Edutainment > Tuula Moilanen - born 1959

Adventure
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Tuula Moilanen is a printmaker, book artist and freelance writer, born in Kuopio, Finland, in 1959, with a very special passion for the world of 'all things Japanese'. Her style is a kind of witty, modern ukiyo-e and not comparable to anything else you ever may have seen before. Since 1989 she has lived in Japan.

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Affiliations

• Finnish Printmakers Association (STG).
• International Ukiyo-e Society, Japan.
• Kyoto Art Council, Japan.

Studies

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• 1978-1981 - Kankaanpae School of Fine Art, Department of Printmaking (Finland).
• 1981 - 1989 - University of Jyvaeskylae. Faculty of the Humanities. (Finland). MA in Art education, studies in Art history and Philosophy.
• 1989-1991 - Kyoto Seika University. Department of Printmaking. (Japan). Research student in Japanese woodcut and papermaking under the guidance of professor Akira Kurosaki.
• 1992-1996 - Studies in papermaking, bookbinding and Japanese calligraphy under the supervision of Japanese masters in Kyoto and Osaka.
• 1996-1997 - Studies in paper conservation and bookbinding in Florence, Italy under the supervision of Italian masters.
• 2007-2010 - Research on the symbols of Time and Eternity in Japanese woodblock printmaking for PhD degree at the University of Art and Design Helsinki.

Exhibitions

• Solo and group exhibitions in Finland since 1980.
• Group exhibitions in Europe 1985-1988 / 2004-05.
• Solo and group exhibitions in Japan since 1990.
• Group exhibitions in America/Canada since 2000.

Teaching

Chuurippu-Chuu
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• Teacher and lecturer of printmaking, papermaking and bookbinding in several art institutions in Finland since 1986, including courses in woodblock printmaking at the Finnish Art Academy.
• Teacher of drawing and painting at Dessanjuku drawing school, Kyoto, Japan 2000-2008.
• Lecturer of Aesthetics and Western art philosophy at Osaka Gakuin University 2001-2003.
• Part time lecturer at Kyoto Seika University, department of printmaking, Japan since 2009.

Main Publications

• 1995 - Kaesintehty paperi (Handmade paper). Taide Art Publisher, Finland.
• 1997 - Kirjansidonnan opas (Manual of bookbinding). Taide Art Publisher, Finland.
• 1999 - The Art and Craft of Woodblock printmaking (3 authors: Laitinen-Moilanen-Tanttu).
• Chapter of the Japanese woodcut techniques and its Western applications by Moilanen. UIAH Publications, Finland.
• 2001 - Haru Ichiban (Artist life in Kyoto) Sharda publisher, Finland.
• 2009 - Japaninmatkaajan Fraasikirja (Travelle's phrase guide to Japan). 3 authors: Moilanen-Komahara-Wai Lwin Moe. Translations and illustrations by Tuula. Atena publisher Finland.

Selected Public Collections

Sumo-wrestler Daizuyama
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• Parliament House of Finland.
• Alvar Aalto Art Museum (Jyvaeskylae).
• Wainoe Aaltonen Art Museum (Turku).
• Mikkeli Art Museum.
• Kuopio city collection.
• Cultural board of Central Finland.
• Kuopio Children's Hospital.
• Jyvaeskylä Central Hospital.
• Lappeenranta Medical station.
• House of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo Bulgaria.
• Honen-in Temple, Kyoto Japan.
• Oni no Koryu Hakubutsukan Museum, Oe (Kyoto pref.) Japan.

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