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Exhibitions 2002 - 1975

Graphica Creativa '02
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Jyväskylä Art Museum
14.6. - 1.9.2002
Graphica Creativa '02

15 Finnish artists were invited and asked to start a chain of four printmakers by inviting another interesting European artist. 60 artists from 25 countries (Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey) took part in the exhibition.

Graphica Creativa '99
'99 - Print Inside
Jyväskylä Art Museum
5.8. - 17.10.1999
Graphica Creativa '99

8 artists from 7 countries (Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Poland, Sweden and USA) were chosen out of 40 artists, which where recommended by international experts. The idea of the exhibition was to introduce artists, who seek new dimensions in printmaking.

Graphica Creativa '96
Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland
9.6. - 1.9.1996
Graphica Creativa '96

Open international print exhibition 423 artists from 53 countries send their applications out of which 55 artists from 23 countries were selected for the exhibition (Australia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Russia, South-Africa, Sweden, USA and Zimbabwe)

Graphica Creativa '93
'93 - Friends in Printing, Prints Outside Europe
Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland
30.10.1993. - 2.1.1994
Graphica Creativa '93

One artists from each country was invited to the exhibition and asked to suggest 3-5 of his/her fellow printmakers. The final selections were made by the exhibition committee. 66 artists from 15 countries (Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, India, Cuba, Mozambique, Peru, Puerto Rico, South-Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Zambia and Zimbabwe)

Graphica Creativa '90
Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland
15.9. - 18.11.1990
Graphica Creativa '90

Open print competion for artists living in the Nordic countries. 200 artists sent their applications, out of which 40 artists from 5 countries (Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Swede) were accepted.

International invitational exhibition. 31 artist from 15 countries (Argentina, Canada, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and USA)

Graphica Creativa '87
87 - Graphic Workshops and Print Publishers
Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland
23.6. - 23.81987
Graphica Creativa '87

Eleven graphic workshops and publishers from Estonia, Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and USA were invited to present their artists in the exhibition 80 artists from 12 countries (China, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and USA)

Graphica Creativa '84
'84 - 10 years Anniversary Exhibition
Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland
26.6. - 26.8.1984
Graphica Creativa '84

The organizers invited the Finnish printmaker Pentti Kaskipuro to choose four of his international colleagues to the exhibition. Each of them (Pierre Alechinsky, Jiri Anderle, Jim Dine, Pentti Kaskipuro and Kunito Nagaoka) were given the chance to invite the rest of the participants. 38 artists from 12 countries (Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, USA and Yugoslavia)

Graphica Creativa '81
Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland
23.6. - 30.81981
Graphica Creativa '81

Invitational exhibition 62 artists from 21 countries (Canada, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, DDR, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Namibia, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Sweden, USA and Yugoslavia)

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Graphica Creativa '78
Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland
27.6. - 3.9.1978
Graphica Creativa '78

The Finnish artists were selected by a jury and the international artists were chosen by the representatives of the 20 invited countries. 88 artists from 21 countries (Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Denmark, DDR, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Soviet Union, Sweden and Uruguay)

Graphica Creatica '75
Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland
24.6. - 10.81975
Graphica Creativa '75

The Finnish artists were selected by a jury and the international artists were chosen by the representatives of the 13 invited countries. 139 artists from 14 countries (Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, USA and Yugoslavia)

Summary 1975-2002

627 artists from 61 countries (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, DDR, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, South-Africa, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, USA, Yugoslavia, Zambia and Zimbabwe)

all artists in alphabetical order




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