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Education

2008-2010 Aalto University, University of Art and Design, MA

2008-2010 University of Helsinki, (studies in semiotics and philosophy)

2004-2008 Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Fine Arts, BA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Unknown Pleasures, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

2021 Kari Vehosalo – Retrospective, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere

2018 Matinee, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

2015 Terrible Nature, Turku Art Museum, STUDIO

2014 We hope you are OK, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

2011 Baroque of Violence, Gallery Aarni, Espoo

2010 Hirtettyjen Tanssiaiset, tm•Gallery, Helsinki

2009 P U R K U, Artcenter Mältinranta, studio, Tampere

2007 Anthropic principle, Taidepanimo, Lahti                                     

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 I feel, for now, Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki

2023 Under the Gaze, Gallery Wolf & Galentz, Berlin, Germany
2023 Out of Nowhere, Mänttä Art Festival

2022 Näyttämö -ARS Häme, Hämeenlinna
2022 Horses, Kimmo Pyykkö Art Museum, Kangasala
2022 Rauma Triennale, Imagine, Rauma Art Museum
2022 Facing Life, Hämeenlinna Art Museum

2021 Selected works, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

2020 Life Line, Rovaniemi Art Museum
2020 The Displaced – The Archaeology of Refugees, Lappeenranta Art Museum
2020 The Displaced – The Archaeology of Refugees, Oulu Art Museum

2019 Shared Dreams, Oulu Art Museum
2019 Hehku, Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi
2019 Mostly Happy – Finnish Art Today, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
2019 Out of Office, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
2019 In Black and White, Rovaniemi Art Museum
2019 Fragile, Hyvinkään Art Museum

2018 Imaginary Meeting, Rovaniemi Art Museum

2017 Ars Fennica 2017, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

2016 Hypnosis, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 From Heino With Love, HAM – Helsinki Art Museum
2016 Draw now!, Rovaniemi Art Museum

2015 Women’s Weapons: Lipstick & Tears, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
2015 Draw now!, Lahti Art Museum
2015 New and Newest, Rovaniemi Art Museum
2015 Shift in the shadows, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
2015 Aineenvaihdunta, Gallery Kone, Hämeenlinna

2014 Summer Exhibition, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
2014 Vieraantuminen (Alienation), Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää
2014 Traum{a}, Galerie TOOLBOX, Berlin, Germany

2013 Helmiä, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
2013 Drawing in the Flesh, Vantaa Art Museum

2012 Reality bites, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2012 Figuration Y ?, Galerie Favardin & de Verneuil, Paris, France
2012 Rajantaju, Purnu Art Centre, Orivesi
2012 Alumni, Gallery Oyoy, Lahti

2011 EMERGING, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2011 Montano’s Malady, Galerie Favardin & de Verneuil, Paris, France

2010 AHNE, Helsinki, Suvilahti
2010 Virtually Real, Helsinki Art Museum, Meilahti
2010 Pain, Kerava Art Museum
2010 epäyhtälö, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki

2008 AUKEAMA, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
2008 AUKEAMA, Lahti Art Museum New Painting, Lahti Art Museum

2007 Liukas saippua, Taidepanimo, Lahti
2007 Liukas saippua, Köysiratagallery, Turku
2007 Valintoja, Sibeliustalo, Verstas, Lahti
2007 The Art of Bassware, Sanomatalo, Helsinki 
2007 America, Artcenter Ihana, Heinola

2006 Second Round, Taidepanimo, Lahti
2006 Toivonpäivä, Rautatieasema, Helsinki

2005 Lahti 100 Years, Lahti Art Museum

2004 VSK diplomawork exhibition, Turku  

Works in collections

Private collections in Europe

Amos Anderson Art Museum

Finnish Art Society

Finnish Prime Minister’s Office

HAM – Helsinki Art Museum

Heino Art Foundation, Finland

Henna and Pertti Niemistö Collection of Contemporary Art / Hämeenlinna Art Museum

KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

Lahti Art Museum

Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Miettinen Foundation

Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection / EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art

Sara Hildén Art Museum

Vantaa Art Museum

Wihuri Foundation / Rovaniemi Art Museum

GRANTS / PRIZES

William Thuring main prize 2023

Ars Fennica 2017 Award

Art Council of Finland

Finnish Cultural Foundation

FRAME

Paulo Foundation

Art Council of Helsinki

Aalto university

Finnish Art Council

Auno ja Mauri Riutu foundation         

MEMBERSHIP

Finnish Painters’ Union

Kuvasto, visual rights organization

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Professor of Painting (2020-2021, 2024), Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts

Art Council of Finland (2023)

Ars Fennica prize jury membership (2019-2021)

Exhibition jury memberships

Lectures, teaching, master’s thesis examiner/instructor in various universities: Academy of Fine Art, Institute of Fine Art Lahti, Aalto university, Theater Academy, Free Art School, LAB – University of Applied Sciences