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| Germany | 11 |
| Finland | 6 |
| Spain | 3 |
Biography: 
1964 Born in Helsinki (FI)
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About His Work
"Minimalism is my great love.
In my works I concentrate on what is essential in a space, building or structure, leaving out things that are unnecessary, which I call visual noise. The original forms of my subjects often contain many repeated elements, a single form or material, often the same, in large quantities. When three-dimensional forms of this kind are photographed they tend to become surfaces, planes. The visual cleansing of a theme, its representation in a large-format photograph laminated on acrylic will, however, produce a new kind of multidimensional image of reality.
The removal of noise will make some themes almost abstract constructions. In the finished work their essence wavers between three-dimensionality and the plane. Where the surface of a work reflects from a certain angle the architectonic state of its surroundings, the viewing situation is shaped by the viewer's distance from the piece, his or her perspective. The work is transformed from a mirror-like plane into an image, then into space, and again into matter.
With the volume of the work I want to pass on to the viewer my own cathartic experience of space.
The physical space surrounding us has always existed. It is always present in all realities of different age. Caves and primitive shelters have only taken on a new form. It has been said that nutrition is the first expression of culture. The second one is the space that surrounds us: its function, and slightly later its form"
Ola Kolehmainen, 2002
Fairs
Art Brussels
Artissima Turino
Frankfurt Art Fair
Stockholm Art Fair
Artforum Berlin
1988 - 1992 University of Helsinki, Department of Journalism
1993 - 1999 Master of Arts, (Photography), University of Art and Design, Helsinki
Lives and works in Berlín (DE)
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Public exhibitions 32
until 24.1.2010
until 23.1.2010
Solo shows 9
2009
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| Ola Kolehmainen - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
2008
2007
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| Ola Kolehmainen - Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussels |
2006
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| Ola Kolehmainen - Artothèque de Caen, Caen |
2005
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| Ola Kolehmainen - Space is unknown - Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris |
2004
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| Ola Kolehmainen - "Construction" - - Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin (closed) |
1999
Group shows 21
2009
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| 15_Jahre Sammlung Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg - Gegen den Strich - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg |
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| Auf der Spitze des Eisbergs - Neue Fotografie aus Finnland - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg |
2008
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| En Privat 1 - Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca |
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| The real Thing - New Acquisitions - Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö |
2007
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| XIV. Rohkunstbau DREI FARBEN - WEISS - Rohkunstbau, Berlin |
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| Helsinki School - Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England) |
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| Boogie Woogie - Art and Jazz - Taidehalli - Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki |
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| Photo Finnish - The Helsinki School - Stenersenmuseet, Oslo |
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| Ola Kolehmainen & Pertti Kekarainen - Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo |
2006
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| Ideal City – Invisible Cities - Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam, Potsdam |
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| Intersections - Between Past and Future - Porin Taidemuseo / Pori Art Museum, Pori |
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| Presence - Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku |
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| opterracuna - Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, NY |
2005
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| The Helsinki School - A New Approach - Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
2004
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| Zeitgenössische finnische Fotografie - Galerie Christian Roellin, St. Gallen |
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| Finnische Fotografie - 14-1 Galerie, Stuttgart |
2002
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| New Pictures - Brotherus, Kella, Kolehmainen, Lajunen, Parantainen - Tennis Palace, Helsinki |
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| Photography and Video - Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere |
| Dealer Directory 7 |
Denmark
| | Galleri Christian Dam, Copenhagen
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Finland
France
| | Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris
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Germany
Spain
United Kingdom
| | Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England)
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USA
| | Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, NY
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Public collections 7
Finland
| | EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
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| | The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
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| | Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo - Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
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| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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Germany
| | Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf
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Spain
Sweden
Catalogs
| | Ola Kolehmainen- Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin |
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