ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born 1960
Lives & Works in Helsinki, Finland
INTRODUCTION
The central aspect of Visa Norros’s work is found in the fact that he is working with print-making as a creative medium, not as a technique for multiplication or duplication. The gestures and timing of his work process, as well as the claims and qualities of his materials, appear directly in the finished works. The nature of doing his art thereby produces pictures that come close to pictures of nature itself.
In this way, Norros is working in a romantic tradition that is comparable to methods and results we can find, for example, in the paintings of William Turner. Likewise, these monotypes are activating our own personal history of looking. For example, the experience of driving a car during the night or watching infrared war-pictures, experiences that bring back a lonely awareness of being a part of a cosmos that is still an enigma.
Introductory Text By Elke Schipper, Hannover
ART STUDIES
1981
Printer assistant in Auguste Clot et Bramsen litography workshop, Paris
1978 – 1980
Professor Aukusti Tuhka’s school of printmaking
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
2015
Galleria G12, Helsinki, Finland
2013
Galleria G, Helsinki, Finland
Airport Gallery, Helsinki-Vantaan Airport, Vantaa, Finland
2010
Galleria Uuusitalo, Helsinki, Finland
2007
Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
2005
Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
2003
Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
Galleria Joella, Turku, Finland
2002
Galleria Pictor, Nummela, Finland
Galleria Nevada, Huittinen, Finland
2001
Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
2000
Galleria G, Helsinki, Finland
1999
Näyttelyhuone Klobben, Helsinki, Finland
1998
Galleria G, Helsinki, Finland
1995
Galleria G, Helsinki, Finland
1992
Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
1991
The Art Museum of Hyvinkää, Finland
1989
Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
1988
Galleria Bellarte, Turku, Finland
1987
Galleria Duetto, Helsinki, Finland
1986
Galleria Strindberg, Helsinki, Finland
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS ABROAD
2003
Galleria IPC, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hertsegovina
1995
Forum Kesselhaus, Hannover, Germany
1992
Forum Kesselhaus, Hannover, Germany
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
2011
Finnish printmakers’ 80th jubilee, Art Museum of Salo, Salo, Finland
VI International Monotype Festival, Russian Science and Culture Center, Helsinki, Finland
2007
Tribute to Finnish flag, Lasipalatsin aukio, Helsinki, Finland
Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, Finland
Boucht, Norros, Hotel Glo, Helsinki, Finland
2006
Finnish printmakers’ 75th jubilee, Galleria G, Helsinki, Finland
Lavonen, Susi, Laaksonen, Norros, Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
2004
Näkemisen virtaa, Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2001
Pieni Suuri Pieni – Finnish printmakers’ 75th jubilee, Helsinki Art Hall, Finland
1999
Finnish artists exhibition, Helsinki Art Hall, Finland (also 1995, 1990 and 1988)
1997
Helsinki Art Association 50th jubilee, Kaapeli, Helsinki, Finland
1994
The 6th International Young Printmakers Exhibition, Vaasa, Finland
1993
Happoa exhibition, Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
COLLECTIVE AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS ABROAD
2013
La Triennale Européenne de l’Estampe Contemporaine, Toulouse, France
Gail Art Museum, Soul, South-Korea
Graphic in 2013, Pärnu, Estonia
2007
Printmakers exhibition, Hobusepea galerii, Tallinn, Estonia
Rethinking dissent, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden
2005
Galerie Servandoni, Paris, France
2004
St. Mathieu de Treviers, France
Printmaking biennale, St. Petersburg, Russia
2003
Printmaking biennale, Novosibirsk, Russia
2002
Modern Finnish printmaking, Pärnu, Estonia
Northern Borders Clarkston, Georgia Perimeter College, USA
2001
Modern Finnish printmaking, Tsheljabinsk, Perm, Novosibirsk, Russia
2000
Finland x 6 Dimensioner, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden
1999
Guter Bahnhof, Bremen, Germany
Galerie D’Art, Nice, France
Salon d’art, Rotterdam, Holland
Couleurs du Nord, Monaco
1998
Gallery Olsson, Gothenburg, Sweden
1997
Nordgrafia, Visby, Sweden
1996
Webbar, Paris, France
1995
3rd Biennal of Grafic Art in Nyköping on Falster, Denmark
1993
Cité des Arts, Paris, France
1992
Tionde Grafik Triennale, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
1991
Varna International Print Biennale, Bulgaria
7th Triennal of India, New Delhi, Intia
1990
Modern Finnish Art, Tanzania
1988
Nio Finska Grafiker, Svea Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
Modern Finnish art, Baku Art Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
COLLECTIONS
Bibliothèque National de France
State of Finland
State of India
City of Vaasa
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Aine Museum, Kemi, Finland
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland
Helsinki City Museum of Art, Finland
Art Museum of Hämeenlinna, Finland
Art Museum of Imatra, Finland
Art Museum of Kouvola, Finland
Wihuri Collections, Art Museum of Rovaniemi, Finland
Majvik Collections, Finland
Nordiska Investerinsbanken, Finland
Nordea Bank, OKO Bank, Finland
Pohjola Insurance, Finland
Nokia, Finland
Rauma-Repola, Finland
Museo Internacional de Electrografia, Cuenca, Spain
Canon, Helsinki, Finland
AWARDS
2003
Biennal of printmaking, Honorable mention, Novosbirsk, Russia
1990
Nordic Art Competition, 2nd prize, Graphica Creativa, Jyväskylä
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Printmakers
Helsinki Art Association
POSITIONS OF TRUST
2015
Member of board Finnish Printmakers
1998 – 2003
Chairman of Finnish Printmakers
Member of board Finnish Printmakers
2002
Chairman of Finnish Art Studio Residence Associoation
1997 – 2003
Member of board of Finnish Art Studio Residence Associoation
1989 – 1990
Member of board of Finnish Printmakers