biography of Arno Rafael MINKKINEN (1945)
Personal data
Birth : 1945 - Helsinki, Finland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Finland - United States
Address
, United StatesRepresentatives
Casabo Emprin Nathalie – 391 rue des Pyrénées – Paris, France
NCE Galerie Photographie Moderne et Contemporaine – 391 rue des Pyrénées – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1971:He has been photographing himself since 1971 as a timeless landscape of the human figure amid the forces of nature.
1950:He moved to the USA.
Prizes
1994
1994 : Prix du Livre – Arles, France
Context: 25èmes Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie (1994)
Other professions
Professor – Photography
UIAH University of Art and Design Helsinki – Hämeentie 135 C – Helsinki, Finland
Professor – Photography
Massachusetts College of Art – 621 Huntington Avenue – Boston MA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Bromoil gelatin silver print
Subject
self-portraitBody
landscape
Movements and styles
SurrealismBauhaus
Works
Autoportrait | |
Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print | |
Marble Canyon, Arizona | |
Date of creation : 1995 Edition n° : 3 Medium : Gelatin silver print Subject : landscape Size : 50 x 60 cm Number of elements : 25 | |
Sef-Portrait, Fosters Pond | |
Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : self-portrait | |
Self-Portrait, Karjusaari, Lahti | |
Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : self-portrait | |
Self-Portrait with Maija Kaarina, Sysmä | |
Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : portrait | |
Sef-Portrait, Fosters Pond | |
Date of creation : 1989 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : self-portrait | |
Self-Portrait with Daniel, Andover | |
Date of creation : 1986 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : portrait | |
Self-Portrait, Siikaniemi | |
Date of creation : 1985 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : self-portrait | |
Self-Portrait with Tatu, First Noël | |
Date of creation : 1979 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : portrait | |
S.T. | |
Date of creation : 1975 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : portrait | |
Self-Portrait with Sandy, New York | |
Date of creation : 1971 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : portrait | |
Ten Minutes past Midnight | |
Medium : Photograph Subject : portrait | |
Waterline | |
Medium : Photograph Subject : self-portrait | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Robert Klein Gallery – Boston MA, United States
09/06/2002 – 10/19/2002
2001
Et maintenant ?
Musée de Normandie – Caen, France
06/22/2001 – 08/31/2001
2000
Waterline
Porin Taidemuseum – Pori, Finland
2000
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Robert Klein Gallery – 4th floor 38 Newbury Street – Boston MA, United States
2003
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Robert Klein Gallery – 4th floor 38 Newbury Street – Boston MA, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Barry Friedman Limited – 32 East 67th Street – New York NY, United States
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Photo & Contemporary – Via dei Mille 36 – Turin TO, Italy
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Robert Klein Gallery – 4th floor 38 Newbury Street – Boston MA, United States
KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Galerie Clairefontaine – Espace 1 7 Place de Clairefontaine – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Joel Soroka Gallery – 400 East Hyman Avenue – Aspen CO, United States
Festivals
1994
16èmes Estivales Photographiques du Trégor
L’imagerie – Lannion, France
07/09/1994 – 10/01/1994
Group exhibitions
2003
Temps de Pause
Villa du Parc – Annemasse, France
06/07/2003 – 07/19/2003
2001
Les Métamorphoses
Bar Floréal – Paris, France
09/13/2001 – 11/21/2001
2000
The Human Body as an expression of the Subconscious
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography – Tokyo, Japan
01/28/2000 – 02/20/2000
1994
25èmes Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie
Arles, France
1994
1990
Finince
Galerie Suzel Berna – Paris, France
1990
1989
Les Trois Maîtres de l’Etrange
Galerie Suzel Berna – Antibes, France
1989
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
1999
Body Land
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press – 470 L’ Enfant Plaza Suite 7100 – Washington DC, United States
11/01/1999
ISBN : 1560988800
Films
1996
Still not there, A quarter century of self-portraiture
Place/location of the exhibition: MEP Maison Européenne de la Photographie – 82 rue François Miron – Paris, France
1996
Monographies
1998
Ten Minutes Past Midnight
Publisher: Gallen-Kallelan Museo – Gallen-Kallelan tie 27 – Espoo, Finland
Publisher: Julkaisija Kustannusosakeyhtio Musta Taide – PL. 26 – Helsinki, Finland
1998
1994
Waterline
Publisher: Editions Marval – 7 place Saint-Sulpice – Paris, France
Co-author: Tournier Michel – Paris, France
1994