biography of Eija-Liisa AHTILA (1959)
Personal data
Birth : 1959 - Hämeenlinna, Finland
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Finland
Address
Helsinki, FinlandRepresentatives
Anthony Reynolds Gallery – 60 Great Marlborough Street – London, United Kingdom
Galerie Roger Pailhas – 20 quai de Rive Neuve – Marseille, France
Jiri Svestka Gallery – Jungmannova 30 – Prague, Czech Republic
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – 524 West 19th Street – New York NY, United States
Education
1980 – 1985 : University of Helsinki – Helsinki, Finland
1990 – 1991 : School of Media and Management – LCP London College of Printing – Back Hill – London, United Kingdom
1994 – 1995 : The American Film Institute – 2021 North Western Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation 
Photography : 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : 35 mm film - Video 
Performing Art : Performance Subject
human relationsportrait
Works
| Today | |
| Date of creation : 1997 Medium : 35 mm film Technical data : 10' | |
| Casting portraits V | |
| Date of creation : 1995-1997 Medium : Photograph Subject : portrait | |
| Casting portraits VI | |
| Date of creation : 1995-1997 Medium : Photograph Subject : portrait | |
| If 6 was 9 | |
| Date of creation : 1995 Medium : Video installation Technical data : split screen colour, betacam-tapes, each tapes 10', running simultaneously | |
| Me/We, Okay, Gray | |
| Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Film Technical data : 4'30'' | |
| Teacher, Teacher | |
| Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Video installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – New York NY, United States
2002
Marian Goodman Gallery – Paris, France
2002 – 10/26/2002
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art contemporain Basse-Normandie – Caen, France
11/22/2002 – 01/10/2003
Subréel
MAC Galeries Contemporaines des Musées de Marseille – Marseille, France
07/07/2002 – 10/13/2002
Eija-Liisa Ahtila, real characters, invented worlds
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
04/30/2002 – 07/28/2002
Fantasized Persons and Taped Conversations
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art – Helsinki, Finland
02/23/2002 – 04/28/2002
2001
Sala Montcada – Fundació la Caixa – Barcelona, Spain
2001
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Charles H. Scott Gallery – Vancouver BC, Canada
01/31/2001 – 03/25/2001
2000
Consolation Service
Galleri Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation – Stockholm, Sweden
02/24/2000 – 04/02/2000
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Neue Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany
2000
1999
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Kunstverein – Hanover, Germany
1999
1998
Arnolfini Gallery – Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
1998
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – New York NY, United States
1998
Centre pour l’Image Contemporaine Saint-Gervais Genève – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1998
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
1998
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Kunsthaus Glarus – Glarus GL, Switzerland
1998
1997
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – New York NY, United States
1997
Raum Aktueller Kunst – Vienna, Austria
1997
Body as a Membrane
Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik – Odense, Denmark
1997
1995
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Cable Factory – Helsinki, Finland
1995
1990
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Tampere Art Museum – Tampere, Finland
1990
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – 524 West 19th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – 524 West 19th Street – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Parkett Editions – 2nd floor 155 Avenue of the Americas – New York NY, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – 524 West 19th Street – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Roger Pailhas – 20 quai de Rive Neuve – Marseille, France
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – 524 West 19th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Anthony Reynolds Gallery – 37 Cowper Street – London, United Kingdom
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – 524 West 19th Street – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Jan Mot – Rue Antoine Dansaertstraat 190 – Brussels, Belgium
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Roger Pailhas – 20 quai de Rive Neuve – Marseille, France
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Pepe Cobo Galería – Cardenal Cisneros 5 – Sevilla, Spain
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – 524 West 19th Street – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Roger Pailhas – 20 quai de Rive Neuve – Marseille, France
Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – 524 West 19th Street – New York NY, United States
Festivals
1999
Wiener Festwochen
Vienna, Austria
1999
Group exhibitions
2004
De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004
Berlin North
Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Hamburg, Germany
01/31/2004 – 04/12/2004
2002
Beyond Paradise: Nordic Artists Travel East
National Gallery – Bangkok, Thailand
02/2002
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
Beyond Paradise: Nordic Artists Travel East
National Art Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
05/22/2002 – 06/22/2002
(The World May Be) Fantastic – Biennale of Sydney n°13
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/15/2002 – 07/14/2002
2001
Katharina Fritsch, Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
10/2001 – 12/09/2001
…Troubler l’écho du temps, Oeuvres de la collection
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
03/08/2001 – 05/06/2001
2000
Amateur – variable research initiatives 1900 & 2000
Göteborgs Konstmuseum/Göteborg Museum of Art – Gothenburg, Sweden
05/20/2000 – 09/17/2000
Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000
1999
Spiral TV, it’s tomorrow now
Spiral – Tokyo, Japan
1999
d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999
Signs of Life – 1st Melbourne International Biennial
The Ian Potter Museum of Art – Melbourne VIC, Australia
05/14/1999 – 06/27/1999
1998
Nordic Nomads
White Columns – New York NY, United States
12/04/1998 – 01/31/1999
Manifesta 2
Casino Luxembourg Forum d’Art Contemporain – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
06/28/1998 – 10/11/1998
Visions du Nord – Nuit blanche
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
02/07/1998 – 05/10/1998
1997
Loco-Motion
Cinema Accademia – Venice VE, Italy
06/1997
On Life, Beauty, Translations and Other Difficulties – 5th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
10/05/1997 – 11/09/1997
Identité
Villeurbanne, France
06/27/1997 – 10/31/1997
Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997
1996
Found Footage
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert – Cologne, Germany
1996
NowHere : Work in Progress
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art – Humlebæk, Denmark
05/15/1996 – 09/08/1996
1994
Identity – Selfhood
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art – Helsinki, Finland
1994
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2001
Women Artists in the 20th and 21st century
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
2001
ISBN : 3822858544
2000
Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142
1999
Art at the Turn of the Millenium / L’Art au Tournant de l’An 2000
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
Director of publication: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3822873934
1997
Body as a Membrane
Publisher: Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik – Brandts Passage 37 & 43 – Odense, Denmark
1997
Exhibition catalogues
2002
Biennale of Sydney 2002
Publisher: Biennale of Sydney – 43-51 Cowper Wharf Road – Woolloomooloo, Sydney NSW, Australia
2002
ISBN : 0958040303
2000
Man + Space Kwangju Biennale
Publisher: Kwangju Biennale Press – San 151-10 – Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
ISBN : 8987719049
1999
La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X
1996
Now Here
Publisher: Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Gl. Strandjev 13 – Humlebæk, Denmark
1996
1994
Identity – Selfhood
Publisher: Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art – Mannerheiminaukio 2 – Helsinki, Finland
1994
Periodicals
2003
MENIN Samuele & SANSONE Valentina – Focus video and film
in: Flash Art n° 228 p. 88
Milan MI, Italy
01/2003-02/2003
2002
COLIN Anne – Eija-Liisa Ahtila
in: Art Press n° 282 p. 78
Paris, France
09/2002
HASEGAWA Yuko – Documenta XI
in: Flash Art n° 225 p. 104 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
07/2002-09/2002
COLARD Jean-Max & BOUSTEAU Fabrice – Figures contemporaines / Contemporary figures
in: Qu’est-ce-que l’art ? What is art ? (today) – Beaux Arts Magazine p. 64
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271
ELLIS Samantha – Eija-Liisa Ahtila
in: Make The Magazine of Women’s art n° 92 p. 48
London, United Kingdom
04/2002-05/2002
ISBN : 13658190
SMYTH Cherry – Eija-Liisa Athila
in: Art Monthly n° 257 p. 32
London, United Kingdom
06/2002
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