Janne Parviainen
Janne Parviainen hails from Kerava, Finland, and now lives and operates in Helsinki, Finland. In 2005, he received an education in metal art and audiovisual communication at Adulta, Järvenpää. In 2003, he also studied painting and photography at the Hyvinkää Art School. He has taught several art courses at many institutions, including Alfa Art School (teaching drawing, oil color painting, and photography), Järvenpää Adult Education College (teaching oil color painting and photography), Kerava Adult Education College (teaching oil color painting), and Adulta Järvenpää (teaching sculpture). He states, "Within my installations, I merge anamorphic drawings with light painting. I meticulously draw accurate, forced perspective lines onto the walls and floor of my studio to create the optical illusion of depth within the area's physical confines. "I found it quite captivating to experience the illusion of an additional spatial dimension while still being able to see the forms of furniture and the surrounding environment." The piece incorporates light, forced perspective drawings to enhance the figures and objects."
Janne's work transcends the tangible, existing in the intangible realms between the limited and boundless, brightness and obscurity, deception and actuality. He aims to blur the boundaries between these realms, creating a unique artistic experience. His light figures and a hidden sound bring his silent forms to life, evoking a sense of motion. Like delicate butterflies, his paintings constantly transform and surpass themselves, taking flight in the viewer's mind. Janne believes that light painting tools can convey novel messages that embody the most genuine manifestations of human yearning, leaving a profound and emotionally impactful impression on collective awareness.
Janne's "language of light" is highly impactful. He skillfully combines various genres of storytelling, graphic illustrations, typographical styles, historical and mythological references, personal memoirs, and photographs. He intends to emphasize the use of multiple modes of narration.
When not instructing or participating in his artistic projects, he dedicates his time to creating graphic novels or imparting his knowledge of magic lantern techniques to his children. These children embody light and art, as the radiant brilliance almost permeates them.
JANNE PARVIAINEN
00250 Helsinki, Finland
Born in Kerava, Finland in 1980
Currently works and lives in Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
Oil Color Painting, Hyvinkää Art School, 2003
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Painters’ Union Sarjakuvantekijät Ry
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2023 Sarjakuvasta kuviksi, Myymälä2, Helsinki
2022 Post Man taideklassikot, Oulun sarjakuvakeskus Gallery, Oulu, Finland
2021 Tähtiyö – Light installation, Kulttuuritalo Laikku, Tampere, Finland
2020 Post Man taideklassikot, Sarjakuvakeskus, Helsinki
2019 Zsolnay Light Festival (FinnFocus program), Pecs, Hungary
2019 Valontaivuttajat, Pesula Gallery, Nikkilä, Finland
2018 Valontaivuttajat, Stoa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Lapparin kakarat (with Jukka Laine), Mental Museum, Lapinlahti, Helsinki
2016 Teurastamo, Helsinki, Finland
2015 Urbane Art Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2012 S-Gallery, Sokos Helsinki, Finland
2011 Reikäreuna short film festival, Finland
2010 Linnanmäki Amusement Park, Finland
2008 Hovinkartano Art Center, Finland
2007 Vuotalo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Raatihuone Gallery, Turku, Finland
2006 Gallery 4-kuus, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Järnätti-gallery, Järvenpää House, Finland
2004 Savoy Theatre, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Stoa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2023 Hillitön valo, Hyvinkään Taidemuseo, Hyvinkää
2021 Valontaivuttajat,Taidehalli, Vaasa, Finland (Curator, artist)
2021 Valontaivuttajat, Kulttuuritalo Laikku, Tampere, Finland (Curator, artist)
2020 Galerie Sonia Monti, Paris
2018 LPWA exhibition, APM Building, Beijing, China
2018 LPWA exhibition, UNESCO, Paris, France
2018 Lux Helsinki, Esplanadi, Helsinki Finland
2017 Polar Night Light Festival, Ruka, Finland
2017 Lux Helsinki, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Global Shop, Duggal select artists, Las Vegas, USA
2015 Unesco Year of Light, UNESCO, Paris, France
2015 Astana Art Fest, LPWA Exhibition, Astana, Kazakhstan
2015 LPWA Special Event, Koblenz, Germany
2014 LPWA Special event, Lanzhou, China
2014 LPWA Special event, New Town Plaza, Hong Kong
2014 LPWA Special event, Aubervilles, France
2014 Krakow Photomonth Festival, Main Programme, Krakow, Poland
2013 LPWA World Exhibition, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
2013 LPWA Special event, G8 Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013 International Light Painting Show, Techfest, Mumbai, India
2012 LPWA World Exhibition, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2012 URBE Rigenerazione Urbana, Torino, Italy
2012 Helsinki Underground Art Weekend, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Fotox1000, Rome, Italy
2010 Floydfest, Virginia, USA
2010 Exhibition of the Finnish Art Association, Järvenpää Art Museum, Finland
2010 The Art of Basware – Competition For Young Artists , Sanomatalo, Helsinki
2008 Anniversary Exhibition, Artists Association of Järvenpää, Finland
2007 Kuumaa taidetta, Kerava Art Museum, Finland 2005 Culture Hall, Jogeva, Estonia
2005 Finnish Artists Association, Art Factory, Porvoo, Finland
2004 Anniversary Exhibition of the Nordic Art Association, Rantakasarmi, Suomenlinna
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS AND PRODUCTION (Selected)
2023 Light installation, LUX Helsinki, (upcoming)
2023 Light installation, Nummela Art Night, Vihti
2023 Light installation, Valon kaupunki, Jyväskylä
2022 Light installation, Taidetehdas, Porvoon valot, Porvoo
2021 Light installation, Vaasan Taidehalli, Vaasa
2021 Light installation, Kulttuuritalo Laikku, Tampere
2019 Valotulitus (light performance production/ event production), Hamina, Finland
2018 Lux Festival, Senaatintori, Helsinki, Finland
2013 Valokarnevaalit (Light performance production), Linnanmäki, Helsinki, Finland
2013 Lux Helsinki, Finland 2013 Media Facades Festival, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Valotulitus (Light art production), Meilahti Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Valojen Yö, Hamina Bastion, Finland
2012 Oulu Music Video Festival, Oulu, Finland
2012 Media Facades Festival, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Helsinki World Design Capital, Children’s light art workshop, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Etkot (Light art production), Kiasma Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Lux Helsinki, Finland 2011 Dazed and Confused Film Festival, London, England
2011 Action!, Seattle, USA
2011 Finland House, Saint Petersburg, Russia
RESIDENCIES
2011 Paris Cité, France GRANTS
2024 TAIKE, (Drawing the Susitaival graphic novel)
2022 TAIKE, (Script for the Susitaival graphic novel)
2022 TAIKE, (Script writing for a graphic novel)
2021 TAIKE, (Drawing the End of Rome Graphic novel)
2020 TAIKE, (Script writing for the End of Rome graphic novel)
2013 AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
2012 AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
2012 AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
2005 City of Järvenpää PROJECTS (Selected)
2019 Lighting design for computer, Corsair, USA
2018 Artist workshop, Look.Learn.Do, Shanghai, China (03/2019)
2017 Samuli Kemppi -Pouring Over, music video, director: Juha Forsander
2017 Pohjoinen enkeli -documentary, Director:Jean Michel Roux, Making Movies
2016 Isäni tähtien takaa –Documentary, Director: Einari Paakkanen, Pohjola Films
2016 Duggal Select Artists, Duggal Visual Solutions, USA
2014 Adobe Remix, Adobe Systems Inc, USA
2014 Von Herzen Brothers – Flowers and Rust, Music video, director: Veera Tyhtilä
GRAPHIC NOVELS
2024 Susitaival, 170 pages (upcoming)
2023 Murtumia, 112 pages, Suisto Books (Finnish)
2022 Rooman rajoilla / End of Rome, 174 pages (Finnish, English)
2022 Ulkopuolella, 312 sivua (Finnish)
2018 Post Man, 127 pages, Suisto Books
2019 (English, Finnish)
2017 Shoegazing, 427 pages, Suisto Books
2018 (English)
PUBLICATIONS (Selected)
2020 Fashion New Order, UK
2018 Mastering Long Exposure, Ammonite Press, UK
2016 Digital Camera Magazine, UK
2016 Duggal Artists' Book, Duggal Visual Solutions, USA
2015 Night Photography and Light Painting, Focal Press USA
2014 Highlike book, SESI Publishing, Brazil
2014 BOB - International Magazine of Space Design, issue 122, Korea
2014 The National Geographic Yearbook
2015, Pedigree Books, USA 2014 Metro Helsinki, Finland
2014 Miesiac Fotografii w Krakowie 2014 - Re:Search, Poland
2014 Fotografe Melhor, Brazil
2014 The Art of Tinkering, Exploratium Museum, USA
2013 Helsingin Sanomat, Finland
2013 Folha Opiniao, Brazil
2013 Metro Montreal, Canada
2013 Liberation, France
2013 National Geographic: Ultimate Weird But True 2 -book, USA
2013 National Geographic Magazine (worldwide editions)
2012 Ripley's Believe It or Not 2013 2012 Photo & Video, Russia
2012 Bizmode, China
2011 National Geographic Kids, USA
2011 World of Design/Wuxi Design, China
2011 L+D, Brazil
2011 The Score, Malaysia
2011 I Want You, USA
2011 Sciences & Vie Découvertes, France
2011 The View, Germany
2011 The Sun, United Kingdom
2010 Phototech, France
WEB PUBLICATIONS (Selected)
National Geographic,
Wired,
Juxtapoz,
Der Spiegel,
The Guardian,
Telegraph,
Pravd
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