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PIRJO BERG, Artist |
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pirjoberg@hotmail.com |
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Resume |
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Education: 2005 - EDGE – Program, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington 2000 - BFA in painting, School of Art and Media, Tampere, Finland 1991 - MA in regional planning, University of Tampere, Finland
Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2008 - ”New Works”, Gallery 63Eleven, Seattle, Washington 2007 - ”You, I and Fairy Tale – Sä, Mä ja Satu”. Three Finnish Women: Susanna Liukkonen, Pirjo Berg ,Satu Nikku. Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington 2004 - “From Northern Climes: Contemporary Finnish-American Art”, presented in conjunction with “Transfigurations: Finns in Russian-America”, Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum,Tacoma, Washington 2003 - "One Broken Picture/Eräs Hajanainen Kuva", Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington 2002 - "Maalia ja matonkuteita", Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2008 -Nordic Artists, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington -”Over The Edge, Artists + one from the Artist Trust Program”, UpFront[art], Issaquah, Washington -“Artists from Building C”, Gallery 63Eleven, Seattle, Washington 2007 - ”East Meets West: Artists from Building C”, BallardWorks, Seattle, Washington -” Convergence – Ballard Building C Artists”, UpFront[art], Issaquah, Washington -“Artists from Building C”, Gallery 63Eleven, Seattle, Washington 2006 - ”North West Fine Arts Competition”, Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Phinney Center GallerySeattle, Washington - Annual Juried Fine Art Competition, Kent, Washington 2005 - ”RE Store’s 4th Annual Recycled Art Show”, invitational exhibition at New York Fashion Academy’s Gallery,Seattle, Washington - ”Nordic Artists Northwest”, invitational exhibition at Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington - ”Figure Workshop”, Art/ Not terminal- Gallery, Seattle, Washington - Finlandia Music and Art Festival, Northwest College of Art, Poulsbo, Washington - The annual exihibition and sale for the member’s of the Finnish Painter’s union, Kaapeli, Helsinki, Finland 2004 - ”Stay in the Tunnel. The Artists of Building C”, Gallery 63 Eleven, Seattle, Washington - ”Expressions Northwest”, The Jeffersons Arts Alliance and Port Townsend Arts Commissons 6th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Port Townsend, Washington - ”3rd Recycled Art Show”, Seattle, Washington - Finlandia Music and Art Festival, Northwest College of Art, Poulsbo, Washington - Art/ Not terminal- Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2000 - Art Center Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland - "Rive Noire", Finnish Institute, Paris, France - “Lieber Finland”, Finnish Institute, Berlin, Germany 1999 - "Raaka", School of Art and Media, Finlayson, Tampere, Finland - "Women in Arts Festival", University of Washington, Seattle, Washington - “Menolippu", White Gallery, Tampere, Finland 1998 - "Kasvu", School of Art and Media, Finlayson, Tampere, Finland - Women’s Cultural Days, Gallery Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland - "Tosissaan", University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland 1997 - "Kuvassa ja kuvan takana", University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Installations/Collaborations: 1999 - “Tuolit", public art at the Pentagon, Paldiski, Estonia 1997 - “Juuret", Installation for Finland’s 80th Independence Celebration, Kiasma, Contemporary Art Museum of Finland, Helsinki, Finland - Staging for Political Conference for Women, Tampere, Finland - “Punainen puu", Public Art for Women’s Cultural Days, Tampere, Finland - "Ruohon kasvu", Public Art Work, Tampere, Finland
Awards and Grants: - Merit Award. ”Expressions Northwest”, the Jefferson’s Arts Alliance and Port Townsend Arts Commissions 6th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Port Townsend, Washington, 2004 - Grants: School of Art and Media, Tampere, Finland, 1997 (for documenting public art in Seattle) and 1999 (Nepal)
Other Art Experience: - Curated ” Convergence – Ballard Building C Artists” -invitational exhibition at UpFront[art], Issaquah, Washington (with Diane Culhane, Deby Harvey and June Sekiguchi), 2007 - Curated ”Nordic Artists Northwest” -invitational exhibition at Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington (with Marianne Forsblad, Eva Isaksen and Joan Stuart Ross), 2005 - Teaching: painting and drawing, at Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, - Lecture: "Public Art in Seattle and Helsinki", at Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, 2002 - Lecture: “Public Art in Seattle”, at the School of Art and Media, Tampere, Finland, 1997
Bibliography: - Gary Faigin , Art Review “Pirjo Berg: New Works at Gallery 6311 in Ballard”, April 17th 2008, KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, Sound Focus, 94.9 MHz, NPR - Issaquah Press, “ArtEAST hosts Ballard artists”, July 4th 2007, - Mary Iverson, “Fine Art Studio: Pastels”, Silver Dolphin Books, San Diego, CA, 2007 - Mary Iverson, “Fine Art Studio: Watercolor”, Silver Dolphin Books, San Diego, CA, 2006 - Tessa Papas (compiled), “Maximalism, Art at the Hotel Max, Seattle”, Chetwynd Stapylton, Portland, Oregon, 2005 - Mary Iverson, “Fine Art Studio: Painting”, Silver Dolphin Books, San Diego, CA, 2004 - ”Jangva 10”, the publication of the exhibitions of the Jangva-gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 2004 - “Version 1.0. Vuonna 2000 Tampereen Ammattikorkeakoulun taiteen ja viestinnän osastolta valmistuvat”, the publication of the graduates of Tampere School of Art and Media,Tampere, Finland, 2000 - Lassi Kurkijärvi, ” Ydinkoe inspiroi ympäristö taiteen lopputyöhön”, Aamulehti 6/5/2000, Tampere, Finland - Anni Valtonen, “ Lintumiehiä ja myrskyn kauhua”, Aamulehti 4/1/1999, Tampere, Finland - Tina Abbott and Ray Liaw (Coordinators), ”Women in the Arts, An Anthology of Literary and Visual Arts 1999”, published for”Women in the Arts Week”-happening, Seattle, WA
Public Collections: - Labor Museum, Tampere, Finland - Valley Medical Center, Renton, Washington - Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, Oregon
Commissions: - Max-Hotel, Seattle, Washington, 2004-05 - NBBJ, for Valley Medical Center, Renton, Washington, 2006-07 - Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, Oregon, 2007. |
