Collaboration projects

	CURRICULUM VITAE Annu Wilenius Born 1974 in Helsinki, Finland EDUCATION 2007- Doctoral Student, University of Art and Design, Department for Art and Media, Pori, Finland. 2009 Master of Philosophy, with major in History of Ideas, University of Oulu, Finland. 2003 Bachelor of Philosophy, 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. 95-96 Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Department for Multimedia, Reykjavík, Iceland. SEMINARS/CONFERENCES 2010 Diversities in Aesthetics, 18th international Congress of Aesthetics, Beijing, China 2010 Environment, Aesthetics, and the Arts Conference, Lahti, Finland 2009 Along The Great Wall: Architecture and Identity in China and Mongolia, Vienna University of Technology 2008 Art of Research-Reasearch Narratives, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK 2008 Mieke Bal seminar, “Of the House I Grew Up in…”, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 2008 International Institute of Applied Aesthetics Summer School, “Green Moonscapes – Grass Lawns as Urban Aesthetic Value in Contemporary Reykjavík”, Lahti CURATORIAL PROJECTS 2010-2011 Bare House. Pori - Rotterdam - Ulaanbaatar, Pori Art museum / Pori Cotton Mill, Pori , Finalnd (2010) / Zanabazaar Fine Art Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia(2011) 2008 Art of Inhabitation: Modulations, in collaboration with Saara Hacklin, Pictura, Dordrecht,The Netherlands 2008 Stories of Artistic Practice in Mongolia, exhibition and discussion panel, HIAP Project Space, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland 2008 Mongolia: Perception and Utopia, group exhibition, in collaboration with Pirkko Siitari and Saara Hacklin, Kerava Art Museum, Rovanimei Art Museum, Finland and Pärnu Museum of New Art, Estonia 2006 Art of Inhabitation, Asuttautumisia rotterdamilaisittain, in collaboration with Tiina Mielonen and Saara Hacklin, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland. 2006 Locating Rotterdam, recidency presentations and discussion panel, HIAP Project Space, Cable Factory, 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 PUBLICATIONS 2010 PORI Artist-in-Residence First Five Years, Aalto University, Department of Art and Media Pori, editing and essay, Pori 2010 Bare House Project, Pori Art Museum / Aalto University, editing, forward & essay, Pori 2010 On Nomadic Urbanism and Other Oxymorons to Learn From, in LIBERTINE Magazine, Vienna 2008 Mongolia: Perception and Utopia, introduction, essay and editing, Kerava Art Museum publications, Helsinki 2006 Art of inhabitation, preface and editing, Studio 3005, Rotterdam 2005 Fir-tree Project: an Experiment in Public Vandalism, self-published, Helsinki SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 Galleri Sinne, The Raft, the River and the Plumtree, in collaboration with Oula Salokannel, Helsinki, Finland 2008 Galleria 3H+K, Green House, in collaboration with Tiina Mielonen, Pori, Finalnd 2007 Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Megapolis 2022,” Of the House I Grew Up in…”, Helsinki, Finland 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 2010 Pori Art Museum / Pori Cotton Mill, Bare House. Pori –Rotterdam-Ulaanbaatar, Pori 2009 Land Art / Art Camp 09, Xanadu Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia RAIR Foundation at Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherland Finland in Full Color, Verdens Kultur Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark Terminaali, Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää, SUOKISSA, One Day Art Fest, Suomenlinna, Finland 2008 Kerava Art Museum, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Pärnu Museum of New Art: Mongolia: Perception and Utopia, Kerava, Rovaniemi, Finland / Pärnu, Estonia HIAP Project Room, Stories of Artistic Practice in Mongolia, Helsinki, Finland Galleria 3H+K, Tiina Mielonen & Annu Wilenius: Green House, Pori, Finland 2007 Hot wind, UMA Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Portable Landscapes, Zanabazaar Fine Art Museum, 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, UK. WORKS IN COLLECTIONS Arts Council, Sweden Finnish Museum of Photography Finnish Art Society Arts Council, Finland + private collections RESIDENCIES 2009 SÍM, Artists’ Association of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland (1 month) 2009 Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2 months) 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) WORKSHOPS / COURSES (teaching) 2010 Migrant Meanings. A Seminar on Photography. Reposaari, Finland Mapping Intensities. Pori-Vilnius. Finland & Lithuania 2009 Against the Stream – Contesting the City in Art and Humanities / Politics of Landscape, University of Turku/ Aalto University, Dept. of Art and Media, Pori 2008 Tension Workshop – Majapaja, together with Ana Rewakowicz, Pori School of Art and Media, University of Art and Design, Finland 2008 Nature Conceptions and Science Fiction Workshop, Pori School of Art and Media, University of Art and Design, Finland 2008 Elementary Curating, together with Harri Laakso, Pori School of Art and Media, University of Art and Design, Finland 2008 Urban Places and Landscapes, Pori School of Art and Media, University of Art and Design, Finland OTHER WORKING EXPERIENCE 2009-2010 Lecturer in theory of visual culture (deputy), Aalto University, School of Art and Design 1999-2007 Guide, discussion guide, KIASMA Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland 2000-2002 Photography teacher, Medborgarskolan, Stockholm, Sweden 2000-2003 Personal assistant, City of Stockholm, Sweden 1994-1997 Gallery assistant, Photographic Gallery Finnfoto /Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland