Esa Melametsä

b. 1957 in Ylivieska, Finland

Linnanleirintie 30 E
671 00 Kokkola, Finland
Phone: +358-68313771
melametsa@pp.kpnet.fi

Photo laboratory worker 1975-77
Litographer 1977-80
Newspaper photographer at the Keskipohjanmaa newspaper, Kokkola, Finland 1980-93
Superior photojournalist at the Keskipohjanmaa newspaper, Kokkola, Finland 1990-93
Free-lance photographer 1993-

Picture editor of the book “Pohjanlahden ja Suomenselkän kansaa”, Keski-Pohjanmaan historia, 1997. Writer: Pentti Virrankoski
Picture editor of the book “Aattteen airueesta viestintätaloksi”, 2000. Writer: Pentti Pulakka
Picture editor of the book “Ykspihlaja”, 2004. Writer: Outi Airola

Solo exhibitions
The Hall of the City Theatre of Kokkola 1987
“Show”, a one-day exhibition about my friends, the Kokkola Working-men´s Club 2001
“Taakka” (“Burden”), The K.H.Renlund Art Museum, Kokkola 2004

Joint exhibitions
Joint exhibitions of photographic societies 1972-75
Exhibitions for the Photo of the Year 1980-92
“Rokkikuvia” (“Rock Photos”) with Markku Jokela and Clas-Olav Slotte, Kokkola, Finland 1985
”Matkalla” (“Abroad”) with Clas-Olav Slotte, Kokkola, Helsinki, Jyväskylä,Finland and Tallin, Tartu, Estonia 1988
“Tulen pisaroita” (”Drops of fire”), cross-over art happening with Kari Ilmonen, Clas-Olav Slotte, Ari Auvinen, Kokkola, Finland 1989
The Photographers of Pohjola, Vaasa, Finland 1991
The Photographic Art Society of Jyväskylä jubilee exhibition, Jyväskylä, Finland 1999
The Photographers of Pohjola, Lapua, Finland 2000

Grants
The Ostrobothnian Culture Foundation 1988
The Art Commission of the Vaasa Province 1989
The Ostrobothnian Culture Foundation 1990
The Keskipohjanmaa Fund 1997
The Art Commission of Ostrobothnia 2002
The Ostrobothnian Culture Foundation 2003

Publications
“Matkalla” (“On the road”), Karjalainen, Lehojärvi, Melametsä, Neunstedt, Pajala, Slotte, the Keskipohjanmaa Fund, 1997

Member of the Finnish Newspaper Photographers Organisation since 1980
Member of the Finnish Journalist Association since 1980
Member of the board of the Ostrobothnian Photography Centre since 2003