Petri Ala-Maunus born 1970, Kuortane, Finland Lives and works in Tampere, Finland
Education 1990-93 Kankaanpää Institute of Art, Finland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
There is a place in heaven for me and my kind, Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin
2006
LARMgalleri, Copenhagen, Denmark Gallery and projectspace Huoltamo, Tampere, Finland
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The Young Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland (represented by Mother’s Tankstation) Nine years of sunsets, Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
2005
Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2003
Gallery Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
2001
Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
2000
Gallery Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
Group Exhibitions
2010 “Hauska Tutustua”, The Holden Gallery, Manchester, England
2009
Planet Fun Fun, Kerava Art Museum, Finland Worth Painting, The Finnish Painters’ Union 80th Anniversary Exhibition, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2008
Spazi Aperti, The Romanian Academy, Rome, Italy Headhunters, Showroom X, Helsinki, Finland Layers of Memory, The Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Berlin, Felleshus, Berlin, Germany The Finnish Breakfast Show, LARMgalleri, Copenhagen, Denmark Absolutely Clean, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
2007
The 25 Best Artists in Finland, The Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
2006
Absolute painting, The Flat/Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy Mother’s Ruin-Dangerous Obsessions and the Culture of Excess, mother’s tankstation, Dublin
2005
Art Omi International Artists’ Residency, Omi, New York, USA Nordic Landscape, Dronninglund Kunstcenter, Dronninglund, Denmark 110. Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Helsinki Art Hall, Finland
2004
Art Container, Trondelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim, Norway Art Container, Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark
2003
Art Container, Konstforum, Norrköping, Sweden Art Container, Art Center Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland
2000
Europe Prize for Painting, Municipal Museum, Oostende, Belgium
Awads
2009
The Art Council of Finland (one year grant)
2008 Finnish Cultural Foundation (one year grant, also 2003)
2007
The Art Council of Pirkanmaa (one year grant)
2006 City of Tampere (also 1999 and 1996)
2000
Public Display Grant for Visual Artists
Residencies
2008
Skandinavisk Förenings Kunstnerhus in Rome, Italy
2007
Foundation for the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, USA Residency of Finnish Artist Association. Oaxaca, Mexico
2005
Art Omi International Artists’ Residency, Omi, New York, USA
2004
Lademoen, Trondheim, Norway
2003
Finland-Hungary Art Symposium, Villa Török, Hungary 2007
2002
Hôtel Chevillon, Grez-sur-Loing, France Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France