ARTIST PROFILE

Mirimari Annika Väyrynen

  • Finland (b. 1976 in Helsinki)

CONTACT & LINKS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • Dialective, L´Oeil de Poisson, studio, Quebec, Canada.

2013

  • Terra Cenizada, Villa de Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
  • Locus, Kunsthale Porvoo, Porvoo, Finland.
  • Era, Galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany.

2012

  • Im Memoriam, TM Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.

2009

  • Fragment, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki, Finland.

2006

  • Hilipatiheijaa!, Gallery Pirkko-Liisa Topelius , Helsinki, Finland.

2004

  • Bäng, Bäng!, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Private area , Studio Mezzo, Helsinki, Finland.

2001

  • Whirl and Roll, Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum , Turku, Finland.

1998

  • Between Waters, Cultural Center Elvira Cabel, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • International Contemporary Art Symposium Baie Saint-Paul, Arena, Baie Saint-Paul, Canada.
  • Guasch Coranty International Painting Prize, Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain.

2014

  • 13.Mostra , MAC Contemporary Art Museum, A Coruña, Spain.
  • KERMA, Galleria Å, Turku, Finland.
  • Remapping the Zoo, Lintutorni, Grey Cube Galleries, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Left to Travel in Wind, Södeskär Light House, Archipelago of Porvoo, Porvoo, Finland.
  • New York Now! , Factrory-Art Harlem, New York, United States.

2013

  • CASA//ARTE, CentroCentro, Madrid, Spain.
  • XIII EAC, Museum of University MUA, Alicante, Spain.
  • Young Artists´ Competition, Art Center Salmela, Mäntyharju, Finland.

2012

  • 12.Mostra, MAC Contemporary Art Museum , A Coruña, Spain.
  • War or Peace? , South-Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland.
  • SKjL, Hyvinkää Art Museum , Hyvinkää, Finland.

2011

  • XIV Exhibition El Brocense, Sala El Brocense, Cáseres, Spain.

2010

  • 11. Mostra, MAC Contemporary Art Museum, A Coruña, Spain.
  • Art of Women, Pavilion of Peru, Sevilla, Spain.
  • Nord Art, Kic , Büdelsdorf, Germany.
  • Unequal, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.

2009

  • Recycle , Riihimäki Art Museum , Riihimäki, Finland.
  • Preliminary Investigation, Patarei Prison, Environmental Art project, Tallin, Estonia.
  • Young Artists´ Competition , Ars Kärsämäki, Kärsämäki, Finland.

2008

  • Madrigueras, Centro Civico, Málaga, Spain.
  • Cemento Verde , Environmental Art project, VPO apartment buildings, Manilva, Spain.
  • MalagaCrea, Contemporary Art Museum CAC, Málaga, Spain.
  • Arte el Invasor , Sala Crópani, Málaga, Spain.

2007

  • Woman's Season, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Drawing, Kunsthalle Porvoo, Porvoo, Finland.
  • Minimi , K.H. Renlund´s Art Museum, Kokkola, Finland.

2006

  • Art of Basware, Sanoma House, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Baba Project, Cultural Center of Sfatu Gheorghe, Sfatu Gheorghe, Romania.

2005

  • Finnish Painters , Gallery Bartok 32 , Budapest, Hungary.
  • Finnish Painters , Gallery Karinthy Szalon, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Finnish Painters , Gallery Volsbank, Budapest, Hungary.

2003

  • Young -03, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2001

  • Done!, Galerie Forsblom, Turku, Finland.

1995

  • Artists 101 st Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum , Kerava, Finland.

LOCATION

  • Born 1976 in Helsinki, Finland.

EDUCATION

  • 2008 - 2013
    Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland
    Master of Arts in Painting (Cultural Identity and Landscape)
  • 1997 - 1998
    Arts Academy Joaquim Tejada, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
    Bachelor of Fine Arts, international studies in Painting
  • 1996 - 2001
    Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2015
    Working grant
    Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2015
    Working grant
    Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2015
    Group residency grant
    Kone Foundation, Mietoinen, Finland
  • 2014
    Residency Grant
    Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2014
    Public Display Grant
    Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2014
    Working Grant
    Arts Promotion Centre Finland Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2014
    Travel Grant
    Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2013
    XIV Art Contest XIII Encuenrtos con Arte Contemporáneo, shared art prize
    University Museum of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  • 2013
    Residency and Working Grant
    Kone Foundation, Mietoinen, Finland
  • 2013
    Solo Exhibition Grant
    Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2013
    International Project Grant
    Frame Finland, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2013
    International Project Grant
    Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2011
    XIV Art Contest Brocense, shared art prize
    El Brocense, Cáseres, Spain
  • 2010
    Arte de Mujeres, 1º prize
    Andalusian Government , Sevilla, Spain
  • 2008
    Madrigueras -International Contemporary Art Exhibition, 1º prize
    Emprovima and City of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
  • 2008
    Cemento Verde, International Environmental Art Project contest, Mention of Honor
    Emprovima and City of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
  • 2008
    MálagaCrea, Young Artists´Prize, 2º prize
    Contemporary Art Museum of Málaga, CAC, Málaga, Spain
  • 2006
    Working Grant
    Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2006
    Basware -Young Artists Contest, shared art prize
    Analyste ltd, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2003
    International Project Grant
    The Fine Arts Academy Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2002
    Working Grant
    Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2001
    Material Grant
    Finnish Konkordia Union, Helsinki, Finland

RESIDENCIES

  • 2015
    Saari residency, Kone Foundation, Mietoinen, Finland
  • 2014
    L´oeil de Poisson, Le Méduse, Quebec, Canada
  • 2014
    Finnish Ateljee Foundation, Le Meduse, L’Oeil de Poisson, Quebec, Canada
  • 2014
    Helsinki International Artist Program, HIAP - Suomenlinna, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2013
    Saaren Kartano, Kone Foundation, Mietoinen, Finland
  • 2013
    Galerie-Residency Pleiku, Galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2014 - Present
    Helsinki Art Association, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2010 - Present
    MUU ry, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2003 - Present
    Finnish Painter´s Union, Helsinki, Finland

COLLECTIONS

  • MUA, University Museum of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  • Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju, Finland
  • City of Cáseres, Cáseres, Spain
  • Emprovima, Málaga, Spain
  • City of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
  • Basware (Analyste ltd), Finland , Helsinki, Finland
  • Martela oy, Finland , Helsinki, Finland