Jukka Rusanen (b. 1980 Jyväskylä, Finland) lives and works in Lahti. He graduated with a Master’s in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, in 2007. He has shown regularly in solo exhibitionsin Finland and Germany, and taken part in group exhibitions, for example, at Salo Art Museum, Stadtmuseum Ratingen, Mänttä Art Festival, and Sørlandets Kunstmuseum. Rusanen’s works are represented, for instance, in the Sara Hildén Art Museum, HAM, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Saastamoinen Foundation and Kiasma collections, and in numerous private collections. Jukka Rusanen has gallery representations in Lachenmann-Art (Germany).
Studies
2005-07 Master of Arts, The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2001-05 Bachelor of Arts, Turku Polytechnic, Department of Fine Arts, Turku, Finland
Solo exhibitions
2022
Lachenmann-Art, Konstanz, Germany
2021
Intimate, Lachenmann-Art, Frankfurt, Germany
Intiimi, galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2020
LUONNOS, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2018
Lachenmann-Art, Konstanz, Germany
Lachenmann-Art, Frankfurt, Germany
2017
Setting 2, Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland
Setting, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2015
Lachenman-Art, Konstantz, Germany
Monet kasvot, Saha-Art, Sahanlahti, Puumala, Finland
2014
Stage, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2011
Eject, Gallery Kalhama&Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
Care, Gallery 56, Savonlinna, Finland
Active Still Lifes with Mimosa Pale, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2009
Pursuit, Gallery Kalhama&Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2007
Salon, Gallery of Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2006
Out of the Blue, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland
2005
In Recent Moods, Studio of Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
Group exhibitions (selected)
2022
Stadtgalerie, Kiel, Germany
2021
Positions Art Fair Berlin, Germany
Kuntsin kokoelma - Kuntsin säätiö 50-vuotta, Vaasa
2018
Apina ja vesiputous - Tämän ilmaston kuvia, Sara Hildenin taidemuseo, Tampere
2017
Lace and Luxory, Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland
Zwischen Licht un Dunkelheit, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
Taju, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland
2016
Scope Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Kölner List Art Fair, Köln, Germany
Ratingen Art Museum, Ratingen, Germany
2015
Winter Fest Performance with Maria Duncker, Studio Kuusi Kuusi, Vartiosaari, Helsinki
Hartautta ja häröilyä, Haihatus, Joutsa
Melo – Night, The Festival of Experimental Instruments, Loviisa, Finland
2014
Winter Collage, Mein Blau projektraum, Berlin, Germany
Hunger nach Bilden, Nordic Embassys, Berlin, Germany
Black Market, Berlin, Germany
2013
Colour As Material, Fafa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2012
Mänttä Art Festival, Finland
2011
Market Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Screaming From The Mountain, Sörlandets Art Museum, Norway
13X, Pori, Finland
2010
Close to Nature, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Pyhäniemen kartano, Hollola, Finland
Posh Painting, Gallery Kalhama&Piippo Contemporary in Savonlinna Art Museum, Finland
Helsinki Art Fair
Works in collections
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
Emma Museum of Modern Art
Helsinki City Art Museum
Sara Hildens Art Museum
Finnish State Art Collection
Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art
Finnish Art Association
Haaga-Helia University
Insurance Company Pohjantähti
Saastamoinen Foundation
Wihuri Foundation
Jyväskylä City Art Museum
Private Collections
Other
2014-17 Teacher in the Academy of Fine Arts, Finland
2012 Teacher in the Academy of Fine Arts, Finland
2009- A member of Turku Arts Academy curriculum board
2009 Visualist in Theater Venus, Helsinki
2007 Moving Image in Own Work - teacher, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2004 Basics of drawing, teacher, Turku Polytechnic
Scholarships (selected)
2022 Arts Promotion Center
2021 Finnishs Cultural Foundation
2021 Arts Promotion Center
2019 Arts Promotion Center
2018 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2017 Arts Council of Finland, 5-year grant
2016 Arts Council of Finland, 1-year grant
2016 Arts Council of Finland
2015 Oscar Öflunds Foundation
2015 Arts Council of Finland
2015 FRAME
2014 Arts Council of Finland
2013 Kordelin Foundation
2012 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2012 Arts Council of Finland
2011 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2010 Kordelin Foundation
2010 Finnish Art Association
2010 Arts Council of Finland
2009 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2009 Arts Council of Finland