Photo: Sirpa Räihälä
Maaria Wirkkala
Group exhibitions (selection)
- ARVIKA LJUS, Arvika Sweden
- DUO Exhibition with Minna Miettilä Sculptor Gallery, Helsinki
- INTERMEZZO Kunsthal 44Moen
- “Navigating North” Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Rovaniemi Art Museum
- Project for RIBOCA 3 Excersises in Respect curated by René Block
- ”This Play” Arter Istanbul, Turkey
- Japan Alps Art Festival, Omachi, Japan
- Helsinki Biennial
- Art at Fuliang 2021, China
- TOUCH – EMMA Museum. Saastamoinen Foundation
- Moenlight Sonata, Kunsthal44 Moen Denmark
- The Garden sees, Garden of the Athens Concert Hall MAGRON
- Japan Alps Art Festival, Omachi, Nagano, Japan
- VULGATA Culturzentrum bei dem Minoriten Graz
- Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, KINARE
- Echigo Tsumari winter Matsudai
- MIND MOSAIC (project at the Rut Bryk Magic Box exhibition), EMMA Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
- – 2016 Remember Lidice, Block Archive, Berlin
- Ich kenne kein Weekend , Archive and Collection René Block , The Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)
- Gegen Against, Salon Dahlman, Berlin
- PROPORTIO Palazzo Fortuny, Venice
- KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
- Tanas, Berlin – “THE UNANSWERED QUESTION” – Iskele 2
- Setouchi Triennial, Megijima island, Japan
- Provocate iwbFilter4, Basel Switzerland
- Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan – house project House of Swings
- KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki
- Compassion, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten Graz, Austria
- Beauty – 6 scenes Vantaa Art Museum
- TRA – EDGE OF BECOMING, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
- Starter , VKF Contemporary Art Collection, ARTER , Istanbul
- Fly me to the Moon, 44Moen, Danmark
- Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan
- Water and Land Art Festival, Niigata City, Japan
- Who Killed the Painting, Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
- U–Turn, Food for Thought, Stege Sukkerfabrik, Møn, Denmark
- ILLUSOIRE (project at the Claude Monet exhibition), EMMA Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
- Venice Biennale, Italy
- Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan
- ARS 06 Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
- Centre of Gravity, Istanbul Modern
- Yokohama Triennial, Japan
- Europe Exists, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan
- Himmelschwer, Graz, Austria
- Fluxus und die Folgen, Wiesbaden, Germany
- Synopsis II Theologies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
- Plateau of Humankind, Venice Biennale, Italy
- Edstrand Foundation Art Prize Exhibition, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
- Dreams 1900-2000, Equitable Gallery, New York, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Austria
- Istanbul Biennale, Turkey
- Istanbul Biennale, Turkey
- Venice Biennale, Campo Bandiera e Moro, Italy
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- Beyond this point , Art Front Gallery, Tokyo
- Open situation – Carte Blanche, Helsinki Art Museum
- Wondering, project for the National Museum of Modern Art, Athens, Greece
- SHARING, project for Kulturcentrum bei den Minoriten Graz, Austria
- -11 There is a Time for Us All, project for the Lahti Historical Museum, Finland
- Depending On – Kaustinen Chamber Music Festival, Finland
- Tabulava, Helsinki, Finland
- SO WHAT, project for Helsinki Festivals, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
- A Void Me, Two-day retrospective, Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, Finland
- Research cells, National Public Art Council, Stockholm, Museum of Sketches, Lund,
- -92 Archive of Moments, Ars Fennica exhibition, Turku Art Museum, Kouvola Art Museum, Aine Art Museum, Finland
- Meanwhile in Another Place, passing-by places, Helsinki, Finland
- Departure, off Karhusaari island, 7 March at 20:30 hours, Espoo, Finland
- Chalk House, Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland
- Moving Pictures, 26 August at 21:30 hours, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
- Space of Mind, Galleria Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
- Fragment of A Journey, Galleria Bronda, Helsinki, Finland
Awards and honours
- The Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d’Italia)
- Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
- Pallas Athene Award, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
- Pro Finlandia Medal
- Membership of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
- SUOMI Art Prize
- The Edstrand Foundation Art Prize
- Ars Fennica Art Award
- The 80th Anniversary Award of the Association of Finnish Sculptors
- Finnish Critics’ award