Heli Hiltunen, biography
Born in Heinola, Finland, 1960. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
EDUCATION
1986–90
Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
1980–86
University of Art and Design, graphic design, Helsinki, Finland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2015
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2013
Galleria Orton, Helsinki, Finland
2012
Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2006
Gallery Ama, Turku, Finland
Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
2005
Galleria Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2004
Galerie Birthe Laursen, Paris, France
Institut Finlandais, Paris
2003
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
Finnland-Institut, Berlin, Germany
2001–02
Ars Fennica 2001, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki; Oulu Art Museum, Finland
2000
Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki, Finland
1999
Galleria Kajo, Rovaniemi, Finland
1997
Galleria Artina, Helsinki, Finland
Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle, Sweden
1995
Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Andreas Brändström, Stockholm, Sweden
1993
Galleria G, Helsinki, Finland
1992
Heinola Art Museum, Finland
1991
RUM, Galleri Pictura, Lund, Sweden
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
“5:2”, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
“Suuri näytelmä”, Villa Roosa, Orimattila, Finland
“Maila Talvio-salonki”, Hartola, Finland
“Garden”, LOKAL, Helsinki, Finland
“Love-Peace”, Liike, Helsinki, Finland
2012
“Kevätsalonki”, LOKAL, Helsinki, Finland
2009
”Instant III”, Galerie Susan Nielsen, Paris, France
”Ecology of Feelings”, XIV Mänttä Art Festival, Finland
2008
”Värähtelyä”, Danielson-Kalmari Museum, Vääksy, Finland
”Ihmisiä niityllä”, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
2007
The gallery of Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
”Unbelievable But True – New Works from the Collection”, Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
2006
Purnu Art Center, Orivesi, Finland
“Landscape – Works from Kiasma’s Collections”, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
“Artist and Spectator”, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
“Flowers as Picture”, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2005
”Samtida måleri”, Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
Helsinki Photography Festival 2005, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
2004
IX Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
”The Garden of Eden”, Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
“Love Me or Leave Me: Favourites from the Collections”, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2003
”City Views”, Projektraum M5, Visarte, Basel, Switzerland
2002
”An der Schwelle des Unbekannten,” Kulturabteilung Bayer, Leverkusen, Germany
“Maisema ajassa”, Heinola Art Museum, Heinola, Finland
Maila Talvio -salonki, Hartola, Finland
2001
“Antiprima Bovisa: Milano Europa 2000”, Triennale, Milano, Italy
“Finnish Today…!”, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000
“Carnegie Art Award – Nordic Painting 1999”, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK; Listasafn Reykjavíkur, Reykjavik, Iceland; Kungliga Akademin för de Fria Konsterna, Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
“What is real?”, The Third Finnish Photography Triennial, Mikkeli Art Museum, Finland
“Carnegie Art Award – Nordic Painting 1999”, Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark; Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
“I confini dell´Europa – Arte Contemporanea della Finlandia”, Casa delle Culture, Cosenza; Museo di Gallese, Viterbo, Italy
“Photographie Finlandaise – Identité Fictive”, Contretype, Brussels, Belgium
“Tunnen”, The House of Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
Purnu summer exhibition, Purnu Art Center, Orivesi, Finland
1998
“What is real?”, The Third Finnish Photography Triennial, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
1997
”Dark Side”, Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki, Finland
“10 “, Kunsthalle Lund, Sweden
Biennial: Young Artists of Europe & Mediterranean, The Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
1995–97
“TAiDETTA”, Karlskrona konsthall; Västerås konstmuseum; Norrköpings konstmuseum; Skövde konsthall; Värmlands museum, Karlstad; KUB Kulturcentrum, Helsingborg; Kulturens Hus, Luleå, Sweden
1994
“A View of Finland´s Forests – Images and Experiences”, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
1993–95
“Prejudices”, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden; Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki; Oulu Art Museum, Finland; Östergötlands museum, Linköping, Sweden; Landskrona konsthall, Sweden; Örebro länsmuseum, Sweden; Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland; Museum of Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1991
”M’ARS 91 Exit”, Mikkeli Art Museum, Finland
1990
“Advent Exhibition”, Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
“Graduating Students Exhibition”, The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
“Young Artists´ Exhibition”, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
1989
“Young Artists´ Exhibition”, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
AWARDS
2001
The Ars Fennica Prize, Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
ARTWORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Collection Swanljung, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland
Heino Collection, Finland
Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
Niemistö Collection of Contemporary Art, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki , Finland
Västerbottens Läns Landsting, Sweden
Mikkeli Art Museum, Finland
Oulu Art Museum, Finland
The National Public Art Council, Stockholm, Sweden
The Saastamoinen Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
State of Finland
Vexi Salmi Collection, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland
Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
PUBLIC WORKS
2004
Lassintalo, City of Oulu, Finland
2007
University of Helsinki, Banquet Rooms, Finland