CURRICULUM VITAE
VIVI-MARI CARPELAN
Born on the 30th of June, 1966 in Helsinki, Finland
TECHNIQUE AND MEDIUM:
Mixed media on paper, collage and photography
EDUCATION IN THE ARTS:
1985-86 The Country House Course, England (Arts A-level, Interior Deoration Diploma)
1990-91 L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Perpignan, France (Fine Arts)
1991-94 L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France (Graphic Design, Illustration, Fine Arts)
1993-94 Portsmouth College of Art and Design, UK (a five week exchange program in illustration)
The Web of Life, With Destiny As It's Leading Thread © 2003
OTHER ACADEMIC STUDIES:
1987-1999 The University of Helsinki (Master’s Degree in Comparative Religions 1999 - minors Practical Philosophy, Art History and the languages Chinese, Russian and German as extras)
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
1993 Café Elsa, Hanko (Finland)
1994 Hangö City Hall Gallery; ”Directions and Choices” (two-man joint show) (Finland)
1997 Galleria Rikhart, Helsinki; ”Eve’s Eye” (Finland)
1997 Galleria Kukkatar, Hanko; ”When Heaven met the Earth” (Finland)
1997 Galleria Karaija, Inkoo; ”When Heaven met the Earth” (Finland)
1998 Gallery-café Naisten Huone, Helsinki; ”Vibrations from Silence” (Finland)
1998 Galleria Kukkatar, Hanko; ”The Tears of Samsara” (Finland)
1999 The Internation Cultural Centre Caisa, Helsinki; ”Encounter Engenders Life” (Finland)
1999 Café Strada, Helsinki (Finland)
1999 Galleria Philippa, Helsinki; ”The Play of Opposites” (two-man joint show) (Finland)
1999 Café Engel, Helsinki; ”The Heart” (Finland)
2000 Galleria Kukkatar, Hanko; ”Living-space” (joint show) (Finland)
2002 Hanko City Hall Gallery; ”Catharsis” (Finland)
2006 Alan’s Café, Hanko; ”No Boundaries” (Finland)
2006 Luckan, The Information’s Centre for Culture in Helsinki; ”No Boundaries” (Finland)
2009 Café Klubi, Hanko (Finland)
2009 Billnäs Taimisto/Plantskolan café, Karjaa (Finland)
2009 Hanko Library, "Twists of Fate" (Finland)
2010 The Academic Bookstore, Helsinki; "The Journey Home" (Finland)
2010 The Great Oak Café, Llanidloes (UK); "Garland of Freshly Cut Tears"
2011 Pamper House, Newtown (UK)
2011 Open studio and retrospective exhibition, (Powys Art Month), Llanidloes (UK)
Hanko 2009
Billnäs 2009
Cafe Aalto 2010
(The cafe was designed by renowned architect Alvar Aalto in the prestigious
Academic Bookstore (Stockmann) in Helsinki
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1992-2010 The Hanko Art Society annual and summer exhibitions (Finland)
1993 The Hanko Art Society at Galleria Fokus, Karis (Finland)
1994 ”Group Marginalia”, Hanko (Finland)
1997 ”Erotica I”; Galleria Timppa, Lahti (Finland)
1998 ”Flora&Fauna”; The 20th jubilee of The Hanko Art Society, Galleria Kukkatar, Hanko (Finland)
1998 The 20th jubilee of The Hanko Art Society, Galleria Fokus, Karis (Finland)
1998 ”The Visit of the Five”; Galleria Allina, Riihimäki (Finland)
2002 ”The Visit of the Five”; The Kässä House, Lohja (Finland)
2002 The Hanko Art Society at Halmstad City Gallery, (Sweden)
2003 Restaurant Mamas Park-Inn, Hanko (Finland)
2003 ”Art 3”, Tammisaari Library (Finland)
2006 ”By the Seaside – At the Pier – At Sea”; Mini-Lilium, Hanko (Finland)
2006 ”With brushes and ladles – the artists are cooking”; Mini-Lilium, Hanko (incl. a book of recipes) (Finland)
2008 "The Artists Of Hanko Taking Over The Gallery; Hanko City Gallery", (Finland)
2008 "Nudes", Hanko Library, Hanko (Finland)
2009 "The Visit of the Five"; Hanko City Gallery, (Finland)
2010 "The Art Affair" (affordable art), Maesmawr Gallery, Caersws, (UK)
2011 MOMA Open Summer Exhibition, Machynlleth, (UK)
2011 Powys Arts Engine Open Art Exhibition (Powys Art Month), Llandrinod Wells, (UK)
The Mystery of the Feminine © 2008
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS:
2007 Hanko Library (FINLAND); ”Primordial Energy” (joint show)
2007 ”My Beloved Hanko”, group exhibition at Mini-Lilium Gallery, Hanko (FINLAND)
Translucent 2008, USA '08
2008 Douglas County Law Library, Kansas (USA); ”20 Visits To Clinton Lake” (joint show)
2009 "The Petrified Trees", One-man show at Gallery Zebra , Karjaa (FINLAND)
2011 The Shrewsbury Photography Month Open Group Exhibition, Shrewsbury Coffee House, (UK)
V-M at Gallery Zebra, "The Petrified Trees" 2009
Abstract photography at The Shrewsbury Coffee House, 2011
PUBLIC PERFORMANCES:
Has performed on National Radio & TV in Finland on a wide variety of topics. She had her own show on the radio in 2000 on interior decoration called "Vivi-Mari's Boudoir". Has contributed to magazines, e-zines and online galleries with images and articles, as well as given lectures on creativity and the symbolism of her own art. She had been joint curator of three group exhibitions in Finland.
MEMBERSHIP:
1995-2010 The Hanko Art Society (UKJL, SKJL)
2010 Produforum, Finland
2010 Art's Engine, Powys, UK
2011 Powys Art Forum, UK
GRANTS BASED ON ARTISTIC MERIT:
1997 Konstsamfundet, Finland
2011 Grönqvistska fonden, Finland
REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONS:
1995 Hanko City (Finland)
1997 Helsinki School of Industrial Design (Finland)
1998 Crisis Centre of Rape Tukinainen (Finland)
1998 Hanko City (Finland)
2008 Tammisaari City (Finland)
2009 Gallery Zebra, Karjaa (Finland)
2010 Stockmann, The Academic Bookstore in Helsinki (Finland)
2011 The Pain- and Fatiguemanagement Clinic, Bronllys (UK)
EXAMPLES OF PUBLISHED WORK:
My artwork as CD cover for the French music group Bamgli 2008Other pieces of my art were used in the CD booklet.
This image I designed for a book of poetry in 2000, the graphic design is not my own.
"Vaskimalja" tranlsates as "The Brass Bowl" with esoteric connotations
