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JARI SILOMÄKI


 


 


Lot 276 (16 works, details - see below)

These works are part of the artist's on-going series 'My Weather Diary' - a photographic/textual diary of his life -
the above works created during his 2004 visit to Australia to attend the opening week of Biennale of Sydney 2004
as a participating artist with works from the same series filling a wall at MCA Sydney as part of the Biennale.
The latest public exhibition of works from the series was at PS1 (MoMa) in New York City this Northern summer.


 

All works exhibited: 2004 Esa Jaske Gallery
Jari Silomaki: My Weather Diary

My Weather Diary:

The 13th morning of our honeymoon.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm

My Weather Diary:

Introduction: My vocabulary in English consists of 30 words.  Situation: The group sitting at the table is supposed to get to know each other.  Conclusion: An arist from Paris spoke with me 30 seconds.  An artist from Berlin spoke with me 10 minutes, and artist from Melbourne 15 minutes, an artist from Ottawa 20 minutes.  An artist from Singapore took me with him and introduced me as his new friend.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm

My Weather Diary:

Sydney.  Kimmo re-emerged in Ostrobothnia the day that Ronald Reagan died.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm

My Weather Diary:

If we are to believe tombstones, there have only been good and beloved grandparents, parents, sons and daughters.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm

My Weather Diary:

Sydney to Cairns.  There is heaven between me and the ground.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm

My Weather Diary:

100th anniversary of the day when James Joyce's 'Ulysses' was supposed to happen.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:

A black law office in Cairns.  A father knifed his son in Lahti.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:

Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:

Anu is sleeping, I am already living this day.  The UN Security Council approved a resolution on Iraq.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:

I am sitting on a pier, two yellow butterflies are crossing the river.  Again I mistake that rock for a crocodile.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:

Self-evident matters always manage to astonish me , the way problems with relationships follow one even to the other side of the globe.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:

People are walking backwards on the shore of Green Island.  India and Pakistan stopped their nuclear test.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:

Cairns.  A house was destroyed by a meteorite in Auckland.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:

In Kuranda, the noise that the birds make cannot be called singing.  Today Mihail Hadorkovski and Platon Lebedev were in court.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:
The hippies downstairs are weaving neon fabric.  I fall asleep with my eyes wide open, Anu gave birth to a seven-year-old girl.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


My Weather Diary:

The air is cooling rapidly at 11 pm the talk is dying down on the terrace.  Car headlights are swwping across the wall.  If I accepted death I would not fear flying.

2004, chromogenic colour print mounted on aluminium, edition 1/10

28 x 28 cm


JARI SILOMÄKI


1975 Born in Parkano, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland

Education

2001- University of Art and Design, Helsinki
1997-2001 Turku Polytechnic/Art Academy, Turku/Finland
1996-1997 The School of Photography, Muurla/Finland

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

2007
Galleria Galiga, Milan, Italy
Mai Mano House, Budapest, Hungary
Northern Photographic centre, Oulu, Finland. (1.12.07 - 6.1.08)

2006
Dorothee Gallery, Budabest, Hungary
Lighthouse Poole, Uk
Oxfordshire artweeks, Oxford, UK
Gallery Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

2005
Winchester Gallery, Winchester, UK (cat.)
Finland Institute Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2004
Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney, Australia
The Art Museum of Wäinö Aaltonen / Studio, Turku, Finland
Finnish Tango / White Box, New York, USA (With Pekka Niskanen)

2002
Espace Huit Novembre, Paris, France (with Janne Lehtinen)

2001
Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki,Finland

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2008
ARCTIC HYSTERIA Moma P.S.1 New York. Organized by P.S.1 Director Alanna Heiss and FRAME Director Marketta Seppälä. June 1 - September 15.
NORDIC MOODS Arken, Museum of Modern Art,Skovvej, Denmark. 30 May - 14 September.
QUESTIONS OF CONFLICT, European Museum of Peace, Burg Schlaining, Austria. curated by Aura Seikkula and organised in collaboration with FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (March - October)
TERRORISTS ARE TODAY’S POETS?
- Contemporary Image of Violence
Ernst Museum – Kunsthalle Budapest.Concept: Aniko Erdosi, curator (New York) - Attila Hetesi, artist (Budapest)
Anttolanhovi, Mikkeli, Finland. Curated by Kari Caven.
Mänttä Art Festival. Mänttä, Finland. Curated by Veli Granö
Group show Finnish and Czech R, Aboa Vetus Ars Nova, Turku, Finland.(2009 Emilia Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem, Czehc R)
Rose Boreal Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris
Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy. Curated by Andrea Dall’Asta, Gigliola Foschi
PHENOMENA, Pori art museum, Pori, Finland. Curated by Laura Selin
THE SIGN OF FEAR Northern Photographic centre, Oulu, Finland. (11.1.08 - 17.2.08) (Curator)

2007
African Photography Biennale, Bamaco, Mali. Curated by Bisi Silva.
The Natural Of Evil, The Finnish Museum of Photography. Curated by Aura Seikkula.
The Triennial of Finnish Art, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland (cat.)
Hope is a good thing, Ateliefrankfurt, Germany

2006
Neue Galerie Studio, Graz, Austria-
47th October Salon Belgrade, Belgrade (cat.)
Metaphysics of Youth, Artenova- Fuoriuso, Peckara, Italy (cat.)
Check-in Europe, European Patent Office, Munich, Germany

2005
Malmö Museer / Foto grafins rum, Malmö, Sweden (with Paolo Pellegrin)
To be continued, Helsinki Photography Festival, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland (cat.)
Emotion pictures, Muhka, Antwerpen, Belgium
Fractures of life, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary art, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden (cat.)

2004
Lumo 6. Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland (cat.)
Biennale of Sydney 2004 on reason and emotion, MCA, Sydney, Australia (cat.)
Presque des paysages, Gallerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, France
Vague 2 Hommages et dimgression, Musee Malraux, Le Havre, France (cat.)
Tough sister and single men, Art Moscow, Russian
Voids, Pads and Places Kunsthalle Lophem, Brugge, Belgium
Fotofinlandia 2004 Finalists, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland (cat.)
Vasta maalattu, Le Triage, Paris, France (cat.)
Fantastic realism, Tallinn, Estonia,
Facing east, Arts Institute at Bournemouth, UK

2003 – 04
3rd Ars Baltica Triennal of Photographic Art, Stadtgallerie Kiel, Germany.
Mecklenburgisches Kunstlerhaus Schloss Plushow, Germany.
Kunsthall Bergen / Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway.
Contenporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Latvia Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland.
Tallin Art Hall, Tallin, Estonia. (cat.)
2003 Paris Photo/Gallery Taik, France
Quand la photo fait son cinema, Marseille, France
Galerie Nathalie Pariente Paris, France
Extra Strong Super Light international exhibition of contemporary art.
National Museum in Szczecin, Poland (cat.)
Tomorrow’s News, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada

2002
Symptomania. Finnish Contemporary Photography, Video, Film and Interactive Art, Kunsthalle Lophem vzw, Loppem (Brugge)/ Belgium (cat.)
Off Skene, Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki (cat.)

2001
Fotofinlandia 2000 Finalists, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland (cat.)

Bibliography

60 - 43 : La création Finlandaise a Marseille : photographie, cinéma, jazz... : [Usine Corot, - juillet, 2003] - [Marseille, 2003] - 30 s. : runsaasti kuv. (vär.) ; 21 cm
Kiasman kirjasto
Arjen murtumia : nykytaide ottaa kantaa Kiasman kokoelmissa : [Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma, 2.4. - 27.11.2005] = Fractures of life : political contemporary art in Kiasma's collections : [Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, 2.4. - 27.11.2005] / [toimittajat = editors: Marja Sakari, Eija Aarnio] - Helsinki : Nykytaiteen museo, 2005 - 130 s. : runsaasti kuv. ; 22 cm - Nykytaiteen museon julkaisuja = Museum of contemporary art publication ; 98/2005
951-53-2690-7
Kiasman kirjasto
Ars Baltica triennial of phographic art (3 : 2003)
What is important? : 3rd Ars Baltica triennial of photographic art : [Stadtgalerie Kiel, 12th April - 1st June 2003 ; Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, 22nd June - 27th July 2003] / curated by Dorothee Bienert, Lars Grambye, Lolita Jablonskiené - Berlin : Ars Baltica Berlin Office ; Kiel : Stadtsgalerie Kiel, 2003 - Kierrekansio. [152] s. : runsaasti kuv. (vär., mv.) ; 29 cm
3-927979-60-0
Kiasman kirjasto
Biennale of Sydney (14 : 2004)
On reason and emotion : Biennale of Sydney 2004 / curated by Isabel Carlos - [Sydney] : Biennale of Sydney, 2004 - 263 s. : runsaasti kuv. (mv., vär.) ; 30 cm + liite: In situ (29 s.)
0-9578023-07
Kiasman kirjasto
Extra strong super light : 5th international art exhibition : National Museum in Szczecin, 3.10. - 16.11.2003 / curated by Magdalena Lewoc - Szczecin : National Museum, 2004 - 160 s. : runsaasti kuv. (vär.) , 24 cm
Mare Articum special issue 2 (13) 2003
Kiasman kirjasto
Galleria Orton esittää 6 / [päätoimittaja: Seppo Seitsalo ; toimitus: Petr Rehor, Otso Kantokorpi ; teksti: Pessi Rautio, Otso Kantokorpi, Leila Timonen] - Helsinki : Invalidisäätiö ORTON, 2007 - 64 s. : runsaasti kuv. ; 27 cm - Galleria ORTON esittää ; 6
Kiasman kirjasto
Helsinki
The Helsinki School : new photography by TaiK : [Suomen valokuvataiteen museo, 30.5-26.8.2007] / [authors: Andrea Holtzherr, Timothy Persons] - Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz ; Helsinki : University of Art and Design Helsinki (TaiK), 2007 - 232 s. : runsaasti kuv. (vär.) ; 25 x 30 cm
978-3-7757-1888-2
Kiasman kirjasto
Helsinki
The Helsinki School : photography by TaiK / [authors: Andrea Holtzherr ... [et al.]] - Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz ; Helsinki : University of Art and Design Helsinki (TaiK), 2005 - 222 s. : kuv. (vär.) ; 25 x 30 cm - Publication series B ; 76
3-7757-1575-4
Kiasman kirjasto
Kuvitelmia : Sara Hildénin taidemuseo = Fantasies : Sara Hildén Art Museum, 8.3. - 1.9.2002 / [toimittaja: Asko Mäkelä] - Tampere : Sara Hildénin taidemuseo ; Helsinki : Suomen valokuvataiteen museo, 2002 - 123 s. : runsaaasti kuv. (vär., mv.) ; 27 cm - Sara Hildénin taidemuseon julkaisuja ; 69 ; Suomen valokuvataiteen museon julkaisuja ; 16
951 9086 67 6 (VALOKUVAT. MUSEO) ; 952-9652-24-0 (SARA HILDÉNIN TAIDEMUSEO)
Kiasman kirjasto
Lumo (5 : 2001 : Jyväskylä)
Lumo 2001 : intohimo : 5. kansainvälinen valokuvataiteen triennaali : Jyväskylän taidemuseon Suoja, Galleria Harmonia ja Keski-Suomen museo, 8.9. - 2.12.2001 = Lumo 2001 : passion : 5th international photography triennial at Jyväskylä Art Museum (Suoja), / luettelon toimitus = catalogue editor: Leena Lohiniva ; järjestäjät = organizers: Jyväskylän taidemuseo = Jyväskylä Art Museum, Luovan valokuvauksen keskus = The Centre for Creative Photography - Jyväskylä, 2001 - 48 s. : runsaasti kuv. ; 21 x 27 cm
952-5332-33-0
Kiasman kirjasto
Lumo (6 : 2004 : Jyväskylä)
Lumo 2004 : 6. kansainvälinen valokuvataiteen triennaali 10.09. - 14.11.2004 : Jyväskylän taidemuseon Holvi ja Suoja, Galleria Harmonia = Lumo 2004 : 6th International photography triennial, Sep 10 - Nov 14 2004 : at The Jyväskylä Art Museum (Holvi and Su / luettelon toimitus = catalogue editor: Kimmo Lehtonen - Jyväskylä : Jyväskylän taidemuseo, 2004 - 71 s. : runsaasti kuv. (vär., mv.) ; 21 x 27 cm
952-5332-61-6 (JYVÄSKYLÄN TAIDEMUSEO) ; 951-97304-4-3 (LUOVAN VALOKUVAUKSEN KESKUS)
Kiasman kirjasto
Off skene : [valokuvataiteen 4. kolmivuotisnäyttely : Amos Andersonin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 14.6. - 11.8.2002] / teksti = text Harri Kalha - Helsinki : Valokuvataiteilijoiden Liitto, 2002 - 78 s. : suurin osa kuv. (vär.) ; 28 cm
951-95642-7-6
Kiasman kirjasto
Silomäki, Jari
Harjoitelmia aikuisuuteen = Reheasals for adulthood - Turku : Turun Amk / Taideakatemia, 2001 - 56 s. : kokonaan kuv. (mv.) ; 19 x 31 cm
952-5113-04-3
Kiasman kirjasto
Silomäki, Jari
Jari Silomäki : avaamattomat kirjeeni : [Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, 6.4. - 7.5.2006] / [teksti: Harri Laakso] - [Helsinki], 2006 - [44] s. : kokonaan kuv. ; 17 x 30 cm
Kiasman kirjasto
Silomäki, Jari
Jari Silomäki : my unopened letters (part 1) & my weather diary (my UK days) : [Winchester Gallery 2.11.2005 - 16.1.2006] / [a Fotonet project coordinated by Susie Medley ; designed and edited by John Gillett ; text by Brett Rogers] - Winchester, 2005 - 2 nid. (26, 48 s.) : suurin osa kuv. ; kirjat 15 x 21 cm, kotelossa 21 x 15 cm
1-873451-56-3
Kiasman kirjasto
Suomen taiteen triennaali (5 : 2007)
In search of the miraculous : the V Trienial of Finnish Art : Kunsthalle Helsinki 12.5. - 10.6.2007 = Ihmeellistä etsimässä : Suomen taiteen V triennaali : Helsingin Taidehalli 12.5. - 10.6.2007 / [exhibition arranged = näyttelyn järjestäjä Artists' Association of Finland = Suomen Taiteilijaseura ; edited by = luettelon toimitus Marketta Tuomainen ; texts = tekstit Luigi Fassi] - Helsinki : Suomen Taiteilijaseura, 2007 - 59 s. : runsaasti kuv. ; 21 x 27 cm
978-952-9864-22-5
Kiasman kirjasto
Symptomania [Elektroninen aineisto] : Finnish contemporary photography, video, film and interactive art : [Kunsthalle Lophem 14.9. - 16.11.2002] / [curated by Roland Patteeuw ; cd rom by Dirk Deblauwe] - [Loppem-Zedelgem, 2002] - 1 CD ROM
CD ROM requires min. 17" screen, flashplayer6 and quicktime
Kiasman kirjasto
[To be continued... = Jatkuu...] : Helsinki Photography Festival 2005 : [Helsingin Taidehalli = Kunsthalle Helsinki : Suomen valokuvataiteen museo, Prosessi-tila = The Finnish Museum of Photography, Process : Valokuvagalleria Hippolyte = Photographic Gall / [toimitus = editing: Mika Elo, Brett Rogers, Marjatta Tikkanen] - [Helsinki] : Valokuvataiteilijoiden Liitto ry, 2005 - 71 s. : runsaasti kuv. 22 cm
951-95642-8-4 (Finland) ; 0-86-355-5489 (UK)
Kiasman kirjasto
Vasta maalattu = Peinture fraîche : la jeune création finlandaise : [Le Triage, Institut Finlandais, Galerie Birthe Laursen, Galerie Frank, Paris, 11 mars - 29 mai 2004] / [direction de la publication: Merja Laukia, Cécile Marie, Pia Setälä] - Paris : Ambassade de Finland : Institut Finlandais, 2004 - 87 s. : runsaasti kuv. (vär.) ; 25 cm
Kiasman kirjasto

Articles


Punkari, Pekka
Jari Silomäki : Harjoitelmia aikuisuuteen : Fotofinlandia 2000 // * Kameralehti, 2001, No 1, s. 26-27
Toppila, Paula
Weather and life on earth : Jari Silomäki / Paula Toppila // Framework, 2004, No 1, s. 147

Artist Writings


Silomäki, Jari
Otteita sääpäiväkirjasta // Muoto, 2002, No 2, s. 36-43


Collections

The Art Museum of Helsinki
The city of Tampere
Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary art, Finland
Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo, Finland
Pyynikinlinna Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
The Art Museum of Wäinö Aaltonen, Turku, Finland
Jyväskylä Art Museum
Finnish government





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