Vita Jani Ruscica

Born: 1978, Savonlinna, Finland

Education

2003-2007

Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki MFA Fine Art

1999-2002

Chelsea College of Art and Design, London BA Fine Art

1998-1999

Camberwell College of Arts, London Diploma in Foundation studies

Residencies

2007

Location 1, New York, USA

2006

De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2003

NIFCA, Leirvik, Faroe Islands

Individual exhibitions

2008

‘Evolutions’ Kluuvi Art Gallery, Helsinki City Art Museum (upcoming)

2007

‘Beatbox alternate take’ Kunsthalle studio, Helsinki

‘Five Variations on a Theme’ Gallery Huuto, Helsinki

2006

'Contrapuntal' VAE10, Visual Arts Gallery of the Cultural Center of Ricardo Palma

University, Lima, Peru (cat.)

2005

'Swan song' Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland

2004

‘Medley’ Finnish Academy of fine arts gallery, Helsinki

Group exhibitions

2008

‘Tangential documentaries’ Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki curated by Jenny Yurshansky and Jacqueline Nguyen (upcoming)

‘Five Variations on the finitness of human vision’ Cultural Center Belgrad, Artget Gallery, curated by Marita Muukkonen, (cat.)

‘Continuum’ Art Centre Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland curated by Anu Liivak, (cat.)

‘UNCLASSIFIABLE’ Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen curated by Jenny Yurshansky and Jacqueline Nguyen

‘Like a man’ Agenzia04, Bologna, Italy, curated by Elisa del Prete

‘Maan Asema/La Position de la Terre’ CRAC Alsace, Centre Rhenan d’Art Contemporain Altkirch, France curated by Sophie Kaplan (cat.)

‘Festart08’ TR1, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland

‘Dream Visions’ Lauritz Kunsthall, Copenhagen

2007

‘Nine International Artists’ Location 1, New York, USA, curated by Nathalie Angles

‘In Search of the Miraculous’, 5th Triennial of Finnish Art, Kunsthalle, Helsinki curated by Luigi Fassi (cat.)

‘Offspring’ De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Nehterlands curated by Maxine Kopsa (cat.)

‘City Borderlands’ Nordens Hus, curated by SHOK Reykjavik, Iceland

‘City Borderlands’ Kaliningrad Art Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia

2006

‘Omasta takaa’, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland

‘Suspended E-motions’, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, curated by Laima Kreyvite (cat.)

'City Borderlands' Fredriks Bastion, Copenhagen, curated by SHOK

'The Metaphysics of Youth' Ex Cofa, Fuori Uso, Pescara, Italy curated by Luigi

Fassi & Irina Zucca (cat.)

'Young Artists 2006' Kunsthalle Helsinki, curated by Janne Räisänen (cat.)

2005

'Small Heaven' Young Artists Biennale, Kunsthalle Helsinki, curated by Henna Paunu (cat.)

'Polyfonia' Jetty Barracks gallery, Helsinki, curated by Sini Pelkki and Jani Ruscica 'Art goes kapakka' Via, Helsinki

'Graduate exhibition' Kuvataideakatemian galleria, Helsinki

‘Swan Song’ Holden gallery, Manchester, UK, curated by Pavel Büchler and Ian Rawling

2003

‘Young Artists 2003’ Kunsthalle Helsinki

2002

‘Degree Show’ Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK

‘Experimental Brain Research’ The Menier gallery, London, UK

‘Showcase 2' Millbank, London, UK

2001

‘Peachy’ 291 gallery, London, UK, curated by Natasha Rees

‘Dossh!’ Trinity Buoy Warf, London, UK

Screenings

2008

‘Prospectif Cinema’ Centre Pompidou, Paris, curated by Cristina Agostinelli

Profile – Jani Ruscica 36th international La Rochelle Film Festival, La Rochelle, France curated by Brent Klinkum (upcoming)

8th International Bunker Film festival Ventimiglia, Italy (upcoming)

23rd International shortfilm festival Hamburg, Germany

Lezioni di Paesaggio Colonia Montana di Renesso, Savignone, Italy curated by Elvira Vannini

Cinema et Video d’Artistes Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris

Courtisane short film and media art festival, Ghent, Belgium

EMAF – European Media Art festival, Osnabtück, Germany

Stream of Electrons Institute Finlandes, Paris

Nigh on Earth Vorspiel gallery, Berlin

Kinos 08, Lahti, Finland

‘City Life’ International Tampere Shortfilm festival, Tampere, FI & Oberhausen International Shortfilm festival, Germany

‘Urban Research 2’ Directors Lounge, Berlin curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr

Short Profile – Jani Ruscica, 37th International Rotterdam Film Fesival, Rotterdam, NL

Trunk – The Nordic Art Video Festival, Färgfabriken, Stockholm. Sundsvall Kulturmagasin, Sweden. Rom fur kunst og arkitektur, Oslo. Kramfors Cinema, Kramfors, SE

2007

Trunk – The Nordic Art Video Festival, Östersund, Sweden

2007

Kettupäivät film festival, Andorra, Helsinki, Finland

‘FILMlandia’ Laydown Gallery, Madrid curated by Marita Muukkonen

‘From the fringes of Finland’ Arnolfini, Bristol, UK

‘Kingdom come’ Images Festival, Workman theatre Toronto, Canada curated by Alissa Frith-Eagland

“Urban research” Directors Lounge, Berlinale, Berlin curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr

‘View 07’ Andorra, Helsinki

International Tampere short film festival, Plevna

2006

International Uppsala short film festival, Sweden

‘Swinging Siniging North’ Paris Photo, Paris, France curated by Andrea Holzherr

Frieze Art Fair, London, UK curated by Marita Muukkonen and Marketta Seppälä

YLE TV1, Finnish National Television

‘Breaking the Ice’, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany

‘LOOP Festival’, Barcelona, Spain

International Tampere shortfilm festival, Tampere, Finland

'View 06', Korjaamo, Helsinki

2005

'Kettupäivät' Andorra, Helsinki

‘Filmstuben 2’, Berlin

2004

Art Centre Pushkinskaya 10, St. Petersburg

2001

‘Emerge and See - Show 4' Curzon Soho Cinema, London

Filmography

BEATBOX alternate take (16mm) digibeta, 2007

BATBOX take one (DVcam) digibeta, 2007

Contrapuntal / Fluctuation theme, (16mm) digibeta, 2005

Contrapuntal / Sawdust theme, (16mm) digibeta, 2005

Contrapuntal / Kiwano's theme, (DVcam) digibeta, 2005

Swan Song, (16mm/DV) digibeta, 2004

Pilgrim, DV, 2003

Awards and nominations

2008

Award for best sound design, nomination, 23rd International shortfilm festival Hamburg

Tiger Awards for short film, nomination, 37th International Rotterdam Film Festival

2006

The Cartier Award, shortlist, Frieze Art Fair London

Grants

2008

Arts Council of Finland

2007

Alfred Kordelin Foundation

FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange)

Arts Council of Finland

AVEK

2006

FRAME

AVEK

Finnish Art Association

Arts Council of Finland

2005

AVEK (Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture)

Arts Council of Finland

Alfred Kordelin Foundation

The Finnish-Swedish Cultural foundation

2004

AVEK

2003

Sleipnir

Paulo Foundation

Olga ja Vilho Linnamo Foundation

Works in Collections

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

State Art Collection, Finland

Helsinki City Art Museum

Kuopio Art Museum

Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki

Finnish Art Association