CV 02/12

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 six hundred performances of one hundred and thirty different works in twenty-five 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 is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Below the latest and the most important works:

PERFORMANCES


2012

10 journeys to a place where nothing happens, with Taito Hoffrén, Baltic Circle, Helsinki, 11/10; Kajaani Poetry Week, 07/11; Homo Novus, Riga, 09/11; Spielart, Munich, 11/11; brut, Vienna, 01/12


2011

It seems a good place to build a house , with Kaja Kann, Nordwind, Kampnagel, Hamburg, 12/11
In the 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; Nordwind, Volksbühne, Berlin, 12/11
MASKI, procession, with Geert Vaes, Art in Odd Places Festival, New York, 10/11
Vocal Portraits, Anti Festival, Kuopio, 09-10/11; Pori Art Museum, 05/11; Vooruit, Gent, 12/07; Muu Gallery, Helsinki, 11-12/06; Suomi Art Fair, Cable Factory, Helsinki, 09-10/05; Tampere Theatre Summer, 08/05; Signal&Noise, Vancouver, 04/05; Anti Festival, Kuopio, 09/03
Talk to me, as performer in Mart Kangro's choreography, Zodiak and Helsinki Festival, 08/11; Kanuti Gildi SAAL, 08-09/11
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; Olavsfestdagene, Trondheim, 07/11
JIRK: Peppuesie, sound poetry with Dirk Hülstrunk, Jyväskylä, 04/11; Frankfurter Lyriktage, 05/11
La siege de l'air, concert with Sándor Vály, Pori Art Museum, 05/11; Servataguse Muusika Klubi, Tarto and Tallinn, 12/09
Talkie-Walkie, a living sound installation with Geert Vaes, Sidestep Festival, Helsinki, 02/11
Jargon, a year-long series of performances at the politicians' statues in Helsinki, on the politicians' birthdays
Digested, a year-long series of performances at the writers' statues in Helsinki, on the writers' birthdays


2010

Kallocain - an opera for two voices, with Girilal Baars and Kaja Kann, Kalv Festival, 08/10
No I Be Yonder, concert-like theatre piece with Geert Vaes, Eveline Van Bauwel and Eva Schram, theaterMalpertuis production, 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.: 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; Meteor 2007, Bergen, 10/07; Turku, 10/08; NET Festival, Moscow, 11/08; Homo Novus, Riga, 09/09


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
Amorph!08, artistic curator of the festival for performative arts, organizer Artists' Association Muu, Paris, 05-06/08 and Helsinki, 08-09/08
Houkka Bros.: Radio Doomsday, a direct radiotalkshow with Pietu Pietiäinen, Kristian Smeds and Tero Nauha, Baltic Circle, Helsinki, 05/08


2007

Who was Minna Canth? vocal performance, Kuopio, 09/07


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 , a performance, IRTI festival, Ristijärvi, 06/06
Rakki, a vocal piece, Forum Box, Helsinki, 02/06


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
Tauko / Pause, a performance, dir. Sibylla Klein, dance Pia Karaspuro, music Andreas Fulgosi & JV, Helsinki, 11/04
My first Siberia/Minun Siperia, a vocal piece, Hull, UK, 10/01; Baltoscandal, Rakvere, 06/02; Kajaani Poetry Week, 07/02; Helsinki Museum of Cultures, 10/02; Tarto University, Estonia, 12/03; Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku, 03/04


2003

What do you need to live? a vocal performance, Mannerheimintie, Helsinki, 04/03 ; Taju 03, Promenadigalleria, Hyvinkää, 06/03
matka maahan - expedition, as performer-musician, dir. Sibylla Klein, Puoli-Q, Helsinki, 01/03; Bremen, 10/03


2002

Cry of the Iman , Voice Theatre Iki-Turso, Ateneum, Helsinki, 04-05/02; Cairo, Egypt, 09/02
City Talk, a vocal performance, Mountain Standard Time -festivaali, Calgary, 04/01; Urbani Festival, Zagreb, 07/02


2001

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


2000

Getting Old Project 1-2, vocal pieces, Ateneum, Helsinki, 09-10/00; VR warehouses, Helsinki, 12/00
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
Iki-Turso, as a singer at Heikki Laitinen directed series of rune singing concerts, Omapohja, Helsinki, 09-12/99
Boy's Toys, a vocal piece, Q Theatre, Helsinki, 09/99; Manifesti-festival, Turku, 12/00
Namedays, 9 short vocal pieces, Helsinki, 06/99


1998

BOY, a vocal piece, Museum for foreign art, Helsinki, 11/98
ToF, as a performer, chor. & dir. Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo, Stoa, Helsinki, 08/98



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



SOUNDSCAPES, COMPOSITIONS AND RADIO WORKS

2011

Eolenius the witch , direction of a radio play, Radio Theatre, Yle 1, Finnish Broadcasting Company
The dean's last journey , direction of a radio play, Radio Theatre, Yle 1, Finnish Broadcasting Company

2007

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

2006

The sun is dangerous, sound composition for a radio play, The Finnish Radio Theatre

2005

It's 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

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



WORKS IN GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS

2011

Year, a sound installation with architect Kari Sivonen, Rikhardinkatu library, Helsinki, 01-06/11

2009

DADAilylife, audio-textual installation by 10 Nordic sound & text artists, scenerum.org & Roskilde, Denmark, 09-10/04; Museum of contemporary art, Roskilde, 06-08/09

2006

What did you see? an exhibition: vocal portraits & video, Muu gallery, Helsinki, 11-12/06
Dream of a telescope and a horse, an 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, an exhibition with Nea Lindgren & Sándor Vály, 2 videos, 2 performances & concerts, Galleria U, Helsinki, 02–03/05

2004

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

2003

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

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

2012 Arts council of Finland
2011 The Cultural Endowment of Estonia; Arts council of Finland
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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