SARI TORVINEN
born in Lieksa, Finland, living in Turku, Finland
studies: -Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (1995, 1996)
...............-Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam (1989)
...............-Lahti Arts Institute, Lahti (1983-87)
Coming exhibitions:
2011-2012 Dialogue Cities, 2011 in Turku (Gallery Maaret Finnberg and city spaces),
2012 in Cologne (gallery and city spaces)
2010 Paketti, 50th anniversary exhibition of Arte artists´association, Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku
2009 W.A.N.K.-Tv productions, in Turku TV and city spaces
Solo Exhibitions (selection):
1998 Kesäikkuna, Galeria Pintura, Helsinki - 1998 Galleria Titanik, Turku
1997 Kootut Virheet, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu
1996 CHK, Vlissingen, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions (selection):
2008 Nothing Personal, 20th Anniversary Exhibition of Gallery Titanik, Turku
2007 Turku Artists Association´s 83rd Annual Exhibition, Gallery Just, Turku
2003 Tytöt-vastarinnatta, Peri Center of Photography, Turku (Mariehamn 2004)
2002 Väri ja valo, K.H. Renlund´s Art Museum, Kokkola
2000 Torvinen,Pussila, Mältinranta Art Centre, Tampere
1998 Rosolli, Finnish Artists´103rd Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum
1998 Videofestival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1997 Avonduren, SUB-K, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1997 Torvinen, Karhu, Järvinen, Forum-galleriet, Malmö, Sweden
1997 Farewell Welfare, W 139-gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997 A Big Enough Umbrella, Consortium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996 Malmö-Amsterdam, Gesellschaft fur Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany
1995 The Script, The 2nd Triennial of Finnish Photography, Helsinki Art Hall
born in Lieksa, Finland, living in Turku, Finland
studies: -Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (1995, 1996)
...............-Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam (1989)
...............-Lahti Arts Institute, Lahti (1983-87)
Coming exhibitions:
2011-2012 Dialogue Cities, 2011 in Turku (Gallery Maaret Finnberg and city spaces),
2012 in Cologne (gallery and city spaces)
2010 Paketti, 50th anniversary exhibition of Arte artists´association, Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku
2009 W.A.N.K.-Tv productions, in Turku TV and city spaces
Solo Exhibitions (selection):
1998 Kesäikkuna, Galeria Pintura, Helsinki - 1998 Galleria Titanik, Turku
1997 Kootut Virheet, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu
1996 CHK, Vlissingen, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions (selection):
2008 Nothing Personal, 20th Anniversary Exhibition of Gallery Titanik, Turku
2007 Turku Artists Association´s 83rd Annual Exhibition, Gallery Just, Turku
2003 Tytöt-vastarinnatta, Peri Center of Photography, Turku (Mariehamn 2004)
2002 Väri ja valo, K.H. Renlund´s Art Museum, Kokkola
2000 Torvinen,Pussila, Mältinranta Art Centre, Tampere
1998 Rosolli, Finnish Artists´103rd Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum
1998 Videofestival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1997 Avonduren, SUB-K, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1997 Torvinen, Karhu, Järvinen, Forum-galleriet, Malmö, Sweden
1997 Farewell Welfare, W 139-gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997 A Big Enough Umbrella, Consortium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996 Malmö-Amsterdam, Gesellschaft fur Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany
1995 The Script, The 2nd Triennial of Finnish Photography, Helsinki Art Hall
Turku
Dialogue Cities
My concept for the DIALOGUE CITIES-project:
I will work with young girls from Turku and Cologne and make together with them a video about their relation to the town where they live. I ask them to present the town to a girl of their age in the other partner city. Hereby I wish to open up discussion about the status of girls in city spaces and give a more real view to the cities than official tourist marketing would do.
The Bruegel Round: A man is walking rounds on the ice, it is snowing.
Video still image: The Bruegel Round, duration 02:20 loop, Sari Torvinen 2005
duration: 01:31 loop, Sari Torvinen 2009
4 Soundscapes: I shot winter landscapes by the highway and at the same time I re-
corded the noises of the road on the same spot. These hizzing, roaring and scratching
noises form tunes and they create an amusing little song behind the static scenes.
video still image: 4 Soundscapes , duration 01:30 loop, Sari Torvinen 2006