Artist's arttributes:
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Male |
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Photography |
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Helsinki School |
Most exhibitions in:
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| Germany | 15 |
| Finland | 14 |
| Norway | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 3 |
| Sweden | 3 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Galerie Blickensdorff, Germany |
4 |
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Purdy Hicks Gallery, United Kingdom |
3 |
Biography: 
1951 Born in Helsinki (FI)
1973 - 1978 studied photography at the University of Art & Design Helsinki (TAIK), where he was later appointed professor
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 56 
until 30.6.
Solo shows 16
2011
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| Jorma Puranen: Shadows, reflections and all that kind of thing - Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England) |
2010
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| Jorma Puranen - EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo |
2009
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| Jorma Puranen - Sixteen Steps to Paradise 2007-2008 - Anhava, Helsinki |
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| Jorma Puranen - Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England) |
2008
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| Jorma Puranen - Galleri Flach, Stockholm |
2007
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| Jorma Puranen - Das arktische Archiv - Villa Oppenheim - Galerie für Gegenwartskunst , Berlin |
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| Icy Prospects - - Galerie Blickensdorff, Berlin (closed, 2007) |
2006
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| Jorma Puranen - Anhava, Helsinki |
2004
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| Shadows, reflections and all that sort of thing - - Galerie Blickensdorff, Berlin (closed, 2007) |
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| Jorma Puranen - Galleri Flach, Stockholm |
2002
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| Jorma Puranen - Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki |
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| Imaginary Homecoming. - Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR |
2000
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| Language Is A Foreign Country - The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki |
1992
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| Jorma Puranen: Kuvitteellinen kotiinpaluu - Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki |
1986
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| Jorma Puranen: Maarf Leu ́dd - Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki |
1981
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| Jorma Puranen - Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki |
Group shows 39
2013
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| Seducidos por el arte. Pasado y presente de la fotografía - CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona |
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| Farbe Form Fotografie Fläche - Art Foyer der DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt/Main |
2012
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| Mindscapes - CENTRALE for contemporary art, Brussels |
2011
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| The Magic of Lapland - Ateneum Art Museum - Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki |
2010
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| Carnegie Art Award 2010 - Taidehalli - Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki |
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| Ars Fennica 2010 - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
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| Daegu Photo Biennale 2010 - Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu |
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| Carnegie Art Award 2010 - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo |
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| Transphotographiques 2010 - Transphotographiques, Lille |
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| Carnegie Art Award - Listasafn Islands - National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik |
2009
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| Carnegie Art Award 2010 - Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen |
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| Being A Part - Sami Artist Center - Samisk Kunstnersenter, Karasjok |
2008
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| La photographie finlandaise - Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon sur Saône |
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| In natura. A finish trilogy - Photology, Milan |
2007
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| Our Land! - Pfotographs from Finland - Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa |
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| Grey Matters - Aftercop - The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki |
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| Helsinki School - Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England) |
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| Photo Finnish - The Helsinki School - Stenersenmuseet, Oslo |
2006
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| Ghosts In The Machine - SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA |
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| Finlandia e l'identitŕ del nord nel '900 - Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen, Rome |
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| Breaking the Ice - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Finnland - Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn |
2005
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| Variations on the Picturesque - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON |
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| The Helsinki School - A New Approach - Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
2004
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| MOMENTUM – Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art 2004 - Momentum Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art , Moss |
2003
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| Zeigenössische Forokunst aus Finnland - Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Cottbus |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland - Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland - NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin |
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| Fünf Positionen zeitgenössischer finnnischer Fotografie - Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg |
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| Procesed Photography - - Galerie Blickensdorff, Berlin (closed, 2007) |
2002
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| Photography and Video - Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere |
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| The Politics of Place - Bildmuseet, Umeĺ |
2001
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| Images beyond the naked eye - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens |
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| 5 Jahre Galerie Blickensdorff - - Galerie Blickensdorff, Berlin (closed, 2007) |
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| Fotografia Metafisica - Butler Gallery, Kilkenny |
2000
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| Lost Homelands - Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, QC |
1999
1998
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| Cartografos y Aventureros - Narradores de Historias - CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona |
Dealer Directory 3 |
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
| | Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England)
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Collections 4

Finland
| | The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
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| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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| | Rovaniemen taidemuseo / Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
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Germany
| | Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf
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Catalogs
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