Ola Kolehmainen Explained

Ola Kolehmainen (born 1964) is a Finnish photographer.

Life and work

Born 1964 in Helsinki, Ola Kolehmainen graduated with a masters in photography at the Helsinki University of Art and Design in 1999. He studies and works in Berlin, Germany.^[1]

His work is concentrated on contemporary architecture, using interiors and buildings to create abstract compositions,^[2] with an interplay of light and reflection.

Solo exhibitions

2012

• Enlightenment, Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland^[3]
• Gallerie Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway^[4]

2010

• Alvar Aalto, Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain^[5]
• A Building Is Not a Building, KUNTSI, Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland
• Colour Urban Structures, Galerie Artfinder, Hamburg, Germany; Galerie Vanguardia, Bilbao, Spain; Galerie Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway^[6]

2009

• Ola Kolehmainen, The New Art Gallery Walsall, West Midlands, UK^[7]
• Ola Kolehmainen, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Finland^[4]
• Ola Kolehmainen, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland^[8]

2008

• Ola Kolehmainen, Galería SENDA, Barcelona, Spain^[9]

External links

• Gallery at the Christophe Guye Galerie
• Der Tagesspiegel, Ola Kolehmainen im Haus am Waldsee. Die Befreiung der Farbe, by Marcus Woeller, 6 April 2014.

Notes and References

1. http://helsinkischool.fi/artists/ola-kolehmainen/portfolio/2016-2017/ Helsinkischool
2. Christophe Guye Galerie, Ola Kolehmainen (Biography)
3. Web site: Alvar Aalto MUSEUM . 2017-06-12 . 2016-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160608065341/http://www.alvaraalto.fi/exhibition_gallery_archive.htm . dead .
4. Web site: Ola Kolehmainen - Artists - Galleri Brandstrup. www.brandstrup.no.
5. Web site: Ola Kolehmainen - Alvar Aalto. Galeria Senda.
6. Web site: artfinder Galerie (Hamburg): Colour Urban Structures (14.11.09-23.1.10) - Hamburg. art-in.de.
7. Web site: Ola Kolehmainen | The New Art Gallery Walsall. thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk.
8. Web site: Kiasma Archive – Page 3. kiasma.fi.
9. Web site: Ola Kolehmainen. Galeria Senda.