Jarmo Vellonen
B. 1958, Sääminki, Finland
Lives and works in Porvoo, Finland
Jarmo Vellonen
Isokalliontie 1
06500 Porvoo, Finland
Tel. +358 40 531 1840
e-mail: jarmo.vellonen@pp.inet.fi
www.jarmovellonen.fi
ART STUDIES
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2018 Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki; ARNDT ELÄÄ (Jarmo Vellonen, Epa Tamminen, Ilari Vanhatalo)
2014 Suomesta Gallery, Berlin (Vellonen, Hakola, Tamminen, Takamäki)
2012 Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki
2011 Koodoo Gallery, with Sari Vuorenpää, Kyoto, Japan
2009 Galleria Pinna, Savonlinna, Finland
INTERNATIONAL GROUPEXHIBITIONS, (SELECTED)
2017 Arteground Baltic, QQ/ Viljandi Art Festival, Estonia
2017 Arteground group, Reflecting Rothko, Rietumu Bank Art gallery, Riga, Latvia
2015 Kyoto Art Festival, Municipal Museum of Art, Annex, Kyoto, Japan
2015 Arteground Group, Stenhallen, Öland, Sweden
2014 FIDEM XXXIII Art Medal Congress, National Academy of Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 FIDEM XXXII Art Medal Congress, Glasgow, Scotland
2012 Die Zeit, Arteground Group, Gallery Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany
2012 The 26th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2011 Kyoto Art Festival 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
2011 Turppi Group; Exhange and Evolution, Worldvide video Long Beach
1974-1999 Long Beach Museum of Art, California, USA
2010 Gallery Kei-fu, Kyoto, Japan
2008 Punane (“Red” ), Exhibition of Porvoo Artists’ Association, Tartu Art Gallery, Estonia
2006 Magma Burning Stone, Es Cultura, Centro de Arte La Recova, Santa Crutz, Tenerife, Sala de Arte Caca Canarias, La Laguna, Teneriffe
2004 Scandinavian Stone Sculpture Symposium, Orsa, Sweden
2003 Elgen, Telemark Fylkesgallery, Norway
GROUPEXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND (SELECTED)
2016 Residents of the Porvoo Artists’ House, 1986-2016
2016 Tales from Frontiers, LUMO Light Festival, Oulu
2016 LUX Helsinki, Ateneum Art Museum, Frontiers; audiovisual work
2015 Tales from Frontiers, Media Facades Festival, Helsinki
2015 LINK, 10th anniversary exhibition of Porvoo Artists’ Association, Porvoo Art Factory
2014 Tree Spirit, Almintalo Gallery, Loviisa
2012 I Stand Behind This Work, Porvoo Artists’ Association, Porvoo Art Hall
2011 Maila Talvio Salon, Hartola
2010 Toiseuden kohtaaminen (Encountering Otherness) Rantakasarmi / The Jetty Barracks, Suomenlinna, Helsinki
2008 40th Anniversary Exhibition of Ars Nova Art Association, Mikkeli Art Museum
MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Finnish Sculptors
Guild of Metallic Art in Finland
KKV-B (Konsnärernas Kollektivverkstad) Bohuslän, Sweden
Art Association of Porvoo
Turppi Group
Magma Group (Scandinavian artists group)
Arteground Group
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2012 The 25th Kyoto Art Festival, International Kyoto Prefecture Prize, Kyoto, Japan
2011 The 26th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Broadcasting System Prize, Kyoto, Japan
2009 Engelinpuisto Art Competition, Special Prize, Porvoo, Finland
1989 International Stone Symposium, 2nd prize, Nanto, Italy
PUBLIC SCULPTURES AND OBJECTS (SELECTED)
2015 Bell Garden-Matsukaze, Tays Eye Centre
2011 Kukouri and Waves, Kotka Lyseo Globus
2010, 2017 Loviisa Peace Prize, Loviisa Peace Forum, Loviisa
2009 The Pillar of Knowledge, Albert Edelfelt School, Porvoo, Finland
1994 Babtismal font, Church of St. Lawrence, Vantaa, Finland
1989 350th anniversary medal of Savonlinna, Finland
1988 Three-piece basin at Villa Aikala (Finska läkaresällskapet), Helsinki
(previously at the “Koitto“ building, Helsinki, Finland)
COLLECTIONS ( SELECTED )
Finnish State Art Collections, Finland
Helsinki City Art Collection, Finland
Savonlinna City Art Collection, Finland
Mikkeli City Art Collection, Finland
Porvoo City Art Collection, Finland
Sandviken Municipal Art Collection, Sweden
Nanto Municipal Art Collection, Italy