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Iisa Maaranen
b. 1987, Helsinki
Lives and works in Helsinki
Education
2015–2018 Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki
2012–2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki
2011–2012 Free Art School
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Gallery Ama, Helsinki
2023 Focus Flees, tm•galleria, Helsinki
2021 Stone in a Watering Can, Forum Box (Permanto & Monttu), Helsinki
2020 Obstacle, Porvoo Art Hall
2019 Hastening Forgets the Starry Sky, B-Gallery, Turku
2019 Ratkoja, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki
2018 Waiting for Your Performance, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Suomenlinna, Helsinki
2016 Luokse, Till, To, Project Room, Helsinki
Group Exhibitions
2023 Natures IV: Vyöhyke, Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere
2022 Hidden Treasures, Gallery Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin
2022 Natures III: Mini-Mega, Miniature show, Munkkiniemi library
2022 Together, Runo Hotel (curated by Fanny Tavastila), Porvoo
2021 Natures II, Merikeskus Vellamo, Kymenlaakso Museum, Kotka
2021 Pinxinmäki Summer Exhibition, Sysmä
2021 Mad Love, Seppo Fränti Collection, Lappeenranta Art Museum
2020 Mad Love, Seppo Fränti Collection, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2020 Natures I, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
2019 Christmas Exhibition of Levy-yhteisö, Levytila, Helsinki
2019 Neobaroq, Konelaboratorio, Helsinki
2018 Emerging 2018, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2017 Kiilto Competition, Kiilto Oy, Lempäälä, Finland
2017 Kuvan Kevät, MFA exhibition, Project Room, Helsinki
2016 Masters Salon 2016 II, Anciens Etablissements Vandersborght, Brussels
2016 Masters Salon 2016, Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerpen
2016 Tapailin sopivaa ilmaisua, The Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki
2016 Peripheral Vision, Gallery Mejan, Stockholm
2016 Art of Basware, The Helsinki Music Centre
2016 Techniques of Delusion, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
2016 Kuvataideakatemia group exhibition, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
2015 Wall paintings, School of Arts and Design of the Gambia, Sanchaba Sulay Jobe
2015 Kuvataideakatemia group exhibition, Fondia Gallery, Helsinki
2014 BFA exhibition, Kuva/tila (Exhibition laboratory), Helsinki
2014 Piilo, Taidelaakso, Laakso hospital, Helsinki
2013 Landscape paintings from Viitasaari, Kaiku gallery, Helsinki
2012 First year students, Kaiku gallery, Helsinki
Grants
2024 Kone Foundation, two-year working grant
2022 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, one-year working grant
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, one-year artist grant
2021 Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, public display grant
2019 Finnish Cultural Foundation, one-year working grant
2018 Finnish Cultural Foundation, half-year working grant
2017 Finnish Art Society, young artist grant
2017 Saskia Ry Stipend
2017 Anita Snellman Foundation Grant
Competitions
2016 The 2nd Prize, Masters Salon Painting 2016, Belgium
Works in Collections
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
Helsinki Art Museum HAM
Saastamoinen Foundation
KoMASK (Royal Society for the encouragement of the arts) Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
The Collection of Finnish State Art Commission
Seppo Fränti Collection
Villikka Collection
The Portrait of President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö, together with 100 artists. The Collection of the Prime Ministers Office Finland
Kuhanen, Asikainen & Kanerva
Kiilto Oy
Runo Hotel Collection
Suomen Taideyhdistys: Art Lottery Prize
Private collections
Memberships
Finnish Painters' Union