Eija Piironen
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email: eyapii@gmail.com
http://myspace.com/eyapii
Facebook: Eija Piironen, Flickr: Eya Pii
Artists statement
"I work with subject matter that I think is common to many people, so that viewers may draw on their own experiences to build a construct in their mind. I also aim to provoke thoughts about perception by creating pleasurable, escapist experiences within the play of colours.”
Art schools
Visual artist, Lahti University of Applied sciences, 1990-94, 2007-2009
(- Ecole des Beaux Arts de Brest, France, 1994)
Art school of Hyvinkää 1988 - 90
Other education
Studies of contents production, Helsinki University of Technology, 1999-2005
Master of Arts (Natural sciences), University of Helsinki, 1984
Private exhibitions
2009 Culture center of Espoo
2008 WoodGutsFactory II, Lahti Art Brewery
2008 Seinäjoki Art Hall studio
2005 WoodGutsFactory I, Lahti Art Brewery
2005 Factory's outlet, Gallery Avart, Savonlinna
2002 Culture center of Espoo
1998, and -99 Gallery Marian Portti, Lahti
1998 Promenadi galleriy, Hyvinkää
1997 'Cellar gallery Pii', café Rauha, Lahti
1997 Galleriy Artteli, Joensuu
1994 Gallery Art Leonardo, Tampere
1991 Gallery Putka, Savonlinna
Most important group exhibitions:
2009 Lahti's Artists Association tour exhibition, Mältinranta, Tampere
2008 Mail art exhibition, The A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications,St.Petersburgh, Russia
2008 Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art, Italy
2008 DRAW IN Exhibition, 00130Gallery, Helsinki
2008 Atelier de l'Île: project Forêt Nomade, Finnish-Canadian print exhibition tour in Canada and Finland
2007 Miniprint Finland 2007 Jury's members' exhibition. Lahti Art museum
2007 Biennial of Small Graphic Art GRAFIX 2007, Breclav,Czech Republic
2007 Poor Artist in Residens, Drawing performans, Savonlinna market square
2007 'Apis Mellifera', Gallery Aarni, Espoo
2004-06 'Mirror of the wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland,' Nebraska, Washington, Minnesota, (tour), USA,
2005 Finnish graphic artists' 110-jubileum, Lahti Art brewery
2004 Gliwize, International exhibition of ex-libris, Poland
2004 International Biennial of Humour and Satire in the Arts, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2002 III Triennale 'Gallant and Erotic Creation -ex-libris & small graphic', Havirov, Czech Republic
2000 Varna, Bulgaria
1999 The 9th international biennal print and drawing, Taipei fine arts museum, ROC
1998 Miniprint Finland, Lahti Art Museum
1998 World Print festival, AGART, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1998 Summer exhibition in Pärnu, Estonia
Other artistical activities
2009 Exhibition coordinator of Miniprint Finland 2010
2006-2007 Chairman of the Graphic Artists Association of Lahti
Member of Miniprint Finland 2007 Jury
2006 Residency in Oaxaca, Mexico
2002 Recidency in Marbella. Spain
1998 Artists' workshop in Jurbarkas, Lithuania