CV
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