Liisa Lounila
born 1976, lives and works in Helsinki
Studies
1996-
Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Media Studies, Helsinki
1996-97
University of Helsinki, studies in film theory, Helsinki
1999
Slade School of Fine Art, Department of Fine Art Media, London
2005
Master of Fine ArtAcademy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Solo Shows
2023
COLOURSGallery Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2020
KATVEALUEKiasma , Helsinki, Finland
2017
PASSING BYGallery Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2014
INTO THE WILDERNESSGallery Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2011
JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF LAST NIGHTGallery Kalhama & Piippo, Helsinki
2009
BEEN TRYING TO MEET YOUGallery Kalhama & Piippo, Helsinki
2008
2007
Liisa LounilaGallery of Photography, Dublin
2006
Liisa LounilaGalerie Anhava, Helsinki
Marabouparken, Stockholm
2005
Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo
300m3 Art Space, Göteborg
2004
Wilkinson Gallery, London
Espace Croix-Baragnon, Toulouse
2003
SPAß VORBEIGalerie Anhava, Helsinki
2002
DECISIVE MOMENTAcademy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki
2000
THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE HEREAcademy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki
1998
EVIDENCEAcademy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Group Shows
2024
I feel, for nowAmos Rex, Helsinki, Finland
2017
With Seven-league Boots. Stop – Finland: Works from the Kiasma CollectionRiga Bourse, Riga, Latvia
2016
Good and Long LooksReilly Gallery, Providence, Usa
2015
The Elements @ KiasmaKiasma museum of contemporary art, Helsinki, Finland
2014
Kiasma Goes TaidehalliTaidehalli, Helsinki, Finland
Superpop!Serlachius Art museum, Mänttä, Finland
Shifting IdentitiesMacro Testaccio, Rome, Italy
2013
Carnegie Art AwardRoyal Academy of Arts, Stockholm
Truth, Freedom, Beauty, Moneychi K11 Art Space, Shanghai, China
Within the WorldLandskrona Art Museum, Landskrona
Four to the Floor / (For) Below the Bass LineGallery Podroom, Belgrad, Serbia
New CubismJyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
Checkpoint LeonardoTR1, Tampere, Finland
2012
And Picasso took His iPadGalleria Trama, Barcelona, Spain
Öster om solen, väster om månen...Växjö konsthall, Växjö
Thank You For the MusicKiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
What a Party!Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku
2011
In MotionGalleri Format, Malmö, Sweden
The Man Without QualitiesTeatro Margherita, Bari
2010
REMOTE VIEWINGPacific Design Center, Los Angeles
Arrivals and DeparturesGallery of Contemporary Art, Monfalcone
An das Gerät!Halle 14, Leipzig
Stressed BeautyArt Paris, Paris
2009
Ei saa peittää / Får ej övertäckasEskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna
Tracking TracesKiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
AletheiaMeilahti Art Museum, Helsinki
FLASH!Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere
I Love MalmöKumu Art Museum, Tallinn
2007
Evil EyeKiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Silent ViolenceOulu City Art Museum, Oulu
2006
Youth of TodaySchirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Sound & VisionMuseo della Città, Palazzo della Penna, Perugia
Welcome to the limelightThe Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, New York
2005
InSite_05Tijuana
Expanded PaintingPragueBiennale2, Prague
First We Take MuseumsKiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
ReflectionsKorjaamo Gallery, Helsinki
2004
I just don't know what to do with myselfMarella Arte Contemporanea, Milano
Video HitsQueensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Mänttä Art SummerMänttä
The Yugoslav Biennale of Young ArtistsVrsac
Terminal 5JFK Airport, New York
Voids, paths & placesKunsthalle Lophem
2003
GOKANN - The 4th Triennial of Finnish ArtKyoto
Seven WondersGallery Chromosome, Berlin
Poetic Justice - The 8th Istanbul Biennial
Other SightSt. Petersburg
Devil-may-careThe Nordic Pavillion, Venice Biennal
TrasparenteMAXXI - National Museum of the XXI Century Arts, Rome
2002
Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm
Greyscale/CMYKTramway, Glasgow
Pontevedra Biennale
Evil NorthUniversität der Künste, Berlin
Biennale Syd 2002Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
Popcorn and politicsKiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Room X, Helsinki
2001
Exhibition of Young ArtistsTaidehalli, Helsinki
Degree show Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki