Anne Koskinen

In Need of a Guardian
7 Sep – 1 Oct 2017

ANNE KOSKINEN is a versatile artist mastering several techniques, from marble or stone sculptures to detailed watercolours, drawings, bronzes and installations. Drawing on the German tradition of image studies, as well as with strong personal reflection, Koskinen explores the possibilities associated with the process of an image coming into being – the living process in which an image and its meaning are created. How little is needed for an image captured in stone and made possible by it to emerge? When does an image take shape? When is it necessary to stop?  

Anne Koskinen (b. 1969, Helsinki) has studied at the Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Freiburg in Germany, and at the University of Art and Design Helsinki and the University of Helsinki In Finland. In recent years, her works have been on show in solo and group exhibitions at venues including Galerie Werner Klein in Cologne, the Serlachius Museum Gösta in Mänttä, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet in Skärhamn, and Royal British Society of Sculptors Galleries in London. In addition to private collections, she has work in prestigious public collections such as The Sander Collection, Germany; Malmö Art Museum, Malmö; European Parliament’s Collection, Brussels; EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art; and the The Finnish State Art Collection.

An keinem Ende der Leine, 2022
oil on canvas
110 x 130 cm

In Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection

Susche, 2022
oil on canvas
131 x 170 cm

Torso I, 2019
natural stone
16 x 21 x 4,5 cm

In private collection

She/He/They
28 Nov – 20 Dec 2019

Chrys, 2017
granite
42 x 57 x 19 cm

In Serlachius Museum Collection

In Need of a Guardian VI, 2017
gold on paper
87,5 x 116 cm

In Saastamoinen Foundation Collection

Flowers I picked for my beloved destroyed by my cats, 2019
metalpoint and oil on canvas
25,5, x 20 cm

In Sander Collection

Stone Flowers, 2017
gold on marble
60 x 52 cm

Memory Book, 2014
bronze
14 x 16 x 7 cm

Lotta (Foundling), 2014
granite
58 x 33 x 33 cm

In Kuopio Art Museum Collection

In Need of a Guardian
7 Sep – 1 Oct 2017

Therapist, 2012
stone
29 x 20 x 20 cm

Labyrinth, 2022
oil on canvas
65 x 81cm

Suche, 2022
oil on canvas
131 x 170 cm

Träumer, 2022
oil on canvas
54 x 46 cm

Flowers to my beloved, hope you're well, 2020
oil, gold and silver point on linen
25,5 x 20 cm

Torso VII, 2019
natural stone
33 x 22 x 8 cm

In Need of a Guardian III, 2017
gold on paper
58 x 45,5 cm

Linnea (Girl with Pigtails), 2014
granite
99 x 62 x 61 cm,
27 x 9 x 5 cm,
25 x 8 x 4 cm

In Need of a Guardian VIII, 2017
gold on paper
55 x 45 cm

Clementine, 2015-2017
granite
74 x 37 x 38 cm

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ANNE KOSKINEN (born 1969) employs a wide range of techniques, whose approach merges the German tradition of visual art with strong personal reflection.

She is a versatile artist mastering several techniques, from marble or stone sculptures to detailed watercolours, drawings, bronzes and installations.  In her work, Koskinen explores the possibilities associated with the process of an image coming into being. How little is enough in a drawing or piece of sculpture for the viewer to perceive the brim of a soft hat, the line of the neck of the shape of the body?

She is particularly intrigued by how the immaterial concept, the visible sensual image and the object relate to one another. For instance, by sculpting the stone, through the process of physically removing material from the rock, Koskinen seeks the point when material becomes representational; when a natural stone turns into sculpture.

Koskinen describes her memory-based working process as ‘the shortening of reality’, where unnecessary visual noise has been filtered. A reduced drawn image invites viewers to consider the artist’s choices and motivation. Why was this particular image made? Why does the image disappear from this part? Why does the artist draw with a gold pencil?

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A N N E  K O S K I N E N

Born 1969 in Helsinki, Finland
Lives and works in Karuna and Helsinki, Finland

EDUCATION

  • 1989–1991
    • German philology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
  • 1991–1997
    • Meisterschülerin, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 1993
    • Studies in fine arts, Norfolk Institute of Art and Design, Norwich, England
  • 1994
    • Studies in sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
  • 1994–1996
    • Master of Arts, Aalto University/University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland
  • 1997–
    • Doctoral candidate, Aalto University/University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland
  • 1997–1998
    • Postgraduate studies in fine arts, Meisterschülerin, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 1998–2021
    • Master of Arts, major: German philology/linguistics, minor: multimedial communication.
      Bachelor of Arts, major: German philology, minors: art history, aesthetics, pedagogy, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 2022–
    • Doctoral Researcher, Doctoral Programme in Philosophy, Arts, and Society, University of Helsinki, Finland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2022
    • Am anderen Ende der Leine, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
  • 2019
    • She/He/They, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
  • 2018
    • Guardians, Axel Pairon Gallery, Knokke
  • 2017
    • In Need of a Guardian, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
  • 2015
    • Reflection – Sculptures and Drawings, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
  • 2014
    • Solo, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
  • 2013
    • Gallery Orton, Helsinki
  • 2012
    • No Time for Lover, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
  • 2010
    • Uninvited Visitors, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
  • 2008–09
    • Anne Koskinen – Familie Koskinen, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
  • 2006
    • I, Galerie Anhava, Project Room, Helsinki
  • 2004
    • Anaesthetic Relation, Galleria K, Huittinen
  • 2003
    • DEUS PROTECTOR NOSTER, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
  • 2002
    • DEUS PROTECTOR NOSTER, Pori Art Museum, Pori
  • 2001
    • Autoportraits – A Valedictorian Burnishing Her Image, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
  • 1998
    • Sculpture, Galerie Artek, studio, Helsinki
  • 1996
    • Anne Koskinen auf dem Holzweg / I Cannot Come, Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2022–23
    • Überhund – the Fascinating Dogs of Art, Salo Art Museum, Salo
    • Vexi Salmi ja ystävät – muistonäyttely, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna
  • 2021–22
    • Come Back as a Flower, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
  • 2021
    • Sydän auki taiteelle. Niemistö-kokoelma Turussa, Ars Nova Museum, Turku
    • Aito vai ei? Taideteoksen alkuperän lähteillä, Salo Art Museum, Salo
    • Selected Works from Galerie Anhava Artists, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
    • Acchrochage, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
  • 2020–2021
    • Line of life from Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation collection,
      Korundi, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
    • Mad Love – Seppo Fränti Collection, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
  • 2020
    • Galerie Werner Klein 20th Anniversary, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
  • 2019–2020
    • What Is Growing, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn
  • 2019
    • In Black and White, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
  • 2018–2019
    • Four Elements, Turku Art Museum, Turku
    • Time of Stone, Serlachius Museum Gösta, Mänttä
    • Upside Down, Kuopio Art Museum
  • 2018
    • Female Figures – The Kultaranta Sculpture Exhibition, the summer residence of the President of the Republic of Finland, Naantali
    • Vexi Salmi Collection, Kajaani Art Museum, Kajaani
  • 2017
    • Public Art Now, Dipoli Gallery, Espoo
    • Me: Self-Portraits Through Time, Kunsthalle Helsinki
  • 2016
    • Gallery Orton 15 Years, Gallery Orton, Helsinki
    • My Silence – Hiljaisuuden ääni, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio
    • Haava – Seppo Fränti Collection, Lapinlahti Hospital, Helsinki
  • 2015–2017
    • Touch – Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection Exhibition, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
  • 2015
    • Occupy Space!, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
    • New and Newest, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
    • come, little friend, Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg
    • SKULPTUR, Royal British Society of Sculptors Galleries, London
  • 2014–2015
    • Nach der Natur. Strategien der Natur in der zeitgenössischen Bildhauere, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, das Bildhauermuseum im Norden, Bremen
  • 2014
    • A Discerning Gaze / Kiteytynyt katse, The Lars Swanljung Collection of Contemporary Art, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
    • Art Completion for the VTT Technical Research Centre of the Finland Centre for Nuclear Safety, The Finnish State Art Commission, VTT Digitalo, Otaniemi, Espoo
    • Men – Any Feelings? / Miehet – onko tunteita?, curated by Tuomo Rosenlund and Juha-Heikki Tihinen, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere
    • Levottomuudet, curated by Veikko Halmetoja, Salo Art Museum, Salo
  • 2013–2014
    • The 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
    • Metsä ja muita ajatuksia, Studio Lohrmann, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna
  • 2013
    • The 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta
    • The 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
    • Skulptur, heute! Contemporary Sculpture from Finland, Finnland-Institut, Berlin
  • 2012–2013
    • Reality Bites, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
    • Knoten / Dreher / 80, Museum Müllheim, Müllheim
  • 2012
    • The 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Kunsthalle Helsinki
    • Art Is So Gay, Forum Box, Helsinki
  • 2011–2012
    • Believe It or Not, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
    • The 1 % Concept, Künstlervereinigung MAERZ, Linz
  • 2011
    • Kind of Nice, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
    • Ääni ja hiljaisuus, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna
    • Tuttuja ja outoja lintuja, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio
    • Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother, XVI MÄNTTÄ ART FESTIVAL, Mänttä
    • Purnu 2011 Sijamuotoja, Purnu, Orivesi
  • 2010–2011
    • Death and It’s Many Faces, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku
  • 2009
    • Swanljung meets Malmö Art Museum, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö
  • 2008
    • Beyond the Rainbow, Galleria G18, Helsinki
  • 2007
    • Heijastuksia – taiteen peiliaiheita, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna
  • 2006
    • mURBAN, Artborg 35, Nikkilä, Sipoo
    • Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg
    • Collection Swanljung, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
    • Unbelievable but True, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
    • One Hundred Years of Finnish Democracy, design competition, Parliament House, Helsinki
  • 2005
    • No Other Alterations in Elevations, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
    • Gleam & Glory, Renate Schröder Galerie, Mönchengladbach
    • Working Title: Reflections, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki
    • To Look or to See – In Search of Meanings in Photography, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
    • Sata palaa, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
  • 2004
    • All Creatures Great and Small, Salon d’ Art, Cologne
    • The Garden of Eden, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
    • Innen – Aussen, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
  • 2003
    • Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
    • Spiegel – Spiegelbilder – Spiegelobjekte, Renate Schröder Galerie, Cologne
    • La grande dame, Forum Box, Helsinki
  • 2002
    • Off Skene, Fourth Triennial of Photographic Art, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
    • Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä
  • 2000
    • Think, Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki
  • 1999
    • Young Finnish Art, Museo di Gallese, Cosenza
  • 1998
    • Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel
  • 1997
    • City Gallery Schwarzes Kloster, Freiburg
  • 1996
    • Bürgerhaus Sprendlingen, Dreieich
    • Galleria Otso, City of Espoo Gallery, Espoo
    • Galleria Atski, University of Art and Design, Helsinki
    • Galerie Luzánky, Brno
  • 1995
    • Sculpture Park, Orlík
    • Aulanko, Hämeenlinna
  • 1994
    • Galleria Atski, University of Art and Design, Helsinki
    • Stoa, Helsinki City Gallery

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Sander Collection, Germany
Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
The State Art Collection, Finland
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
The Henna and Pertti Niemistö Collection of Contemporary Art, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
European Parliament’s Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere, Finland
Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden
Collection Swanljung, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland
Swedish State, Swedish Embassy, Washington, DC, USA
Vexi Salmi Collection, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland
Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
Regierungspräsidium Freiburg, The State Art Collection of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe, The State Art Collection of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
City of Helsinki, Finland
University of Brno, Czech Republic
Sculpture park Orlík, Czech Republic
City of Dreieich, Germany
Sparkasse Wolfach, Wolfach, Germany
City of Pori, Finland
University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland

PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMISSIONS

  • 2022
    • Findlings, 2014–2017, Serlachius Art Sauna, Serlachius Museum Gösta, Mänttä
  • 2019
    • Revelation –Timo Viherkenttä, Portrait of Chairman of the Finnish Cultural Foundation Board of Trustees (2012–14), Helsinki
  • 2015–19
    • Agnes, Kone Foundation, Lauttasaari Manor, Helsinki
  • 2016
    • The Nuclear Physicist’s Apple, VTT Centre for Nuclear Safety, Otaniemi, Espoo, commissioned by the Finnish State Art Commision for the Finnish State Art Deposit Collection
  • 2003/2008
    • Stone, Uutela, Vuosaari, Helsinki, commissioned by the Helsinki City Art Museum and the Helsinki Public Works Department
  • 2000
    • Venhe, The European Parliament, Brussels
  • 2000
    • Gerberas, Brandö lågstadieskola, Helsinki
  • 1995
    • Reisedokumente, Stadt Dreieich, Dreieich
  • 1996–1997
    • Vergessene Gegenstände / Lost Objects, Sparkasse Wolfach, Wolfach

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES

  • 2021
    • Teaching Assignment, Specialisation in Research on Literature and Culture, German Philology, University of Helsinki
  • 2017
    • Member of recruitment committee, Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki, Finland
    • Thesis supervisor, Department of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki, Finland
    • Thesis supervisor, Free Art School, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2016
    • Teacher in life drawing, Free Art School, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2016–
    • Board member, Finnish Painters’ Union, Finland
  • 2014–2015
    • Board member, Association of Finnish Sculptors, Finland
  • 2009
    • Lectures in Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2006–2008
    • Professor of Fine Arts, University of Art and Design, School of Visual Culture, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2002–2006
    • Director, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Pori School of Visual Culture, Finland
  • 2009
    • Lectures in Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2001
    • Director, Pori Art School, Pori, Finland
  • 2000–
    • Lecturer, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
  • 1992
    • Lecturer, Studium Generale, University of Freiburg, Germany

GRANTS AND PRIZES

  • 2023–27
    • Five-Year Artist Grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
  • 2022
    • Master’s Thesis Award of the Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) including       Membership by Invitation
  • 2022
    • Alfred Kordelin Foundation
  • 2019
    • Finnish Cultural Foundation
  • 2017–21
    • Arts Promotion Centre Finland
  • 2017
    • Frame Finland
  • 2016
    • Alfred Kordelin Foundation
  • 2015
    • Arts Promotion Centre Finland
  • 2014
    • 1st prize in the public artwork competition for the VTT Centre for Nuclear Safety, The Finnish State Art Commission
    • Alfred Kordelin Foundation
  • 2013
    • Arts Council of Finland; Oscar Öflund Foundation
  • 2011
    • Regional Arts Council of Southwest Finland
  • 2010–2014
    • Arts Council of Finland / National Council for Visual Arts, five-year artist grant
  • 2013
    • Arts Council of Finland; Oscar Öflund Foundation
  • 2011
    • Regional Arts Council of Southwest Finland
  • 2010
    • Arts Council of Finland
    • Ars Fennica Nomination
  • 2009
    • Oskar Öflund Foundation; Arts Council of Finland; Regional Arts Council of Southwest Finland
  • 2008–2009
    •  Alfred Kordelin Foundation
  • 2008
    • Arts Council of Finland
  • 2007
    • Finnish Cultural Foundation
  • 2006
    • William Thuring Prize, Finnish Art Society
    • Arts Council of Satakunta
    • University of Art and Design Helsinki, Research Institute
    • Arts Council of Satakunta
  • 2005
    • Arts Council of Finland
    • Arts Council of Satakunta
  • 2003
    • First Prize, Environmental Art for Uutela, City of Helsinki, Helsinki City Art Museum
  • 2002
    • Finnish Cultural Foundation
  • 2001
    • FRAME
    • Alfred Kordelin Foundation
    • Finnish Cultural Foundation
  • 2000
    • Arts Council of Finland
  • 1999
    •  Finnish Government Grant for Artists
  • 1998
    • Arts Council of Finland; Oscar Öflund Foundation
    • Finnish Cultural Foundation
    • Arts Council of Finland
    • Christoph Merian Foundation, IAAB, Basel
  • 1997
    • Arts Council of Finland
    • The City of Helsinki
    • Finnish Cultural Foundation
  • 1996
    • Research Institute, University of Art and Design Helsinki, UIAH
    • Department for General Studies, University of Art and Design Helsinki, UIAH
    • Finnish Cultural Foundation
  • 1995
    • Arts Council of Finland
    • University of Art and Design Helsinki, UIAH
  • 1993
    • Academy Prize, Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe

MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Finnish Sculptors
Finnish Painters’ Union
Finnish Society for Aesthetics
Gesellschaft für Hochschulgermanistik im Deutschen Germanistenverband
The Linguistic Association of Finland (membership by invitation)
Modern Language Society of Helsinki
The Nordic Society for Aesthetics