Curriculum Vitae
Tomi Tapio Dufva
born 8.6. 1977
+358 505659227
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EDUCATION
Fine artMa in fine art, Konsthøgskole i Bergen, Norway 2004-2006
Fine artTurku arts Academy 2000-2004
(Turku polytechnic, visual arts, painting department)
Fine artListahaskoli Islands, Reykjavik, Islanti Autumn2002
Fine artVarsinais-Suomi´s people´s high school 1999-2000
PhilosophySnellman academy, Helsinki 1997-1998
UndergraduateTampereen yhteiskoulun ilmaisutaito lukio 1.6.1996
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, excellent
Swedish, good
French, satisfactory
MEMBERSHIPS
Taidemaalariliitto,
(Finnish painters association) 2005
Tvärr ry. 2005
EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming exhibitions:
Artist’s association of Finlands 103th
annual exhibition, Kuntis modern art
museum, Vaasa, Finland 25.9-25.10.2008
Exhibitions so far:
”Uusi maalaus /New Painting” Lahti art
museum, Lahti, Finland 16.2-27.42008
”Kuu, aurinko, aika ja munkkirinkilä”,
Tm-galleria, Helsinki, Finland 30.4-21.6.2007
”Leinikki” With Katri Sipiläisen and Tanja 2007
Koistilan, Gallery Kakelhallen, Marienhamn,
Åland
Young artists competitions exhibition,
Art center Salmela, Mäntyharju, Finland 2006
”Inhimillinen jälki”, Galleria HUUTO, Helsinki June 2006
Finland
”Summarum” with Marjatta Holma, May 2006
Jaakko Karjula and Pessi Parviainen Kanssa,
Galleria Titanik, Turku, Finland
”THIS IS ART”, MA-students graduation April 2006
exhibition, (Kunsthøgskolein i Bergen),
Landmark Bergen Kunsthalle, Bergen, Norway
”Nuoret 2006” (Young 2006) Finnish artists 2006
associatons 111. exhibition, Helsingin Taidehalli,
Helsinki, Finland
”Valinta”, Art centers Mältinranta, with Tanja 2005
Koistila and Pessi Parviainen, Tampere,
Finland
Se og Hør, Group-exhibiton of MA-students,
USF –Verftet, Bergen, Norway 2005
Mieli toisessa paikassa (Mind in another place),
Galleria galhalla,
Tampere, Finland (Solo exhibition) 2005
Summa group exhibition, Saippua-center,
Turku, Finland2004
La Strada, final work from Turku arts academy,
Galleria Just, Turku, Finland (Solo exhibition) 2004
Lapio, together with puppeteer Hanna Heinonen
Vanhan raatihuoneen galleria, Turku, Finland 2003
Hämärä-ryhmä´s group exhibition
”kaikkien kanssa”, Cable factory, Helsinki,
Finland 2003
Art of analyste-competitions exhibition,
Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Finland 2003
Elukka- group exhibition, Köysiratagallery,
Turku, Finland 2002
Anatomy group exhibition, Köysiratagallery,
Turku, Finland 2002
Turku Art Society´s annual exhibition, Turku 2001
PERFORMANCES
“SURTASS LFA", Art Goes Camping
- Laitama 2004, Hernesaari, Helsinki, Finland 2004
Sampocak, Balinese-Finnish epical musictheatre-
performance, Suomusjärvi, Finland 2003
Slow walk”, with Jaakko Karjula,
Thomas Luoma,Pessi Parviainen, Turku
Finland 2002
Taidekone (the art machine) performance,
together with Tanja Koistila, Hanna Heinonen,
Pauliina Vesslin and Pessi Parviainen,
Tough-eye international animation festival
& Down by the Laituri-festival, Turku, Finland 2001
AWARDS, STIPENDS
Finnish cultural foundation’s stipend for young
artists 2007
Special award in Art center Salmela’s
young artists competition. 2006
Stipend from Bildende kunstners hjelpe-
Fond. 2006
