France

Ville Lenkkeri

Born in Oulu, Finland, 1972

EDUCATION

2002 – 2006    
Master of Art Program, Department of Photography, University of Art and Design, UIAH, Helsinki

2004            
Die Hochschule für Buchkunst und Grafik, Leipzig, study exchange

1998 – 2001    
Bachelor of Art, Department of Photography, Academy of Performing Arts, FAMU, Prague

1997            
Induction Workshop in Cinematography, National Film and TV School, London

1994 – 1996    
Studies of Cinematography and Film Theory, FAMU, Prague

1991 – 1994     
Studies of Forestry at the University of Helsinki

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011         
- The Place of no Roads, The Photography Museum, Antwerpen, Belgium

2010        
- Fake and Real, Galerie Schütte, Essen, Germany (curated by Rémi Faucheux)
- The Place of no Roads, Momentum Galerie, Vienna, Austria
- Im Dobbelpack, (with Walter Bergmoser), Kunsthalle Erfurt, Deutschland
- Exhausted illusion, La Galerie Particulière, Paris, France

2009        
- The Place of no Roads, Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Oslo
- Ingen mans land, Kulturhuset, Stockholm

2008        
- Ballad of a Troubled Dream, Point of View Gallery, New York
- Civil Courage (Nos réalités), Le Quartier, Quimper
- True Story, Maerz Galerie, Leipzig

2007        
- Looking at Life, Finlands Institutet, Stockholm
- Sisätiloja, G.A.Serlachius museum, Mänttä
- Näytös, Korjaamo, Helsinki
- Reality in the Making, Peter Lav Photo Gallery, Copenhagen
- Natura Morte, Pole Image, Rouen
- Reality in the Making, Villa Oppenheim, Berlin
- Synart art gallery, Frankfurt

2005        
- Galleri Flach, Stockholm
- Reality in the Making, Honkahovi, Mänttä

2004        
- Movies, Bautzner 69, Dresden
- Cold Frame, Leonardi V-Idea, Genova (together with Sampsa Virkajärvi)

2003            
- The World As We Know It, Pohjoinen valokuvakeskus, Oulu
- Uncompleted Buildings, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki

2002        
- Interaction, Photography gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
- Movies, Tampere International Short Film Festival, Tampere

2000            
- Carelians in Juupajoki, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2011        
- Realism-The Adventure of Reality, Kunstahalle Museum der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
- Realism-The Adventure of Reality, Kusthal Museum, Rotterdam

2010        
- Im Dobbelpack, (with Walter Bergmoser), Kunsthalle Erfurt, Deutschland

2009        
- Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm

2008        
- CLINIC, Griesmar&Tamer, Paris
- Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä
- Maan asema / La position de la Terre, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch
- Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm
- Dark, Korjaamo, Helsinki

2007            
- Toden ja unelmien välissä, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
- Photo Finish, Stenersens Museum,Oslo

2006        
- What’s Up North, Rantagalleria, Pohjoinen valokuvakeskus, Oulu
- What is Photography, Borås Konst Museum
- Museum!Museum!, Oulu Art Museum
- Dialog, Langhans Galerie, Prague
- Fermente, Maerz Galerie, Leipzig
- Alone Together (POC), Gallerie Nouvelles Images, Den haag
- Nu Nordisk Fotografi, (10 finalists), Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
- Fotofinlandia, (10 finalists), Sanomatalo, Helsinki and  VB-valokuvakeskus, Kuopio

2005            
- Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit, Stadtmuseum Ratingen and Stadtmuseum Bergkamen
- Berlin Art Fair, Gallery Taik
- Personligt (The Helsinki School), Kunsthaus Bethanien, Berlin
- 4th Generation, PPS Gallery, Hamburg
- The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
- Helsinki Versions, Centrum för fotografi, Stockholm

2004             
- POC in town, Gallery Kudlek, Forum fur Fotografie, Cologne
- Fantastic Realism, Konstihoone, Tallinn
- The World As We Know It, Prospekto gallery, Vilnius

2003            
- Quand la photo fait son cinema, Galerie Nathalie Pariente, Paris
- OPEN 2003, Venezia
- 60° - 43°, Marseille

2002            
- Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä


COLLECTIONS

- Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finlande
- Statens Konstråd, Sweden
- Finlands Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France
- F.R.A.C. Haute Normandie, France
- Pole Image Haute Normandie, France
- DZ Bank, Germany
- The Art Museum of Oulu, Finland
- Oulun seudun ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland
- Suomen taideyhdistys, Finland
- Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden
- Gävle Art Centrum, Sweden
- Private collections in Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy and USA

RESIDENCES

2009         
New York, Finnish Cultural Insitute in New York

2004         
Rouen, POC / Pole Image Haut Normandie

2003        
Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, NIFCA


BIBLIOGRAPHY

- The Place of no Roads, Hatje Cantz, 2009,
ISBN: 978-3 7757-2399-2, www.hatjecantz.com

- Reality in the Making, Hatje Cantz, 2006,
ISBN: 978-3 7757-1880-6, www.hatjecantz.com

- Movies, Bautzner69/Hesperus Verlag, 2004,
ISBN: 3-932 607-11-2

Represented artists

Guest artists