Kaija Kontulainen

(formerly Pekkarinen)

b. 1966 in Kälviä, Finland

Kumpulantie 4

68300 Kälviä, Finland

Phone +358-68350137

kaija.kontulainen@jippii.fi

Art studies

1991-93 The Nordic school of Art, Kokkola, Finland

The State Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland,

1993-99 Department of Sculpture

Study tours and travels

1993 Leningrad: to get acquainted with Russian art.

1995 Paris, Senegal and Mali: research of the use of clay in sculpture, ceramics and architecture.

1997 Russian Karelia: to get acquainted with the art of the region.

1997 London: to get acquainted with Asian and Egyptian art.

1998 Portugal: Sculptor assistant at the C.A.T.C.H exhibition in Centro de Arte, Tecnologia e Cultura in Lisbon

1999 Egypt: research of the Egyptian culture.  

1999 Denmark: Sculptor assistant at an exhibition at the Museum of Sophienholm in Lyngby, Copenhagen.

1999 Germany: Sculptor assistant at an exhibition in the Constanze Pressehaus in Berlin

2001 Denmark: Building the exhibition “Six from Finland” in Copenhagen

2001 Denmark: Sculptor assistant at the making of a relief in the Archaeological Museum of Jelling in Copenhagen.

2003 Finnish Lapland: participating in an international symposium of sculpture in Kakslautta, Saariselkä.  

2004 France: participating in an international symposium in Bressuire.

Solo exhibitions

1997 Final examination exhibition at the State Academy of Fine Arts in the Fredrik Square in Helsinki.

Group exhibitions

1993 The Art Museum of Kokkola, Finland

1996 The Art Centre of Voipaala, Finland  “Keramega”

1996 The Gallery of the State Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland  “Matkalla Moptiin” (“On the road to Mopti”)

1996 The Young Artists Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland

1999 The Art Museum of Saarijärvi2000Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland  “Veistoksia viisikolta” (”Sculptures of the five”)

2001 Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark ”Six from Finland”

2004 Toholampi, Finland    with Jevgeni Lebedev and Mart Vester.

2004 Bressuire, France

Art-related work

Assistant of the sculptor academic Kain Tapper, (including working in his studio and building exhibitions in Finland and abroad) 1998-2002.

Works in collections

The Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland

The Museum of Saarijärvi, Finland: the Mannila Foundation

The Art Museum of Salo, Finland

The sculpture collection of the Kakslautta Hotel, Saariselkä, Finland

Vantaa Energia OY, Finland

Public works

Brass horses in the yard of the Arabiaranta Comprehensive School, Helsinki, Finland. 2003

Wooden hen at the Falkulla domestic animal farm, Helsinki, Finland. 1999

Grants and awards

1997 Kesko

1997 The Aimo Tukianen Foundation

1998 The Fund of Alfred Kordelin

1999 The Finnish Culture Foundation, group grant

2001 The Finnish Culture Foundation

2003 grant from the City of Vantaa

2004 The Ostrobothnian Culture Foundation

Documentary

17.07.2003 Finnish TV2 “Kotimaa nyt”: a 15-minute program about the making of the brass horses for the Arabiaranta Comprehensive Schoo.