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HANNA VIHRIÄLÄ

Hanna Vihriälä
Born 1974 in Oulainen, Finland.

Address: Pereentie 23, 33950 Pirkkala, Finland

tel: + 358 3 3684879

mob: + 358 400 337398

e-mail: hannasoo@hotmail.com

website: www.pirkkala.fi/hannasoo

STUDIES
1995-97 Liminka School of Art
1994-95 University of Lapland,department of art
1997-99 Kankaanpää Polytechnik,department of sculpture
1998 Student exchange Tallinn Art Academy,department of sculpture
1999-2000 Tallinn Art Academy department of sculpture
2000 Graduated from Tallinn Art Academy
2001- Academy of fine art Helsinki, Mfa studies continues
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001 Pirkkala Alasali, Pirkkala, Finland
2001 Gallery Brinkkala, Turku, Finland
2001 Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland
2002 Gallery Väinölä, Oulainen, Finland
2002 Upton Gallery, Buffalo, USA
2002 Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1996 University of Lappland, department of design, Rovaniemi
1998 Gallery Postelli, Kankaanpää
1999 Cast Iron Art exhibition, Szendentre, Hungary
2000 Graduation exhibition Roterman Soolaladu, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 Pirkanmaa triennial, Tampere, Finland
2000 Finish Art Assosiations, year exhibition, Joensuu, Finland
2001 Barents Sea Region young art exhibition, Rovaniemi, Finland
2001 The Finish Artists year exhibition, Jyväskylä, Finland
2002 Art2Heart, Stockholm, Sweden
2002 International Cast Iron Art, juried exhibition
2002 Johnsson Atelier, Grounsd for Sculpture, Trenton NJ U.S.A
2002 Kuvataidetta, Seinäjoki, Finland
PUBLIC SCULPTURES
1999 Vaala Noku cast iron sculpture, Hamar, Norway
1999 Ground Worm grass sculpture, Hammenhög, Sweden
1999 Corn Puffs cast iron, Szentendre, Hungary
2000 Stick cast iron, sculpture, Veszprem, Hungary
2001 Colisseum bronze, The Art of Anlyste, collection for young art, Helsinki, Finland
2001 South Wall cast iron, Pirkkala, Finland
2002 Gasel Girl bronze, Oulu, Finland
2002 Whirl cast iron, Oulainen, Finland
2002 Sirkku sugar, fiberglass, Oulainen, Finland
2002 Yellow Line bronze, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, USA
2002 Marking the Landscape bronze, Griffis Sculpture Park, Ellicotville, NY, USA
2002 Finland 1-3 plaster, chruch hall, Oulainen, Finland
PROJECTS AND WORKSHOPS
1995 Land Art workshop, Rovaniemi,Finland
1999 Blue Ice Art, Ice sculpture Championships, Pello, Finland
1999 Cast Iron symposium, Szentendre, Hungary
1999 Instructor in Cast iron workshop, Christiania, Copenhagen, Danmark (tog with V.Jaanisoo)
2000 Blue Ice Art, Ice sculpture Championships - 1st price abstract class team competition, Pello, Finland
2000 Cast Iron symposium, Veszprem, Hungary
2001 Blue Ice Art, Ice sculpture Championships -1st price abstract class couple competition, Pello, Finland, -2nd price abstract class team competition, Pello, Finland
2001 Karuizawa, Ice Sculpture Championships, Karuizawa, Japan -jurys special price
2001 Pirkkala international cast iron symposium, Pirkkala, Finland
2002 4th international cast iron art conference, Johnnson Atelier, Trenton, NJ, USA
2002 Griffis s Sculpture Symposium, Ellicotville, NY, USA
TEACHING
1996, 1997 Art teaching in the Korkalovaara elementary school Rovaniemi, Finland
  Courses:
1997 Land and Enviromental art with children, Oulainen, Finland
1998 Sculpting with children, Oulainen, Finland
1999 Cast Iron workshop, Kopenhagen, Danmark
2000- Sculpture courses at the Pirkkala art school, Finland
2001 Jicin 01, cast iron workshop, Czech Republic
2002 Buffalo State College, Visiting Artist
AWARDS
2001 Alli and Allan Salo Foundation scholarship
2001 Greta and William Lehtinen Assosiation award
2001 The Pirkanmaa Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation
2001 Annual Scholarship for Arts, granted by Arts Council of Pirkanmaa
MEMBERSHIPS
Member of Finnish Sculptors Association
Member of Tampere Artists Association, Finland