Born: 1925
STUDIES
Free Arts School, Helsinki 1946-47
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 1947-50
Acadιmie de la Grande Chaumieres, Paris 1952-53
Acadιmie Andrι Lhote, Paris 1952-53
SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
Kotka 1951
Helsinki
1952, 1956, 1962
Kunsthalle Helsinki 1970 and 1987
Kyrö 1954
Lahti 1967, 1972, 1983, 1988
Lahti Art Museum 1957, 1979, 1986
Tampere 1960, 1966
Museum of Contemporary Art 1969
Hollola 1971
Punkaharju 1984, 1986
Turku 1985, 1988
Lappeenranta 1986
Heinola 1987
Kouvola Art Museum 1988
Seinäjoki Art Hall 1988
Nastola 1990
Kotka 1992
Parkano 1992
Kymijoki Art Center 1994
Kuusamo 1996
Alajärvi 1997
Abroad
Pιcs, Hungary 1987
Paris 1998
GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
Annual exhibitions of the Artists Association of Finland 1951, 1952, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967
Galerie Hörhammer, Helsinki 1951
Triennial exhibitions of the Fine Arts Academy of Finland 1950, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1971
Exhibition of the Young 1949, 1952, 1953
Turku 1954
Lahti 1955, 1960, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1997
30th anniversary exhibition of the Finnish Painters Union 1959
Touring exhibition by the Fine Arts Academy of Finland 1960-61
Exhibition of the Finnish Painters Union 1964
Art from Häme 1964
Kunsthalle Helsinki 1967
Helsinki 1967
Tampere 1968
Exhibition of the Society of Finnish Graphic Artists 1970
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere 1970, 1971
Åland 1970
Kotka 1971
Mikkeli 1971
Kuopio 1972, 1988
Exhibitios of DIMENSIO Group 1973, 1976, 1977, 1997
State Art Exhibition, Turku 1974
Retretti, Punkarju 1985
Touring exhibition by the Fine Arts Academy of Finland 1987-88
Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki 1988
Padasjoki 1988
Timescape Group
Kerava 1995
Tornio 1995
GROUP EXHIBITIONS ABROAD
Finnish Art, Norway 1960
Reykjavik 1961
Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil 1967
Baltic Biennial, Rostock, Germany 1967
Hässelby, Sweden 1970
Venica Biennial, Italy 1978
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland 1978-1979
Middelheim Biennial, Antwerpen, Belgium 1979
Sydney Biennial, Australia 1982
Paris Biennial 1985
Borealis II, Oslo 1985
I Exposicao Internacional de Esculturas Efemeras, Fortaleza, Brazil 1986
EXHIBITIONS OF FINNISH ART ABROAD
Hungary, Poland ja Czechoslovakia 1967
Italy 1968
Plastik und Blumen Berlin 1980
Switzerland 1986
Timescape Group
Södertälje, Sweden 1995
Bergen, Norway 1996
Flagstaff, USA 1996
Kansas City, USA 1996
Lake Charles, USA 1996
DIMENSIO Group
Museum for Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia 1996
State Russian Museum, Marble Palace, St Petersburg, Russia 1998
REPRESENTED
Finnish National Gallery
Lahti Art Museum
Kouvola Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere
City of Stockholm, Sweden
New Orleans Art Museum, USA
Harkonmäki Collection
PUBLIC WORKS
Royal Viking Star 1972
Joensuu 1969
Soviet Union 1975
Lahti 1977, 1977, 1993, 1994, 1996
Turku 1982
Kuopio University 1983
Lahden City Theatre 1983
Retretti, Punkaharju 1985
Spazi d'arte, Fattoria di Celle, Pistoia, Italy 1985.
Burgdorf, Switzerland 1986
Lanupark, Lahti 1989-92
Västerås, Sweden 1990
PRIZES AND AWARDS
State Art Competition, 4. prize 1968
City of Lahti, art award 1974
Impivaara Swimming Center, art competition 1. prize1975
Lahti Placard 1978, 1982
Lousiana World Expo, watersculpture competition 1983
Häme provinces art award 1983
State-appointed Professor of Art 1986
City of Lahti Lahti, honorary mention 1986
Lahti medal, 1987
Paulo Foundation art award 1994
Pro Finlandia 1998
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Painters Union
Association of Finnish Sculptors
Lahti Artists Association
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Professor or art 1959-82
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