LARS HOLMSTRÖM

visual artist: painting, graphics, mixed media works and installations

CONTACT INFOMATION
address: Soraharjunkatu 2 A, 33270 Tampere Finland
Mobile: +358 (0) 400 - 628 828

BIOGRAPHY - CURRICULUM VITAE (selected) 1.12.2007

• 1949.06.26 Born in Tampere, Finland
  
• 1973 Painter and graphic artist, Lahti Art School, Lahti, Finland
  
• 1980-90 Director and teacher of painting and graphics at Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää, Finland
• 1983 Honorary mention in The 5th Polish-Finnish Maritime Graphic Art Competition, Gdansk, Poland
  
• 1991-92 Director of Art Department at Tampere School of Art and Communications, Tampere, Finland
  
• 1992-2005 Chairman of The Tampere Artists' Association, Finland
  
• 1993-97 The Finnish State Scholarship of Art, five years.
  
• 1997 Prize in The 17th International Mini Print, Barcelona, Spain
  
• 1999 A member of the Dimensio Artists´ Group, Finland
• 2005 Third prize in the 10th European Biennial Competition for Graphic Art, Brügge, Belgium

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND

• 2007 Willa Mac, Tampere
• 2006 Werstas, Kisälli Gallery, Tampere
• 2006 Gallery Joella, Turku
• 2005 Art Salon Husa, Tampere
• 2004 Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki
• 2002 Tampere House, Winter Garden, Tampere,
• 2001 Galleria G, Helsinki
• 2001 Galleria Joella, Turku
• 2000 Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere,
• 2000 Kankaanpää Art School Gallery, Kankaanpää
• 1999 Heinola Art Museum, Heinola
• 1999 Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus
• 1999 Mältinranta Art Center and Galleria Leonardo, Tampere
• 1998 Galleria Marian Portti, Lahti
• 1997 Galleria BE'19, Helsinki
• 1997 Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere
• 1995 Tampere-House, Tampere
• 1994 Galleria G, Helsinki
• 1993 Galleria Saskia, Tampere
• 1990 Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä
• 1990 Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus
• 1990 Galleria Saskia, Tampere
• 1989 Pohjola Co Galleria, Helsinki
• 1988 Taidegraafikot - Galleria, The Finnish Graphic Artists' Assosiation, Helsinki
• 1987 Galleria Saskia, Tampere
• 1986 Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere
• 1985 Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä
• 1984 Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus
• 1984 Poriginal Galleria, Pori
• 1983 The Cultural Center for Sweden and Finland, Espoo
• 1983 Galleria Saskia, Tampere
• 1982 Galleria Saskia, Tampere
• 1982 Taidegraafikot - Galleria, The Finnish Graphic Artists' Assosiation, Helsinki
• 1980 Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus
• 1979 Galleria Saskia, Tampere 1976 Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus
• 1976 The Activity Center of The Helsinki Artists' Association, Helsinki

SOLO EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

• 2004 Kim Nae Hyun Art Gallery, Kuyngki-Do, Seoul, Korea
• 1998 Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain
• 1993 Tallinna Kunstihoone Galerii, Estonia
• 1989 Galeria Sztuki BWA, Gdansk, Poland
• 1985 Suomi Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

• 2007 Gyeongnam International Art Festival 2007, Gyeong Nam State Museum, Masan, Korea
  International Art Exhibition, "Nord Art 2007", Büdelsdorf, Germany
• 2006 5th International Print Triennale Colour in Graphic Art: Now! Torun, Poland
  6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Dumfries, UK International Art Exhibition, "Nord Art 2006", Büdelsdorf, Germany
• 2005 The 6th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
  International Art Exhibition, Nord Art 2005, "Art of Mystery", Büdelsdorf, Germany
  Corpus05 – European Biennal for Graphic Art, Brügge, Belgium
• 2004 5 th International Mini Print Triennial, Lahti, Finland
  13 th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
  7 th Edition of “Premio Citta´ di Laives-2004, Laives, Italy
  10th Seoul Print Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
  International Print Exhibition, Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany
  "European Culture Integration Bridge", Institut`s Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
  
• 2003 International Print Exhibition, ”Colour in Graphic Art”, Torun, Poland
  International Print Triennial, Krakow 2003, Cracow, Poland
  "European Culture Integration Bridge", Lavra Gallery, Kiev, Ukraina
  
• 2002 ”Intergrafia - 2000”, Torun City Museum, Torun, Poland
  12 th Baghdad International Festival for Photographic Pictures, Baghdad, Iraq
  International Contemporary Print Arts Exhibition, Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, South Korea
  The 12 th Space International Print Biennial, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, South Korea
  
• 2001 "Triennial Continents", Ksiaz Castle Gallery, Wabrzych, Poland
  Triennial 100 Cities Kartuzy 2001, Refektarz Gallery, Poland
  Triennial 100 Cities Suwalki 2001, Art and Culture Regional Center, Poland
  "The European Contemporary Prints", Kim Nae Hyun Art Gallery, Goyang-city, South Korea
  
• 2000 International Print Exhibition, ”Colour in Graphic Art”, Torun, Poland
  International Print Triennial, Krakow 2000, ”Bridge to the Future”, Cracow, Poland
  ”Intergrafia - 2000”, World Awards Winners Gallery, Katowice, Poland
  ”East meets West”, Opole, Poland
  International Print Triennial, Krakow 2000, Nürnberg, Germany
  ”Graphic Constellation”, Szczecin, Poland
  ”Intergrafia - 2000”, World Awards Winners Gallery, Czestochowa, Poland
  
• 1998 Galeria Article 26, Barcelona, Spain
  "Quatro Estacoes", Palacio Estoi, Estoi, Portugal
  
• 1997 Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
  The International Mini Print, Cadaques, Spain
  
• 1996 The 3rd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
• 1995 Independants Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japan
• 1994 Osaka Triennale, Print, Osaka, Japan
• 1993 The International Mini Print, Barcelona, Spain, England
• 1992 The International Mini Print, Barcelona, Spain, Hawaji, USA, Tokyo, Japan
• 1991 The International Mini Print, Barcelona, Spain
• 1989 The International Mini Print, Barcelona, Spain
  International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipei, Taiwan
  
• 1987 The International Mini Print, Barcelona, Spain, Beverly, USA
  International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipei, Taiwan
  
• 1986 The International Mini Print, Barcelona, Spain, Boston, USA
• 1985 13. Orszagos Grafikai Biennale, Miskolc, Hungary
  International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipei, Taiwan
  
• 1984 The International Mini Print, Cadaques Spain
• 1983 International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipei, Taiwan
  CABO FRIO, International Print Bienniale, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Independants Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japan
  The 5th Polish-Finnish Maritime Graphic Art Exhibition, Gdansk, Poland
  
• 1982 Independants Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japan
  Arteder '82, Muestra International de Arte Grafico, Bilbao, Spain
  
• 1981 Independants Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japan
• 1979 Sixth British International Print Biennale, Bradford, Great Britain
  

• 2007 “CHEM-Gruppe”, (10 artists from Tampere) New Saxon Gallery, Chemnitz, Germany
• 2006 "OM", (J. Arffman, L. Holmström, P. Nuutinen, M. Pirilä), Gallery Caesar, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• 2006 "Fragile", Nordiska Konstförbundet, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2002 ”koemieskoe”, (L. Holmström, R. Mörö, H. Riskula), Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
• 1998 ”Quatro Estacoes”, (L. Holmström, S. Syrjänen, T. Saukkonen, E. Vähäsarja), Palacio Estoi, Portugal
• 1996 ”Time”, (L. Holmström, P. Paunu, V. Varrela), Quartair Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 1995 Artists from Tampere, Trondheim, Norway
• 1994 "Suvi 94", Tartto-Tampere, Tartu, Estonia
• 1991 Artists from Tampere, Gallery Akhnaton, Cairo, Egypt
• 1989 Graphics from Tampere, Stockholm, Sweden and Odense, Denmark
• 1981 Finnish Contemporary Graphic Exhibition, Falun, Sweden

• Kiasma, Modern Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
• Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
• Collections of The State of Finland
• Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
• Sara Hildèn Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
• Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
• Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland
• Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
• Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku, Finland
• Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
• Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
• Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu, Finland
• Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
• Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
• Paulo Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
• The Collections of The Parliament House of Finland
• Modern Art Organisation, Helsinki, Finland
• The Finnish Graphic Artists` Collections, Jyväskylä, Finland

• Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden
• Capo Frio Empragel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Maritime Artist Club of Gdansk, Poland
• Howard Miller Collections, USA
• Kunsthochschule für Medien, Köln, Germany
• Matti Milius Collections, Estonia
• Västerbottens läns landsting, Sweden
• City of Linköpingin, Sweden
• Landstinget Västernorrland, Sweden
• Kanagawa Arts Foundation, Kanagawa, Japan
• Arvika Art Museum, Arvika, Sweden
• Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia

• 2003 "LXXXII", relief painting/sculpture, Kankaanpää, Finland
• 2002 "Dynamis", relief painting / sculpture, Foster Wheeler Energy, Varkaus, Finland
• 1998 "Mare Tesoma", glazed tile and relief painting, The Activity Hall and Café of the suburb "Tesoma", Tampere, Finland

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