Jo Niemeyer

1966 – 1967
periods of study in Canada, USA and Scandinavia
Stipendium
1962 – 1965
studied graphic arts and photography
1967 – 1968
studied at the Helsinki Institute “Ateneum” forIndustrial Design

1966
painted his first pictures involving geometric structures
1970
began working as an independent artist
1971
first paintings based on serial principles, systematic investigations of pictorial forms, ordering systems and pictorial structures
1979
worked on the project “Modul 618”
1983 – 1986
taught at the Finnish Academy of Arts in Helsinki
1989
first drafts for the land-art project “20 Steps”
1997
installation of “20 Steps around the Globe“ in Ropinsalmi, Finland, and Nickle, GUS
2005
* the project “light“, Mt. Toubkal, Morocco * installation of “Oxford2Oxford“ at The Queen's College, Oxford, England