Essi Kuokkanen
b. 1991, Pieksämäki
Lives and works in Helsinki
Studies
2020 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Regular Volley (duo with Björn Knapp), La Felce, Cologne
2023 Underbelly, Turku Art Museum Studio, Turku
2022 Shapehifter Dreaming, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2020 Blooming Snakes, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2019 Galleria Live, Helsinki
2018 Lump in a Throat and Dusty Eyes, Exhibition Laboratory Project Room, Helsinki
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Way of the World – Works from Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection, Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi, Rovaniemi
2023 Handle With Care, Turku Art Museum, Turku
2022 Ars22 – Living Encounters, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
2021 Impressions – From Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection, Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi, Rovaniemi
2021 Selected works from Galerie Anhava artists, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2020 Touch, the Collection Exhibition of Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
2018 Emerging 2018, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2018 Kuvan Kevät, MFA Degree Show, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
2017 Närmare borta, the Royal college of Fine Arts, Stockholm
2016 BFA exhibition, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
2016 Masters Salon 2016, Anciens Etablissements Vanderborght, Brussel
2016 Masters Salon 2016, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
2016 Tapailin sopivaa ilmaisua, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki
2016 Kuvataideakatemian näyttely, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
2015 What is surface?, Exhibition Laboratory Project Room, Helsinki
2014 International Plein Air Painting, Kuldiga Artists’ residence, Kuldiga
2013 Who’s in?, Galleria Fafa, Helsinki
Works in collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Collection of Finnish State Art Commission
Saastamoinen Foundation
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
Turku Art Museum
Zuzāns Collection / Zuzeum Art Centre
HusLab
Finnish Art Society (Teosarpajaiset)
Private collections