Ilja West was born in 1949 in Kuusankoski, Finland with the given name Ilkka O. Lehtinen. Since 1970 he has held more than 100 private exhibitions of which 20 outside Finland. In 1984 he adopted the artist name Ilja West. The list of major exhibitions held by Ilja West is below.
"Bird Tower",
Bronze
1970 Kouvola (Finland)
1971 Stockholm (Sweden)
1971 Helsinki (Finland)
1972 Kuusankoski (Finland)
1972 Lappeenranta (Finland)
1972 Karhula (Finland)
1974 Järvenpää (Finland)
1975 Karhula (Finland)
1976 Upplands Bro (Sweden)
1977 Stockholm (Sweden)
1977 Balsta (Sweden)
1978 Elimäki (Finland)
1979 Stockholm (Sweden)
1979 Kouvola (Finland)
1979 Kotka (Finland)
1981 Anjalankoski (Finland)
1982 Jämsänkoski (Finland)
1985 Kouvola (Finland)
1985 Helsinki (Finland)
1985 Kotka (Finland)
1986-1990 Art Center Ilja West
1990 Tallinn (Estonia)
1990 Hamburg (Germany)
1991 Moscow (Russia)
1991 Stockholm (Sweden)
1992 Cote d'Azur (France)
1997 Bangkok (Thailand)
1998 Kouvola (Finland)
1999 Bangkok (Thailand)
1999 Budapest (Hungary)
1999 Wien (Austria)
1999 Kathmandu (Nepal)
2001 Bangkok (Thailand)
2003 Bangkok (Thailand)
2003 Helsinki (Finland)
2004 Helsinki (Finland)
2004 Bangkok (Thailand)
2005 Tallinn (Estonia)
2005 Helsinki (Finland)