© Henriikka Kontimo 2008-2023 Built with Indexhibit
HENRIIKKA KONTIMO
b. 1981, lives and works in Kökar, Åland, Finland
Education
2018-2020 Cabinetmaking, Ikaalinen College of Crafts and Design, Ikaalinen, FI
2011-2013 Pedagogical Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FI
2010-2011 Writing Studies, Critical University, Helsinki, FI
2002-2008 MFA, Time and Space Arts Studies, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2005-2007 BFA, Audiovisual Department (VAV), Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
Public Works
2017 Lavatoio, installation, Mazzano Romano, IT
2017 What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Nature, installation, Fiskars, FI
2016 Preparation Time: A Whole Life, performance, Romainmotier, CH
2015 Jump, performance, Olafsfjördur, IS
2015 Envelopes, performance, Olafsfjördur, IS
2013 Nature, installation, Hyvinkää, FI
Commissions
2020 What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Nature, installation, Kone Foundation's Saari Manor, Mynämäki, FI
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 What Remains, Fusion Art Gallery, Turin, IT
2015 Things That Fly, Listhus, Ólafsfjördur, IS
2010 Blah Blah Blah - And the Biggest of Them All Is Red, Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, FI
2008 And Then What, FAFA, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Sata vuotta hyvässä seurassa, Gallery Mältinranta, Tampere, FI
2018 Puun syyt ja seuraukset, Gallery Ratamo, Jyväskylä, FI
2017 Book Art, Kyoto Paradise Book Art Gallery, Kyoto, JP
2016 Läsnä, Gallery Emil, Tampere, FI
2016 Kilometre of Sculpture, Rakvere, EE
2015 Rót, Ketilhus, Akureyri, IS
2015 Out in the Open, Listhus, Ólafsfjördur, IS
2011 Skaftfell Art Center, Seyðisfjördur, IS
Grants
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland: six months working grant
2021 The Finnish Cultural Foundation: six months working grant
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland: 2nd COVID-19 Grant
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland: COVID-19 Grant
2019 Kone Foundation: Residency Grant
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland: Grant for Mobility in the Arts
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland: Project Grant
2016 Arts Promotion Centre Finland: Artist-in-Residence Grant
2011 Arts Promotion Centre Finland: Travel Grant
2010 Finnish Art Society: The Young Artist Grant
Competitions
2020 shared 2nd place, open artwork ideas competition for the new building of Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
Residencies
2021 Aspa Atelier, The Union of Finnish Art Associations, Karjalohja, FI
2021 Åland Archipelago Guest Artist Residence, Kökar, FI
2020 Tuo Tuo Residency, Joutsa, FI
2019 Kone Foundation, Saari Residence, Mynämäki, FI
2017 Mazzano Romano, Väinö Tanner Foundation scholarship, Mazzano, IT
2016 Rockland, Seattle, US
2016 Arc Artist Residency, Rômainmotier, CH
2016 Fusion Art Gallery, Turin, IT
2015 Listhus, Ólafsfjördur, IS
2011 Skaftfell Art Center, Seyðisfjördur, IS
2008 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Residency, Utö, FI
2005 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Residency, Berlin, GE
Publications as Author
2015 Luonto, Tuli&Savu #81
Teaching and Other Art-Related Work Experience
2011 -> Teacher and lecturer, courses, workshops, and lectures in various art institutions, FI
2018-2023 Guide and art pedagogue, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, FI
2022 Residency coordinator, Åland Archipelago Guest Artist Residence, Kökar, FI
2018 Guide, IHME Contemporary Art Festival, Helsinki, FI
2016 Guest lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, US
2013 Guest lecturer, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2013 Art pedagogue, Checkpoint Helsinki, Helsinki, FI
2008-2013 Guide and art pedagogue, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
Positions of Trust
2008 Member, Admission Board, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2007-2008 Member, Executive Board, Student Union, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2004-2005 Member, Exhibition Board, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2004-2005 Member, Study Finance Board, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2003-2005 Member, Education and Research Board, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2003-2005 Member, Executive Board, Student Union, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
Memberships
Artists' Association MUU
Tampere Artist Association
Finnish Woodcut Artists' Society
Bibliography
"Open artwork ideas competition for the new building of the University of the Arts Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts is completed", Valtion taideteostoimikunta, 13.10.2020, https://www.valtiontaideteostoimikunta.fi/kuvataideakatemia-taidekilpailu/
"Mietoistenlahden kulttuuripolulla ensimmäinen taideteos", Vakka-Suomen Sanomat, 29.6.2020, https://www.vakka.fi/a/ns002426676
"Virtuaalikierros: Lähde Aamulehden herkulliselle taidekierrokselle ruuan maailmaan – Vetonauloina Kadyrovan lihalliset makkarat ja Anna Retulaisen lakastuva punakaali", Aamulehti, 30.4.2020, https://www.aamulehti.fi/a/b2ac649a-016e-4db6-93b1-dc3e5d91c62a
"Kuollutta luontoa vai silkkaa sommittelua? Ylen opastetulla museokierroksella tutkitaan asetelman eri muotoja Sara Hildénin taidemuseossa", Yle Uutiset, 17.4.2020, https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11306302
Katja Matikainen: "Läsnäolon viivat", Taide 4/16
Jerry Large: "Artists from around the world have a free place to stay and create in Seattle, thanks to 2 ceramic artists", Seattle Times, 4.5.2016, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/couple-draw-artists-to-seattle-for-inspiration/