A N N U W I L E N I U S

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Annu-Johanna Wilenius
Born May 30th 1974 in Helsinki, Finland

EDUCATION

2007- DA Studies, University of Art and Design, Department for Art and Media, Pori, Finland.
2004- MA Studies, University of Oulu, Department for History of Ideas and Learning, Oulu, Finland.
2003 Bachelor of Arts Degree, with a Major in the History of Ideas, courses in History of Art and Architecture,
Gender and Curatorial Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
2000 Master of Arts Degree, University of Art and Design, with a Major in Photography, Helsinki, Finland.
1997 Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Art and Design, Department of Photography, Helsinki, Finland.
1995-96 Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Department for Multimedia, Reykjavík, Iceland.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Galleria Hidamari, “Nature Conceptions”, Kofu, Japan
2006
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, “Landscape Studies”, Helsinki, Finland
2005
Northern Photographic Centre, ”Fir-tree Project” Oulu, Finland.
Het Wilde Weten, "Fir-Tree Project", Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2004
Galleria Huuto, ”Landscape Projects”, Helsinki, Finland.
SÌM Gallery, ”Icelandic Reality”, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2001
Finnish Museum of Photography, ”Ambivalence”, Helsinki, Finland.
1999
The Esplanade Stage, ”Still Life”, Helsinki, Finland.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Megapolis 2020, Galleria Huuto/Vanha Ylioppilastalo, The House I grew Up In, Helsinki
UMA Gallery, Dolgor Ser-Od & Annu Wilenius, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Kanegawa no Mori, Yamanshi Nature Reserve Park, Yamanashi, Japan
Yamanashi Prefectual Art Museum, NowHere, Yamanashi, Japan
A-Box, Ressurection, Kobe, Japan

2006
Northern Photographic Centre, “What’s Up North”, Oulu, Finland.
Finnish Museum of Photography, “Disgustingly Delicious”, Helsinki, Finland.
Korjaamo, “Helsinki International”, Helsinki, Finland.
UMA Gallery, ”Perception and Utopia”, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia
Zanabazaar Museum of Fine Art, “Art Camp 2006”, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Salo Art Museum, “Green Art Trilogy”, Salo, Finland.
SÌM Gallery, “Images of the North”, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2005
UMA Gallery, ”Here is Not There”, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia
2004
Platform, ”CityMinds”, Vaasa, Finland.
2003
Galleria Huuto, ”Greetings”, Helsinki, Finland.
2002
ASÍ Listasafn, ”Hugmyndir um Frelsi”, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Mikkeli Photographic Centre, ”Humour in Finnish Photography”, Mikkeli, Finland.
2001
Profounders Galleria, ”Lightness&Distance”, Helsinki, Finland.
1999
Stockholm Art Fair, Gallery TAIK, Stockholm, Sweden.
1998
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Oxford University Press Gallery, ”Wilderness”, Oxford, United Kingdom.

EVENTS / EXHIBITIONS (initiative / organization)

2008 Mongolia-Perception and Utopia, group exhibition, in collaboration with Pirkko Siitari and Saara Hacklin, Kerava Art Museum, Finland.
2006 Art of Inhabitation, in collaboration with Tiina Mielonen and Saara Hacklin, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland.
2005 Here is Not There, group exhibition in collaboration with Saara Hacklin and Tiina Mielonen, Uma Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2005 Science Fiction Sens Morale Revisited, symposium, in collaboration with Susanne Kriemann, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Arts Council, Sweden
Finnish Museum of Photography
Finnish Art Society
Arts Council, Finland

PUBLICATIONS

2005 Fir-tree Project – an experiment in public vandalism, self-published, Helsinki
2006 Art of inhabitation, preface, Studio 3005, Rotterdam

RESIDENCIES

2007
Yamanashi International AIR, Yamanashi, Japan (2 months)
2006
This Neck of the Woods, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2 weeks)
2005
Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (4 months)
2004
Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (3 months)
SÍM, Artists’ Association of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland (1 month)
1998
Hafnarfjör∂ur Art Commune, Hafnarfjör∂ur, Iceland (3 months)

GRANTS
2007
Svenska kulturfonden
Arts Council Finland
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa
FRAME Fund Finland
2006
Svenska Kulturfonden
Konstsamfundet
2005
Svenska Kulturfonden
Alfred Kordelins fond
Arts Council of Uusimaa
2004
FRAME Fund Finland
Sleipnir
Svenska kulturfonden
Arts Council, Finland
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Konstsamfundet
2003
Finnish Art Society
2002
Sleipnir
2002
Kulturfonden Island-Finland
2001
Arts Council, Finland
2001
Finnish Cultural Foundation
1998
Kulturfonden Island-Finland
1998
Kulturfonden Finland-Danmark
1996
Kulturfonden Sverige-Norge