Marko Lampisuo
Born on 8th April 1970 in Turku, Finland
Lives and works in Tampere, Finland
2024
Art Realm; Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna
2023
Solo exhibition:
Camouflage landscapes; Corridor gallery, Culture House Laikku, Tampere
Collective and group exhibitions:
The Founders; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Freedom, Group exhibition of Tampere Artists Association; Valve Gallery, Oulu
Happenings and screenings:
A House full of Art; Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere
2022
Collective and group exhibitions:
The forest in us; Mikkolan aitta, Luopioinen
Exploring the Weird – Media Art for Children; Annantalo, Helsinki
Nemus – Forest; curator Veikko Halmetoja, Glasshouse Helsinki, Helsinki
Happenings and screenings:
Art bazaar for Ukraine, Finlayson Area, Tampere
A House full of Art; Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere
2021
Collective and group exhibitions:
Moving The Horizon / Manifesta 13; Photographic Center, Marseille, France
Happenings and screenings:
VIDS21; New Media Art Event, Lappeenranta Fortress, Lappeenranta
Summer in Finland… and Other Seasons; Tays, Pitkäniemi Hospital, Tampere
2020
Solo exhibition:
Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere
Collective and group exhibitions:
As See on Television; curator Tytti Rantanen, The Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki
Gallery Himmelblau 30th anniversary exhibition; Finlayson Art Area, Tampere
Happenings and screenings:
Nordic Glory Festival, Jyväskylä
Subordinated Reality / Videokanava; VBKÖ, Vienna, Austria
Subordinated Reality / Videokanava; UG-Fest, Contemporary Art Centre Pispala, Tampere
2019
Collective and group exhibitions:
The Budding Centenarian, Jubilee exhibition of the Tampere Artists’ Association; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
Moving The Horizon; French institute, Rabat, Marocco
Moving The Horizon; French institute, Helsinki
Moving The Horizon; Zoëme Gallery, Dos Mares Gallery, Marseille, France
Tos o! Valtavan virran varrelta; curator Marketta Haila, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
Happenings and screenings:
National Landscape; Forum Box, Mediabox, Helsinki
Moving The Horizon; collaborative project, Helsinki, Marseille, Rabat
2018
Solo exhibition:
National Landscapes; Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere
2017
Solo exhibition:
Summer in Finland… and Other Seasons; P-gallery, Pori
Collective and group exhibitions:
SUMMER, Mänttä Art Festival; curator Pirjetta Brander, Mänttä
Planet Solitude; Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
Finnish artists and their landscape; curator Jutta Mannes, Neue Galerie, Dachau, Germany
Rajataide 20 years, Celebration exhibition; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Korkeemman kaiun saa; curators Marjo Heino & Janne Koski, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
Cityscapes of Pori; curator Anna Halls, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
Happenings and screenings:
Poetry for flute Concert; Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
The Gallery of Light, Tampere Festival of Light; Tampere
2016
Solo exhibition:
A Sort of Garden; Kangasala Arts Centre, Kangasala
Collective and group exhibitions:
Painting of the Mind; curator Paula Hyvönen, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli
My Little Pori; P-Gallery, Pori
Crossings, Ahvaland Summer Show; Lemland, Åland
Happenings and screenings:
Poetry for flute Concert; Pori Art Museum, Pori
2015
Solo exhibition:
The End of Landscape; Showroom Berliini, Germany
Collective and group exhibitions:
Luonnottomuus / Anne Tamminen & Marko Lampisuo; Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo
P:n kesä; curator Jari-Pekka Vanhala, P-Gallery, Pori
Happenings and screenings:
Twists and Turns, Finnish video art; Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu
Live Video Art Concert; Showroom Berliini, Germany
2014
Solo exhibition:
Gallery SEINÄ, Helsinki
Collective and group exhibitions:
On the Blue planet; curator Marketta Haila, The Obesrvatory and the water storage at Vartiovuori, Turku
PIECES Annual Exhibition of Pori Society of Artists; curators Irmina Dubaniowska & Tiina Lamminen, Gallery 8+, Warsaw, Poland
ALUE Contemporary art from the Satakunta province; curators Taru Anttila & Jenny Nybom, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
Love; curator Antti Keitilä, Tuusula Art Museum, curator Antti Keitilä, Tuusula
Yhtä Juhlaa!; curator Marketta Haila, The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, Tampere
Himmelblaun Summer Salon; Galleria Angelo, Pori
Parade; P-Gallery, Pori
Saskiat, supporting artists; P-Gallery, Pori
Happenings and screenings:
Porin Juhlaviikot; Gallery 3H+K, Pori
Finsk videokunst; Kulturnatta, Sandviken, Sverige
Faces of Wisdom film festival, Helsinki
2013
Solo exhibition:
The End of Landscape; Lönnström Art Museum, Studio, Rauma
Collective and group exhibitions:
City of Dreams, Mänttä Art Festival; curator Jyrki Siukonen, Mänttä
Art Fair Suomi 2013; Cable Factory, Helsinki
J.Havimäki, T.Kivinen, J.Mattila, M.Lampisuo, M.Äkkijyrkkä; Auran Galleria, Turku
Gallery Himmelblau; Pori
Annual Exhibition of Pori Society of Artists; curator Eeva-Kaisa Haikonen, Kankaanpää Museum, Niinisalo
Happenings and screenings:
Split Film Festival; Split, Croatia
The 20th Oulu Music Video Festival; Oulu
Tampere Film Festival, Crocodile Tears – Glamour Through the Eyes of Media Art; curator Saara Hacklin, Tampere
2012
Solo exhibition:
The End of Landscape as part of Net Gain! series; curator Pia Hovi-Assad, Pori Art Museum, MEDIApoint, Pori
Collective and group exhibitions:
Ilon ja Valon Myyntinäyttely; Gallery Ilo, Pori
BLOMart Turku 2012; Turku Fair and Congress Center, Turku
Happenings and screenings:
Vitus Club; Kahvila Kauppayhtiö, Rovaniemi
Recipes for survival, workshop; Monitaideyhdistys Piste, Rovaniemi
Future Ghosts; Forum Box, Mediabox, Helsinki
Loose Candy, Screening; Kiasma, Helsinki
ArtWiki.org, 7th Berlin Biennale; KW Institute, Berlin, Germany
Nordic Glory Festival, Film competition; Jyväskylä
2011
Collective and group exhibitions:
Spiral; curator Krister Gråhn, Culture Center Crusell, Liljelund Hall, Uusikaupunki
Forest; Serlachius Museum Gösta, Mänttä
Happenings and screenings:
3rd Off and Free International Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Snow Angels concert (video projection); Rakastajat Theatre, Pori
Schools for Africa with Art cows; Mekani, Pori
Tampere Art Fair 2011; Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre, Tampere
Kino Kaiku, Malmitalo, Helsinki
2010
Solo exhibitions:
A Sort of Garden; Huuto Gallery, Uudenmaankatu, Helsinki
A Sort of Garden; The Renovation Center Toivo, Korsman House, Pori
Collective and group exhibitions:
One thousand seven hundred and sixty-three; MUU studio, Helsinki
Art Fair Suomi 2010, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Still life; Portrait´S Gallery, Pori
Kind of Connections; curator Laura Köönikkä, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere
Happenings and screenings:
Private view Berlin, Artillerie, Berlin
Kino Kaiku, Malmitalo, Helsinki
Cross-Spectrum; Embassy of Finland, Washington DC, United States
Supermarket ; Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Tampere Film Festival, Twist and a Few Victories; curator Kati Kivinen, Tampere
2009
Collective and group exhibitions:
At home tonight; Aine Art Museum, Tornio
Public Stash; Virka Gallery, Helsinki
Art Fair Suomi 2009, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Summer exhibition 2009; curator Sampo Linkoneva, Honkahovi, Mänttä
Kokoelma & Kutsu; Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
Kokooma; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Happenings and screenings:
MediaHolidays, Screening; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Classic of the month; Video room, Forum Box, Helsinki
2008
Solo exhibition:
Porification; Gallery 3h+k, Pori
Collective and group exhibitions:
Art Fair Suomi 2008; Cabel Factory, Helsinki
The 113th Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists; Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
Enough and to spare; Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
Lowest common denominator; Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli
To North-East of Kakola; Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku
Happenings and screenings:
Blue Sea Film Festival; Rauma
Hommage, video screening, Kankaanpää
Uusi Kino: ITU-project; TV1 Channel, YLE
Uusi Kino: ITU-project; Teema Channel, YLE
View08 Festival of Finnish Media Art, Helsinki
Teosvälityspäivät, Art Fair; Värjäämö, Pori
2007
Solo exhibition:
Stereo-Morals; Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere
Collective and group exhibitions:
Political & Poetical, 14th Tallinn Print Triennial; KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia
Art Generator Space, Pori
Open for all; Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
In this house, in these rooms, MUU gallery, Helsinki
Happenings and screenings:
Creative Futures Conference, University Consortium, Pori
Quartet, The Artists´ Association of Helsinki 40 years; Vuotalo, Kanneltalo, Malmitalo, Helsinki
Screening of experimental Finnish video art, Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn
View07 Festival of Finnish Media Art, Helsinki
2006
Solo exhibition:
Pori Saskiat Award Exhibition, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
Collective and group exhibitions:
Left, Kiila 70 years; curator Teemu Mäki, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
In this house, in these rooms, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
RASSUT – Art Fair of Rajataide, TR1, Tampere
Helsinki International; curator Timo Valjakka, Tram Museum, Helsinki
Pearls; Library of Eura, Eura
Captain Future & Mrs Past; curator Anneli Nygren, Galleria Titanik, Turku
Happenings and screenings:
Rajakiviklubi10; Klubi, Tampere
25th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
Monoquini, Montpellier, France
Perf06, Performance Festival, Culture Center Annis, Pori
View06 Festival of Finnish Media Art, Korjaamo Culture Factory, Helsinki
Film Fylkingen, Fylkingen, Stocholm, Sweden
Focus Finlande; Galerie-312, Montreal, Canada
Teosvälityspäivät, Art Fair; Värjäämö, Pori
2005
Solo exhibition:
Stereo-Morals; Gallery K, Huittinen
Collective and group exhibitions:
Small Heaven; Biennial of Young Artists; curator Henna Paunu, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
The 8th Biennial of Graphic Art of the Baltic States; Kaliningrad, Russia
Passionately; Jetty Barracks Gallery, Suomenlinna Fortress, Helsinki
Passionately; Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
The 110th Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
One hundred pieces; Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
Happenings and screenings:
Backlight, 7th International Photographic Triennal, Vapriikki, Tampere
Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival; Switzerland
The Independent Film Festival of Boston; United States
From the Midnight sun; K2 Galleri IZmir, Turkey
SEH-TANK; Zürich, Switzerland
VAE9 International Media Art Festival; Lima, Peru
A Good Day Today; Kino Lab, Ujazdowski Contemporary Art Center; Warsaw, Poland
A Good Day Today; Laznia Contemporary Art Center, Gdansk, Poland
View05 Festival of Finnish Media Art; Helsinki
Tampere Film Festival, View 05 Tour; Tampere
Perf05, Performance Festival; Galleria 3H+K, Pori
Art orienteering; Tampere
2004
Collective and group exhibitions:
Space, place, people; Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli
Blue Sky; Galleria Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
Blue Sky; Galleria Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
Finland Station; curator Victor Zamudio-Taylor, White Box, New York, USA
Happenings and screenings:
New Media Art Festival in Seoul ver0.5; Seoul, South Korea
World Wide Video Festival; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Katakomben, Der Erste Stock, Berlin, Germany
World Video Art Festival, Noass Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Galleria Kvadra T; St Petersburg, Russia
University of Jyväskylä, videoproject; Jyväskylä
Magma Network Meeting; Malmö, Sweden
300 m3 Art space, Göteborg, Sweden
View04 Festival of Finnish Media Art; Helsinki
Tampere Film Festival, View 04 Tour; Tampere
Kosova Festival, Prishtina Museum, Kosova
2003
Collective and group exhibitions:
Pirkanmaa Triennal; curator Markus Copper, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere
Inside Outliners a probable anthology; curator Roland Patteeuw Kunsthalle Lophem, Belgium
Retretti Art Centre; Punkaharju
Grafiikanpaja Himmelblau; Pyynikinlinna, Tampere
Blue Sky; Oulu Art Museum, Oulu
Happenings and screenings:
Viper Basel Competition; Switzerland
Split Film Festival; Split, Croatia
Oulu Music Video Festival; Oulu
20th Kettupäivät, Helsinki
Tässä ajassa…taidetta ympäristössä; Hämeenlinna
Borderror; Nettinysse, Tampere Film Festifal, Tampere
2002
Solo exhibition:
Music-video-works-of-art; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Collective and group exhibitions:
Blue Sky, Graphics From Finland; Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Blue Sky, Graphics From Finland; Exhibition Hall of Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China
Graphica Creativa “Ketjut-Links”; Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä
Gravity and vigour; Oulu Art Museum, Oulu
00täydennys02 (group of BA-students); Haihara Manor, Tampere
DOKUMENTTI; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Happenings:
Futuuri; MindTrek, Tampere Hall, Tampere
Sydänten lastenkamari, Opera; Aleksanteri Theater, Helsinki
2001
Collective and group exhibitions:
Mänttä Art Festival; curator Marja Kolu, Mänttä
M.Lampisuo, H.Lehtonen, A.Salminen and J.Siukonen; Kustaa Hiekka Museum, Tampere
Open Minds; Mediacenter Lume, Helsinki
Kunnon Taidetta; Museum Center Vapriikki, Tampere
Valoa Pajalta; Renlund Art Museum, Kokkola
Happenings:
Dispensing with Formalities; Helsinki
Dispensing with Formalities; Tampere
Painting performance with ever had band; Koneisto Festival, Turku
Rajakiviklubi5.; Klubi, Tampere
2000
Solo exhibitions:
Consequences 1/2; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Consequences 2/2; Gallery Katariina, Helsinki
Collective and group exhibitions:
Finland x 6 dimensioner; Grafikens Hus. Mariefred, Sweden
Raja-arvoja3.; producer Tuuli Penttinen-Lampisuo, Hämeenlinna Centre for the Arts, Hämeenlinna
Raja-arvoja4.; producer Tuuli Penttinen-Lampisuo, Art Centre Ahjo, Joensuu
Happening:
Rajakiviklubi4.; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
1999
Collective and group exhibitions:
The 104th Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
Exhibitionism, New purchases of the museum; Oulu Art Museum, Oulu
Uusia Jälkiä, Exhibition of Young Artists; Pirkanpohja Art Centre, Ähtäri
Säteitä; The Finnish Labour Museum, Tampere, 1999;
Raja-arvoja2.; producer Tuuli Penttinen-Lampisuo, Cabel Gallery, Helsinki
Valoa pajalta; Gallery Harmaja, Oulu
Grafiikkaa; Aura Gallery, Turku
Nääs!; Gallery Allinna, Riihimäki
Happening:
Rajakiviklubi3.; Tampereen ylioppilasteatteri, Tampere
1998
Solo exhibition:
Backstage 2.; Gallery Titanik, Turku
Collective and group exhibitions:
Raja-arvoja; producer Tuuli Penttinen-Lampisuo, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Aurinkopiirroksia; curator Tuula Lehtinen, Suomenlinna Fortress, Helsinki
READYMADE; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
T.Lehtinen, J.Laine, M.Lampisuo; Gallery Kapriisi, Kuopio
Happening:
Rajakiviklubi2.; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
1997
Solo exhibition:
Backstage; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Collective and group exhibitions:
Heartbreak Hotel; curator Kaisu Koivisto, Hotel Otava, Pori
Happening:
Rajakiviklubi; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
1996
Solo exhibition:
Rockband Reprospective; Hanna´s Gallery, Tampere
Collective and group exhibitions:
Kesoilpainters´; Teiskontie Kesoil petrol station, Tampere
Paldiski; Gallery Periferi, Turku
TTVO Spring Show; Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
1209 Days, TTVO Graduation Exhibition; Finlayson Gallery, Tampere
1995
Collective and group exhibitions:
Exhibition of Young Artists; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
The 57th Annual Exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations; Seinäjoki Art Hall, Seinäjoki
Digit!; Eesti TA Ajaloo Instituut, Tallinn, Estonia
Digit!; Vanhan Galleria, Helsinki
TTVO Spring Show; Finlayson Gallery, Tampere
Vaeltajan Fantasiat; Art Centre Mältinranta, Tampere
1994
Group exhibition:
Electrolysis; Culture Centre Poleeni, Pieksämäki
Art studies:
Bachelor of Arts with honour, Tampere Polytechnic, School of Art and Media, Tampere, 2003
Visual Artist, Tampere School of Art and Communication (TTVO), Tampere, 1996
Graphic design studies, PiKTO School of Arts and Crafts, Lempäälä, 1992
Works in the collections:
Finlandia Collection
The Finnish State Art Collection
Helsinki City Art Museum
Lönnström Art Museum
Mikkeli Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Norrköping Art Museum, Sweden
Oulu Art Museum
Pori Art Museum
Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden
Västerås Art Museum, Sweden
Municipality of Jönköping, Sweden
West-Götaland district, Sweden
Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation
Parliament of Finland
City of Espoo
City of Keuruu
City of Tampere
City of Turku
City of Valkeakoski
City of Ylöjärvi
District court of Värmland, Sweden
District court of Västerbotten, Sweden
Tampere School of Art and Communication
Valkeakoski Municipal Union of Vocational Schools
Oy Media Tampere Limited
Awards and scholarships:
Arts Council of Pirkanmaa: 2023, 2019, 2001
VISEK: 2019, 2007, 2005
FRAME: 2019, 2017, 2012
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Satakunta Fund: 2018, 2017, 2014, 2010, 2006
Public Display Grant to Visual Artist: 2017, 2010, 2006
Arts Council of Satakunta: 2016, 2012, 2009, 2006, 2005
AVEK: 2015, 2012, 2008
Arts Promotion Centre Finland: 2015, 2013
City of Pori: 2015, 2008
Arts Council of Finland: 2011-2014, 2009, 2008, 2004
The Artists´ Association of Finland, travel scholarship: 2007, 2003
Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation: 2006
Paolo Foundation: 2006, 2001
Finnish Art Assosiation: 2005, 2003
City of Tampere: 2000
Special Fund of Alli and Allan Salo Foundation: 1998
TTVO Relief Fund Registered Association: 1996
Workshops:
ITU – Video Art Production Project, scriptwriting workshop, 2004
Artists´ Survival, Kylmäpihlaja island, 2004
Appointments:
Tämän saa jakaa; The annual exhibition of Union of Finnish Art Associations, Imatra Art Museum (jury 2014)
The Board for Public Display Grants to Visual Artists 2013-2015, 2007-2009
VISEK (board member 2006)
Memberships:
AV-arkki, Distribution center for finnish media art
MUU, The Artists´ Association of Finland
Kuvasto
Rajataide Art Association (founder member 1996, chair 2001-2002)
Tampere Art Association
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