!06 videotheque, amorf!06 - cover up festival, MUU Gallery, Helsinki

Perf06 festival, Pori

2005

The Stockholm Art Fair ´05, Sweden

2004

CITYMIND Helsinki, Platform, Vaasa

2003

The performance festival Time Space Movement, Paide, Estonia

Greetings, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki

Là-bas Festival, Kunsthalle Helsinki

2002

Anti-festival, Kuopio

Galleria Huuto Opening Exhibition, Helsinki

Là-bas Festival, Forum Box, Helsinki

IMAF International Exhibition on Performance Documentation, Yugoslavia

IV International Festival Experiments & Performance, St.Petersburg

The performance festival Time Space Movement, Paide, Estonia

Movement to Performance, Vasa Art Hall & Platform, Vaasa

Là-bas, Cable Factory, Helsinki

01-02

The touring exhibition Odyssé National Touring Exhibitions, Norway

 Arendal, Galleri Bomuldsfabriken

 Haugesund, Haugesund Billedgalleri

 Førde, Sogn og Fjordane fylkesgalleri

 Unjárga-Nesseby, Várjjat Sámi Musea / Varanger Samiske Museum

 Namsos, Nord-Trøndelag fylkesgalleri, Kulturhuset

 Steinkjer Kunstforening

 Tromsø Kunstforening

 Sør-Varanger Kunstforening

 Bodø Kunstforening

2001

An exhibition in the Library of Tartu University, Estonia

An exhibition and a performance in The Livonians' yearly festival in Lībiešu Tautas Nams (Livonians' centre) , Irē (Mazirbe), Latvia

An exhibition in Levist Väljas, Tallinn, Estonia

The performance festival Time Space Movement, Paide, Estonia

The exhibition Polarflex, Aroma Project Space, Berlin, Germany

EXIT- festival, Cable Factory, Helsinki

2000

An exhibition on book pages in Moti kelder, Tallinn, Estonia

The performance festival Time Space Movement, Paide, Estonia

The exhibition The Sun, Moon and Stars, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

1999

A performance and a book for the exhibition Gi meg en grunn til å være kvinne, the Norwegian Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway

The art festival Mäntän kuvataideviikot and the music festival Virtuoosit irti!, Mänttä

Time Space Movement, Paide, Estonia

The performance and installation Prinsessan aika, Exhibition Polvi/Generation -99, Kunsthalle Helsinki

1998

Pöytä juhlalle, restaurant Raffaello, the 150th anniversary of the Fine Arts Academy, Helsinki

The exhibition Odysseus Dublinissa, The Fine Arts Academy Gallery, Helsinki

Peolaud (feast table), the festival Time Space Movement, Paide, Estonia

1997

The exhibition Aurinko, kuu ja tähdet, Rovaniemi Art Museum

The exhibition Aurinko, kuu ja tähdet, Kuopio Art Museum

The exhibition Ulysses in Helsinki, James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland

The performance festival Time Space Movement, Paide, Estonia

Aurinko, kuu ja tähdet, by the invitation of Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku

1995

Aurinko, kuu ja tähdet, The Fine Arts Academy Gallery, Helsinki

Curating and organising

2020-22

The Beginning, Galleria Huuto / Parazit (RU) co-operation, with Alena Tereshko, Azar Saiyar and Tiina Mielonen

2019

Lapinlahti Flamboyant – an Art Couture fashion show in Lapinlahti, Helsinki, at the Night of the Arts

2018

Vedelik – Hattunäyttely, Galerii METROPOL 6m2, Tallinn, Estonia

2015

Boutique Art Couture, Gislaveds konsthall, Sweden

2014

Video Art for the Whole Family, Kallio kukkii Picknick in Dallapé park, Helsinki

Boutique Art Couture, SUPERMARKET - Stockholm Independent Art Fair

Art Couture Clothing Store, Galleria Huuto Jätkäsaari, Helsinki

2011-13

Kommentti/ Koммeнтapий I-III, a Finnish-Russian site specific land art project, co-curator with Vladimir Zorin and Tiina Hallakorpi

2013

art:screen fest on-tour, Vetlanda Museum, Sweden

700IS Reindeerland, The Nordic House, Reykjavík

2012

Satamadantsut, an international event with music and performance to AAARGH! – 10 years after, Galleria Huuto Jätkäsaari

art:screen fest, Örebro, Sweden, a screening on Finnish video art on behalf of Galleria Huuto

2010

A compilation of Finnish video art for Le Petit Festival du Théâtre, Croatia

Rain of Down 1-3, video performances, a series of screenings for Kunsthalle Tallinn, with Anja Helminen

2009

Rain of Down – video performances, to Galleria Huuto Viiskulma in Helsinki, with Anja Helminen

Performances outside festivals

2002

Rowing in Borgå archipelago

2001

The narrow gauge railway between Alūksne and Gulbene, Latvia

The Sculpture Triennial of Zvārtava, Latvia

2000

Kaunas City Park, Lithuania

Artist in residence, KTA, Berlin, Germany

Art Forum Berlin, Germany, with Henry Grahn

Olsztyn Castle, Poland

Saxnäs, the Swedish Lapland, Sweden

The Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea: Eckerö Posthus

The Vepse Museum, Eastern Karelia and the area of the Vepse, Russia

1999

Toolse Castle, Estonia

1998

The Island Laitosaari in the Lake Pielinen, North Karelia

1997

Longing (Penelope), Salmisaari Power Plant, Helsinki

Publications

2008

Rekisteri08

2007

Vedelik 11 - a contribution in the Estonian art magazine

2006

A Short Film on Princess Algieba´s, Princess Bellatrix´ and Prince Betelgeuze´s Travels

2005

Vedelik 10 - a contribution in the Estonian art magazine

SUJIKT, Ensimmäinen kirja. JNOILS, Den första boken. INIITS, The First Book.

  - a contribution in Galleria Huuto's publication

2003

petite enveloppe urbaine #10, Helsinki - Montreal

2001

"Kertomus Prinsessa Algiebasta, Prinssi Betelgeuzesta ja Prinsessa Bellatrixista.

 Berättelsen om Prinsessan Algieba, Prins Betelgeuze och Prinsessan Bellatrix.

 Jutustus Printsess Algiebast, Prints Betelgeuzest ja Printsess Bellatrixist."

 - a book documentating the travelling performance project in the Baltic Sea region,
  written in Finnish, Swedish and Estonian by Princess Algieba

Frotté 3 - contribution in the Norwegian art magazine

Kuvas 4 - contribution in the Finnish art magazine

1999

Utflukt 3 - contribution in the Norwegian art magazine

Residencies

2009

NKF / Malongen, Stockholm, Sweden

2007-08

TC/G Nordica, Kunming, China

2001

Nifca / Rīga, Latvia

2000

The Fine Arts Academy of Helsinki / Berlin, Germany

Grants

2011

The Swedish Culture Fund in Finland

The Arts Council of Finland

2010

The Arts Council of Finland / Grant for cultural export

The Arts Council of Finland / Public display grant for visual artists

2009

The Arts Council of Finland / Rain of Down

AVEK / Rain of Down

Helsinki City / Rain of Down

Nordic Art Association Sweden

2007

The Arts Council of Finland / Artist-in-residence grant

2004

The Swedish Culture Fund in Finland

2002

The Swedish Culture Fund in Finland

Paulo Fund

2001

Sleipnir travel grant (Nifca)

2000

Sleipnir x 2

Nordplus, Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm

1999

Public Display Grant for Visual Artists / The Sun, the Moon and the Stars

Sleipnir