Persten

Date of birth: 040278
Living and working in Sahalahti, Finland

http://anssikasitonni.com/
http://www.anssi8000mariastereo.com/

Kuvaaja Jukka Salminen

Anssi 8000 & Maria Stereo: I Feel Like Surfing
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I80QJGDjTms

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS
2008
Kasitonni´s Christmas, Gallery Alkovi, Helsinki, Finland
Flying chickenrooster, Gallery Carree, Kuopio, Finland
Av-archive´s classic of the month, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
Greetings from K.i.t.t.ilä, Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
2006
Captain of The Harts, Gallery Myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland
K.I.T.T.´s night out, Gallery huoltamo, Tampere, Finland
2005
Takit or Liivit, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland
2001
ArtRobot 8000, gallery Fast Art, Turku, Finland
2000
The Very Best Of My Onion Paintings, Aulagallery, Lahti, Finland

SELECRED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
2009
Tracking traces... Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Irrfahrt, Felleshus, Berlin, Germany
Stray Trek, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
2008
Helsinki Biennale, Designmuseo, Helsinki, Finland
Summer Exhibition 2008, Honkahovi, Mänttä, Finland
Finnish breakfast, Larm Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
Behind the moustache, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
Festart08, TR1, Tampere, Finland
2007
Kettupäivät, competition of experimental film, Andorra, Helsinki, Finland
The Sculpture Speaks, -group exhibition, Tallinn Art House, Estonia
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany
Kuvia ja Kuplia - Comics exhibition, museum of fine arts, Lahti, Finland
2006
Tampere Short Film Festival, Finland
ShiftScale, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2005
Natura death - Natural death, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland
The Wild Men in the Looking Glass, Art 2012, Los Angeles, USA
The Golden Diamond 2, Kerava Art Museum, Finland
Suspend Disbelief, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
Turku Biennale, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
End of Skateboarding, Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Silmänkääntäjät, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
2004
Gemine Muse, Museo Storico Navale, Venice, Italy
Group exhibition, Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden
The Iron Diamond, Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Tampere Short Film Festival, Finland
Blind Sight, Contemporary Art Centre, Dundee, Scotland
Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
View-04, Movie theatre Andorra, Helsinki, Finland
I Feel, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
Measure of Man, Tennispalace, Helsinki
The Golden Diamond, Lappeenranta Art Museum, Finland
2003
Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
Graduation exhibition, Lahti, Finland
The Art Of Analyste, Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Finland
Pixelache, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Hämärä in the night, with Tommi Pylkkö, Kluuvin galleria, Helsinki, Finland
Young Artists of Finland 2003, Helsinki Art Hall, Finland
2001
Young Artists of Finland 2001, Helsinki Art Hall, Helsinki, Finland
2000
The Art of Analyste, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland

COLLECTIONS
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Pro Artibus Foundation
States Fine Art Commission (Finland)
2002-04 Illustrations for "Numero" -skateboarding magazine

RELEASED MUSIC
2005 ANSSI 8000: "Sahalahti shakedown" -EP, Musapojat records
2006 ANSSI 8000: "Kyklops" -MAXI EP, Musapojat records
2006 ANSSI 8000: "Svesse" -MAXI EP, Squashimodo records
2007 ANSSI 8000: "Kyklops vs. Svesse" -ALBUM, Bone Voyage
2008 ANSSI 8000 & MARIA STEREO: "Feel like surfing" -12"EP, Bone Voyage
2008 ANSSI 8000 & MARIA STEREO: "DUEL" -ALBUM, Bone Voyage

PRIZES AND GRANTS
Grant for Gallery Kluuvi´s exhibition, Arts Council of Pirkanmaa, 2009
Grand Prix, short film competition, Split Film Festival 2008, Croatia
1 year grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2008
Arts Council of Finland, Public Display Grant, 2008
States Fine Art Commission, grant for young artists in Finland
States Fine Art Commission, for Eva Brownies -group, 2007
Arts Council of Finland, Public Display Grant, 2006
Kangasala region scholarship, 2005
Raimo Utriainen -foundation scholarship, 2005
Grant for ShiftScale -exhibition in KUMU, Estonia, Arts Council of Finland 2005
Travel Grant to Los Angeles, Arts Council of Finland, 2005
Travel Grant to Berlin, Arts Council of Finland, 2005
Grant for Gallery Sculptor’s exhibition, Arts Council of Finland, 2004
Travel Grant to Sweden, Nifca, 2004
Travel Grant to Venice, Arts Council of Finland, 2004
Public’s favourite at Mänttä Art Festivals, 2003
Wäinö Aaltonen -foundation’s support grant, 2003
Ars Fennica Prize, 2011

EDUCATION
1999-2003 Lahti Polytechnic, Institute of fine Arts
1998-1999 Lahti Polytechnic, Institute of Design

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Polytechnic of Tampere, Department of Fine Arts, Part-time sculpting teacher 2005, 2006, 2007
Animation courses in children and youth’s fine art schools in Pori, Rauma and Lappeenranta.