K A R O L I I N A H E L L B E R G
Born 1987 in Porvoo, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
2015 MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2013 Slade School of Fine Art, London
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2008–2009 Visual culture programme, Pekka Halonen Academy, Tuusula
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2022
- I Gave Them my Nights and They Gave me Back my Days, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen
- 2020
- Under Marguerite’s Bed, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik
- What Do You Mean, You Don’t Remember?, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen
- 2019
- Knot, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
- Pro Arte Exhibition, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki
- 2017
- Forget Me Not, Finnish Institute, Saint Petersburg
- 2016
- E, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki (with Joseph James)
- Ville, HAM Helsinki Art Museum Gallery, Helsinki
- 2015
- Dark Garden, Gallery Kulma, Porvoo Art Factory
- 2014
- Guggenheim art club at Kaiku, Helsinki (visiting artist)
- 2012
- Fight!, Napa Gallery, Helsinki
- 2011
- Tunafish, Kapina Gallery, Helsinki
- 2009
- Artist of the Month (December) at the library of Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
- Mitäs tytöt?, Vaihtolava, Night of the Arts, Helsinki
- 2004
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2022
- Toast, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
- Sinua, Sinua Rakastan, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki
- Sow Water Harvest, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen
- 2021
- The Cholmondeley Ladies, Elizabeth XI Bauer, London
- Between Us, Amos Rex, Helsinki
- 2020
- Mad Love: Seppo Fränti Collection, Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum
- 2018
- On the Homefront, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen
- Upside Down, Kuopio Art Museum
- 2017
- Porvoo Triennial 2017
- Keskeneräiset utopiat, Alvar Aalto’s Villa Kantola, Sunila, Kotka
- Klassikot – Classics with WSOY, Helsinki Contemporary
- The Tower of Presence, Finlandsinstitutet, Stockholm (with Laura Väinölä)
- 2016–2017
- Economy Plus, Gallery Elverket, Ekenäs (with Benjamin Orlow)
- 2016
- Salon de Porveux, Porvoo Kunsthalle
- Haava – Seppo Fränti Collection, Lapinlahden Lähde, Helsinki
- 18.98 Hz, Götan maailma, Helsinki (curated by Ulla-Maija Pitkänen for the Praxis Master’s Programme, with Antti Kytömäki and Taneli Rautiainen)
- 2014
- Bravo, Peckham Rye Studios, London
- Tänään kotona / Hemma hos, home exhibition by Juha-Heikki Tihinen and Magnus Strandberg
- Kuvan Kevät – MFA Degree Show, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
- 2012
- Taidebussi – Art on Wheels, Night of the Arts, Helsinki
- BFA Degree Show, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki
- Landscape Beyond the Border, South Karelia Museum, Lappeenranta (with the Aidon rajalla group)
- 2011
- Pop-up Gallery Kymmenen, in cooperation with Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki
- Landscape Beyond the Border, Kerava Art Museum (with the Aidon rajalla group)
- 2009
- Afterparty, Kaiku Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
ART FAIRS
2022 Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen, Galleri Kant
2022 Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Galleri Kant
2021 Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen, Galleri Kant
2020 Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen, Galleri Kant
2018 CHART Art Fair, Copenhagen, Galerie Anhava
PUBLIC ART WORKS
2022 Lilacs, Anemones and Wind, Kallio General Upper Secondary School, Helsinki (City of Helsinki’s art collection)
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Academy of Fine Arts’ Collection, Helsinki
Seppo Fränti Collection, deposited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Päivi and Paavo Lipponen Fund, deposited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
The Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, Espoo
The Finnish Art Society
Vexi Salmi Collection at Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Private collections in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, England, Belgium, United States, France, Iceland, South Africa, Spain
PRIZES AND NOMINATIONS
2018 Didrichsen Pro Arte award, Finland
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2020 Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018/2019 The Academy of Fine Arts Foundation, Helsinki: HIAP, Suomenlinna, Helsinki
2014 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2011 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki: Academy of Fine Arts residency, Berlin
SELECTED OTHER ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
2020 Artek 85th Anniversary poster
2020 Artwork for the cover of Otto Donner’s book “Alla de Levande och Alla de Döda”
2017 Book cover design for the WSOY 12 Classics project (Tove Jansson: Moominpappa at the Sea)
2015 Collaboration with Samuji, including curating the Spring show, concept planning for collection videos, design for Annual Scarf
2014 Member of the art collective Helsingin Feministinen Salaseura
2013 David Zwirner Gallery, London, internship
2012–2013 Founding member, illustrator and writer for the art tabloid 13-toista (published by University of the Arts)
Writing a blog for the Academy of Fine Arts
2011 Pop-up Gallery Kymmenen, in cooperation with Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki
(curator, producer, artist)
2008– Member of the culture collective Mitäs tytöt?