Curriculum Vitae - Resume
Updated
September Fri 11 2009
Minna Sоraluоma - artist name: Minna Sora (outside Finland sometimes).
Minna Soraluoma works with objects made of various materials. Her prints include handwriting portraits, woodcuts and installations like ''The Fine Art of Peeling Fruits'. Lately she has used plastic wrappings as material.
education
Art school of Pori 1985 - 1989
Master of Arts, University of Lapland 1995 - 2000
Lahti Institute of Fine Arts 2007 -
solo exhibitions
2009 Dialogue, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki, Finland (a duo with Jenni Tieaho)
2008 00130Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2008 Radadel Rändamas, Tamperemaja, Tartto Estonia
2008 Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland
2007 Studio Mältinranta Studio Tampere
2007 Gallery Konsta Porvoo Finland
2007 Wärjäämö Tampere, Finland
2006 New Work, gallery Babel,Trondheim Norway (with Tim+Frantiska Gilman)
2003 Gallery Katve in Rovaniemi, Lapland Finland
1999 Varkaus
1992 Järvenpäätalo
1991 K.H. Renlund’s Art museum Kokkola
1990 Emil Cedercreutz museum Harjavalta
1990 Poriginal-gallery, Pori
juried & international exhibitions
2009 Environmental Art in Vihti Finland
2009 Olohuone Art Festival in Turku Finland: Purposeful loitering at the Turku Airport
2008 The Artists' Association of Finland, 113th juried exhibition, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art in Vaasa Finland
2008 Annual exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, Mikkeli Art Museum
2008 House Games, Jyväskylä (invited)
2008- The Craft Museum of Finland, permanent exhibition
2008 70th Anniversary Exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, Voipaala Valkeakoski
2008 The Faces of Tampere, exhibition of The Tampere Artists' Association, Takahuhti Art Center
2008 Experimental Engraving Biennial, The Brancovan Palaces Cultural Center, Romania
2007 NYTE20/JUST NOW 20 Artist Association NYTE 20 years anniversary exhibition, Gallery
3h+k, Pori Finland (invited)
2007 "In the Moment", Turku Biennale, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Finland
2007 Minimi, Annual exhibition of Art Associations in Finland, Kokkola
2007 "One of one: Prints like no other" Spudnik Press Chicago IL, USA
2007 Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art Abruzzi Italy
2007 Lessedra 4th Miniprint annual exhibition, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
2006 Annual exhibition of Art Associations in Finland, Lahti
2005 Border Crossings, The Ink Shop Printmaking Center Ithaca New York USA
2005 Lessedra 4th Miniprint annual exhibition, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
2005 The International Mini-Print Biennial Cluj Romania
2005 Women in Contemporary Printmaking 15 artists from 15 countries Sofia Bulgaria
2005 International Opening Exhibition of the new Lessedra gallery
2004 Rowland Rees Gallery, Adelaide Hills Australia
2003 The International Mini-Print Biennial, National Museum of Art Cluj Romania
2003 International Print and Drawing Exhibition, 60th Anniversary of Silpakorn University, Thailand
2003 Biennale internationale de Gravure, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Liège, Belgium
2003 International triennial of graphic art, Bitola Macedonia
2003 Lessedra 4th Miniprint annual exhibition, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
2003 Uzice International Biennale, dry point, the City gallery of Uzice, Jugoslavia
2003 Man and fish, 4th International ex libris exhibition, Rijeka Croatia
2003 Akita Print People's Biannual exhibition, Akita Prefectural Art Museum Japan
2003 4th Kyoto Intl Woodprint Association exhibition, Kyoto museum, Japan
2002 Iowa Miniprint International, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa city
1999 3rd Kyoto Intl Woodprint Association exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
1997 Regional exhibition of Lapland, Aine Art museum in Tornio
1997 Annual exhibition of Arts associations in Finland, Hyvinkää Art museum
1991 Helsinki area exhibition Cable Factory Helsinki
1988 Turku Biennale, Wäinö Aaltonen’s museum
1988 Young artists’ exhibition, Hyvinkää art museum
1988 Turku and Pori area exhibition for young artists
1986 Pori Art School 20 years anniversary exhibition, Pori Art museum
articles and reviews on work
An article by Erkki Pirtola, in the Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum's catalogue 2007
affiliations
Finnish Painters' Union
Artists O (National union of Finnish artists making material based art)
Artist association of Tampere
Artist association Nyte, town of Pori
works in publications
"Lassos" together with David Howard’s poem published by
Papertiger (CDROM in October 2004)
Woodcuts in the literary magazine ”Pilgrimace” (Colorado) 2004
works in public collections
Finnish State Art Collections
The Craft Museum of Finland
EuroCulturArt Association, Romania
The Spencer Museum Of Art University Of Kansas KA, USA
Lessedra Collections, Sofia Bulgaria
The Australian Collection of the Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery NSW Australia
Kyoto International Woodprint Association
Silpakorn University, Thailand
Somero Town Finland