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Seppo Salminen
Limingantie 18 A
FI 00550 Helsinki
Finland
tel +358 9 777 3549
gsm +358 50 5911 902

seppo.salminen@kuva.fi

Group exhibitions

Hämeen aluenäyttely, Hämeenlinna 1976

Young Artists Exhibition, Helsinki 1981, 1984

Finnish Artists Biennale, Helsinki 1985, 1986

Helsinki Festival 1985

Jyväskylän talvi Festival, Jyväskylä 1986

Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna 1986

Kilo Avant-garde 1986, Espoo 1987

Lahti Art Museum, Lahti 1989

Trivial, Kunsthalle, Helsinki 1991

Keisarin uudet vaatteet, Helsinki 1993

Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna 1994

Scandinavian performance, Lublin 1997

Finlandia video/performance Wroclav, Crakow 1998

Performance Lab, Forum Box, Helsinki 2000

European Performance and New Media Festival, Lublin 2001

Amorph Festival, Helsinki 2001, 2006

Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä 2001

Overtures, über Wasser, Gelsenkirchen 2002

Situated Spaces, Suomenlinna Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki 2003

Fractures of Life, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki 2005

Studio K, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki 2005

Kicks, Forum Box, Helsinki 2009

Tracking Traces, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki 2009–10
XVI Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä 2011

Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki

Hämeenlinna Art Museum

Several private collections

Curator

Overtures, über Wasser, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 2002

Overtures, über Wasser, Munich, Germany 2005

Seppo Salminen / Curriculum Vitae

born 1956 in Hämeenlinna, working in Helsinki

Lecturer 1998–2003 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts,
Department of Time and Space

Director of Department of Time and Space since 2000

Professor of Department of Time and Space since 2003

Studies

University of Art and Design, Helsinki 1977–82

Private exhibitions

Pain things, Vanhan Galleria Helsinki 1983

johannes s, Vanhan Galleria Helsinki 1985

Martyr’s birth Gallery Brama, Warshaw 1986

Rajatila, Vanhan Galleria, Helsinki 1988

Relics, Lost Civilization, TM Gallery Helsinki 1988

Miracle of the Snow: On Father’s Grave, Gallery Pelin, Helsinki 1991

Easily Vulnerable Bodyparts, Gallery Pelin, Helsinki 1993

johanneksen tie, Theatre Museum, Helsinki 1995

Maitonarikka, Gallery Kari Kenetti, Helsinki 1998

das Mann, transparence/presence,
Gallery Kari Kenetti, Helsinki 2001

Prof. Virkaanastujaisnäyttely Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 2004

still life, double portrait, Studio K, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki 2005

Retrospective, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna 2008

Performances for example

Leningrad, USSR 1988, 1989

Warsaw, Poland 1998

Wroclav, Poland 1998, 1999

Cracow, Poland 1999

Munich, Germany 2001

Berlin, Germany 2002

Havana, Cuba 2002

Taipei, Taiwan 2008