Aki Turunen - Visual Artist
Born in 1983 Helsinki, Finland Where He Lives and Works
Education
2011, Master of Fine Arts, MFA, With Honours, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
2011, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts)
2009, Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
2005 - 2011, Kuvataideakatemia, (Finnish Academy of Fine Arts), Helsinki, Finland
2002, Matriculation Examination, (Upper Level Secondary School), Helsinki, Finland
Coming Exhibitions
2013, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
Solo Exhibitions
2010, Teflon-Kaanon, Kuvataideakatemia Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Group Exhibitions
2011
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Rundgang, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, Denmark
Images of Man in the Context of the Painting Tradition, Rohde Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
Forårsudstilling, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010
Premio Casorati, VII Biennale Internazionale di Pittura, Turin, Italy
KuvA Painters at Fondia, Helsinki, Finland
Kuvan Kevät (The MFA Degree Show), FAFA Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2009
It Would Never Be Possible, Porras Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2008
The Flea Market, FAFA Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
The 8th Illustrators´ Triennale, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland
The Summer Exhibtion of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kuvataideakatemia Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2007
Lose With Me, FAFA Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Drawings, Välivuosi Gallery & Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2006
The Summer Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Sturenkatu 2, Helsinki, Finland
Other artistic practice
2010
"Calmly with Painting", Review on Nina Roos's Show, Mustekala Internet Portal, Finland
2009
Images for Riikka Timonen's Eurovision Song Contest Contribution, "Meren", Finland
2008
Participation in Tellervo Kalleinen's Complaint Choir, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2007
Mural in a Hotel Room, ”The Imaginary Coronation & the Realer Realities”, Hotel Bloom, Brussels, Belgium
Illustrations for an Article, ”The Importance of Fairy Tales for Those with Visual Handicap” Silmäterä Magazine, Finland
Bibliography
2011
"Troen på det umulige", The Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DR
2010
"Art's Relation to Religion", YLE 1 Radio, The Finnish Broadcasting Company, YLE
"Teflon-Kaanon", Suomi-TV, Finland
"Sinebrychoff - Contemporary Art", MTV3, Finland
"Slutarbeten med Eftertanken", Hufvudstadsbladet, Finland
2008
”Everything Is Worth Watching”, Mieli Magazine
"Love for Machines", Catalogue
Grants
2011
The Finnish Art Society, (Working Grant)
FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, (Project Grant)
KUNO, (for Studying in Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi)
2010
Kesko, (Scholarship)
Residencies and Study Trips
2009, The Residency of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2006, Study Trip to Gent, Antwerp, Brussels and Paris, Belgium and France
2005, Study Trip to St. Petersburg, Russia
Positions of Trust
2009-2010, Tutor, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2009, Member of the Admissions Board, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
2008-2010, Member of the Gallery Board, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
2008-2010, Vice-Member of the Study Support Board, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
Teaching
2002- Fine Art Teaching in Secondary and Upper Level Secondary Schools
Collections
Private Collections