Anne Pehkonen

Born in Varkaus, Finland, 1954
I am a Finnish visual artist. I live in Niva, a small village outside Joensuu city in eastern Finland,
near the border of Russia.

Anne Pehkonens work is conceptual and often narrative in form. It involves image, text, sound, installations and interventions, as well as collaborative projects.
In her work, questions related to identity and the different strategies we acquire to define ourselves in relation to others and our Environments are repeatedly explored.
In her new works she uses voice-overs in combination with moving images or constructed situations to create multi-layered narratives.
The stories told, fictional and documentary, are related to what you see, but also the situation you are in while listening.

2005 Documentary Film Production Studies, North Karelia University of Applied Sciences.
2003 Fine Art, B.A., North Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Joensuu, Finland.
2002 Fine Art, State Academy of Art and Design, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1999 Drawing & Painting, North Karelia Open University of Applied Sciences, Joensuu.
1992-1993 Drawing, Vapaa Taidekoulu, Helsinki, Finland.
Other Education:
1976 Physiotherapy, Jyvskyl, Finland.
1979 Pedagogy, BSc., Jyvskyl.
1997 Social & Health Care Management, BSc., Kuopio, Finland.
1999 Sexual Counselling, Jyvskyl.
1999-2000 Art Therapy & Psychotherapy, University of Art and Design, Helsinki

2012
Group Exhibition, Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
Snowball- performance tour In South-Savo and North-Karelia Finland
and Petrosavodsk Russia

2011
Solo Exhibition, Gallery Kohina, Joensuu, Finland
Solo Exhibition, Outokumpu, Finland
Summer Exhibition, Honkavaara Heritage farm, Joensuu, Finland
Environmental art, The Museum of Lieksa, Lieksa, Finland