CV 04/10

Juha Valkeapää (1967)
juha.valkeapaa[at]nbl.fi
www.juhavalkeapaa.net
www.myspace.com/juhavalkeapaa
www.myspace.com/kannvalkeapaa

VOCAL & PERFORMANCE ARTIST

Juha Valkeapää (b. 1967) is a vocal and performance artist, using his voice as his main tool. Since 1993, he has made five hundred performances of one hundred and twenty different works in twenty-four countries, solos and various group works, vocal & sound & performance art, theatre, music, dance. Plus sound installations, soundscapes and compositions for exhibitions, radio, theatre and dance performances. He lives in Helsinki, Finland. In 2008, Juha Valkeapää got three-year grant from Finnish Cultural Foundation, and a year before he was awarded with The Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region Art Award.

VOCAL AND PERFORMATIVE WORKS

2010

At Lokaal tonight Kann/Valkeapää, concert-performance, Juuksur, Tallinn, 03-04/09; Kokoteatteri, Helsinki, 04/09; Genialistide klubi, Tartu, 05/09; Sulattofestivaali, Karkkila, 07/09; Manifesti Festival, Turku, 09/09; Sidestep Festival, Helsinki, 02/10

2009

Le siege de l'air, concert with Sandor Valy, Servataguse Muusika Klubi, Tarto & Tallinn, 12/09
How do you do, Viiala?, performance, Viiala, 06/09
It's time to roll, with Kaja Kann, Hypekas, Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn, 02/09
Hit the curator! performance, Amorph!08 Extra, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo, Helsinki, 01/09

2008

Cinderella, vocal piece, space: visual artist Jaana Partanen, Hippalot 03, Hämeenlinna, 07–08/03; Assitej, Reykjavik, Iceland, 05/04; Oulu, 02/05; Helsinki, 05/07; Vaasa, 11/08; Kajaani, 12/08
Male spaces, direction of a vocal piece for group of four singers, Äijä (Girilal Baars, Taito Hoffrén, Pekko Käppi ja Eero Turkka), Muu galleria, Helsinki, 12/06; Helsinki, 03/07; Pori, 09/08; Helsinki, Tampere & Turku, 11/08
Silence, vocal performance, Helsinki, 02/07; Kontiolahti, 10/07; Kunstbanken, Hamar, 10/07; Oulu, 10/08
It is time to roll, with Kaja Kann, Mamuska Helsinki, Zodiak, 10/08
A performance without title, mope 08, Vaasa, 09/08; Turku Book Fair, 10/08
Amorph!08, artistic curator of the festival for performative arts, organizer Artists' Association Muu, Paris, 05-06/08 and Helsinki, 08-09/08
A man breaths, 2 performances, Helsinki, 04/08
Portraits, 12 songs, Art Contact, Helsinki, 04/08

2007

Sonic Portraits, vocal performance, Etoiles Polaires Festival, Vooruit, Gent, 12/07
Who was Minna Canth? vocal performance, Kuopio, 09/07
3 pictures, three vocal improvisations in three streets in Helsinki, 08–09/07
yääNRJyää, vocal poem, Lahti, 03/07

2006

Ena, live music for a dance piece, direction Sibylla Klein, dance Pia Karaspuro, Helsinki (Forum Box [02/06], railway station, Kaisaniemi metro station and Esplanade park [10/06])
A pole-bloke, performance, IRTI festival, Ristijärvi, 06/06
Elephant march, vocal performance, Kajaani, 05/06; Halmstad, Sweden, 08/06
Some Finnish, parts 1–2, two concerts, Helsinki, 03/06
Rakki, vocal piece, Helsinki, 02/06
2005
Grey Zone: Weather matrix, as performer in a multimedia production, Ultrasound 05, Huddersfield, UK, 11/05
Jukebox, series of vocal portraits, Encorebaana, Tampere Theatre Festival, 08/05; Suomi Art Fair, Helsinki, 09–10/05
Daddy’s land, concert with Eero Grundström, Taito Hoffrén, Heikki Laitinen, Pasi Pehkonen & Hermanni Rask, Hippalot 05, Hämeenlinna church, 08/05
Angel Noises, 4 concerts with Kristin Björk, Hippalot 05, Hämeenlinna, 08/05
Vocal walk, city talk, vocal work, The 6th international street artist’s festival, Szcecin, Poland, 07/05
Some colour? vocal portraits, Anti Festival, Kuopio, 09/03; Signal&Noise, Vancouver, 04/05
Aguirre-Fulgosi-Morrens-Valkeapää: a concert & music for Mike Ballou films, Event #1, Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium, 03/05

2004

Tauko / Pause, a performance, dir. Sibylla Klein, dance Pia Karaspuro, music Andreas Fulgosi & JV, Helsinki, 11/04
Piping, vocal performance, Von Krahl, Tallinn, Estonia, 08/04; Cafe Jonas, Copenhagen, 09/04; Fluxee, Turku, 10/04
My Siberia, vocal piece, Hull, UK, 10/01; Baltoscandal, Rakvere, 06/02; Kajaani Poetry Week, 07/02; Helsinki Museum of Cultures, 10/02; Tartto University, Estonia, 12/03; Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku, 03/04
Whistling 1 - 2, two concerts, Helsinki, 01/04

2003

Piping, concert with Markku Veijonsuo, trombone etc, and Jarkko Lievonen, lights, Helsinki, 11/03
What do you need to live? vocal performance, Mannerheimintie, Helsinki, 04/03; Taju 03, Hyvinkää, 06/03
matka maahan - expedition, as performer-musician, dir. Sibylla Klein, Puoli-Q, Helsinki, 01/03; Bremen, Germany, 10/03

2002

Meren kaislan kaunehuini, Voice Theatre Iki-Turso, Kemi, 08/02
Cry of the Iman, Voice Theatre Iki-Turso, Ateneum, Helsinki, 04–05/02; Cairo, Egypt, 09/02
City Talk, vocal performance, Mountain Standard Time, Calgary, Canada, 04/01; Urbani Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 07/02
EXERCISE, performances with musician Riitta Huttunen, Koetila, Helsinki, 05/02
hhhrrmmmm, Voice Theatre Iki-Turso, Kuusankoski Theatre Festival for Children, 05/02

2001

Dance Motives, improvisations with dancer-choreographer Katarina McAlester, Ateneum, Helsinki, 02–04/01

2000

Getting Old Project 1-2, vocal pieces, Ateneum, Helsinki, 09–10/00; VR warehouses, Helsinki, 12/00
Iki-Turso, rune singing, vocal theatre & concerts: Kajaani, 01/00; Kiev, Ukraine, 04/00; Helsinki, 09/00
StatueTalk2: 12 statues, 2 vocal performances, Lahti, 08/00

1999

Iki-Turso, as singer at Heikki Laitinen directed series of rune singing concerts, Omapohja, Helsinki, 09–12/99
Boy’s Toys, vocal piece, Q Theatre, Helsinki, 09/99; Manifesti-festival, Turku, 12/00
Taps & Tubes, vocal performance, Airbag, Genéve, 06/99
Namedays, 9 vocal performances, Helsinki, 06/99

1998

BOY, vocal piece, Museum for foreign art, Helsinki, 11/98
ToF, as performer, chor. & dir. Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo, Stoa, Helsinki, 08/98
1997
karu, as performer at Tero Nauha's performance, Theatre Museum, Helsinki, 09–10/97
Pointed boy, strong boy, vocal performances,  Tampere Theatre Summer, 08/97

1992–2000

Vocal work based on improvisation called kesken with Jaakko Nousiainen: live performances in Finland and abroad, tape pieces for radio, exhibitions and concerts & happenings in Finland and abroad, workshops etc. The latest: kesken vocal bus, Tampere Theatre Summer 1995–96; live soundscapes with dance for two choreographies by Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo – AKTI  in Ateneum, Helsinki, 08–09/96, plus Bubble Speaks at Bagnolet Finland, Stoa, Helsinki, 01/98; kesken – document, cd and 6 concerts, HecRec and Esplanade bandstand, Helsinki, 02/00

THEATRE WORKS

2010

No I Be Yonder, a concert like theatre piece with Geert Vaes, Eva Schram and Eveline Van Bauwel, s'Hertogenbosch, 03/10; theaterMalpertuis, Tielt, 03-04/10; Berchem, 04/10; Hasselt, 04/10

2009

50 Lovely Ways to Die, a piece of society theatre, with Kaja Kann, Tartu, 03/08; Baltoscandal, Rakvere, 07/08; Baltic Circle, Helsinki, 11/09
Houkka Bros.: Vaeltaja/Wanderer, table theatre, Kajaani Poetry Week, 07/03; Tampere, 08/03 & 04/05; Helsinki Festival, 09/03; Baltoscandal, Rakvere, Estonia, 06/04; Von Krahli, Tallinn, 05/05; Kunsten Festival Des Arts, Brussels, 05/05; Taju 05, Hyvinkää, 07/05; Homo Novus, Riga, Latvia, 09/05; Festival NET, Moscow, 11/05; Fondation Cartier, Paris, 12/05; Oslo & Bergen, Norway, 02/06; Vilnius, Lithuania, 05/06; Budapest, 11/06; Nordwind Festival, Berlin, 10/09
Houkka Bros.: Children, birds and flowers, do-it-yourselves musical, with Tero Nauha, Pietu Pietiäinen and Kristian Smeds, Baltoscandal, Rakvere, Estonia, 06–07/06; Helsinki Festival, 09/06; Lainsuojattomat Festival, Pori, 09/06; Budapest, 11/06; Helsinki, 10/07; Bergen, 10/07; Turku, 10/08; NET, Moskova, 11/08; Homo Novus, Riga, 09/09

2008

Houkka Bros.: Radio Doomsday, a direct radiotalkshow with Pietu Pietiäinen, Kristian Smeds and Tero Nauha, Baltic Circle, Helsinki, 05/08

2005

Joel and the night of stars, theatre monologue, Valtimonteatteri production at Vara-Q, Helsinki, 09–10/04; Lainsuojattomat, Pori, 09/04; Eno, Lieksa, Liperi, Kitee, 12/04; Vantaa, 02/05; Oulu, 02/05; Pieksämäki, 03/05; Helsinki, 03/05

2004

Mamma Meedio, live soundscape for a performance, Puoli-Q, Helsinki, 01–02/04; Hippalot 04, Hämeenlinna, 08/04

2001

Trombi, as performer, dir. Minna Vainikainen, Q Theatre, Helsinki, 06–08/01

2000

Leporello, theatre work shop, dir. Tine Madsen, Baltic Circle, Oldenburg, 11/99; Helsinki, 01/00

1999

Kalevala, live soundscape with Taito Hoffrén, dir. Atro Kahiluoto, Q theatre, Helsinki, 11/97–02/98; Baltoscandal, Rakvere, 06/98; Bombajuhlat, Nurmes, 07/98; Tampere Theatre Summer, 08/98; Reykjavik, 12/99

WORKS IN GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS

2006

What did you see? exhibition: vocal portraits & video, Muu gallery, Helsinki, 11–12/06
Dream of a telescope and a horse, av-installation with poet Kristiina Wallin and visual artist Niina Hartikainen, Lönnström art museum, Rauma, Finland, 06–09/06; Rikhardinkatu library, Helsinki, 11–12/06

2005

Memory works, exhibition with Nea Lindgren & Sándor Vály, 2 videos, 2 performances & concerts, Galleria U, Helsinki, 02–03/05

2004

Whole, audio installation with visual artist Peter Morrens, Dortmund Künstlerhaus, Germany, 05–07/04

2003

Boy and his toys, sound installation, Rauma Art Museum, 01–03/03

2001

Iki-Turso’s Vocal Guiding, Museum of Cultures, Helsinki, 02–03/01
MuseumTalk 1–6, vocal performances in Helsinki: Museum of Architecture, 03/00; Museum of Cultures, 03/00; The Old student house, 03/00; Tennispalace Art Museum, 10/00; Kunsthalle, 11/00 & 01/01

SOUNDSCAPES AND RADIO WORKS

2009

Smoking Woman, SoundLAB VI, http://soundlab.newmediafest.org/blog/

2007

Who was Minna Canth? radio work, Yle 1, Finnish Broadcasting Company
What did you see? radio work, Yle 1, Finnish Broadcasting Company
Dream of a telescope and a horse, radio work with Kristiina Wallin's poems, Yle 1, Finnish Broadcasting Company

2006

RDT, vocal composition, The Finnish Radio Theatre, 09/06
Humble bee, vocal composition, Wilderness Information Network, Upper Catskills, New York, 05/06
Aurinko on vaarallinen (The sun is dangerous), sound composition for a radio play, The Finnish Radio Theatre

2005

Onni tässä, hei (Onni here, hi), music and sound design for a Myrskyryhmä dance piece, chor. Pia Karaspuro, Helsinki, 10/05
Final Countdown, music and sound design, dir. Katarina McAlester, Finnish Theatre Academy, Helsinki 09/05

2004

DADAilylife, audio-textual installation by 10 Nordic sound & text artists, scenerum.org & Roskilde, Denmark, 09–10/04
Princess, sound composition for a radio play, The Finnish Radio Theatre

2003

Kiven napa, soundscape for Valtimonteatteri performance, Helsinki, 11/03–01/04

2002

My Siberia, soundscape for the Helsinki Museum of Cultures’ Siberia exhibition, 05/02–09/03

PUBLICATIONS

2006

Dream of a telescope and a horse, av-installation on cd-r

2003

Heart Talk, booklet

2002

Siberian Summer, cd-single, Testing Ground

2000

kesken – document, cd, HecRec

TRANSLATIONS

Prose, poetry, plays, pulp fiction and films to Finnish from Hungarian, Modern Greek and English.

EDUCATION

Master of philosophy, Helsinki University, theatre science and Hungarian language & culture, 1987–1995

MEMBERSHIPS

Artists' Association Muu, Charm of sound, Voice theatre Iki-Turso, Finnish Throatsingers Society, Tarihstan Academy

GRANTS & AWARDS

2009 Arts council of Finland; The Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2008 Nordic Culture Point; Finnish-Swedish Cultural Foundation; Finnish Cultural Foundation, 3-year grant; The Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2007 Prix Italia honorarium for the soundscape of radio play "Sun is dangerous"; The Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region Art Award; Arts council of Finland; Niilo Helander Foundation; Samuel Huber Art Foundation; City of Helsinki Cultural Office
2006 Arts council of Finland
2005 Arts council of Finland; Kordelin foundation; Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland; a honorarium for  "Joel and the night of stars" at Pieksämäki monodrama competition
2004 Frame; Kansan sivistysrahasto; Arts council of Finland; Finnish Cultural Foundation
2003 Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
2002 Arts council of Finland; Finnish Cultural Foundation
2001 Arts council of Finland; Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland; Finnish Cultural Foundation
2000 Finnish Cultural Foundation

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