Presented Art Actions in following Festivals or Events with links to the presented actions
2019
PEPA/AccionMAD, Madrid, Spain
Heritage, BAM, Palermo Madrid
2018
Book Launch, Helsinki
Putki, Fiskars
2017
5th UPON, Chengdu, China
Vuosaari Stories, Helsinki
19th IMAF, Novi Sad, Serbia:
19th IMAF, Odzaci, Serbia
3rd FNAF, Prague, Czech Rep
18th SoToDo, Berlin, Germany
2016
Asiatopia, Bangkok Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand
The Red Flood, Galerie Grüntaler9, Berlin, Germany
MoPe16, Vaasa, Finland
Visitors 3, Suvilahti, Helsinki
Magito 25, Magito, Helsinki
World Village Festival, Helsinki
New Space Art Foundation, Hué, Vietnam
2015
The Air We Share, Art Contact in Mad House, Helsinki
Stories from the Edge, Metro Theater, Victoria, Canada
LIVE Biennale, Vancouver, Canada: Elements
LIVE Biennale, Vancouver, Canada: The Line
LIVE Biennale, Vancouver, Canada: Success
PPP, Bern, Switzerland
Helinä Hukkataival's retrospective, Jangva Gallery, Helsinki
Catalysti's pop-up art event, Kino Säde, Mänttä
Lapsody, Teak, Helsinki
Month of Performance Art, Meinblau Gallery, Berlin
Tonight, Galleria Augusta, Helsinki
P.S. Den Haag, Quartair, The Hague
2014
Kehityspäivä, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Mother's Tongue, Universum Theater, Helsinki
Laru environmental art exhibition, Lauttasaari, Helsinki
Feeling Queezy, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Aikamuotoja, Vuotalo Gallery, Helsinki
Save Vartiosaari, Helsinki
CREATurE, Kaunas, Lithuania
Independence Dom 4th edition, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
2013
ZAZ festival, Hadar Community Center, Haifa, Israel
ZAZ festival, Performance Art Platform, Tel Aviv, Israel
Afiriperforma, Faculty of Art, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Dimanche Rouge, Galeria Huuto, Helsinki
Dimanche Rouge, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
Dimanche Rouge, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Moment Share 2013, HIAP studio, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Laru 13, Lauttasaari, Helsinki
Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
Exchange, Wolf Vostell Museo, Malpartida, Spain
Encuentro, Enclave, Granada, Spain
Supermarket, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
FakeFinns & WannabeSwedes, Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden
JIAAP III, Galería Weber-Lutgen, Seville Spain
10 years Artists House, Vuotalo, Helsinki
2012
Deformes 2012, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Valdivia, Chile
Deformes 2012, Centro Cultural de Palacio Moneda, Santiago, Chile
Momentum, Brussels, Belgium
Not Ready Yet, collaboration with Tomasz Szrama, Studio Gallery Jangva, Helsinki
Floating Gardens, Fiskars
Rapid Pulse, Gallery Defibrillator, Chicago, USA
PAE, Performance Art Event, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Festival of Finnish Culture, Gallery Gryphon, Izhevsk, Russia
Co-Lab 7, Gallery Mindpirates, Berlin, Germany
Spontanplan, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany
2011
In IDA, First Meeting LiveStreaming (as part of Deformes 2012, Chile)
Life and Elements, MUU gallery, Helsinki
Neighbours, FF&O, Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
Laru 11, Lauttasaari, Helsinki
Night of Arts, Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
Paikkari festival, Sammatti
InfrAction Venetia, Accademia de Bellas Artes, Venice, Italy
InfrAction Venetia, Giardini, Venice, Italy
Transmuted, Exteresa, Mexico City, Mexico
Fake Finn Festival, Galeria Augusta, Helsinki
Kuva Kulman Takana, Malmitalo, Helsinki
Arrt d'Acccio, Sinberifora, Valencia, Spain
Trampolim, Vitoria, Brazil
Trampolim Itinerante, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NowOrNever, Bergen, Norway
2010
Guangzhou Live, Art Action, 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Helsinki Meeting Point, Koko Teatteri, Helsinki
Platform, Kuntsi Museum, Vaasa
IKRA festival, Hapanranda, Sweden
DakArt Off Biennial, Kadjinol Station, Dakar, Senegal
DakArt Off Biennial, Centre Culturel Blaise Senghor, Dakar, Senegal
DakArt Biennial, Musée Théodore Monod d'Art Africain, Dakar, Senegal
Making Holes in Time, GraceSpace, Brooklyn, USA
Perfo!, Telakalla, Tampere
2009
Ei koskaan eläkkeelle, Vantaan Taidemuseo, Vantaa
Art Fair 09, Cable Factory, Helsinki
La Muga Caula 5, Les Escaules, Spain
OPEN art festival X, Beijing, China
Perf09, Pori
Undisclosed Territories #3, Solo, Indonesia
Fluxee, Tehdasteatteri, Turku
2008
Live Action, Konsthallen, Göteborg, Sweden
MoPe 08, Kuntsi Museum, Vaasa
La Muga Caula 4, Les Escaules, Spain
KEAF, Theater, Seoul, South Korea
KEAF, Bar, Seoul, South Korea
Satama (in cooperation with Hepa Halme and Pekka Sassi), Vuotalo, Helsinki
Ajantaju kankaalla, Vuotalo, Helsinki
InterAciones XX!!, Arkamax, Sardinia, Italy
Contaminate 3, Boston, USA
Helsinki Meeting Point, Koko Teatteri, Helsinki
Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
2007
NGBK, U2 Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany
Acción07MAD, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Gallery Sinne, Helsinki
Malmitalo, Helsinki
2006
PSP project, Columbus, Helsinki
Pair 01, Taidepanimo, Laht
7a*11d, Toronto; Canada
Viva! Art Action, Montréal, Canada
Kanneltalo, Helsinki
Infractions, Sète, France
Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
Musakerho, Helsinki
21 Grand, Oakland, USA
SoToDo, Sacramento, USA
Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles, USA
Ganivet, Savoy Theater, Helsinki
2005
Suomen Taideyhdistys, Art Hall, Helsinki
Roi Vaara's Ars Fennica Exhibition, Amos Andersson Museum, Helsinki
Gallery Vuoksi, Helsinki
Mope 05, Art Hall, Vaasa
Night of Arts, Vuotalo, Helsinki
48 hours, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu
Korjaamo, Helsinki
Helsinki Day, Helsinki
Tervetuloa, Helsinki
Finnish Artists 110th Exhibition, Art Hall, Helsinki 2005
2004
Frutti di Mare, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Nordic Excellence, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Talotaide, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Löysät Pois, Kulma Galleria, Helsinki
Hanseatic Days, Turku
Galleria Titanik, Turku
Marginal Art Festival, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu
Space Contentions, Gallery Augusta, Helsinki
Freedom Exhibition, Lohja
Taiteilijatalo Presents, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Taiteilijatalo Presents, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Nössöklubi, Forum Box, Helsinki
2003
Ebent 03, MCCB, Barcelona, Spain
Festival de Performances, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Fluxee, Tehdasteatteri, Turku
Putki Festival, Fiskars
Ideologia 2 Biennale, Gothenburg, Sweden
In and Out of Love, Gallery Benda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
In and Out of Love, Taman Izmail Marzuki Arts Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
Kiasma, Helsinki
Twelve 4, Tampere
In and Out of Love, Gallery Suomenlinnan Rantakasarmi, Helsinki
2002
LaBàs, Forum Box, Helsinki
Changer l'Air de Temps, Galerie le Vent dans les Toiles, Québec
Bonbouillard, Ile de la Madeleine, Québec
Cable Factory, Helsinki
MoPe festival, Art Hall, Vaasa
BIN meeting, Helsinki
MUU Maanantai, MUU Gallery, Helsinki
2001
LaBàs 14, Cable Faxtory, Helsinki
Amorpph01!, Gloria Theater, Helsinki
Vid Gränsen Poetry Festival, Vaasa
LaBàs 9, MUU Gallery, Helsinki
Kortteli 31, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu
ConTemp, Lahti
Souvenirs of Love, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu
Art Goes Camping, Helsinki
Meeting Point, Gallery Platform, Vaasa
La Bàs 7, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Night of Arts, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki
Gooseflesh, Rakvere, Estonia
Finnish Artists 106th Annual Exh, Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä
LaBàs 4, Gallery Leena Kuumola, Helsinki
EXIT, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2000
LaBàs 3, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Aika on vain Sana, Cable Factory, Helsinki
SoToDo, Bröllin,
Performance Lab 0.5, Forum Box, Helsinki
Festival of Short Theater, University Theater, Helsinki
1999
Poikkeustila, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Suomi-Kannel, Sammatti
Amorph99!, Forum Box, Helsinki
Festival of Short Theater, University Theater, Helsinki
Video's
From the Not Ready Yet project of 2012 with Tomasz Szrama:
90 years (with Arianne Foks), Working Our Way Up, O, Expressing Fear, Time Drops, Chair, Framed, Café Latte
O was shown in the Lying Abandoned to Lie" exhibition of March 2015 in Kulturforum Bonn, Germany
Chair and Framed are part of the Performance Voyage 5, organized by Finnish artists association MUU and showcased in The Hague NL and many more cities around the world.
Five short performances produced and broadcasted by artur FST Kultur in 2002:
Success, Three Dances, The Latest News, Breaking the Silence, The Mad Poet
Talking about Climate Change, 2010 in cooperation with Egle Oddo
Grants
Arts Proimotion Centre, one year state grants: 2015, 2014
Arts Council of Finland, one year state grant: 2012
Cultural Foundation of Finland, one year personal grant, 2006-2007
Helsinki City Cultural Council, travel grants: 2015, 2014, 2013
Arts Promotion Centre of Finland, travel grants: 2014, 2013
Arts Council of Finland, travel grants: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006
Frame, travel grants: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2000
Arts Council of Finland, project grant: 2011
AVEK: project grant, 2008
Embassy of Finland in Indonesia: 'In and Out of Love' with Anna Wilhelmus, 2003
Embassy of the Netherlands in Finland: 'In and Out of Love' with Anna Wilhelmus, 2003
Arts Council of Finland: art project 'In and Out of Love', with Anna Wilhelmus, 2002
Helsinki City Culture & Library Committee: educational art project, with Anna Wilhelmus, 2001
Curating live art events
Meet the Other
produced by Catalysti ry for the Week Against Racism, in Lavaklubi, Helsinki Mar 2015
Mother's Tongue
in Universum Theater, Helsinki: 5 days in Oct 2014
Including...
produced by Catalysti ry for the Week Against Racism, in Dubrovnik, Helsinki Mar 2014
Uprooted Fake Nations
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: 3 days Sep 2013
Fake Finns and Wannabe Swedes
in Fölkingen, Stockholm, Sweden Feb 2013, Augusta, Helsinki 2 days Apr 2013, Haparanda, Sweden Jun 2013
WAR
produced by Catalysti ry for the Week Against Racism, in Stoa, Helsinki Mar 2013
Fake Finns & Others
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: Dec 2012, May 2012, Mar 2012
Not Ready Yet
in Studio Gallery Jangva, Helsinki: Aug 2012, Sep 2012
180 degrees
in Johann Tobias, Suomenlinna Helsinki: Jul 2012
Fake Finn Festival of experimental live arts
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: 3 days Mar/Apr 2011
La Contact
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: Nov 2010
New Art Contact
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: Oct 2010, Aug 2010, May 2010, Mar 2010
in the Cable Factory Gallery, Helsinki: Nov 2009,
ArtContact
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: Apr 2009
in HIAP project room, Cable Factory, Helsinki: Mar 2009, Jan 2009, Nov 2008, Nov 2008, Oct 2008, Sep 2008, May 2008
in the Puristamo Salli, Cable Factory, Helsinki: May 2008
in HIAP and/or Zodiak rehearsal space, Cable Factory, Helsinki: April 2008, March 2008, Jan 2008,
in Vuotalo, Helsinki: Jan 2008
in HIAP and/or Zodiak rehearsal space, Cable Factory, Helsinki: Dec 2007, Nov 2007, Oct 2007
in Forum Box, Helsinki: Sep 2007, May 2007, Apr 2007, Mar 2007, Feb 2007, Dec 2006, Nov 2006
in HIAP project room, Cable Factory, Helsinki: Oct 2006,
in Forum Box, Helsinki: Sep 2006, May 2006, Apr 2006, Mar 2006, Feb 2006, Dec 2005, Nov 2005, Oct 2005, Sep 2005, May 2005, Apr 2005, Mar 2005, Feb 2005
Kaapo Hintikka
in Forum Box, Helsinki: Dec 2004, Nov 2004, Oct 2004, Sep 2004, May 2004
Memberships
2012- founding board member of Catalysti, association of transcultural artists in Finland
2008- founding board member of Nordic Performance, association of nordic performance art organizers
2001- member of IAPAO, international association of performance art organizers
2000- member of artists' association MUU
2000- member of the Finnish Artists Association
Publicity
'Länsi Uusimaa' 17.6.2012, Natalia Kisnanen Fake Finns in Fiskars
ART WORD MAGAZINE 2011/10. Shanghai, China. FAKE FINN FESTIVAL of experimental live arts. Yin Zi. pp.142-144
'Puolilehti' No 1/2011, Lotta Pyykkönen Unstuck
'Helsingin Sanomat' 31.3.2011, interview column "Ihmiset" by Hanna Syrjälä Fake Finn Festival
'Illuusio' issue 01 (net version only) 2/11, article with interview by Ilona Räihä La Contact
'Tuolla, alhaalla' ntamo 2010, description of 5 performances by Pekka Luhta diverse works
'Esitys' 1/2010, interview by Pilvi Porkola ArtContact
'Art Gallery Magazine' issue 131, Oct 2009, photo page 18, China Time Drops
'Kulttuuri-uutiset" YLE 1, 25.09.2009 Sold Out
'Mapra Bloc Notes 2' 02.09 by Sylvie Ferré, France To Those Who Are...
'Diari de Girona', 15.9.2008 by Joan Comalat, Spain To Those Who Are...
'Turun Sanomat' 12.1.2009 by Kimmo Modig No Smell
'Taide! video 5-08 by Erkki Pirtola The Human Cost
'U2 Alexander Platz 07' catalogue, Berlin 2008, NGBK 4 Stills
'Pedagogia de la Performance", Huesca 2007, edited by Valentin Torrens workshop performance art
'Berliner Zeitung' 31,10,2007 by Markus Wächter, Berlin, Germany 4 Stills
'Taide 6' 2006, article by Erkki Pirtola Pre-emptive strike
'Helsingin Uutiset 1.9.06', article by Jussi Vehkasalo Runsaus
'Voima 09' 2005, interview by Erkki Pirtola ArtContact
'Helsingin Uutiset 12.10.05', interview by Marketta Karjalainen Public Preparation
'Taiteilija 1/2005', interview by Saara Suojoki Red 1,2 and 3
'Taide 3' 2004 by Roi Vaara Winter Spring
'Taide 2' 2004 p.36,37 by Pekka Luhta Yellow: 100 private performances
'Avui Cultura' 8.12.2003 by Mar Jiménez, Barcelona, Spain Black: 100 private performances
'Turun Sanomat' 27.10.2003 by Tuomo Karhu Traces
'Hufvudstadsbladet' 22.2.2003 by Bianca Gräsbeck Red: Combined Forces
'Kultur Nyheter' 27.9.2004 by Örjan Abrahamsson, Stockholm, Sweden Sharing
'Le Radar' Iles de la Madeleine, 9-15.8.2002 by George Gaudet, Canada I Wanted To Be
'Pohjalainen' 18.5.2002 interview Yellow: Too Much Inspiration
'Parpaings architecture & arts, Jan 2002' (France) by Reet Varblane, Estonia NowHere
'Kunst.ee 3.2001' interview, Estonia NowHere
'Taiteilija 2.2001' NowHere
'artur' FST Kultur 26.2.2001 with interview 49
'ESSE Arts +Opinions, hiver 2001' by Paul Grégoire, Canada 49
ATV, 2000 video by Erkki Pirtola ContAct
'Taide 5' 1999 by Pekka Luhta The Box
'Turun Sanomat' 30.8.1999 by Outi Lahtinen The Box
Working experience
Teaching: workshops and lectures about performance art, free-lance, Finland, Spain, Estonia and Sweden 1994-
Project leader therapeutic community for dutch youngsters, St. Antonin, France 1991-1993
Trainer body awareness and emotional expression, free-lance, Berlin, Germany 1981-1991
Social worker (streetwork), Oostzaan, the Netherlands 1977-1979
Education
Autodidact in performance art
Body awareness and emotional expression, USA and the Netherlands 1978-1982
Metallurgy at the Technical University, Delft, the Netherlands 1968-1977
Born in the Netherlands
resident in Finland since 1994
2019
PEPA/AccionMAD, Madrid, Spain
Heritage, BAM, Palermo Madrid
2018
Book Launch, Helsinki
Putki, Fiskars
2017
5th UPON, Chengdu, China
Vuosaari Stories, Helsinki
19th IMAF, Novi Sad, Serbia:
19th IMAF, Odzaci, Serbia
3rd FNAF, Prague, Czech Rep
18th SoToDo, Berlin, Germany
2016
Asiatopia, Bangkok Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand
The Red Flood, Galerie Grüntaler9, Berlin, Germany
MoPe16, Vaasa, Finland
Visitors 3, Suvilahti, Helsinki
Magito 25, Magito, Helsinki
World Village Festival, Helsinki
New Space Art Foundation, Hué, Vietnam
2015
The Air We Share, Art Contact in Mad House, Helsinki
Stories from the Edge, Metro Theater, Victoria, Canada
LIVE Biennale, Vancouver, Canada: Elements
LIVE Biennale, Vancouver, Canada: The Line
LIVE Biennale, Vancouver, Canada: Success
PPP, Bern, Switzerland
Helinä Hukkataival's retrospective, Jangva Gallery, Helsinki
Catalysti's pop-up art event, Kino Säde, Mänttä
Lapsody, Teak, Helsinki
Month of Performance Art, Meinblau Gallery, Berlin
Tonight, Galleria Augusta, Helsinki
P.S. Den Haag, Quartair, The Hague
2014
Kehityspäivä, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Mother's Tongue, Universum Theater, Helsinki
Laru environmental art exhibition, Lauttasaari, Helsinki
Feeling Queezy, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Aikamuotoja, Vuotalo Gallery, Helsinki
Save Vartiosaari, Helsinki
CREATurE, Kaunas, Lithuania
Independence Dom 4th edition, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
2013
ZAZ festival, Hadar Community Center, Haifa, Israel
ZAZ festival, Performance Art Platform, Tel Aviv, Israel
Afiriperforma, Faculty of Art, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Dimanche Rouge, Galeria Huuto, Helsinki
Dimanche Rouge, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
Dimanche Rouge, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Moment Share 2013, HIAP studio, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Laru 13, Lauttasaari, Helsinki
Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
Exchange, Wolf Vostell Museo, Malpartida, Spain
Encuentro, Enclave, Granada, Spain
Supermarket, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
FakeFinns & WannabeSwedes, Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden
JIAAP III, Galería Weber-Lutgen, Seville Spain
10 years Artists House, Vuotalo, Helsinki
2012
Deformes 2012, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Valdivia, Chile
Deformes 2012, Centro Cultural de Palacio Moneda, Santiago, Chile
Momentum, Brussels, Belgium
Not Ready Yet, collaboration with Tomasz Szrama, Studio Gallery Jangva, Helsinki
Floating Gardens, Fiskars
Rapid Pulse, Gallery Defibrillator, Chicago, USA
PAE, Performance Art Event, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Festival of Finnish Culture, Gallery Gryphon, Izhevsk, Russia
Co-Lab 7, Gallery Mindpirates, Berlin, Germany
Spontanplan, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany
2011
In IDA, First Meeting LiveStreaming (as part of Deformes 2012, Chile)
Life and Elements, MUU gallery, Helsinki
Neighbours, FF&O, Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
Laru 11, Lauttasaari, Helsinki
Night of Arts, Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
Paikkari festival, Sammatti
InfrAction Venetia, Accademia de Bellas Artes, Venice, Italy
InfrAction Venetia, Giardini, Venice, Italy
Transmuted, Exteresa, Mexico City, Mexico
Fake Finn Festival, Galeria Augusta, Helsinki
Kuva Kulman Takana, Malmitalo, Helsinki
Arrt d'Acccio, Sinberifora, Valencia, Spain
Trampolim, Vitoria, Brazil
Trampolim Itinerante, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NowOrNever, Bergen, Norway
2010
Guangzhou Live, Art Action, 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Helsinki Meeting Point, Koko Teatteri, Helsinki
Platform, Kuntsi Museum, Vaasa
IKRA festival, Hapanranda, Sweden
DakArt Off Biennial, Kadjinol Station, Dakar, Senegal
DakArt Off Biennial, Centre Culturel Blaise Senghor, Dakar, Senegal
DakArt Biennial, Musée Théodore Monod d'Art Africain, Dakar, Senegal
Making Holes in Time, GraceSpace, Brooklyn, USA
Perfo!, Telakalla, Tampere
2009
Ei koskaan eläkkeelle, Vantaan Taidemuseo, Vantaa
Art Fair 09, Cable Factory, Helsinki
La Muga Caula 5, Les Escaules, Spain
OPEN art festival X, Beijing, China
Perf09, Pori
Undisclosed Territories #3, Solo, Indonesia
Fluxee, Tehdasteatteri, Turku
2008
Live Action, Konsthallen, Göteborg, Sweden
MoPe 08, Kuntsi Museum, Vaasa
La Muga Caula 4, Les Escaules, Spain
KEAF, Theater, Seoul, South Korea
KEAF, Bar, Seoul, South Korea
Satama (in cooperation with Hepa Halme and Pekka Sassi), Vuotalo, Helsinki
Ajantaju kankaalla, Vuotalo, Helsinki
InterAciones XX!!, Arkamax, Sardinia, Italy
Contaminate 3, Boston, USA
Helsinki Meeting Point, Koko Teatteri, Helsinki
Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
2007
NGBK, U2 Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany
Acción07MAD, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Gallery Sinne, Helsinki
Malmitalo, Helsinki
2006
PSP project, Columbus, Helsinki
Pair 01, Taidepanimo, Laht
7a*11d, Toronto; Canada
Viva! Art Action, Montréal, Canada
Kanneltalo, Helsinki
Infractions, Sète, France
Villa Lill Kalvik, Helsinki
Musakerho, Helsinki
21 Grand, Oakland, USA
SoToDo, Sacramento, USA
Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles, USA
Ganivet, Savoy Theater, Helsinki
2005
Suomen Taideyhdistys, Art Hall, Helsinki
Roi Vaara's Ars Fennica Exhibition, Amos Andersson Museum, Helsinki
Gallery Vuoksi, Helsinki
Mope 05, Art Hall, Vaasa
Night of Arts, Vuotalo, Helsinki
48 hours, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu
Korjaamo, Helsinki
Helsinki Day, Helsinki
Tervetuloa, Helsinki
Finnish Artists 110th Exhibition, Art Hall, Helsinki 2005
2004
Frutti di Mare, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Nordic Excellence, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Talotaide, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Löysät Pois, Kulma Galleria, Helsinki
Hanseatic Days, Turku
Galleria Titanik, Turku
Marginal Art Festival, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu
Space Contentions, Gallery Augusta, Helsinki
Freedom Exhibition, Lohja
Taiteilijatalo Presents, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Taiteilijatalo Presents, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Nössöklubi, Forum Box, Helsinki
2003
Ebent 03, MCCB, Barcelona, Spain
Festival de Performances, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Fluxee, Tehdasteatteri, Turku
Putki Festival, Fiskars
Ideologia 2 Biennale, Gothenburg, Sweden
In and Out of Love, Gallery Benda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
In and Out of Love, Taman Izmail Marzuki Arts Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
Kiasma, Helsinki
Twelve 4, Tampere
In and Out of Love, Gallery Suomenlinnan Rantakasarmi, Helsinki
2002
LaBàs, Forum Box, Helsinki
Changer l'Air de Temps, Galerie le Vent dans les Toiles, Québec
Bonbouillard, Ile de la Madeleine, Québec
Cable Factory, Helsinki
MoPe festival, Art Hall, Vaasa
BIN meeting, Helsinki
MUU Maanantai, MUU Gallery, Helsinki
2001
LaBàs 14, Cable Faxtory, Helsinki
Amorpph01!, Gloria Theater, Helsinki
Vid Gränsen Poetry Festival, Vaasa
LaBàs 9, MUU Gallery, Helsinki
Kortteli 31, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu
ConTemp, Lahti
Souvenirs of Love, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu
Art Goes Camping, Helsinki
Meeting Point, Gallery Platform, Vaasa
La Bàs 7, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Night of Arts, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki
Gooseflesh, Rakvere, Estonia
Finnish Artists 106th Annual Exh, Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä
LaBàs 4, Gallery Leena Kuumola, Helsinki
EXIT, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2000
LaBàs 3, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Aika on vain Sana, Cable Factory, Helsinki
SoToDo, Bröllin,
Performance Lab 0.5, Forum Box, Helsinki
Festival of Short Theater, University Theater, Helsinki
1999
Poikkeustila, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Suomi-Kannel, Sammatti
Amorph99!, Forum Box, Helsinki
Festival of Short Theater, University Theater, Helsinki
Video's
From the Not Ready Yet project of 2012 with Tomasz Szrama:
90 years (with Arianne Foks), Working Our Way Up, O, Expressing Fear, Time Drops, Chair, Framed, Café Latte
O was shown in the Lying Abandoned to Lie" exhibition of March 2015 in Kulturforum Bonn, Germany
Chair and Framed are part of the Performance Voyage 5, organized by Finnish artists association MUU and showcased in The Hague NL and many more cities around the world.
Five short performances produced and broadcasted by artur FST Kultur in 2002:
Success, Three Dances, The Latest News, Breaking the Silence, The Mad Poet
Talking about Climate Change, 2010 in cooperation with Egle Oddo
Grants
Arts Proimotion Centre, one year state grants: 2015, 2014
Arts Council of Finland, one year state grant: 2012
Cultural Foundation of Finland, one year personal grant, 2006-2007
Helsinki City Cultural Council, travel grants: 2015, 2014, 2013
Arts Promotion Centre of Finland, travel grants: 2014, 2013
Arts Council of Finland, travel grants: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006
Frame, travel grants: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2000
Arts Council of Finland, project grant: 2011
AVEK: project grant, 2008
Embassy of Finland in Indonesia: 'In and Out of Love' with Anna Wilhelmus, 2003
Embassy of the Netherlands in Finland: 'In and Out of Love' with Anna Wilhelmus, 2003
Arts Council of Finland: art project 'In and Out of Love', with Anna Wilhelmus, 2002
Helsinki City Culture & Library Committee: educational art project, with Anna Wilhelmus, 2001
Curating live art events
Meet the Other
produced by Catalysti ry for the Week Against Racism, in Lavaklubi, Helsinki Mar 2015
Mother's Tongue
in Universum Theater, Helsinki: 5 days in Oct 2014
Including...
produced by Catalysti ry for the Week Against Racism, in Dubrovnik, Helsinki Mar 2014
Uprooted Fake Nations
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: 3 days Sep 2013
Fake Finns and Wannabe Swedes
in Fölkingen, Stockholm, Sweden Feb 2013, Augusta, Helsinki 2 days Apr 2013, Haparanda, Sweden Jun 2013
WAR
produced by Catalysti ry for the Week Against Racism, in Stoa, Helsinki Mar 2013
Fake Finns & Others
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: Dec 2012, May 2012, Mar 2012
Not Ready Yet
in Studio Gallery Jangva, Helsinki: Aug 2012, Sep 2012
180 degrees
in Johann Tobias, Suomenlinna Helsinki: Jul 2012
Fake Finn Festival of experimental live arts
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: 3 days Mar/Apr 2011
La Contact
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: Nov 2010
New Art Contact
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: Oct 2010, Aug 2010, May 2010, Mar 2010
in the Cable Factory Gallery, Helsinki: Nov 2009,
ArtContact
in Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki: Apr 2009
in HIAP project room, Cable Factory, Helsinki: Mar 2009, Jan 2009, Nov 2008, Nov 2008, Oct 2008, Sep 2008, May 2008
in the Puristamo Salli, Cable Factory, Helsinki: May 2008
in HIAP and/or Zodiak rehearsal space, Cable Factory, Helsinki: April 2008, March 2008, Jan 2008,
in Vuotalo, Helsinki: Jan 2008
in HIAP and/or Zodiak rehearsal space, Cable Factory, Helsinki: Dec 2007, Nov 2007, Oct 2007
in Forum Box, Helsinki: Sep 2007, May 2007, Apr 2007, Mar 2007, Feb 2007, Dec 2006, Nov 2006
in HIAP project room, Cable Factory, Helsinki: Oct 2006,
in Forum Box, Helsinki: Sep 2006, May 2006, Apr 2006, Mar 2006, Feb 2006, Dec 2005, Nov 2005, Oct 2005, Sep 2005, May 2005, Apr 2005, Mar 2005, Feb 2005
Kaapo Hintikka
in Forum Box, Helsinki: Dec 2004, Nov 2004, Oct 2004, Sep 2004, May 2004
Memberships
2012- founding board member of Catalysti, association of transcultural artists in Finland
2008- founding board member of Nordic Performance, association of nordic performance art organizers
2001- member of IAPAO, international association of performance art organizers
2000- member of artists' association MUU
2000- member of the Finnish Artists Association
Publicity
'Länsi Uusimaa' 17.6.2012, Natalia Kisnanen Fake Finns in Fiskars
ART WORD MAGAZINE 2011/10. Shanghai, China. FAKE FINN FESTIVAL of experimental live arts. Yin Zi. pp.142-144
'Puolilehti' No 1/2011, Lotta Pyykkönen Unstuck
'Helsingin Sanomat' 31.3.2011, interview column "Ihmiset" by Hanna Syrjälä Fake Finn Festival
'Illuusio' issue 01 (net version only) 2/11, article with interview by Ilona Räihä La Contact
'Tuolla, alhaalla' ntamo 2010, description of 5 performances by Pekka Luhta diverse works
'Esitys' 1/2010, interview by Pilvi Porkola ArtContact
'Art Gallery Magazine' issue 131, Oct 2009, photo page 18, China Time Drops
'Kulttuuri-uutiset" YLE 1, 25.09.2009 Sold Out
'Mapra Bloc Notes 2' 02.09 by Sylvie Ferré, France To Those Who Are...
'Diari de Girona', 15.9.2008 by Joan Comalat, Spain To Those Who Are...
'Turun Sanomat' 12.1.2009 by Kimmo Modig No Smell
'Taide! video 5-08 by Erkki Pirtola The Human Cost
'U2 Alexander Platz 07' catalogue, Berlin 2008, NGBK 4 Stills
'Pedagogia de la Performance", Huesca 2007, edited by Valentin Torrens workshop performance art
'Berliner Zeitung' 31,10,2007 by Markus Wächter, Berlin, Germany 4 Stills
'Taide 6' 2006, article by Erkki Pirtola Pre-emptive strike
'Helsingin Uutiset 1.9.06', article by Jussi Vehkasalo Runsaus
'Voima 09' 2005, interview by Erkki Pirtola ArtContact
'Helsingin Uutiset 12.10.05', interview by Marketta Karjalainen Public Preparation
'Taiteilija 1/2005', interview by Saara Suojoki Red 1,2 and 3
'Taide 3' 2004 by Roi Vaara Winter Spring
'Taide 2' 2004 p.36,37 by Pekka Luhta Yellow: 100 private performances
'Avui Cultura' 8.12.2003 by Mar Jiménez, Barcelona, Spain Black: 100 private performances
'Turun Sanomat' 27.10.2003 by Tuomo Karhu Traces
'Hufvudstadsbladet' 22.2.2003 by Bianca Gräsbeck Red: Combined Forces
'Kultur Nyheter' 27.9.2004 by Örjan Abrahamsson, Stockholm, Sweden Sharing
'Le Radar' Iles de la Madeleine, 9-15.8.2002 by George Gaudet, Canada I Wanted To Be
'Pohjalainen' 18.5.2002 interview Yellow: Too Much Inspiration
'Parpaings architecture & arts, Jan 2002' (France) by Reet Varblane, Estonia NowHere
'Kunst.ee 3.2001' interview, Estonia NowHere
'Taiteilija 2.2001' NowHere
'artur' FST Kultur 26.2.2001 with interview 49
'ESSE Arts +Opinions, hiver 2001' by Paul Grégoire, Canada 49
ATV, 2000 video by Erkki Pirtola ContAct
'Taide 5' 1999 by Pekka Luhta The Box
'Turun Sanomat' 30.8.1999 by Outi Lahtinen The Box
Working experience
Teaching: workshops and lectures about performance art, free-lance, Finland, Spain, Estonia and Sweden 1994-
Project leader therapeutic community for dutch youngsters, St. Antonin, France 1991-1993
Trainer body awareness and emotional expression, free-lance, Berlin, Germany 1981-1991
Social worker (streetwork), Oostzaan, the Netherlands 1977-1979
Education
Autodidact in performance art
Body awareness and emotional expression, USA and the Netherlands 1978-1982
Metallurgy at the Technical University, Delft, the Netherlands 1968-1977
Born in the Netherlands
resident in Finland since 1994
