HELI HILTUNEN
Born 1960 in Heinola, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki
STUDIES
1986–90 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1980–86 University of Art and Design, graphic design, Helsinki
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2026
- You shall sit upon emptiness and hold on to air, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
- 2024
- Sydämen oppivuodet, Museokeskus Taika, Hyvinkää
- 2020
- Thank God I’m beginning to Be Delivered of My Melancholy, Galerie Anhava
- Sydän on ontto lihas, Heinola Art Museum
- 2018
- Eye Witness, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
- 2016
- Half Remembered Light, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm
- 2015
- Wish to get there before dark, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
- 2013
- Merkityksien kollaasi, Orton gallery
- 2012
- It didn’t happen here, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm
- 2011
- Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
- 2006
- Gallery Ama, Turku, Finland
- Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Umeå
- 2005
- 2004
- Galerie Birthe Laursen, Paris
- Institut finlandais, Paris
- 2003
- Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
- Finnland-Institut, Berlin
- 2001–02
- Ars Fennica 2001, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki; Oulu Art Museum
- 2000
- Gallery Kari Kenetti, Helsinki
- 1999
- 1997
- Gallery Artina, Helsinki
- Gävle Konstcentrum
- 1995
- Kunsthalle Helsinki, studio
- Galleri Andreas Brändström, Stockholm
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- RUM, Galleri Pictura, Lund
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2024
- 2022
- Finlayson Art Area, Tampere
- 2019
- XXIV Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä
- 2018
- Verynice, Bloodygood, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
- Real Celebration!, Rovaniemi Art Museum
- 2017
- Zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit. Licht in der finnischen Gegenwartskunst, Stadtgalerie Kiel
- 2016
- Pyhäniemi Manor, Hollola
- Kirjailijan valinta, Pinxsinmäki summer exhibition, Sysmä
- 15 Years, Orton gallery, Helsinki
- 2014
- The Art Center Antares, Kouvola
- 2013
- 5:2 Group Exhibition, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Umeå
- Suuri näytelmä, Villa Roosa, Orimattila
- Maila Talvio-salonki, Hartola
- Garden, LOKAL, Helsinki
- Love-Peace, Liike, Helsinki
- 2012
- Kevätsalonki, LOKAL, Helsinki
- 2011
- Just Life – Works of Art from the Vexi Salmi Collection, Rauma Art Museum
- 2009
- Instant III, Galerie Susan Nielsen, Paris
- Ecology Of Feelings, XIV Mänttä Art Festival
- Nordic Painting, Rackstad Museet, Arvika
- 2008
- Värähtelyä, Danielson-Kalmari museum, Vääksy
- Ihmisiä niityllä, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki
- Finnish and Nordic Contemporary Art from the Lars Swanljung Collection, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
- 2007
- Gallery space of Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki
- Unbelievable But True – New Works from the Collection, Helsinki Art Museum
- 2006
- Purnu Art Center, Orivesi
- Landscape – Works from Kiasma’s Collections, Kiasma, Helsinki
- EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art
- Artist and Spectator, Sara Hildén Art museum, Tampere
- Flowers as Picture, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
- 2005
- Samtida måleri, Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå
- Helsinki Photography Festival 2005, Kunsthalle, Helsinki
- 2004
- IX Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä
- The Garden of Eden, Helsinki Art Museum
- Love Me or Leave Me: Favourites from the Collections, Kiasma, Helsinki
- 2003
- City Views, Projektraum M5, Visarte, Basel
- 2002
- An der Schwelle des Unbekannten, Kulturabteilung Bayer, Leverkusen
- Maisema ajassa, Heinola Art Museum, Heinola
- Maila Talvio -salonki, Hartola
- 2001
- Antiprima Bovisa: Milano Europa 2000, Triennale, Milano
- Finnish Today…!, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen
- 2000
- Carnegie Art Award – Nordic Painting 1999, Barbican Art Gallery, London;
- Listasafn Reykjavíkur, Reykjavik, Kungliga Akademin för de Fria Konsterna,
- Konstakademien, Stockholm
- 1999
- What is real?, The Third Finnish Photography Triennial, Mikkeli Art Museum
- Carnegie Art Award – Nordic Painting 1999, Sophienholm, Lyngby; Amos Anderson
- Art Museum, Helsinki; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
- I confini dell´Europa – Arte Contemporanea della Finlandia, Casa delle Culture, Cosenza; Museo di Gallese, Viterbo
- Photographie Finlandaise – Identité Fictive, Contretype, Brussels
- Tunnen, The House of Sciences, Helsinki
- Purnu summer exhibition, Purnu Art Center, Orivesi
- 1998
- What is real?, The Third Finnish Photography Triennial, Kunsthalle Helsinki
- 1997
- Dark Side, Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki
- 10, Kunsthalle Lund
- Biennial of Young Artists of Europe and Mediterranean, The Cable Factory, Helsinki
- 1995–97
- TAiDETTA, Kunsthalle Karlskrona; Västerås Art Museum; Norrköping Art Museum; Kunsthalle Skövde; Värmlands Museum, Karlstad; KUB Kulturcentrum, Helsingborg; Konstens Hus, Luleå
- 1994
- A View of Finland´s Forests – Images and Experiences, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
- 1993–95
- Prejudices, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm; Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki; Oulu Art Museum, Finland; Östergötlands länsmuseum, Linköping; Kunsthalle Landskrona; Örebro länsmuseum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw; Museum of Contemporary Art, Vilnius
- 1991
- M’ARS 91 Exit, Mikkeli Art Museum
- 1990
- Advent Exhibition, Helsinki Art Museum
- Graduating Students Exhibition, The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
- Young Artists´ Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki
- 1989
- Young Artists´ Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki
AWARDS
2001 The Ars Fennica Prize, Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Helsinki
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Anja Juurikkala Foundation
Collection Swanljung, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
Heino Collection, Helsinki
Heinola Art Museum
Helsinki Art Museum
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Landstinget Västerbotten
Niemistö Collection of Contemporary Art, Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Mikkeli Art Museum
Oulu Art Museum
The National Public Art Council, Stockholm
The Saastamoinen Foundation, Helsinki
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
Umeå Kommun
Vexi Salmi Collection, Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi Art Museum
PUBLIC WORKS
Lassintalo, City of Oulu (2004)
University of Helsinki, Banquet Rooms (2007)
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Painters’ Union
Union of Artist Photographers
