General information about Kristiina Lehtonen

Ms Kristiina Lehtonen
Information about the artist

Kristiina Lehtonen is a printmaker with exceptional talent. Her prints are full of joy, laughter, humour, emotions and details, and hidden behind the pleasant front you might find a deeper message. She is a very skilful printmaker and the quality of her work is excellent in to the last detail.

Lehtonen is bourn in 1967, married and has 2 children. She lives in Fiskars which is a small community about 100 kilometers west of Helsinki in Finland. Fiskars has developed to become a place where many artists live, and during the summer months the village is full of cultural events and exhibitions of different kind. Lehtonen also has a small gallery here.

The art of Kristiina Lehtonen is now internationally sold by BestNetArt Artgallery. She is at the moment not very productive, so we only have a limited number of prints for sale. By the end of 2004 there should be more alternatives available.

To own a print by Kristiina Lehtonen would make anyone happy and the art of Kristiina Lehtonen is absolutely worthy a place in any art collection!

Grants:
Porin kaupungin kulttuurilautakunta 1989, 1995; Porin Saskiat r.y:n näyttelystipendi 1991; Suomen kulttuurirahaston Satakunnan rahasto 1991, 1994; Satakunnan Osuuskauppa 1995; Grafia r.y. 1996

Prizes:
- II prize young artists international biennal Vox Humana 1998 and 2000, Czech Republic
Silver Pelican; Prize of Humour of the Peoples International Foundation -prize at the 15:th international biennal of humour and satir 2001 Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Group exhibitions in Finland:

1991	"Nuorison kuvat -91", Hyvinkää "Painajan maailmaa", Rauman taidemuseo Porin Saskiat r.y:n stipendiaattinäyttely, Pori
1992	"Erätaidenäyttely", Riihimäki 4. Malakiitti-kesätaidenäyttely, Kalkkinen "Ryhmä PTK-91", Turun kulttuurikeskus
1993	"Alkupotku", Galleria Mino, Lohja Mikkelin 3. kuvitustriennale, Mikkelin taidemuseo 5. Malakiitti-kesätaidenäyttely, Kalkkinen
1995	Avoin taidegrafiikan näyttely, Rauman taidemuseo
1996	SKJL:n 58. vuosinäyttely, Varkauden taidemuseo
1997	4. Näyttely, Makasiini, Fiskars
1998	Suvi-Pinx 98, Sysmä 5. Näyttely, Kuparipaja, Fiskars Grafinnova ’98, Pohjanmaan museo, Vaasa SKJL:n 60. vuosinäyttely, Savonlinnan taidemuseo
1999	Mikkelin 5. kuvitustriennale, Mikkelin taidemuseo Suvi-Pinx 99, Sysmä Taidekeskus Artport, Viitasaari
2000	Maila Talvio -salonki, Hartola Suvi-Pinx 2000, Sysmä SKJL:n 62. vuosinäyttely, Joensuun taidemuseo
2001	Suvi-Pinx 2001, Sysmä SKJL:n 63. vuosinäyttely, Keuruun taidemuseo Tikkulan taidetalo, Pori
2003	Suvi-Pinx 2003, Sysmä

Group exhibitions abroad:

1992	The Baltic Countries Graphic Art Triennal, Poland
1994	IV International Art Triennal Majdanek -94, Lublin, Poland 14th Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain
1995	The 12th International Biennal of Humour and Satire in the Arts, Gabrovo, Bulgaria 15th Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain
1996	16th Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain
1997	The First Mini-Print Biennal - Cluj 1997, Romania
1998	18th Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain Vox Humana, Czech Republic "Finnish Lady Artists", Tokio, Japan
1999	The 14th International Biennal of Humour and Satire in the Arts, Gabrovo, Bulgaria Finnish Artists, Hamamatsu-Kanazawa-Takaoka-Tokyo-Utsunomiya, Japan 3rd Malaysia Annual Exhibition of International Contemporary Prints, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19th Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain The International Festival of Graphic Arts, Cluj - Napoca, Spain
2000	Vox Humana, Czech Republic
2001	The 15th International Biennal of Humour and Satire in the Arts, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2003	The Golden Smiles, House of Humour and Satire in the Arts, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2004	Finnish Artist: Kristiina Lehtonen, Tobu ikeburo Art Gallery, Tokio, Japan

Museums and collections:

Valtion taidekokoelmat; Porin kaupunki; Rauman kaupunki; Porin Saskiat r.y; Satakunnan osuuskauppa; Tammiharjun sairaala, Tammisaari; Huumorin ja satiirin talo Gabrovo, Bulgaria; First Fund of Modern Prints, Romania

Private exhibitions:
The artist has had many private exhibitions since 1991

1991 Pori; 1992 Hämeenlinna; 1993 Helsinki, Ulvila; 1994 Tuusula, Eurajoki, Hanko; 1995 Karhula; 1996 Pori; 1998 Tammisaari, Fiskars, Pori; 1999 Fiskars; 2000 Fiskars; 2001 Fiskars; 2002 Fiskars; 2003 Fiskars; 2004 Tokio, Japan.

Here is an examples of the fantastic art of Kristiina Lehtonen

This and other art prints are for sale at our gallery 24 hours a day and 7 days a week at the address www.Bestnetart.com