CV
pictorial artist, printmaker, painter
born 1981
+358-44-2369179
ilona.raipala(at)gmail.com
Lives and works in Orivesi
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Education:
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2006-11 pictorial artist / printmaking, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) / Fine Arts Kankaanpää
2009 3 months practical training: Steinprent -lithographic workshop and gallery, Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands
2001-04 pictorial artist, Art school Maa
1997-01 baccalaureate, Tammerkoski gymnasium / main subject fine arts
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Solo shows:
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2017 Paintings, Orivesi library, Orivesi
2017 Near and far, Seitseminennature center, Ylöjärvi
2017 Beings, non-beings, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki
2014 By the roots of the forest, Runebergin mökki, Haihara, Tampere
2014 Gallery Ronga, Tampere
2012 Fyns grafiske verksted (workshop and gallery), Odense, Tanska
2012 Tampere Hall, Tampere
2011 Lights and other paintings, Gallery Ronga, Tampere
2011 My pictorial memory tells... Hämeenkyrö library, Hämeenkyrö
2001 Paintings and prints, Hämeenkyrö library
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Group and collective shows:
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2017 Oriveden kirjasto (Oriveden taidehuone -group)
2016 Haihara art center, Tampere (Marius Olsen ja Marita Mikkonen)
2016 Höyry gallery, Korpilahti (AvaraTaide art assosiation)
2016 Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi (AvaraTaide)
2015 International Lithographic Symposium, Tidaholm, Sweden
2014 Uskela gallery, Hämeenkyrö (Marius Olsen)
2014 Gallery Ronga, Tampere (AvaraTaide 5-year jubileum show)
2013 Gallery Mondo, Helsinki (Marius Olsen)
2013 Summarframsýningin, Listahøllin, Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands (guest artist)
2013 Gallery Ronga, Tampere (AvaraTaide)
2012 Seinäjoki art hall, Seinäjoki (Marius Olsen, Loviisa Tala)
2012 Glostrup kunstforening, Glostrup, Denmark (Marius Olsen)
2012 Moodne Tampere kunst, Tampere-maja, Tartu, Estonia
2012 Steinprent, Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands (Marius Olsen)
2012 Gallery 2, Pirkkala (Laura Mäkelä)
2011, 2014 Heystframsýningin, Listahøllin, Tórshavn, The Faroe islands (guest artist)
2010 Smiðjan i Lítluvík, Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands (Marius Olsen)
2010 Bukra gallery, Tampere (Marius Olsen)
2010 Näsilinna, Tampere (SAMK graduates´ show)
2010 Art school gallery, Kankaanpää
2009 Steinprent, Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands
2008 Pispalan library (Laura Mäkelä)
2007 Galleria Kivipankki, Jämsä and Ruusan kahvila, Tampere (Tanja Merikoski)
2006 Gallery Rajatila, Tampere (Piia Suomi)
2006 Billnäs bruk /Faces-etnofestival, Pohja
2004 Institute of Nordic Art NIFCA, Helsinki (Art school Maa graduates´ show)
2003 Art school Maa, Helsinki
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Future shows:
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2018 May-June Kouta-gallery, Kouvola (solo)
2018 june-july Koskenjalka gallery, Juupajoki (Marius Olsen)
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Works in collections:
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Sastamala town
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
Tampere maja (Tartu, Estonia)
private collections
Memberships:
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2005- Tampere artists assosiation
2011- Finnish Printmakers´assosiation
2012- Kuvasto
2012- AvaraTaide
Posts:
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2012-15 Member of the exhibition committee, Tampere artists assosiation
2012-13 member of the board, AvaraTaide
2013, 2018 member of the exhibition committee, AvaraTaide
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Grants:
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2012 Tampere artists assosiation
2018 Orivesi town
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Artists´ residencies:
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2011, 2014 Genova, Italy (Finnish arts promotion center Taike)
2012 Fyns grafiske verksted, Odense, Denmark (Tampere artists assosiation, artist exchange)
2012, 2014 Grassina, Italy (Finnish Atelier foundation)
2015 Matera, Italy (Taike)
2016 Olevano Romano, Italy (private)
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Art teaching:
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2013->
courses on landscape painting in Hämeenkyrö and Sastamala
courses in folk high schools (Hämeenkyrö, Kyröskoski, Sastamala and Ikaalinen schools - at the moment a course in Mouhijärvi, Sastamala)
short substitutings in high school and children´s art school