Born: 1925
STUDIES
• Free Arts’ School, Helsinki 1946-47
• Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 1947-50
• Académie de la Grande Chaumieres, Paris 1952-53
• Académie André 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
• Pécs, 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 province’s 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
Address
Kuhankeittäjänkatu 2
FIN-15700 Lahti, FINLAND
tel +358-3-735 2338