Ossi Somma

ART STUDIES   
• Institute of Industrial Arts, Helsinki
• Repin-Institute, Leningrad, Soviet Union 1966-67

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
• Kunsthalle Helsinki 1969
• Helsinki 1971, 1998
• Tampere Art Museum 1972
• Painters’ Gallery, Helsinki 1974
• Nokia 1979, 1980, 1996
• Oulu Art Museum 1983
• Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki 1984, 1993
• Pori Art Museum 1985
• Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä 1985
• Tampere 1987, 1989
• Kankaanpää 1996, 1998
• Lenin Museum, Tampere 1998

SOLO EXHIBITIONS ABROAD
• MalmöSweden 1969
• Copenhagen 1969
• Gdansk, Poland 1980
• Finland-Galleria, Stockholm 1985
• Dόsseldorf City Museum, Germany 1985
• Istvan Dobo Burg Museum, Eger, Hungary 1987
• Leningrad, Soviet Union 1988
• Moscow 1989
• Bill Base Galleria, New York, USA 1991
• Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York, USA 1996

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
• Switzerland 1966
• Baltic Biennial, Rostock, Germany 1975
• Sweden 1980
• Poland 1982
• ’Satire in the Fight for Peace’ Moscow 1983
• 10th anniversary exhibition of the Swedish Sculptors’ Union, Stockholm 1985
• Hollufgård, 100th anniversary exhibition of the City fo Odensen, Denmark 1988
• Festival for Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria 1989
• Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland 1990
• Fluxus Exhibition, New York, USA 1991-92
• 3. Kremnica International Quadrennial of Medal Art, Slovakia 1993
• Kuhmo, Finland 1993
• International Exhibition for Medal Art FIDEM, Budapest 1994

EXHIBITIONS OF FINNISH ART ABROAD
• Romania 1959
• Soviet Union 1961, 1970, 1981
• Poland 1962, 1966
• Germany 1965
• Czechoslovakia 1967
• Hungary 1967
• Sweden 1982
• Wales 1987
• Estonia 1997

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
• Exhibition of the Young 1957, 1958, 1962
• The Annual Exhibition of the Artists’ Association of Finland 1972, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1999
• Triennial of the Fine Arts Academy of Finland 1959, 1965, 1968, 1971
• The quinquennial Exhibition of the Association of Finnish Sculptors SCULPTOR 1965, 1970, 1974, 1980
• State Art Exhibition, Rovaniemi 1977, Pori 1981,
• Kunsthalle Helsinki 1992
• Hyvinkää Art Museum 1993
• Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma and Galleria Otso, Espoo 1994
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PRIZES
• Tampere, swimming pool sculpture competition 1958
• Seinäjoki sculpture competition, 2. prize, 1965
• City of Nokia, medal competition, 3. prize, 1966
• Helsinki City Theatre sculpture competition, I2. prize 1966
• Malmön pohjoismainen sculpture competition, 3. prize 1967
• Kalevala monument competition, Tampere, 3. prize 1968
• Joensuu university playsculpture competition, 2. prize 1979, workgroup
• Nordic playsculpture competition, Reykjavik, 2. prize 1980, työryhmä
• Lapua sculpture competition, 1. prize 1981, workgroup
• City of Äänekoski, sculpture competition, 3. prize 1981, workgroup
• Oulu monument competition, 1. prize ja honorary mention 1981, workgroup
• Oulun sculpture competition, 1. prize 1983, workgroup
• Häme province’s art award 1985
• City of Nokia art award 1985
• Gdansk International Triennial for Portrait Sculpture, Poland, 3. prize 1987
• Lauri Viita monument competition, Tampere, honorary mention 1987, workgroup
• Satakunta central hospital sculpture competition, 2. prize 1988
• Artists’ Association of Finland, 125th anniversary medal competition, 2. prize 1989
• Finland award 1996
• City of Kouvola, environmental art competition, honorary mention 1997, workgroup

PUBLIC WORKS
• Nokia 1971
• Kankaanpää 1977
• ’Soluleikki’ 1980, workgroup; Helsinki, Kerava, Joensuu
• Lapua 1983, workgroup
• Oulu 1985, workgroup
• Oulu 1985, workgroup
• Oulu 1985, workgroup
• Nokia 1987
• Pori 1990, workgroup
• Kankaanpää 1991
• Vantaa 1991

REPRESENTED
• State art collection, several cities and municipalities and art museums in Finland
• City of Karlstad, Sweden
• Gdansk Art Academy, Poland
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
• Paterson Museum, New Jersey

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Siuronvaltatie 617
FIN-37200 Siuro, FINLAND
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