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:
1990-91 L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Perpignan, France
1991-94 L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France
The Web of Life, With Destiny As It's Leading Thread © 2003
OTHER ACADEMIC STUDIES:
1985-1986 The Country House Course, England (Art history and Interior Decoration incl. A-level)
1987-1999 The University of Helsinki (Master’s degree in The Science Of Religions 1999)
LANGUAGES:
Swedish, Finnish, English, French (minor knowledge of German, Chinese and Russian)
PRIVATE/JOINT TWO-MAN EXHIBITIONS:
1993 Café Elsa, Hanko
1994 Hangö City Hall Gallery; ”Directions and Choices” (joint show)
1997 Galleria Rikhart, Helsinki; ”Eve’s Eye”
1997 Galleria Kukkatar, Hanko; ”When Heaven met the Earth”
1997 Galleria Karaija, Inkoo; ”When Heaven met the Earth”
1998 Gallery-café Naisten Huone, Helsinki; ”Vibrations from Silence”
1998 Galleria Kukkatar, Hanko; ”The Tears of Samsara”
1999 The Internation Cultural Centre Caisa, Helsinki; ”Encounter Engenders Life”
1999 Café Strada, Helsinki
1999 Galleria Philippa, Helsinki; ”The Play of Opposites” (joint show)
1999 Café Engel, Helsinki; ”The Heart”
2000 Galleria Kukkatar, Hanko; ”Living-space” (joint show)
2002 Hanko City Hall Gallery; ”Catharsis”
2003 Restaurant Mamas Park-Inn, Hanko
2006 Alan’s Café, Hanko; ”No Boundaries”
2006 Luckan, The Information’s Centre for Culture in Helsinki; ”No Boundaries”
2009 Café Klubi, Hanko
2009 Billnäs Taimisto/Plantskolan café, Karjaa
2009 Hanko Library, "Twists of Fate"
Coming up!
Exhibition at Café Aalto, Academic Bookstore, Helsinki July 2010
Entangled For Life © 2003
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1992-2008 The Hanko Art Society annual and summer exhibitions
1993 The Hanko Art Society at Galleria Fokus, Karis
1994 ”Group Marginalia”, Hanko
1997 ”Erotica I”; Galleria Timppa, Lahti
1998 ”Flora&Fauna”; The 20th jubilee of The Hanko Art Society, Galleria Kukkatar, Hanko
1998 The 20th jubilee of The Hanko Art Society, Galleria Fokus, Karis
1998 ”The Visit of the Five”; Galleria Allina, Riihimäki
2002 ”The Visit of the Five”; The Kässä House, Lohja
2002 The Hanko Art Society at Halmstad City Gallery, Sweden
2003 ”Art 3”, Tammisaari Library
2006 ”By the Seaside – At the Pier – At Sea”; Mini-Lilium, Hanko
2006 ”With brushes and ladles – the artists are cooking”; Mini-Lilium, Hanko (incl. a book of recipes)
2008 "The Artists Of Hanko Taking Over The Gallery; Hanko City Gallery", Finland
2008 "Nudes", Hanko Library, Hank0
2009 "The Visit of the Five"; Hanko City Gallery, Finland
The Mystery of the Feminine © 2008
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS:
Hanko Library; ”Primordial Energy” (joint show)2007
”My Beloved Hanko”, group exhibition at Mini-Lilium Gallery, Hanko 2007
Douglas County Law Library, Kansas USA; ”20 Visits To Clinton Lake” (joint show) 2008
"The Petrified Trees", Gallery Zebra at Karjaa, January '09
Translucent 2008, USA '08
V-M at Gallery Zebra, "The Petrified Trees" 2009
(Photos from Kansas, USA winter 2008)
MAGAZINES AND E – ZINES:
1998-2008 Various magazines and ezines (artwork & photos)
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES:
1997-2008 Numerous radiotalks and two appearances on TV
2007 Illustrator and Visual Editor of the literary ezine Scribespirit (USA)
Collaboration with independent musicians
Icy Kansas, USA © 2008
MEMBERSHIP:
1995-2009 The Hanko Art Society (UKJL, SKJL)
2008 Hanko Artists (Hangö konstnärer)
GRANTS:
1996 Föreningen konstsamfundet rf
REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONS:
1995 Hanko City
1997 Helsinki School of Industrial Design
1998 Crisis Centre of Rape Tukinainen
1998 Hanko City
2008 Tammisaari City
2009 Gallery Zebra, Karjaa
HAPPINESS! © 2008
