Curriculum Vitae

 

Photo: Petri Virtanen/ National Gallery

 

Education

2000-2005    Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, painting department
1999-2000    Kankaanpää Art school

Solo exhibitions (selected)

2017 Arena, Forum box gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Sea Separates Us, EMMA, Espoo Modern Art Museum, Espoo, Finland
2014 Gladiator and other portraits, Gallery C4 projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Surrender, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Spring Exhibition solo, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 Hidden place, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
2008 Where is the afterparty 2, Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
2008 Where is the afterparty, Tm-gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2007 Masks, Gallery Bergman, Helsinki, Finland
2007 Party, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland
2006 Only cowgirls get the blues, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Watchers, Kunstfabrik, Berlin, Germany

Group exhibitions (selected)

2019 Coming: Gallery Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Coming: Susanne Pettersson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 Coming: Summer exhibition, The Art Center Purnu, Orivesi, Finland
2017 Ars Fennica Art Award nominee exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2017 In The Belly Of Painting , Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden
2017 Sensual Knowledge, Landskrona konstmuseum, Landskrona, Sweden
2016 Graphica Creativa-A Present to the Past, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
2016 Field Trip, Gallery Gallery Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2015 New Narrative and reader ,Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland
2015 New Narrative and reader, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, England, UK
2015 Shift in the Shadows- new acquisitions, Amos Andersons Art museum, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Akvarellsalong, Edsvik Konsthall, Sollentuna, Sweden
2013 Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 The Mall, Virka gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Moment, Amos Andersons Art museum, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Gallery Bergmans Sverigebåten, Gallery Winterviken, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Taabor 09, Nurmijärvi, Finland
2008 Päivi and Paavo Lipposen trusts collection exhibition, Kaiku-gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2006  Now and Then, Gallery G-18, Helsinki, Finland
2005  House of Princesses,  Art Goes kapakka- festival, Restaurant Rytmi, Helsinki, Finland
2005 The Biennial of Young Artists II – Small Heaven, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland

Awards and nominations

2017 Nominee, Ars Fennica Art Award
2015 Fine Arts Academy of Finland Award
2013 International Solo Award, Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenburg, Denmark
2012 Stina Krook stiftelse

Works in collections

Henna and Pertti Niemistö Collection of Contemporary Art
KIASMA-Museum of Contemporary Art
The Collection of Finnish State Art Commission
Saastamoinen Foundation
Gothenburg Museum of Art
The Jyväskylä City Art Collection
EMMA- Espoo Modern Art Museum
Amos Anderson Art Museum
HAM-Helsinki Art Museum
Finnish Art Society Deposition
Päivi ja Paavo Lipponen trusts Art Collection
Collections of the Academy of Fine Arts (Finland)

Illustrations

2001  Drawings for the art magazine Xanadu

Residences 

2016 Berlin, Germany, March, Bregenz Studio
2015 Reykjavik, Iceland, SIM residency
2012 Oaxaca, Mexico, November- December, Finish art foundations Atelje foundation
2010  Berlin, June, Uudenmaan taidetoimikunta (art commission of Uusimaa) 

Memberships

2007 >           Finland’s Painters union
2006 >           Helsinki Art society
2006 >           Finlands Art societys union

Articles/ Critiques

Raili Roth, Aamulehti, 19.12.2017
Seppo Metso, Turun Sanomat, 25.10.2017
Helen Korpak, Hufvudsstadsbladet, 21.10.2017
Aino Frilander, Helsingin Sanomat, 13.10.2017
Carolina Söderholm, Sydsvenskan, 24.3.2017, Sweden
Aino Frilander, Helsingin Sanomat, 3.1.2017
Alexandra Marila, Helsinki Art Guide, 10.1.2017
Mika Hannula, Taide 1/17
Minna Kontkanen, Suomen Kuvalehti, 5.1.2017
Niin & Näin, 3/2016
Bob Dickinson, The Doublenegative.co.uk, 8.4.2016, United Kingdom
Minna Hujanen, Eeva, March/ 2016
Helen Korpak, Hufvudsstadsbladet, 20.2.2016
Harri Mäkclin, Helsingin Sanomat, 19.2.2016
Louise Haggström, Smogga, 9.2.2016
Mikko Pesonen, YLE, 10.2.2016
Anneli Tuominen-Halomo, Länsiväylä, 30-31.1.2016
Bob Dickinson, Art Monthly/Jul-Aug / 2015, United Kingdom
Lauri Lehtinen, Suomen Kuvalehti, 15.5.2015
Aino Frilander, Helsingin Sanomat, 14.5.2015
Vesterbro Lokalvisen/ 2014, Denmark
FAT ( Finnish Art Today) magazine/ 2014
Helen Korpak, Hufvudstadsbladet, 4.10.2014
Aino Frilander, Helsingin Sanomat and Nyt liite/ no.17/2014
Pirkko Vekkeli, Voi Hyvin, 7/2014
Peter Michael Hornung, Politiken, 12.4.2014, Denmark
Veikko Halmetoja, Helsingin Sanomat, 17.8.2013
Marie Christine Skammelsen, Kunsten Nu, 15.3.2013, Denmark
Trine Ross, Politiken, 6.3.2013, Denmark
Jakob Anckarsvärd, Tidningen Kulturen, 28.2.2012, Sweden
Helsingin Sanomat and Nyt liite/ nro.36/2010
Kaisa Heinänen, Helsingin Sanomat,8.7.2009
Mia Haltia, Turun Sanomat, 28.9.2008
Marja-Terttu Kivirinta, Helsingin Sanomat,4.11.2008
Åbo Underrättelser, 27.9/2008
Sami Sjöberg, Aamulehti,10.10.2007
Noora Huhtanen, Voima, 9/2007
Pilvi Kalhama, Pinx.Maalaustaiteenmestareita, nr.6 WSOY/ 2006
Timo Valjakka, Helsingin Sanomat, 26.8.2006
Jessica Sundberg, Ny Tid, nr.49/ 2005

Curator

2013       Art Goes Kapakka festival, 27 Art Exhibitions
2010      Wall painting exhibition Moment at Amos Andersons Art museum, Helsinki, Finland