Johannes Paulus Maurice Blok (b. 1979, the Netherlands) is a visual artist who lives and works in Finland. He holds degrees in sculpture and photography. He graduated from the Enschede Academy of Visual Arts (AKI ArtEZ), the Netherlands, where he specialised in sculpture and drawing.
Exhibitions/ Performances
2009 Oct/Nov Sequences, Reykjavik, Iceland
2009 Sep Infr'action, La Chapelle, Sète, France
2009 Aug OPEN10, Open Realization Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
2009 Jun Perf09, Gallery 3h+k, Pori, Finland
2009 May Suokissa, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
2009 April Lived spaces - Event II, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki,
2009 April Art Veturit, Veturihalli, Tampere Finland
2009 Mar Independent Art Fair, Clarion Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Feb ArtContact, HIAP, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Jan Fluxee, Tehdas teatteri, Turku, Finland
2008 International performance art festival, WLFRT, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
2008 Live Action 2008, Kungsportavenyn, & Valands Konsthögskol, Gothenburg, Sweden
2008 Sztukonawie II, Gryfino, Poland
2008 ArtContact, HIAP project room, Helsinki, Finland
2008 Kukkia ja Mediaa, Emma, Museum for modern art, Espoo, Finland
2008 MOPE08, Konsthall, Vaasa, Finland
2008 Diverse Universe IV, Cultural Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estomia
2008 Diverse Universe IV, performance event in Pärnu Artist House, Estonia
2008 La bas, Dynamical performance art festival, Pannuhalli, Helsinki
2007 Performance Now & After, Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 ArtContact, Forumbox, Helsinki
2007 Taidetta Lounasaikaan, Kanneltalo, Helsinki
2007 Exhibition and performance with Atte Uotilla at Galleria Titanik, turku, Finland
2006 Performance at the Taide-Panimo, Lahti, Finland
2006 Performance at PAIR01, Taide-Panimo,Lahti, Finland
2006 Nuoret 2006, Taidehalli, Helsinki, Finland
2005 “City Project” Enschede, the Netherlands/ Oberhausen, Germany
2005 “So fresh, exiting” participation at a one year during project at,
Expodium, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2005 "So fresh, exiting” Event #1 at the Moira, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2005 “Valosta” Tampere, Finland
2005 Gallery Expodium, “The Duke”, Utrecht the Netherlands
2004 “Untitled” performance with Florin Bobu and Birte Henselmans, Saint
Louis, Hengelo, the Netherlands
2004 “One meter looks different from over here than it looks from over
there, performance with Florin Bobu at the AKI “Eyewonder” festival, the Netherlands
2004 “East Meets West” Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Residence: May/June 2009 Helsinki Internantional Artist-in-Residence
Programme (HIAP), Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
Membership: AV-Arkki
Lahden Taiteilijaseura Ry
Publications: 9.10.2008 Henrik Strömberg, Göteborgs-Posten
22.5.2008 Ants Liigus, Pärnu Postimees
25.11.2006 Jenni Järvelä-Rooney, Etelä Suomen Sanomat
16.11.2005 Jorma Huovinen, Aamulehti
Other: Chairmember Poor Artists in Residence ry, 2008-
Tutor in sculpture, Community college of Kouvola, 2005-