Contact Us

Please email us to wwickiserg@aol.com. Thank you!

212-625-0601

Soil Yli-Mäyry_Resume

Soile Yli-Mäyry


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011 Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, Florida

Gallery Viktoria, Gothenburg, Sweden

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York

Gallery Seira, Tokyo, Japan

Soile Yli-Mayry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Gallery D’ Arte II Saggiatore, Rome, Italy

Artfolio Gallery, Singapore

Gallery Etienne de Causans, Paris, France

2010 Art Chamber, Goa, India

Art Chicago, Chicago

Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Soile Yli-Mayry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada

Gallery Arktika, Marktoberdorf, Germany

State of-the-Arts Gallery, Hong Kong

Art Miami, Miami

2009 Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, Florida

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York

Ofoten Museum, Narvik, Norway

Lakshana Art Gallery, Chennai, India

Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland

Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Luzern, Switzerland

Soile Yli-Mayry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Moisio Art Manor, Kouvola, Finland

Scand Art Gallery, Hollviken, Sweden

2008 Gallery Etienne de Causans, Paris, France

China Art Museum, Beijing, China

Green Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

2007 Art Chamber, Goa, India

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York

Gallery Nievergelt, Zurich, Switzerland

Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Gallery E. Pinomaa, Hanko, Finland

Artfolio Gallery, Singapore

Gallery Utställningssalongen, Stockholm, Sweden

Art Expo 21, Cologne, Germany

Gallery D’Arte Saggiatore, Rome, Italy

Sanskrit Gallery Kolkata, India

2006 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida

Green Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo

Art Avesta, Avesta, Sweden

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Mainau Castle, Germany

Lalit Kala (Art) Academy, New Delhi, India

Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern art, Shanghai, China

2005 . XI Indian Triennale, New Delhi, India

Amos Eno Gallery, New York

Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden

Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Savonlinna Art Museum, Savonlinna, Finland

Moisio Art manor, Elimäki, Finland

Gallery D’Arte Il Saggiatore, Roma, Italy

Artfolio Gallery, Singapore

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai China 

2004 . Gallery Nievergelt, Zurich, Switserland

Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Kassu Halonen Art House, Vaala, Finland

Gallery D’Arte Il Saggiatore, Roma, Italy

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Villa Otto Flath, Bad Segeberg, Germany

Pietarsaari Museum, Pietarsaari, Finland

Gallery Viktoria, Gothenburg, Sweden

2003 Amos Eno Gallery, New York

Green Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Gallery Georg Jaud, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland

Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Rheinfelden, Switzerland

Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Gallery E. Pinomaa, Hanko, Finland

China Art Museum, Beijing, China

Gallery Utställningssalongen, Stockholm, Sweden

Pinacoteca Art museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Lalit Kala (Art) Academy Gallery, New Delhi, India

2002 Gallery Ofoten, Narvik, Norway

Genkan Gallery / Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan

             Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Gaala Gallery, Turku, Finland

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Gallery D’Arte Il Saggiatore, Roma, Italy

Artfolio Space Gallery, Singapore

Imatra Art Museum

2001 Irving Arte Center, Texas

Volvo Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Gallery Utställningssalong Karlavägen 81, Stockholm, Sweden

Palm Springs Art Fair, California

Gallery Viktoria, Gothenburg, Sweden

Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Etienne de Gausans, Paris, France

Art Collection Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Soile Yli-Märyry Art Hall 

Gallery Cylinda, Sykkylven/Ålesund, Norway

Art Gallery Lennart, Naantali, Finland

Gallery D’arte Il Saggiatore, Roma, Italy

Neliö-Gallery, Oulu, Finland

Norsk-Finsk Kulturinstitut, Oslo, Norway

2000 . Das Neue Ratthaus, Weissenburg, Germany

Amos Eno Gallery, New York

Sollentuna Art Fair , Stockholm, Sweden

Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

The Marriott Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Raumo Art, Rauma, Finland

Cymrosa Art Gallery, Mumbai (Bombay), India

The Art Chamber, Goa, India

The Gallery Art & Design, Mexico City, Mexico

1999 . Shanghai Art museum, Shanghai, China

Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland

Museu de Cass Brasileira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Gallery Port, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gallery Etienne de Causans, Paris, France

Cultural Foundation Exhibition Hall, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

             Green Art Gallery , Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Nehru Center Art Gallery, Mumbai (Bombay), India

Nandor Mikola-Museum, Vaasa, Finland

Centro Cultural PUCP, Lima, Peru

City Hall, Lima, Peru

Gallery Geiger, Konstanz, Germany

Artfolio Space Gallery, Singapore

1998 . Amos Eno Gallery, New York

Gallery Ralino, Paujim-Goa, India

Ebury Galleries, London, Great Britain

Neliö-Gallery, Oulu, Finland

Ginza Gallery House, Tokyo, Japan

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall , Kuortane, Finland

Gallery Etienne de Causans, Paris, France

The Finnish Embassy, Washington, USA

Gallery Utställningssalong Strandvagen 13, Stockholm, Sweden

Rio Design Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

TAF 98 Art Fair, Taipei, Taiwan

Gallery Viktoria, Gothenburg, Sweden

The Finnish Embass, Brasilia, Brazil

1997 . Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Ebury Galleries, London, Great Britain

Ginza Gallery House, Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Nievergelt, Zurich, Switzerland

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall , Kuortane, Finland 

Israel Artist’s House, Jerusalem, Israel

Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

LKF  The Gallery, Hong Kong

Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland

TAF 97 Art Fair, Taiperi, Taiwan

Gallery Tonichi, Tokyo, Japan

1996 . Book Fair, Taipei, Taiwan

Städtische Sammlungen, Altes Rahaus, Schweinfurt, Germany

Hanse-Office, Brussels, Belgium

Gallery Paris, Yokohama, Japan

LKF The Gallery, Hong Kong

Nelio-Gallery, Oulu, Finland

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany

TAF 96 Art Fair, Taipei, Taiwan

1995 . Finland Design Cener, Sapporo, Japan

Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland

Shugado Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Gallery 17, Stockholm, Sweden

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland 

Amos Eno Gallery, New York

Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany

Gallery Kapriisi, Kuoplo, Finland

Gallery Geiger, Kornwestheim/Stuttgart, Germany

1994 . Gellery Nievergelt, Zurich, Switzerland 

Amos Eno Gallery, New York

Gallery Avenue Kobe, Kobe, Japan

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland

Gallery Vita, Bern, Switzerland

Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany

Gallery Tobia Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland

1993 . Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland

TIAS 93 - Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan

Art Expo Art Fair, New York

Miharayu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Gallery of Amer Cultural Foundation, Helsinki, Finland

Nelio-Gallery, Oulu, Finland

Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Hall, Kuortane, Finland

Gallery Kapriisi, Kuopic, Finland

Gallery Paris,  Yokohama, Japan

Gallery 17, Stockholm, Sweden

Gallery Tobias Loeffel, Basel, Switzerland

Agathenburg Castle, Stade, Germany

Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany

Gallery Musée, Nagoya, Japan

1992 . County Library, Kuortane, Finland

Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola Finland

Heinola Art Museum, Heinola, Finland

Gallery 17, Stockholm Sweden

Gallery Adriana, Stuttgart, Germany

Nakazawa Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Avenue Kobe, Kobe, Japan

Gallery Marius, Copenhagen, Denmark

Gallery Fabian, Västerås, Sweden

Rathaus, Suhl, Germany

Book & Library Fair, Gothenburg, Sweden

Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany

             Book & Press Fair, Geneva, Switzerland

Book Fair, Tokyo, Japan

1991 Gallery Auris, Hämeenlinna, Finland

Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland

Seinäjoki Art Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland

Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland

Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland

Neliö-Gallery, Oulu, Finland

Gallery Olab, Gothenburg, Sweden

Kunstforum, Schwäbish Gmünd, Germany

Gallery Hoffmann, Cologne, Germany

Book & Library Fair, Gothenburg, Sweden 

Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany

Alena Adlung Gallery, New York

1990 . Neliö-Gallery, Raahe, Finland

Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland

Ateljee-Gallery,  Lahti, Finland

Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland

Amos Eno Gallery, New York

Gallery Geiger, Kornwestheim/Stuttgart, Germany

Gallery Olab, Gothenburg, Sweden

1989 County Library, Kuortane, Finland

Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa, Finland

Art Gallery Fundart, Nastola, Finland

Neliö-Gallery, Raahe, Finland

Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland   

Kajaani Art Hall, Kajaani, Finaland

Municipal Library Exhibition Hall, Vantaa, Finland

Art Fair, Gothenburg, Sweden

Suomi Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Amos Eno Gallery, New York

Gallery Adriana, Stuttgart, Germany

1988 . Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland

Varkaus Art Museum

Oulu Art Museum

Finnish Glass museum, Riihimäki, Finland

Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, Finland

City Hall, Anjalankoski, Finland

Suomi Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

1987 . Municipal Library Exhibition Hall, Kuopio, Finland

Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland

Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo, Finland

Kuusankoski-House Exhibition Hall, Finland

Rauma Art museum, Finland

Suomi Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

1986 . Kaivopuisto Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Imatra Art museum, Imatra, Finland

Emil Cedercreutz Museum, Harjavalta, Finland

Seinäjoki Art Hall, Finland

1985 Callery Auris, Tampere, Finland

Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa, Finland

Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland

County Library, Kuortane, Finland

1984 Gallery Artre, Tampere, Finland

Kaivopuisto Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

1983 Brahe Gallery, Turku, Finland

Kaivopuisto Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

1982 Gallery Tawast, Hämeenlinna, Finland

1980 Gallery Malkki, Tampere, Finland 

1977 Municipal Exhibition Space, Valkeakoski, Finland

1976 Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa, Finland

1975 Gallery im Westen, Stuttgart, Germany

Before 1975 several groupexhibitions in Finland and abroad.


Selected Corporate Collections


Bell Atlantic, Toronto, Canada

Evli Bank, Helsinki, Finland

Hitachi Engineering, Japan

IBM Suttgart, Germany

Lahti Art Museum, Finland

McCann-Erickson Brasil, Sao Paulo

Nordic Investment Bank, Helsinki, Finland

North Pacific Bank, Sapporo, Japan

Orion Company, Helsinki, Finland

Oulu Art Museum, Finland

Outokumpu Company, Helsinki, Finland

Shanghai Art Museum


Education


1987 . Masters of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki, 

Lincentiate in 1995 (Culture Sociology)

1971 - 1972 Liberal Art Institute, Helsinki, Finland

1972 - 1975 The Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Germany


Selected Bibliography


2007 December 17, Colour of Consciousness, The Telegraph, Kolkata, India 

December 16, A Distinctly Leaden Effect, The Telegraph, Kalkota, India

October, Dream Bridge, 8 Days, Singapore, page 99

2005   January 25, Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, Colours of the Wind

The Indian Express, New Delhi, India

              January 21, Team Viva, Silent Song in Colors, The Pioneer Daily News, India

Soile Yli-Mäyry, Burning Ash, edited by Marja-Ieena Virtanen,

Gummerus Kustannus Oy, Helsinki, Finland

January 21, Colours of Life...and Knife, The Hinfu New Delhi, India

January 20, A Fine Finnish Touch, Delhi Times, India

January 17, Vinita Faridi, Vibrant Hues, Hindustan Times, New Delhi, India

2004    October 27, Lotta Back, Soile Yli-Mäyry Having Exhibition

Vasabladet, Sweden, page 10

September 8, Kuhllmann-Meincke, Soile Yli Has Exhibition, 

  Segeberger Nachrichten

2003    November 22, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition at China Art Museum,    

People’s Daily Overseas Edition, China

Painter From Northern Europe Having a Exhibition in Ginza

Asahi Daily News, Tokyo, Japan

November 22, Soile Yli-Mäyry’s Art Work, Beijing, China

Sun in the Bag, Vision Magazine, Beijing China, page 162

2002    October, An Art Exhibition by Finnish Artist Soile Yli- Mäyry

FBC News, Shingapore, page 16

September, Kurt J. Rosenthaler, Soile Yli-Mäyry’s Work, Germany

2001 . August 3, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong

April, Inner Cities, Hong Kong Tafler, Hong Kong, page 46

March, Recommendation of the Month, Home Journal, Hong Kong, page 38

February 28, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Singapore Newspaper, Hong Kong

February, Picsof the Week, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, page 21

2000 . December 3, A Different Vision, The Gallery Art & design, Mexico City 

November 29, Uses the Knife Like Paintbrush, Reforma  Cultura, Mexico city, Mexico

November 29, Pedro Luis Munguia, Finish Artist Uses Color To 

Escape From Weather,  The News Living, Mexico City , page 27

November 28, El Economist, Soile Yli-Mäyry from Finland, La PLAZA, Mexico City, Mexico, page 1

November 27, Uno Mas Uno Daily News, Mexico city, page 14

November 20, Natasha Israni, Urban Angst, India Today, Bombay, India

November 17, Vidyut Kumar Ta, An Artist Develops, The Times of India, Goa, India

November 5, Deepa Adhikari, A Colourful Finn & Burning Doors, Mid Day, India

1999 September 26, a staff reporter, Abdullah Open Finnish Art Exhibition, Khaleej times, Dubai, UAE

September 26, Abdullah Opens Art Show, Gulf News, UAE

September 26, Mariam Mathew, Finnish Artist’s Show Opened in Abu Dhabi, Guif Today, Abu Dhabi

September 25, Finnish Artist’s Work on Show Today, Al Ittihad Newspaper, UAE

September 23, a staff reporter, Finnish Artist’s Works on Show, Khaleej Times, Dubai, UAE

September 23, Marian Mathew, Finnish Artist in Capital for Maiden Mideast Show, The Gulf Today, UAE

April 20, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Buenos Aires

January 26, Finnish Artist on Display, China Daily, Shanghai, China

January 25th, Finnish Woman Painter Showing Her Specie Style in Shanghai, Xin Ming Evening News,  China

Cultural Foundation Exhibition Hall, Abu Dhabi, UAE

1997      October 19, Robin Lynam, Going Out, Sunday Morning Post, Hong Kong, page 16

Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition at Lan Kwai Fong The Gallery, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong

1996 . November 16, Asphalt Light, Lima, Peru, page C3

June 12, Acclaimed Artist Heads for Shanghai, South China Morning, Post, Hong Kong

April 29, Christine Ho, Art Facts, Hong Kong ELLE Decoration, Hong Kong, page 29

April 15, Desiree Au, Colourist Has an Eye for Detail, Hong Kong, Standard, page 14

April 14, Soile Yli-Mäyry‘s Exhibition at LKF Gallery, Sing Tao, Evening Post, Hong Kong

April 14 Robin Lynam, Going Out, Sunday Morning Post, Hong Kong

April, What’s on : At and About in HK....,Home Journal , Hong Kong, page 44

The Impression is Burning Snow,  Yomiuri Daily News, Hokkaido, Japan

Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition at Schweinfurt, Schweinfurter markt, Germany

The Exhibition in Schweinfurt, Germany, page 17

1994 . May 19, Soile Yli-Mäyry’s Work, Handels Zeitung, Zurich, Switzerland

May 10, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Mainichi Daily News, Kobe, Japan, page 21 

April, Leena Pulfer, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Finland Magazine, Switzerland

1993 . October 28, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Feuilleton, Switzerland, Israel

September 12, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition, Arbetet, Gothemburg, Sweden, page 36

1992 April 14, Yamamoto, Contention and Reconciliation with Urban Civilization, Kobe Daily News, Kobe, Japan, page 15

April 12, Painter from Finland, Having an Exhibition, Yomiuri Daily, Kobe, Japan, page 29

  April, Soile Yli-Mäyry Exhibition at Gallery Anenue Kobe, Kobe, Japan

Galleri Fabrian, Modernismens Traditioner, Vesferas, Sweden

1991 Soile Yli-Mäyry, edited by Matti Pukkila and Pentti Koivunen, 

Mark print, Lahti, Finland (text in Finnish, English, German, and Japanese)