BO HAGLUND
lives in Helsinki, Finland
 bo.haglund(at)kolumbus.fi
www.bohaglund.com

STUDIES
2000		Master of Arts, Department for Stage Design,UIAH, Finland 
1985-92		University of Industrial Arts (UIAH), Department for Stage Design
1982-1995	University of Industrial Arts (UIAH), Department for Art Education

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015                  Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki
2013                 No, It´s Not Over Yet!, Gallery Heino, Helsinki
2012                 Ajatuksen Kolo, Think Corner, Helsinki University
2012                 Random Album with Kim Simonsson, Helsinki International Airport, Vantaa
2012                  The Stumphead Arboretum, J.L.Runeberg Home Museum, Porvoo
2011                 The Stumphead Project #5, Gallery Orton, Helsinki
2010                 Das Album, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
2009 		The Stumphead Project #4, Gallery Heino, Helsinki
2008		Turbulent Landscapes, Synart Art Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2007		Don’t Worry, We Will Find a Solution, Gallery Jangva, drawing installation, Helsinki
2006		Big Heads, drawings on paper,  Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
2003		Turbulent Landscapes, drawings, Gallery Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki
2001		The Stubbhuvu Project, drawings, video works & installations, Painters' Gallery, Helsinki
1999		The Colonists, paintings, Gallery G, Helsinki
1996		Galleria Johan S, Porvoo, paintings with Matti Hagelberg  
1995		Bertil Gata, paintings, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016         Love from Heino, The Heino Art Collection, Helsinki Art Museum HAM

2016         Growth, Fiskars summer exhibition, Fiskars, Pohja

2015-16    Draw now! Contemporary Finnish drawings, Lahti Art Museum, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland 

2014         Sato/ Harvest, group exhibition, Konst & Form Gumbostrand, Sibbo

2013         Veteen piirretty viiva, Hyvinkää Art Museum, curator: Markku Valkonen

2012         Cave Allegories,  Retretti Summer Exhibition, curator: Marketta Haila, Punkaharju

2012         Retretti Downtown Gallery, Savonlinna

2012         Wood, group exhibition in Shop Lokal, Helsinki

2011         Art Fair Helsinki         

2011         Telttaretki, Finnish Contemporary Comics Exhibition, Salo Art Museum, Salo

2011         Weather Reports, Domino Group, Gallery Rickhard, Helsinki

2010        Arctic Hysteria, Frame/ Suomen taiteilijaseura, Kuntsin  taidemuseo, Vaasa

2010        Arctic Hysteria, Frame/ Suomen Taiteilijaseura,Domus Artium Salamanca, Espanja, kuraattori: Alanna Heiss

2009 	Wanha Wara Parempi, curator: Jukka Wikberg Loviisa
        	
	Ei koskaan eläkkeelle/Never Retired, curators; Miika Nyyssönen, Seppo Renwall, Vantaa Art Museum
        		
	mURBAN, curator: Thomas Nyqvist, Sipoo
        	
	Maalimisen arvoista/ Worth Painting, curator: Pessi Rautio, Amos Anderson Art museum, Helsinki

2008	Kunst zum Sammeln und Schenken, Synart Art Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
        	
	Kunst 08 Zürich Internationelle Messe für Gegenwartskunst, Switzerland, represented by Synart Art Gallery
	
	Halikko Green Art, WATERWAYS, Salo Art Museum, Finland 

Copenhagen Art Fair, represented by Galleria Heino, Denmark

Nordic Drawing, Skellefteå Art Hall, Rackstad Museum, Sweden  

Tease Art Fair in Cologne, represented by Synart Art Gallery, Germany 
        	UUSI MAALAUS, New Finnish Painting, Lahti Art Museum, Finland
2007	Kunst 07 Zürich, Internationelle Messe für Gegenwartskunst, Switzerland

2007                 OPEN DOORS WEEKEND, installation, IAAB, Basel, Switzerland

2006	VASEN (The Left), 70th Anniversary Exhibition of the Artists’, Union KIILA, Helsinki Art Hall
2001	Life and Soul, Marimekko 50 years, Design Museum,  Helsinki
1999	Gallery Jangva, paintings
1998	Finnish Artists’ 104th Annual Exhibition, Helsinki
	Who should I call next, cartoon art, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
1997	Sights, Finnish-Swedish contemporary art, Pro Artibus, Tammisaari
1996	Finnish Artists’ 101st Annual Exihibition, Helsinki
	”Ruudun valossa”, Finnish cartoon art, Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art
1995	Finnish Artists’ 100th Annual Exhibition, Helsinki
	Regional Exhibition of Uusimaa area, Kerava Art Museum 
	Rosolli, paintings, Gallery Johan S. Helsinki
1994	Exhibition of Young Artists, Kunsthalle Helsinki
1990	Six Installations, Gallery Johan S., Porvoo
1988	The Prague Quadrennial, European Stage design, Czechoslovakia

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2016                 Oulu Swedish Private School, Commission for Pro Artibus Foundation
2011                  City of Salo, art work for Kindergarten
2009		Söderkulla Library and Servicehouse, Sipoo
2007		City of Salo and Contemporary Art Museum, Salo Highschool
2004		Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art and City of Tampere, project for Leinola Family Center
2002		City of Helsinki, project for Brändö High School, Helsinki

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Finnish State Collections
Tampere Contemporary Art Museum
Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki
Christoph Merian Stiftung, Switzerland
Finnish Art Association
Heino’s Collections, Finland
Helsinki City Art Museum
Pro Artibus Art Foundation, Finland
Salo Art Museum, Finland

SELECTED COMICS ART PUBLICATIONS AND ANIMATION PROJECTS
2016            Kivi työllistää, Kivi -& Betoniteollisuus, animation project, producer: Hill & Knowlton Oy
2015            Is this sustainable? Animation project. Producer: Hill & Knowlton
2014            Client: Paulig, animation project, Producer: Sek & Grey
2012-13       Is it sustainable?, animations for Outotec Oy, Producer: Hill & Knowlton Oy
2012            Face Wisdom, animation project, commissioned by Wildheart Production & Aalto University
2006		Kodaren, comic book,Schildts Publishing Company
2002		Kauko, book about comic art performed on television, Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) and ai-ai Publishing Company
1999-2001    KAUKO, animation drawings for Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE1
1999		Bertil Gata går hem, Schildts Publishing Company 
1996		Bertil Gata går på stan

GRAPHIC AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROJECTS
2016        Book project for Ateneum, Finnish National Art Museum
2014-16   Poster project for Come To Finland organisation
Industrial- and graphic design for companies such as: Sek & Grey ( 2014 )Marimekko Oy (1997-2001) and Luovi Oy (1997-1999), Outotec Oy, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsingin Sanomat, Hufvudstadsbladet, Pro Artibus, Svenska Kulturfonden, Iltalehti, Stockmann Oy, Schildts-Söderströms Oy, 
Theatre and film projects as a freelance stage and production designer 1984-
Graphic designer and illustrator for several magazines, newspapers and cultural institutions

SET DESIGN FOR THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
2003		Soup Theater, set design, Restaurant Lasipalatsi, Helsinki
2003		Naive Super, set design, director: Tobias Zillacus, Virus Theatre, Helsinki
2000		Formel 2, set design, director: Ville Virtanen, Virus Theatre: Helsinki
1999		The Seven Sisters, set design, director: Ritva Siikala, Theatre Furious Roses, Helsinki
1998		Big or Small Testament, a musical, set design, director: Tuula Jänicke, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
1998		Hamlet by W. Shakespeare, set design, director Ritva Siikala, Theatre Furious Roses, Helsinki
1997		Maja Bastard, a play for children, set design and costumes, Totem Theatre
1997		The Moral of a Murderer, set design, director: Tuuja Jänicke, Venus Theatre, Helsinki
1995		The Three Sisters by A. Chekhov, set design and costumes, director: Joakim Groth, The Swedish Theatre, Helsinki
1994		Some Conversations by Vvedensky, set design, director: Anette Arlander, TEAK Project, Helsinki
1993		Camera Obscura, set design, director; Markus Groth, Lilla Teatern, Helsinki
1992		Depression Cats, a dance production, Tiina Lindfors, Pirkko Saisio Lilla Teatern, Helsinki
1992		The Madmans Speech for Defense by A. Strindberg, set design and costumes, director: Joakim Groth, The Swedish Theatre, Helsinki
1992		The Catacombs of Forgetfullness, set design and costumes, director: Joakim Groth, Vasa Theatre, Vasa
1990		Fältskärns berättelser, set design: Joakim Groth Virus & Mars Theatre 
1989		The Seagull by A. Chekhov, set design and costumes, director: Joakim Groth, Mars Theatre, Helsinki
1989		Kiljusen Herrasväki, a play for children, costumes, director: Vilppu Kiljunen, Helsinki City Theatre 
1988			Medeia by Euripides, set design, director: Martin Kurtén, TEAK Theatre Academy of Finland, Helsinki 
1987		Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan by B. Brecht, director: Joakim Groth, Gothenburg Theatre School, Sweden
1986		The Marathon dance by Horace McCoy, costumes, director: Ritva Holmberg, Vaasa City Theatre
1986			The Inspector-General by N. Gogol, costumes, director: Ritva Holmberg, Turku Swedish Theatre
1985		Carmen by G. Bizet, assistant set designer, director: Kaisa Korhonen, Finnish National Opera
1984		Prometheus by Aeschylus, assistant set designer, director: Jotaarkka Pennanen, Helsinki City Theatre

SET DESIGN FOR FILM PRODUCTIONS
2006		Kello & Kulta shortfilm by Lena Seraphin, MUU ry, itu-project
1993		Stories from a Small Town 1-4, director: Anders Engström, Jörn Donner Productions 
1991		Party, director: Christian Lindblad, Kinotuotanto Oy 
1990-91		Finnish Autumn, director: Joakim Groth, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE
1989		Music video for 22 Pistepirkko, Woodpecker Filmproduction
1988		The Moondance, shortfilm by Markku Pölönen, Maaseudun Sivistysliitto
1986		Valse Terrorist, director: Georg Dolivo, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE
1985		Zombie by Anna Simberg, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2014                 Cité Internationales des Arts, Paris, France, 1 month
2013                  Finnish Cultural Foundation in New York, USA, 1 month
2006		iaab, Internationales Austausch Ateliers Region Basel, Switzerland, 6 months
Nygrén’s Foundation, Art project in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1 month
2005		Uusimaa Art Foundation, Berlin Recidency Program, Germany, 1 month
2002		Oskar Öflund Foundation, Art project on Greenland, Qaqortoq, 2 months
2001		Cité Internationales des Arts, Paris France, 2 months
2000		Finnish Foundation for Visual Arts in United States, New York, 1 month

CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012-2014   Finnish Children book illustrations,  BY, Frankfurt Book Fair 2014   
                 curaator and echibitions architect: Bo haglund. Producer: Jokovski  and Pro Artibus
                 
2011          Telttaretki, Finnish Comics group exhibition, curators: Bo Haglund  ja  Matti Hagelberg
2005          Finnish swedish comic Art contest

SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS   
2016            Finnish-Swedish Cultural Foundation, project grant         
2014            Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 5-year grant
2014            Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant     
2013            Kone Foundation
2013            Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant
2012, 2008   Finnish-Swedish Cultural Foundation, 1-year grant
2011             Konstsamfundet rf
2010             Art Award, Grönqvist Foundation
2009             Finnish Arts Council, 3-year grant 
2008	  Helsinki City Art Grant
2013, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1996, 1985, 1983  Finnish-Swedish Cultural Foundation for art projects
2007, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1996   Finnish Cultural Foundation
2006		William Thuring Foundation, award 
2006		Finnish Arts Council-iaab (Switzerland) Residency Program 
2005		Nygrén Foundation 
2004		Stina Krook Foundation, award
2003-06		Finnish Arts Council, grant for three years
2001		Finnish Arts Council, grant for one year 
2003, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1995		Finnish Arts Council, projects 
2003, 2001, 1999, 1996, 1985, 1983, 2001		City of Helsinki 
2012, 1996, 2006	                  Uusimaa Arts Council 
2007, 2002, 2000		Oscar Öflund Foundation 
2009, 2000, 1997		Konstsamfundet

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2014                 BY, catalogue for Frankfurt Book Fair
2013                 CA Korea, Computer Art Magazine, artist presentation
2009                 Bo Haglund, artist catalogue, Gallery Heino
2008		Framework #9, June 08 edition, Arctic Hysteria 
2007		Visual Intelligence, a documentary of illustrators, director: Mikael Huldén, YLE/FST5   
2004		I Love to Draw, Some Moments in Bo Haglund´s Life, documentary film, director: Ville Tanttu
		YLE broadcasting & Lumo Studio 
Taiteilija kuvassa 1864-2004, (Finnish artists in photos), Kustannus Oy Taide 
		Finnish Comic Artists, editor Ville Hänninen, BJT Kirjastopalvelu Oy
Presented by Synart Art Gallery,Frankfurt a.M. Germany and Schildts Förlags Ab,Publishing Company, Finland