Sami Juhani Aho

Born 16th July 1976, Rauma, Finland

E-mail: ahosami(at)hotmail.com

STUDIES
High school of Uotilanrinne, Rauma, graduated 1995
Turun piirustuskoulu (Turku School of Drawing), graduated 1999

EXHIBITIONS
Tähti (Star), Cosmic Comic Café, Turku 1999
Trying to Teach Them to Obey, Mera, Stockholm 2002

CO-EXHIBITIONS
Fast Forward, Rauma Art Museum 1992
Köysi (Rope), Köysirata Gallery, Turku 1996
A ponte movel, Cultural Centre of Brazil, Maputo, Mosambik 1998
Turku-Maputo-Turku, Köysirata Gallery, Turku 1998
Hvitträsk - Young Art of Medals, Kirkkonummi 1998
See It, Catch It, Touch It, Embassy of Finland, Haag, Netherlands 1999
Café at Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku 2000
Huomenta Eeden, B-galleria, Turku 2006
Eden Project Live, Comic Meets Theater, Halle, Germany 2006
Doozers in Eden, Stripdagen, Haarlem, Netherlands 2006

PUBLICATIONS
Tähti (Star), graphic novel 1999
Glömp, anthology, short story 2001
Väritön maailma (World without Colours), graphic novel 2002
Etsivä Salin ja katoamistemppu, Galax (Detective Salin and Mysterious Disappearing, Galax) 1, 2, 3, 4, Series of graphic novels 2003
Glömp 6, anthology, short story 2004
Galax 5, graphic novel 2004
Glömp 8, anthology, short story 2006

ART IN COLLECTIONS
Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo, Mosambik
City of Turku

GRANTS
Oskar Öflunds stiftelse, collective grant 1998
Art Committee of South-West Finland, grant for the graphic novel Väritön maailma 2001

AWARDS
Glömp 6, Prix Alternative, Best Alternative Graphic Novel, 32e Festival international de la bande dessinée Angoulême 2005

CONTEMPORARY ACTIVITIES
Preordered graphic novel for Stripburger Magazine, Slovenia
Graphic novel Galax 6
Full-length graphic novel
Series of sculptures, design and realization

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