Born 1964 in Helsinki, Finland
Currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany

EDUCATION

1988 1992    University of Helsinki, Department of Journalism
1993 1999    Master of Arts in Photography, University of Art and Design Helsinki

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017
Sketches of Spain, Galerie Senda, Barcelona
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbu

2015
Ola Kolehmainen, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
Sense of Volume, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

2014
Kompositionen mit Licht und Zeit, Stefan Vogdt, Galerie der Moderne, Munchen Germany
Reason and Intuition, Museum Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery, London
Geometric Light, Haus am Waldsee Museum, Berlin

2012
The First Kiev International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine
Traditions, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
Enlightenment, Alvar Aalto Museum, Finland
Galerie Brandstrup, Oslo,  Norway

2011
Gallery Taik, Bergstrasse, Berlin
Gallery Taik, Lindenstrasse, Berlin

2010    
17th Biennale of Sydney, AUS
Colour Urban Structures, Galerie Artfinder, Hamburg, DE
Galerie Vanguardia, Bilbao, ES
Galerie Brandstrup, Oslo, NO
A Building is not a Building, KUNTSI, Museum of Modern Art, Wasa, FI

2009    
A Building is not a Building, KIASMA, Helsinki, FI
A Building is not a Building, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, DK
A Building is not a Building, New Art Gallery Walsall, UK
Ola Kolehmainen, Jyrki Parantainen, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2008   
Ola Kolehmainen, PurdyHicks Gallery, London
Ola Kolehmainen, Galerie Senda, Barcelona

2007   
Mirrors and Windows, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels
Ola Kolehmainen and Pertti Kekarainen, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo

2006   
Espace des deux arbres, Artothèque de Caen, Caen, France
Fraction, Abstraction, Recreation, Galería Salvador Díaz, Madrid
Arquitectura en dos dimensions, SEA, Castillo de Santa Bárbara, Alicante

2005   
Space is Unknown, dominique fiat, Galerie, Paris
Minimalism is My Great Love, artfinder Galerie, Hamburg
Search for Mastery, Galerie Neii Licht, Dudelange, Luxembourg

2004   
Search for Mastery, Museum Waldhof, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Construction II, Galerie sphn, Berlin

2003   
Construction, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

2001   
The Yellow Staircase, site-specific public work commissioned by Helsinki Festivals

2000   
Golden Hall, i8 galleri, Reykjavik

1999   
Pyramid, gallery installation, Zinc Gallery, Stockholm

1998   
Portaikko-Trappan, gallery installation, Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki

1997   
Temple, gallery installation, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki

1996   
Exitus, Rantagalleria, Oulu, Finland

1995   
Exitus, Laterna Magica, Helsinki
Gallery installation, Gallery Finnfoto, Helsinki

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010   
Helsinki School-Seven Approaches, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, USA

2009    
Auf der Spitze des Eisbergs – Neue Fotografie aus Finnland, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, DE

2008    
Mois de la Photo, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, FR
En Privat 1, Esbaluard, museu d'art modern I contemporani de palma, Palma de Majorca, ES
Artistas y Fotógrafos – Imágenes para una colección, Museo de Madrid Arte
Contemporáneo, Madrid, ES
Nessuna onda può pettinare il mare, Fotografia Italiana, Milan, IT

2007   
Farben – Weiss, Thema: Equality, XIV. Rohkunstbau, Schloss Gross
Leuthen, Spreewald, Germany
Boogie Woogie—Art and Jazz, Kunsthalle Helsinki
Stadtfinden_Moderne: A virtual tour through Interbau 1957 (International Architecture Exhibition), Berlin
Helsinki School, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
The Helsinki School of Photography, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
Photo Finnish: The Helsinki School, Stenersen Museum, Oslo

2006   
Intersection—Between Past and Future, Pori Art Museum, Finland
Ideal Cities—Invisible Cities, Zamość, Poland
1 2 3 4, the Architecture of Sauerbruch Hutton, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Minimal Quotation, Artfinder Galerie, Hamburg
The Helsinki School, Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles, Brussels
Dialogue Helsinki School, Langhans Galerie Praha, Prague
Helsinki School, Borås Konst Museum, Borås, Sweden
Nordic Cut, Helsinki School, Art Pavilion, Zagreb, Croatia
Opterracuna: Anton Henning, Ole Kolehmainen, Sven Kroner, Anj Smith, Robert Miller Gallery, New York

2005   
The Helsinki School—A New Approach, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
The Helsinki School—A New Approach, Kulturhuset, Stockholm

2004   
Galería Salvador Díaz, Madrid
Made in Berlin, Art Forum Berlin
roellin|duerr galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland
The Helsinki School, Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
30 by TaiK, The Helsinki School—A New Approach, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki

2002   
Le Bâti et le Vivant (The Built and theLiving), Chapelle du Rham, Luxembourg
Brussels—Helsinki, La Maison d'Art Actuel des Chartreux, Brussels
Helsinki—Brussels, Valkoinen Sali, Helsinki
New Pictures—Brotherus, Kella, Kolehmainen, Lajunen, Parantainen, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
Northern Spell, Finnish Embassy, Washington D.C.
Toronto University Art Center, Toronto
Kuvitelmia/Fantasies, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland

2001   
Magnetic North, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, England
Finnish Photography, Gallery Christian Dam, Copenhagen
Gallery Christian Dam, Oslo

2000   
100 Show: 90 Designers–10 Artists, Helsinki

1999   
Tila–Espaces, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Spaces, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki

1998   
Blue You, Into Gallery, Helsinki
Me, Myself and I, Bensow House, Helsinki

1996   
Photography Finlandia Award, Helsinki
European Photography Award, Bad Homburg, Germany


MONOGRAPHS

2009    
David Elliott, Alistar Hicks, Arja Miller, Taru Tappola. Ola Kolehmainen: A Building is not a Building, Hatje Cantz Verlag

2007   
Martina Fuchs, Mark Gisbourne. Ola Kolehmainen: Abstraction, Fraction, Recreation, Hatje Cantz Verlag

2004   
Honnef, Klaus and Ferdinand Protzman. Ola Kolehmainen: Search for Mastery. Bielefeld: Kunstverein Bielefeld.

1994   
Qinterro, OPUS 26, gravure portfolio


WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Colección Pilar Citoler, Madrid
Deutsche Bank, Germany, Great Britain
DZ Bank, Germany
Fundación Centro Ordóñez-Falcón de Fotografía, Spain
Peter W. Klein Collection, Germany
Malmö Art Museum, Sweden
Roland Berger Collection, Munich, Germany
European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Heino Collection, Helsinki, Finland
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi, Finland
Espoo Art Museum, Finland
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo, Finland
SOK Collection, Helsinki, Finland
City of Muurame, Finland
UPM-Kymmene Collection, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Kouri Collection, New York, NY, USA
Lars Swanljung Collection, Helsinki, Finland
State Art Council, Stockholm, Sweden
State of Finland

Private and Company Collections Located in:
Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland