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Artist and photographer
me@tuomomanninen.com
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Galleries
ANALIX FOREVER
Rue du Gothard 10
1225 Chêne-Bourg
Suisse
+41 22 860 03 72
analixforever@bluewin.ch
www.analixforever.com

Galerie NEMO
Jungfernstieg 10
Bootshaus am Südstrand
24340 Eckernförde
Telefon 04351 712500
  

BIO/CV:

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1984- artist, photographer

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2001- lecturing, Lahti Polytechic 
1997- lecturing, UIAH Helsinki



SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Thin Peace, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
2022 Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center, South Africa
2022 Naturaleza increíble, Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia, Madrid, Spain (as part of Photo Espana festival) 
2022 Cesis Cultural Center, Latvia (arr. Latvian Museum of Modern Art)
2017 100 Finns, a video installation simultaneously in 25 spots around the world, Svalbard-Jburg-Kathmandu- Yangon-Santiago de Chile-Paris-London-Kiel-Bochum etc.
2016 Vi/We, Kunstmuseet,Tønder, Denmark (cur.Anne Blond)
2016 Os/We, Galleri Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard (cur. Kimmo Lehtonen)
2016 Me-Ramallah, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Kipinä, Lahti, Finland
2015 Haami/We, Patan museum, Kathmandu, Nepal
2014 Me/We,The Shack, Soweto, Johannesburg, SA
2014 Me/We, District Six Museum, Cape Town, SA
2013 Le Voyage en Centre de la Terre, projection, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Helsinki
2013 Le Voyage en Centre de la Terre, projection, Lasipalatsi, Helsinki
2013 SoWeTo, kunst:quelle, Sylt, Germany
2012 Le Bal des Createurs, Geneva, Switzerland
2012 Me/We, projection, Lasipalatsi, Helsinki
2012 SoWeTo, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki
2011 Meidän perhe,Turku 2011 (Turku City Library, Logomo, buses, billboards etc..)
2010 Unerwartet/Unexpected, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany (cat.)
2010 Snow Whites, Korjaamo, Finland
2010 Kunstverein Ulm, Germany
2009 Galerie Nemo, Eckernförde, Germany
2009 Lloyds, Geneva, Switzerland
2009 “Wir/We”, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany (cat.)
2009 Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä
2008 Korjaamo, Helsinki
2008 100% Finlande, Place St.-Sulpice, Paris, France
2008 Viktor Barsokevitsch Center, Kuopio, Finland
2007 Mauromichali 55 Gallery,Athens, Greece (as part of the 14th International Month of Photography) 2007 “Nous/We”, Rencontres d ́Arles,Arles, France
2007 Galerie Nemo, Eckernförde, Germany
2006 Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum,Tønder, Denmark (cat.)
2005 Pingyao Photo Festival, China, cur. Geno Rodriguez
2005 Stadgalerie Kiel, Germany (cat.)
2005 Galleri Zebra, Karjaa, Finland
2004 Hippolyte, Helsinki
2003 Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
2002 Finnish Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Galerie Nemo, Eckernförde, Germany
2000 Me-We, Norden I fokus, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 Me-We,VR:n makasiinit, Helsinki, Finland
2000 Me-We, Fredrikinkatu, Helsinki, Finland (cat.)
1998 Flora & Fauna, Galleria Zone, Helsinki, Finland
1997 Läpileikkaus-Genomsnitt, Mannerheimintie, Helsinki, Finland
1997 Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland
1997 Rantagalleria, Oulu, Finland
1996 Galleria Zebra, Karjaa, Finland
1996 Galleria Nykyaika,Tampere, Finland
1996 Galleria Zone, Helsinki, Finland


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 une écologie des images, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
2022 “Rainbow”, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
2022 “Landscapes of Humanity”, Gallery 22, Johannesburg, South Africa
2021 Gut Aufgelegt, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
2021 “Luontoretki”, Nastola, Finland, cur.Veikko Halmetoja
2021 “30+30”, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
2020 “Wasteland”, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel 2020 “Kirjeitä Itämerelle”, Galleria Kuja, Helsinki
 2019 “Le Voyage en Centre de la 00180”, projection, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki 
2018 “Something Big and Glorious and Magnificently Insane”, Photo Kathmandu, Nepal
2017 PIX, Max Mueller Bhawan, Mumbai, India
2017 Art & Partage, Atelier AMI, Geneva, Switzerland
2017 “Violent Memories”,AhlaThitArt Gallery,Yangon,Myanmar
2017 “Duo”,Video Forever screening, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature. Paris, France
2017 “Life Stories”, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo,Torino, Italy, cur.Tanya Barson (cat.) 
2016 “Love Stories”, Photaumnales, Beauvais, France, cur. Paul Ardenne (cat.)
2016 PIX,Taragaon Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal
2016 Dalit, Patan Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal
2016 Goethe Institut, New Delhi, India
2016 Photo KTM, Birgunj, Nepal
2016 Photo KTM, Pokhara, Nepal
2015 "Ar septiņjūdžu zābakiem”, Riga Bourse, Latvia, cur. Norbert Weber (cat.)
2015 Vrouw en werk, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Netherlands
2014 House Games IV, Jyväskylä, Finland
2014 Human Economy, HEC, Paris, France, cur. Paul Ardenne
2014 Summer show, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
2014 Yhtä juhlaa!,Werstas,Tampere, Finland
2014 “Työtäkö”, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
2014 Motopoetiques, MAC Lyon, France, cur. Paul Ardenne (cat)
2013 Unsere Kunst-Eure Kunst, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany (cat.)
2012 Londerzeel 3, KVA, Paris, France
2011 Purnu, Orivesi (cur.Timo Valjakka)
2010 Carte Blanche, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
2010 Cool Water, Korjaamo, Helsinki
2010 Cars & Bikes,Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
2009 Finlandia 200, Helsinki City Art Museum Meilahti
2009 Kunst zur Arbeit, Opelnvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany
2009 “Work 2”, Jyväskylän taidemuseo, Jyväskylä, Finland
2008 House Games, Jyväskylä
2008 www.photomondo.dk, cur. Finn Thrane
2008 Working Men,Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland, cur. Paul Ardenne/Barbara Polla (cat.) 
2008 "Las implicaciones de la imagen", MUCA, Mexico City, Mexico (cat.)
2007 Mit Sicherheit: Kunst, Flensburg Museum, Germany (cat.)
2007 “Work”, Dom Fotografie, Slovakia (cat.)
2007 “Work”, MUVIM,Valencia, Spain (cat.)
2007 “One Shot Each”, Danish Museum of Photography, Odense, Denmark cur. Finn Thrane (cat.) 2007 “Work”, De Lankenthaal, Leiden, Netherlands (cat.)
2006 SEE, Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany (cat.)
2006 “Equal And Less Equal”, Coexistence Art Museum, Jerusalem cur. Ralph Etgar (cat.)
2005-6 USKO,Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki/Mikkeli/Jyväskylä/Oulu/Rauma, Finland (cat.) 2005 Galerie Nemo, Eckernförde, Germany
2005 Police!, Landsgalerie Linz, Austria (cat.)
2004 Muuttuva Suomi, (“Finland in transit”), webexhibition
2003 SUOMI!, Galerie Frank, Paris, France
2003 The Return of Mir Iskutssva, St. Petersburg, Russia
2003 © Europe Exists,Thessaloniki, Greece, cur. Harald Szeemann/Rosa Martinez (cat.)
2003 Universal Strangers, Istanbul,Turkey, cur. Rosa Martinez (cat.)
2002 Virne, Humor in Finnish Photography, Mikkeli-Hämeenlinna, Finland (cat.)
2002 Phantasies, Sara Hildén Art Museum,Tampere, Finland (cat.)
2001 Plateau of Mankind, Biennale di Venezia, Italy , cur. Harald Szeemann (cat.)
1999 Cavalcade of Finnish Photography, Bryssel, Belgium
1999 Flight Of Thought, Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
1997 Ikkuna-Peili, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
1997 Contact, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
1997 Logs/Spogulis, Arsenals, Riga, Latvia



MONOGRAPHIES

2014 Me/We 2 ebook (English)
2012 Me/We 1 ebook (English)
2009 “Wir/We” catalog (German/English)
2005 “Hare Krishnas & Huli-Guli”  catalog (German/English/Danish)
2000 Me/We (Graal/Anfortas, Helsinki) catalog (Finnish/English)

SELECTED CATALOGS
  
2021    Luontoretki    catalog (Finnish)
2019    Dalit    catalog (English/Nepali)
2017    Life World (Tanya Barson)    catalog (English/Italian)
2015    Ar septiņjūdžu zābakiem    catalog (English/Latvian)
2014    Motopoetiques    catalog (English/French)
2013    Unsere Kunst-Eure Kunst    catalog (German)
2010    Unentwartet/Unexpected    catalog (German/English)
2008    Men at work    catalog (English/German)
2008    Las implicaciones de la imagen    catalog (Spanish/English)
2007    Mit Sicherheit:Kunst    catalog (German)
2007    “Work3”    catalog (English)
2007    “One Shot Each”    catalog (Danish/English)
2007    “Les Rencontres d’Arles (Actes Sud)    catalog (English/French)
2007    “Work”    catalog (English)
2006    “Equal And Less Equal”    catalog (English/Hebrew)
2006    “Shifts”    catalog (English)
2006    Usko/Tro    catalog (Finnish/English)
2005    “Police!” (Linz, Martin Hochleitner)    catalog (German/English)
2003    © Europe Exists (Thessaloniki, Harald Szeemann/Rosa Martinez)    catalog (Greek/English)
2003    Universal Strangers (Istanbul, Rosa Martinez    catalog (Turkish/English)
2002    Phantasies (Finnish Museum of Photography)    catalog (Finnish/English)
2001    Plateau of Mankind (Biennale di Venezia, Harald Szeemann)     catalog (Italian/English)


        
SELECTED INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS, PORTFOLIOS ETC.  

2021    Suomen Kuvalehti portfolio (Finnish)
2019    Exit    introduction (English)
2016    Pix Quarterly    introduction (English)
2016    Maze    introduction (French)
2015    Stern    introduction (German)
2014    Archistorm    review (French)
2012    Photo Raw magazine    interview (English/Finnish)
2010    OjodePez magazine    introduction (Spanish/English)
2010    Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung    review (German)
2010    Next Level magazine    introduction (English)
2009    U-Magazine    introduction, photo (German)
2009    Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung    review (German)
2009    Kunstforum    review (German)
2009    Tageszeitung    review (German)
2009    der Spiegel    review (German)
2008    Crash Magazine    introduction (French)
2008    Helsingin Sanomat    interview (Finnish)
2005    Kieler Nachrichten    introduction, photo (German)
2004    Suomen Kuvalehti    introduction, photo (Finnish)
2004    Artphoto Romania    photo, review (English)
2003    Art In Greece    review (Greek)
2003    Hürriytem    review (Turkish)
2002    Carnet Magazine    interview (Italian)
2001    Artforum 10/01 "Centerfold"    photo, introduction (English)
2001    Artforum 9/01 "Human, all too human"    review (English)
2001    International Herald Tribune "Biennale Opens Its Portals to the Pros"    review (English)
2001    Le Monde: "Venise, reflet d'une humanité fatiguée"    review (French)
2001    Aftenbladet "Tilbake til mennesket"    review (Norwegian)
2001    Helsingin Sanomat "Suomalainen taide loistaa Venetsiassa"     review (Finnish)
2000    Helsingin Sanomat: "Art Book of the Year"    review (Finnish)
1998    Helsingin Sanomat "Syvänsinistä, verenpunaista "    review (Finnish)
 

GRANTS, PRIZES

2023-24 Kone foundation grant
2015 Grant of Finnish Art Council
2014 Grant of Finnish Cultural Foundation
2013 Grant of Finnish Art Council
2012 Grant, FRAME foundation
2011 Grant, Patricia Seppälä Foundation
2011 Grant of Finnish Art Council
2007 William Thuring prize, Helsinki
2006 IPRN residency, Paris
2004 Grant of Helsinki City
2002 Grant of Finnish Art Council
2002 Grant of the Province of Uusimaa
1997 “Young Finland”, prize of the Ministry of Culture, Finland 1997 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Stipendium
1996 Grant of City of Helsinki

ART FAIRS

2010 Scope,Art Basel, Switzerland (Analix Forever, Geneva) 2010 Art Bologna, Italy (Analix Forever, Geneva)
2009 FIAC Paris, France (Analix Forever, Geneva)
2008 FIAC Paris, France (Analix Forever, Geneva)

WORKS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF

MAC Lyon, France
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
Danish Museum of Photography, Odense, Denmark
Museum of Modern Art, Riga, Latvia
Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder, Denmark
Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Provinzial Versicherungen, Kiel, Germany
Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Princeton University, USA
Agustin and Isabel Coppel Collection, Mexico
Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany
Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany

And in private collections in 
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
France
USA
Mexico
Thailand
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