Antti Laitinen, biography
Born 1975 in Raahe, Finland. Lives and works in Somerniemi, Finland.
EDUCATION
2002–2004
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, M.F.A.
1998–2002
Turku Arts Academy, Photography, B.A.
1996–2008
Virrat, Media School/multimedia
1995–1996
Kuusamo Photo School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
▹ GSA Gallery, Stockholm
2020
▹ Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2019
▹ Sofienbergparken, Oslo, Norway
▹ La Patinoire Royale/Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels
▹ Tournay Solvay Parc, Brussels
▹ Efter et nyt Minut, Sæby, Denmark
2017
▹ Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
▹ Kivimakasiini, Somero, Finland
2016
▹ PYRFYR, Moscow
▹ Günter Grass Gallery, (Gdańsk City Gallery), Poland
2014
▹ Galleri Image, Aarhus, Danmark
2013
▹ Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
▹ Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
▹ Nettie Horn galleria, London
▹ Venice biennale, Finnish pavilion
2012
▹ College of Wooster Art Museum, USA
2011
▹ Nettie Horn galleria, London, Bark Boat
2010
▹ Liverpool biennale, UK
2008
▹ Nettie Horn gallery, London, It’s My Island
▹ Exprmntl gallery, Toulouse, France
2005
▹ Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK, Walk the Line
▹ Rantagalleria, Photography Center, Oulu, Finland
2004
▹ Koetila, Helsinki
▹ Gallery of Arts Academy, Helsinki, Sweat work
2003
▹ Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Bare Necessities
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
▹ Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
▹ Art and Museum Centre Sinkka, Kerava, Finland
2020
▹ minus20degree, Flachau, Austria
▹ Stockfors Art Festival, Pyhtää, Finland
▹ PROYECTOR / Video Art Festival, Madrid
▹ Villa Carpentier, Renaix, Belgium
2019
▹ Columbia Circle, Shanghai, China
▹ LUSTO – The Finnish Forest Museum, Punkaharju, Finland
▹ Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
▹ Beijing Riverside Art Museum, Beijing, China
▹ Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
▹ Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
2018
▹ Guang’an Field Art Biennale, Guang’an Wusheng Baozhen, China
▹ OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
▹ Mänttä Art Festival, Finland
▹ Printmaking In, Riga, Latvia
▹ Maajaam, Estonia
▹ Vysočina Regional Gallery, Jihlava, Czech Republic
▹ Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
2017
▹ Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada
▹ Baroque park De Oude Warande, Netherlands
▹ Koivukuja, Iisalmi, Finland
▹ Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland
▹ Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
▹ Mile End Art Pavilion, London
2016
▹ UMMA, Michigan, USA
▹ EMMA, Espoo, Finland
▹ North Coast Art Triennial, Denmark
▹ EMAP 2016, Seoul. Korea
▹ Utopia/Heterotopia, Wuzhen, China
▹ Zabludowicz Collection, Kunsthalle Helsinki
▹ Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
▹ Galerie Valerie Bach, Brussels
2015
▹ Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
▹ MAC/VAL, Val-de-Marne, France
▹ Kunstraum Memphis, Linz, Austria
▹ Future Fossils – DUTTON, New York
▹ Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna, Austria
▹ Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
▹ Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, UK
▹ Gotland Art Museum, Visby, Sweden
▹ Oulu City Art Museum, Finland
2014
▹ Laboaratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City
▹ Songwon Art Center, Seoul, Korea
▹ Treasure of Lima: A Buried Exhibition, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna
▹ Andratx CCA, Mallorca, Spain
▹ Silent Barn Art Center, New York
▹ Art Center Te Tuhi, Auckland, New Zealand
▹ Survival Kit, Umeå, Sweden
▹ Tampere Art Museum
▹ MACRO Testaccio, Rome
▹ Nordic Outbreak, Umeå, Sweden
2013
▹ Nordic Outbreak, New York
▹ Botkyrka konsthall, Stockholm
▹ GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art, Haag, Netherlands
▹ Finnish Institute in Stockholm
▹ Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Irland
▹ Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
▹ Galerie SAW, Ottawa
2012
▹ Salo Art Museum, Finland
▹ Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland
▹ Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
▹ Riihimäki Art Museum, Finland
2011
▹ 6th Bienal VentoSul, Brasil
▹ Nuit Blanche, Paris
▹ Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
▹ Köln im Studio, Helsinki
▹ AsiloBianco, Ameno, Italy
▹ Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
▹ Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway
▹ Jyväskylä City Art Museum, Finland
▹ AVIFF 2011, Art Vidéo International Film Festival, Cannes
▹ Hå gamle prestegard, Norway
▹ Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
▹ Air Space Gallery, London
▹ Physical Center, London
▹ Gallery Zebra, Karjaa, Finland
2010
▹ Z33 House for contemporary art, Hasselt, Belgium
▹ Muu gallery, Helsinki
▹ Kiasma, Helsinki
▹ Modern Art Oxford, UK
▹ Centro Cultural, São Paulo
▹ Rauma biennale, Finland
▹ Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Denmark
▹ WAS – Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009
▹ Royal Academy of Arts, London
▹ Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
▹ Nettie Horn gallery, London
▹ Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
▹ Weimar Arts Festival, ACC Gallery, Germany
▹ Athens Biennale
▹ Mänttä Art Festival, Finland
▹ HoviArt, Anttolan Hovi, Anttola, Finland
▹ Gallery Emil Filla, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, REBUS SIC STANTIBUS
▹ Medium Art Centre, Beijing, China
▹ Oulu City Art Museum, Finland
2008
▹ Les Territoires, Montreal, Monobandes
▹ Jyväskylä City Art Museum, Live Herring
▹ New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, Ginger
▹ The Rhinelander Contemporary Art Center, France, La position de la Terre
▹ Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
▹ Kerava Art Museum, Mitä mies? What’s up man?
▹ Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
2007
▹ Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Male Stuff
▹ Kunsthalle Helsinki, 4th Triennal of Finnish Art
▹ Nettie Horn gallery, London, Beauhemia
▹ The Brick Lane Gallery, London, ECCE HOMO
▹ The Brick Lane Gallery, London, Lost & Found
▹ Muu galleria, Helsinki, What is Live Art in Finnish?
▹ Nuku, Oulu, Nordisk Panorama
▹ Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Bodenburg, Germany
▹ Gallery Signe Vad, Copenhagen, Denmark
▹ Oulu City Art Museum, Kollaasi
▹ Peri, Turku,, Finland, Male Stuff
2006
▹ Rantagalleria, Photography Center, Oulu, Finland, What’s Up North
▹ White Box, New York, USA
▹ HIAP, Helsinki
▹ Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Bodenburg, Germany
▹ The University gallery, Essex, UK
▹ Moogie Wonderland, Rochester, UK, Chistmas Absurd
2005
▹ Helsinki, Katajanokka, Kutsu
▹ Helsinki City Art Museum
2004
▹ Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
▹ Kunsthalle Helsinki
2002
▹ Backlight International Triennial, Tampere
▹ New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
▹ Cultural Center of Hämeenlinna, Virne
▹ Photography Center of Mikkeli, Virne
▹ Peri, Photography Center, Pojat, Turku, Finland
2001
▹ Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland
▹ Peri, Photography Center, Turku, Finland
1999
▹ Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
PERFORMANCES
2016
▹ North Coast Art Triennial, Denmark
▹ Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2015
▹ New Performance Turku Festival, Turku, Finland
2013
▹ Venice biennale
2012
▹ Performanssi on the Road, Salo, Finland
▹ Up to Nature, Wien, Bristol, Oslo, Kuopio
2011
▹ Taking the Stage Over, Shanghai, China
2010
▹ Acción!MAD- festival, Madrid, Spain
▹ Liverpool biennale, UK
▹ Rauma biennale, Finland
2009
▹ Anti-festival, Kuopio, Finland
▹ Athens Biennale
▹ Mänttä Art Festival, Finland
2008
▹ Hotel Meridian, Thames, London
▹ Live Herring, City of Jyväskylä/internet, Finland
▹ The Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo, Finland
2007
▹ Verbo Performance art festival, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo, Brasil
▹ Szentendre, Danube, Hungary
▹ Forum Box, Helsinki
▹ Taidepanimo, Lahti, Finland
2006
▹ White Space Gallery, London
▹ Kiasma, Helsinki, Ars 06 Performance event
▹ Circulo De Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain, Jámon-Kinkkua!
▹ Taidepanimo, Lahti, Pair 01
▹ City of Toijala, Finland, Näkymä
2004
▹ Anti-festival, Kuopio, Finland
▹ Helsinki Art Academy
▹ Puskinskaja-10, St. Petersburg, Russia
▹ Zodiak, Helsinki, (with The Blackroom Act)
2003
▹ Myymälä 2, Helsinki, Forces of Light
▹ Lábas, Helsinki
2002
▹ Vapriikki, Backlight, Tampere, Finland
▹ Häme Gallery, Lahti, Finland
RECIDENCIES
2007
▹ Artists’ Associsation of Oulu, Berlin
2005-06
▹ Centre for Contemporary Art at Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
2005
▹ Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
COLLECTIONS
Saatchi Collection
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
ArtCenter/Istanbul
Helsinki Art Museum, HAM
Saastamoinen Foundation
The Heino Art Foundation collection
AKO Kunststiftelsen
Miettinen Collection
Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation
State of Finland
Zabludowicz Collection
Oulu City Art Museum
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art/Turku City Art Museum
Helsinki Art Academy
Northern Photographic Centre
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
Vital Arts
Geological Survey of Finland
Private Collections