Lars Holmström

Lars Holmström (f.1949)

Lars Holmström er utdannet ved Lahti School of Art.

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Lars Holmström (f.1949)

Lars Holmström er utdannet ved Lahti School of Art.

Abstrakt ekspresjonisme - Lars Holmström

Med utgangspunkt i abstrakt ekspresjonisme arbeider Lars Holmström med flere medier, blant annet som billedkunstner og grafiker. Gjennom en streng komposisjon arbeider han frem en rytme i verkene, basert på inntrykk fra kunstneren selv, Som grafiker arbeider han blant annet med photogravure. 
Lars Holmström er representert i samlingen til blant annet den Finske Stat, Howard Miller Collection og Kiasma museet for moderne kunst i Finland.

Born 1949 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.

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

• 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.

EXHIBITIONS:

Selected solo exhibitions in Finland:

• 2014 Kannel House Gallery, Helsinki, (L. Holmström, S. Syrjänen).
• 2013 Gallery G12Helsinki, Helsinki, Gallery Saskia, Tampere.
• 2012 Tampere-huset, Vinterträdgården, Tammerfors.
• 2011 Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä.
• 2011 Galleri Joella, Åbo.
• 2010 Tampere-huset, Vinterträdgården, Tammerfors.
• 2009 Galleri Kronan, (L. Holmström, S. Syrjänen), Norrköping, Sweden.
• 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, Tamper
• 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.

Selected exhibitions abroad:

• 2014 ”Relatio”, Not’Art Galleria, Siracusa, Italy.
• 2010 ”Atelier – Ausstellung”, Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany.
• 2009 Galleri Kronan, (L. Holmström, S. Syrjänen), Norrköping, Sweden.
• 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:

• 2015 ”Colour-Meditation”, Kulturbunker, Cologne, Germany.
• 2015 2nd Global Print 2015, Alijo, Portugal.
• 2015 Miniprint Kazanlak, Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
• 2015 Sint-Niklaas Printmaking Biennial and Competition 2015, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
• 2014 ”Interferente”, Bucharest Fringe 2014, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
• 2014 4th International Biennale of Graphic Digital Arts – Gdynia, Poland.
• 2013  “Mondrianisation 2013”, Espace 59, Paris, France.
• 2013  Land-Art ”insomnia”, Ignis and Satra Mountain, Maramures, Romania.
• 2012 3rd International Biennale of Graphic Digital Arts – Gdynia, Poland.
• 2012 7th International Print Triennale Colour in Graphic Art, Torun, Poland.
• 2012 International Print Exhibition Yunnan 2012, Kunming City, China.
• 2011 ART EDITION 2011, Seoul International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea.
• 2011 8th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan.
• 2011 Interbifep XIV, International Biennial Festival of Portrait, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 2010 2nd International Biennale of Graphic Digital Arts – Gdynia, Poland.
• 2009 12th European Biennial Competition for Graphic Art, Brügge, Belgium.
• 2009 SIPA 2009, Seoul International Print Art Fair, Seoul, Korea.
• 2009 6th International Print Triennale Colour in Graphic Art, Torun, Poland.
• 2009 7th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, London, UK.
• 2008 International Print Exhibition Yunnan 2008, Kunming City, China.
• 2008 BIMPE V, 5th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada.
• 2008 International Art Exhibition, "Nord Art 2008", Büdelsdorf, Germany.
• 2008 Naestved International Exhibition of Contemporary Mini Square Prints, Naestved, Denmark.
• 2007 Gyeongnam International Art Festival 2007, Gyeong Nam State Museum, Masan, Korea.
• 2007 International Art Exhibition, "Nord Art 2007", Büdelsdorf, Germany.
• 2006 5th International Print Triennale Colour in Graphic Art: Now! Torun, Poland.
• 2006 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.
• 2005 International Art Exhibition, Nord Art 2005, "Art of Mystery", Büdelsdorf, Germany.
• 2005 Corpus05 – European Biennal for Graphic Art, Brügge, Belgium.
• 2004 5 th International Mini Print Triennial, Lahti, Finland.
• 2004 13 th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia.
• 2004 7 th Edition of “Premio Citta´ di Laives-2004, Laives, Italy.
• 2004 10th Seoul Print Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea.
• 2004 International Print Exhibition, Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany.
• 2004 "European Culture Integration Bridge", Institut`s Gallery, Leipzig, Germany.
• 2003 International Print Exhibition, ”Colour in Graphic Art”, Torun, Poland.
• 2003 International Print Triennial, Krakow 2003, Cracow, Poland.
• 2003 "European Culture Integration Bridge", Lavra Gallery, Kiev, Ukraina.
• 2002 ”Intergrafia - 2000”, Torun City Museum, Torun, Poland.
• 2002 12 th Baghdad International Festival for Photographic Pictures, Baghdad, Iraq.
• 2002 International Contemporary Print Arts Exhibition, Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, South Korea.
• 2002 The 12 th Space International Print Biennial, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, South Korea.
• 2001 "Triennial Continents", Ksiaz Castle Gallery, Wabrzych, Poland.
• 2001 Triennial 100 Cities Kartuzy 2001, Refektarz Gallery, Poland.
• 2001 Triennial 100 Cities Suwalki 2001, Art and Culture Regional Center, Poland.
• 2001  "The European Contemporary Prints", Kim Nae Hyun Art Gallery, Goyang-city, South Korea.
• 2000 International Print Exhibition, ”Colour in Graphic Art”, Torun, Poland.
• 2000 International Print Triennial, Krakow 2000, ”Bridge to the Future”, Cracow, Poland.
• 2000 ”Intergrafia - 2000”, World Awards Winners Gallery, Katowice, Poland.
• 2000  ”East meets West”, Opole, Poland.
• 2000 International Print Triennial, Krakow 2000, Nürnberg, Germany.
• 2000 ”Graphic Constellation”, Szczecin, Poland.
• 2000 ”Intergrafia - 2000”, World Awards Winners Gallery, Czestochowa, Poland.
• 1998 Galeria Article 26, Barcelona, Spain.
• 1998 "Quatro Estacoes", Palacio Estoi, Estoi, Portugal.
• 1997 Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 1997 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.
• 1989 International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipei, Taiwan.
• 1987 The International Mini Print, Barcelona, Spain, Beverly, USA.
• 1987 International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipei, Taiwan.
• 1986 The International Mini Print, Barcelona, Spain, Boston, USA.
• 1985 13. Orszagos Grafikai Biennale, Miskolc, Hungary.
• 1985 International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipei, Taiwan.
• 1984 The International Mini Print, Cadaques Spain.
• 1983 International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipei, Taiwan.
• 1983 CABO FRIO, International Print Bienniale, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 1983 Independants Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japan.
• 1983 The 5th Polish-Finnish Maritime Graphic Art Exhibition, Gdansk, Poland.
• 1982 Independants Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japan.
• 1982 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.

Selected exhibitions abroad:

• 2014 Six artists from China, Finland, Germany, Netherland, South Korea.,
• 2014 Marziart Internationale Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
• 2013 3. KurzfilmForum–Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.
• 2011 Festivals Übereck-Art 2011, Kurzfilm-Forum, Berlin, Germany.
• 2010 ”Salonausstellung”, Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Wiepersdorf, Germany.
• 2008  ”love without boundaries”, Gallerie kritiku, Prague, Czech Republic.
• 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.

SELECTED PUBLIC WORKS:

• 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.