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Jenni Yppärilä
born in Oulainen, Finland
Lives in Helsinki, Finland


 EDUCATION

2010 Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Departement of Art and Media, MA
2005 Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Science,Cultural and Media Arts, Fine Arts

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
Lonely city, Nelimarkka-museum, Alajärvi, Fin

2022
Spirit of the place,  Raami, Nokia, Fin

2021
Back in Tornio, Aine Art Museum, Tornio,  Fin

2020
Build-up, Pori Art Museum, Fin
Passing Through, Haihara Art Center, Tampere, Fin

2019
Solo exhibition, Turku Art Museum, Fin


2018
Solo exhibition, Seinäjoki Art Hall, Fin
Solo exhibition, Gallery Å, Turku, Fin


2017
The Mine, solo exhibition,  Huuto gallery, Helsinki, Fin

2014
Immersion, Poriginal gallery, Pori , Fin
"Was Here - Been There", TM-gallery, Helsinki, Fin

2013
"...Was Here" – meeting places part 4, Artcentre Mältinranta, Tampere, Fin
"...Was Here" - meeting places part 3, Gallery 2, Pirkkala, Fin

2012
"...Was Here" - meeting places part 2, Cafe Mimmi, Ikaalinen, Fin
"...Was Here" - meeting places, Arthouse Väinölä, Oulainen, Fin

2011
Drummers, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere , Fin
Optimal home, Young artist grant exhibition, Gallery 5, Oulu, Fin

2010
Sorry, there’s a bit dirty, Poriginal gallery, Pori, Fin
Nearest and the Dearest?, Mediacentre Lume gallery, Helsinki, Fin
Nearest and the Dearest?, Lönnstöm Art museum gallery, Rauma , Fin

          

Selected/Group Exhibitions           

2021
Summer exhibition, Haihara art center, Tampere, Fin
Burning desire, Art center Haihatus, Joutsa, Fin
Kosti Koskinen - The Diary of a Man in the Street, Rauma Art Museum, Fin


2020-
Few words about collecting, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Fin


2019
Ars Pieksämäki, Pieksämäki, Fin

2018-2019    
Goldilocksand Other Stories from Own Collections, Tampere Art Museum, Fin
There and Back Again, Contemporary art from the Baltic Sea region, Kiasma, Fin

2018             
Ich bin ein riss, Ich will durch wände gehen, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany
Ghost city, Savonlinna, Fin
People´s Cause, Tampere Art Museum, Finland

2017-2019    
Seven siblings from the future, Finnish Science Centre Foundation, Fin


2017         
Dreamaholic - Art from Finland, Miettinen Collection, Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju , Fin

2016         
Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju, Fin
Tm-gallery / Supermarket Art Fair, Stocholm, Sweden
Spaced out, Oulu Museum of Art OMA, Fin

2015         
6th Pirkanmaa triennal, Tampere, Fin

2014         
World Tango-fesival, Tampere, Fin
Melancholy, Villa Roosa, Orimattila, Fin
Mänttä Art Festival, Fin


2013         
Portrait, Lahti Art Museum, Fin


2012         
Artists 2012, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Fin
PolArt2K-21st century political art, Kemi Art Museum , Fin

2011         
The 3 Inch Canvas, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Fin


2010         
Turf, Gallerija Akademija, Vilnius, Lithuania
Art of Basware, Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Fin
Live art generator, Generaattori gallery, Pori, Fin

2009         
Idyl, Pori Airport, Fin
Terminal, Kankaanpään Art school gallery, Fin
Shiimess, Mediakeskus Lume gallery, Helsinki, Fin

2008         
Ulkon ja Vähä Pihal, Atski gallery, Helsinki, Fin

2005         
Blue lights nation, St. Mary’s Church, Thirsk, UK
Art of Analyste, Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Fin

2004         
Rajariita 3, Nuku, Oulu, Fin
FH Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Grants and Prizes

2020         
Arts promotion centre, Public display grant

2019         
Arts promotion centre, Uusimaa, working grant
Alfred Kordelin foundation, working grant


2018         
Finnish cultural Foundation, 1-year working grant


2017         
Arts promotion centre Finland, Public display grant
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 1/2 year working grant

2016         
Salmela Art Centre, Young Artist, 1st prize
Frame, travel grant
Arts promotion centre Finland, 1-year working grant


2014         
Finnish Art Society, Young artist grant Arts promotion centre Finland

2013         
The Pirkanmaa Arts Council, 1/2 year working grant
The Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant
The Pirkanmaa Arts Council project grant


2011         
Young artist - exhibition grant, Proto ry and Oulu artist´s association


2010         
City of Pori, project grant
The Satakunta Arts Council, project grant


2009         
AVEK , project grant

 

Works in collections

Aine Art Museum I Pori Art Museum  I  Kiasma Museum of contemporary art  I  Oulu Museum of Art I Tampere Art Museum  I  Turku Art Museum I Kesko oyj I Miettinen Collection  I  Mänttä-Vilppula municipality  I Mäntyharju municipality  I  Kuhanen, Asikainen & Kanerva collection  I  Sjukhuset Nya Karolinska Solna, Sweden  I  Katrineholms kommun, Sweden  I Länssjukhuset Ryhov, Jönsköping, Sweden   I  private collections

 

Residency

2020 / 2021  
Haihara Art center, Tampere, Fin


2018 / 2022        
Serlachius- residency, Mänttä, Fin


2017         
Mäntyharju, Art Centre Salmela, Fin       

Vyborg, Russia, Art Centre Salmela

2016         
The Finnish Cultural Institute Artist-in-residency New York

Arts promotion centre Finland, Artist-in-residency Berlin


2012         
The Pirkanmaa Arts Council/ Särö residency, Berlin


2010         
The Satakunta Arts Council Artist-in-residency, Berlin


2008         
The Satakunta Arts Council Artist-in-residency, Berlin

 

Memberships

Finnish Painter’s Union, Helsinki Artist’s association, Kuvasto