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Katja Tukiainen
born in Pori 1969, lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
Katja Tukiainen is working in the fields of painting, graphic novel, drawing and site specific installation. In her works you can find references to old children’s books, vignettes and teens culture. Her works have an alluring quality of cuteness and strange quirkiness.
Katja Tukiainen’s works have been shown in several solo and group exhibitions in Finland and abroad. Her works are included in many important Finnish public collections, among others Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art collection.
Katja Tukiainen graduated (MA) year 1996 from University of Art and Design Helsinki, and is now studying in the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. She has also studied in Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, and has been an artist in residence in Mazzano Romano and New York.
www.katjat.net
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2010
Paradis d, Cafe Bar No 9, Helsinki Festival, 2010
2009
Katja Tukiainen Exhibition, Gallery KUD, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Playground, Korjaamo Galleria, Helsinki
Katja Tukiainen Exhibition, Gallery 100 Svoih, St. Petersburg, Russia
Painting installation, Zou-No-Hana Art Center, Yokohama, Japan
2008
Paintings, Nordic ArtWorks London Gallery, London
Paintings, Finnish institute in Stockholm, Sweden
Paintings, Galleria Krista Mikkola
2006
A Thousand Dollars Buck, paintings, gall. Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki
2005
Nursing Diary, paintings, galleria Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki
2004
Paintings and Comics, Art Museum of Kouvola, Kouvola
2003
Souvenir, paintings, galleria Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki
2001
Paintings, galleria Artaround, Helsinki
2000
When the pee does not come, paintings, Finnish institute in Tallinn, Estonia
1999-2000
Crochet hook, paintings, galleria Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki
1999
Girl and the Granny, paintings, galleria Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki
1995
Paintings, Into galleria, Helsinki
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2010
Punahilkka / Little Red Riding Hood, Oulu Art Museum
Mäntän XV Kuvataideviikot/The XV Mänttä Art Festival, Finland
8140 kg Kasitonni-Leinonen-Tukiainen, TR1 Arthall Tampere
Contemporary Nordic Comics, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Sweden
2009
Hyvät naiset, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland
Jahaa! Felleshus, Berlin
Kalevala, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
Trickle Down Theory / Valumateoria, Galleria Korjaamo, Helsinki
Tell Me More, The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), Riga, Latvia
The last match, Baltanakts, Riga, Latvia
2008
Henki, Galleria Jangva, Helsinki
"Be Honest!", Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
Liebe malerei maler me, Show Room X, Helsinki
Katja Tukiainen and Inga Saetre, Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Oslo
"SAMPO. VISA TO FINLAND", FORMULA Gallery / Loft, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2007-08
DRAWING CLASS, Kunsthalle Helsinki
2007
Nord in progress, Firenze, Italy
Akkurat! Bomuldsfabfiken kunsthall, Arendal, Norway
Idän taju, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland
Points Of Viev, Fiskars, Finland
Contemporary Art from the Collection of Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
Amerikka! Art Center Lovely, Heinola, Finland
Kuvia ja kuplia, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland
Glasgow Art Fair, UK
Affordable Art Fair, London, UK
2006
Terrortory, Pakt-gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Terrortory, Muu-gallery, Helsinki
Unterwegs, Fumetto, Luzern, Sveitsi
Regardless of the weather, Gallery Karton, Budabest, Hungary
Katja Tukiainen & Matti Hagelberg en Inde, Finnish Institute in Paris, France
Soleil de minuit, Angouleme, France
2005
Helsinki international, Korjaamo culture factory, Helsinki
Pictures & words, Magma Clerkenwell, London, UK
6. Salaolisboa, Lissabon, Portugal
Fumetto - Comics aus Finnland, Luzern, Switzerland
Nian, Reykjavik art museum, Iceland
Keep on the asphalt, Auckland, New Zealand
2003
Tyttöjen elämästä, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Tiettyä magnetismia, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
Keep on the asphalt, Cable factory, Helsinki
Keep on the asphalt, Biennale of young artist’s, Athens, Greece
2001
106. Annual Exhibiton Of Finnish Artists, Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä
A letter for a dead friend, Picasso Museum, Luzern, Switzerland
Mänttä Art Weeks, Mänttä, Finland
Time in Mazzano, Kunsthalle, Helsinki
Young artists exhibition 2001, Kunsthalle, Helsinki
2001-2003
Bd@fi, Paris, Caen, Antwerben, Berlin, Kemi, Stockholm, Göteborg, Helsinki
2000
Biennale di arte emergente, Torino, Italy
1999
Whom should I call next?, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1996
Ruudun valossa, Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere
1995
Rassegna d'Arte, Sassoferrato, Italy
Auto Arte, Venice, Italy
Arte a Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Nordic Watercolour Museum
KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
The State Art Collection of Finland
Amos Anderson’s Art Museum, Helsinki
Helsinki City Art Museum
Saastamoinen Foundation in EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art
The City of Oulu Art Collection, Finland
Kouvola Art Museum, Finland
Teresia and Rafael Lönnström Foundation, Finland
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation in Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
EDUCATION
Studies for the Doctor of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, 2009-
Master of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, 2007-2009
Master of Arts, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, 1990-1996
Studies in painting, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, 1994-1995
GRANTS
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2009
Niilo Helander Foundation, 2009
Public Display Grant for Visual Artist, 2008
Otava Foundation, 2007
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2006
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2005
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 2004
Public Display Grant for Visual Artist, 2003
Visual Arts Council Project Grant, 2003
1 Year State Grant for Artist, 2002
Tammi Foundation, 2001
Library Grant, 2001
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2000
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 1998
Finnish Cartoonists' Association, 1998
Väinö Tanner Foundation, 1997
AWARDS AND OTHERS
The State Prize for Desing, 2007
Puupää hat, Finland’s Comics Association’s Award, 2003
The Regional Artist of the Arts Council of Uusimaa, 1999-2001
ARTIS IN RESIDENCE
Spiral / Walcoal Art Center & Bank Art Recidence, Japan, 2009
New York, Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, 2008
Mazzano Romano, Italy, Väinö Tanner Foundation, 1997
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish painters' union
Helsingin taiteilijaseura
Artists' Association MUU
MONOGRAPH
KATJA TUKIAINEN WORKS
(paintings 1999-2007, Timo Valjakka's article, english/french/finnish)
112 pages, Daada, 2007
GRAPHIC NOVELS / COMIC BOOKS
Russinet, 100 pages, Optimal press, Sweden, 2008
Rusina, 96 pages, Like, Finland, 2008
Kisun ABC, 32 pages, Otava, Finland, 2007
Brev från Indien, 96 pages, Optimal press, Sweden, 2003
Postia Intiasta (Post from India), 96 pages, Suomen Yrityslehdet, Finland, 2002
Jos olisin prinsessa (If I were a princess), 24 pages, Suomen Yrityslehdet, Finland, 1999
A-B-C, 128 pages, author's edition, 1999
Tyttö ja mummo (Girl and granny), 45 pages, publishing house Jalava, Finland, 1998
Tyttöjen leikit (Girls plays), 46 pages, publishing house Jalava, Finland, 1997
Graphic novels published in Finland and Sweden
Graphic short stories published in Europe and USA |
The Persten collection
