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Education. Work Experience. Visual Art. Residencies. Selected Prizes & Awards. Commissions.
Work in Collections. Exhibitions. Performance Work.
CURRICULUM VITAE SARI LIEVONEN / MFA, MA, PD
Visual artist/Choreographer/Dancer
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2007 MFA Glasgow School of Art
2005 BA (Hons) Glasgow School of Art/ Department of Sculpture & Environmental Art
1996 Professional Development Degree, Theatre Academy of Finland
1996 MA, University of Oulu (Comparative Literature, English, German, Feminist Studies, TV and Film Studies, Art History)
Dance: Working full-time as a dancer, choreographer and teacher 1988-2001
Other
Has performed and exhibited in the following countries:
Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, South-Korea, Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia.
Residencies:
2009 Creative Lab, Dance House, Glasgow/Scotland
2008 Creative Laboratory, Center for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow/Scotland
2007 Creative Lab, Dance House, Glasgow/Scotland
2005 The Royal Scottish Academy /John Kinross Scholarship, Florence/Italy
2003 Lademoen, Trondheim/Norway.
2001 Villa Karo, Grand-Popo/Republic of Benin/West -Africa
2000 Cite International des Arts/ Paris/France.
2010 Artist in Residence at the Centre for Literature, Theology and the Arts/
University of Glasgow (upcoming project in spring-autumn)
2010 SIMRES -Nordic and Baltic Artist in Residence in Reykjavik, Island (upcoming in August)
2009 Glasgow Visual Arts Grant Scheme
2007 Glasgow Sculpture Studios Graduate Award
2006 The Arts and Humanities Research Council/ Post-Graduate Master’s Scheme Award
2005 Royal Scottish Academy Student’s Exhibition, The Mound, Edinburgh. RSA Sculpture Prize.
2003 British Art Medal Society, Student competition: best medal from Scottish collage.
2002 John & Mabel Craig Bequest, Glasgow School of Art.
2001 Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Sleipnir Travel Grant
2001 Art Council of Finland, Travel Grant
2000 Annual Summer Exhibition in Salmela Art Center in Mäntyharju: young artist’s award
1997 Biannual Exhibition of Finnish Contemporary Art in Mänttä.
The main prize for performance Personal Urban in collaboration with artist Heikki Mäntymaa.
2009 Kulturkontakt Nord
2009 Art Trust Scotland
2000 Annual Summer Exhibition in Salmela Art Center in Mäntyharju:
Mobile for five dancers, a male choir and water.
Work in collections
Royal Scottish Academy
Private collections
Selected Exhibitions
2009 Blairbeich Plantation Art Project , Garthocharn/Loch Lomond/Scotland
2008 Not Your Average Evening Event, McLellan Galleries/ part of Glasgow International
2008 Paradise Stories, part of Liverpool’s European City of Culture program, Liverpool / England
2007 Scenes Secondaires, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland.
2007 Further More, MFA Degree Show, Artnews Projects/Berlin, Germany.
2007 Further More, MFA Degree Show, Tramway, Glasgow.
2007 My Story - 2007 Light of Academy, Beijing
2007 Royal Scottish Academy Student’s Exhibition, The Mound, Edinburgh.
2006 MFA Interim Show, Mackintsoh Gallery, Glasgow
2006 Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
2006 Royal Scottish Academy Student’s Exhibition, The Mound, Edinburgh.
2005 Glasgow School of Art Degree Show
2005 Royal Scottish Academy Student’s Exhibition, The Mound, Edinburgh.
2001 Art goes Kapakka.Helsinki Festival Weeks
2001 Berenice’s Hair: In Search of Northern woman Artist’s Identity. RMIT Gallery, Melbourne/Australia
2001 New Potatoes, Barents Region Young Artist’s Exhibition. Rovaniemi Art Museum.
2000 Ocean Of Cultures, Helsinki Kunsthalle.
2000 Three Finnish artists: Anna-Kaisa Ant-Wuorinen, Jukka Kinanen and Sari Lievonen. Borey Art Gallery, St.Petersburg/Russia.
1999 Berenice’s Hair: In Search of Northern Woman Artist’s Identity. Rovaniemi Art Museum and Espoo City Art Museum.
1997 Biannual Exhibition of Finnish Contemporary Art, Mänttä.
1997 Bra Vara! Finnish Contemporary Art. Gallery m3, Oslo/Norway
Selected performance art works
2008 Not Your Average Evening Event, McLellan Galleries/ part of Glasgow International
2006 Precipitite, Close Event, Glasgow.
66°33’07’’…and all was white in collaboration with sound artist Diana Simpson, Chandler Theatre/ The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow.
66°33’07’’…and all was white at Arches Live! in Glasgow
2002 Gallery Be’19, Helsinki, Visual Pleasures: Red
2001 Series of performances Melting, Hammerfest/Norway
RMIT Project Space, Melbourne: Berenice´s Hair: In search of northern women artist´s identity, Transiencies I-III
New Potatoes, Exhibition of young artists in Barent’s Region , Rovaniemi Art Museum: Jano
2000 Borey Art Gallery, St Petersburg/Russia: Waiting I-VI
National Festive of Regional Traditions, Oulu/Finland; Mobile
Art Centre Salmela/Finland. Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Finnish Art; commissioned work: Mobile for six dancers, male choir and water.
The world of Oceans Helsinki Kunsthalle: Mielenmaisemia I-III
1999 Rovaniemi Art Museum/Finland; Berenike’s Hair, a four part performance-installation performed during a 93-day period of time
1998 Art Gallery Pirkko-Liisa Topelius, Helsinki: Lifestyles I in exhibition by Kalle Hamm.
Divadlo U Hasicu, Prague: LidÈ v azylu, exhibition by photographer Undine Hradil.
1997 Huomenta Suomi (Finnish Television Chanel 3): Pullon henki
Taide 103.1 -project, Oulu: Dionysoksen laulu.
1997 In collaboration with Heikki Mäntymaa:
Oulun päivät, Oulu; Unelmia I-II; Muistoja
Pori Art Museum: Unelmia
Biannual Exhibition of Finnish Contemporary Art, Mänttä: exhibition opening
Oulu Art Museum, Kaiken takana on taide
Art Gallery Jangva, Helsinki: Virtaus
Kellokosken Juhantalo, Likopäivä: Esipesu: Virtaus
1996 The Day of Visual Arts, Art Gallery Pirkko-Liisa Topelius, Helsinki: Bysantti
1995 Femina Borealis, International Women Studies Conference, Oulu University: Peili
First Summer Exhibition at Hämeentila, Ruukki: Maitotytto
The Day of Visual Arts, Art Gallery Mosabacka, Helsinki: Leikkivä ei laske päiviä
1994 The Garlic Night, Oulu: Vampyyri
Art’s Restaurant Sampo, Bothnia Seascape Art Workshop, Oulu: She