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LEENA NIO

1982 Born in Helsinki, Finland Lives and works in Espoo

EDUCATION

2010 Master in Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting

2004 Artisan, Hyvinkää School of Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Comfort Place, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

2021 Maalauskone / Painting Machine, Espoo Museum of Modern Art Emma, Finland ( In collaboration with Kalle Nio)

2021 Improved Paintings, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

2019 Mood Constructions, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

2017 Missing Pieces, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland

2016 Between Lines, AnnaElle Gallery, Stockholm

2015 Seize and Release, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

2013 Casual Order, AnnaElle Gallery, Stockholm

2012 Mindscapes, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland Galleria Forum Box, Helsinki

2011 Ilmakuvia, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

2010 Muukalainen, Galleria Huuto Viiskulma, Helsinki

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Summer Art Salon, Kodl Contemporary, Prague

2022 Navigatin North, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

2022 Mänttä art Festival, Finland

2018 Toisto, Art Central Purnu, Orivesi, Finland

2018 Apina ja vesiputous, Sara Hildénin taidemuseo, Tampere, Finland

2018 Upside Down, Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection Exhibition, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio Finland

2017 Yhtä juhlaa, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland

2015 Women's Weapons: Lipstick & Tears?, Sara Hildénin taidemuseo, Tampere, Finland Uusinta uutta, suomalaista nykytaidetta, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland Dark Days, Bright Nights, Kemper Art Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

2014 The Ars Fennica Candidates Exhibition, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Focus Finland, ARCOMadrid, Madrid, Spain Touch/Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection Exhibition, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland, Hetkinen, Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland, Summer 2014, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Lasten vuoro, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

2013 Kesken kaiken, Kuva/Tila at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Helmiä, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland, Summer Show, AnnaElle Gallery, Stockholm, Events in Nature, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland

2011 Summer 2011, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Tilallisia paikkoja, Copper Smithy, Fiskars, Finland

2010 Hyvinkää School of Arts 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Promenadigalleria, Hyvinkää, Finland

2009 Kuvan kevät – Degree Show of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki,

2008 Mobility Re-Reading The Future, Kaiku Galleria, Helsinki, Mobility Re-Reading The Future, International Triennial Of Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Prague

PUBLIC WORKS

Espoo Hospital

Finnoo Metro Station, Espoo, Finland

Pihlajamäki Elementary School

COLLECTIONS

State Art Collection, Finland Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finland Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland Saastamoinen Foundation Sara Hildén Art Museum, Finland Heino Collection, Finland Finnish Academy of Fine Art