TAINA KOKKONEN
Curriculum Vitae
Born 1960 Kajaani, Finland, lives and works in Helsinki, Finland Address: Hiihtomäentie 33 A 10, FIN-00800 Helsinki Tel:+358 (0)50 3368 260, Email:
[email protected] www.tainakokkonen.net
LAST SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 2015 2015 2014 2012 2012 2012 2011 2010 2008 2008 2006 2006 2006
Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland Galleria Uusi Kipinä Kulma, Lahti, Finland Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland Gallery Joella, Turku, Finland Tampere Maja, Tartu, Estland Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland (with Juha Holopainen) Kassu Halonen Art House, Manamansalo, Vaala, Finland The Finnish Institute in Estonia, Tartu (Invitation Exhibition), Estland Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland Gallery Joella, Turku, Finland Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, Finland (with Vappu Johansson) Windy Thoughts, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2013 2013 2012 2010 2008 2007 2007 2006 2003
”Tenacious Light”, Johansson, Kokkonen, Pihlajamaa, Gallery Kajaste, Oulu, Finland “The Fifth Element”, Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere, Finland Mysterious Forest, Art and Book Gallery Kyoto Paradise, Kyoto, Japan 8th International Printmaking Biennial Douro 2016, Douro, Portugal “Line and Colour”, Arabia Printmakers, Espoo Culture Center Gallery, Espoo, Finland 5000 m2, Old Theatre House, Lappeenranta, Finland Far-Near, Woodblock Prints, Mediacenter Lume Gallery, Helsinki 2nd Global Print 2015, Alijò, Portugal Melange II, Kunsthalle m3, Berlin, Germany 7thInternational Printmaking Biennial Douro 2014, Museu de Lamego, Lamego,Portugal Miniprint Finland 2014, International Miniprint Triennial, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland Arabia Printmakers 15 Years, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Global Print 2013, Alijó, Portugal BELA-Biennal of European and Latin American Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal XV Mänttä Art Festival, Pekilo, Mänttä, Finland ”Belgrade encounters”, Exhibition of prints created in IV International Printmaking Workshop, Galleria Academia, Belgrad, Serbia Printmakers in Oljemark, Galerie Oljemark, Finland Miniprint Finland, 6th International Miniprint Triennial, Lahti Art Museum, Finland 75 Printmakers, The 75th Anniversary Exhibition of The Association of Finnish Printmakers, Gallery G, Helsinki Painoväriä ja pigmenttiä/Druckfarbe und Pigment, Kajaani Art Museum (Group Exhibition with Vappu Johansson and Marianne Wirries), Kajaani
2005 2001 1994
Arabia Printmakers, Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus Miniprint Finland, 4th International Miniprint Triennial, Lahti Art Museum, Finland Grafinnova 94, 6th International Triennale of Prints and Drawings, Vaasa, Finland
COLLECTIONS State Art Collection (Finland), Parliament of Finland, City of Kajaani (Finland), Helsinki Art Museum (Finland), Bank of Finland, The Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Nordic Investment Bank, City of Jyväskylä (Finland), Tampere Maja, Tarto (Eastonia).
SELECTED PRIZES, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Finnish Cultural Foundation, 1-Year Grant for Visual Artists 2014 Public Display Grant for Visual Artists 2008, 2015 State of Finland, 1-Year Grant for Artists 2007 Pépinières Européennes Pour Jeunes Artistes-Scholarship, Berlin, Germany 1997 “Kick-Start”, The Printmaking Exhibition for Young Finnish Artists; Honour Mention, Galleria Mino, Lohja, Finland 1993
