Anni Rapinoja lives and works in Hailuoto

Curriculum Vitae Anni Rapinoja lives and works in Hailuoto Education and professional training 1995 Advanced training in Enviromental Art, Imatra Art School 1974 1988 Art courses 1974 MA, Faculty of Science, University of Oulu Member Finnish Association of Sculptors Oulu Artists Society Solo Exhibitions 2013 Another Side of Europe portraits, Gallery Huone N:o 8, Hailuoto 2013 Another Side of Europe photographs, Gallery Luoto, Hailuoto, 2012 Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, 2011 Wardrobe of Nature, Arte Sella, Malga Costa, Italy 2011 Naturally, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki, 2009 2010 San Paolo Albenese with Finnish eyes photographs, Gallery Commune San Paolo Albanese, Italy 2009 2010 Cameradrawings, Regional Art Museum Oulu touring exhibition 2007 Wardrobe of Nature, Antiruggine, Castelfranco, Italy 2007 Gallery Colmio, Oulu, 2007 Wardrobe of Nature, Galleria Spazi Rossi, Arte Sella Contemporain Art Center of Nature, Borgo Valsugana, Italy 2007 K.H. Renlund Museum, Kokkola, 2006 Wardrobe of Nature, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki, 2005 Naturens Garderob, Gallery Stefan Anderson, Umeå, Sweden 2003 Phragmites australis, Gallery Valööri, Helsinki, 1999 Gallery Art & Weise, Wien, Austria 1998 Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, 1998 Gallery Valööri, Helsinki, 1997 Hailuoto Library, 1997 Gallery Saskia, Tampere, 1996 Gallery Harmaja, Oulu, 1996 Bror Hjort -hus Museum, Uppsala, Sweden 1996 Galleri Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden 1993 Gallery Vapauden Aukio, Helsinki, 1993 Hailuoto Library, 1993 Arktinen Galleria, Oulu, 1992 Arktinen Galleria, Oulu,

1991 Kriittinen Tila, Helsinki, 1989 Oulu Art Museum, 1989 Gallery Saskia, Tampere, 1989 Tornio City Library, 1987 P Art Gallery, Oulu, 1987 Gallery Saskia, Tampere, 1984 Hailuoto Library, 1984 Raahe City Library, 1981 Ylivieska Library, 1981 Liminka Library, 1980 Liminka Library, Group Exhibitions 2014 Where are you from?, Seinäjoki Arthall, Seinäjoki 2014 Echoes of Eco 4 th Winter Festival of Arts, included in the culture program of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, Sochi Theatre, Russia 2013 2014 Kiasma Hits, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, 2013 To Island, Finnish Sea Museum, Kotka, 2013 To Island, Annantalo, Helsinki, 2013 To Island, Valve Gallery, Culturehouse Valve, Oulu, 2013 Kui? Textil Art Triennal, Oulu Art Museum, 2012 Kui? Textil Art Triennal, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, 2012 SNOWBALLEFFECT Northern Biennal, Oulu Art Museum, 2012 Retretti, Punkaharju, 2012 Arctic Hystery, State Museum and Exhibition Centre for Photography ROSPHOTO, St. Petersburg, Russia 2012 Ecologic Country, Lahti Art Museum, 2012 Garderobe of Nature photographs, MOT Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan 2011 Taju - An Event of Contemporary Art, Hyvinkää Art Museum, 2011 Nature Gives Nature Takes, Kajaani Art Museum, 2011 Nature Gives Nature Takes, K.H. Renlund Museum, Kokkola, 2010 Biodiversity Art exhibition Ethical Fashion Show, Docks-en- Seine, Paris, France 2010 Arctic Heat, Art from North- and Lapponia, - Institute, Berlin, Germany 2010 Close to Nature, Current Finnish Art, KunstLANDing, Aschaffenburg e.v. Germany 2010 Arctic Hysteria, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, 2010 Highlights 100th Anniversary of Association of Finnish

Sculptors, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, 2010 Nature gives Nature takes, Salo Art Museum, 2010 Forecast: Warmer The Climate Change in Visual Arts, Joensuu Art Museum, 2010 Histeria Artica, DA2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain 2009 Arctic Hysteria, Art Hall, Helsinki, 2009 Fly me to the Moen, 44 Moen, Denmark 2009 Summer Exhibition, Taidekeskus KulttuuriKauppila, Ii, 2009 Sense of Ecology, Mänttä Art weeks XIV, Mänttä, 2009 Farmers Dream, Salo Art Museum, 2009 Northern Life Finnish Art and Design, Medium Art Centre, Haidian District, Peking, China 2009 Sarkvidéki Hisztéria Arctic Hysteria, Ludwig Múzeum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary 2009 Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. California, USA 2008 Artists and Innovators for the Enviroment, Streaming Museum New York, USA. (Exhibition was on seven Continents 3.10.2008 3.4.2009) 2008 4 artist was invited from Artists and Innovators for the Enviroment -exhibition and were featured on the BBC s Big Screens in 17 cities throught the UK during the October 2008 Arctic Hysteria, MoMA P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA 2008 Supernaturale, Gallery Brancolinigrimaldi Artecontemporanea, Firenze, Italy 2008 Une certaine e, Gallerie Sztuki BWA, Wroclaw, Poland 2008 Une certaine e, The center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland 2007 PEWNA FINLANDIA, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice, Poland 2007 Art for Sustainability, Lunds Stadshall, Sweden 2007 Art for Sustainability, Galleria Abbekås, Abbekås, Sweden 2007 Summer Exhibition, PURNU, Orivesi, 2006 Plants in Contemporary Art, Festival Couleur Café, Bruxelles, Belgium 2006 Art in The City, organizer BWA-gallery in Bydgoszcz, Poland 2006 Far-Off deceitful world, Saarijärvi Art Museum, 2006 Halikonlahti Green Art Trilogy, Salo Art Museum, 2006 Ihme, Regional exhibition of Oulu Province, Oulu Art Museum, 2005 Une certaine e, Atelier 340 Muzeum, Bryssel, Belgium 2004 Beached brushes Artists and Hailuoto Island, Oulu Art Museum, 2004 Vaiheilla 04 Visual Art in Villilä, TV and Film Centre of Western, Nakkila,

2004 Yhteinen Maa (Shared Land), Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, 2003 Luleå Summer Biennal, Norrbotten Museum, Museum Park and Art House, Sweden 2003 Yhteinen Maa (Shared Land), Contemporary and Applied Art of he Northern Peoples, Sami Museum Siida, Inari, 2003 Summer Old and Contemporary Visual Art, Kerava Art Museum, 2003 Siltojen välissä (Between Bridges), Enviroment Art Exhibition, Jämsä, 2003 Summer Exhibition, Kivipankki-Gallery, Jämsä, 2003 Yhteinen Maa (Shared Land), The Gallen-Gallela Museum, Espoo, 2002 Regional Exhibition of Oulu Province, Art Hall Kajaani, 2002 Regional Exhibition of Oulu Province, Oulu Art Museum, 2002 Maasta käsin (Earth Keepers), Oulu Art Museum, 2002 Girls, Gallery 5, Oulu, 2001 Mänttä Art Weeks, Honkahovi Art Centre, Mänttä, 2001 Berenice s Hair, RMIT Project Space and Spare Room, Faculty of Art, Design and Communication Gallery RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia 2000 Sechs Himmelsrichtungen, Galleria Station 3, Wien, Austria 2000 Art Hailuoto, Hailuoto School Centre, 2000 Palapeli, (Jigsaw Puzzle), Oulu Art Museum, 1999 Berenice s Hair, Gallery Otso, Espoo, 1999 Berenice s Hair, Rovaniemi Art Museum, 1998 Summer Exhibition, Honkahovi Art Centre, Mänttä, 1998 Gallery Art & Weise, Wien, Austria 1996 Art in Suitcases, Jyväskylä, / Lillehammer, Norway / Svolvaer, Norway 1995 Art in Suitcases, Luleå, Sweden / Vilnius, Lithuania / Gallery Täysikuu, Rovaniemi, 1995 Regional Exhibition of Oulu Province, Kajaani Art Museum, 1994 Summer Exhibition of the Oulu Artists Society, Linnansaari, Oulu, 1993 Laituri, Gallery Mosabacka, Helsinki, 1991 Lama, Yorth and Culture Centre NUKU, Oulu, 1991 Summer Exhibition of the SKjL Association, Forssa, 1991 Rantalakeuden Talavivalakia Exhibition, Liminka Art School, 1990 Exhibition of the Oulu Artists Society, Seinäjoki Art Hall, 1990 52nd Annual Exhibition of the SKjL Association, Poleeni Cultural Centre, Pieksämäki, 1990 Madetoja weeks exhibition, 2 artist in Madetoja Hall green room, Oulu,

1990 Exhibition of the Oulu Artists Society, Art Centre Gävle, Sweden 1989 Nordkalottens Höstsalong, Arcus Hall, Luleå, Sweden 1989 Drawing Exhibition, Skellefteå, Sweden 1988 Five Artists from Oulu, Museum of Russian Art, Odessa, Soviet Union 1987 Nordkalottens Höstsalong, Arcus Hall, Luleå, Sweden 1987 Annual Exhibition of Art from Oulu, Oulu Art Museum, 1985 Exhibition of the Oulu Artists Society, Taidepiste, Oulu, 1983 Exhibition of the Oulu Artists Society, Rovaniemi Library, 1982 Summer Exhibition of the Oulu Artists Society, Lampi Museum, Liminka, 1981 Regional Exhibition of Oulu Province, Oulu Art Museum, 1981 Annual Exhibition of Art from Oulu, Oulu Art Museum, 1979 Young Artists Exhibition, Art Hall, Helsinki, Other professional activities 2011 Workers, wood ant, video 5 min, part of the project of See the ants of Turku and Turku cultural main city program 2011, SOK-screen on Turku marketplace 2.5. 31.8. 2005 Microcosmos Big Bang -video, VALOSTA -videoart happening 14. 22.11. Tampereen Marketplace, 2001 Message... art work, Hailuoto Library, 2001 Natural Cupboard, cupboard of works of art touring day-care centres, Oulu Art Museum, 2000 Till Versai (garden) -land art piece, National Local Heritage Conference, Hailuoto, 1998 Earthsun -land art work, International forest sculpture symposium Veistossonaatti, Varjakka island, Oulunsalo, 1996 Set design, Gian-Carlo Menotti: (opera) Amahl and the Night Visitors, Kemi Snow Castle, 1995 Bothnia Sea Scape Art Workshop, tilateos Temppeli jäästä yhteistyössä Karoliina Niemelän kanssa, torinranta, Oulu, 1994 Set Design, Oliver Kohlenberg: (opera) You and the Coconut Tree, Kajaani Music Centre, 1994 Spatial art work Bar Matangi to Elan in collaboration Oliver Kohlenberg (music) and Sari Lievonen (dance), Youth and Culture Centre, Oulu, 1993 Installation performance Bodyscape in collaboration with dancer Sari Lievonen, Kattilankalla Island, 1993 Spatial art work performance Marja Niemi, statement against the unesthetic development of Marjaniemi port at Hailuoto and its effects on the enviroment, in collaboration with Sari Lievonen, Gallery Rannanmatala, Oulu,

Scholarships, stipends and awards 2011 2012 Ministry of Education and Culture, Wardrobe of Nature -product development project 2009 2013 Arts Council of, 5 year artist scholarship 2009 Oulu Province Art Award 2008 Finnish Association of Sculptors Atelier Foundation, International Artist Exchange Program Basel, Austria, ½ year 2007 Arts Council of, Public Display Grand to Visual Art 2007 Arts Council of, exhibition costs 2005 Finnish-Swedish Culture Foundation, catalog printing costs 2005 Frame, catalog printing costs 2004 2006 Arts Council of, 3 year scholarship 2002 Arts Council of, travel grant 2002 Arts Council of, Public Display Grand to Visual Art 2002 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, for working 2001 Arts Council of, travel grant 2001 Finnish Cultural Foundation, North Ostrobothnia Regional Fund, for working 2001 Oulun Saskiat ry, stipend 2000 Arts Council of, travel grant 1999 Arts Council of, travel grant 1999 Frame 1998 Oulu Province Art Commission 1998 Best Artwork of Exhibition, Gallery Art & Weise, Wien 1997 The Finnish Deafblind Association, Sculpture of Year -award 1997 North Ostrobothnia Regional Fund 1996 Nordic Art Association in, Konstepidemin, Göteborg, ½ year 1995 Finnish-Swedish Culture Foundation 1993 Oulu Province Art Commission 1990 North Ostrobothnia Regional Fund 1988 Oulu Province Art Commissio 1987 Oulun Saskiat 1983 North Ostrobothnia Regional Fund Works in following collections Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Arte Pollino Basilicata region San Paolo Albanese Italy, Vehbi Koc Foundation Istanbul Turkey, Wihuri Foundation, Saastamoinen Foundation, Finnish State Collections, Swedish State Collections, Oulu Art Museum, Goethenburg Art Museum, Vesterås konstmuseum, Norrbotten Province Sweden, Gävle konstcentrum, Umeå municipality, Landstinget Gävleborg, Landstinget Västerbotten, Landstinget Värmland, Konst Gävleborgs Landsting, Landstinget Västernorrland, Landstinget Örebro, Landstinget Vesterås,

Landstinget Jönköping, Lakeuden Kansanterveystyön intermunicipal health-care, Evangelican-Lutherian congregations of Oulu, City of Raahe, City of Oulunsalo, Liminka municipality, Hailuoto municipality, Hailuodon Osuuspankki, Tyrnävä municipality, Rantsila municipality, Pohjonen Publishing, Oulun Osuuspankki Enviromental and public Art Works 2010 Skycleaner, material: ginestra plant, Arte Pollino Project, San Paolo Albanese, Italy 2003 Care, material: concrete, Technological Center, Oulu, 2003 Message, material: concrete, Technological Center, Oulu, Publications & Interviews 15.07.2012 Helsingin Sanomat, s. B3, Täällä olen se mikä olen 29.01.2010 Suomen Luonto No:1, s. 68 69, Puolukanlehtikengissä 2010 IkäPlus No:1, s. 83 85, Luovuus kumpuaa elämästä 26.11.2009 Kaleva, s.16, Taivaan siivooja luutii Italian taivasta 07.10.2009 Kansan Tahto, s. 6 7, Pienen hetken suuruus 2009 Kulttuurihaitari No:3, s. 24 27, Työskentelyä luonnon armoilla 2009 Taito No:4, s. 12 18, Kasvokkain 26.02.2009 Kodin Kuvalehti No:5, Kotona luodon luonnossa 27.12.2008 Helsingin Sanomat, Culture C1, Luodon luonto on taiteilijan paras työtoveri 2008 Joyce, revista, Pro Natura Valores eternos, s. 146 151. No 135, noviembre/diciembre 2008, Madrid, Espanol 29.09.2008 Sanomalehti Kaleva, Culture, s.12, Taiteilija luonnon suojeluksessa 2008 Arctic Hysteria, TranceState of Contemporary Finnish Art P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, June 1 September 15, 2008 s. 22, 92 97 2008 Taide-lehti No:2, s.51 52, Betonin luonto 26.03.2008 Corriere Della Sera / Fiorentino s.14, Italy 2008 Casamica No:3, s. 49 50, Italy 21.08.2007 Newspaper Kaleva, Tänään Anni Rapinojan riippuva puutarha, s. 28 03.07.2007 Maalla No:3, s. 72 77, Maasta kasvanut koti 2007 Read Up on Reed, edited by Iiro Ikonen and Eija Hagelberg, Turku 2007 Southwest Regional Enviroment Centre, s.88 89 2007 Pewna ia Une Certaine e A certain Muuan Suomi, BWA Katowice, Atelier Muzeum 340 Beuxelles 2006 Art For Sustainability, Galleri Abbekås, s.14 15, Grahns Tryckeri, Lund, Sweden 13.11.2006 YLE TV1, Kotimaan kasvot, Kauhean kaunista

2005 Art Eon Magazyn o sztuce, No:12(68) grudzien 2005, s.12 13, Puola 2005 Betoni No:2, s.36 37 2005 Nuorten luonto No:3, s. 6 7 03.06.2005 Newspaper Kaleva, Viikko Kaleva, Luovuuden Luoto 2004 YLE TV2 Itämeren helmet, osa 5 Hailuoto, edit. Petteri Saario 2004 Pensselit Santaan Kuvataiteilijoiden Hailuoto, s. 43 45, edit. Elina Vieru, Oulu Art Museum 19.09.2004 Newspaper Kaleva, Viikko Kaleva, Syksyinen luonto kutsuu keruuretkelle 2004 Kotipuutarha No:8, s.10 11 2003 Luleå sommarbiennal, s. 98, 119, 123 2003 Pinx Maalaustaide Suomessa, osa Tarinankertojia, s. 95, Weiling&Göös 2002 Pinx Maalaustaide Suomessa, osa Maalta Kaupunkiin, s. 53, Weiling&Göös 2002 Maasta käsin, edit. Elina Vieru, s. 38 47, Oulun Art Museum 2003 Yhteinen Maa Gemensamt Land A Land Shared, edit. Kerttu Karvonen, Kannas, Anne Pelin, Tuija Wahlroos, publisher: Gallen- Kallela Museum, s. 151 2003 Taito No:2, s. 46 49 2003 Kaltio No:5, s. 205 208 2003 Luonnonsuojelija No:2, s. 20 2003 Ympäristö 5, s. 16 17 2002 Suomen Kuvalehti 29, Kohtaamiset, Maan ääniä, s. 46 47 22.01.2000 Newspaper Kaleva, Viikkokaleva, Luonnosta löytyvät kuvien ainekset 1999 Bereniken Hiukset Berenice's Hair Coma Berenices, Leena Lohiniva, Rovaniemi Art Museum, s. 65 75 02.01.1997 YLE1, Etsin metsästä katoavaa kauneutta, edit. Riitta Vauras 18.08.1996 Dagens Nyheter, Anni skapar konst av kottar och älgskit 12.09.1996 Helsingin Sanomat, Humus on muuttuva ketju