About the Galleri Bergman
History
The gallery started when I had taken my exam from the art academy in 2006. I was at that time mainly doing time consuming installation works and that suited very bad in Helsinki where galleries have high rents and narrow time limits for exhibiting artists. I then decided to transform my working studio into a temporary gallery to show my own works. The initiative got appreciated and the idea to invite friends and colleagues to exhibit was born. The first in this series of exhibitions was held in 2007.
Agenda
Solidarity This means that the invited artists don't pay rent for the time they are exhibiting, but are seen as an access and attraction not only for the gallery but for the whole area. Galleri Bergman has as a goal to strength the rights and the possibilities for the individual to show their works and to ask questions on their surrounding. Galleri Bergman are tailor sewing exhibitions to suite the needs of the artist and to suite for an educational purpose (ex the galleries summer project www.solarpool.fi)
Ecology in September 2009 Galleri Bergman installed a set of solar panels on the roof of the building. The solar panels contributes to the electricity production to illuminate the newly installed LED lighting system in the gallery. This is one part of the creation of situations where the visitors latently can interact with questions regarding ecology and the near surroundings. For example the gallery presence have contributed to keep open one of the beautiful inner yards of Uudenmaankatu for the public at weekends. Many small creeks like that contributes to openness, understanding and a democratic development in society.
- Anders Bergman
Solar Energy at Galleri Bergman
Galleri Bergman has opened its photovoltaic solar energy system on 17 September 14 hrs at Uudenmaankatu 23c in Helsinki. Anthony Pereira from New York took part in the opening and gave later in the afternoon a lecture on renewable energy.
Renewable Energy for the Built Environment
Anthony Pereira
17th of September 15.00
G18, Yrjönkatu 18, Helsinki
Anthony Pereira, President and CEO for altPOWER Inc www.altpower.com has more than a decade of experience in leadership of building renewable energy projects throughout the New York Metropolitan area with some of the leading architectural, engineering and construction management firms in the world. Within the past 10 years he has built altPOWER into one of the most successful and well respected renewable energy businesses in the Northeast.
The lecture will touch fields as architecture, design, technique, art and renewable thinking. What will the futures city and society look like and how will we be able to satisfy our energy needs? Renewable energy is a must for the future but how can we switch from the energy sources that we are currently using? How can we citizens effect the situation or is this something that we should hand over to the politicians?
Anthony Pereira and his work has been featured in professional papers on renewable energy and he has been a speaker on the topic at numerous events and conferences throughout the world. He has also been a featured guest on several local, national and international radio and television programs.
Free entrance to the lecture on 17 September 15.00 hrs, but assure a seat by sending a mail to produforum@produforum.fi
The lecture is arranged as a co-operation between Galleri Bergman, Produforum and Yrkeshöskolan Novia.
Awards Anthony Pereira has received within the last years
- February 2009,
Anthony received the U.S. Department of Energy's Transformational Energy Action Management Special Achievement Award for Technology Demonstration, in recognition of outstanding energy management in DOE facilities.
- February 2008,
Anthony was honoured as a young leader in the architectural glass industry by Glass Magazine's with their annual 20 under 40 Awards.
- October 2008,
Anthony was featured as the North American entrepreneur for the CNBC production ‘'A MEETING OF MINDS'' a documentary about 4 leading global entrepreneurs one each from Asia, Japan, Europe and North America.
- October 2008
Anthony was recognized by the Association of Energy Engineers as a "Legend in Energy".
- Jan 2008
Anthony was recognized as American Business Entrepreneur with a permanent display at the Museum of American Finance, located on Wall Street, New York, NY.
- May 2007
Anthony was awarded the Association of Energy Engineers 2007 Renewable Energy Innovator of the Year, an international award.
- July 2006
Anthony was awarded for Energy Professional Development by New York Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).
Anthony Pereira, 17/09/09, solar opening lecture
open wed-fri 12.00-18.00 sat-sun-12.00-17.00
Helsinki, Uudenmaankatu 23c (inner yard)