Curriculum vitae

Sari Torvinen

Based in Turku, Finland

 

Art Studies:

1995, 1996 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Postgraduate Research Fellowship

1988-89 Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1983-87 Lahti Art Institute, Finland

 

To come:

2023 August, Susana Nevado & Sari Torvinen, Drawing Gallery, Cable Factory Cultural Centre, Helsinki Finland

2023 Autumn, Susana Nevado & Sari Torvinen, Finnish Agricultural Museum Sarka, Loimaa Finland

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2010 Talviurheilua, Galleria Å, Turku, Finland

1998 Kesäikkuna, Galeria Pintura, Helsinki, Finland

1998 Galleria Titanik, Turku, Finland

1997 Kootut Virheet, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland

1996 CHK, Vlissingen, The Netherlands

1992 Feed the Butterfly, Galleria Rannan Matala, Oulu, Finland

1991 1h+k-galleria, Pori, Finland

1991 Innocence Will Survive, Gallery Dzialan, Warsaw, Poland

 

Group Exhibitions (selection):

2022 Oleskelua epävarmuudessa, Nevado & Torvinen, Galleria Uusi Kipinä/Kirnu, Lahti Finland

2021 esine-olento-asia, Nevado, Merimaa & Torvinen, Lieto Old Castle Arhaeological Museum, Lieto Finland

2020 Ruokaturva, Nevado & Torvinen, Gallery Muuntotila, Tampere, Finland

2019 Ruokaturva, Nevado & Torvinen, Köysiratagalleria, Kukkakauppa Pasadena, Turun Pääkirjasto, Finland

2015 Valtio+, Kakola, Turku, Finland

2013 Meren aalto, Archipelago Center Korpoström, Korpoström, Finland

2011 Hej hylje! –project, Turku, Finland

2012 Dialogue Cities, Exhibition Space of City Hall, Cologne, Germany

2011 Dialogue Cities, Gallery Maaret Finnberg, Turku, Finland

2010 Paketti, 50th anniversary exhibition of Arte, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland

2009 W.A.N.K.-Tv productions, in Turku TV and city spaces in Turku, Finland

2008 Nothing Personal, 20th Anniversary Exhibition of Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland

2007 Turku Artists Association´s 83rd Annual Exhibition, Gallery Just, Turku, Finland

2007 Save the North Pole, Köysirata Gallery, Turku, Finland

2006 Maa, meri ja metsä, Köysirata Gallery, Turku, Finland

2003 2004 Tytöt -vastarinnatta, Peri Center of Photography, Turku and Kakelhallen Mariehamn, Finland

2002 Väri ja valo, K.H. Renlund´s Art Museum, Kokkola, Finland

2000 Torvinen, Pussila, Mältinranta Art Centre, Tampere, Finland

1999 Halu katsoa (Adamsson, Torvinen), Köysirata Gallery, Turku, Finland

1998 Rosolli, Finnish Artists´103rd Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum, Finland

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

1994, 1995 Art in a Suitcase, Oulu-Luleå-Vilnius, Finland-Sweden-Lithuania

1994 Naisart, Galleria Harmaja, The 100 Years Anniversary Exhibition of the Finnish Artists’ Association, Oulu, Finland

1994 Turku Artists Association’s 70th Anniversary Exhibition, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland

1994 Torvinen, Järvinen, Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

 

Works in the Collections of:

City of Lieksa

City of Joensuu

City of Kokkola

K.H. Renlund Museum

Oulu Art Museum

 

Public Art:

 What Makes Me Happy? Turku International School, Finland

 

Grants (selection):

2012 Finnish Arts Council

2010, 2000 Regional Arts Council

1997 Paulo Foundation

1995 Finnish Cultural Foundation

 

Awards:

1991 Fine Arts Award of the City of Oulu

 

Memberships:

Muu Association of Artists

Turku Artists’ Association

 

Residencies:

July 2013, Kökar Art Residency, Finland

June 2009, Saaren Kartano residency, Mietoinen, Finland

May 1990, Circolo Scandinavo Per Artisti e Scienziati, Rome, Italy

 

Lecturing & Project Coordination:

2019-21 Coordinator of Utopia? Project of Finnish Cultural Fund, University of Turku, and Turku University of Applied Sciences https://blogit.utu.fi/utopiaako/

2015-18 Artistic Director of the international situation specific participatory art project In Public, In Particular. The project was coordinated by Turku University of Applied Sciences and co-financed by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union. http://ipip-project.eu/

1999-2020 part time lecturer, tutor, project manager of public art/situation specific art/environmental art projects and coordinator of five specialization study courses*) at The Fine Arts Degree Program at the Arts Academy of Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS).  

2012 Coordinating the situation specific art project Fluxations for Turku Artists’ Association.

*) e.g., Art in Public Spaces 2010 and 2011, Situation Specific Art 2011