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CV VALTER STRANDEN


Painter  

Born 1994, Helsinki, Finland  

Based in Helsinki  

jvstranden@hotmail.fi



EDUCATION


2018–2022    Painter, Free Art School (Vapaa Taidekoulu), Helsinki  

2001–2013    Rudolf Steiner School, Helsinki  



SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2025    Varjoissa kypsyvä valo, Out of the Box Gallery, Helsinki  

2025    Maalauksen magiaa, Pääskypellon palvelukoti, Porvoo  

2024    Hereillä unessa, Kaapelin konttori, Helsinki  

2023    Ystävällisten haamujen vuori, Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki  

2022    Feelings On Canvas, Galleria Vaaga, Cable Factory, Helsinki  

2014    Solo Exhibition, Harjun nuorisotalo, Helsinki  



GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2026    Katse/Gaze, Galleria Toinen Silmä, Helsinki  

2025    Table Paintings, Hotel AX, Helsinki, on display from 1 May 2025–  

2024    Summer Blues, Summer Exhibition, Helsinki Artists’ Association, Helsinki  

2024    Skanno X Finnish Painters’ Union, Skanno Showroom, Erottaja 2, Helsinki  

2024    Urbana Hortus, Group Exhibition, Helsinki Artists’ Association, Taidekeskus Ahjo, Joensuu  

2022    Vapaa ’22, Graduation Exhibition, Puristamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki  

2022    Free Art School Sales Exhibition, Galleria Vaaga, Cable Factory, Helsinki  

2019    Vapaan Ekat, 1st Year Exhibition, Free Art School, Galleria Vaaga, Cable Factory, Helsinki  

2019    Free Art School Sales Exhibition, Galleria Vaaga, Cable Factory, Helsinki  



GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS


2022    Scholarship from the Anita Snellman Foundation  



MEMBERSHIPS


2023–    Member, Finnish Painters’ Union (Taidemaalariliitto)  



WORKS IN COLLECTIONS


Private collections in Finland and abroad