Petri Tapani Eskelinen
Born 1975 in the city of Rovaniemi in Finland.
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
NOW
2011-12 Believe it or not, The collection exhibition, Art museum of Meilahti (Art Museum of city of Helsinki), Finland.
COMING
2012 Gallery Sculptor, solo exhibition, City of Helsinki, Finland.
2012 Purnu Art Centre,collective exhibition Finland
2012 Dimensio-group 40 years, Art museum of City of Tampere, Finland.
2014-15 Eskelinen-Gryta-Gråhn, Art museum of city of Pori, Art museum of city of Rovaniemi.
ART EDUCATION
2004 - 2006 Master of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture, Helsinki, Finland.
2000 – 2004 Bachelor of Arts, Tampere polytechnic School of Art and Media, Department of fine arts, Tampere, Finland.
1999 – 2000 Media/Graphic design, Pirkanmaa Vocational Skills Centre, School of Crafts and Design, Lempäälä, Finland.
1994 Secondary school graduate, Upper secondary art orientated school of Rantavitikka in the city of Rovaniemi, Finland.
SELECTED SOLO / COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2010 You can't touch all your teeth with your tongue, SUOMESTA -gallery, group show, Finnish project-gallery, Berlin, Germany. www.suomestagalleria.net
2010 Skanska main offices, Helsinki.
2009 Spacetime, Gallery Forum Box (together with Krister Gråhn and Ilmari Gryta), Helsinki, Finland.
2009 Container, group show, Gallery Box, Akureyry, Iceland.
2008 The shape of the things to go, solo show, Tinderbox Contemporary, Hamburg, Germany. www.tinderbox-art.com
2008 Time of The Empire, solo show, Kluuvi gallery of Art Museum of city of Helsinki, Finland.
2007 The Teaching (with Juhana Moisander and Hanneriina Moisseinen), Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere, Finland.
2007 Imbossible Passenger, Gallery K, Huittinen, Finland.
2006 Tamed Land, Gallery of Finnish Academy of Fine Arts at Kasarminkatu, Helsinki, Finland.
2005 Grand vääntö Helsinki (with Toni Huuhka), Gallery Myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland.
2005 Onnettomuustutkija ja neiti Nevalainen, Gallery Pinacotheca, Jyväskylä, Finland.
2003 Grand vääntö (with Toni Huuhka & Samppa Törmälehto), Lapponica -Hall, Rovaniemi, Finland.
2002 Interior Vitamins (with Samppa Törmälehto), Gallery Quartair, The Hague, Holland.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Temperature, Thai : Nordic 2011, (Workshop and an exhibition) Silpakorn University, City of Bangkok, Thailand.
2010-13 Saareen, Valve -Children's culture center of city of Oulu, City of Hämeenlinna, city of Turku and city of Helsinki, Finland.
2011 Sound and silence, The collection exhibition, Art museum of city Hämeenlinna, Finland.
2011 Spatial spaces, Kuparipaja Art center, group show, Fiskars, Finland. Curator: Maaretta Jaukkuri.
2010 Säätö, Kuparipaja Art center, Fiskars, Finland. Curator: Catharina Aiha.
2010 Tähtihetkiä, finnish sculptors union 100 years, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, City of Turku, Finland.
2010 RED, EMMA-Museum of Modern Art, City of Espoo, Finland.
2010 Luvassa lämpenevää, Art Museum of city of Joensuu, Finland
2010 Visual arts competition for young artists, Salmela Art Center, Mäntyharju, Finland.
2010 Kotini on linnani, Art museum of city of Rauma, Finland.
2009 FLASH, Sara Hilden Art Museum, City of Tampere, Finland. Catalog.
2009 Art goes Kapakka -festival, Cafe Engel (with Miikka Ahlman), Helsinki, Finland.
2009 Porvoo summer exhibition, Gallery Staffas, City of Porvoo, Finland.
2009 Moving the Goalposts, Tinderbox Contemporary Art, Hamburg, Germany. www.tinderbox-art.com
2009 Harharetkiä / Stray trek / Irrfahrt, The Felleshus, The House of Nordic Embassies in Berlin, Germany.
2009 Harharetkiä / Stray trek / Irrfahrt, Rauma Art Museum, City of Rauma, Finland.
2008 Preview Berlin - The Emerging Art Fair, Berlin, Germany.
2008 Artists 2008, Art Center Kunsti, City of Vaasa, Finland. Juried exhibition.
2008 FIN, Quartair Contemporary Art initiatives,group show, Haag, Holland.
2008 XIII Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland. Curator: Veli Gränö. Catalog.
2008 Earth station / 100 % Finlande, Crac Alsace (The Rhineland Contemporary Art Center), Altkirch, France.Curator: Sophie Kaplan. Catalog. www.cracalsace.com
2007 Quartet, Artist' association of city of Helsinki 40th anniversary, Malmitalo Gallery, Finland.
2007 Caught in the moment, Art Museum of City of Kuopio, Finland. Curator: Jyrki Siukonen. Catalog.
2007 In search of the miraculous, The V Triennal of Finnish Art, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland. Curator: Luigi Fassi. Catalog.
2007 Night at the mansion, Haihara Artcenter, Tampere, Finland.
2007 Ars Kärsämäki, Kärsämäki, Finland.Curatro: Krister Gråhn
2007 Unbelievable but true, Art museum of city of Helsinki, Finland.
2006 Sammon peijaiset, Kalevala -house / Juminkeko -foundation, City of Kuhmo, Finland.
2006 Huittinen Street Gallery, City of Huittinen, Finland.
2006 Spring show of Academy of Fine Arts, Lönnrotinkatu Gallery, Helsinki. Catalog.
2006 Näkymä 2006, Enviromental art exhibition, City of Toijala, Finland.
2005 Copperlight, Art Museum of city of Pori, Finland.
2005 PostsovkHoz 5 : Public/Private, Mooste, Estonia.
2004 66. Annual Exhibition of Union of Finnish Art Associations, Art Museum of City of Rovaniemi, Finland.
2004 Art of Analyste, painting contest finalists, Sanoma House, Helsinki, Finland.
2004 PAM! Bachelor of Arts Graduate Show, Museumcenter Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland. Catalog.
2003 PAK-KO SYÖ-DÄ KAIK-KI, Haihara ArtCentre, Tampere, Finland.
2002 Helyjä, Art museum of City of Rovaniemi, Finland.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2011 Public sculpture contest winner, together with Architect Mia Puranen,
2010 Public sculpture contest winner for invited artists for the T-Hospital in city of Turku, Finland.
2009 Finnish Art Associations DUCAT -prize for a young artist.
2006 Raimo Utriainen foundations young sculptor -award.
2006 New York scholarship, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Final exhibition, Helsinki, Finland.
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Niemistö -foundation / Art museum of city of Hämeenlinna
Sara Hilden Art Museum
Saastamoinen Foundation / EMMA, Museum of modern art (City of Espoo).
The State Collection of Finland
Art Museum of city of Helsinki (2006 & 2009)
Art Museum of city of Pori
Finland's Art Association (a lottery prize)
Private collections
PUBLIC WORKS
2011 Time Between Trees, Viiki, Enviromental house, Helsinki, Finland. (in works)
2012 Sun Researcher, T-Hospital, City of Turku, Finland. (In works)
2012 Sirocco, Y-house, main hospital in the city of Seinäjoki area. (in works)
RESIDENCIES
2010 Berlin Residency in Germany, Art Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region.
2010 Saari Mansion residence program in Finland, KONE foundation.
2006 NKD, Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Norway.
CONFIDENTAL POST
2010-11 Member of the board of Association of Finnish Sculptors
2009 Member of the jury for the City of Porvoo public sculpture contest.
2008- Member of the board of acquiring art works for The Finnish Art Association.
MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Finnish Sculptors
Artists' Association of City of Helsinki
Forum Box Co-operative
GRANTS
2010 3 -year working grant 2011-2013, Finnish Art Council.
2010 Traveling grant, Finnish Art Council.
2009 The Alfred Kordelin Foundation
2009 1 -year grant, Finnish Cultural foundation.
2009 Finnish Art Council
2008 Finland's Art Association’s stipendium for young artist.
2008 Traveling grant, Finnish Art Council.
2008 Oskar Öflund Foundation.
2008 Finnish Art Council
2007 Finnisht Art Council
2007 Finnish Cultural foundation
2006 NKD, Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Norway.
PUBLICATIONS (catalogs and articles)
2011 Thai : Nordic 2011, Silpakorn university, City of Bangkok, Thailand.
2010 Plant, Machine and death, Article, text: Jyrki Siukonen, Artnord -magazine, www.artnord.fr
2010 Punainen, Red, Rött, Catalog/book of an collection exhibition, Saastamoinen foundation.
2009 FLASH / Sahim-magazine/catalog, Interview, Published by Sara Hilden Art Museum.
2009 Stray trek, Catalog for exhibitions at Rauma Art museum, Finland and Felleshus, Berlin, Germany.
2008 Valtakuntien aikaa rakentamassa / Petri Eskelinen, article: Jonni Roos,
Taide/Art magazine, 4 / 2008, Finland, publisher Kustannus oy Taide.
2008 Paraskin tutkija, article: Pessi Rautio, Taidemuseo , free magazine 03 / 2008,
publisher Helsinki city art museum.
2008 Maan asema / La postion de la Terre, la jeune scéne finlandaise,
catalog , texts: Sophie Kaplan and Paula Toppila, jublisher: Crac Alsace.
2007 Näkemisen hetki / Caught in the moment, catalog, Texts: Jyrki Siukonen,
publisher: Art museum of city of Kuopio.
2007 Quartet, Interview, Magazine for Artist' association of city of Helsinki 40th anniversary.
2007 In search of the miraculous, The V Triennal of Finnish Art, catalog, textst: Luigi Fassi,
publisher: Finnish artist's association.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Lectures, critics and teachings in art schools.