Essi Kuokkanen

b. 1991, Pieksämäki

Lives and works in Helsinki

essikuokkanen@gmail.com

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

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

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

 
Grants and Awards

2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2020 Anita Snellman Foundation

2020 The Finnish Cultural Foundation

2020 Paulo Foundation

2019  Ducat Prize, Finnish Art Society

2019  The Finnish Cultural Foundation

2018 Helsinki Saskia ry 

 
Works in collections

Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma

Collection of Finnish State Art Commission

Saastamoinen Foundation

Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation

HusLab

Finnish Art Society (Teosarpajaiset)

Private collections