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Hans Rosenström
Born in Lohja 1978
Lives and works in Helsinki

Education

2001- 2007 The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, (MFA)
2003-2004 Malmö Art Academy, Sweden
1999-2001 The Nordic Art school, Kokkola
1998-1999 Västra nylands folkhögskola, Karis

Solo Exhibitions

2009
Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki City Art Museum, (up coming)

2007
I could have told you that, The Finnish Academy of Fine Art Gallery, Helsinki
Collaboration with Juha Laatikainen

Group exhibitions

2008
Jotain muuta odotellessa, URB 08, Museum of Contempoary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Collaboration with Niclas Kristiansson, Curated by Riitta Aarniokoski & Mikael Aaltonen
Urban pedestals, Public Art Project in Helsinki. Curated by Lotte Juul Petersen and Jacob Borges
Mare Balticum. Thomas Mann Culture Festival, Nida, Lithuania. Curated by Tautvydas Bajarkevicius

2007
Consequences and Proposal, The Biennale of Young Artists, Rüütelkonna building, Tallinn. Curated by Anneli Porri & Rael Artel
Midbaugur og Kringla, Leisure, Administration and Control, Public Art project in the city of Reykjavik
Suomen 25 parasta taiteilijaa, Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä. Curated by Jani Leinonen

2006
Make your own shadow, Holden gallery, Manchester. Curated by Dean Hughes
Pikasso, art super market, Helsinki
Collaboration on site,Museum of Contempoary Art Kiasma, Helsinki.
Kuvataideakatemian kevätnäyttely, The Fine Art Academy gallery, Helsinki
Hard Revolution, NORD culture festival, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Curated By Mika Hannula &
Franz Jacobi

2005
Lost in Translation, 9th Istanbul biennale
Real Precense, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrad
Speak Up! gallery Myymälä 2, Helsinki
Bull´s eye, Kaiku gallery, Helsinki & San Francisco Art Institute gallery

2004
Pimeä, contemporary art festival, Kallio, Helsinki
Young nordic art, Borlänge, Sweden
Spring exhibition, Malmö Art Academy, Sweden
City of love, The Office gallery, Glasgow

2003
Recycling the future, Vivere Venezia II, 50th Venice biennale. Curated by Angela Vettese
Pinnalla, The Fine Art Academy gallery, Helsinki
Nuorten näyttely, Muu gallery, Helsinki

2002
Crowd pleasers, gallery Myymälä 2, Helsinki & San Francisco Art institute gallery
Leipätehdas, former elanto bread factory, Helsinki
One day stands, gallery ID:I, Stockholm
Video installations, gallery Leena Kuumola, Helsinki

Other

Just war
12.2.2003, senate square, Helsinki
Collaboration project with Will Foster
Katri Vala 101
Katri Vala park, Helsinki, 11.09.2002
Anniversary party in the memory of a finnish poet
Collaboration together with Cecilia Stenbom, Minna L Henriksson and Anders Bergman

Residency

2009
Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul Turkey, 1 April – 30 June (up coming)

2008
Centre d'Art i Natura de Farrera, Farrera Spain, 19 Nov - 19 Dec

Grants

2008
FRAME
Svenska Kulturfonden
Oskar Öflunds stiftelse

2007
Nordic Culture point
Konstsamfundet
SvenskaKulturfonden

2006
Petter ja Margit Forströmmin Säätiö

Nominations
FRAME Artist of the Month, September 2008
www.frame-fund.fi

Workshops

2006
Collaboration on site, Helsinki, 21 July – 6 August

2005
Lost in Translation, Istanbul, 4 – 18 September
Real Precense, Belgrad, 20 – 31 August
Speak Up! Helsinki, 1 – 8 May

2004
City of Love, Glasgow, 9 – 20 February

2003
Vivere Venezia II, Venice, 14. April – 13 May
From internet towards cityscape, Helsinki, 3 – 16 February

2002
From landscape to internet, Gothenburg, 16 april – 3 May

Bibliography

Jari-Pekka Vanhala, Hans Rosenström, Komeetoista Valaisiin, Kuvataideakatemian
maisteritutkinnon lopputöitä ja tarkastuslausuntoja vuosilta 1995 – 2008, 2008,
p. 468 – 475 (Finnish)
Antti Möller, Tilaa kokemuksille, BASSO, Helsinki, 2008, no. 1, p. 30 – 31 (Finnish)
Leena Kuumola, Plastigt och ytligt, Hufvudstads Bladet, Helsinki, 6.8.2007, p.18 (Swedish)
Taru Elfving, Kurkunvihreä kaide, Kuvas, Helsinki 2005, no. 1, p. 23 – 24 (Finnish)
Mika Hannula, A wie Aktivieren! Strassen feger, Berlin 2003, no. 21, p. 4 – 5
(German)
Mika Hannula, Recycling the Future, Frame news, Helsinki 2003, no. 1, p. 7
(English)
Ilta-Sanomat workgroup, Oikeutettu sota vai ei?, Ilta-Sanomat, Helsinki, issue 14.2.2003,
p. 14-16, (Finnish)
Maria Ario, Luminen kannanotto sotaa vastaan, Metro, Helsinki, issue 14.2. 2003, p. 2 (Finnish)

Contact

Hans Rosenström
tel. + 358 400 543 823
hans.rosenstrom@gmail.com
www.hansrosenstrom.com