Awards
Skelleftea Art Society, Sweden
One Person Exhibitions
2005
Kaustinen, Finland,Folk Arts Centre; Thorns and Soft: The Art of Tyyne Esko
2003
Saarijärvi, Finland; Saarijärven Museo
2002
Luise Ross Gallery, New York
1994,78
K.H.Renlund Museum, Kokkola
1991
Galleria Justus, Kannus
1991,86,84,83
Kellari-Galleria, Helsinki
1989
The Finnish National Board of Social Welfare, Helsinki
1984
Postipankki Bank, Kokkola
1983
Valaja Art Gallery, Kouvola
1983
Town Library, Kuusankoski
1979,77
Art Gallery, Helsinki
1978
Gallery Strindberg, Helsinki
1978
Expolaris Hall, Skelleftea Art Society, Sweden
1977
City Library, Lahti
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005
New York, NY, Andrea Rosen Gallery; A Selection of Works from the Luise Ross Gallery
Helsinki, Finland, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma; From Art Brut Classics to New Inventions
2004-5
Chicago, IL, Luise Ross Gallery booth; Intuit Fair of Folk and Outsider Art
2004
London, UK; Mexico Gallery,Equal Rights to Creativity: An Exhibition of Outsider Art
2004
New York, NY; Luise Ross Gallery, Dopes, Dupes, and Demagogues: Viewed by Outsiders
2003
Lawrenceville, NJ; The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Outsider Art: The Inner Worlds of Self-Taught Artists
2007,5,4,3,2
New York, NY, Luise Ross Gallery booth; Outsider Art Fair
2001, 00
Helsinki National Art Museum, Self Made Life (ITE/DIY Lives - Modern Finnish Folk Art Exhibition) (travelled to Kaustinen Center of Folk Art)
Recent Literature
Gomez, Edward M. ”Tyyne Esko: A Social Critic Who Makes the Ordinary a Weapon”, The New York Times, 26 May 2002, Section 2 page 1 (illus., color)
Karlins, Nancy F. ”Tyyne Esko: Finnish Artist of Poetry and Protest”, Folk Art Messenger, Summer/Fall 2002, pp. 4-7 (illus., color)
Itkonen, Satu. Kaikki piikkini jotka sain: Tyyne Eskon maalauksia. Helsinki: Maahenki Press, 2004.
Public Collections
Finnish National Board of Social Welfare, Helsinki
Institute of Pathology, Helsinki
Town Museum, Saarijarvi
Skelleftea Police Station, Skelleftea, Sweden
K.H. Renlund Museum, Kokkola
