Born 1971 in Pudasjärvi, Finland.
Lives and works in Helsinki.
Education
1991-92 Liminka School of Art
1992-96 Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, B.F.A-degree
1996 Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Erasmus exchange student
-98 Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, M.F.A-degree
Solo Exhibitions
2005
Janne Räisänen -museo, Nissbackan kartano, Vantaa
(Juha-Heikki Tihisen ja Juhana Heikosen kanssa
Janne Räisänen Special, Galerie Anhava, Stockholm Art Fair Stockholm
Janne Räisänen Museum, Kluuvi gallery, Helsinki
(with Juha-Heikki Tihinen and Juhana Heikonen)
heilvangoghundleongolub, Taidesalonki Husa, Tampere
2004
Right Said Frank Party, Galerie Frank, Paris (feat. DJ Jean-Michelle)
2003
Welcome to My Head, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
Warum ich bin Jonathan Meese und die Andere nicht?, Menchenraum 2, Berlin
The Great Cornholio, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
2002
Artsporz, Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki
Kekarainen vs. Räisänen, Oulun Art Museum, Finland
2001
Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany (with Gerhard Richter) (cat.)
Finland Institute, Berlin
Hard House, Gallery Kari Kenetti, Helsinki
2000
Studio Hyäryllistä, Turku, Finland
Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen
1999
Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki
Young Artist of the Year, Tampere Art Museum (cat.)
1998
Galleria Titanik, Turku
1997
Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki
1996
Stoa Gallery, Helsinki
Lakari School, Pudasjärvi, Finland
Spring exhibition, Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1994
Café Imaamin keinutuoli, Helsinki
Café Escale with Jukka Korkeila, Helsinki
Gallery Rannanmatala with Janne Kaitala, Oulu, Finland
1993
NuKu-Center, Oulu, Finland
1992
Koskenhovi, Pudasjärvi, Finland
Other Exhibitions
2006
contemporary finnish painting, Galerie Christian Roellin, St. Gallen, Swtzerland.
2005
BIAB05, Beijing Biennale, China
A Passion for Art, Vexi Salmi Collection, Hämeenlinna Art Museum
URB05, First We Take Museums, Kiasma (wall painting with Janne Siltanen)
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Art Brussels, Galerie Anhava, Brussels
Vasta maalattu - Peinture Fraîche, Kerava Art Museum
2004
Questions and answers?, Pori Art Museum
IX Mänttä Summer Show, Mänttä, Finland, Curator Kari Kenetti (cat.)
maco, Galerie Frank, Mexico City
Vasta maalattu - Peinture Fraîche, Le Triage, Paris (cat.)
2003
Suomi!, Galerie Frank, Paris
Art Basel Miami Beach, Galerie Frank, Miami, USA
Artissima, Galerie Frank, Turin, Italy
FIAC, Galerie Frank, Paris
Artforum, Galerie Frank, Berlin
2003
Art Brussels, Galerie Frank, Paris
2002
Carnegie Art Award, Kunsthalle Helsinki (cat.)
Carnegie Art Award, Konstakademien, Stockholm
Carnegie Art Award, Listafn Kópavogs, Reykjavik
Carnegie Art Award, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
2001
Carnegie Art Award, Kunsternes Hus, Oslo
Strictly Painting II, Galerie Voges+Deisen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Carnegie Art Award, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishöj, Denmark
Frankfurt Art, Gallery Kari Kenetti, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2000
Frankfurt Art, Gallery Kari Kenetti, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Stockholm Art Fair, Gallery Kari Kenetti, Stockholm, Sweden
Hyvässä seurassa (In Good Company), Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Carnegie Art Award, Barbican Art Gallery, London
Carnegie Art Award, Kjarvallstadir, Reykjavik City Art Museum
Carnegie Art Award, Konstakademien, Stockholm
1999
Carnegie Art Award, Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark
Carnegie Art Award, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Carnegie Art Award, Kunsternes Hus, Oslo
Cable Factory Gallery, Helsinki
Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki
Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
Frankfurt Art, Gallery Kari Kenetti, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1998
Stund och känsla, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
Rosolli, Finnish Artists' Annual Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum
1997
Triangle, Otso Gallery, Espoo, Finland (with Elina Nurminen and Petri Makkonen)
Junge Kunst Symposium ´97, Gütersloh, Germany
Plan Nine, Oulu Art Museum, Finland
1996
Jose Maria Sicilia Workshop, Gallery of Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1995
County of Oulu Annual Exhibition, Oulu Art Museum, Finland
Exhibition of the Young, Helsinki Art Hall
1994
Artists' Association of Finland Annual Exhibition, Lappeenranta Art Museum, Finland
Lapland Art Summer 1994, Marraskoski School, Rovaniemi, Finland
1993
Oulu Art Exhibition, Oulu Art Museum, Finland
1992
Oulu County Annual Exhibition, Oulu Art Museum, Finland
Happenings
2000
Realm of the Senses, painting performance, Hyäryllistä studio, Turku, Finland
Painting performance, Jollas Institute, Helsinki
Intencities/Art Genda, painting performance, VR Magazines, Helsinki
1998
Painting Performance with Ilkka-Juhani Takalo-Eskola and Sampsa Virkajärvi,
Pop/Jazz Conservatory, Helsinki
1997
Dancer in J-P Hotinen's show "Työnäytös", Theatre Museum,
Helsinki (Choreographer Hanna Brotherus)
1996
Art Goes Kapakka, Helsinki Festival
Window-Painting Performance, Café Strindberg
Publications
1996
"Pikku-Jannen matka halki Suomen
(Little Janne's Trip Through Finland (Finland Project 1995)
Memberships
2003 Forum Box
2002 Visible Space
1997 Muu ry and Finnish Painters' Union
Jurys
2005
Stiff Sixteen, Exhibition of the Young, Helsinki Kunsthalle
The 70th Anniversary Show of the Free Art School, Free Art School, Helsinki
Awards
2004 Nominee for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative
1999 & 2001 Nominee for Carnegie Art Award
1999 Young Artist of the Year 1999, with Janne Kaitala and Jukka Korkeila
Ducat Prize of the Art Association of Finland
Grants
2005 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2004 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2003 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2002 Cultural Foundation of Uusimaa
Ministry of Education in Finland
2001 Kordelin Foundation
Arts Council of Finland
FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
2000 One-Year State Grant
1999 Arts Council of Uusimaa
Arts Council of Finland
1998 Ministry of Education in Finland
Finnish Cultural Foundation
1997 Arts Council of Finland
Paulo Foundation
Public Commissions
2002 Station Tunnel, Oulu, Finland
Collections
Oulu Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma
Helsinki City Art Museum
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere
Turku Art Museum
Tampere Art Museum
Espoo City
Tampere City
Wihuri Foundation (Rovaniemi Art Museum)
Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Saastamoinen Foundation
Pori Art Museum
State of Sweden (Statens Konstråd), Sweden
Agilent Technologies, Denmark
ArtFrankfurt (Messe), Germany
Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
Bohus County, Sweden
Keleia Foundation, Slovenia
Swanljung Collection, Helsinki
Post-Tele Corporation
+private collectors
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