Riitta Päiväläinen, Biography
Born 1969 in Maaninka, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
EDUCATION
2002
Master of Arts, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, FI – Department of Photography
1998
Bachelor of Arts, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, FI – Department of Photography
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
▹ Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2018
▹ Gallery TaiK Persons, Berlin, Germany
2016
▹ Gallery Valo, Arktikum Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland
▹ Gallery Camera Oscura, Madrid, Spain
2015
▹ Yumio Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Japan
2014
▹ Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland
▹ Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
▹ Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
▹ Skövde Art Museum with Pasi Välimaa, Sweden
▹ Gallery Confluence, solo exhibition, Nantes, France
2008/2009
▹ Kerava Art Museum, “Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings” with Ari Saarto, Kerava, Finland
2008
▹ Gallery Camara Oscura, with Aino Kannisto, Madrid, Spain
▹ Kemi Art Museum, “Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings” with Ari Saarto, Kemi, Finland
2007/2008
▹ Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
2007
▹ National Museum of Szczecin, “Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings”, with Ari Saarto, Szczecin, Poland
▹ Jönköping Art Museum, Jönköping, Sweden
2006
▹ Haninge Art Museum, Haninge, Sweden
▹ Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle, Sweden
2005
▹ Gallery Archifax, with Ari Saarto, Genoa, Italy
2004
▹ Gallery Valo, Rovaniemi, Finland
▹ City Library of Jönköping, Jönköping, Sweden
2003
▹ Gallery Dina4Projekte, München, Germany
▹ Gallery Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
▹ Arktikum-centre, Rovaniemi, Finland
2002
▹ Gallery Artina, Helsinki, Finland
▹ Gallery Romfeia, with Ari Saarto, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2001
▹ The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, England
▹ Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
2000
▹ VB Photographic Centre, with Nanna Hänninen, Kuopio, Finland
▹ Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland
1999
▹ Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
1998
▹ Gallery Zinc, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
▹ Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
▹ Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
▹ Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland
▹ Kunsthalle Turku, Finland
▹ Gallery Valerius, Luxemburg
2020
▹ Gallery Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
▹ Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lubeck, Germany
2019
▹ Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
▹ Forest.Enter.Exit, curated group exhibition, MEWO Kunsthalle, Menningen, Germany
2018
▹ Nature as Playground, Gallery H, Trade Center Store, Seoul, Korea
▹ New Territory, Landscape Photography Now, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA
▹ Nature as Palyground, Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
▹ Elèctric I Ilunyà. Fotografía contemporánea, Colleción OlorVISUAL, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Imaginary meeting, The collections of Jenny and Antti Wihuri, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
2017–2018
▹ Real Celebration, Collections of Jenny and Antti Wihuri, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
2017
▹ Beautiful Horror, The Collections of Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland
▹ Independence Through The Lenses, touring lenses: Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga, Latvia / FLUSS, Wolkerdorf, Germany / Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, Hungary
▹ Fabric works, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
▹ Smell of Málaga: olfactory perceptions of colección olorVisual”, Museo del Patrimonio Municipal, Málaga, Spain
2016–2017
▹ Second Skin, Museum Sinclair House, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe Germany
2016
▹ My Silence, group show, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland
2015
▹ Daikanyama Photo Fair, Tokyo, Japan
▹ Ellas – Creadoras de los siglos XX Y XXI, CAC Vélez-Málaga Francisco Hernández, Vélez-Málaga, Spain
2013
▹ Sensibility, group show, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
▹ New Wave Finland – Contemporary Photography from the Helsinki School, ASF/ Scandinavia House, New York, USA
2012–2013
▹ The 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Kunsthalle Helsinki/ Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, FI
2012
▹ Helsinki Abstract, Gallery Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2011
▹ Female View, FotoRaum, Wien, Austria
▹ Within/Beyond Borders, European Investment Bank, Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, Greece
▹ Alice in Wonderland, Logomo, Turku, Finland
2010–2011
▹ Suu kuin seitsemän leivän uuni, Adel Abidin, Pasi Eerik Karjula, Pentti Kaskipuro, Hilda Kozári, Riitta Päiväläinen, Vantaa Art Museum, FI
2010
▹ The Helsinki School at Daegu Photo Biennale Korea, Daegu, Korea
▹ Highlighted – Contemporary Finnish photography from the collection of Pieter and Marieke Sanders, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, Holland
2009
▹ Regards croisés, Les oeuvres de la BEI à la BCEE, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2008
▹ XIII Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
2007
▹ 6th Biennale de la Photographie Arficaine, curated group show, Mali, Africa
▹ Photo Finnish, The Helsinki School, Sternersen Art Museum, Oslo, Norway
▹ Helsinki School, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
2006–2007
▹ Facing East: Contemporary Landscape Photography from Baltic Areas, Yard Gallery, Nottingham, England
2006
▹ Vad är Fotografi? Helsinki School, Borås Art Museum, Borås, Sweden
▹ Kolme Tietä, Kuopio Art Museum, with Nanna Hänninen and Taina Kontio, Kuopio, Finland
▹ The Helsinki School, Finnish photography from the 21st century, Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
▹ Facing East, Tullie House & Art Gallery, Carlisle, England
▹ Various Artists: The Helsinki School, Gallery Photology, Milan, Italy
2005
▹ Helsinki School, The New Approach, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
▹ Peinture Fraîche II: Jeune Création Finlandaise, Kerava Art Museum, Finland
▹ Personally, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
▹ Under Your Skin, Gallery White Box, New York, USA
▹ 30 by TaiK, Museum of Finnish Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2004
▹ Gokann, 4th Triennial of the Finnish Artists’ Association, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
▹ Facing East, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, England/ Impressions Gallery, York, England
▹ Peinture Fraîche: Jeune Création Finlandaise, Nanterre, France
▹ Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Finnland, Salo Art Museum, Finland
2003
▹ Gokann, 4th Triennial of the Finnish Artists’ Association, Kyoto, Japan
▹ Summer, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, Finland
▹ Ordinary everyday, Vantaa Art Museum, Vantaa, Finland
2002
▹ Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Finnland, touring group exhibition, Germany
▹ Artstorm, touring group exhibition, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway
2000
▹ Jatulintarha, finnish-brittish artists exhange 2000-2002, Finland, England
▹ Our Friends From The North, Hatfield, England
1999
▹ Exhibition ´99, The Association Gallery, London, England
PUBLIC COMMISIONS
2021
▹ Shelter, Region Stockholm, Konstväxlingar, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
▹ Unwritten History, Memory, Landscape, The city of Jönköping, Sweden
AWARDS
2020
▹ Lensculture Exposure Awards Finalist and Jurys pick
2011
▹ Whilliam Thuring prize of the Fine Arts Society of Finland
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Kiasma, Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Museum of Finnish Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish State / The State Art Council, Sweden
Jönköping Art Museum, Sweden
Kuopio Art Museum, Finland
Saastamoinen Foundation, Finland
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finland
The City of Jönköping, Sweden
The City of Tampere, Finland
The City of Skellefteå, Sweden
The City of Umeå, Sweden
Balticgruppen Umeå, Sweden
County Council of Västerbotten, Sweden
Kultur Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden
Haninge Kunsthalle, Haninge, Sweden
Edition Eklund, Sweden
Uppsala Landsting, Sweden
Apotekets Kunstförening, Sweden
DZ-Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
European Investment Bank in Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Private collections in Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Turkey