elina brotherus - Galleria Heino

ELINA BROTHERUS
Born in 1972, Helsinki, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland, and Avallon, France.
EDUCATION
2000 MA (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH)
1997 MSc (Analytical Chemistry), University of Helsinki
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland.
2016
Le Pavillon populaire, Montpellier, France (cat.).
Fotohof, Salzburg (cat.).
Galleria Heino, Helsinki.
2015
gb agency, Paris.
Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France.
Galeria camara oscura, Madrid.
Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen.
Ama Gallery, Helsinki.
2014
'Le 19' CRAC Montbéliard hors les murs, Ecole d'art de Belfort.
The Wapping Project Bankside / Mayfair, London.
2013
Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, in PhotoPhnomPenh 2013 (cat.).
Optica center for contemporary art, in Drone: The Automated Image, Mois de la Photo, Montréal (cat.).
gb agency, Paris.
2012
Narratives and Narrative Forms, Lianzhou Photography Festival, Lianzhou, China (cat.).
Gallery Taik, Berlin.
Gallery Heino, Helsinki, with Lauri Astala.
Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen.
2010
The Wapping Project Bankside, London.
Bloomberg SPACE, in the ‘Comma’ series, London.
2009
ZAMEK Cultural Center & PF Photography Gallery, Poznan, Poland (cat.).
2008
Yapi Kredi Kazim Taskent Art Gallery, Istanbul, curated by René Block (cat.).
Artist File 2008, The National Art Center, Tokyo (cat.).
2007
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg.
Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Genève.
2006
Musée des Beaux-arts, Caen, in Les Boreales.
Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône.
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin.
Millesgården, Stockholm.
The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki.
2005
Contemporary Art Centre Tinglado, Tarragona (cat.).
FRAC Haute-Normandie, Rouen.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
A Room of One's Own, Yancey Richardson, New York City.
Touching from a distance, Serlachius Museums, Mänttä, Finland (cat.).
Tapio Wirkkala in New Light, Ateneum Finnish National Gallery.
Selfie, Brandts Museum of art and visual culture, Odense, Denmark.
Voyage to the Virtual, Scandinavia House, New York City.
2014
The Other Set of Eyes, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (cat.).
France(s), territoire liquide, Tri Postale, Lille (cat.).
2013
Home Truths, The Photographers’ Gallery, London ; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago ; Belfast
Exposed (until 2014) (cat.).
Kiasma Hits, Kiasma Museum of Contemporry Art, Helsinki (cat.).
L'altro ritratto, MART, Rovereto (cat.).
The World of Art and Work, Städtische Galerie Waldkreiburg (cat.).
2012
About Caravaggio. Visioni contemporanee, Scuderie Aldobrandini, Frascati (cat.).
Self-Portrait, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark (cat.).
New Nordic - Arkitetur & identitet, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark (cat.).
Sense of Place, European landscape photography, Bozar Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (cat.).
Out of Focus, Saatchi Gallery, London (cat.).
Only You Only Me, Images of Love, Love of the Image, Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Musée d’art
moderne et d’art contemporain MAMAC, Liège, Belgium (cat.)
State of the Art - New Contemporary Photography, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf (cat.).
2011
A Female View, Foto-Raum, Wien.
Imagine Being Here Now, The 6th Momentum Biennial, Moss, Norway (cat.).
Alice in Wonderland, Logomo, Turku ; ECCO Espacio de Creación Contemporánea, Cadiz (cat.).
2010
Prix Nièpce, Rétrospective, Musée du Montparnasse, Paris (cat.).
Spazio, MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome (cat.).
Starter, ARTER, Istanbul (cat.)
Export - Import, Helsinki Kunsthalle (cat.).
2008
Je reviendrai, MAC/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
REAL, Photographs from the DZ BANK collection, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main (cat.).
Nordiske stemninger, ARKEN, Ishöj, Denmark (cat.).
2007
Collection Neuflize, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon.
De l'Europe, Prix Mosaïque, Dudelange, Luxembourg (cat.).
L'oeil écran ou la nouvelle image, Casino Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg (cat.).
Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, New York (cat.).
Sguardi da nord/Northern Lights, Galleria Civica di Modena (cat.).
2006
Ars Fennica 2007, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki ; Embassy of Finland, Washington ;
Scandinavia House, New York (until 2008) (cat.).
Art, Life & Confusion, October Salon/Belgrade Biennial, Belgrade (cat.).
Zones of Contact, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (cat.)
Absolutely Private, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (cat.).
2005
Self-Timer/Selbstauslöser, Kunsthalle Fridericanum, Kassel ; Kunsthalle Nikolaj, Copenhagen ; National
Museum of Bucharest (until 2007) (cat.).
2004
Je t'envisage, la disparition du portrait, Museé de l’Elysée, Lausanne.
2003
Carnegie Art Award 2003, Royal Art Academy, Stockholm ; Kópavogur Art Museum, Reykjavík ; Kunsternes
Hus, Oslo ; Charlottenburg, Copenhagen ; Victoria Miro Warehouse, London ; Helsinki Kunsthalle (until 2005)
(cat.)
Girls' Night Out, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach CA ; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover
MA ; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen CO ; Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis MI ; Blaffer Gallery, Houston TX
(until 2006) (cat.).
Fables de l’identité, Centre national de la photographie, Paris.
Transparente, MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome (cat.).
New Realities, Hasselblad Center, Gothemburg.
2002
Beyond Paradise, National Gallery, Bangkok ; National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur ; Shanghai Art Museum,
Shanghai (cat.).
Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize 2002, The Photographers' Gallery, London (cat.).
2001
ARS 01, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (cat.).
2000
Norden/North, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (cat.).
1999
The Passion and the Wave, The 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (cat.).
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki / ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark / CCA Andratx, Spain /
Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP), France / Carnegie Art Collection, Sweden / Centre national de
l’audiovisuel, Luxembourg / Colección H+F, Barcelona / Collection Lambert, Avignon / Collection Neuflize,
France / Coppel Collection, Mexico City / Corcoran Gallery, Washington / EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art,
Espoo, Finland / Finnish State Art Collection / Fondación ARCO, Madrid / Fondation Kadist, Paris / FRAC
Alsace, Sélestat, France / FRAC Haute-Normandie, Rouen / FRAC PACA, Marseille / Galeria Civica d’Arte,
Modena / Gothemburg Art Museum, Gothemburg / Hasselblad Center, Gothemburg / Helsinki City Art Museum,
Helsinki / Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland / Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki /
Koç Foundation, Istanbul / KORO Kunst i Offentlige Rom (Public Art Norway) / MAC/VAL Musée d’Art
Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine / Malmö Art Museum, Malmö / Mestizo, Murcia, Spain /
Moderna Museet, Stockholm / Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg / Musée de l’Elysée,
Lausanne / Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône / Museo da Imagem, Braga / Museo nazionale delle
arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI), Rome / Museum Folkwang, Essen / Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland / Saatchi
Collection, London / Société Générale, Paris / Swedish State Art Collection / Tampere City Art Museum,
Tampere, Finland / The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki / Västerås Art Museum, Västerås, Sweden
SELECTED AWARDS
2015
2014
2012
2008
2005
2003
2001
2000
Åström Studio Grant, Artists' Association of Finland
William Thuring Award, Finland
Pro Finlandia
Finnish State Prize for Photography
Prix Niépce, Gens d'images, France
Carnegie Art Award 2004, Young Artist’s Scolarship
Prix Mosaïque, Centre National de l'Audiovisuel, Luxembourg
Fotofinlandia 2000 Award
MONOGRAPHS
Carpe Fucking Diem, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg (book launch in November 2015).
12 ans après. Text: Riikka Ala-Harja. Sémiosquare, Helsinki 2015.
Artist and her model. Text: Susan Bright, Timo Kelaranta. Le caillou bleu, Brussels 2012.
Etudes d'après modèle, danseurs. Text: Marc Donnadieu, interview: Patrick Scemama with Elina Brotherus. Les
éditions Textuel, Paris 2007, distributed by Volumen.
Elina Brotherus : The New Painting. Text: Susanna Pettersson, Andrea Holzherr, interview: Sheyi Antony
Bankale with Elina Brotherus. Next Level, London 2005. Distributed by Thames & Hudson.
Decisive Days, valokuvia-photographies-photographs 1997-2001. Interview: Jan Kaila with Elina Brotherus.
Kustannus Pohjoinen, Oulu 2002.
SOLO SHOW CATALOGUES
ELINA BROTHERUS, The New Painting. Text: Pawel Leszkowicz. Galeria Fotografii PF, Centrum Kultury
Zamek, Poznan 2009.
ELINA BROTHERUS, Adventure Istiklal 6. Text: René Block, Timo Valjakka. Yapi Kredi Kazim Taskent Sanat
Galerisi, Istanbul 2008.
ELINA BROTHRUS, Artist File 2008. Text: Yayoi Motohashi-Mäki-Mantila. National Art Center, Tokyo 2008.
ELINA BROTHERUS. Text: Susanna Pettersson. Tinglado2, Tarragona 2005.
The New Painting. Text: Evelyne Biver, Elina Brotherus. Carnets de Résidences #2, Editions Contretype,
Brussels 2004.
The New Painting. Text: Paolo Colombo. Chateau d'eau, Toulouse 2004.
Baigneurs, 2001-2003. Text : Hannele Rantala. FRAME, Helsinki 2003.
Spring. Text: Sophie Howarth, Jane Rendell. The Wapping Project, London 2001.
Suites françaises 2. Text: Andrea Holzherr, Val Williams. & : gb agency, Paris 2001.
ELINA BROTHERUS. Text: Caryn Faure Walker, Elina Brotherus. i8 Galleri, Reykjavík / Galerie Anhava,
Helsinki, Reykjavík 2000.
ELINA BROTHERUS. Text: Yrjänä Levanto, Elina Brotherus. Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå 1998.