C.V.

JYRKI MARKKANEN

b. 1956, Jyväskylä, Finland
Lives and works in Jyväskylä

ART EDUCATION

Lahti Institute of Industrial Arts, Graphic Department 1976-79
Several courses at the Centre for Printmaking, Jyväskylä 1982-90

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä 1985, 1989, 1994, 2003
Mikkeli Art Museum 1987
Keuruu Art Museum 1987
Galleria Fotokram, Jyväskylä 1987, 1992
Gallery of Finnish Graphic Artists, Helsinki 1988, 1990
Galleria Pinacotheca, Jyväskylä 1988, 1990
Gallery of Ars Libera, Kuopio 1989
Oulu Art Museum 1990
Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä 1996, 2001
Galleria G, Helsinki 1997
Jyväskylä Art Museum 1998
Varkaus Art Museum 1999
Galleria Jangva, Helsinki 1999
University of Northumbria, Newecastle, UK 2000
Mikkeli Art Museum 2002
Galleria Harmaja, Oulu 2002
Jyväskylä Art Museum 2002
Victor Barsokevitsch Photography Centre, Kuopio 2004
Well-Well, Galleria ARX, Hämeenlinna 2004-5
FloBot, Lahden taidepanimo, with Riitta Uusitalo 2005
Kansalainen Kupla, Luovan valokuvauksen keskus, Jyväskylä 2005
FloBot, Galleria Kapriisi, Kuopio, with Riitta Uusitalo 2005
New(hu)man, Galleria Joella, Turku 2006
Kansalainen Kupla, Galleria Pihatto, Lappeenranta 2006
The new (hu)man, Galleria G, Helsinki 2007

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Annual Exhibition of the Artists' Association of Jyväskylä 1980-81, 1983-87, 1989, 1996, 1998, 1999
Annual Exhibition of Young Finnish Artists, Helsinki 1983-87, 1989, 1991
Regional Exhibition of Central Finland 1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Helsinki 1985, 1987, 1989-91, 1993, 1994
Photographs of Central Finland, Jyväskylä 1988, 1992
Galleria Okra, Vantaa 1988
Dundee and Dunfermline, Scotland 1988
Pro Graphica Mino, Lohja 1989, 1992
JT-galleria, Jyväskylä 1989
Mikkeli Art Museum 1991
Galerie Artica, Annecy, France 1991
Gallery of the Artists' Association of Jyväskylä 1991, 1995
Savonlinna Art Museum 1992
Osaka and Kyoto, Japan 1992
Hyvinkää Art Museum 1993
Acid - The Secret Life of Graphics, Helsinki City Art Museum 1993
Engramme, Quebec, Canada 1994
Ars Libera, Kuopio 1995
Galleria G, Helsinki 1997
Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä 1998
Galleria Jangva, Helsinki 1999
Heartscapes, Art from Central Finland, Kaapeli, Helsinki 1999
Voltti, Lönnström Art Museum and Rauma Art Museum 2001
Tondo Finlandese, Touring Exhibition of Finnish Art, Italy 2001
Nordic Postmodernism, Fayerwther Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA 2001
Mänttä Art Festival 2001
Finnish Printmaking, Touring Exhibition, Russia 2001-02
The 70 years Anniversary Exhibition of the Association of Finnish Graphic Artists, Taidehalli, Helsinki 2001
Voltti; Rauma Art Museum 2001, Jyväskylä Art Museum 2002, Oulu Art Museum 2002
The Finnish Photography Museum, Helsinki 2002, Mikkeli Art Museum 2002, Hyvinkää Art Museum 2003
Talviseminaari with Outi Peippo, Riitta Uusitalo and Annu Vertanen, The Museum of Central Finland 2008

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

The International Biennial of Graphic Art, Vaasa, Finland 1984
Graphica Creativa, Jyväskylä, Finland 1987, 1996
International Print Triennial, Cracow, Poland 1988, 1994
Graphic Artists in Europe, Grenoble, France 1989
Consumenta, Nuremberg, Germany 1989, 1995
Inter-Kontakt-Grafik, Prague, Czech Republic 1995
The International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1995
The Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Japan 1996, 1999, 2005
The PASS, International Exchange of the PASS Art, Osaka, Japan 1999
Lilla Europa, Biennale of Small Scale Painting and Printmaking, Sweden 2000, 2002
The East Meets the West, Debrecen, Hungary 2000
Miniprint, Lahti Art Museum 2001, 2004
International Print Biennial, Kaliningrad 2002
Nordic Prints, Korea 2003
Metaphorical House, exchange portfolio, University of Wyoming, USA 2003
3. Print Triennial, Holbaek, Denmark 2004
4th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Bulgaria 2005
The Intercontinental Small Graphic Biennial, Romania 2006
2nd International Triennale of Graphic Art, Oldenburg, Germany 2007

Several international poster exhibitions such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th International Poster Triennial in Toyama, Japan 1985-1994 and International Poster Biennial in Lahti, Finland 1979-1991

COLLECTIONS (Prints)

The Central Hospital of Central Finland, Renlund Art Museum, Kokkola, The State of Fin¬land, City of Jyväskylä, Rural Commune of Jyväskylä, City of Varkaus, City of Mikkeli, Kuopio Art Museum, The Culture Fund of Central Finland, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, The City Magazine, Oulu Art Museum, Wihuri Art Collection / Rovaniemi Art Museum, Kuopio Art Museum, Helsinki City Art Museum, National Museum, Cracow, Poland

COLLECTIONS (Posters)

Lahti Poster Museum, Finland, Muzeum plakatu w Wilanowic, Poland, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA, Musée de la publicité, Louvre, Paris, France

PRIZES

II Prize in Commercial Posters, International Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Poland 1980
Best Finnish Poster, International Poster Biennial, Lahti, Finland 1987 Diplome, International Print Biennial, Kaliningrad, Russia 2002
II Prize, Print Triennial, Holbaek, Denmark 2004