Kaarina Kaikkonen (Iisalmi, 1952) lives and works in Helsinki.
SOLO SHOWS
2025
Upcoming Carte Blanche à Kaarina Kaikkonen, Musée Hébert, Musée Archéologique and Musée Dauphinois, Grenoble, France
2024
The Tears Shed Because of You, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
And Its Was Empty, installation at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
Dancing Together, public installation at ArtHouse Jersey, Jersey, USA
2023
Reaching Light, Brescia, Brescia Capital of Culture, Chiesa di Borgo Trento, Brescia, Italy
Waves of Life, Bergamo, Brescia Capital of Culture, Via Tasso, Bergamo, Italy
Flying Waters, Riverrun Festival, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., USA
2022
Tied together, M77 Gallery, Milan, Italy
2020
I No Longer Hear You Singing, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Hanaholmen Gallery, Espoo, Finland
2019
Kaarina Kaikkonen, solo show at z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome
Tied together, M77 Gallery, Milan, Italy
2020
I No Longer Hear You Singing, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Hanaholmen Gallery, Espoo, Finland
2019
Kaarina Kaikkonen, solo show at z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome
2018
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Kunsten Museum for Art Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Kunsten Museum for Art Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark
We Are Still The Same, SALT Art Center, Oslo, Norway
From The Bottom Of My Heart, Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden
You Remain In Me,KUNSTEN Museum for Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
If I had Wings, Elevator of Marolles, Brussels, Belgium
Close To The Heart, ANNA3, Antwerpen, Belgium
2017
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2016
Falling light, Blooming Spirit, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2015
Kaarina Kaikkonen, We Share a Dream, Buffalo International Airport, USA
Kaarina Kaikkonen´s installation “A Waltz to Life”, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome
Kaarina Kaikkonen, We Share a Dream, Buffalo International Airport, USA
Kaarina Kaikkonen´s installation “A Waltz to Life”, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome
2014
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
Crossing Borders, Prato Contemporanea, City Prato and Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Whereabouts, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Tocando el cielo, CentroCentro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanìa, Madrid, Spain
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
Crossing Borders, Prato Contemporanea, City Prato and Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Whereabouts, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Tocando el cielo, CentroCentro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanìa, Madrid, Spain
2013
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Santiago (RCH)
Kaarina Kaikkonen, The Chilean National Museum for Fine Arts, Santiago (RCH)
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Santiago (RCH)
Kaarina Kaikkonen, The Chilean National Museum for Fine Arts, Santiago (RCH)
2012
Towards Tomorrow, site specific installation, MAXXI Fondation, Rome
Are we still going on?,site specific installation, Collection Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Having Hope, z2o Galleria | Sara Zanin, Rome
2011
As A Tree I Can Feel the Wind, Special project, Art Miami, Florida, USA
Towards Tomorrow, site specific installation, MAXXI Fondation, Rome
Are we still going on?,site specific installation, Collection Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Having Hope, z2o Galleria | Sara Zanin, Rome
2011
As A Tree I Can Feel the Wind, Special project, Art Miami, Florida, USA
Life Paths, Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
I Would Have Wanted to Blossom Out, Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
I Would Have Wanted to Blossom Out, Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2010
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Nurmijärvi Library, Nurmijärvi, Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Nurmijärvi Library, Nurmijärvi, Finland
Networking, curated by Julia Draganovic, site-specific installation in Piazza de' Calderini, Bologna (IT), realized for Bologna Art First 2010 Here and Now, Italy
2009
From Generation to Generation curated by Laura Barreca, z2o Galleria | Sara Zanin, Rome
From Generation to Generation curated by Laura Barreca, z2o Galleria | Sara Zanin, Rome
From Generation to Generation curated by Laura Barreca, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome
Kaarina Kaikkonen: Linjanmuutoksia - TR1 Exhibition centre / Taiderakennus TR1, Tampere, Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen - Oulo Taidemuseo - Oulu City Art Museum, Oulu City, Finland
Changes of Directions, Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere, Finland
2008
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Örebro Konsthall, Örebro, Sweden
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Örebro Konsthall, Örebro, Sweden
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Korjaamo Culture Factory, Helsinki, Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Forsblom Projects, Helsinki, Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Konsthallen Trollhättan, Trollhättan, Sweden
Kaarina Kaikkonen, l´Espal, Le Mans, France
Kaarina Kaikkonen,Norrtälje Konsthall , Norrtälje, Sweden
2007
Inner Borders, The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Inner Borders, The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Institut finlandais, Paris, France
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Galleria Pictor, Vihti, Sweden
And It Was Empty, University Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
2006
Across the Deep, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida, USA
Across the Deep, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida, USA
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Sweden
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Reaching Far, Rochester Cathedral, UK
The Presence of Absence, Remy Toledo Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
Queen of Night, Gallery Artina, Sweden
And It Was Empty, Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
Birds, Gallery Orton, Helsinki, Finland
2004
It Was Empty, Omniart, Art Basel-Miami, Miami, USA
A Path, Umedalen Skulptur, Umeå, Sweden
In the Darkness, Den Haag Sculptuur, Den Haag, Netherlands
It Was Empty, Omniart, Art Basel-Miami, Miami, USA
A Path, Umedalen Skulptur, Umeå, Sweden
In the Darkness, Den Haag Sculptuur, Den Haag, Netherlands
2003
Too Far from Home, Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden
Too Far from Home, Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden
Beyond Reach, Fabrica, Brighton, UK
Like a Bird of Passage, Gallery Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2002
Wohin, Rastatt Schloss, Rastatt, Germany
Wohin, Rastatt Schloss, Rastatt, Germany
2001
From Generation to Generation, Gallery Artina, Helsinki, Finland
From Generation to Generation, Gallery Artina, Helsinki, Finland
And the Wind Blows Over You, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Studio, Helsinki, Finland
2000
Way, Helsinki Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland
Way, Helsinki Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland
Kaarina Kaikkonen, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland
And the Wind Blows Over You, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland
GROUP SHOWS
2024
Natura/Utopia. L'arte tra ecologia, riuso e futuro, curated by Marco Tonelli, Palazzo Baldeschi, Perugia, Italy
Contrappunti, z2o Sara Zanin, Rome, Italy
2023
Baltic Horizons, State Gallery of Art, Sopot, Poland
2022
Kunsten Retro, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark
Threads of memory, Numeroventi, Firenze, Italy
2021
Porvoo Triennial, Porvoo, Finland
Harsomaa, Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere, Finland
Koivukujabiennaali 2021, Iisalmi, Finland
UNITY/PEACE/FORWARD, The John F. Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA
2020
Non-Sculpture: Light or Flexible, Changwon Biennale, South Korea
Sharing Our Dreaming Room, z2o Sara Zanin, Rome, Italy
2020
Non-Sculpture: Light or Flexible, Changwon Biennale, South Korea
Sharing Our Dreaming Room, z2o Sara Zanin, Rome, Italy
Traces, curated by Marina Dacci, Medieval Civic Museum, Bologna, Italy
2019
Blickhasen 12, Sculpture Biennale, Bad Homburg, Germany
Finnish Wave, Busan Art Museum, Busan, South Korea
2018
Nordic Views, Galleri Bo Bjergaard, Copenaghen, Denmark
2017
Itsenaisyys, Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
Donne di colore, Torre dei Lambardi, Magione (PG), Italy
Blickhasen 12, Sculpture Biennale, Bad Homburg, Germany
Finnish Wave, Busan Art Museum, Busan, South Korea
2018
Nordic Views, Galleri Bo Bjergaard, Copenaghen, Denmark
2017
Itsenaisyys, Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
Donne di colore, Torre dei Lambardi, Magione (PG), Italy
2016
Twinner #4 With Or Without Wings, Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
Twinner #4 With Or Without Wings, Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
2015
Industriale Immaginario, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2013
We Are the Boat, USE-Europa, Gare de l´Est, Paris, France
Nordic Cool, Kennedy Center, Washington, USA
Industriale Immaginario, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2013
We Are the Boat, USE-Europa, Gare de l´Est, Paris, France
Nordic Cool, Kennedy Center, Washington, USA
2012
A Connection, USE -Europa, Pharos Arts Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus
Memory – International Contemporary Sculpture, PAN-Palazzo delle Arti, Naples, Italy
Where Is My Home? USE-United States of Europa, Plataforma das Artes, Guimaraes, Portugal
Collage, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkä, Finland
What A Party! Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
USE-United States of Europe, International Airport Vilnius, Latvia
USE-United States of Europe, Railway Station Helsinki, Finland
Ekolandia, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland
A Connection, USE -Europa, Pharos Arts Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus
Memory – International Contemporary Sculpture, PAN-Palazzo delle Arti, Naples, Italy
Where Is My Home? USE-United States of Europa, Plataforma das Artes, Guimaraes, Portugal
Collage, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkä, Finland
What A Party! Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
USE-United States of Europe, International Airport Vilnius, Latvia
USE-United States of Europe, Railway Station Helsinki, Finland
Ekolandia, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland
2011
A Connection: United States of Europe, a travelling exhibition, FabrySTREFA, Lodz, Poland
Memory: new International sculpture, Rosenfeld Porcini, London, UK
Hiding Memories, Humanscape, Spazio Museale di Palazzo Tornielli, Ameno, Italy
Life Paths (installation with exhibitions by Jacob Hashimoto, Ola Kolehmainen, Ea Vasko, Niko Luoma and Charles Sandison) Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
The Gate, installation for IL CAOS - Conflitti, Isola San Servolo, side event, 54 Venice Biennial
Is There A Better Future? Critical Mass, International Public Art Project, St. Petersburg, Russia
A Connection: United States of Europe, a travelling exhibition, FabrySTREFA, Lodz, Poland
Memory: new International sculpture, Rosenfeld Porcini, London, UK
Hiding Memories, Humanscape, Spazio Museale di Palazzo Tornielli, Ameno, Italy
Life Paths (installation with exhibitions by Jacob Hashimoto, Ola Kolehmainen, Ea Vasko, Niko Luoma and Charles Sandison) Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
The Gate, installation for IL CAOS - Conflitti, Isola San Servolo, side event, 54 Venice Biennial
Is There A Better Future? Critical Mass, International Public Art Project, St. Petersburg, Russia
2010
Hanging onto each other, 6th Liverpool Biennial, Touched, Liverpool, UK
Growing Connection, Vancouver Biennial, in–TRANSIT– ion, Vancouver, Canada
Baltic Biennale II, St. Petersburg, Russia
Borås International Sculpture Festival 2010, Borås, Sweden
The Sixth Borough - Governors Island, No Longer Empty, curated by Manon Slome and Julian Navarro, New York , USA
Kesänäyttely - Kajaanin taidemuseo - Kajaani art museum, Kajaan, Finland
Den Gyldne, Vestjylland Art Museum, Tistrup, Denmark
MEMORY TRACES, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Finnland, Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz, Germany
Cosmos - Kunst Centret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
Etre Ainsi, Espace culturel Boris Vian, Les Ulis, France
Hiding Memories, No Longer Empty, Governors Island, New York, USA
Here and Now, Art First Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Hanging onto each other, 6th Liverpool Biennial, Touched, Liverpool, UK
Growing Connection, Vancouver Biennial, in–TRANSIT– ion, Vancouver, Canada
Baltic Biennale II, St. Petersburg, Russia
Borås International Sculpture Festival 2010, Borås, Sweden
The Sixth Borough - Governors Island, No Longer Empty, curated by Manon Slome and Julian Navarro, New York , USA
Kesänäyttely - Kajaanin taidemuseo - Kajaani art museum, Kajaan, Finland
Den Gyldne, Vestjylland Art Museum, Tistrup, Denmark
MEMORY TRACES, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Finnland, Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz, Germany
Cosmos - Kunst Centret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
Etre Ainsi, Espace culturel Boris Vian, Les Ulis, France
Hiding Memories, No Longer Empty, Governors Island, New York, USA
Here and Now, Art First Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2009
No longer empty: The invisibile dog, curated by Manon Slome, Asher-Remy e Julia Draganovic, with Tara de la Garza and Julian Navarra, Brooklyn, New York , USA
Confections, Biennale du Lin, Pontneuf, Québec, Canada
Ei saa peittää, Far ej overtracks, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Eskilstuna, Sweden
No longer empty: The invisibile dog, curated by Manon Slome, Asher-Remy e Julia Draganovic, with Tara de la Garza and Julian Navarra, Brooklyn, New York , USA
Confections, Biennale du Lin, Pontneuf, Québec, Canada
Ei saa peittää, Far ej overtracks, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Eskilstuna, Sweden
2008
My Space, The Palazzo Delle Arti Napoli, Naples
My Space, The Palazzo Delle Arti Napoli, Naples
And it was empty, Cairo 11thth Biennial, Cairo
Borås International Sculpture Festiva 2008, Borås (S)
Örebro OpenART 2008, Örebro Konsthall (S)
Pewna (SF)ia BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Wroclaw (PL)
Pewna (SF)ia, Oronsko Sculpture Center, Oronsko (PL)
Hoviart, Anttola (SF)
2007
Barely Legal, Chelsea Galleria, Miami
Barely Legal, Chelsea Galleria, Miami
Pewna (SF)ia, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice (PL)
Box, Gallery Alkovi, Helsinki
OH MY GOD, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Oslo
Age of the Animal, Ateneum Art Musem, Helsinki
Maco / Ashley Gallery, Mexico
Art Miami / Chelsea Galleria, Miami, Florida (USA)
PalmBeach3 / Remy Toledo Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida (USA)
2006
Like A Bridge Over Troubled Water, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata (J)
Like A Bridge Over Troubled Water, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata (J)
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata (J)
20/20, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, Florida (USA)
20/20, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, Florida (USA)
Influenced Identity, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida (USA)
Biennale Balticum, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma (SF)
Biennale Balticum, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma (SF)
Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä (SF)
Påskeudstillingen i Tistrup, Vestjylland Art Museum, Tistrup (DK)
2005
Fogelfrei, Stadt Paradies, Darmstadt (D)
Fogelfrei, Stadt Paradies, Darmstadt (D)
Omniart , Art Basel-Miami, Miami, Florida (USA)
Une certaine (SF), atelier340muzeum, Bryssel (B)
Den Gyldne, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2004
Omniart, Art Basel-Miami, Miami, Florida (USA)
Omniart, Art Basel-Miami, Miami, Florida (USA)
Umedalen Skulptur Umeå (S)
Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague (NL)
Den Gyldne , Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Postcards from Cuba, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
Sound and Fury, Iisalmi Art Hall, Iisalmi (SF)
Postcards from Cuba, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
Sound and Fury, Iisalmi Art Hall, Iisalmi (SF)
2003
Departure, 8th Havana Biennial, Cabana Fortaleza, Havana (C)
Departure, 8th Havana Biennial, Cabana Fortaleza, Havana (C)
Loud and proud, Anttolanhovi, Mikkeli (SF)
Night Train, Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2002
IN & OUT - Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio (SF)
IN & OUT - Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio (SF)
2001
In Via, Flemish Ministry, Brussel
Turpahöylä-Metamorphoses in Sculpture, Turku Art Museum, Turku (SF)
In Via, Flemish Ministry, Brussel
Turpahöylä-Metamorphoses in Sculpture, Turku Art Museum, Turku (SF)
The Spirit of The Forest, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
New Paper Art, Crafts Council, London
Art in Savo - Savo in Art, Lapinlahti Art Museum, Lapinlahti (SF)
MIELI-kuva Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä (SF)
Premiére, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Paper+(SF)=Art, Galerie Montcalme, Hull (USA)
Art in Savo - Savo in Art, Lapinlahti Art Museum, Lapinlahti (SF)
MIELI-kuva Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä (SF)
Premiére, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Paper+(SF)=Art, Galerie Montcalme, Hull (USA)
Harbourfront Center, Toronto (CA)
Nash Gallery, Minneapolis (USA)
2000
Transitions, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö (S)
Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock (D)
Qui a plante ces grands arbres?, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Espace Huit November, Paris
Transformations, Natural History Museum, Helsinki
Paper+(SF)=Art, The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador (CA)
Triangle Gallery, Calgary (CA)
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg (USA)
Transitions, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö (S)
Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock (D)
Qui a plante ces grands arbres?, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Espace Huit November, Paris
Transformations, Natural History Museum, Helsinki
Paper+(SF)=Art, The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador (CA)
Triangle Gallery, Calgary (CA)
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg (USA)
1999
Paper Worlds Musee de Pully, Lausanne (CH)
Galerie im Werkstatt Laden, Winterthur (CH
Aine Art Museum, Tornio (SF)
Paper+(SF)=Art, Mingei International Museum, San Diego (USA
Alkumeri, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku (SF)
Sky is the Limit Museum for Contemporary Art, Tampere (SF)
Three Women, Lapinlahti Art Museum, Lapinlahti (SF)
La Nature du Papier Salle des Cordeliers, Annonay (F)
Espace Valles,Grenoble (F)
Paper Worlds Musee de Pully, Lausanne (CH)
Galerie im Werkstatt Laden, Winterthur (CH
Aine Art Museum, Tornio (SF)
Paper+(SF)=Art, Mingei International Museum, San Diego (USA
Alkumeri, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku (SF)
Sky is the Limit Museum for Contemporary Art, Tampere (SF)
Three Women, Lapinlahti Art Museum, Lapinlahti (SF)
La Nature du Papier Salle des Cordeliers, Annonay (F)
Espace Valles,Grenoble (F)
1998
Funf Bildhauerinnen aus Finnland, Kulturbahnhof Eller, (D)
Paper+(SF)=Art American Craft Museum, New York City
The Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg, Chicago (USA)
Paper Worlds, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma (SF)
Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä (SF)
Funf Bildhauerinnen aus Finnland, Kulturbahnhof Eller, (D)
Paper+(SF)=Art American Craft Museum, New York City
The Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg, Chicago (USA)
Paper Worlds, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma (SF)
Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä (SF)
1997
Ireland and Europe, Iveagh Gardens, Dublin
Ireland and Europe, Iveagh Gardens, Dublin
Echo, Tallinna Art Hall, Tallinn (EST)
Glass and Light, Museum for Contemporary Art, Tampere (SF)
Fiber, Fiskars Art Center, Fiskars (SF)
Fiber, Fiskars Art Center, Fiskars (SF)
1995
Fair Wind, Hanko foreshore, Hanko (SF)
Fair Wind, Hanko foreshore, Hanko (SF)
River, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi (SF)
Art Works Work Spaces, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää (SF)
Art Works Work Spaces, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää (SF)
1994
Secret Garden, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna (SF)
Points of View, Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju (SF)
Secret Garden, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna (SF)
Points of View, Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju (SF)
1993-94
Nature of Paper, The Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko (PL)
Nature of Paper, The Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko (PL)
1993
Finnish Contemporary Art, Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä (SF)
Paper on Paper, Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta (SF)
Finnish Contemporary Art, Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä (SF)
Paper on Paper, Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta (SF)
1992-93
USA-Finland, Contrasts and Connections, itinerant exhibition (USA)
USA-Finland, Contrasts and Connections, itinerant exhibition (USA)
1992
12 Spaces, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava (SF)
12 Spaces, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava (SF)
1991
Set for the Sea, Gallery Titanic, Turku (SF)
Set for the Sea, Gallery Titanic, Turku (SF)
1990
A Stolen Kiss, Kotka Fire Station, Kotka (SF)
A Stolen Kiss, Kotka Fire Station, Kotka (SF)
AWARDS
2020
Prize Matti Nykänen Memorial competition Jyväskylä Finland
2016
Prize, Sculpture competition of Public art, Kirkonvarkaus , Mikkeli Finland
2013
Prize Matti Nykänen Memorial competition Jyväskylä Finland
2016
Prize, Sculpture competition of Public art, Kirkonvarkaus , Mikkeli Finland
2013
Chimera d’Oro, Icastica, I Biennale International d'Arte di Arezzo, Italy
2009
Honourable Prize, Cairo 11th Biennial, Cairo
Honourable Prize, Cairo 11th Biennial, Cairo
2004
The Public Prize, Den Haag Sculptuur 2004, The Hague (NL)
2001
The Prize of Enviromental Art (SF)
Finland Art Reward
Finland Art Reward
1998
II prize in the art competition, Espoo, (SF)
1996
II prize in the art competition, Hyvinkää, (SF)
1989
State Art Reward (SF)
1985
Prize in Nurnberg Drawing Triennale, Nurnberg (D)
1982
I prize in the art competition for Finnish Club, Helsinki
1979
Iisalmi City Art Reward, Iisalmi (SF)
State 5-year stipendium 1994-98, 2000-04, 2006-10
Candidate of Ars Fennica Prize 2001
Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant 1999, 2005
PUBLIC WORKS
2022
Höyhen,Olympic Champion Matti Nykänen memorial, Jyväskylä Finland
2021
Flow of Energy,School in Matinkylä, Espoo, Finland
2018
Lifetime Learning, Tesoma, Tampere Finland
2017
The Tree of Happiness, Tampere, Finland
Vasten auringon siltaa, Mikkeli, Finland
Blowing In The Wind, Stiftung Nantesbuch, Germany
2016
I Am Part Of This Song, Tampere House, Tampere Finland
In The End of Rainbow, Vantaa Finland
2015
Evening Star, Kivistö, Vantaa, Finland
The Upspringing Spirit, Vuores, Tampere, Finland
Step by Step, Simpukka Kindergarten, Iisalmi, Finland
2012
2017
The Tree of Happiness, Tampere, Finland
Vasten auringon siltaa, Mikkeli, Finland
Blowing In The Wind, Stiftung Nantesbuch, Germany
2016
I Am Part Of This Song, Tampere House, Tampere Finland
In The End of Rainbow, Vantaa Finland
2015
Evening Star, Kivistö, Vantaa, Finland
The Upspringing Spirit, Vuores, Tampere, Finland
Step by Step, Simpukka Kindergarten, Iisalmi, Finland
2012
Spread Your Wings! School of Käpylä, Helsinki
A Dream, Domodossola (IT)
2011
A New Tomorrow, Hyvinkää City Hall, Hyvinkää, (SF)
2009
Proceed, Hanasaari Culture Center, Espoo (SF)
Towards Deeper Waters, Mikkeli University, Mikkeli (SF)
2006
Children of Light, Savon Voima OY, Kuopio (SF)
2005
And the Wind Blows Over You, Ylöjärvi City Hall, Ylöjärvi (SF)
On the Wing, Heinola School, Heinola (SF)
On the Wing, Heinola School, Heinola (SF)
2004
A Path, Umedalen Sculpture Park, Umeå (S)
Towards Sun, Towards Moon, Viikki School, Helsinki
Song of Songs, Lapinlahti School, Lapinlahti (SF)
Towards Sun, Towards Moon, Viikki School, Helsinki
Song of Songs, Lapinlahti School, Lapinlahti (SF)
2000
Hope, Espoo Congregation House, Espoo (SF)
1993
Wall, Kivipankki Museum, Jämsä (SF)
1989 -93
Ohne Fahrkarte, Central Library in Rikhardinkatu, Helsinki
1989
The Word as the Sward, University of Joensuu, Joensuu (SF)
1988
Travelled Journey, Hartola Museum, Hartola (SF)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS - SELECTED-
Albright – Knox Art Gallery
State of Finland
MAXXI - Museo Nazionale Belle Arti, Rome
Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia
Foundation of Jenny and Antti Wihuri
Malmö Art Museum
Helsinki Art Museum
Borås Art Museum
Wyoming University Art Museum
Kuopio Art Museum
City of Iisalmi
Lapinlhati Art Museum
Oulu Art Museum
EMMA Museum for Modern Art
Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art
Collection Swanljung
Joensuu Art Museum
Mikkeli Art Museum
Aine Art Museum
City of Pieksämäki
Sara Hildén Art Museum
Collection Kaisa Blomstedt
Albright – Knox Art Gallery
State of Finland
MAXXI - Museo Nazionale Belle Arti, Rome
Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia
Foundation of Jenny and Antti Wihuri
Malmö Art Museum
Helsinki Art Museum
Borås Art Museum
Wyoming University Art Museum
Kuopio Art Museum
City of Iisalmi
Lapinlhati Art Museum
Oulu Art Museum
EMMA Museum for Modern Art
Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art
Collection Swanljung
Joensuu Art Museum
Mikkeli Art Museum
Aine Art Museum
City of Pieksämäki
Sara Hildén Art Museum
Collection Kaisa Blomstedt