Erkki Soininen

CURRICULUM VITAE

Erkki Soininen (b. 1953)

STUDIES

Art School of Liminka 1979-80
Free Art School Helsinki 1982-83
The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 1980-85

SELECTED ONE-MAN SHOWS AND PROJECTS IN FINLAND

`Games and Plays`, Old Students' House, Helsinki 1985
`As pieces`, Artists Gallery Jyväskylä 1986
`H2O!`, Art Museum (yard), Kuopio 1986
`K` - exhibition Gallery Katariina, Helsinki 1987
`Forest`, environment of Kuopio 1988
`L`, The square, Mikkeli 1988
`1234567`, Railwaystation, Helsinki 1990
`V`, installation, Arthall, Helsinki 1990
`A situation`, flats, Helsinki 1994
`niilopuhuujajuttelee`, VB-photography-centre (yard) Kuopio 1996
`Country & Urban`, Lappeenranta 2003
`A-b-o-u-t u-n-k-n-o-w-n`, environment of Mänttä 2006

WORKS WITH DANCERS

Objects, dancer: Paula Tuovinen, concept: Erkki Soininen, text: Gertude Stein,
(Tender buttons 1914) 1996 in finnish 1997 in english Act-theaterfestival Restaurant Helsinki
Food, 7 dancers for Theaterschool of Helsinki, concept: Erkki Soininen, text: Gertrude
Stein (Tender buttons 1914) Disco, Helsinki
Water-pipe, dancer: Carl Knif, concept: Erkki Soininen, text: Gertrude Stein
(Water-pipe 1916) Disco, Helsinki 2000
Rooms, 7 dancers, concept: Erkki Soininen, text: Gertrude Stein (Tender buttons 1914)
Unfinished flathouse, Helsinki 2001
He said it, dancers: Anne Hiekkaranta, Carl Knif, concept: Erkki Soininen
text: Gertrude Stein (He said it 1916) Cafe Kafka 2005

SELECTED PROJECTS FROM ABROAD

Ung Nordisk Kulturfestival, Stockholm 1985
Young printmakers, Braunschweig, Germany 1986
H2O! Modern Art Museum, Vienna 1987
Tuft -sculpture project, Seljord Norway 1990
Domestic Objects Bunratty Folk Park, Ireland 1996
Ulysses in Helsinki, James Joyce Centre, Dubllin Ireland 1997
Letters From Words, from Ulysses, James Joyce Centre Dublin Ireland 2000
Water-pipe with Carl Knif, Gelsenkirchen Germany 2002
Fin(n)ish Line For The Berlin Marathon, sound-installation, gelbeMusik-shop Berlin 2003
Wandering rocks – Revolving doors, Dublin Ireland 2004 Joyce in Art, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin Ireland 2004

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Provincial 3-years grant, Art Council of Savo 1993 - 1995
National 5-years grant, the State of Finland 2002 - 06
National artaward of the State in Finland 2006

SELECTED TEACHING AND LECTURING

Lecture in the Academy of the Fine Arts of Helsinki 1995-1997
Rector in the Academy of the Fine Arts of Helsinki 1997-2000
The director of Site- and Situationspecific Art MA-program in the Academy of Fine Arts 2007-09
Lectures forex. Theaterschool, Technical University, and Cranbrook Artacademy, Detroit/USA
Amorph!-festival, Paris

AS A CURATOR AND ARTDIRECTOR

LandscapeGallery, Highway 5 Varkaus - Sukeva (180 km) Finland 1999 -
Anti-festival 2002-06, Kuopio, Finland

SELECTED ARTICLES ABOUT MY ART

Tuft, document-book, Seljord Norge 90
SIKSI- art magazine 4/91 ”From here to there and back” (writer: Timo Valjakka)
Form function 1/93 ”Can thre be outsider?” ( writer: Kristiina Korpela)
Kunst+unterricht 1/93 ”Utopischer Dampf”(writer: Heiderose Hildebrand)
SIKSI – art magazine 2/93 ” An appeal for laughter” (writer: Michael Glasmaier)
Form function 2/00 ”Aesthetic intrests an Aesthetic qualities” (writer: Michael Casey)
Letters From Words- from Ulysses, catalogue about my art 85-00 (writer. Michael Casey)
Dance in Europe, Full moon dancefestival in Pyhäjärvi 10/03 (writer: Donald Hutera)
Joyce in Art, catalogue , Dublin 04 ( writer: Mia - Lerm Hayes)