Curriculum vitae
Rita Jokiranta

Visual artist, photographer, works with video, photography, installation and light.
Lives and works in Mariehamn in the Åland Islands, Finland, and in Stockholm, Sweden.

solo shows:

2011
- 2011 Every Image Is a Beginning, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland

2010
- After Vertigo – Tracing Real, Luleå Art Hall, Luleå, Sweden

2009
- Traces in Mind, Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Åland

2008
- Power of Seeing, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland
- Playing with Thoughts, Hippolyte Studio, Helsinki, Finland
- UnReal/UnDreamt, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden, with Viel Bjerkeset Andersen (no)

2008
- Trials in Repeating (with Helena Mutanen), Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden

2007
- UnRealities (with Viel Bjerkeset Andersen), Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
- Uncertain Circumstances (with Viel Bjerkeset Andersen), Hordaland kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway

2006
- Colouring Thoughts, Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Åland
- Filling the Silence, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland

2005
- Litorina Baltic Art Award exhibition, Norrtälje Konsthall, Sweden
- Shadows of Time, Nordisk ministerrådets galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Water Sketches, video installation, City Library, Mariehamn, Åland

2003
- Temporary Diaries, Galleri Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Åland
- Invisible Rooms, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
- Temporary Diaries, Draiocht, Dublin, Ireland

2001
- Transitions, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, Finland

2000
- Invisible Rooms, Galleri Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Åland
- Absences II, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland

1999
- Absences, Mala galeria, Warsaw, Poland

1998
- Absences, Mariehamnsgalleriet, Mariehamn, Åland
- untitled (blue velvet), City Library of Mariehamn, Åland
- Seascape stories, De Zyp Cultural Centre, Ganshoren, Belgium
- Seascapes, summernights, Galleri Herrgårdsvillan, Furusund, Sweden
- Seascape stories, Finnish Cultural Centre/Antwerpse Waterwerk, 7. Zomer van de fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
- Seascape stories, Galerij Van Kranendonk, Den Haag, the Netherlands

1997
- Seascapes, Photography Centre Peri, Turku, Finland

1996
- untitled (about perceiving), Galleri Workshop, Helsinki, Finland

1995
- Nordic light, nordic darkness, Nordic Institute in Åland, Kakelrummet, Mariehamn, Åland
- Common Memories, Photography Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
- Common Dreams, Galleri Finnfoto, Helsinki, Finland

1994
- Terra ingognita, mare oblivius, Galleri Zebra, Karis, Finland
- Seascapes and other stories, Galleri Bagarstugan, Mariehamn, Finland

1993
- In Search of Atlantis, Library exhibition hall, Hangö, Finland

1992
- Fragment 2, Postens galleri, Eckerö, Åland

1991
- Fragment, Galleri Finnfoto, Helsinki, Finland

1989
- Långt innan jag gick..., Galleri Fäktargubben, Mariehamn, Åland

group exhibitions:

2012
- Nykyajan raunioilla, TR1, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
- Next Stop Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain

2011
- Muu video, Muu Studio, Helsinki, Finland
- Water & Waste, ARS 11 Satellite: Åland Art Museum, Mariehamn, Åland
- Lørenskog Hus, Inauguration exhibition Komplex, Lørenskog, Norway
- Moving Image from Finland, Suomesta Galleria, Berlin, Germany

2010
- El Arte del Mar, Museu Comarcal de l’Urgell, Tàrrega, Spain
- Video exhibition, Pythagoras Museum/Norrtälje Art Hall, Norrtälje, Sweden
- REPetition, Suomesta Galleria, Berlin, Germany
- PREface – stories through the lens, Galleria Suomesta, Berlin, Germany
- Cosmos, Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
- Echoes of Light, TR1, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland

2009
- L’Art del Mer, Fundació Forvm, Tarragona, Spain
- Out of Context, FixC, General Public, Berlin, Germany
- BunkerFest, Kulturbunker, Frankfurt, Germany

2008
- Heijastus – Spegling, Tikanoja Art Museum & Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vasa, Finland

2007
- 10.ax, Åland Art Museum, Mariehamn, Åland
- 10.ax, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

2006
- Tess Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2005
- Reflected Moment (with Hjördis Haack, Peter Svedberg and Elena Näsänen), Ålands konstmuseum, Mariehamn, Åland

2004
- Reflected Image (with Hjördis Haack, Peter Svedberg and Elena Näsänen), Södertälje konsthall, Sweden
- PT04, Janusbygningen, Västjyllands kunstmuseum, Tistrup, Denmark
- Hibernations, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland

2003
- Den Gyldne, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002
- XXV, Mala galeria, Warsaw, Poland

2001
- Den Gyldne, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000
- Denkend aan Holland, LekArt 2000, Culemborg, Holland
- Zeegezichten, Prins Hendrik Stichting, Egmond aan Zee, Holland

1999
- ArtFarm 99, Kastelholms kungsgård, Åland

1998
- A Ponte Movel, PAND - Finnish Artists, Mocambique
- Stockholm Art Fair, Galerij Van Kranendonk, Stockholm, Sweden
- Vispgrädde, regional exhibition of southwestern Finland, the Åland Islands and County Roslagen in Sweden, Rauma Art Museum, Åland Art Museum, Norrtälje Art Hall

1996
- Ung i Norden (Young in the North), Rådhuset, Copenhagen, Denmark 1996-1998 etc. (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Belgium, Greenland) - Nordic language and information centre

1995
- Ädelförfaranden, Galleri Zebra, Karis, Finland
- PostFem, Postmuseet, Helsinki, Finland
- Attityd – comtemprary art, Post- och tullhuset, Eckerö, Åland

1994
- Nordfotoart, Nordic contemporary photography, Ujazdowski Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw, Poland

1993
- Fotografer från Åland, Galleri Zebra, Karis, Finland
- Sex åländska fotografer, Ålands konstmuseum, Mariehamn, Åland

1992
- Fotofinlandia exhibition, Kabelfabriken, Helsinki, Finland
- Europe without Framework, Galleri Image, Århus, Denmark

1991
- 56 grader Nord, Galleri Image, Århus, Denmark

1989
- Kvinnliga fotografer i Norden, Copenhagen, Denmark

1988
- Kvinnliga fotografer i Norden, Nordiskt Forum, Oslo, Norway

1984
- 26, women photographers in Finland, Helsinki, Amsterdam etc. 1984-88


screenings and screening events:
2012
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Supermarket Art Fair, Muu Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- Vera Film Festival, Mariehamn, Åland
2011
- Undergrund, Galleri Sinne, Helsinki, Finland
- Vera Film Festival, Mariehamn, Åland
2010
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FixC, Alternative Party, Helsinki, Finland
- FixC+, Cartes Flux, Espoo, Finland
- FixC+, Port Bou, Spain
- Fixation, Miden Festival, Kalamata, Greece
- Näsänen, Sassi, Jokiranta, Galleria Suomesta, Berlin, Germany
- Fixation, Crosstalk video art festival, D-udvar gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- FixC+, Norrtälje Konsthall, Sweden
- FixC, Supermarket, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
- Galleri Sinne, Helsinki, Finland
- Out of Context, FixC, General Public, Berlin, Germany
- BunkerFest, Kulturbunker, Frankfurt, Germany
2006
-Vera filmfestival, Mariehamn, Åland

performances:
Balkbaletten with Maria Duncker, Vera filmfestival, Mariehamn, Åland, 2006

residencies:
mid-career residence, HIAP, Helsinki, Finland, 2011
artist-in-residence, Suomesta Galleria, Berlin, Germany, 2010
artist-in-residence, Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, New York, 2009
artist-in-residence, Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, New York, 2006
Artists’ Work Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, 2002
artist-in-residence, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland, 1998

publications:
- catalogue Selected Works 2000-2005, 2005
- book: Seascape stories, 1997, published with quality support for publications of photographic art
- illustrations, stamps and documentary exhibitions, published in several books and magazines

grants and awards (a selection)
2012
-
Svenska kulturfonden (catalogue)
2011
- Ålands kulturdelegation (exhibition)
- Svenska kulturfonden (work)
- AVEK (production)
2010
- Ålands kulturdelegation (exhibition)
- Frame (exhibition transport)
- Kulturfonden Sverige-Finland (exhibition)
2009
- Svenska kulturfonden (exhibition)
2007
- Svenska kulturfonden (exhibition)
2007-10:
- National Council for Photographic Art (work)
2006
- Svenska kulturfonden (exhibition)
2005:
- Litorina Baltic Art Award
- Svenska kulturfonden (work)
- Public display grant for visual artists
2004:
- National Council for Photographic Art (work)
2003
- Ålands kulturdelegation (work)
- Kulturstiftelsen Finland-Danmark (exhibition)
2002
- Frame (exhibition)
2001
- Ålands kulturdelegation (exhibition)
- Svenska kulturfonden (exhibition)
2000
- Public display grant for visual artists
1999
- Svenska kulturfonden (work)

public commissions:
- stage curtain, Lørenskog Hus, Lørenskog, Norway, 2011
- stage curtain, Alandica Kultur&Kongress, Mariehamn, Åland Islands, 2009

- stage curtain, Sandels school, Helsinki, Finland 2007
- light installation (outdoors), City Library of Mariehamn, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- City Library of Mariehamn, Åland 1998


works in collections:
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
The State Art Collection in Finland
Wihuri Foundation/Rovaniemi Art Museum
Helsinki City Art Museum
Municipality of Mariehamn
Pro Artibus Foundation
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Åland Art Museum
Nordic House in Greenland, Nordic House in Iceland
private collections in Finland, Sweden and the USA


education:
private studies and courses for several well-known photographers, studies at the University of Industrial Arts of Helsinki, Finland, the University of Helsinki and the University of Tampere, Finland (not graduated), and Folkuniversitetet in Uppsala, Sweden

memberships:
Artist Photographers in Finland/Artists' Association in Finland
Muu Artist Association

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