Anne Koskinen

ANNE KOSKINEN (b. 1969) is particularly interested in 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?

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

Freida, 2015–2017
granite
47,5 x 79 x 33 cm

Stone Flowers, 2017
gold on marble
60 x 52 cm

Guardian V (Foundling), 2017
granite
40 x 23 x 30 cm

Memory Book, 2014
bronze
14 x 16 x 7 cm

Lotta (Löytölapsi), 2013
granite
58 x 33 x 33 cm

Blind Painting, 2012
marble
35 x 26 x 2,5 cm (back)

Andrei from Kummelskär, 2012
marble
70 x 23 x 23 cm

The Other Boy (Albert Edelfelt, Boys Playing, 1884), 2010
oil on post card
10 x 14,5 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, 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– Bachelor of Arts, major: German philology, minors: art history, aesthetics, pedagogy, University of Helsinki, Finland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 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

  • 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

OTHER ACTIVITIES
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
2015 Member of exhibition committee, 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
2005–2006 Dean, Professor of Visual Culture, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Pori School of Art and Media, Pori, Finland
2002–2006 Director, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Pori School of Visual Culture, 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
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
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 Finnish Art Society, Artist’s Grant
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