Leena Nylander. 
 North Karelia, Finland

Long Blooming - photomontages and softground graphics

Gallery of the Icelandic Printmakers' Association, Reykjavik, March 31 - April 14, 2007

    The contrast between rapid and slow change is very subjective and interesting. Where is our mind living? Atmospherical affection around me becomes more and more important. Midsummer Night or a gold moment before sunrise make me homesick. 
    When the veins and leaves appear from under the melted snow, when the birch, linden and aspen each 
reveal their own identity, it is that moment that I want you to see, constructed in air, born by the air. Then you will understand that at which unknown point there is a strong, invisible structure.  Leena Nylander

  "Leena Nylander's engravings contain powerful symbolism. The cloud's golden edge, the beauty of an old tree trunk, a child walking to the beach with her dog. All these themes take us back to positive memories. Details remind us that striving for overwhelming joy hinders us from experiencing the small joys of the moment."  
Liisa Yli-Ketola,  critic

COMING EXHIBITIONS 2007
Church in Heinävesi, Finland summer 2007 - five artists from North Karelia 
Laterna Magica, Helsinki Bibliteko 4-22.9.2007
Matka kotiin III - Journey home III, Eno in May 2007
Matka kotiin III - Journey home III, the Museum of Art in Novgorod and Petrozavodsk 2007

SELECTED  INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
BookBlast. Artists' books  2006 Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
SIXTH BHARAT BHAVAN INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF PRINT-ART 2004, Bhopal, India
4th International Graphic Triennal – Bitola, Makedonia 2003
Videoart festival in Petrozavodsk 2001, 2002, Russia - Havirov, III. Triennial, Czech Republic 2002 - Tidaholm,The 4th and 3rd International Lithographic Symposium 2002, 1998 Sweden
- 3rd International Graphic Triennal in Bitola, Makedonia 2000 - Hamburg, Die Steine sprechen skandinavisch, 200 Jahre Lithographie, 1999 -  Lahti, Mini Print triennial 1995

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Art hall in Petroskoi, Russia - Omfalos  2006  (artists from Russia and Finland)  -  Biblioteko/Artists books - Group exhibition in Imatra, Vammala and Kajaani 2006
Journey home  II GROUP EXHIBITION in Jyväskylä, 2006 (artists from Russia and Finland) 
PRESENTA, Joensuu printworkshop, in April 2006 GRAFIK I VÄST, Göteborg
KUUSINOLLA 2.12.05.-8.1.06 - Artists Association of Joensuu GALLERIA RANTAKASARMI, Suomenlinna, Helsinki Helsinki Book Fair 2005 -  NAUM BooK ART, Finland
BIBLITEKO - ARTIST´S  BOOKS of Silja Ahola, Leena Nylander,  Marja Purto, Anu Torikka and Arja Valkonen-Goldblatt - Rikhardinkatu Library Helsinki, 2005
Journey home  I, in  August 2005 GROUP EXHIBITION in Varispelda, Russia
Petrozavodsk museum of art, Russia 2004, 22 Artists from Oulu and from Joensuu (Finland)
VGAC gallery "KAIRE-DESINE" Vilnius Lithuania 2004 - Joensuu Print workshop
Axis-portfolio, IMPACT 2nd, Media Centre Lume Helsinki 2001 - Annual Exhibition of Union of Finnish Art Associations 1970, 1972, 1992, 1994, 1996 - Exhibition of the Young, Helsinki Art Hall 1974, 1976 -  Pro Graphica, Alkupotku Galleri Mino, Lohja 1993

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Prague, Scandinavian House - Cafe Nordic,  2.-30.10.2006 Czech Republic - Plum tree
GalleryKohina, Joensuu 2006 - Heimatmuseum in Neustadt in  Sachsen Germany 2005  Curator: Dr Joerdis Lademann, art historian Dresden – Ausländerrat in Dresden 2004, Deutschland - Gallery Myötätuuli 2005, Raahe Finland   - Gallery Kapriisi, Kuopio 2001 - Porvoon taidehalli  2001 -  Hämeenlinnan Kultuurikeskus 2000 Taidekeskus Ahjo, Joensuu  2000 - Gallery Kunstikum,Imatra 1997  - Gallery Duetto, Helsinki 1996 - Joensuun taidemuseo, 1996