Organised in association with Pratt Contemporary Art
KRISTIAN KROKFORS
Paintings and Works on Paper
14 February - 1 March 2008
Private View: Wednesday 13 February, 6 - 8pm
Exhibition to be opened at 7pm by His Excellency Mr. Jaako Laajava Finnish Ambassador to London
Untitled 1, 2007
Acrylic on paper
24 x 24 cm |
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Faraway 1, 2007
Acrylic on canvas
160 x 260 cm |
This exhibition focuses on new paintings and works on paper and is the artist’s first major one man show in London for almost twenty years. Kristian Krokfors was born in Finland in 1952. From 1973-74 he studied Art at the University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki. In 1974 he moved to England to study at Leicester Polytechnic, where he received his BA in 1977. From 1977-78 he completed the Advanced Printmaking Course at Croydon College of Art before returning to Helsinki, where he currently lives and works.
In 1985 he was named Finland’s Young Artist of the Year, a prestigious national event organised by the City of Tampere and the Tampere Art Museum. From 1988-90 he spent two years living and working in New York City. In 2001 he returned as artist-in-residence under the auspices of the Finnish Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Cultural Institute for Finland in the USA. |
Townscape 3, 2007
Acrylic on paper in 8 parts
Mounted on aluminium
Each panel: 50 x 60 cm |
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Faraway 3, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
148 x 112 cm
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Krokfors has exhibited widely. Venues include: Tampere Art Museum, Finland; Henie-Onstad Art Museum, Norway; Galleri Futura,
Sweden; Dannenberg Gallery, New York; Lemonstreet Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Gallery Alex, Washington DC; Galería Manuel, Las
Palmas, Spain.
His work is in a number of collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; Helsinki City Art Museum; Albertina Collection, Vienna; Chicago Art Institute; World Bank, Washington DC; University College Dublin, Ireland; The Art Museum of
Cracow, Poland; The State Collection, Sweden.
For further information or to request a copy of the exhibition catalogue please contact Brian Porter at the gallery:
bporter@osbornesamuel.com or click here to download a pdf of the catalogue.
The catalogue has been part funded by the Finnish Institute in London and the Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Helsinki. |
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