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ELENA NÄSÄNEN

b. 1968, lives and works in Helsinki

CURRICULUM VITAE (selected)

Solo Exhibitions:
2011 Elena Näsänen (with Rita Jokiranta), Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Wasteland, Cable Gallery, Helsinki Finland
2009 La Villette, Muu Studio, Helsinki, Finland
2008 Mountain/Journey, Mediatheque, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
2006 Galleri Leena Kuumola, Helsinki, Finland
2002 The Studio, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
2000 Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Group Exhibitions:
2010 Night, Classic of the Month Av-Arkki, Gallery Forum Box
2010 PREface –Stories through the lens, Galleria Suomesta, Berlin, Germany
2009 Fly me to the Møøn, 44 Møen, Denmark
2009
Event. New moving image works, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
2008 Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory, Muu gallery, Helsinki Finland
2007 Euro, Koponen, Näsänen, Helsinki Kunstahalle, Finland
2007 The Dislocated Journey, Marco Museum, Vigo, Spain
2007 Pia Euro, Elena Näsänen, Päivi Takala, Forum Box Gallery, Helsinki
2006 A Cold, Cold Heart, Video and performance weekend at Somerset House, London, UK
2006 Who do you think you are? The Anna Akhmatova Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2005 Helsinki International, Korjaamo Culture Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Speed Force, ZKMax, Maximiliansforum, Munich, Germany
2005 Reflected moments, Åland Art museum, Finland
2004 Reflected Image, Södertälje Konsthallen, Sweden
2004 Gokann, The IV Triennial of Finnish Art, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Finland
2003 Gokann, The 109th Finnish Artists’ Exhibition/IV Triennial, Kyoto Art Center, Japan
2003 Nordicliveart.org, Göteborgs Konsthall / Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden
2002-03 Popcorn and politics. Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Following whom? Salo Art Museum, Finland
2000 Stockholm Art Fair. AV-Arkki/Frame, Stockholm, Sweden
1998 Young Scene, The Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria
1996 Graduation exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Once in a life time and maybe more, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1995, 1992 Exhibition of Young Artists, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Finland

Screenings:
2010 Weereeva Festival, Bungendore, Australia
2010 Urban Research, Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany
2009 Muu Gallery/ Kunst Imbiss, Subvision festival, Hamburg, Germany
2009
Muu Gallery/ Kunst Imbiss, Subvision festival, Hamburg, Germany
2009 Rencontres Internationales, Haus Der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2009 Constructed realities, Gallery Frise, Hamburg, Germany
2009 Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2009 Living Room 09, Video postcards, Auckland, New Zealand
2008 Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2008 The Seasons video, screening, Tournefuille, France
2008 Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 Pure Screen, Castelfield Art Gallery, Manchester,
Bureau Gallery, Salford, Manchester UK
2008 Electric Forest Screening, ACUD Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany,
MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China,
Svetozor Cinema, Praque, Czech Republic
2007 Before rain, Classic of the month, AV-Arkki, Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2007 A Night of Finnish Frenzy, albb, Saigon, Vietnam
2006 White Nights Insomnia Party, Insomnia video program, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005 S1 / salon national tour of Tonight we are golden
Castlefield Gallery at the Salford Arms, Manchester, Phoenix Arts Leicester,
FACT Liverpool, Side Cinema Newcastle Upon Tyne, ICA London,
Outpost Norwich, Spike Island, Bristol, Gallery Vivid, Birmingham, UK
2004 Hiap 5 years, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Finland
2004 Tonight we are golden, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
2004 Finnish Experimental Film and video Art, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
2004 College of Fine Arts & Design, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea
2004 Landscape and memory, La casa Ensendida, Madrid, Spain
2004 'Menu del dia' Videos in the patio, in the center of Madrid, Spain
S1 Artspace, miniplex, Sheffield, UK
2003 Electric Visions, Finnish Video Art 1999-2002, University of Sankt Petersburg,
Pro Arte institute, I.E.Repin Institute of Russian Academy of Arts, Russia
Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
Dom Kino, Sankt Petersburg, Russia
2003 Shift, Annecy, France
2003 View 03 Tour, INDEX, Galleri 300m3, Göteborg, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
View 03 Tour, INDEX, Contemporary art museum, Tampere, Finland
2003 Video screening nordicliveart.org ID:I Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2002 Media variations, Lothringen 13/halle, Munich, Germany
2002 Connected? New video art from Helsinki.The Site Gallery, Sheffield and Tate Modern, London, UK
2001 Connected? New Art Gallery Walsall, and CCA (Center for Contemporary Art), Glasgow, UK
1999 Thirty-five Seconds later, Contemporary Art Museum, Lyon, France
1998 Gallerie Leena Kuumola, Helsinki, Finland

Video Festivals:
2008, 06, 04, 03 View festival, Helsinki, Finland
2005 The Rennes Film Festival “Traveling 16”, Rennes, France
2005 Rauma Blue sea Film Festival, Rauma, Finland
2004 \\international\media\art\award competition, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Südwest-TV, ARTE, Swiss Television DRS.
2004 Arctic and Fabulous Film Festival, a film tour, Finland
2004 Nordisk Panorama, Reykjavík, Island
2004, 2003 View festival, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Rotterdam Film Festival, Neatherland
2003, 2000 The Media City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Windsor, Canada
2002, 1998 Kettupäivät, Helsinki, Finland
2001 Outer Limits, Video Lounge, New York, USA
2000 International Video & Multimedia Art Festival", Clermont Ferrand Cedex, France
1999 Split, Croatia
1998, 1997 Muu Media Festival, Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
1995 Bandits Mages video festival, Bourges, France

Works shown in television/ Television programs
2005 Format, SVT, Swedish Television
2004 Video "Drive" \\international\media\art\award competition,
Südwest-TV, ARTE, Swiss Television DRS.
2003 Video “Photograph of the sea”, CMYK TV, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003 Video “Photograph of the sea”, Metropolis, Spanish Television

Performances with Ne+, group:
2001 "Palo" Brr -Festival, Porto, Portugal
1998 "Palo" Artgenda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 "Palo", Living Art Museum, Reyjavik, Island
1996 Live-installation, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

Artist in residence
2009 Art Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region, Berlin
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008-09 Artspace, Sydney, Australia
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008 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2006 Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, USA
2002 Nifca, Stockholm, Sweden

Works in collections:
The Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
The State Art Collection in Finland