PAULA SALMELA
Born in 1965
Lives and works in Porvoo, Finland


   STUDIES    
   Bachelor of Visual Arts Satakunta Polytechnic, Unit of Fine Art in Kankaanpää, Finland (sculpture) 2001
   MFA The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts) 2005-

   PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS  
   Mänttä Town Hall, Finland 1999
   Tammela-center, Tampere, Finland 2000
   Poriginal gallery, Pori, Finland 2000
   Art Centre Honkahovi, Mänttä, Finland 2001
   Mänttä Town Hall, Finland 2001
   Kivipankki, Jämsä, Finland 2001
   De Finse Zeemanskerk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2002
   The Finnish Paper Art Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland 2002
   Mänttä town Hall, Finland 2003
   Art Collection of Yrjö A. Jäntti, Porvoo, Finland 2004
   Vanha Kappalaisentalo Gallery, Porvoo, Finland 2005
   Torni Ateljee-Bar, Helsinki 2007
   The Art Hall, Porvoo 2007
   The Gallery of The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts 2008

   GROUP EXHIBITIONS  
   Gallery Postelli, Kankaanpää, Finland 1998
   Gallery Krebsen, Copenhagen, Denmark 1998
   Kankaanpää Art School, Finland 1999
   Gallerie Yves Fay, Paris, France 2000
   Art Centre Honkahovi, Mänttä, Finland 2000
   Sipoo Artists association, Annual exhibition, Sipoo, Finland 2000
   Finnish artists´106. exhibition, The Museum of Central Finland,
Jyväskylä
2001
   Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland 2001
   Ter Inzage, ACHK De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands 2002
   Sipoo Artists association, Annual exhibition, Sipoo, Finland 2002
   MiniAtyyri, Galleria K, Huittinen, Finland 2002
   Waterland park sculpture exhibition, Almere Haven, The Netherlands 2002
   Viisi makasiiniä, Huittinen, Finland 2002
   Satakunta Polytechnic grant exhibition, Kankaanpää, Finland 2002
   MiniAtyyri, ARS NOVA, Turku, Finland 2002
   Galleria Schweitzer, Amerongen, The Netherlands 2003
  Association of Flevoland Artists, Annual exhibition, Lelystand,
The Netherlands
2003
   Ter Inzage, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands 2003
   Kunst in de Natuur, Almere Haven, The Netherland 2003
   Miniature Exhibition, Linlithgon, Scotland, UK 2003
   Sipoo Artists assosiation, Annual exhibition, Sipoo, Finland 2003
   Almere Cultur Centrum, Almere, Holland 2003
  Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland 2003
   Espace Inco, Paris, France 2003
   Society of Scottish Artists exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland 2003
   Winterwende, Observatory Lelystad, Holland 2003
   Staffas Gallery, Porvoo, Finland 2004
   The Art Factory, Porvoo, Finland 2004
   The Gallery of the Art School of Kankaanpää, Kankaanpää, Finland 2005
   The Annual Exhibition of the Unit of Finnish Art Associations , The Art Factory, Porvoo, Finland 2005
   Kaiku Gallery, The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland 2006
   The Artists association of Porvoo, The 1th years exhibition, The Art Factory, Porvoo, Finland 2006
   Puun muisti, Hämeenpuisto, Tampere, Finland 2006
   The Art Society of Porvoo, The Jubilee Exhibition,The Art Factory, Porvoo,Finland 2006
   The Unknown City,Butoh-performans, Helsinki, Finland 2006
   Artborg 35, Sipoo, Finland 2006
   Staffas Gallery, Porvoo, Finland 2007
   The City Art Museum of Helsinki Tennispalatsi, Helsinki, Finland 2007
   Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere, Finland 2007

   PUBLIC WORKS OF ART  
   Wall relief "Aino", Kankaanpää, Finland 1998
   Environvental art "Saara lykkeli", Pori, Finland 1999
   Duurzame Onderneming, Provencie of Flevoland, The Netherlands 2003

   WORKS IN COLLECTIONS  
   City of Jämsä, Finland 2001
   City of Kankaanpää, Finland 2002
   City of Porvoo, Finland  
   State of Finland  

   STIPEND AND GRANTS  
   Pori´s Saskia association, Exhibition stipend 2000
   Street Gallery of Huittinen, Exhibition stipend 2002
   Satakunta Polytecnic, Exhibition stipend 2002
   The Finnish Paper Art Gallery 2002
   Arts Council of Finland, exhibition grant 2002
   City of Porvoo 2005
   City of Porvoo 2006
   K-Group (The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department) 2007
   The Finnish Cultural Foundation 2008

   MEMBERSHIPS  
   Sipoo Artists Association, Finland 1999
   KVF, Association of Province of Flevoland, The Netherlands 2002
   Suomen Paperitaidegalleria 2002
   The Art Society of Porvoo 2004
   The Artist Association of Porvoo 2005
   Association of Finnish Sculptors 2007

   ADDITIONAL STUDIES AND STUDY TRIPS  
   Course of ceramic sculpture, teacher Kerttu Horila
Kankaanpää, Finland
1998
   Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain -drawing course
Tallinn, Estonia
1998
   Practical training, assistant to sculptor Raimo Veranen
Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
   Practical training, assistant to sculptor, Eila Hiltunen
Monticcihiello, Italy
1998
  Student exchange, workshop for stone carving
Villány, Hungary
1998
  Practical training, assistant to sculptor Raimo Veranen
Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
  Medal Symposium
Kankaanpää, Finland
1999
  Rock and green symposium
Kankaanpää, Finland
1999
  Practical training, assististant to Takamasa Kuniyasu
Helsinki 2000 Cultural Capital -project
Helsinki, Finland
2000
  Stone symposium
Kankaanpää, Finland
2000
   Student exchange, Academy of Fine Art, AVU
Prague, Czech Republic
2000
   The Fulfillment Education of The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts 2004
   Workshop Baltisky, Estonia 2006