SELECTED PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS
 

2027   Side Paths, Gallery Aski, Turku  7.1. - 21.1.2027

2022   Cold Soil, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere

2019   Witches' broom, Toolbox, Berlin, Germany
2018   In the bushes, Tampere-maja, Tartto, Estonia
2017   Sculptures and installations (A. Meskanen-Barman), Galleria Saskia, Tampere
2016   3, Forum Box (M. Kalkamo, T. Peltonen), Helsinki
2014   The Species of People - Kunsthalle Artist of the Year 2014, Kunsthalle Helsinki
2013   The Wind Turns towards the East, Contemporary Museum of Tampere, Pond of Tammer, Tampere
2011   Suruparvi ja suursyömäri, Retretti, Punkaharju 

           Out of blur, Kunst Gallerie Fürth, Fürth, Germany
           Gallerie 21,with M. Kalkamon, Malmö, Sweden
2009   Art and Design gallery, UH Galleries, Hatfield, UK
           Gallery Husa (M. Kalkamo), Tampere
2008   GalleryK, Huittinen
2007   Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
2004   Gallery Husa, Tampere
           KU-galleri, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
2002   Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere
2001   Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
2000   Titanik, Turku
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (10  years) 

 

2027   M-Itä? Contemporary Art Biennale, Art Museum of Mikkeli 12.6. - 19.9.2027

2025   Talo!Tampere, Galleria Himmelblau, Tampere 

           Fact or Fairy tale? The Birchtree Biennale in Iisalmi 

            Mensch, Galleri 21 jubileums år, Malmö, Sweden 

2024   Layers, Loops, Lines, Borås Art Biennale 2024, Borås, Sweden

2023   HOUSE, Limassol Municipal Arts Center – Apothikes Papadaki, Limassol, Kypros

2022.  Vidunderligheter, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden

           Red Tread, Saarijärvi Art Museum, Saarijärvi

2021   Encounters, Kultaranta, Naantali

           Stockfors Art Festival, Pyhtää - Pyttis

2020   The Displaced - The Archeology of Refurees - Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta

           The Displaced - The Archeology of Refurees - Oulu Art Museum, Oulu

2019   KRRR, Rauma Museum of Art, Rauma
2018   Emme oleet yksi, Old glassfactory of Riihimäki, Riihimäki
2017   For the Cow to Dance, Drag it on the Ice, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Germany
           Maailma on toinen, Villa Roosa, Orimattila

           Suloisessa Suomessamme, The Birchtree Biennale in Iisalmi 
           A series of Finnish artists - Heli Ryhänen, City Concert Hall of Uppsala, Sweden
 

COMMISSIONS

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2025   On/Below the surface, HUS Tammisairaala, Helsinki

           Swarm Intelligence, Wintteri, Uusikaupunki​

2023.  Flight Paths, TAYS, Tampere

2017   Scion, SAMK Campus, Pori
2013   City Animals, Lampipuisto, Kontula, Helsinki
2012   Ympyrähullut, (Kalkamo-Ryhänen), traffic circle, city centre of Huittinen
2010   Balancing, office block Sinetti, Jyväskylä 
2004   Apple tree arm, (Kalkamo-Ryhänen), Open Air Art Museum at Pedvale, Latvia
           Sculpture park of Lake Wrnvy, Wales, UK
1997   Hindrances (Kalkamo-Ryhänen), Huittinen
1996   On the Way, Huittinen
1995.  Time, Kankaanpää
1994   Clown (Kalkamo-Ryhänen), Jalava daycare center, Kankaanpää


COLLECTIONS

Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art
Collection of Art Museum of Tampere

City of Kankaanpää
State of Finland

City of Espoo
Kuopio Art Museum
Uppsala Art Museum

 

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REWARDS

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​Art Promotion Centre Pirkanmaa, Art Prize of the year 2021  

Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Public Art Competition, First Prize 2016

Environmental Artwork of the Year 2012, Ympyrähullut, Huittinen 

Finnish Art Association, William Thuring –Prize 2007

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RECIDENCES, WORKSHOPS

2015  Artist in recidence – Lodtunduh, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2012  Artist in recidence – GuestRoom Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
2009  Cité - Artist in recidence, Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
          Artist in residence, Arts Council of Satakunta, Berlin, Germany
2007   International ironcasting symposium, Pirkkala, Finland
2006   Artist in recidence, Oaxaca, Mexico
2004   Woodcarving symposium, Lake Wrnvy, Wales, UK
2002   Eigenart, international paperworkshop for women artists, Chemnitz, Germany
2001   Artist in residence, Visual Arts Foundation in USA , New York, USA
           Sichten, workshop for women artists, Chemnitz, Germany
2000   International ironcasting workshop, Veszprém, Hungary
1999   Artist in residence, Oaxaca, Mexico
1998   International stonecarving workshop, Safaköy, Turkey
1996   Ceramics workshop, Lagos, Portugal
 

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