Anne Koskinen

Agnes, 2015-2017
granite
47 x 29 x 25 cm

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 II, 2017
gold on paper
57 x 46 cm

In Need of a Guardian
7 Sep – 1 Oct 2017
exhibition view at Galerie Anhava

Agnes, 2015-2017
granite
47 x 29 x 25 cm

In Need of a Guardian
7 Sep – 1 Oct 2017
exhibition view at Galerie Anhava

In Need of a Guardian II, 2017
gold on paper
57 x 46 cm

The Guardian series, 2017
exhibition view at Galerie Anhava

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

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

Memory Book, 2014
bronze
14 x 16 x 7 cm

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

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

Marie, 2014
stone
50 x 30 x 30 cm

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ANNE KOSKINEN (born 1969 in Helsinki) is an artist employing a wide range of techniques, whose approach merges the German tradition of visual art with strong personal reflection.

Her natural stone sculptures aim at the figure of a child and her light-coloured, almost immaterial drawings on paper of young women resemble each other on the threshold of adulthood with floral decorations on their heads, as if they were leaving for a party.

Addressing the thematic of care and achieving maturity, the artist drew the images of the girls in her childhood home, where she moved after the death of her mother and where she had last lived as a teenager. A conceptual model for the works can be found in the drawings that teenage girls make on the margins of pages in books or on the inside covers of notebooks. Drawn with gold, silver and bronze pencil, the drawings are imaginary pictures based on memory: they follow no real examples and are based instead on the artist’s earlier observations. Koskinen describes her memory-based working process as ‘the shortening of reality’, where unnecessary visual noise has been filtered. She is interested in a reduced drawn image that 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?

In her work, Koskinen 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? This is a continuation of Koskinen’s Findling series, which she has worked on since 2012 and in which the artist is fascinated by the relationship of image and matter – how an abstract, invisible concept and a visible, concrete and sensory image are connected to each other.

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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
1991–1997 Meisterschülerin, Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Germany
1994–1996 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 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

  • 2018 5–9
    • Time of Stone, Serlachius Museum Gösta, Mänttä
    • Upside Down, Kuopio Art Museum
  • 2017
    • Self-Portraits Through Time, Kunsthalle Helsinki
  • 2016
    • My Silence – Hiljaisuuden ääni, Kuopio Art Museum
  • 2015–17
    • Touch – Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection Exhibition, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art
  • 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
  • 2014–15
    • 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
  • 2013–14
    • 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
  • 2012–13
    • 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
  • 2011–12
    • 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
  • 2010–11
    • 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

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
Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
The Henna and Pertti Niemistö Collection of Contemporary Art, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Göteborg 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, FinlanSparkasse Wolfach, Wolfach, Germany

OTHER ACTIVITIES
2016 Teacher in life drawing, Free Art School, Helsinki, Finland
2016– Board member, Finnish Painters’ Union, Finland
2014–15 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
2006–08 Professor of Fine Arts, University of Art and Design, School of Visual Culture, Helsinki, Finland
2005–06 Dean, Professor of Visual Culture, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Pori School of Art and Media, Pori, Finland
2002–06 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
2010–14 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
2008–09 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