Tuula Närhinen, b. 1967 in Helsinki
Studies:
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Postgraduate studies 2008-
Helsinki University of Technology, M.Sc. (Archit.), 1990-98
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, 1996-99 (MA)
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, 1986-90 (BA)
Group exhibitions:
2010 Nature Gives- Nature Takes, 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 Trash Art - Roskaviikot. Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland.
2008 Resilience - Changing Matters. Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm , Sweden
2008 Phenomena. Pori Art Museum, Pori , Finland
2008 New-Nature-Knowledge.With Antti Immonen, Mikko Rantanen & Markus Rissanen 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
2004 The World of Objects, Kunshalle, Helsinki and Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, 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 OFF SKENE The Fourth Finnish Photography Triennial, 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
Solo exhibitions:
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 Photographic Centre, 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
Commissions:
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
Grants:
2009 The Council of Arts/One year working grant
2006 The Council of Arts/Three year working grant
2005 The Council of Arts/One year working grant
2003 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2002 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
2001 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2000 Residency Grant for 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
Competitions:
2007 4.-6-. price in Jussinmäki sculpture competition, Hyvinkää , Finland
2007 Honorary Mention in Espoo City sculpture competition, Finland
2005 First price in the artwork competion of the new Annex of the Finnish Parliament House, Helsinki
Works in collections:
Helsinki City Art Museum
Kiasma - The Museum of Contemporary Art in Finland
Oulu City Art Museum