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TEEMU
LEHMUSRUUSU
ARTIST STATEMENT
[email protected]
www.teemulehmusruusu.com
+358 (0)44 5887668
Teemu Lehmusruusu (born 1981, Helsinki, Finland) is a contemporary
artist whose primary medium is moving image. His works
explore the nature of human existence using exhibition space as an
investigative workshop - a place where audience can engage with
the values and thoughts within the work presented. The works are
often polyvalent and have a bare or minimalistic appearance.
Recent themes include investigations into different spiritual
traditions, human addictions, Romanticism and horticultural
environments. Lehmusruusu is at the moment finishing his thesis for
the Master of Art degree in Aalto University School of Art, Design
and Architecture Helsinki and preparing his 5th solo show called
Observatory.
Teemu Lehmusruusu is represented in Supermarket 2014 Art Fair by
00130Gallery Helsinki. The work seen is the second part of a series
of three video works called The Declaration of Love. The movement
improvisation was created in collaboration with the contemporary
dancer and choreographer Jennifer Amelie Vogel (born 1985,
Stuttgart, Germany). The performance is shot in a closed sanatorium in Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany. It is a bodily meditation on sufferings and affects, love as impossible, inaccessible and unfulfilled.
And still, as the principles of Romanticism state, even despair itself
is a manifestation and act of love as such.
TEEMU
LEHMUSRUUSU
CV
Born 1981, Helsinki Finland.
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
[email protected]
+ 358 (0)44 588 7668
www.teemulehmusruusu.com
EDUCATION
2014
Master of Arts
Aalto University
in Photographic Arts
School of Art, Design and Architecture
Helsinki, Finland
2011
Lens Based
Contemporary Practices
Universität der Kunste Berlin, Germany
prof. Hito Steyerl
2011
Bachelor of Arts
Aalto University
in Photographic Arts
School of Art, Design and Architecture
Helsinki, Finland
2007FotokonstVästra Nylands Folkhögskola
Karis, Finland
2006
Bachelor of Social Science
in World Politics
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences
Helsinki, Finland
SOLO SHOWS
2014
The Island Illusion
Fotocentrum Raseborg, Finland
2013UnionGallery Kalleria, Helsinki, Finland
2012
Love Is a Dog From Hell
00130Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2012
Bonsai No Kokoro
Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Finland
2011
Voyage to the Bottom
of the Sea
Gallery Sinne, Helsinki, Finland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
SUPERMARKET 2014
Stockholm Independet
Art Fair
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Curated and represented by 00130Gallery Helsinki
2013
Summer School
TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere, Finland
Curated group show
2013
Hellää vierasta valoa
Photographic centre Peri, Turku, Finland
Curated group show
2013
Summer School
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Curated group show
2013 Epävakauden museo
Museum of Instability
Helsinki University Museum Arppeanum, Finland
Curated by Anna Virtanen
2012
Uusi Muu
Curated exhibition part of the Muu 25 years jubileum
Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2012 No Exit
Helsinki Photography Biennial 2012 main event
Helsinki City Museum, Finland
Curated by Ari Kakkinen, Marko Karo,
Harri Pälviranta, Kari Soinio & Hanna Weselius
2011
Looking Forward
Jukka Male Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Curated by Timo Kelaranta, Virpi Suutari &
Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger
2011 Rundgang ‘11
UdK Berlin, Germany Curated by Hito Steyerl
2011
Looking Forward
Gallery oyoy, Lahti, Finland
Curated by Timo Kelaranta, Virpi Suutari &
Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger
201111x11Elintila Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Curated by Anna Virtanen
2010 Je me souviens de Paris
Finnish Culture Institute, Paris, France
Curated by Andrea Holzherr
2010 Je me souviens de Paris
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Curated by Andrea Holzherr
HAPPENINGS AND PUBLICATIONS
2013
UNSEEN Book Market
A Book of Lies at the Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam
26-29 September
Editors Aukusti Heinonen & Teemu Lehmusruusu
2013
A Book of Lies –
Editors Aukusti Heinonen & Teemu Lehmusruusu
väritettyjä totuuksia
Musta Taide 3 : 2013
Published by Valokuvauksen Opiskelijat ry & Musta taide
2012
Vartiosaaripäivä
Vartiosaari Artists’ House, Helsinki, Finland
2012
YYY zine
“Romantikko” Series in YYY’s issue nr 1
Laboratory - Art Space for Now
Helsinki, Finland
2011
Karhunkaatoja – Taide itsetutkiskelevana elämänmuotona
Aalto University Department of Photography,
Bachelor’s thesis
2011 Save the Males
Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Finland
Live-installation with Kenneth Bamberg
2010
Tila(nne)
City Art Happening, Helsinki, Finland
Workshop by Pasi Rauhala
2010
AHNE’10 Art Festival
Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Arabian Minimarket Arabian Minimarket, Temporary Art Space
Helsinki, Finland
2007
Degree Show
Gallery Zebra, Karjaa, Finland
GRANTS
Taiteen edistämiskeskus – Arts Promotion Centre Finland
AVEK – The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
Koneen Säätiö – Kone Foundation
Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse
Svenska kulturfonden
Aalto University
Svenska kulturfonden
Aalto University
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Private collections
MEMBERSHIPS
Av-arkki – the Distribution Centre for Finnish Media Art
Muu Ry – Muu Artists’ Association
Valokuvataiteilijoiden liitto – Union of Artist Photographers
Suomen taiteilijaseura – The Artists’ Association of Finland
Valokuvauksen opiskelijat VOry – Union of Student Photographers of Finland
TEEMU
LEHMUSRUUSU
VALKOINEN JA MUSTA VALO
WHITE LIGHT,
BLACK LIGHT
5-channel video installation
sd, 4:3, 5-channel stereo audio
constructed elements
duration: 5 x 15min
2013
”White Light, Black Light” is a 5-channel video installation with five zafus
(meditation pillows). Each channel guides the audience into a different
exercise to balance their minds and hear their heart. Exhibition visitors
are challenged to test their patience and presence for 15 minutes in
each exercise.
The work is part of curator Anna Virtanen’s consept of a ”Museum of
Instability”.
CAST & CREW
Curator: Anna Virtanen
Assistant Director: Helka Heinonen
Graphic Design: Tommi Vasko
Carpenter: Rainer Brock
Thanks: Ville Tanttu, Ralf Åström, Kenneth Bamberg, Pasi Rauhala, Markus Lehmusruusu, Erno Raitanen, Antti Huittinen, Launo Tuuri / Aalto
University Media Lab / Aalto University, Nirodha ry, Helsinki Zen Center
Special Thanks: Aino, Arja, Dzamil, Eva, Juhani, Jukka, Katariina, Kauko,
Sampo, Outi
With the support of: Kone Foundation, Aalto University
Photography, Sound Design, Production and Direction:
Teemu Lehmusruusu
UPPER IMAGE: STILL FROM VIDEO. LOWER IMAGE: INSTALL ATION VIEW.
TEEMU
LEHMUSRUUSU
DECLARATION OF LOVE
I
projected video installation
hd, 16:9, stereo
single channel, constructed elements
duration: 8:30min
2012
Bonsai No Kokoro is the first part of Declaration of Love (2014).
Bonsai No Kokoro consists of a staged mise-en-scene and of a voice
over, edited out of a two hour interview with a bonsai gardener Andrea
Melloni. Together these elements takes the audience to hear and question the principal philosophical thoughts of gardening as work of love.
The work can be exhibited as an installation or as a screening-version.
CAST & CREW
Actor: Laura Brundrett
Interview of Gardener: Andrea Melloni
Graphic Design: Jaakko Suomalainen
Costume Design: Oona Colliander, Jenny Brittberg
Camera Assistant: Mauro Farinas
Special Thanks: Hito Steyerl, William Sabiston, Timo Kelaranta
Shot on location at Suteki Bonsaizentrum Berlin, Germany
With the support of: Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse, Aalto University
Photography, Sound Design, Production and Direction:
Teemu Lehmusruusu
STILL FROM VIDEO.
TEEMU
LEHMUSRUUSU
DECLARATION OF LOVE
II
projected video installation
hd, 16:9, stereo
single channel, constructed elements
duration: 8:30min
2012
The second part of Declaration of Love is a dance improvisation shot in
a closed sanatorium in Germany. It echoes in early romanticisms Sturm
und Drang movement, and thourgh it’s title, in Charles Bukowskis poetry. The choreography is inspired by japanese buto and together these
starting points come together to meditate the sufferings of affectuation, love as impossible.
The work can be exhibited as an installation or as a screening-version.
CAST & CREW
Dance and Choreography: Jennifer Amelie Vogel
Voice Actor: Pia Andersson
Music: Markus Lehmusruusu
Graphic Design: Jaakko Suomalainen
Sound Design: Teemu Lehmusruusu & Markus Lehmusruusu
Costume Design: Oona Colliander, Jenny Brittberg
Special Thanks: Hito Steyerl, William Sabiston, Timo Kelaranta
Shot on location at Beelitz-Heilstätten Sanatorium, Germany
With the support of: Svenska kulturfonden, Genelec, Aalto University
Photography, Sound Design, Production and Direction:
Teemu Lehmusruusu
INSTALL ATION VIEW. 00130GALLERY HELSINKI.
TEEMU
LEHMUSRUUSU
DECLARATION OF LOVE
III
projected video installation
hd, 16:9, stereo
single channel, constructed elements
duration: 9:30min
2013
The third part of Declaration of Love work consists of a video of a yogic exercise and of an edited interview of an ex-drug addict. It examines the roles bodily and spiritual addictions play in love and life.
The video can be exhibited as an installation or as a screening-version.
CAST & CREW
Yogi: Pascal
Interview with: Ilona Publitz
Graphic Design: Jaakko Suomalainen
Special Thanks to: Ronny Korneli, Ali von Stein, Krisana Locke, Eeva-Liisa Puhakka, Santeri Tuori, Antti Karvinen, Helka Heinonen, Ville Tanttu,
Markus Lehmusruusu, Helinä Lindroos, Tomi Sandell, Valtteri Saurila,
Wade Kyrölä, Aku Vehmersalo, Leena Ylä-Lyly, Bernhard Dino Wunderlich, Hannu Karjalainen
Shot on location at OSHO Studio Berlin, Germany
With the support of:
AVEK - Audiovisuaalisen kulttuurin edistämiskeskus
Photography, Sound Design, Production and Direction:
Teemu Lehmusruusu
INSTALL ATION VIEW. GALLERY K ALLERIA .
TEEMU
LEHMUSRUUSU
ILLUSIA
single-channel video installation
sd, 4:3, stereo
constructed elements
duration: 2:30min, loop
2013
Illusia is a documentary video that has been installed carefully for examination in totally different context. The video screen is the size of a
standard photography print (10x15cm). The film is shown together with
an modified excerpt from Erik Enocksson’s musical piece ”Finale Ange
Nocte Nudapecta”.
CAST & CREW
Actor: unknown
Music: Erik Enocksson
Carpenter: Anni Waris
Graphic Design: Jaakko Suomalainen
With the support of: Svenska Kulturfonden, Aalto University
Photography, Sound Design, Production and Direction:
Teemu Lehmusruusu
UPPER IMAGE: INSTALL ATION VIEW. LOWER IMAGE: STILL FROM VIDEO.
TEEMU
LEHMUSRUUSU
MIRACLES
Installation including photography, video,
soundscape,notebooks and
constucted elements
2011
Miracles is an extensice collections of photographs, found material,
video and soundscapes. As an installation It potrays an excursion into
the romantic around us.
CAST & CREW
Actor: Anna Merenkova
Sound Design: Markus Lehmusruusu
Graphic Design: Jaakko Suomalainen
In cooperation with:
Mediakeskus Lume, YLE Elävä arkisto
With the support of:
Svenska Kulturfonden, Aalto University
PHOTOGR APH FROM THE WORK MIR ACLES, 2011.
TEEMU
LEHMUSRUUSU
THE ATLANTIC
2-channel projected video installation
sd, stereo
duration: 2 x 10:00min
2011
”The Atlantic” is a 2-channel video installation based on teenage love
letters across two continents. A theatre dramatist went through an
extensive letter correspondance an left only anonymous expressions
of emotions. Two actors read the texts to each other in intimate studio
environment.
The staged material was edited together with Finnish national archive
footage of an cross-atlantic voyage with ”Suomen Joutsen - the Swan
of Finland”.
CAST & CREW
Actors: Saara Kotkaniemi, Jose Viitala
Dramatist: Taija Helminen
Photography: Pietari Peltola
Additional Cameras: Matti Ahlgren, Antti Karvinen
Sound Design: Ville Katajala
Sound Recorder: Meri Tikkala
Script: Mirkka Kallio
In cooperation with:
Mediakeskus Lume, YLE Elävä arkisto
With the support of: Svenska Kulturfonden, Aalto University
INSTALL ATION VIEW, GALLERY SINNE, HELSINKI.
For updated information about current
and upcoming shows, please visit:
www.teemulehmusruusu.com
or contact:
[email protected]

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