Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a Finnish American photographer, essayist, educator and curator with over 100 solo shows and 200 group exhibitions at galleries and museums worldwide. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design, studying there with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. His teaching career began in Finland in 1974 at Helsinki’s Taideteolinen Korkeakoulu and has been extensive and international in scope. Assistant Professor at MIT in the early 1980s, visiting professor at Vevey’s École d’Arts Appliqués in Switzerland for ten y millennium, he is currently the Nancy Donahue Emeritus Professor of Art at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and docent at Aalto University School of Art, Design, and Architecture in Helsinki.
Major monographs include: Frostbite (Morgan & Morgan, 1978); Waterline (Marval, Aperture, and Otava, 1995 – Grand Prix du Livre, 25th Rencontres d’Arles); Body Land (Motta, Nathan, and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997); SAGA: The Journey of Arno
Rafael Minkkinen: Thirty-Five Years of Photographs (Chronicle Books, 2005), Homework:
The Finnish Photographs, 1973 to 2008; Balanced Equation (Lodima Press, 2010), and Minkkinen (Kehrer Verlag) which won the German Photobook Prize for Monograph of the Year 2019 | 2020.
Minkkinen’s works are held in over 80 prominent museum and institutional collections worldwide, such as the Musée d’art moderne and the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, the Musée de l’Élysée in Lausanne, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the High Art Museum in Atlanta, the National Art Gallery in Ottawa, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, and the Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma in Helsinki. Fotografiska in Stockholm is currently presenting Arno Rafael Minkkinen’s 50-year retrospective Two Hundred Seasons through April 18, 2021. The show moves to Fotografiska inTallinn, Estonia in the summer of 2021, and is expected to open in Fotografiska, New York a year or two after that.
Minkkinen is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1991, the Order of the Lion First Class medal from Finland in 1993, the 2006 Finnish State Art Prize in Photography, the 2013 Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art, a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2015, the Pro Finlandia medal conferred on the Centennial of Finnish Independence in 2017, and the 2019 Honored Educator Award from the Society for Photographic Education.
2021
Two Hundred Seasons, a cura di Ellen-K Willas, Fotografiska, Tallinn, Estonia
2020
Two Hundred Seasons, a cura di Ellen-K Willas,Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden Fifty-Years of Self-portraiture, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY
Going the Distance, Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
2019
Cinquant ans d’autoportraits, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
Moments of Reflection, Retrospective. Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia Earthbound, La Patinoire Royale, Galerie Valerie Bach, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Taivaanranta – Firmamento, retrospective, Cultural Center Gallery, Catholic University, Lima, Peru
2017
Taivaanranta – Obala Neba – Firmament, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia Minkkinen, Centro Niemeyer, Avilés, Spain
Mind Over Matter, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, Florida
Floating in the Air, Willas Contemporary, Oslo, Norway. Il Corpo, Il Sé, Il Mondo, Trevignano Fotografia, Villa Onigo, Trevignano / Venice, Italy
2016
Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Photo & Contemporary Gallery, Torino, Italy
Shenzhen Photography Festival, See + Gallery, Shenzhen, China
Corpo Como Evidência, SESC Vila Mariana, São Paulo, Brazil
YKSI: Mouth of the River, Bones of the Earth, Snake in the Water, Kennin-ji Ryosokuin Temple
Kyotographie International Photography Festival, Kyoto, Japan Arno Rafael Minkkinen, See + Gallery, Beijing, China
Corpo Como Evidência, SESC Jundiai, São Paulo, Brazil
2015
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
Facing the Camera: 1970 to Tomorrow Barbado Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal Nothing has ever been done before, Antigua Museum of Art, Guatemala
2014
Lumière Brothers Center of Photography Moscow, Russia
Le musée d’art contemporain les abbatoirs Toulouse, France
See+ Gallery at 789 Art District Beijing, China
"Naissance de l'intimitè" - Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
2011
Galerie Agathe Gaillard - Paris
Royal Theatre of Namur - Namur
2010
Royal Theatre of Namur,Namur, Belgium
“Body Lands” - Photo & Contemporary, Turin, Italy
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. Juminkeko Gallery - Kuhmo
Body Lands - Photo & Contemporary - Turin
Galerie Confluence - Nantes
Shanghai World’s Fair Finnish Pavilion - Shanghai
2009
L'Empire Nu d'Arno Rafael Minkkinen - Valérie Bach Gallery - Bruxelles
Finnish Footprints: 70 / 08 - The Finnish Institute - Paris
Weightlessness - Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown - New York
HOMEWORK: The Finnish Photographs, 1973 to 2008 - Lahti Art Museum
SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs - Winnipeg Art Gallery - Winnipeg
Half Blind - Quimper: (Homage to José Saramago’s Blindness) Chapitre 29 / Carnets d’Artistes. Mai-Photographies.
2008
SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs - SEE+ Art Space Gallery - Beijing
SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs - Galerie Anhava - Helsinki
HOMEWORK: Suomen Kuvat/The Finnish Photographs, 1973 to 2008 - Galerie Agathe Gaillard - Paris
In Print - Robert Klein Gallery - Boston
Palazzo Principi - Correggio / Reggio Emilia
2007
Four Decades of Self-Portraits - Barry Friedman Ltd - New York
Fotografi i Fokus Festival - Malmö Museet, Malmoe
SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs - Salo Art Museum – Salo
2006
SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs - Palace of Art, Month of Photography - Bratislava
SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs - Museum of Contemporary Art - Bucarest
SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs - Brittany: Mai-Photographies - Quimper
2005
SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs. - Robert Klein Gallery - Boston
Vintage Photographs - Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
2003
Tibor de Nagy Gallery - New York
2002
Robert Klein Gallery - Boston
2001
Arno Rafael Minkkinen: trente ans d’autoportraits - Église Saint Georges, Musée de Normandie,Caen
Never in the Viewfinder - Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe
2000
Joel Soroka Gallery - Aspen
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography - Tokyo
1999
Frequent Flyer - Photo & Co., Torino
1998
Body Land - Galerie Clairefontaine, Louxembourg
High Noon - Barry Friedman Ltd. New York
Body & Photography - American Cultural Center, Prague
1996
Reindeer in the Canyon - - Galerie Nathalie Emprin, Paris
Waterline - Musée de la Photographie - Charleroi
Waterline - Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik. - Odense
Waterline - Sundsvall Museet. - Sundsvall
1995
Arthothèque de Grenoble - Grenoble
Laterna Magica - Helsinki
Braggiotti Gallery - Amsterdam
Waterline - Pori Art Museum. Retrospective. Waterline - Pori
Waterline - Switzerland: Musée de l’Élysée - Losanna
Waterline - L’Artothèque de Caen and Musée de Normandie - Caen
1994
Brittany: Galerie Imagerie / Centre Jean Savidan - Lannion
Akehurst Gallery - Londra
1993
Galerie du Château d’Eau - Tolouse
Le Parvis de Tarbes - Tarbes
1992
Spirit Level - Images Center of Photography, Cincinnati
Prague House of Photography - Praga
1991
Finnice Retrospective - Museum of Modern Art, Nice
Retrospective: Finnice - Galerie Suzel Berna, Antibes
Primordial Image - Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcellona
Available Light Gallery - Jacksonville
1990
Peri Center of Photography - Turku
1989
Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College - Providence
1988
15 Years in Front of My Camera - Galerie Viviane Esders, Paris
Oulu Art Museum - Oulu
1986
Galerie Viviane Esders - Paris
Pori Art Museum. Mattomies - Pori
1984
Photographic Museum of Finland - Helsinki
Maison de la Culture, Reims
Galerie Viviane Esders, Paris
1983
Father & Son - Robert Klein Gallery, Boston
1982
Yuen Lui Gallery, Seattle
1979
Frostbite - Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover
Canon Photo Gallery - Amsterdam
2010
Salute to the Master - Dali City, China. Dali City International Photography Festival.
Salute to the Masters - Beijing, China. SEE + Art Space Gallery, 798 Art District.
Manifold - Clarksville, Tennessee: Austin Peay State University Gallery
Arno Rafael Minkkinen - Arles, France: Fondation Vincent Van Gogh.
Auction for street children of Calcutta - Milan: Pyari Onlus. In collaboration with Fondazione Mazzotta and Sotheby’s International.
ArtParis + Guests - Paris: Grand Palais. Le Café Français Art Gallery.
AIPA - New York: Robert Klein Gallery.
The Armory Show - New York: Barry Friedman Ltd., Galerie Anhava.
2009
Reality Revisited - Stockholm: Moderna Museet.
2008
Tracking Traces - Helsinki: Kiasma Contemporary Museum of Art.
40th Year Anniversary Exhibition - Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Photography.
Forum für Fotografie: “Light/Writing” - Cologne: Literaturhaus.
Art Miami - Miami: Barry Friedman Ltd.
Expérimentations photographiques en Europe des années 20 à nos jours. - Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, Beaubourg.
Prix Pictet Finalist Projection - Paris: Palais de Tokyo.
Paris Photo - Paris: Robert Klein Gallery.
Friends Without a Border, 12th Annual Auction - New York: Angkor Hospital for Children benefit.
Face to Face - Lincoln, MA: DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park.
Influence and Coincidence - Boston: Covering Photography: Imitation, Karl Baden, curator. Boston Public Library
Minotaur in the Mirror - Plymouth, NH: Plymouth State College.
Union Hall - Rockport, Maine: Maine Media Workshops.
Cavallo Point at Golden Gate National Park - San Francisco, California
Art Base - Basel: Galerie Anhava.
Art Chicago - Chicago: Galerie Anhava, Barry Friedman Ltd.
AIPAD - New York: Robert Klein Gallery.
2007
Art Miami/AIPAD Miami - Miami: Fay Gold, Barry Friedman Ltd./Robert Klein Gallery
Paris Photo - Paris: Robert Klein Gallery, Galerie Anhava.
Art Forum Berlin - Berlin: Galerie Anhava.
C Photo Magazine - New York: Phillips de Pury & Company.
One Shot Each - Odense, Denmark: Museet for Fotokunst. Brandts Klædefabrik.
Paris Art Fair 4 - Paris: Sonia Zannettacci Gallery.
Brussels Art Fair - Brussels: Galerie Anhava.
2006
Contemporary Art Fair - Palm Beach, Florida: Barry Friedman Ltd.
Paris Photo - Paris: Robert Klein Gallery.
Photo LA - LA: Susan Spiritus Gallery.
Nordic Light Festival - Kristiansund, Norway.
The Light Factory - Charlotte, North Carolina
AIPAD show - New York: Barry Friedman Ltd., Robert Klein Gallery.
"Nudi d'Autore - Fotografie di Fontana e Minkkinen" - Fond. Bottari Lattes, Monforte d'Alba - 2011
“Suomen kuvat – Homework 1973-2008” - Like ed. - Helsinki - 2008
“SAGA” - Chronicle Books ed., San Francisco - 2005
“Ten Minutes Past Midnight” - Musta Taide ed. – Helsinki - 1998
“Body Land” - Federico Motta ed. - Milano - 1997
“The Waterline Portfolio” - Aperture ed. - New York - 1996
“Waterline” - Marval ed. – Paris - 1994
“Frostbite” - Morgan & Morgan ed. – New York - 1978
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