Ville Lenkkeri – Curriculum Vitae
– Born in Oulu, Finland, 1972
Education
2002 – 2006 Master of Art Program, Department of Photography, University of Art and Design, UIAH, Helsinki
2004 Die Hochschule für Buchkunst und Grafik, Leipzig, study exchange
1998 – 2001 Bachelor of Art, Department of Photography, Academy of Performing Arts, FAMU, Prague
1997 Induction Workshop in Cinematography, National Film and TV School, London
1994 – 1996 Studies of Cinematography and Film Theory, FAMU, Prague
1991 – 1994 Studies of Forestry at the University of Helsinki
1991 Matriculation exam
Solo Exhibitions (Selection 2002 – )
2019
Medical Records of a Small Town, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu
2017
Medical Records of a Small Town, Serlachius Art Museum Gustaf, Mänttä
2015
Existence Doubtful, Galleri Flach, Stockholm
2014
The Petrified Forest, Serlachius Art Museum Gösta, Mänttä
The Place of no Roads, Musée de la Photographie André Villers, Mougins
2013
Office Rage, Gallery Singular, Pula
Distorted Shadows, Breadfield, Malmö
2012
Vidas y Lugares, Matadero Madrid
2011
The Place of no Roads, Artothèque de Caen, Les Borealis
Dreams and Awakenings, Galleri Flach, Stockholm
2010
The Place of no Roads, FotoMuseum, Antwerpen
Im Dobbelpack, Kunsthalle Erfurt, together with Walter Bergmoser
The Place of no Roads, Momentum Galerie, Vienna
2009
Exhausted Illusion, La Galerie Particulière, Paris
The Place of no Roads, Gallery Taik, Berlin
Civil Courage, Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo, Helsinki
The Place of no Roads, Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Oslo
Ingen mans land, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2008
Ballad of a Troubled Dream, Point of View Gallery, New York
Civil Courage (Nos réalités), Le Quartier, Quimper
True Story, Maerz Galerie, Leipzig
2007
Looking at Life, Finlands Institutet, Stockholm
Sisätiloja, G.A.Serlachius museum, Mänttä
Näytös, Korjaamo, Helsinki
Reality in the Making, Peter Lav Photo Gallery, Copenhagen
Natura Morte, Pole Image, Rouen
Reality in the Making, Villa Oppenheim, Berlin
Synart art gallery, Frankfurt
2005
Galleri Flach, Stockholm
Reality in the Making, Honkahovi, Mänttä
2004
Movies, Bautzner 69, Dresden
Cold Frame, Leonardi V-Idea, Genova, together with Sampsa Virkajärvi
2003
The World As We Know It, Pohjoinen valokuvakeskus, Oulu
Uncompleted Buildings, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki
2002
Interaction, Photography gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
Movies, Tampere International Short Film Festival, Tampere
Group Exhibitions (Selection 2002 – )
2018
Considering Finland, Port25, Mannheim
2017
The People’s Cause, Tampere Art Museum
(An-)Sichten vom Umgang mit der Wirklichkeit, ArtFoyer DZBank,Frankfurt
Den besvärliga ödlan, Haninge Konsthall
Sata vuotta, tuhat tulkintaa, Jyväskylä Art Museum
2016
Meadows and Wilderness, Serlachius Art Museum Gösta, Mänttä
2015
Grande Finale, Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo, Helsinki
Steps forward: facing the Arctic climate, House of Sweden, Washington DC
2014
Unter die Haut, Josephinum, Wien
Pôle Nord, l`ésam Caen/Cherbourg-site de Caen
2012
Tosi kyseessä / Reality Bites, Kiasma, Helsinki
Remove Me, Artothèque de Caen
Regards photographiques Finlandais sur la nature, Abbaye de Jumièges
Wir sind die Anderen, Art Foyer, DZ Bank, Frankfurt
2011
Humble, Silent and Unexplainable, Galeria Virgilio, Sao Paulo
2010
Feest der herkenning! Internationaal realisme, Kunsthal Rotterdam
tru(E)motion/Breaking the Edge, Daegu Biennale 2010
Fake&Real, Galerie Schütte, Essen
Realismus – Das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit, Kunsthalle Emden + Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
2009
F-stop 2009, Leipzig
Honkahovi, Mänttä
Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm
2008
CLINIC, Griesmar&Tamer, Paris
Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä
Maan asema / La position de la Terre, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch
Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm
Dark, Korjaamo, Helsinki
2007
French Diary, Pohjoinen valokuvakeskus, Oulu
Toden ja unelmien välissä, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
Photo Finish, Stenersens Museum,Oslo
2006
What’s Up North, Rantagalleria, Pohjoinen valokuvakeskus, Oulu
What is Photography, Borås Konst Museum
Museum!Museum!, Oulu Art Museum
Dialog, Langhans Galerie, Prague
Fermente, Maerz Galerie, Leipzig
Alone Together (POC), Gallerie Nouvelles Images, Den haag
Nu Nordisk Fotografi, (10 finalists), Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen
Pointers, Contemporary Finnish photographers, Galerie Nei Liicht, Luxemburg and
Studio Marangoni, Florence
Fotofinlandia, (10 finalists), Sanomatalo, Helsinki and VB-valokuvakeskus, Kuopio
Nyförvärv och en och annan favorit, Gävle Konstcentrum
2005
Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit, Stadtmuseum Ratingen and Stadtmuseum Bergkamen
Personligt (The Helsinki School), Kunsthaus Bethanien, Berlin
4th Generation, PPS Gallery, Hamburg
The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Helsinki Versions, Centrum för fotografi, Stockholm
2004
Working Situation, Bautzner 69, Dresden
POC in town, Gallery Kudlek, Forum fur Fotografie, Cologne
Fantastic Realism, Konstihoone, Tallinn
The World As We Know It, Prospekto gallery, Vilnius
Quand la photo fait son cinema, Pole Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen
2003
Quand la photo fait son cinema, Galerie Nathalie Pariente, Paris
OPEN 2003, Venezia
60° – 43°, Marseille
2002
Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä
Curatorial activity
2015
Touching from a Distance, Serlachius museum, Mänttä, Finland
– Seen by 61 000 visitors during the summer 2015
Publications
– Medical Records of a Small Town, Kerber Verlag, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-7356-0390-6, www.kerberverlag.com
– The Petrified Forest, Kerber Verlag, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-7356-0257-2, www.kerberverlag.com
– Existence Doubtful, Kerber Verlag, 2014, ISBN: 978-3-86678-975-3, www.kerberverlag.com
– The Place of no Roads, Hatje Cantz, 2009,
ISBN: 978-3 7757-2399-2, www.hatjecantz.com
– Reality in the Making, Hatje Cantz, 2006,
ISBN: 978-3 7757-1880-6, www.hatjecantz.com
– Movies, Bautzner69/Hesperus Verlag, 2004, ISBN: 3-932 607-11-2
Represented by
Galleri Flach, Stockholm, http://www. http://galleriflach.com
Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, http://gallerytaikpersons.com/
ARTag Gallery, Helsinki, http://www.artaggallery.com
Works in Collections
– Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation, Finland
– FNAC (Fonds National d’Art Contemporain), France
– Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Arts of Finland
– Statens Konstråd, Sweden
– Finlands Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
– Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France
– F.R.A.C. Haute Normandie, France
– Pole Image Haute Normandie, France
– DZ Bank, Germany
– The Art Museum of Oulu, Finland
– Oulun seudun ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland
– Suomen taideyhdistys, Finland
– Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden
– Gävle Art Centrum, Sweden
– Private collections in Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy and USA
Residencies
2013 Pula, Croatia, Singular
2009 New York, Finnish Cultural Institute in New York
2004 Rouen, POC / Pole Image Haut Normandie
2002 Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, NIFCA
A number of working and project grants since 2002.
Teaching experience – Photography workshops of different lengths at:
Voionmaa Institute
Turku University of Applied Sciences
Aalto University, Helsinki
ISSP, Latvia
Hochschule of Art and Design, Offenbach
FAMU, Prague
University of Art & Design, Btk, Berlin