Merja Kupari
Born 1959
Studies:
2002 Pekka Halonen Academy,
Basic vocational qualification in communications,
Art and Media culture, Visual Artist
1978 Upper secondary
school of Riihimäen
lukio
Members:
2005 - 2008 Cabinet member/secretary of Vantaa
Artists Association
2002 - Member
of Union of Finnish Art Associations
2013 Aspirant
member of Finnish Painters´ Union
2002 Ordinary
member of Vantaa Artists Association
2007 Member
of client of Kuvasto ry: yes
Coming solo exhibitions:
Solo exhibitions:
2017
Paintings, 7.dream Gallery, Helsinki
2016-
17
Touring exhibitions, Cultural services, Vantaa
2017
What´s my soul singing, Höyry Gallery, Korpilahti Harbour, Jyväskylä
2016
Paintings, Gallery Kapriisi, Tampere (Gallery was closed in Summer 2016)
2015 There´s due time for everything, Gallery Samuli Paronen, Riihimäki
2015 There´s due time for everything, Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2014 Pastoral, Hospital
Peijas, Vantaa
2014 Heirloom, Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä
2014
Selective Colours, Gallery Jänis, Turku
2014
Heirloom, Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa
2013
Touring ekshibitions, Cultural services, Vantaa
2012
Paintings, Gallery Laurea, Vantaa
2012
Yes,
it was so, Gallery Kapriisi, Tampere
2011
Was it after all,
Gallery Viileä Punainen, Helsinki
2010
Let´s
have fun, Pisto-gallery, Vantaa
2009
Sidottuni, Ava Gallery, Helsinki
2009
Tiger
lily, Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa
2009
Traces and tails,
Järnät, Järvenpää Hall
2008
Teardrops
and smile, Suopursu, Vantaa
2006
Medulla,
Gallery Stoa, Helsinki
2006
Paintings, Hospital
Peijas, Vantaa
2006
Metulla,
Gallery Nunes, Helsinki
2003
What is it in a woman,
Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa
2003
Momentary
drama, ABB Inc, Finland
Juried foreign group
exhibitions:
2016
A Midsummer Night´s Dreams 2016, Gallery K, Vantaa Art
Museum, Tikkurila
2016
My Blue, My Yellow, Wenngarn Slott Sigtuna, Sweden
2015
Group Exhibition, Gallery Kitai, Tokyo, Japan
2015
A Midsummer Night´s Dreams 2015, Brechtoldvilla, Salzburg, Austria
2014
Carrousel du Louvre, Contemporary Art Fair 2014, Paris
2009
II Artfestival,
Galeria do Palácio, Porto,
Portugal
2008
The Art Career, Forja, Valencia, Spain
2006
The third meeting –
International Art Show,
the
art gallery of Xiamen University,
China
2005 Something else, Group exhibition of Cable
Factory Artists and Vantaa Artists Association,
Fengersfors,
Sweden
Juried group exhibitions:
2014
20 - Anniversary Art Exhibition, Group exhibition
of Vantaa Artists Association, Gallery K,
Vantaa Art
Museum, Tikkurila
2014
Colours, Gallery Artika, Helsinki
2013
Group exhibition
of Vantaa Artists Association, PMC Polarteknic Oy, Vantaa
2012-11
Artforum,
Fair Center, Helsinki
2012
Dreams into Reality, Gallery Fogga, Helsinki
2010 Early
dreams, Gallery Férin, Helsinki
2008 The Art Career, Ava Gallery, Helsinki
2007
Group
exhibition of Ars Jok´vars 07, Jämsä
2005 Eyes
Open, Group exhibition of Vantaa Artists
Association,
Vantaa Art
Museum, Myyrmäki
2003
Taidemylly,
Kerava Art Museum
Group exhibitions:
2017
Detective
exhibition II,
Glub Warkaus, Varkaus
2014
Happy Xmas Group exhibition , Gallery Jänis, Turku
2013
Happy End, Group exhibition
of Vantaa Artists Association, Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa
2012-02 Group exhibitions
of Vantaa Artists Association, Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa
2011
Around, Group exhibition
of Vantaa Artists Association, Flamingo, Vantaa
2011 There is nobody here, The Problem Group, Gallery Vuotalo, Helsinki
2010
There is nobody here, The Problem Group, Gallery Uusikuva,
Kotka
2008
Shadow
and light, color and white, Taidepanimo, Lahti
2004-02 Group exhibitions
of Artport, Viitasaari
2003
With
Love, The Problem Group, Gallery Kanneltalo, Helsinki
2002 The
treasure seekers, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2002
Final project
exhibition by Pekka Halonen Academy, Cable
Factory, Helsinki
2000
Emotional
human being, The Problem Group, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka
Presented in
Collections:
The
Evangelical Lutherab congregation of Vantaa
Private
collections
Artist Grants:
2008
Travel Grant
for Groups, Arts Council of Finland
2010, 08, 05
Artist
Grant of the Comittee for Leisure and Recreation
in
Vantaa
Prize contest:
2002
The second prize in
design contest by Tuusula,
Finland
