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Mayumi Niiranen-Hisatomi / ﾆｰﾗﾈﾝ久富真由実
b.1983 in Osaka, Japan / Raised in Kobe, Japan
Lives and works in Kajaani, Finland
Education
1983- Educated by my parents
2006 B.F.A., Osaka University of Arts
2007 Research student. Osaka University of Arts, Non-degree studies
ONGOING AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2024 Tomun tieto at Oulu Art Museum curated by Selina Väliheikki 27.6.–27.10.2024
2024 Kintsugi exhibition at The Craft Museum of Finland 28.9.–24.11.2024
2021- Public art (rock painting & rock carving) at Kainuu new hospital (Kajaani)
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023 Uudelleen herääminen, organized by The Finnish Cultural Foundation Kainuu Regional Fund (Kuhmo-talo, Kuhmo, Finland)
2017 Solo exhibition: Decomposer - Its Witnesses and Spectators at Kajaani Art Museum, Finland
2013 Lost memories in infinite time (Galleria Gloria, Jyväskylä, Finland)
DUO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Risteymiä/Crossroads with Annu Vertanen, curated by Sanna Ojanne (Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland)
2023 Porin kulttuurisäätö, #Holiday365 (Sotkamo, Vuokatti and Tipasoja Finland)
2022 Ärjantaidefestivaali (Arjänsaari, Kajaani, Finland)
2022 Kasvisto/Flora, Mustarinda summer exhibition curated by Riikka Keränen (Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi, Finland)
2021 XXV Mänttä Art Festival (Pekilo, Mänttä, Finland)
2020 Intelligences - Eläintarha showcase exhibition (Villa Eläintarha, Helsinki, Finland)
2020 Uusin silmin - from the city of Keuruu's collection (Keuruu Art Museum, Finland)
2019 Lähdössä maali, maalissa nyt (Galleria 5, Oulu, Finalnd)
2017 Näkymä2017 environmental art exhibition in Akaa
2016
Linnan virta 2016
(Viljamakasiini exhibition, Kajaani, Finland)
Mini environmental art exhibition KÄTKETTY TAIDE - HIDDEN ART 13 May-31 August 2016 (the Pori National Urban Park, Pori, Finland)
2015
RAJA - Oulun Taiteilijaseura -63 ry:n näyttely (Galleria Pihatto, Lappeenranta, Finland)
Residency Show (Aleksanterin linna's gallery space, Manttä, Finland)
2014
What an interesting technique! (Seikantei, Odawara, Japan)
Love. Organized by Union of Finnish Art Associations (Tuusula Art Museum, Tuusula, Finland)
2012-2013
The Snowball Effect -the Northern Finland biennale (Oulu City Art Museum, Oulu, Finland)
2012
PolArt2K-2000- exhibition on political art in the north of Finland. (The Kemi Art Museum, Kemi, Finland)
Beauty -Mustarinda summer exhibition (Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi, Finland)
Alkuluku(Prime number) -Japanese contemporary art to Kainuu (Ravintola Sirius, Kajaani)
Alkuluku(Prime number) -Japanese contemporary art to Raahe (Galleria Myötätuuli, Raahe, Finland)
2011
Toisaalta 7350 Finland Kajaani city library (Finland,Kajaani)
Toisaalta 7350 (Galleria Tyko,Nurmes, Finland)
House Games 2011 (in a home apartment Puistokatu, Jyväskylä, Finland )
2008
House Games 2008 (in a home apartment Puistokatu, Jyväskylä, Finland )
2007
Ending Demo -Aftermath Series- (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Aftermath No. 7 (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
2006
The New Faces from Printmaking (Ishida Taiseisha ICB Gallery, Kyoto, Japan)
The Group of Osaka University of Arts - Graduation Selected Works Exhibition (Suntory Museum, Osaka, Japan )
2005
Ocean Crossing: Osaka University of Arts & California College of Arts Print Exchange (San Francisco,CA)
Osaka Central Park 2005 Art Town ART AVENUE (Osaka)
International Exchange Art Exhibition (Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan)
The 30th Annual Exhibition of the Association of Japanese Art Colleges (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan)
2004
The 29th Annual Exhibition of the Association of Japanese Art Colleges (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan)
THEATRE
2023 Camera Obscura -interactive show with the Kajaani city theatre and Kulttura ry, Sissilinna Kajaani city theatre
CURATION
2020 Ilja Karsikas + Antti Nylén on Koti-Kajaani PONNAHUS GALLERIA during the corona pandemic
2020 Shimode Kazumi on Koti-Kajaani with a poem by Eino Leino at PONNAHUS GALLERIA during the corona pandemic
2018 Mauno Keränen: MINÄT at PONNAHUS GALLERIA
2016 Glimpse : the way you see, the way I work by new members of the Artists Association of Oulu (Valvegalleria, Oulu, Finland) 4.2.-27.2.
2012 Prime number -Japanese contemporary art to Kainuu (Ravintola Sirius, Kajaani)
2012 Prime number -Japanese contemporary art to Raahe (Galleria Myötätuuli, Raahe, Finland)
PUBLIC ART
2020-2021 Healer/Parantaja, Environmental art at flat roofs. Kainuu new hospital (Kajaani, Finland). Subscriber: Kainuu Social Welfare and Health Care Joint Authority (Kainuun sote)
2020 Rock painting. The forest of Vedenjakaja Reitistö (Piekisämäki, Finland). Subscriber: Pieksämäen Seudun Liikunta ry
2020 The sounds of life (light art). Kainuu new hospital (Kajaani, Finland). Subscriber: Kainuu Social Welfare and Health Care Joint Authority (Kainuun sote)
2020 KUMAGUS∞tuhatvuotinen metsä. Kainuu new hospital (Kajaani, Finland). Subscriber: Kainuu Social Welfare and Health Care Joint Authority (Kainuun sote)
2015 Biodiversity hymn. Vuokatti's Sports Centre (Vuokatti, Sotkamo, Finland). Subscriber: The Finnish Cultural Foundation Kainuu Regional Fund
DESIGN
GRANTS
2024 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The state artist grant (Working grant for 1 year)
2023 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Public display grant (Working grant for 6 months)
2023 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Working grant for 2 months + expenses)
2022 Kajaani city, Kulttuuritoimen kohde- ja yleisavustukset grants for materials
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, corona working grant for 2 months
2021 The Finnish Cultural Foundation Kainuu Regional Fund (Art for Institutions grant for making a rock painting at Kainuu new hospital: working grant for 2 months + expenses)
2020 The Finnish Cultural Foundation Kainuu Regional Fund (project + working grant for a working group: with Hemmo Kauppinen)
2020 Kone Foundation (Home residency grant for three months)
2019 The Finnish Cultural Foundation Kainuu Regional Fund (project grant for Ponnahus Galleria)
2018 Arts Promotion Centre of Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu, Finland (working grant for 6 months)
2018 The Finnish Cultural Foundation Kainuu Regional Fund (project grant + working for a working group: with Emilia Hyvönen and Riikka Keränen, Ponnahus Galleria project)
2016 The Finnish Cultural Foundation Kainuu Regional Fund (working grant for 12 months)
2015 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (multicultural project grant)
2014 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (project grant)
2013 Arts Promotion Centre of Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu, Finland (project grant)
2012 The Finnish Cultural Foundation Kainuu Regional Fund (project grant)
2012 Arts Council of Finland : Grants for art projects promoting multiculturalism (project grant)
AWARDS
2022 City of Kajaani, Cultural award of the year
2014 The stamp design competition of the 150th anniversary of the Artists' Association of Finland
EVENTS + ETC
2023 Flying squirrel project: Teaching job at Teppana elementary school. Organizer: Kulttura ry (モモンガの生態ついて:環境芸術教育)
2023 Workshop at Lichen festival, Mustarinda in August
2020 Intelligences: Helsinki Design Residency 2020 seminar at Design Museum, Helsinki on 10th September
2017 Konstrundan - Open studio
2015
Open Studio with Tuija Heikura, Reijo Haukia on Night of the Arts in Kajaani (Taiteiden yö)
The Taide elämäntyönä (Art as a life's work) exhibition – The Artists' Association of Finland's 150th anniversary stamp competition submitted works at the Postal Museum, Tampere
2014 Live painting, The Night of the Arts (Kajaani Art Museum, Kajaani) 5th September
2014 [TUUBIT AUKI 11.–12.10.2014 Taidemaalariliiton taiteilijoiden maanlaajuinen avoimet työhuoneet -tapahtuma"] / Open Studio (Viestitalo/ex-Kainuun Sanomat building, Kajaani, Finland)
2014 Floating market (Kajaani marketplace) 29th August
2013 Open studio (personal studio, ex-Kainuun Sanomat building, Kajaani, Finland)
2011-2014 The sales event : Finnish Painter’s Union (Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland)
RESIDENCES
2023 Artist in residence at Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi
2020 HIAP Helsinki Design Residency program
2018 Residency at Santun talo, Keuruu Art Museum
2015 Artist in residence at Serlachius, Mänttä, Finland March
2006 Jyväskylä Centre For Printmaking (May-June)
MEMBERSHIPS
Muu ry (Artists' Association MUU)
Oulu Artist Association
GRANT AND SUBSIDY SELECTION COMMITTEES
1.1.2023-31.12.2024 Member of Arts Council of Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
1.1.2023-31.12.2024 Cultural Diversity Panel, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Oulu City Art Museum, Finland
City of Sotkamo, Finland
City of Keuruu, Finland
Kainuu Social Welfare and Health Care Joint Authority (Kainuun sote), Finland
Imatra Art Museum (City of Imatra), Finland
Private collections in Finland, Japan and Canada.