ARTIST PROFILE

Sanna Maria Paananen

  • Finland (b. 1988 in Kouvola)
  • Currently in Tampere, Finland.
  • Sanna Maria Paananen is a 27-year-old Finnish painter. Her artworks exhibit modern day allegorical figures, usually dealing with themes like being an artist, self-identity and being female.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

2015

  • Dialogue? (collaboration paintings), Tampere Maja, Tartto, Estonia.
  • Dialogue (collaboration paintings), Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland.

2014

  • Ratoja, Varikkogalleria, Seinäjoki, Finland.
  • Lavalla - Lavan taa, Gallery 3H+K, Pori, Finland.

2013

  • Lavastuksia, Unknown Cargo, Helsinki, Finland.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Union of Finnish Art Associations' Annual Exhibition (with collaborational paintings), Seinäjoki Art Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland.
  • Raja (with collaborational paintings), Valvegalleria, Oulu, Finland.
  • Young International Contest of Contemporary Art, Finalists' show, AlbumArte, Rome, Italy.
  • Freeze Frame (with collaborational paintings), Galleria2, Pirkkala, Finland.

2014

  • "What Are We Here For?", Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Finland.
  • The Art of Basware, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland.

2013

  • Portrait, Art Museum Lahti, Lahti, Finland.
  • Puolisattumanvaraisesti, Art Museum Imatra, Imatra, Finland.

2012

  • Anatomical Drawing, Art Museum Imatra, Imatra, Finland.

2010

  • Galleria Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland.
  • Galleria Kulo, Tallinn, Estonia.
  • Suomen Kulttuurirahaston Kymenlaakson rahaston 50-vuotisjuhlanäyttely ja Repin instituutin kuvataidekoulutuksen näyttely, Art Museum Kouvola, Kouvola, Finland.

LOCATION

  • Born 1988 in Kouvola, Finland.
  • Lives and works in Tampere, Finland.

EDUCATION

  • 2011 - 2012
    Repin Institute of Arts, exchange, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
    exchange student in Graphics (Li Klim)
  • 2009 - 2013
    Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Imatra, Finland
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
  • 2008 - 2009
    Visual Arts Education of the Repin Institute at Kotka, Kotka, Finland
    course specializing in drawing and painting in
  • 2007 - 2008
    Atelier Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
    course specializing in drawing and painting in

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2016
    6 month working grant
    Finnish Cultural Foundation, Kymenlaakso Regional fund, Finland
  • 2015
    Young International Competition of Contemporary Art (YICCA), finalist
    Moho Aps, International
  • 2015
    TFHMFaward, longlisted with collaboration painting
    Tupajumi Foundation and HeavyMerryFinland, International
  • 2015
    Grant for working, 6 months
    Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Arts Council of Southeast Finland, Finland
  • 2014
    Grant for arranging an exhibition
    City of Imatra, Imatra, Finland
  • 2014
    Grant for arranging an exhibition
    City of Imatra, Imatra, Finland
  • 2014
    Grant for arranging an exhibition
    Finnish Cultural Foundation, the South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund, Finland
  • 2013
    Artists' grant
    City of Imatra, Imatra, Finland

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2016 - Present
    Rajataide, Finland
  • 2015 - Present
    Tampere Artists' Association, Tampere, Finland
  • 2015 - Present
    Finnish Painters' Union, Finland
  • 2013 - Present
    South Karelian Artists' Association, South Karelia, Finland

COLLECTIONS

  • Helia Fund, Helsinki, Finland
  • Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Student works collection, Imatra, Finland