TOPI RUOTSALAINEN – Curriculum Vitae

Born in Kuopio, Finland 20.11. 1979

Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland

Education

2006-2009 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Finnish Academy of Fine Arts

1998-2005 Master of Arts (MA), University of Art & Design, Helsinki

2001 Studio Art Centers Intemational (SACI), Florence

Memberships

Finnish Painters Union

Helsinki Artists Association

Kuvasto ry

Solo exhibitions

2010 Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World, Gallery Heino, Helsinki

2007 Insiders, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki

2006 GalleriAri, Mikkeli

2005 Looking for mango, Tower, Museum of Kuopio

2005 Big boys, small men, Galerie Oljemark, Helsinki

Group exhibitions

2011 Muotokuva, Köysiratagalleria, Turku

2011 Art Hamptons art fair, Bridgehampton, New York

2011 Haute couture, Honkahovi, Mänttä

2011 Market art fair, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden

2010 Fast Art @ Factory Superstars, Cable Factory, Helsinki

2010 Olotila OK! Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere

2010 Arabian Allstars / Night time, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki

2009 Young Artists 2009, Kunsthalle, Helsinki

2009 Home Today, Aine Artmuseum, Tornio

2009 Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju

2009 Taiteen kurssi, gallery Nefret, Turku

2008 Art Copenhagen, The Nordic Art Fair 2008, Forum, Copenhagen

2008 Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju

2008 Kuva’s spring show, Artmuseum Tennispalatsi, Helsinki

2008 New painting, Art Museum of Lahti

2008 New works, Gallery FaFa, Helsinki

2007 What’s on second?, Royal Academy Schools gallery, London

2007 Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju

2007 Selfportrait, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki

2007 Masters of the University, Gallery Fafa, Helsinki

2006 Art Centre Lovely, Heinola

2006 Trygve Lie Gallery, New York

2004 Media Centre Lume, Helsinki

2004,-05,-06 Peippola Art Summer, Elimäki

2003 AH-NE, Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu, Tallinn

2003 Lumen taju, Media Centre Lume, Helsinki

2002 Gallery Atski, Helsinki

2001 End af term undergraduate students show, SACI, Florence

2001,-02,-03,-04,-06 The Art of BasWare/The Art of Analyste, Media piazza of the Sanoma house / Cable factory (2001), Helsinki

2001 Annantalo, Helsinki

1997 Kraft der Bilder, neue Schloß, Stuttgart

Artistic activities

2010 Member of jury, Sammon tekijät – Finnish Government Prize

2010 Building a soccer wall, Wall painting, Somero

2009 Panelist, SuomiAreena, Pori

2002-2005 Guide, Finnish national gallery, Ateneum Art Museum

2000 Underpass painting projekt, Itkonniemi, Kuopio

1998- Substitute art teaching

1997 New York guidebook illustration, The Finnish Travel Association, Tammerpaino Oy

Grants

2011 North Savo regional fund

2011 Finnish Art Foundation

2011 Arts Council of Finland

2010 Arts Council of Uusimaa

2009 City of Helsinki

2009 Arts Council of Finland

2008 Veikkaus OY / Art Centre Salmela’s young artist of the year

Work in collections

Accretio Oy, Aine Fine Art Foundation, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Anttola Hovi, Datawell Oy, Helsingin yliopisto / Galleria Academica, Art Museum of Heinola, M.S.I Capital, City of Mäntyharju, Service union united PAM, Sara Hildén Art Museum, SOK, Art Centre Salmela, Varamiespalvelu, Woikoski Oy, Private collections