Sirpa Päivinen
b. 1965 / Lives and works in Helsinki / sirpa.m.paivinen(a)gmail.com / http://sirpapaivinen.com / tel. + 358 40 715 8083
education
1998 BA, Helsinki University of Art and Design, Photography
1995 Muurlan Opisto, School of photography
upcoming exhibitions
1/2019 Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki
5/2019 Art Fair Suomi, Helsinki
solo exhibitions
2016 DIAK, Helsinki
2015 Galerie Pleiku, Berlin
2014 Homo Fluctuaris, Gallery Hippolyte Studio, Helsinki
2006 Gallery Heino, Helsinki (with Elina Brotherus and Anu Suhonen)
2001 Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
group exhibitions
2018 Galleri Box, Göteborg, Artist Collective Kunst
2018 ArtCenter Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland
2018 Nextex Artspace, Nordsicht #2, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Artist Collective Kunst
2018 The State Russian Museum and Exhibition Centre ROSPHOTO, St. Petersburg, Russia
2017 A Celebration of Finnish Photography, Aalto pavilion Jyväskylä / Artist Collective Kunst: Troll for Love
2017 Porvoo Kunsthalle, Finland
2017 The Aine and Kemi Art Museum, Finland, State of the Art 60 years
2017 Korkeimman kaiun saa, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
2017 100 Finnish Photographers, Äkkigalleria, Jyväskylä, Finland
2017 Galleria 5, Oulu, Finland
2017 Art Fair Suomi 17, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2017 SUPERMARKET 2017 Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Artist Collective Kunst: WTFL
2016 Virus, Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki
2015 Paikka jota ei ole, Brinkala Gallery, Turku, Finland
2014 Backlight’14 Video Factory, Nokia
2014 Minun veteni – My water, Kuusisto Manor, Kaarina
2011 Photographers Zamboree, Stoa Gallery, Helsinki
2010 Land, Norderlicht Photofestival, The Netherlands
2010 Photographers Zamboree, Galleri Zebra, Fotocentrum Raseborg, Karjaa
2009 Harkko, Art Museum of Raisio
2002 Art Frankfurt, Germany
2001 6. Internationale Fototage Herten, Germany
2001 Stockholm ArtFair, Sollentuna, Sweden
2001 Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland
2000 (sic), Culturen, Västerås, Sweden
2000 Photo.doc, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2000 I Know Myself Best, Chaplin Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2000 In the meantime, somewhere else..., Gallery Profounders
2000 Think 2000, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
2000 Stockholm ArtFair, Sollentuna, Sweden
1999 Gallery Naistenhuone/ Helsinki
1997 Värinä, Galleria Workshop, Helsinki
1997 Museum of contemporary Art Tampere
1996 Parliament House, Helsinki / Christmas tree project
other artistic works
2016– Exhibition coordinator and curator in artist run (Kunst) contemporary art gallery, Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki
works in collections
The State Art Collection, Finland
Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
The Heino Art Foundation
Private collections in Finland
grants and awards
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) project grant for Artist Collective Kunst
2018 Frame, travel grant for Artist Collective Kunst
2017 Art competition of Seinäjoki Central Market, second prize
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (grant for Kunst)
2017 Frame (travel grant for Kunst)
2002 Arts Counsil of Finland
2001 Arts Counsil of Finland, FRAME
2001 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2000 Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, NIFCA
residencies
2002 Finnish Artists´Studio Foundation, Athens
2000 The Åland Archipelago Artist Residency
membership
2016- Artist Collective Kunst, www.taiteilijakollektiivikunst.fi
Union of Artist Photographers
Union of Student photographers, president 1997-1998
Finnfoto, Member of the Board 1997
b. 1965 / Lives and works in Helsinki / sirpa.m.paivinen(a)gmail.com / http://sirpapaivinen.com / tel. + 358 40 715 8083
education
1998 BA, Helsinki University of Art and Design, Photography
1995 Muurlan Opisto, School of photography
upcoming exhibitions
1/2019 Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki
5/2019 Art Fair Suomi, Helsinki
solo exhibitions
2016 DIAK, Helsinki
2015 Galerie Pleiku, Berlin
2014 Homo Fluctuaris, Gallery Hippolyte Studio, Helsinki
2006 Gallery Heino, Helsinki (with Elina Brotherus and Anu Suhonen)
2001 Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
group exhibitions
2018 Galleri Box, Göteborg, Artist Collective Kunst
2018 ArtCenter Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland
2018 Nextex Artspace, Nordsicht #2, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Artist Collective Kunst
2018 The State Russian Museum and Exhibition Centre ROSPHOTO, St. Petersburg, Russia
2017 A Celebration of Finnish Photography, Aalto pavilion Jyväskylä / Artist Collective Kunst: Troll for Love
2017 Porvoo Kunsthalle, Finland
2017 The Aine and Kemi Art Museum, Finland, State of the Art 60 years
2017 Korkeimman kaiun saa, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
2017 100 Finnish Photographers, Äkkigalleria, Jyväskylä, Finland
2017 Galleria 5, Oulu, Finland
2017 Art Fair Suomi 17, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2017 SUPERMARKET 2017 Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Artist Collective Kunst: WTFL
2016 Virus, Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki
2015 Paikka jota ei ole, Brinkala Gallery, Turku, Finland
2014 Backlight’14 Video Factory, Nokia
2014 Minun veteni – My water, Kuusisto Manor, Kaarina
2011 Photographers Zamboree, Stoa Gallery, Helsinki
2010 Land, Norderlicht Photofestival, The Netherlands
2010 Photographers Zamboree, Galleri Zebra, Fotocentrum Raseborg, Karjaa
2009 Harkko, Art Museum of Raisio
2002 Art Frankfurt, Germany
2001 6. Internationale Fototage Herten, Germany
2001 Stockholm ArtFair, Sollentuna, Sweden
2001 Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland
2000 (sic), Culturen, Västerås, Sweden
2000 Photo.doc, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2000 I Know Myself Best, Chaplin Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2000 In the meantime, somewhere else..., Gallery Profounders
2000 Think 2000, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
2000 Stockholm ArtFair, Sollentuna, Sweden
1999 Gallery Naistenhuone/ Helsinki
1997 Värinä, Galleria Workshop, Helsinki
1997 Museum of contemporary Art Tampere
1996 Parliament House, Helsinki / Christmas tree project
other artistic works
2016– Exhibition coordinator and curator in artist run (Kunst) contemporary art gallery, Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki
works in collections
The State Art Collection, Finland
Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
The Heino Art Foundation
Private collections in Finland
grants and awards
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) project grant for Artist Collective Kunst
2018 Frame, travel grant for Artist Collective Kunst
2017 Art competition of Seinäjoki Central Market, second prize
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (grant for Kunst)
2017 Frame (travel grant for Kunst)
2002 Arts Counsil of Finland
2001 Arts Counsil of Finland, FRAME
2001 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2000 Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, NIFCA
residencies
2002 Finnish Artists´Studio Foundation, Athens
2000 The Åland Archipelago Artist Residency
membership
2016- Artist Collective Kunst, www.taiteilijakollektiivikunst.fi
Union of Artist Photographers
Union of Student photographers, president 1997-1998
Finnfoto, Member of the Board 1997