(f. 1968)

Virve Lilja

Virve Lillja er født i Helsinki, men bor og arbeider nå i Kangasala i Finland. Hun har sin utdannelse fra Kankaanpää Art School i Finland. Som grafiker arbeider Virve Lilja med blant annet etsning som teknikk.

Himmelblau om Virve Lilja sin kunst
Leaving a trace and physical touch are an important part of the message conveyed by Virve Lilja’s production. The abstract but yet identifiable element, a certain unfolded map of the human body that is present in several of her large intaglio works is created by using her own body. Due to its delicateness, soft ground is the perfect method for this.

Lilja is also interested in activating ordinary people, her audience, through art. She created a public work in Kankaanpää by rubbing the feet of the local people and then imprinting the footsteps of her “customers” on a large, over four-metre plate that was fixed on a wall.

When creating smaller works, Lilja rolls the colour to create a painterly, compact background. Strong lines are attained by relief etching where the acid is left to bite for hours. These prints repeatedly depict an arch; mundane things are combined with mythical meanings and architectural details that represent various cultural layers. Because printmaking requires concentration and precision, it presents a fruitful challenge to Lilja who is interested in numerous techniques and installations. (Himmelblau graphic workshop)

Vi gjør vårt ytterste for å gjengi bildene mest mulig korrekt, men gjør oppmerksom på at enkelte bilder kan variere noe i farger fra skjerm til skjerm. Vi tar forbehold om mulige skrivefeil og utsolgte bilder.

UTDANNING

1988-92 Kankaanpää Art School, Finland

INNKJØPT AV

Helsinki City Artmuseum, Finland.
Albertina Wien, Østerike
Vihuri Fund, Findland.
Saastamoinen Fund, Finland.
Finske Stat.
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Finland.
Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland.
Kemi Art Museum, Finland.
Kouvola Art Museum, Finland.
City of Tampere, Finland.
City of Kemi, Finland.
City of Nokia, Finland.
City of Vaasa, Finland.
City of Kankaanpää, Finland.
The Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Tampere, Finland.
The Congregation of Nakkila, Finland.
Rehabilitation Centre in Kankaanpää, Finland.
Raimo Anttila Fund, Finland.
Turku Art Association, Finland.
Tampere Hall, Jönköpings Län, Sverige.
Landstinget Gävleborg, Sverige.
Kultur Skåne, Sörmlands Län, Sverige.
Örebro Läns Landsting, Sverige.
Sundvalls Museum, Sverige.
Uppsala Art Museum, Sverige

UTSTILLINGER

Separatutstillinger (i utvalg)

2008 Koskigalleria, First day, Tampere, Finland
2006 Willa Mac, Tampere, Finland
2006 Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland
2006 Galleria G, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Studio Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland.
2004 Suomi Gallery, Stockholm, Sverige.
2004 Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland.
2003 Gallery of Kulttural hall, Hämeenlinna, Finland.
2001 Gallery G (Finske Grafikere), Helsinki, Finland.
2001 Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland.
2000 Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland.
1999 Cafe Valo, Tampere, Finland.
1998 "VOI-MAA !" Gallery Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki, Finland.
1997 Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere, Finland.
1997 Tampere Hall "Artist of the Season", Finland.

Kollektivutstillinger (i utvalg)

2008 Retretti (med Himmelblau graphic workshop), Savonlinna, Finland
2007 Sattumien summa, Galleria Raya, Turku, Finland
2006 Vaiheilla 06, Cotton factory, Pori, Finland
2005 Retretti, (with Himmelblau graphic workshop), Savonlinna, Finland.
2005 Nuutti Galleria, Virrat, Finland.
2005 Finnish / Dannish Print exhibition, Tampere, Finland.
2005 International Graphica Triennial, Kaliningrad, Russland
2005 International Graphica Biennial, Cremona, Italia
2004 Nordic Graphics, Det Nordiske Hus, Krakow, Polen.
2004 Miniprint, International Graphic Triennial, Lahti, Finland.
2004 Exhibition of Imatra Konstskola og Tallinn Konstakademi, Pärnu, Estland (lærere og studenter)
2003 Pirkanmaa 2. Triennial, Tampere Konstmuseum, Finland.
2002 Trondhjems Kunstforening, (med Satu Nikku), Tronheim.
2002  2nd Biennial, International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada.
2002 "Egen art" workshop og utstilling, Chemnitz, Tyskland.
2001 Sommerutstilling Tampere Kunstnersenter, Mältinranta and "Tallipiha", Tampere, Finland.
2001 Miniprint, International Graphic Triennial, Lahti, Finland.
2001 "Sichten II" workshop og utstilling, Chemnitz, Tyskland.
2000 62th annual exhibition of Union of Finnish Art Associations, Joensuu Art Museum. Finland.
2000 1st Trienniale of Pirkanmaa region, Museum Center Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland.
1999 "Kesällä kerran", Kankaanpää, Finland.
1999 NÄÄS! Gruppeutstilling ved Tampere Kunstnersenter, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland.
1999 "Säteitä", 80-anniversary exhibition of Tampere ArtistsŽ Association, Tampere; Finland.
1999 "Kirppusirkus", Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere, Finland.
1998 "Kesäpainos", Museum of Modern Art, Tampere, Finland.
1997- 2002 "Vihtorin kesänäyttely", Kangasala, Finland.
1997 "Seitsemän", Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland.
1997 102nd exhibition of Finnish Artists, Konsthallen, Helsinki, Finland.
1996 Gallery Ariel, Tampere, Finland.
1995 75. års jubileumsutstilling, Tampere Kunstnerorganisasjon, Häme Museum, Tampere, Finland.
1995 Galleriet i hovedbiblioteket Raahe (Lehto-oksa, Lilja, Mörö, Juvonen), Finland.
1995 "Reflections", 75th anniversary exhibition of Tampere Artists Association, Tampere Hall, Finland.
1995 "Years", Gallery Otso, Espoo, Finland.
1994 "Riemukaari ja pyhät himot", Mältinranta Kunstnersenter, Tampere (med Kaisa Lehto-oksa), Finland.
1994 Sex-exhibition, Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere, Finland.
1994 Graffinnova 94, Trienniale of Prints, Vaasa, Finland.
1994 Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Art Hall, Helsinki, Finland.
1992 Päijänne Gallery, Jyväskylä (med Ilkka Virtanen), Finland.      
1992 Spring exhibition of Kankaanpää Art School, Vaasa Konsthall, Finland.
1991 Spring exhibition of Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää Culture Hall
1990 Masculine & Feminine exhibition, University of Tampere, Finland.

ANNET

Priser

2005 Second award of Kaliningrad Print Triennial, Russland.

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