Jari Silomäki

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Jari Silomäki (1971) lives and works in Helsinki, Finland


Education:

2001
University of Art and Design, Helsinki

1997-2001
Turku Polytechnic/Art Academy, Turku/Finland

1996-1997
The School of Photography, Muurla/Finland


Solo shows (selection):


2009
Alienation and other stories, Galleria Galica, Milan

2007
Mai Mano House, Budapest, Hungary

2006
Dorothee Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Lighthouse Poole, Uk
Oxfordshire artweeks, Oxford
Gallery Anhava, Helsinki

2005
Winchester Gallery, Winchester, UK
Finland Institute Gallery, Stockholm

2004
Gallery Esa Jaske / Project room, Sydney, Australia
Finnish Tango / White Box, New York (With Pekka Niskanen)
The Art Museum of Wäinö Aaltonen / Studio, Turku, Finland

2002
Espace Huit Novembre, Paris (with Janne Lehtinen)

2001
Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki


Group exhibitions (selection):

2011
Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku (Finland)

2010
Common things, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki
Artic Hysteria, DA2, Salamanca, Spain
Gallery Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
Artic Hysteria, Kuntsi, Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland
Al di là delle apparenze opache, Settimana Europea della Fotografia 2010 – curated by Gigliola Foschi
Arrivals and Departure, Fondo Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona – curated by Andrea Bruciati

2009
Five Variations on Transcending the Finiteness of Human Vision, Riga, Latvia
Fly me to the Moon, Moen 44, Denmark
Artic Hysteria, Kunsthalle, Helsinki
T.ERROR, Hungarian Cultural Center, New York
Politische ikonografie, Galerie Jette Rudolf, Berlin
Aletheia, Helsinki Photography Festival, Helsinki City Art Museum
Artic Hysteria, Museum of Contemporary Art-Ludwig Museum, Budapest

2008
Artic Hysteria, P.S.1, New York
Nordic Moods, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Skoven, Denmark
Rose Boreal Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris
Up Close and Personal, Tallinn, Estonia
Phenomena, Pori art museum, Pori, Finland
Ma liberaci dal male, Galleria San Fedele, Milan
Anttolanhovi, Mikkeli, Finland
European Museum of Peace, Burg Schlaining, Austria
THE SIGN OF FEAR Northern Photographic centre, Oulu, Finland

2007
African Photography Biennale, Bamaco, Mali
The Natural Of Evil, The Finnish Museum of Photography. Curated by Aura Seikkula.
Northern Photographic centre, Oulu, Finland

2006
Neue Galerie Studio, Graz, Austria
47th October Salon Belgrade, Belgrade
Metaphysics of Youth, Artenova- Fuoriuso, Pescara
Check-in Europe, European Patent Office, Munich

2005
Malmö Museer / Foto grafins rum, Malmö, Sweden (with Paolo Pellegrin)
To be continued, Helsinki Photography Festival, Kunsthalle Helsinki
Emotion pictures, Muhka, Antwerpen
Fractures of life, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary art, Helsinki
Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm

2004
Lumo 6. Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland
Biennale of Sydney 2004 on reason and emotion, MCA, Sydney
Presque des paysages, Gallerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Vague 2 Hommages et dimgression, Musee Malraux, Le Havre, France
Tough sister and single men, Art Moscow, Russian
Voids, Pads and Places Kunsthalle Lophem, Brugge, Belgium
Fotofinlandia 2004 Finalists, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Vasta maalattu, Le Triage, Paris
Fantastic realism, Tallinn, Estonia
Facing east, Arts Institute at Bournemouth

2003 – 04
3rd Ars Baltica Triennal of Photographic Art, Stadtgallerie Kiel, Germany
Mecklenburgisches Kunstlerhaus Schloss Plushow, Germany
Kunsthall Bergen / Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
Cotemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Latvia Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
Tallin Art Hall, Tallin, Estonia

2003
Quand la photo fait son cinema, Marseille, France
Galerie Nathalie Pariente Paris, France
Extra Strong Super Light, National Museum in Szczecin, Poland
Tomorrow’s News, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada

2002
Symptomania., Kunsthalle Lophem vzw, Loppem (Brugge)/Belgium
Off Skene, Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki

2001
Fotofinlandia 2000 Finalists, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland


Collections:

The Art Museum of Helsinki
The city of Tampere
Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary art, Finland Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo, Finland
The Art Museum of Wäinö Aaltonen, Turku, Finland
Jyväskylä Art Museum
Finnish government

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