SUSAN WILANDER – CURRICULUM VITAE
Susan Wilander is an artist and journalist. Interplay between the real and surreal of our daily lives fascinates her and the strong Belgian tradition of bande dessinee has influenced her work greatly. She tries to illustrate personal emotions and experiences through metaphorical and often humorous images. Susan Wilander has exhibited in Belgium and in Finland.
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Memberships:
Helsinki International Artists’ Association ry. (HIAA), founding member and chairperson of the Helsinki based association.
Art Perspectives International (API), member of the Brussels based international artists’ association.
Education and training:
RHoK Fine Arts Academy, Belgium:
Studies in painting and photography (2002-04)
University of Helsinki, Master of Social Sciences
(1998, major subject Communication)
Media and techniques:
Oil painting, water colours, BD, photography, collage.
Exhibitions / Solo:
“From the savannahs of the mind”
Taidesalonki Piirto, Helsinki
3.-29.2.2004
”Return to the savannahs of the mind”
Kasvikeidas, Kiialan kartano, Porvoo
1.-31.8.2004
”I wanted to be… a feline”
Taidesalonki Piirto, Helsinki
2.-30.11.2005
”Still there”
Kasvikeidas, Kiialan kartano, Porvoo
1. – 31.8.2006
Exhibitions / Group:
”Diversity”
Art Perspectives International (API), Vertebra Gallery, Brussels
10.-18.5.2003
”Diversity II – Splash of Colour”
API, La Savonnerie – No Soap, Schaerbeek,
30.4.-9.5.2004
”United in Diversity”
API, Salle Fabry, Centre Culturel et de Congrès,
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre,
8.-20.4.2005
“United in Diversity II”
API, Salle Fabry, Centre Culturel et de Congrès,
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre,
9. – 14.5.2006
«De Retour »
API group exhibition
Rossel, 120 rue Royale, Brussels
8. – 29.9.2006
«Tervetuloa käymään – Bienvenue chez nous ! »
Joint exhibition with Tea Jarma
Sanomatalo, Helsinki
27.4. – 21.5.2007
« Four Points of View – Neljä näkökulmaa »
HIAA group exhibition
Porvoon Wanhan Aseman Makasiinit
Porvoo
1. – 30.9.2007