Galerie Friese
Galerie Friese

MATTI KUJASALO

Biography

1946Born in Helsinki
1964–1968Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1973State of Finland Artist Prize
1976Member of the international workgroup for constructive art
1980Finnish Pavillion, Venice Biennale
1973–1977Teacher at the University of Industrial Art, Helsinki
1977–1988Teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1983–1988Director at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2003Award of Excellent Work, First Beijing International Art Biennale
2006Award of the Finnish Art Society
Pro Finlandia Medal
2009Honorary member of the Finnish Painters' Union
Lives and works in Helsinki
2021Recipient of the Order of the Lion of Finland

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2022 Paintings, Galerie Friese, Berlin 2020 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki 2018 Matti Kujasalo. Werke 1973-2017, Galerie Friese, Berlin 2017 Matti Kujasalo. A Retrospective 1971-2017, GASK, Kutná Hora 2016 70th Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki 2015 Galerie Denise René, Rive Gauche, Paris 2011 Pori Art Museum, Pori 1998 Ars Nova Museum, Turku 1997 Kunsthaus Dresden; Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt 1996  Galerie Emilia Suciu, Ettlingen 1995 Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen 1994 Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Artist of the Year, Taidehalli Helsinki 1980 The Collection of the Venice Biennale, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki

 

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2024-25 Experiments in Concretism, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art 2024 I feel, for now, Amos Rex, Helsinki | Passions of the North, Kunstsilo, Kristiansand 2023-24 Yrjö Kukkapuro – Magic Room, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art 2023 Art in Space, Space in Art, Sara Hildén Museum, Tampere 2022 Working group 1972-2022. European constructive experience. Marcello Morandini Foundation, Varese, Lombardei, Italien 2019 Finnish Aalto, Busan Museum of Art, South Korea 2018 Killing me Softly. Works from the Miettinen Collection, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin 2017-18 Real Celebration!, Rovaniemi Art Museum 2017 Dreamaholic – Kunst aus Finnland. Miettinen Collection, Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen; Collection Exhibition, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art 2011 Momentum 2011 – 6th Nordic Biennal of Contemporary Art, Momentum Kunsthall, Moss 2003 Turhat Pojat, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki; Europa Konkret Reduktiv, Museum Architektury, Breslau 2002 Kopavogur Art Museum, Kopavogur / The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm / Taidehalli Helsinki 2001 ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj / Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 1984 Die Sprache der Geometrie, Kunstmuseum Bern 1982 Konstruktive Kunst aus Finnland, Kunsthalle Waaghaus, Winterthur 1977 200x200, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Rotterdam