Italian taide oli varhainen mielenkiintoni kohde eikä se ole vieläkään pois suljettu kuvistani. Toinen seikka, joka on vaikuttanut ilmaisuuni, on nuorena, heti opiskeluajan jälkeen tapahtunut vierailu Lontoon British Museumissa. Egyptin taide teki minuun vaikutuksen; elämän ja kuoleman mysteeriin liittyvä tematiikka, pinnankäsittelyn rikkaus sekä materiaalien ja muotojen yksinkertainen, mutta puhutteleva ilmaisuvoima.
Etelä-Saimaan kriitikko Seppo Paajanen kirjoitti 26.2.2018 Imatran taidemuseon näyttelyarviossa: ”Juhani Järvisen veistoksissa ollaan peruskysymysten äärellä, niiden jopa sakraali tunnelma saa miettimään elämää ja kuolemaa. Järvisellä on todella hyvä taju toteuttaa näkemyksensä minimalistisesti, mutta silti niin, että sisältöä on vaikka muille jakaa. Todella upeita töitä.”
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Despite having grown up in a small rural village, I was interested in art history more than to anything else. My first passion was Italian art, which is still reflected in my works. Another factor that has influenced my works is my visit to the British Museum in London, which took place soon after my graduation. Egyptian art made a deep impression on me: the themes related to the mystery of life and death, the rich surface treatment, and the simplistic yet powerful use of materials and forms.
Seppo Paajanen, the critic of Etelä-Saimaa newspaper, wrote on 26 February 2018 in his review of the Imatra Art Museum’s exhibition as follows: “Juhani Järvinen’s sculptures address fundamental questions, as their even sacred atmosphere turns the viewer’s thoughts to life and death.Järvinen is a master at combining a minimalistic style with extremely rich content when realising his ideas. His works are superb.”
EDUCATION
• Finnish Art Academy 1977
• Lahti Design Institute 1986
MEMBERSHIPS
• Finnish Artists´Association
• Jyväskylä Artists´Association
• Ars Nova
• University of West Georgia, honorary member, USA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo exhibitions in Finland and abroad:
• 2019 Studio exhibition, rectory of Simpele, Finland
• 2018 Hermitage residensce / Vyborg Art Museum, Russia
• 2017 Pskov (Pihkova) Art Museum , Russia
• 2017 Gallery Noorus, Tartu, Estonia
• 2017 Gallery of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Malunai, Lithuania
• 2016 Gallery Academia Belle Arte, Macerata, Italy
• 2016 Gallery Ars Nova, Savonlinna, Finland
• 2015 Höyrygalleria, Korpilahti, Finland
• 2014 Finnish Handicraft Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
• 2013 Artist of month, South Karelia Artist' Association, area libraries, Finland
• 2012 Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland
• 2010 Oskar Luts Museum, Palmuse, Estonia
• 2009 Gallery Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland
• 2000 Gallery Katariina, Helsinki, Finland
• 1995 Rüütli gallery, Tartu, Estonia
• 1994 Keuruu Art Museum, Finland
• 1993 Gallery of Jyväskylä Artists´Association, Finland
Group exhibitions in Finland:
Debut:
An exhibition of young artists, Helsinki Art Hall 1979. After this exhibition actvities have continued in museums and galleries, for example: Alvar Aalto Museum, Saarijärvi Art Museum, Kerava Art Museum, Imatra Art Museum, Lieksa Museum, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Helsinki Art Hall, Keuruu Art Museum, Vaasa Art Hall, Museum of Central Finland, Turku Cultural Center
Last ones:
• 2020 Keuruu Art Museum ( collections of museum)
• 2020 Kohtaaminen 5, Art Center Taarasti (Nenye, Bruun-Järvenpää, Autio, Bengs- Sherestha, Pellinen, Heiskanen, Kärki, Järvinen)
• 2020 Association of Finnish Painters, presentation of artists, internet exhibition
• 2019 Museum of Pielinen (Karjalainen, Lavonen, Jaskanen, Pohjolainen, Castrén, salminen, Södö, Turunen, Pelvo, Järvinen)
• 2019 Teijo blast furnace (Nenye, Bruun-Järvenpää, Autio, Bengs-Sherestha, Pellinen, Heiskanen, Kärki, Järvinen)
• 2019 Keuruu Art Museum, Family exhibition (Kaisa, Juha, Matti and Juhani Järvinen)
• 2019 the END, Gallery Taidepunkkeri, Imatra
• 2018 Gallery Järnätti (Nenye, Bruun-Järvenpää, Heiskanen, Pellinen, Kärki, Autio, Bengs-Sherestha, Järvinen)
• 2018 Imatra Art Museum ( collection of museum)
• 2018 Imatra Art Museum ( Kullberg, Gryta, Eronen, Hakuri, Mörö, Lunina, Järvinen)
• 2018 Gallery Myötätuuli ( Nenye, Bengs-Sherestha, Heiskanen, Bruun-Järvenpää, Autio, Heiskanen, Pellinen, Kärki, Järvinen)
• 2018 Imatra Art Museum, FOUR (Teresa Maraska, Sergey Borisov, Osmo Kivimäki, Juhani Järvinen)
Group exhibitions abroad:
• 2020 Graafika In, Pärnu, Estonia
• 2020 Kunst Im Hohenwart Forum (curator Eugenia Jaeger), Germany
• 2018 Galerie De Lést, France
• 2018 Grafik Aus 10 Ländern, Galleria Rennbahn, Achern, Germany
• 2018 9th Douro biennial, Portugal
• 2018 Stability, Gallery Noorus, Tartu, Estonia
• 2018 Galerii pART, Põltsamaa, Estonia
• 2018 Novosibirsk International triennal of contemporary Graphic Art, Russia
• 2018 Dialogue, T&D university, St.Petersburg, Russia
• 2017 3rd Global Print, Douro, Portugal
• 2016 Flux gallery, Budabest, Hungary
• 2016 Printmaking in, Pärnu - Riga, Estonia – Latvia
• 2016 Konstfränjander, Eskilstuna, Sweden
• 2016 Gallery Sjöhästen, Nyköping, Sweden
• 2016 Dialogue, T&D university, St.Petersburg, Russia
• 2016 8. International Printmaking biennale, Douro, Portugal
• 2015 Art Expo Milano, Italy
• 2015 Global Print, Douro Museum, Portugal
• 2015 Estonia Consert Hall, Tartu, Estonia
• 2015 VII Splitgraphic, International Graphic Biennial, Croatia
• 2015 Michael Anikushin Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2015 5 thTallinn International Drawing triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
• 2014 Art Factory gallery, Berlin, Germany
• 2014 Gallery lÁgostiniana, Rome, Italy
• 2014 Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy
• 2014 Dialogy, T&G university, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2014 Museum of modern and contemporary art of Montreale, Palermo, Italy
• 2014 International Italian bienniale of greativity, Verona, Italy
• 2014 Nordic Tracks, Graafika in, Pärnu, Estonia
• 2014 Kaliningrad Art Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia
• 2014 Gallery of Tampere-maja Tartu, Estonia
• 2013 VI Splitgraphic, International Graphic Art Biennial, Croatia
• 2013 11th Baltic States Bienniale ”Kaliningrad – Köningsberg”, Kaliningrad Art Museum, Russia
• 2013 International printmaking, Global print, Douro Art Museum, Portugal
• 2013 Gail Art Museum, Soul, South Korea
• 2013 Graafika in, Pärnu, Estonia2013 Dialogue, T&D University, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2013 Gostiny Dvor Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2013 Lamego Museum, Portugal
• 2013 Parallax Art Fair, London, England
• 2013 Art Meet Gallery, Milano, Italy
• 2012 Pärnu Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia
• 2012 3rd Tartu international Graphic festival, Tartu, Estonia
• 2012 Gallery Aula, Brno, Czech Republic
• 2011 Gallery Noorus, Tartu, Estonia
• 2011 Printmaking in, Pärnu, Estonia
• 2007 Nizni Tagil Art Museum, Russia
• 2007 South Ural University Gallery, Tseljabinsk, Russia
• 2006 Tseljabinsk Art Museum, Russia
• 2003 State Museum of Novosibirsk, 3. Novosibirsk International Graphic Biennial, Russia
• 2002 Finnish contemporary art, Fine Art Gallery, Carrolton and Gallery of West Georgia University, Atlanta,USA
• 2001 Tseljabinsk Art Museum, Russia
• 2001 Kurgan Art Museum, Novosibirsk Art Museum, Russia
• 2000 Academy of Fine Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2000 Sammas Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
• 2000 Pärnu Linna gallery, Estonia
• 1999 Svetogorsk Cultural Center, Russia
COLLECTIONS
• Hermitage collection / Vyborg Art Museum, Russia
• Pskov (Pihkova) Art Museum, Russia
• Collection of the city of Nyköping, Sweden
• Novgorod Art Museum, Russia
• Kaliningrad Art Museum, Russia
• Museum of Graphic Art, Split, Croatia
• Douro Art Museum, Portugal
• Imatra Art Museum, Finland
• Gail Art Museum, Soul, South Korea
• Collections of the city of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Keuruu Art Museum, Finland
• Kuopio Design Academy, Finland
• Collections of Central Finland Hospital, Finland
• Novosibirsk Art Museum, Russia
• Tseljabinsk Art Museum, Russia
• Nizni Tagil Art Museum, Russia
• Finnish Institute, Tartu, Estonia
• Tampere- maja, Tartu, Estonia
• Collections of Matti Milius, Tartu, Estonia
• City of Dorthrecht, Holland
• Privat collections in Finland, Austria, USA, Estonia, England, Sweden, Latvia, Russia, Spain, Italy and Lithuania
THE MAIN POSITIONS OF TRUST IN FINLAND AND ACTIVITIES ABROAD
• 2020 Salmela Art Centre, member of art competition jury
• 2019 Gló Art, member of international jury, Lasnage, Belgium. Baltic Drawing II exhibition, curator and organizer (www.balticdrawing.net), Imatra Art Museum. International Conference ”Graphic Design: Traditions and innovations”, lecture Artistic Expression in Finnish Graphic Art, St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, St. Petersburg, Russia, UNI graphica KRASNODAR, member of international jury, Krasnodar, Russia. Working in Finnish Artists´Association residence in Grassina, Italy
• 2018 Second international Triennial of Contemporary Graphic Art in Novosibirsk, Russia, Finnish curator
• 2017 Thesis supervision in Finnish Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, Finland
• 2016 Baltic Drawing I exhibition, curator and ogranizer, Imatra Art Museum. Working in Finnish Artists´Association residence in Grassina, Italy. St. Petersburg University of T&D, international conference, lecture Finnish simple form in Fine Art and Design. Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia foundation, member of the board
• 2015 XII Baltic State Graphic Bienniale, Finnish member of jury, Kaliningrad, Russia. Visiting artist (Erasmus) in Poznan Art University, Poland. Visiting artist (Erasmus) in Academia Belle Arte Macerata, Italy. Finnish Cultural foundation, South Karelia foundation, member of the board
• 2014 Poznan Art University, visiting artist (Erasmus), Poland. ”From Saimaa to Saimaa”, the exhibition of contemporary Russian graphic art in Imatra Art Museum, organizer with Elena Shibithina. Visiting artist (Erasmus) in Palermo Academy of Fine Art, Italy. St. Petersburg University of Technology and Design, member of Diploma commitee. Printmaking in, Pärnu, Finnish curator. Paradox, European Fine Art forum, member of steering group, meeting in Poznan, poland. South Karelia Artist Association, Chairman. Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Foundation, member of the board
• 2013 The State university of St. Petersburg, lectures: ”Step to Modern in Finland” and Reflections from Finland”, Russia. University of Granada, visiting artist (Erasmus). Swedish graphic in Gallery Pihatto, organizer of the exhibition, Finland. The 11th Baltic States Graphic bienniale ”Kaliningrad – Koeningsberg 2013”, member of international jury. In Graafika 2013, organizer of exhibition, Pärnu, Estonia. Gostiny Dvor, the exhibition hall, organizer of exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia. Gail Art Museum, organizer of the exhibition, Soul, Korea. ”Seven perspectives”, producer of the exhibition, Imatra Art Museum, Finland. Visiting artist (Erasmus) in the National Academy of Sofia, Bulgaria. St. Petersburg University of T&D, member of diploma commitee. South Karelia Artist Association, Chairman. Finnish Cultural foundation, South Karelia Foundation, member of the board. Thesis subervision in Finnish Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, Finland
• 2012 Novosibirsk International Graphic Triennial, President of international jury, Russia. Ekaterinburg Architechture Academy, seminar lecture”Reflection between Finland and Russia in art and design”. Museum of Jewellery and stone Sculpture in Ural, Finnish contemporary jewellery, team Elena Shibithina, Kimmo Heikkilä and Juhani Järvinen, Ekaterinburg, Russia. St. Petersburg University of T&D, member of Diploma commitee, Russia. Pärnu contemporary Art Museum, lecture ”Art today in Europe”, Estonia. Paradox, European Fine Art Forum, member of steering commitee, meeting in Vienna, Austria. South Karelia artist Association, Chairman. Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Foundation, member of the board
• 2011 The X Baltic state Bienniale of Graphic Art ”Kaliningrad – Koeningsberg 2011”, member of internatinal jury and seminar presentation, Russia. Tartu Art College, visiting artist, Estonia. Tartu Art College, member of Diploma commitee, Estonia. St. Petersburg University of T&D, member of Diploma commitee, Russia. Paradox, Fine Art European Forum, member of steering commitee, meeting in Cork, Ireland and in Amsterdam, Holland. South Karelia Artist Association, Chairman. Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Foundation, member of the board
• 2010 South Karelia Artist Association, Chairman. National Academy of Fine Arts, visiting artist, Sofia, Bulgaria. Printmaking in, Finnish curator, Pärnu, Estonia. Tartu Art College, visiting artist, Estonia. St. Petersburg university of T&D, member of Diploma commitee, Russia. Paradox, Fine Art European Forum, member of steering commitee, meeting in Granada, Spain. South Ural University, lecture of Finnish contemporary art, Russia. Finnish Fine Art Academy, member of audit team, Helsinki, Finland. International Ice sculpture competition, member of jury. Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Foundation, member of the board
• 2009 Finnish Painters Union, 80-year anniversary seminar, seminar presentation, Amos Andersson Museum, Helsinki, Finland. St. Petersburg University of T&D, member of diploma cmmitee. Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Foundation, member of the board
• 2008 Finnish Cultural foundation, host of portrait course. ARENE (rectors of council in Finland), Chairman of Fine Art group. Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Foundation, member of the board
• 2007 St.Petersburg Academy of Fine Art, presentation of 250 year Anniversary seminar, Russia. Ministery of Education, member of planning group (Risto Ruohonen, Tarja Pitkänen-Walter, Juhani Järvinen), Fine Art of Hight Education in Finland. Lecture serie about Finnish contemporary art in South Ural University and Nizny Tagil Academy of Culture, Russia. South Karelia Art Museum, the exhibition of Ilya Repin, member of planning group and seminar presentation. Culture forum Russia – Finland, seminar presentation, Tver, Russia
• 2006 South Karelia Artist Asssociation, exhibition organizer
• 2003 St. Petersburg 300 year Anniversary, the exhibition in Jame hall, curator with Olga Kassianenko, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2002 – 2005 Rectory of Simpele, organizer of exhibitions with Kaisa Järvinen, Finnish printmakers, artists from Puskinskay 10, St.Petersburg, Grafik i väst, Gothenburg, Sweden, St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts
• 2000 Board of Education in Finland, member of planning group
• 1998 Tartu Art College, member of Diploma comitee, Estonia
• 1994 Jyväskylä Artist Association, exhibition organizer. Tartu Art College, member of Diploma commitee, Estonia
• 1993 Tartu Art College, member of Diploma commitee, Estonia. Thesis supervision in Finnish Design University, Helsinki, Finland
• With Elena Shipitsina I have organized about 20 exhibitions in Russian ja Finnish museums since 2000
SCHOOL WORK IN FINLAND
• 1994-1998 Rector of Imatra Art school
• 1998 - 2010 South Karelian University of Applied Sciences (later Saimaa University.... ) Dean, Fine Art and Design, Professor 2010-2012.
• 1989 Teacher in Kuopio Design Academy
• 1980 - 1994 Lecturer in Arts and Grafts school in Petäjävesi
PUBLICATIONS
About 200 articles in different publications, for example all critique writings Imatra Art Museum exhibitions between 2006 -2016. Last publication the book Kolme kartanoa (Three manors). In this book is main point of history of Imatra Art School in Siitola Manor 1974-2019, ISBN 978-952-94-2338-5
AWARD
In 2012, the Arts Council of Southeast Finland granted an award for merit to Juhani Järvinen for his multifaceted work in the field of visual arts. The award was granted for the following merits:
“Artist Juhani Järvinen has worked successfully and persistently to bring South Karelian art and artists out in many different ways: Through his personal contacts, Järvinen has had a significant role in international, particularly Finnish-Russian and Finnish-Estonian, artistic collaboration and in the internationalisation of South Karelian visual arts education.As a curator, he has taken Finnish modern art, especially from our own region, to exhibitions in Russia, Estonia and Sweden. Reciprocally, he has participated in the organisation of exhibitions in South Karelia. He has formed networks as a member of international juries and has used these networks for the benefit of young artists and art students.Järvinen has introduced Finnish modern art and artists to international art professionals and the international public in his numerous seminar lectures. He has also written dozens of articles and essays for art publications.The general public has been able to read his exhibition reviews and critique in South Karelian newspapers for over a decade.”
JUHANI JÄRVINEN
Simpeleentie 74
56800 Simpele, Finland
juhanihenrikjarvinen@gmail.com