Jani Leinonen’s world-famous Death of Capitalism gravestones are now shown in Showroom Helsinki. The exhibition will be open from 5th of October until 11th of November. You are welcome to visit Showroom Helsinki Wednesday – Friday 6pm – 8pm and Saturday-Sunday 12pm – 4pm. www.showroomhelsinki.com Photo: Ilkka Vuorinen
Jani Leinonen is posting pictures of his current works and events on Beacon Helsinki website.
Jani Leinonen recently gave a radio interview on the topic “How I became me”. The interview is with Jonni Roos and also includes Janis mom and Joonas Kota. You can listen to the interview on Yle’s website.
Jani Leinonen’s collaboration with shoe designer Minna Parikka has been noticed in different blogs all over the world. Here are some examples: GagafashionlandStatusmagonline LesmadsSapatosfemininos
Jani Leinonen has been included in a website called The Illuminator. The Illuminator is a project that aims to communicate news, both social and political, through art, photography, creative writing and film. You can read the article about Jani Leinonen and Artistic Terrorism here.
Jani Leinonen has ended up on the watchlist of Alain Bieber’s website rebelart.net. You can see the post here.
Jani Leinonen is presented by Galerie Gmurzynska at the International Exposition of Contemporary / Modern Art & Design in Chicago, USA. The Expo is held in Festival Hall at Navy Pier and will be open September 20-23.
Jani Leinonen’s Memorial Service –installation will be shown at the ArtHelsinki contemporary art event in Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre 12.-16.9. Jani Leinonen’s Book No 1. which displays a wide range of his art will be released on the main stage of the fair on Wednesday 12.9. at 16.00. During the event the Finnish minister of culture, Paavo Arhinmäki, will be interviewing the artist. Leinonen will also be interviewed on the main stage on Saturday 15.9. at 13.30.
Jani Leinonen is one of the artists taking part in an exhibition called Boutique in Amos Anderson Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland. Boutique is a wide-ranging multi-art form exhibition that fuses fashion with art. The exhibition has been curated by Annamari Vänskä and created in the spirit of collaboration and community. Five teams – each consisting of an artist and a designer – have created joint works of art. The teams are Paola Suhonen–Mikko Ijäs, Katja Tukiainen–Samu-Jussi Koski, Tero Puha–Teemu Muurimäki, Salla Salin–Timo Rissanen and Minna Parikka–Jani Leinonen. The exhibition is part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 official …
Jani Leinonen and his works were recently mentioned twice on a Finnish art blog Alaston kriitikko written by a Helsinki-based writer and art critic Otso Kantokorpi. He wrote first about stickers of Leinonen’s works that are spreading around the city and later about the House of Democracy at the World Village Festival. http://alastonkriitikko.blogspot.com/2012/05/julkista-taidetta-58-katutaidetta-72.html http://alastonkriitikko.blogspot.com/2012/05/nayttelykuvia-687-688-689-690.html