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Annu Vertanen ______CV September 2011<br />
<strong>Education</strong><br />
Kankaanpää Art School 1983, Lahti Polytechnic 2000, Uiah, Helsinki 2005-<br />
Recent one and two person exhibitions<br />
2011 Gallery Orton, Helsinki<br />
2010 Hengittävä Kosketus (Breathing Touch), City Art Gallery, Helsinki<br />
2009 The Day of Absence, Gallery Academia, Belgrade, Serbia<br />
2008 The Indeterminate Edge with Karen Kunc, Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville, USA<br />
2008 Blind Spot, Gallery Harmonia, Jyvaskyla, Finland<br />
2008 Blind Spot, Gallery Aarni, WeeGee, Espoo, Finland<br />
Annu Vertanen, Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland<br />
2005<br />
2005 Annu Vertanen, Gallery Tarusto, Savonlinna, Finland<br />
2004 Wallpaper Experiences, Art Gallery Husa, Tampere, Finland<br />
2004 Annu Vertanen and Johanna Pihlajamaa, Gallery Harmaja, Oulu, Finland<br />
2003 Annu Vertanen, Galleria Joella, Turku, Finland<br />
2002 Project My House, Art Center Retretti/Himmelblau, Finland<br />
2002 Annu Vertanen: Woodcut prints, Frans Macereel Centrum, Belgium<br />
2001 It is not the rose, Varkaus Art Museum, Finland<br />
2000 Index, Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland<br />
2000 Flower Power, Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland (with Riitta Uusitalo)<br />
2000<br />
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Woodcuts from serie My House, Dansøgade 4 Udstillning, Bövlingbjerg, Denmark<br />
Selected group exhibitions<br />
2011 Silent Watch: Contemporary Prints from Finland, IPCNY, New York, Usa<br />
2011 Prints in Himmelblau/Retretti, Punkaharja, Finland<br />
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2010 Japanese Wave – New Shores Paul Furneux, Annu Vertanen, Fusako Yoshikawa, Northern print Gallery,<br />
Newcastle upon Tyne, England (invitation)<br />
2010 Hot Plate, PhoenixBrighton Gallery, England (invitation)<br />
2010 Kantri & Urbaani, Gallery Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland<br />
2009 Eight Journeys on Paper, Galleria Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland (invitation)<br />
2009 The Masters of Graphic Art, Drawing and Graphic Biennial, Györ, Hungary (invitation)<br />
Novosibirsk Biennial, Russia (invitation)<br />
2009<br />
2009 New World, collaborative print project, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland<br />
2009 Belgrade Encounters, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland<br />
2009 Between Substance and Memory, (Tompuri, Vertanen, Weckman) Kuopio Art Museum<br />
2008-09 Nahes Ufer Fernes Ufer, Kunstlerforum, Bonn, Saksa (curated by Ritva Röminger)<br />
2008 Edmonton Print 2008, Edmonton, Canada (invitation)<br />
2008 icon@brave, Gallery Manes, Praque, Czech Republic (curated by Mika Karhu)<br />
2008 Winter Seminar, Art Hall, Jyvaskyla, Finland
3x2 Vertanen Dolven Ahonen Hoy Heilimo Ruta,South Carelian Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland<br />
2006<br />
Elämän värit – Els colors de la vida, Centro Cultural la Mercè. Girona. Spain (curated by Heli<br />
2007<br />
Kaukiainen))<br />
2007 Five Rooms, Helsinki Art Hall<br />
2007 Space! Imatra and Kouvola Art Museums<br />
2006 Contemporary Finnish Woodcuts, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, USA<br />
2006 Mirror of the Wood, Salo Art Museum, Finland (curated by Karen Kunck)<br />
2006 Decades of Print, Lahti Art Brewery, Finland<br />
2005 Anthologie der Kunst, ZKM-Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany<br />
2005 The Land of Wandering, Exquisite History Volume One, The Off Grounds Gallery, Charlottesville,<br />
Virginia, USA<br />
2005 The Masters of Graphic Arts, VIII INT. Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Art, Györ, Hungary (invitation)<br />
2005 Mirror of the Wood, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington, Carleton College Art Gallery,<br />
Nortfield, Minnesota,<br />
Finnish- American Heritage Center Gallery, Hancock, Minnesota, Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of<br />
Wisconsin and Emily David Gallery, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Ohio, USA (curated by<br />
Karen Kunck)<br />
2005 Graphica Creativa’05, Jyväskylä, Finland<br />
2005 The 26th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia (curated by Breda Skrjanec)<br />
2005 Ecumenicalism of Arts, Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland<br />
2005 Woodcut and Linocut in Finland, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland<br />
2005 Novosibirsk Biennial, Russia (invitation)<br />
2004 Seoul_Space, International biennial, Seoul, Korea<br />
2004 Laureat Exhibition, The Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague, Czech Republic<br />
2004 Mirror of the Wood, A Century of Woodcut Print in Finland, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of<br />
Lincoln, USA (curated by Karen Kunck)<br />
2004 Anthology of Art, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berliini and ZKM, Karlsruhe<br />
2004 Artist in a Picture, Kiasma, Helsinki<br />
2004 International Flavors, Mason Gross Galeries, Rutgers Center of Innovative Print and Paper, New<br />
Brunswic, USA (curated by Lynne Allen)<br />
2004 Delight of Woodcuts, Inari Krohn, Tuukka Peltonen, Johanna Pihlajamaa, Annu Vertanen, Gallery<br />
Allinna, Riihimäki, Finland<br />
2003 Sensory Experience, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and 214 DeWATERS<br />
ART CENTER, Flint, Michigan, USA (curated by Karen Kunck, travelling)<br />
2003 Postspace, Oulu Art Museum, Finland (curated by Mika Karhu)<br />
2003 Novosibirsk Biennial, Russia (invitation)<br />
2003 The Masters of Graphic Arts, VII Int. Biennial of Drawing and Graphics, Györ, Hungary (invitation)<br />
2003 Nature and Human Nature, Purnu exhibition, Orivesi, Finland (curated by Hannu Castren)<br />
2002 New Definitions in Printmaking, University of Wyoming Art Museum, USA (curated by Dean Dass)<br />
2001 The Fluttering Ways, Inter Kontakt Grafik, Prague, Czech Republic (invitation)<br />
2001 Europrint, Falutriennialen, Falun, Sweden (invitation)<br />
2001 Mutating Image, Tallinn Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia<br />
2001 Top 7, South Carelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland<br />
2001 Nature and Human Nature, Art Week Mänttä, Finland (curated by Hannu Castren)<br />
2001 The Masters of Graphic Arts, VI Int. Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Györ, Hungary (invitation)<br />
2001 Salon Internacional, Biennial de San Juan, Puerto Rico<br />
2001 Graphica Borea, Prints in Finland 1895-2001, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland<br />
2000 Kaliningrad Biennial of the Baltic Sea Countries, Russia (curated by Melec Mazici)
2000 Bridge to the Future, Kracov Triennial, Poland<br />
Collections<br />
In Finland<br />
The Finnish State Collection; The Museum of Contemporary Art (Kiasma)Helsinki; The Parliament Collection;<br />
The Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä; Helsinki City Art Museum; Wihuri Corporation at Rovaniemi Art Museum;<br />
Lahti Art Museum; Kuopio Art Museum; South Carelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta; Imatra Art Museum; Oulu<br />
Art Museum; Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art; EMMA Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Municipalities of<br />
Kotka, Kuusankoski, Parikkala and Valkeala<br />
Abroad<br />
Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå, Sweden; University of Alberta Museum, Canada; Albertina Museum,<br />
Wienna; Bayly Art Museum, Charlottesville, USA; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-<br />
Lincoln, USA;Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden; National Museum in Gdansk Poland; National Museum in<br />
Banska Bystrica Slovakia; International Center of Graphic Arts Ljubljana, Slovenia; Prague National Gallery<br />
The Czech Republic; Århus Kunstforening af 1984 Denmark; Landstinget Gävle, Sweden; Skellefteå<br />
Kommun, Sweden; Örebro Landsting, Sweden;Statens konstråd, Sweden; The Municipal Museum of Art, Györ,<br />
Hungary; Vesterås konstmuseum, Sweden; Landstinget Karlstad, Sweden; Elfa Ab, Sweden<br />
private and corporate collections in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Italy, USA and Japan<br />
Awards, prizes<br />
The Masters of Graphic Art, Drawing and Graphic Biennial, Györ, Hungary 2009 Honorary Mention<br />
Prize of the Hungarian Graphic Artists' Society and of the Foundation for Hungarian Graphic Art, Györ,<br />
Hungary 2003<br />
Inter Kontakt Grafik, Prague, Czech Republic 2001, II prize<br />
Kaliningrad Biennale of the Baltic Sea Countries 2000, Russia, prize<br />
ELFA Grant, Grafikens Hus, Sweden 1999<br />
Stina Krooks Stiftelse, Finland, 1997, award<br />
Intergrafia’97, Katowice, Poland, prize<br />
Sasakawa Foudation 1996, award<br />
Anita Snellmann Foundation 1996, award<br />
Award from the Anna Nordlander Museum, Sweden 1995<br />
Kracov Triennale, 1994 Poland, prize<br />
12th International Woodcut Triennal, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, Grand Prize<br />
Intergrafia’ 91, Katowice, Poland, Grand Prize<br />
Nordisk kunst ‘91, Århus, Denmark, II prize<br />
Sapporo Biennale, 1991 Japan purchase prize<br />
Professional activities<br />
Curator for ”Traces, Imprints and Tales – Japanese contemporary art draws from tradition”<br />
together with Jan Kaila for Kerava Art Museum, Kerava and Galleries G and Hippolyte, Helsinki,<br />
organised by Finnish Artists Association, 2002<br />
Curator for Afloat and Underwater exhibition, Lappeenranta , Finland 2008<br />
Curatot for Mänttä Art Week exhibition Terrific Delight (Kauhea Ilo), Mänttä, Finland 2010
Presentation in MAPC printmaking conference, University of Wyoming 2002<br />
Presentation in Digital Surface Conference at Tate Britain 27th–28th June 2003:<br />
“Annu Vertanen: Vision Beata; space between visible and invisible”