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Petr Rehor
Born in Varnsdorf, Czechoslovakia in 1949. Lived in Finland since 1974, Finnish citizenship since 1983.
Memberships:
Finnish Painters Assosiation, KIILA-group, Espoo Artists Union, SARV – Finnish Critic`s Assosiation
Education:
Institut of Applied Arts– SUP·, Praha 1964-68
Academy of Fine Arts– AVU, Praha 1969-75
Solo exhibitions:
Raahe 1975, 1977, 1981
Oulun Artpoint 1976, 1979
Oulu Art Museum 1984,
Midle-Finland Museum, Jyväskylä 1979, 1981
Joensuu Art Museum 1982, 1989, 1996
TM Gallery, Helsinki 1982,1986, 1997
Gallery Strindberg, Helsinki 1984
Hanasaari Finnis-Sweedish Kultural Center, Espoo 1985
Gallery Bronda, Helsinki 1987, 1989, 1994
Gallery Pelin, Helsinki 1990
Gallery Artina, Helsinki 1992
Gallery Poriginal, Pori 1986
Rovaniemi Art Museum 1989
Gallery Čapek, Praha, Czech Republic 1991
Espoon Kultural Center 1997
Art Museum Mánes, Prague, Czech Republic 1998
Opava City Art Museum, Czech Republic 1998
Gallery Bakeliitibambi 2000
West Bohemian Art Museum, Plzen, Czech Republic 2001
Ostrava Art Museum, Czech Republic 2001-02
KAAPPELI Gallery Helsinki, 2003
Gallery Aarni, Espoo, 2004
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, 2005
Most Art Gallery, Czech Republic 2006
Gallery G, Helsinki, 2008
Gallery ORTON, Helsinki 2009
Gallery Aarni, Espoo, 2011
Selected group exhibitions:
The Youth 33, Helsinki Art Hall 1980
Voipaala Cultural Center 1981, 1982, 1987
TUTKA-Group, Joensuu Art Museum 1982
Jubileum exhibition, Lappeenranta 1982, Pori 1983
Pieksänmäki Kultural Center 1983, 1986, 1996
Lapinlahti Art Center 1983
The State exhibition, Lappeenranta 1984
Århus Art Museum, Denmark 1988
Linköping Art Museum, Sweedeni 1991
Mäntä Arts Weeks 1993
Gallery R,Prague 1994
Kerava Art Museum 1997
Gallery Otso, Espoo 1997
“Espooleeni”, Poleeni Art Center, Pieksänmäki 1998
Finnish Artists Assosiations Exhibition, Helsinki Art Hall 1999
Gallery Mánes, Prague, “Prazdroj české kultury “ (The Found of the Czech Culture”) 2003
Gallery Mánes, Prague, “ICON@,The New Brave World”, 2008
Rovaniemi Art Museum, “Artists from Espoo, 40-annual exhibition‟, 2009
Art Museum Vantaa , “Never to retaired” 2009-10
Works in collections:
Amos Anderson Art Museum Helsinki, Aine Art Museum Tornio, Oulun Art Museum, Rovaniemen Art Museum, Joensuun Art Museum, Midle-Finland Museum, West Bohemian Art Museum Plzeň, Pisner Urquell Museum Plzeň, Jyväskylä, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Lahti, Kontiolahti, Nurmes, Raahe, Seinäjoki,Vantaa, Citys Collections, Finnish State Collection, The State Broadcasting Company, Joensuu Bank Collection, Pohjola-company Collection, Press Office STT, Wihuri Fundation, Newspaper KALEVA Collection, Jorvin Hospital Collection, Tallberg Company Collection, ORTON Hospital Collection, Saastamoinen Art Collection, EMMA Art Museum
Public works:
Swimming Pool Joensuu Kuntohovi, mural paining 1982
Joensuun Energy c.o. Adminstrative Building, relief 1985
Citz Liberary Ilomantsi,floor mosaics 1987
Municipal House Juankoski floor mosaics 1987
Municipal House Kesälahti, stainglass windows and ceiling relief 1988
Nurmes “Sotka” ceiling painting 1991
Oulu Charitatives Hospital stainglass windows t 1992-94
Ortopedical Hospital Coxa, Tampere, painting “Synergia”, 2002
ORTON Hospital, Helsinki, painting “J.A.Comenius”, 2003
Other artistic activites:
Curator in exhibitions:
-Czech contemporary art exhibition “Czech Art in -70” In Helsinki City Art Museum 13.12.1990-20.1.1991
Oulu Art Museum 17.8.-15.10.1995, Joensuu Art Museum 26.10.-3.12.1995 City Art Museum Helsinki 15.12.1995-14.1.1996
-“After the Velvet Revolution”-exhibition together with Ullamaria Pallasmaa from Oulu City Art Museum in Oulu 1995
-Finnish contemporary art exhibition “Echoes From the North?” realized with the support of the Finnish and Czech cultural ministries Czech Museum of Fine Arts 1.4.1999-23.5.1999, West Bohemian Art Museum june-jully 1999, Ostrava Art Museum, november 1999
-Organizer and curator in Pori City Art Museum exhibition of the works of František Kupka and Otto Gutfreund 14.1. – 18.3. 2001, from Jan and Meda Mladek’s collection.
-Curator of exhibition “Muu Suomi” (The Rest of the Finland) in Prague 26.9.- 10.11.2002 Coordinating the cultural project “Muu Suomi” in Prague, Czech Republic, by six Finnish regional art councils.
-Curator and expert of the Jiří ja Běla Koláfi -exhibition 15.5.2003-20.8.2003 in Amos Anderson Art Museum in Helsinki.
-Curator and author and editor of the “Prazdroj České kultury “ –exhibition (The Found of the Czech Culture”) presenting the Czech visual arts from the late 19th century to present in Mánes Gallery, Prague, 4.9 – 27.9. 2003
Corator of exhibition of Czech kubism in Amos Anderson Art Museum 18.3.– 5.5.2009
Curator and article writer of exhibition “The Power of African Art”, Esoo Museum of Art EMMA, 24.2.– 6.6.2010
-Curator of the Orton Gallery in Helsinki since year 2000-.
Journalistic work:
Assistant in Taide-magazine (“Art”-magazine) since
-member of the magazine’s editorial staff in years
-occasional articles in other cultural publications, e.g.
-Arkkitehti-lehti (The Architect-journal) 2/99
-Ptah (a publication of the Alvar Aalto Academy) since 2000
Teaching:
-Courses in the relations between architecture and visual arts
-Finnish Academy of Fine Arts 1997-98 and Lahti Polytechnic Art Institute 1999
-Courses in drawing and anatomy in Lahti Polytechnic Art Institute since 2000
Extra curricular activities:
-Board Representative of the Finnish Artist Association in the late 1980’s
-Board member of the Finnish Artists Union 1990-92
-Board member of the Finnish Copyright Association for the Visual Artists since 1996
-Board member of KIILA Writters and Artists Association since 1996
-Chairman of the board of KIILA Writters and Artists Association since 2003
Other:
-TV-documentary “Heijastuksia todellisuudesta” (Interrogation) about artist Petr Rehor in 1988. Pruduced by the Finnish National Broadcasting Company channel 1, directed by Matti Kurkikangas.
Contact:
Petr Rehor
Nallenpolku 1 K
02110 Espoo FINLAND, GSM: +358 46 8102061, www. artists.fi, email:
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