Curriculum Vitae
Mikael Kinanen
Born 1989 in Helsinki
Lives and works in Helsinki
Address: Välimerenkatu 5, 00180
Websites:
http://fotofolios.org/work/mikaelkinanen
http://dracheny.daportfolio.org
E-mail: mikael|atque|kinanen.fi
Studies:
Graduate Student, Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture (ARTS), Master’s Degree Programme in Fine Art, 2012-
Graduate Student, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Praxis: Master’s Degree Program in Art Theory and Exhibition Practises, 2012-
Bachelor of Culture and Arts, TAMK Tampere University of Applied Sciences, School of Art and Media, Fine Art Programme, 2008-2012
Undergraduate student of Philosophy, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere 2009-
Subject Teacher’s Pedagogical Studies, Department of Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, University of Tampere, 2010-
Work Experience:
2013 Curator’s Assistant, Mänttä Art Fair, Finland (ongoing)
2011-2012 Managing Editor, ERO Thesis Exhibition
2011 Trainee, Backlight 2011 Photo Festival, Photographic Center Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
2010 Intern, Inter-cool 3.0 exhibition, Frankfurt Goethe Universität, under professor Birgitt Richard in Frankfurt am Main and Dortmund, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2013 Erottaa±us, Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2012 1<3, International Art Collaborations, OCAD University, Toronto
2012 1<3, International Art Collaborations, Finlayson area, Tampere
2012 ERO Thesis Exhibition, Kunsthalle TR1, Tampere
2012 Taidekahvila Ero, Ikuinen Galleria, Tampere
2011 Expanded Views, Backlight ’11 Photo Festival, Tampere
2011 Kakkupaloja, Ikuinen Galleria, Tampere
2010 Promoting Changes, Werstas, Tampere, Curated by Pekka Niskanen
2010 MEGAGAGAA, Gallery Nottbeck, Tampere
2010 Lyhyt videokirjasto, Emil -hall, Tampere
2009 Avo 09: Pumpulivallankumous, Werstas, Tampere
2008 Jotain sanottavaa, Ikuinen Galleria, Tampere
2008 Backlight Workshop Exhibition, Emil -hall, Tampere
2006 Jugenkunstaustellung im Essen 2006, Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany
Art Games (w/ Vili Nissinen):
2011 Totalitarian Cries/ Vihan itukvirsi, Art in Conflict, Labour Museum Werstas, Tampere, Finland, Curated by Pekka Niskanen
2010 Terrorist Game, Dortmund, Germany
Other New Genre Public Art (w/ Vili Nissinen):
2010 Exhibit #301 and Exhibit #369, Inter-cool 3.0, Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany, Curated by Professor Birgit Richard and Inke Arns
2010 Cage, Bockenheimer Campus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2010 Arkivaatteen tarinat – Political Fashion Show, Väinö Linnan aukio, Tampere
2009 Häkki, Jugendin tori, Tampere
Projects
2012 What would you change? collaborative public engaged photography (w/ Joanna Glezakos and Anne Lehtelä)
Works in Collections:
Collections of Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, TAYS, 2007
Publications:
Kinanen, Mikael; Peittämätön ruumis: Alastomuus valokuvataiteen sallitussa kuvastossa (The Uncovered Body: Nakedness and Nudity in the Accepted Imagery of Finnish Photographic Art); June 2012, Theseus, TAMK Tampere University of Applied Sciences, http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012060712101
Kinanen, Mikael; ”Game, Performance and Intervention”; part of an article dealing with the Dublin 2 participatory game; States of Play: Nordic Larp Around the World; edited by Petterson, Juhana; April 2012, Pohjoismaisen roolipelaamisen seura ry
Edited Publications:
Taidelehti ERO; edited by Kinanen, Mikael; Miettinen, Mari-Sohvi and Rytkönen, Laura, April 2012, TAMK Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Lectures and Public Speaking:
Liveroolipelien estetiikka ja oikeuttaminen taiteena (The Aesthetics and Justification of Live-action role-play as art), with Vili Nissinen, Työväenmuseo Werstas 19.8.2011
