 CV
KATJA Maarit TUKIAINEN, 1969 in Arctopolis, Finland |
PAINTINGS INSTALLATIONS & CERAMICS DRAWINGS & COMICS MOVING IMAGES ACTIONS CV TEXTS NEWS contact katjatukiainen.com |
| EDUCATION |
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| 2022 |
Doctor of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki |
| 2007-2009 | Master of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine
Arts, Helsinki, Finland |
| 1990-1996 | Master of Arts, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland |
| 1994-1995 | Studies in painting, Academy of fine arts of Venice, Italy |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2023 | The Secret Society, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland |
| The Name of the Colour is the GIRL, Galleria Snow, Berlin, Germany |
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| 2022 | Painted Paths, Gallery Halmetoja, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2021 |
Flaming Bras, Auran Galleria, Turku, Finland |
| Fear no GILR, Kuhmo Arts Centre, Kuhmo, Finland |
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| 2 |
The Pure in Heart Shall See the Unicorn, Galleria Himmelblau, Finlayson Art Area, Tampere, Finland |
| 2020 | Who is the SHEriff, Halmetoja goes Akateeminen, Helsinki |
| Delacroix e moi, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2019 | Jesus e moi, St. Henry's Ecumenial Art Chapel, Turku, Finland |
| Paradis Q (Atelier Project), Macro Asilo, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy | |
| 2018 | Play the field GIRL, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland |
| 2017 | Hang Loose, Gallery Saariaho Järvenpää, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2017 |
Dangerous Landscapes, Galleria Himmelblau Puuvillasali, Tampere, Finland |
| 2016 | Katja Tukiainen vs. Sigga Björg Siguršaedottir, The Museum of Drawings, Laholm, Sweden |
| Lunapark Abbondanato, Core Gallery, Rome, Italy | |
| 2015 | P is for Paradise, Auran Galleria, Turku, Finland |
| 2014 | A Midsummer Night's Dream, Galleria Kouvulinna, Pukkila, Finland |
| Paradis
n (Névtelen hősök) / Paradis N
(Nameless Heroes),
Finnagora's Luukku, Budapest, Hungary |
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| Comrade!, Finnish Toy Museum, WeeGee Exhibition Centre, Espoo, Finland | |
| 2013 | Kaunis Maailma, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland |
| Cake Theory, collaboration with Riiko Sakkinen, Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
| 2012 | Paradis L, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland |
| 2011 | Such a Lovely Place, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2010 | Paradis f , Tasty Gallery, Riga, Latvia |
| Paradis e, Finnish Culture Institute of Estonia, Tallinn | |
| Good Heavens! EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland | |
| Paradis d, Café Bar No 9, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2009 | Katja Tukiainen Exhibition, KUD Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Playground –my work is my pleasure, Korjaamo Galleria, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Katja Tukiainen Exhibition, Gallery 100 Svoih, St.Petersbugh, Russia | |
| 2008 | Red Curtains, Nordic ArtWorks London Gallery, London |
| Paintings, Finnish Culture Institute of Sweden, Stockholm | |
| Paintings, Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2006 | A thousand dollar's buck, Galleria Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2005 | Nursing diary, Galleria Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2004 | Paintings and comics, Art Museum of Kouvola, Kouvola, Finland |
| 2003 | Keep on the asphalt, collaboration with Niko Luoma and Riiko Sakkinen, Galleria Käytävä, Cable Factory, Helsinki |
| Tuliainen, paintings, Galleria Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2001 | Paintings, Gallery Artaround, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2000 | When the pee does not come, Finnish Culture Institute of Estonia, Tallinn |
| 1999 | Crochet Hook, Galleria Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki, Finland |
| Tyttö ja mummo -paintings, Galleria Bakeliittibambi, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 1996 | Paintings, Into Galleria, Helsinki, Finland |
| Sins = Eleven Pink Elephants, Kinki Galleria, Helsinki, Finland | |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) |
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| 2024 | Bambi Forever!, HAM, Helsinki, Finland |
| Paper Made, Biennale Internazionale di Opere di Carta, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, Italy |
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| 2023 |
Ding Dong -From Jenny and
Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection, Rovaniemi Art Museum,
Rovaniemi, Finland |
| Haaveita ja näkyjä – conteporary art from Nelimarkka Foundation's collection, Halosenniemi, Tuusula, Finland | |
| Katja & Matti's Detective Agency, Danielson-Kalmarin Huvila, Vääksi, Finland |
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| About Art,Logomo, Turku, Finland |
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| 2022 | OpenArt 2022, Örebro, Sweden |
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Morning Coffee on the Roof of a Town, Serlachius Museum
Gösta, Mänttä, Finland |
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| International
art
exhibition NordArt 2022, Rendsburg Büdelsdorf, Germany |
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| Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy |
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| Subterranean, Amos Rex, Helsinki, Finland |
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| 2021 |
Pinxinmäki Art Hall, Sysmä, Finland |
| 2020 |
Merry
Things, Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi,
Rovaniemi, Finland |
| 2019 | Personal Structures, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy |
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Classic Works of Fine Art at
the Manor, Serlachius Museum Gösta, Mänttä, Finland |
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The Annual Spring Exhibition, Galleri Thomassen,
Göteborg, Sweden |
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Nordiske akvareller 2019, Frederikshavn
Kunstmuseum, Frederikshavn, Denmark |
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| 2018 |
FUSION, The
Nordic
Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden |
| SUMMER EXHIBITION, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland | |
| The Finnish Illusion, Embassy of Finland in Washinton D.C., USA | |
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Transizioni
e Passaggi, Spacio Cerere, Rome, Italy |
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| Travel Altar R2014, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland | |
| The Finnish Illusion, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, USA | |
| 2017 |
Self Mascot in Grandi Formati, Mondrian Suite Art Gallery, Rome, Italy |
| International art exhibition NordArt 2017, Rendsburg Büdelsdorf, Germany | |
| Art
Goes Logomo, Turku, Finland |
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| Finnish Fireworks /
Finskt Fyrverkeri, Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden |
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| OPEN STORAGE - Remembering for the Future,
Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland |
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| Rascal / Vallaton, Artsi
Vantaa Art Museum, Vantaa, Finland |
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| 2016 | European Cuteness, Sofia Arsenal, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| PoPism -da Warhol a Banksy, LOC Museo Comune di Capo D'Orlando, Sicily, Italy | |
| Hyper Mentalized artworks - Hypo mentalized artists, Art Yourself Gallery, Bucharest, Romania | |
| PoPism, Palazzo Corvaja, Taormina, Italy | |
| Peak Experience, P Galleria, Pori, Finland |
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| Mikko Hallikainen & Nanna Susi & Katja Tukiainen, G12, Gallery, Kuopio, Finland | |
| Haava/Wound, Seppo Fränti Art Collection Exhibition, Lapinlahden Lähde, Helsinki, Finland | |
| EXTENSION European Cuteness Art, Istituto di Cultura Italiano in Romania, Bucharest, Romania | |
| European Cuteness Art, Palace of Parliament of Romania, Constantin Brāncusi Exhibition Hall, Bucharest, Romania | |
| Boutique -where art meets fashion, The Nordic Embassies Felleshus, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2015 | The Adventure Can Begin, The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden |
| Touch, Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection Exhibition, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland | |
| Beyond Eden 15, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA | |
| Ups!, Eduard Vilde Museum, Tallin, Estonia | |
| Katja Tukiainen & Matti Hagelberg, Taiga Space, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| Gisp!, Nordens Institut på Åland, Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland | |
| Summer Fair, Auran Galleria, Turku, Finland | |
| Gisp!, Stoa, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Gisp!, Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, Danmark | |
| Bienal de Arte Contemporįneo del Fin del Mundo, Argentina | |
| 2014 | Boutique -Where Art Meets Fashion, Spiral Art, Tokio, Japan |
| Gisp!, Nordic House, Faroe Islands | |
| Contaminazioni 014, GARD Galleria Arte Roma Design, Rome, Italy | |
| Contaminazioni 014, Varna City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria | |
| Contaminazioni 014, Muzeul de Istorie Nationala si Archeologia de Constanta, Constanta, Romania | |
| BUSINESS TALK PATRNER ZONE, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA | |
| BUSINESS TALK REGIONAL, Kavįrna Mlżnskį, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Häntä pystyyn!, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland | |
| Altar, Tuusula Art Museum, Tuusula, Finland | |
| Under The Cuteness, Hybrida Contemporanea, Roma | |
| Heponauta, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland | |
| Tampere Biennale, Winter Garden, Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland | |
| 2013 | Schenken
als Problem, Group Global 3000, Berlin, Germany |
| Boutique -where art meets fashion, Embassy of Finland, Washington D.C | |
| The Blab Show, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA | |
| The Name The Nose, Museolaboratorio Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Citta Sant'Angelo, Italy | |
| Respetando los derechos humanos nunca saldremos da la crisis, collaboration with Riiko Sakkinen, Espacio AVAart, Gijón, Spain | |
| Tekijän oikeudella, Telakkakatu 6, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Homelessness Fair, collaboration with people experienced homelessness, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland | |
| Art Argos, Stockmann Argos-hall, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2012 | Boutique -where art meets fashion, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland |
| Mazzano!, The Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn | |
| Himmelblau at Retretti, Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland | |
| @BAR, Kalevankatu 13, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Eyeballing! (Paradis k), KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2011 | Mazzano! (Paradis j), Tampere Art Museum, Tampere |
| Camping Trip (Paradis i), Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland | |
| Littele Red Riding Hood II (Paradis h), Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland | |
| Mazzano! (Paradis g), Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2010 | Littele Red Riding Hood I (Paradis c), curated by Satu Itkonen, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland |
| 8140 kg Anssi Kasitonni - Jani Leinonen - Katja Tukiainen, (Paradis b), Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland | |
| Mänttä Art Festival 2010 (Paradis a), Mänttä, Finland | |
| Contemporary Nordic Comics, Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden | |
| 2009 | Hyvät Naiset, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland |
| Kalevala 2009, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Trickle Down Theory, Korjaamo Galleria, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2008 | Henki, Galleria Jangva, Helsinki, Finland |
| Inga Saetre and Katja Tukiainen, Finnish-Norwegian Culture Institute, Oslo | |
| Sampo, 4mula Gallery, Saint Petersbugh, Russia | |
| Helsinki ą Saint Sulpice, Paris | |
| 2007 | Piirustusluokka -tyhjä on täysi, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| Akkurat! Bomuldsfabfik Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway | |
| Idän taju, curated by J.O. Mallander, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland | |
| Points of View, Fiskars, Finland | |
| Amerikka! Taidekeskus Ihana, Heinola, Finland | |
| Kuvia ja kuplia, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti | |
| 2006 | Terrortory, Pakt/// Gallery, Amsterdam |
| Terrortory, Muu gallery, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Unterwegs, Fumetto Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland | |
| Regardless of the weather, Gallery Karton, Budapest | |
| Katja Tukiainen & Matti Hagelberg en Inde, Institut Finlandais, Paris | |
| Kaikuja Idästä, Voipaalan kulttuurikeskus, Voipaala, Finland | |
| 2005 | Helsinki International, Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland |
| Pictures & words, Magma Clerkenwell, London | |
| 6. Salaolisboa -de ilustracao e banda desenhada, Bedeteca, Lisbon | |
| Comics aus Finnland, Fumetto Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland | |
| Nian, Reykjavik art museum, Iceland | |
| Sharp Shooting, St Paul St, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| 2003 | Tyttöjen elämästä, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland |
| Tiettyä magnetismia, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland | |
| Biennale of Young Artists of Europe and Mediterranean, collaboration with Niko Luoma and Riiko Sakkinen, Athens | |
| 2001 | 106 th Annual Exhibiton of Finnish Artists, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväslylä, Finland |
| A letter for a dead friend, Picasso Museum, Luzern, Switzerland | |
| Mänttä Art Festival 2001, Mänttä, Finland | |
| Mazzanon aika, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Young artists exhibition 2001, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Bd@fi exhibition, Paris, Caen, Antwerben, Berliini, Kemi, Tukholma, Göteborg, Helsinki | |
| 2000 | Big Torino -biennale di arte emergente, Torino, Italy |
| 1999 | Whom I should call next?, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland |
| 1996 | Ruudun valossa, Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere, Finland |
| 1995 | Sarjakuvastin triennaali, Galleria Jangva, Helsinki, Finland |
| XLV Rassegna d'Arte 1995, Palazo Oliva, Sassoferrato, Italy | |
| Venezia Pianeta Spose -Le nozze nella storia e nella moda di oggi, Giudecca, Venice, Italy | |
| Auto Arte, Tronchetto Parking, Venice, Italy | |
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS and PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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| Amos
Anderson’s Art Museum, Helsinki |
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| Dittmar & Indrenius Art Collection, Helsinki | |
| Finland State Art Collection, Helsinki | |
| Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation, Mänttä, Finland | |
| Halland County Art Collection, Sweden | |
| Halmstad Municipality Art Collection, Sweden | |
| Helsinki Art Museum
HAM, Helsinki |
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| Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland | |
| Museum of
Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki |
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| Kouvola
Art Museum,
Kouvola, Finland |
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| Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva, Finland | |
| Lönnström Art
Museum, Rauma, Finland |
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| Museolaboratorio Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Citta Sant'Angelo, Italy | |
| Nelimarkka
Foundation, Alajärvi, Finland |
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| Nordic
Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden |
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| Saastamoinen
Foundation, EMMA Espoo Museum of
Modern Art,
Finland |
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Sassoferrato City Art Collection, Italy |
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| Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland |
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| Seppo Fränti Art Collection, Finland | |
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Tuusula Municipality Art Collection, Finland |
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| The City of Oulu Art Collection, Oulu, Finland | |
| The City of Pori Art Collection, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland | |
| The City of Turku Art Collection & Turku Technology Properties, Turku, Finland | |
| The Museum of Drawings, Laholm, Sweden | |
| Wihuri Foundation, Art Museum of Rovaniemi, Rovaniemi, Finland | |
PERMANENT PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS AND COMISSIONED ART WORKS (SELECTED) |
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| 2022 |
I hear You, sculptures on the wall, Gamla Gatan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 2021 |
Mari Puoskari, portrait of the cair of the Helsinki City Council, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2020 | Sky and Earth, mural, New Penitentiery of Women, Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 2020 |
Tiger & Butterfly, painting on window glass, Hima & Sali Restaurant & Cafe, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2017 | Meditation GIRL, electrical
cabinet, Uudenmaakatu 32, Helsinki, Finland (vanished) |
| 2012 | Katja Tukiainen Art Suite, Klaus K Hotel, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2010 | Secret Garden, HUS Children Hospital, Helsinki, Finland |
AVARDS & OTHER |
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| 2011 | William Thuring Price, The Finnish Art
Society |
| 2007 | State
Prize, Central Art Council of Finland |
| 2003 | Puupää -hattu, Finland’s comics association prize |
| 1999-2001 | The regional Artist of the Arts Council of Uusimaa, Helsinki |
GRANTS |
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| 2023 |
Finnish cultural foundation |
| 2021 |
Finnish cultural foundation |
| 2020 | Public display grant for visual artist |
| 2019 |
Finnish-Swedish
Cultural Foundation |
| 2018 | Kone Foundation one year grant |
| Finnish cultural foundation mobility grant |
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| 2017 | Arts Promotion Centre Finland project grant |
| 2013 | Frame Visual Art Finland |
| Visual arts council project grant | |
| 2012 | 5 year state grant for visual artist |
| 2010 | Visual arts council project grant |
| 2009 | Finnish cultural foundation |
| Niilo Helander Foundation | |
| 2008 | Public display grant for visual artist |
| 2006 | Finnish cultural foundation |
| 2005 | Finnish cultural foundation |
| 2004 | Alfred Kordelin foundation |
| 2003 | Public display grant for visual artist |
| Visual arts council project grant | |
| 2002 | 1 year state grant for visual artist |
| 2001 | Tammi foundation |
| Library grant | |
| 2000 | Finnish cultural foundation |
| 1998 | Finnish cultural foundation |
ART COLLABORATIONS |
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| 2020 | Do-gooders, interactive light painting, collaboration with OiOi, sound designer Aki Päivärinne, LUX Helsinki 2020 and Unicef Finland |
| 2018 | Black & pink, murals in collaboration with Sigga Björg Siguršardóttir in Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden |
| 2017 | Race to the stars, vr-painting by Katja Tukiainen, sound by Heidi Fast , in collaboration with Digitalents Helsinki |
| Paradis Q, vr-painting by Katja Tukiainen, in collaboration with Digitalents Helsinki | |
| HejHylje! painting by Katja Tukiainen on the seal sculpture by Stefan Lindfors, in collaboration with Baltic Sea Project | |
| 2016 | Katja Tukiainen's LUX painting on the facade of Helsinki Cathedral, in collaboration with Lux Helsinki and Sun Effects Oy |
| 2012 | Girl Evacuees, sculptures and paintings by Katja Tukiainen, unique dresses by Samu-Jussi Koski, in collaboration with Amos Andersson Art Museum |
ARTIST IN RECIDENCIES |
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| 2018 |
Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden |
| Arabia Art Department Association, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2017 | Digitalents Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2016 | The Museum of
Drawings,
Laholm, Sweden |
| 2014 | Luukku Atelier,
Finnagora, Budapest,
Hungary |
| 2009 | Spiral / Walcoal
Art Center & Bank Art Recidence, Yokohama, Japan |
| 2008 | 77
Bleecker
Street, Finnish Cultural Institute in New York |
| 2003 | Keep on the
asphalt -artists on the road, with Niko Luoma and Riiko
Sakkinen, Helsinki, Sarajevo, Tirana and
Athens |
| 1997 | Mazzano Romano, Väinö Tanner Foundation, Italy |
ART FAIRS |
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| 2016 | ArtHelsinki, Gallery Saariaho Järvenpää |
| 2011 | Fair of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Galerie Forsblom |
| 2010 | Copenhagen Art Fair, Korjaamo Gallery |
| Helsinki Art Fair, Korjaamo Gallery | |
| 2009 | Helsinki Art Fair, Korjaamo Gallery |
| 2007 | Glasgow Art Fair, Nordic Art Works |
| Affordable Art Fair, London, Nordic Art Works | |
| 1995 | Arte s Pordenone, Venice Academy of Fine Arts |
MONOGRAPHS |
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| 2013 | Katja Tukiainen Works Part Two, art book, 216 pages, article by Raul Zamudio, foreword by Riiko Sakkinen, Parvs Publishing |
| 2007 | Katja Tukiainen Works, art book, 128 pages, article by Timo Valjakka, Daada Publishing |
GRAPHIC NOVELS |
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| 2015 | The Raisin, Boom Kniga, Russia (in Russian) |
| 2010 | Kisun 1,2,3, 32 pages, Publishing house Otava, Finland |
| 2008 | Russinet, 100 pages, Optimal Press, Sweden |
| Rusina, 96 pages, Like Publishing house, Finland | |
| 2007 | Kisun ABC, 32 pages, Publishing house Otava, Finland |
| 2003 | Brev från Indien, 96 pages, Optimall press, Sweden |
| 2002 | Postia Intiasta (Post from India), 96 pages, Suomen Yrityslehdet, Finland |
| 1999 | Jos olisin prinsessa (If I were a princess), 24 pages, Suomen Yrityslehdet, Finland |
| A-B-C, 128 pages, author's edition, Finland | |
| 1998 | Tyttö ja mummo, 45 pages, Publishing house Jalava, Finland |
| 1997 | Tyttöjen leikit, 46 pages, Publishing house Jalava, Finland |
GRAPHIC SHORT STORIES |
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| published in Europe, India and USA. | |
| graphic
short
stories (almost) complete list HERE |
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MEMBERSHIPS |
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| Finnish Painters |
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| Finnish painters' union | |
| Artists' Association of Finland | |
| Artists' Association MUU | |
| Helsingin taiteilijaseura |
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