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Svetlana Ruoho (b. 1976, Leningrad).

Education

1994 – 2000 Repin Academic Institute, Department of Painting, St. Petersburg. Higher education degree, Painter. Diploma with honors

Work experience

2002 – 2012 Art Teacher, St. Petersburg State Academic Art Lyceum named after B. V. Ioganson of the Academy of Arts

Memberships

2023 Kuvasto

2022 Espoon Taiteilijakilta ry (Espoo Artists' Guild)

2021 Matrikkelitaiteilija (Artist in the Register) Matrikkelitaiteilija , Espoon kuvataiteilijat (Espoo Visual Artists)

2019 Taidemaalariliitto ry (Finnish Painters’ Union)

2014 Jyväskylän Taitelijaseura ry (Jyväskylä Artists' Association)

2008 – 2014 Wandering Artists of the 21st Century (Traveling Exhibitions Artists' Association), St. Petersburg

2001 Russian Union of Artists, St. Petersburg

Work experience as a visual arts teacher

2013 – Visual Arts Teacher: Jämsä Adult Education Centre, private painting courses, Repin Institute Kotka, Omnia Espoo, Kauniainen Adult Education Centre, Autere-opisto Mänttä.

2020 Painting event, Otsola College Pori

2020-2021 Jämsänlaakso Settlement, holding courses and events. Substitute teacher at Jämsänkoski Comprehensive School

2002 – 2012 Art Teacher, St. Petersburg State Academic Art Lyceum named after B. V. Ioganson of the Academy of Arts. Young artists' competitions organized by St. Petersburg Art Lyceum and the city, as well as international art competitions for young students.

Upcoming exhibitions

2023 Art Centre Konst& Form Gumbostrand Sipoo Pop-up exhibition

2023 Art Centre Tejo Masuuni

2023 Galleria Luts, Lohja

2022 Kauniainen City Gallery

2022 Keuruu Museum together with visual artist Tanja Swan

2022 Helsinki Cathedral Crypt, Kirkkokatu 18

2021 Höyry-Galleria, Jyväskylä

2022 Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä

2020 City Gallery Kivipankki Jämsä

2020 Art Centre Järvilinna, Laukaa

2019 Art Centre Järvilinna Laukaa

2018 Galleria Ronga Tampere

2018 Artist of the Month, Galleria Becker, Jyväskylä

2018 Kuokkala Manor Jyväskylä

2016 Galleria Myötätuuli Raahe

2013 Galleria Kivipankki Jämsä

2011 Artists' Union Gallery Blue Hall St. Petersburg

2009 Brodsky Museum Exhibition Hall, Russian Museum of Art

2004 Artists' Union Gallery Blue Hall St. Petersburg

Selected and invited group exhibitions

2025 Imatra Art Museum Group Exhibition Espoo Artists' Guild

2025 Espoo Visual Artists ry members' summer exhibition

2024 Position of Trust, Galleria AARNI, EKT group exhibition

2024 Colour Relations, Art Centre Ahjo, Jyväskylä Artists' Association group exhibition

2024 Aalto2 Museum Centre, Jyväskylä Artists' Association's 74th anniversary exhibition

2023 Container Exhibition, Jyväskylä Artists' Association, Jyväskylä

2023 Espoo Artists' Guild ry Kaava Vantaa Artists' House & Galleria Gjutars, Vantaa

2023 EKT group exhibition Galleria Aarni Espoo 30.6.-26.7.2023

2023 Espoo Artists' Guild ry KAAVA Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti

2023 Galleria Pihatto Sakura Exhibition 26.4 – 20.5.23

2022 III International Watercolor & Spirit Bulgaria Varna

2022 Albert Edelfelt Museum Gallery Porvoo

2022 Galleria Hoppa Jyväskylä Svetlana Ruoho and Kristine Nordling

2021 Central Finland Art Museum Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä Artists' Association group exhibition

2021 Galleria Aarni Espoo, EKT group exhibition

2020-2021 Metsämaa tour Visusti project

2019 Galleria Becker Jyväskylä, Art Centre Järvilinna Laukaa

2019-2020 Galleria Becker Jyväskylä Artists' Association ry

2019 Jyväskylä Art Museum Holvi, Jyväskylä Artists' Association ry

2019 National Exhibition Naryan-Mar, Russian Union of Artists

2014 Kuhmoinen Barn Gallery 50th anniversary group exhibition Kuhmoinen

2011 VI International Biennial Art-Bridge-Watercolor 2011 St. Petersburg

2008 Manege Central Exhibition Hall St. Petersburg

2007 Russian Culture Exhibition Beijing

2005, 2007 Young Artists' Exhibition Toivo, International Festival From Avant-garde to Today St. Petersburg

2009 Russian Centre for Science and Culture (RCSC) Helsinki

2005 Artists' Exhibition Centre St. Petersburg

2002 Manege Central Exhibition Hall St. Petersburg

1997-2022 Annual autumn and spring exhibitions organized by the St. Petersburg Artists' Union

Group Exhibitions

Wandering Artists of the 21st Century (St. Petersburg) (Traveling Exhibitions Artists' Association):

2014 Belarus, Brest, Art Museum

2013 State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg

2012 Ukraine, Kirovograd Regional Art Museum

2011 Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus

2010 Poland, Silesia, Ksjonž Castle

2010 Czech Republic, Prague, Russian Centre for Science and Culture

2009 Finland, Helsinki, Russian Centre for Science and Culture

2009 Russian Parliament Building Duma

2009 Tsaritsyno Museum, Moscow, Russia, Tula, Art Museum

Public collections

- Portrait of Ressu High School principal Ari Huovinen, Helsinki City Collection

- Portrait of Professor Minna Nyström Helsinki Museum's collection

- Pentti Säre Art Foundation

- Portrait of Professor Timo Närhi, Department of Dentistry, University of Turku Professor Timo Närhi's portrait

- Portrait of Frans Mikael Franzen (copy of a destroyed portrait) Collection of the Oulu Evangelical-Lutheran Diocese Chapter

- Portrait of Scientist Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, Tornio City Collection. Official handover in autumn 2021

- Portrait of Scientist Erik Laxman, Savonlinna City Hall Unveiling of my portrait with Minister of Science and Culture Hanna Kosonen in Savonlinna

Works on display in Finland

- Painting Aikamatka 140 x 300 cm, restaurant Mauritz Munkkiniemi, Munkkiniemen puistotie 17

- Mural and two oil paintings, Restaurant Harmooni, Jyväskylä www.harmooni.fi (formerly Galleria Harmonia)

Grants and scholarships

2024- City of Espoo 1 month

2021 Corona grant - Taike 2 months

2020 Working grant - Taike 4 months

Positions of trust

Chairperson of Espoo Artists' Guild 2024-25

Board member of Espoo Artists' Guild 2023-2024

Deputy member of the exhibition committee of Espoo Visual Artists ry 2023-2025