Tuula Närhinen, b. 1967 in Helsinki
Studies:
Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA), 2008-2016 Uniarts Helsinki / The Academy of Fine Arts
M.Sc. (Archit.), 1990-98 Helsinki University of Technology
Master of Arts (MA), 1996-99 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Bachelor of Arts (BA), 1986-90 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Solo exhibitions:
2023 LOCAL- Fieldworks from Iceland and Pyrenees, Galleria Pictor, Vihti
2020 Deep Time Deposits, Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, London
2013 Bokeh. Kunsthalle Studio, Helsinki, Finland
2013 The Touch of Rain. Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Animalcams, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Océan plastique, Institut finlandais, Paris, France
2009 Liplatus - Clapotis, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Frostiana - Pictures of the Cold, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki , Finland
2004 Solarium – Photochemical Experiments in Nature. Kluuvi gallery, Helsinki , Finland
2003 Wind Experiments, Mikkeli Centre of Photography, Mikkeli , Finland
2002 Chromatograms of Plant Colours, Studio, Kunsthalle, Helsinki
1998 Odysseus i Helsingfors/ Ulysses in Helsinki , Galleriet Pineapple, Malmö, Sweden
1997 Three Stories of Girls: Heidi, Alice, Zazie, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
1996 Three Stories of Girls: Heidi, Alice, Zazie, Gallery Bulevardi 22 B, Helsinki, Finland
1988 Solo exhibition, The Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts , Helsinki, Finland
Group exhibitions:
2023 Helsinki Biennial 2023, HAM Museum and Vallisaari Island, Helsinki
2022 Paradoxes of Photography, Finnish Museum of Photography Helsinki
2022 Subterranean, Amos Rex, Helsinki
2021 New Elements, Laboratoria, Tretjakov gallery, Moscow
2021 Lands End, Cliff House San Fransisco
2021 Bird’s Eye View. The Festival of Political Photography, Finnish Museum of Photography Helsinki
2021 Uncertain Horizon WAM, Turku City Art Museum. Turku, Finland
2021 Who’s Nature? Jyväskylä Art Museum and touring in Turku, Oulu, Lapua, Finland
2020 Our Climate, Mikkeli Centre of Photography
2020 Life under Threat, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki
2019 I Experience as I Experiment. Uniarts Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
2019 Uniarts Research Pavilion #3/ Insects among Us, Giudecca Venice
2018 Seeing without the Seer, Looiersgracht 60, Unseen Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018 INTIMENTISSIMA, Galerie de la Voüte, Paris, France
2018 Objekti 4, outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture, Espoo, Finland
2018 Maritime Poetics, Corner College, Zürich, Switzerland
2018 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 The 8th Turku Biennial, Turku, Finalnd
2017 State of the Art, Kemi and Aine Art Museums, Kemi and Tornio, Finland
2017 Art Taarasti - a summer exhibition, Taarasti Art Center, Nastola, Finland
2017 SPLICE - Re-examining Nature, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
2016 Hidden Art – Dold Konst, Malmö, Sweden
2016 Intimenta, Galerie Une poussière dans l’oeil, Lille, France
2016 Elements - works from Kiasma’s collections, Kiasma, Helsinki
2015 Waterscapes - Wasserlandschaften, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
2015 Uniarts Research Pavilion #1/ ”Experimentality”, Giudecca Venice, Italy
2015 Hidden Art – Dold Konst, Malmö, Sweden
2015 Intimenta, Galerie Une poussière dans l’oeil, Lille, France
2015 Elements - works from Kiasma’s collections, Kiasma, Helsinki
2015 Checkpoint Leonardo, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
2014 GYRE – The Plastic Ocean, Anchorage Museum, Alaska, USA
2014 Ecological Fallacy, Helsinki Photography Biennial, Finland
2013 Out to Sea? The Plastic Garbage Project. TR 1, Tampere, Finland
2012 Prima materia. Art &Science collaboration at Helsinki University Think Corner, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Quand les Nymphes parlent des Nymphes. Artboretum, Argenton sur Creuse, France
2011 Landscape Experiences - Tunne maisema. Jyväskylä Museum of Art, Jyväskylä, Finland
2011 Océan, climat et nous. Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France
2011 Water - Sense and Sensation. Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
2011 Alice in Wonderland. Logomo, Turku, Finland
2011 Nature Gives – Nature Takes. K.H. Renlund’s Museum, Kokkola and Kajaani Art Museum
2010 Nature Gives – Nature Takes/ Luonto antaa - luonto ottaa, Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland
2010 Naturalia. Villa Roosa, Orimattila, Finland
2010 On the Pasture - Laitumella. Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland
2008 North–East–West: NEW. Galerie Lavignes, Paris, France.
2008 Roskaviikot / Trash Art. Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland.
2008 Resilience – Changing Matters. Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden.
2008 Phenomena. Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
2008 New-Nature-Knowledge/ Uusi-luonto-tieto. Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Landscape. Works in collections, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2006 I am not alone here – Four Directions in Photography, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
2005 ’Tracing Animals’ in Muu18years Exhibition. Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
2004 The World of Objects, Kunshalle, Helsinki and Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
2002 Helsinki – Bryssel, The White Hall / Valkoinen sali, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Helsinki – Bryssel, Maison de l’Art Actuel des Chartreux, Brussels, Belgium
2002 ‘Be good’ – Works from the Collections, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Fourth Triennial of Photographic Art – OFF SKENE, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
2000 Water Aesthetics, International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics, Rantasalmi, Finland
2000 West Wind – Wind Experiments on Harakka Island, Finnish-Norwegian Exhibition, Helsinki
1992 Rajoilla/On Borders, Art of the Region (Uusimaa & Greater Helsinki), Cable Factory, Helsinki
1992 Bastard Gallery, (with Tiina Ketara, Teemu Mäki & Marjatta Oja), a rented apartment, Helsinki
1992 Turun keikka, Gallery Bellarte, Turku, Finland
1990 Master Degree Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
1989 Second Biennale of European Art Schools, Antwerp, Belgium
1986 Nuorten näyttely / Annual Exhibition of Young Artists, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
Commissions:
2021 Surf, Tampere Tram, art works in tram stops, University of Tampere Hospital stop, Finland. See the work in YouTube
2015 Shadows of the Night, parks and pedestrian walkways in Leinelä, Vantaa, Finland
2015 Animation, Leinelä Railway station, Vantaa, Finland
2007 Xylotheque, Finnish Parliament House, Helsinki , Finland
2006 Wunderkammer, Kuusiluoto High School , Oulu , Finland
2003 Fossils of the Kluuvi Bay, Copper lines in the Pavement of Aleksanterinkatu, Helsinki , Finland
Competitions and awards:
2022 2. prize in Kankaanaukio art competition, Jyväskylä, Finland
2021 Finnish State Prize for the Visual Arts
2019 Below Zero Art Prize, Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall in collaboration with the Finnish Institute in London
2010 2. prize in the International competition for public artwork in memory of Helene Schjerfbeck, Raseborg, Finland
2007 Honorary Mention in Espoo City sculpture competition, Finland
2007 4.-6-. price in Jussinmäki sculpture competition, Hyvinkää , Finland
2005 First price in the artwork competion of the new Annex of the Finnish Parliament House, Helsinki
Works in collections:
HAM - the Helsinki Art Museum
Konstsamfundet's collections / Amos Rex Museum
Kiasma - The Museum of Contemporary Art in Finland
Oulu City Art Museum
Artists' grants:
2023 The Council of Arts/ five-year grant
2017 The Council of Arts/ five-year grant
2010 The Council of Arts/ five-year grant
2009 The Council of Arts/ one year grant
2006 The Council of Arts/ three-year grant
2005 The Council of Arts/ One year grant
2003 The Finnish Cultural Foundation/ One year grant
2002 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
2001 The Finnish Cultural Foundation/ One year grant
2000 Residency Grant: Maison d'Art Actuel des Chartreux, Brussels
1999 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
1994 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (residency)
1993 Helsinki University of Technology / Annikki Paasikivi Fund
1990 Anita Snellmann Foundation