KIMMO SCHRODERUS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Sculptor
Born 1970 in Jyväskylä, Finland.
Lives and works in Nurmijärvi, Finland.
EDUCATION:
| 1989-90 | Orivesi Art School, Finland |
| 1991-95 | Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Department of Media Studies, B.F.A. degree |
| 1995-96 | Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sculpture Department |
| 1996-98 | Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, M.F.A. degree |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
| 2005 | Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
| 2004 | Ars Fennica Exhibition Tour
of Finland Hämeenlinna Art Museum Kouvola Art Museum Joensuu Art Museum Galleri 21, Malmö, Sweden |
| 2003 | Gallery Artina, Helsinki |
| 2002 | Gallery Skuggi, with Charlotta Mickelsson, Reykjavik |
| 2001 | Gallery 3,14, Bergen, Norway M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 1999 | Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki Finlandsinstitutet, Stockholm Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 1998 | Finnland-Institut in Berlin, with Markus Copper |
| 1997 | Borey Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1996 | Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Festival/Art goes Kapakka, Restaurant Kaapeli, Helsinki Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland Porvoo Art Hall, Finland |
| 1995 | Turku Art Museum, The Gallery, Turku, Finland Final examination exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki Fabriken Gallery, with Pia Lindman, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1994 | Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki |
| 1993 | Mältinranta Artcenter, with Riikka Puronen, Tampere,
Finland Galleria Wivi, Jyväskylä, Finland |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
| 2009 |
Horror Vacui, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, with Markus Copper and Jari Haanperä, Helsinki |
| 2008 | Taabor 08, sculpture exhibition, Nurmijärvi, Finland |
| 2007 | Kontra, finnish-norwegian
sculpture exhibition, Oslo Art Center Salmela, Mäntyharju, Finland |
| 2004 | Rauma Art Museum, Rauma,
Finland Purnu Art Center, Orivesi, Finland Myllyranta Art Center, Finland |
| 2003 | Palazzo Ducale, Genova,
Italy Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki High point, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, with Jukka Lehtinen and Tapani Kokko High point, Taidepanimo, with Jukka Lehtinen and Tapani Kokko, Lahti, Finland Purnu Art Center, Orivesi, Finland Housing Fair in Laukaa, Finland High point, Oulu Art Museum, with Jukka Lehtinen and Tapani Kokko, Finland |
| 2002 | Åland Art Museum, with Charlotta Mickelsson and Mikael Goralski, Finland |
| 2001 | World Trade Center,
Stockholm Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland Young Artists’ Exhibition, Art Hall, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2000 | International Sculpture Quadrennial, Art
Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland Pirkanpohja Art Centre, Ähtäri, Finland |
| 1999 | Artists’ Association exhibition, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland |
| 1997 | Mänttä Art Festival, Finland |
| 1996 | Young Artists’ Exhibition, Espoo,
Finland Galleria Harmaja, Oulu, Finland White European Male, Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki Maan kuva, Hanko, Finland ArtGenda 96, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1995 | Pyrri Art Center, Savonlinna, Finland Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 1994 | Artists’ Books - Bookartists, Kuopio
Art Museum, Finland Young Artists’ Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki |
PUBLIC WORKS:
| 2007 | “Foni”, City of Kauniainen, Finland |
| 2006 | "Surge", Jyväskylä university, Finland |
| 2005 | "What the Hell", Grupo Santander, Madrid |
| 2004 | "Vello", City of Kotka sculpture street, Finland |
| 2001-06 | "Kuru" Tallinnanaukio Square in Itäkeskus shopping centre. Helsinki City Art Museum |
PRIZES:
| 2007 | William Thuring-prize, Finnish Art Foundation |
| 2007 | Highway 6 art competition, Lappeenranta, Finland, first place |
| 2004 | Ars Fennica award |
| 2003 | Jyväskylä university sculpture competition, Committee for the Purchase of Works for the State Art Collection, first place |
| 1997 | Mänttä Art Festival, Finland |
COLLECTIONS:
| Malmö Art Museum, Sweden Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland Oulu Art Museum, Finland Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Finland Saastamoinen Foundation, Finland Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland Jyväskylä University, Finland World of Design Magazine, St Petersburg, Russia |
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
| 2009-2010 |
Sculpture "Dark Cloud" participating in Jorma Uotinen´s choreography "Black Water". Malmö Opera, Sweden. Kuopio City Theatre, Finland. |
| 2008 | Curator of the “Taabor 08” sculpture exhibition in Nurmijärvi, Finland |
| 2007 | Curator of the finnish-norwegian sculpture exhibition Kontra, Oslo |
| 2004-2007 | Association of Finnish
Sculptors Board, Vice President |
| 2004-2007 | Association of Finnish Sculptors, Member of exhibitions committee |
| 2004 | Jyväskylä Artists’ Association: member of exhibitions committee |
| 2003 | Curator of the VIII Mänttä Art Festival, Sculpting |
| 1994 | Rock video: "Sweetheart: Life among cannibals" |