Curriculum Vitae - art Katja Vartiainen Born 1975, London UK Nationality : Finnish Lives and works in Allgäu, Germany |
| Education: | -Marseille
School of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, FR, 2006 -Lahti Polytechnic of Design, specialization in art pedagogy, FIN, 2003 -Turku School of Fine Arts, painting, FIN, 2000 -Erasmus-exchange in The Royal Academy of Antwerp, BEL, 1999 -Undergraduate, Helsinki, FIN, 1994 |
| Memberships: | -Helsinki
Artists’
Association, since 2003 -Finnish Painters’ Union, full membership, since 2010 |
| Selected Group exhibitions: |
-Antero, Gallery Å, Turku, FIN, 2014 -Jouluksi kotiin, Rööperin taidesalonki, Helsinki, FIN, 2010 -Anonyme Zeichner N°10, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, DE, 2009 -Novembre ā Vitry, shortlisted, VitrysurSein, FR, 2007 -Helsingin Taiteilijaseuran Biennaali, Malmitalo, Helsinki, FIN, 2009 -Galerie Athanor, Marseille, FR, 2007 -Exposition Prix Mourlot,one of 6 shortlisted, Marseille, FR, 2007 -52nd Salon of Montrouge, FR, 2007 -Aller Simple, Vacance Bleu, Marseille,FR, 2005-6 -The New Images, Art Factory of Porvoo, FIN, 2004 |
| Private exhibitions: | -Auf den Weg-still I/On the Road-Still I, Restaurant Jedermanns, Kaufbeuren, DE, 2014 -Mindscapes, Malmitalo Cultural Centre, Helsinki, FIN, 2011 -Action, Lycée St.Exupery, Marseille, with Passage de l'art, FR, 2007 -Seashells, Gallery PL Topelius, Helsinki, FIN, 2002 -Sticky, Studio Mezzo, Helsinki, FIN, 2001 -More Than Trouble, Savoy Theatre, Helsinki, FIN, 2000 -More Than Trouble, Gallery Just, Turku, FIN, 2000 |
| Residencies: | -Residency
via l'Age d'Or, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France,
Berlin, DE,
2007 -Marbella, Finnish Artists Union, Spain, 2003 |
| Other: | -excursions:
St. Petersburg, Russia 1998, Mexico 1997 -independent working abroad: -Brussels, Belgium 1999, -New York, USA 1999,- Prague, Czech Republic, 1994-6 |
| Works in collections: | -Fondation Vacances Bleus, Marseille, France |