CANDIDATE 2003
Irma Laukkanen
IRMA LAUKKANEN
born 1958 in Kotka
lives and works in Kotka
STUDIES
School of the Finnish Fine Arts Academy
1981-82 Department of Sculpture
1977-81 Department of Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999 Galleria Nikolai, Kotka
1999 Galleria BE`19, Helsinki
1997 Galleria Yläkerta, Kotka
1996 Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
1993 Hvitträsk, Kirkkonummi
1992 Art piece of the month, South Karelian Art Museum, Lappeenranta
1988 Galleria Katariina, Helsinki
Galleria Uusikuva, Kotka
GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
2002 Finnish Sculpture at the Housing Fair in Kotka
2000 Villa Danielsson-Kalmari, Vääksy
1999 Kantri & Urbaani, Lappeenranta
1999 Mänttä Art Festival
1997 Myyrmäki-House Cultural Center, Vantaa
1997 Lasi ja Valo (Glass & Light), Tampere Museum of Contempory Art
1997 10th Anniversary Exhibition of the Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi Art Museum
1995 Fair Wind, Hanko
1995 Port of Art, Tila 95, Kotka
1994 South Karelian Art Museum, Lappeenranta
1994 3 + 3, Kotka
1993 Joensuu Art Museum
1992-93 Sculptures in Kainuu, Kuhmo
1992 Kerava Art Museum
1992 Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art
1991 Annual Exhibition of the Artists' Association of Kotka
1991 Hyvinkää Art Museum
1990, 1989, 1984
Annual Exhibition of the Artists' Association of Finland
1988 Young Artists' exhibition
1988 Huhtiniemi Studio House, Lappeenranta
1988 Annual Exhibition of the Artists' Association of Kotka, Kuusankoski Hall
1987 TILA -87, Kotka
1987 Ars Metro, Helsinki Festival
1981 Young Artists' exhibition
1981 Province of Kymi Regional Exhibition
FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS OF FINNISH ART
2000 Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
2000 Malmö Art Museum, Sweden
1998 Espace Chatelet Victoria, Paris
1998 Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
1988 NAFA, Gallery of Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Kathmandu
1988 Gallery Malaya Gruzinskaja, Moscow
1981 Gallery De Ungas, Stockholm
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
1999 Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm
1994 3+3, Burgkloster, Lybeck, Germany
PRIZES
1994 Art competition for the foyer of the headquarters of Neste oil company, 1st prize
1989 Competition for the curtain for the Auditorium of Ateneum Art Museum, 1st prize
1988 Art Competition for the lobby of Savonlinna Town Hall, 1st and 2nd place
1984 Sculptural Competition for the Vantaa City Main Library, 1st ja 3rd prize
PUBLIC COMMISSSIONS
1999 Seittien metsä (Forest of webs), Finnish Embassy in Berlin
1998 Molemmat maailmat/Ambos Mundos (Both worlds), lobby sculpture for Taitotalo, Amiedu - Helsinki Vocational Institute
1995 Pisara meressä (A Drop in the Sea), work of art for Osuuspankki Bank in Kotka
1995 Continuity, lobby of Pitäjänmäki-Konala Community Centre , Helsinki
1995 Art piece for Mussalo Exercise Hall, together with Markku Hirvelä, Kotka
1995 Arpeggio, art piece for the foyer of the headquarters of Neste oil company, Keilaniemi, Espoo
1992 Valon huone (Room of light), Kuhmo
1992 Fuuga (Fugue), art piece for the lounge of Holiday Inn Hotel, Vantaa
1991 Harsoinen teräs (Transparent steel), curtain for the auditorium of Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
1990 Lentävä savolainen, lobby of Savonlinna Town Hall
1989 Yhdestoista hetki (Eleventh moment), lobby sculpture for Vantaa Electric Company
1986 Sukellus (Dive), art piece for the lounge of Imatra State Hotel
1985 Aurinkosade (Sun rain), Vantaa City Main Library
1984 Kangastus (Mirage), swimming baths, Kotka
REPRESENTED
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Wihuri Foundation
Kouvola Art Museum
City of Vantaa
City of Kotka
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MISCELLANEOUS
2000 Stina Krook Award
1997 Kotka Prize
MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Finnish Sculptors
Helsinki Artists' AssociationKotka Artists' Association
STUDY TRIPS
Italy, USA, China, Nepal, Mexico
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