Katja Tukiainen
Katja Tukiainen

"When I was a young GIRL people asked when shall I stop painting with pink. Now I am an old GIRL." - Katja Tukiainen 🌸👁👅👁🌸 born 1969, pink shows since 1996.

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Katja's painting in included in the group exhibition Bambi Forever! in HAM, Helsinki Finland. The exhibition presents Raimo and Maarit Huttunen's donation collection. The exhibition will be open from 8th of March 2024 until 19th of January 2025.

Liina V. from Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu writes about Katja Tukiainen's painting called Pajunkissa.


Katja's
solo exhibition
The Secret Society at Makasiini Contemporary's Studio & Window Studio will open October 13th 2023, Turku, Finland.

Katja's paintings are included in About Art, summer group exhibition in Logomo, Turku, Finland 30.6. - 20.8.2023.

Katja & Matti's Detective Agency
duo exhibition opens at Danielson-Kalmari Villa at Vääksy Asikkala 10th of June 2023. The exhibition is open until 6th of August 2023. Katja Tukiainen and Matti Hagelberg have shared an atelier since year 2000 at Cable Factory and from the beginning it's name has been Katja & Matti's Detective Agency.

Katja's pink paintings series from year 1999(!) are included in the group show Ding Dong - From Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection at Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland, from 20th of Janyary until 26th of April 2023.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition at Galleria Snow, Berlin will be open from 3rd of February until 2nd of March, 2023. The Name of the Colour is the GIRL is Katja's first solo show in Berlin, in the address Brunnenstrasse 170. Warmly welcome <3

Katja's painting is included in the group exhibition Morning Coffee in the Roof of a Town, Serlachius Museum Gösta, Mänttä, Finland. From 5th of November 2022 until 16th of April 2023.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition at Gallery Halmetoja
Kalevankatu 16, Helsinki, from 4th of until 27th of November 2022. Warmly welcome <3

Katja Tukiainen's outdoor sculptures "Siren" and "I hear You" will be exhibited in the OpenArt 2022 in Örebro, Sweden. From 18th of June until 4th of September, 2022.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings will be included in the International art exhibition NordArt 2022 in Büdelsdorf, Germany. From 4th of June until 9th of October, 2022.

The examination of visual artist, painter Katja Tukiainen's doctoral thesis for Doctor of Fine Arts in Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, will take place Friday 6th of May 2022, 11 am. The interview page here.
Thesis written part, the book Katja Tukiainen: Tyttöarmeija, kerronnallinen maalaus tilassa (Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2022) PDF is here.
(The synopisis / abstract is in English page 8 and Swedish page 7.)

Here is the link to Katja Tukiainen's thesis examiner
PhD Katve-Kaisa Kontturi's article about the book. Kontturi's article is published in SQS Vol. 16 No 1/2022.
YouTube link here until 20th May 20220 only.

Katja Tukiainen & Maria Wolframs's collaboration painting will be exbibited in the group exhibition Personal Structures in Palazzo Bembo during the 59th Venice Art Biennale. The exhibition is open from 23rd of April until 27th of November 2022. Palazzo Bembo, (very near the Rialto bridge), Venice, Italy.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition The FLAMING BRAS will open 7th of December 2021 at Auran Galleria, Turku Åbo, Finland. The show will be open until 1st of January 2022.

Katja Tukiainen happily announces that she is part of the Finnsih Painters project!

Katja Tukiainen's drawing exhibition Piirustuksia will be open at Porin Taidegraafikoiden Galleria from 31st of June until 29th of August, 2021, Pori, Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are included in the group exhibition at Pinxinmäki Arthall, Sysmä, Finland. From 20th of June until 7th of August 2021.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition Fear no GIRL is in the Kuhmo Arts Centre during Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival from 11th until 24th of July, 2021. Kuhmo, Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition called
The Pure in Heart Shall See the Unicorn

will be open at Galleria Himmelblau, 2nd floor / Finnlayson Art Area from 13th of March until 23rd of May 2021, Tampere, Finland.


Katja Tukiainen's petite solo show Who is the SHEriff?
will be open from the 1st of November in Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, 2nd floor, Keskuskatu 1, Helsinki.
This
Halmetoja goes Akateeminen solo exhibition will be open until 29th of November 2020.

Katja Tukiainen's large mural Sky & Earth
will be unveiled in the new women's prison in Hämeelinna in October 2020. The artwork is comissioned by State Art Commission Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's painting on glass called Savanni is revealed in Hima & Sali Restaurant in Cable Factory, Helsinki, in July 2020.

Katja Tukiainen's painting La Liberté guidant le peuple is included to the Turku Technology Properties Art Collection.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition Delacroix & moi will take place in GALERIE FORSBLOM from 14th of February until 15the of March 2020 in Helsinki, Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's painting series is included in the collection exhibition of Wihuri Foundation at Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi. The exhibition is called Merry Things and it's open from 7th of February until 27th of September 2020.

Katja Tukiainen & OiOi's interactive and twelve meters wide light painting will take place in LUX Helsinki between 4th and 8th of January 2020 in Tokoinranta / Tokoistranden Helsinki. Collaboration with Unicef Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition Jesus & moi in Pyhän Henrikin Ekumeeninen Taidekappeli will be open 1.11. - 31.12.2019 in Hirvensalo island, Turku, Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition in the Futurism & Co Art Gallery Rome, Italy ia open from 23rd of September until 23rd of October 2019. Benvenuti!

Katja Tukiainen's paintings & wallpainting are included in the group exhibition "Muistatko Tuhkimon, Lumikin ja Punahilkan?" at Taiteilijakoti Erkkola, Tuusula, Finland, from 2nd of October until 15th of December 2019.

Katja Tukiainen's works are included in the group exhibition BOOM, Dal fumetto americano al Neo Pop at Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino, Palazzo Valle, Catania, Sicily, Italy from 30th of September 2019 until 30th of Mars 2020. Curated by Giancarlo Carpi, Maurizio Scudiero e Giuseppe Stagnitta.

Katja Tukiainen's painting installation called Write to me / SCRIVIMI will be hosted by MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma / MACRO Asilo from September 16th until September 22nd 2019, Rome, Italy. Curated by Giorgio de Finis and the Cultural Association Lumi.

Katja Tukiainen is represented by GALERIE FORSBLOM.

Katja Tukiainen's
paintings will be exbibited in the group exhibition Personal Structures in
Palazzo Mora during the 58th Venice Art Biennale. The exhibition is open from 11th of May until 24th of November 2019. Palazzo Mora, 3dr floor, Strada Nuova 3659, 30121 Venice, Italy.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are included to the exhibition Classic Works of Fine Art at the Manor in the Serlachius Museum Gösta, Mänttä, Finland, from 6 April 2019. Curated by Veikko Halmetoja.

Katja Tukiainen's works are included in the project Neocute by Giancarlo Carpi in Macro Asilo, Rome, from first of July until 7th of July 2019.

Katja Tukiainen's new watercolor paintigs will be shown in a group exhibition Nordic Watercolors 2019 in Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum from 26th of June until 24th of August 2019 in Frederikshavn, Denmark.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings and sculptures will be exhibited in the group show MOSTRA WONDERLAND in Valdichiana Outlet Village in Tuscany, Italy, from 1st of May until 30th of June 2019. Curated by Andrea Baffoni and Massimo Magurano.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings will be exhibited in the Easter Groupshow 2019 in Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden, from 18th of April until 5th of May 2019.
Supported by
Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition Play the field, GIRL will take place at Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland, from 23th of Nowember 2018 until 6th of January 2019.

Katja Tukiainen's GIRL GANG, the series of unique ceramic sculptures will be launched at Arabia Art Department Society, Hämeentie 135, 9th floor, Helsinki, 30th of August 2018, 5 pm. Available also at Iittala & Arabia Design Centre and Iittala & Arabia Store Esplanadi, Helsinki.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are included to the group show Peak Experience Re-played at Superwood Festival, Hotel Rantapuisto, Helsinki, from 12th to 14th of October, 2018.

Katja Tukiainen's
and
Sigga Björg Siguršardottir's works and site-specific wall paintings will take place at the group exhibition called FUSION at The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden from 28th of April until 30th of September 2018.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are included in the SUMMER EXHIBITION in Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland, from 27th of June until 18th of August, 2018.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are included in the group show The Finnish Illusion at the Embassy of Finland exhibition space, Washington D.C., USA. The exhibition is open from 13th of June until 26th of August, 2018.

Katja Tukiainen's
works are included
in the group exhibition TRANSIZIONI E PASSAGGI a Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Spazio Cerere, Rome, Italy. From 23rd of March until 26th of March 2018.

Katja Tukiainen's work is included in the R2014 GROUP's exhibition Travel Altar at
Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland. The exhibition is open from 2nd of March until 27th of May, 2018.

Katja Tukiainen'
s NEXT exhibition will take place at
Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, USA with Ilona Cutts and Maria Wolfram. The Finnish Illusion exhibition will be open from February 15th until April 28th, 2018. Opening reception Thursday, February 15th, 6-9-PM.

Katja Tukiainen's work is included in the group exhibition Self Mascot in Grandi Formati in Mondrian Suite art gallery, Rome, Italy. From 16th of December until 29th of December 2017. Curated by Giancarlo Carpi.

Katja Tukiainen
is represented by Futurism & Co
Gallery in Rome, Italy.

Katja Tukiainen's
girl paintings will be included in the International art exhibition NordArt 2017 in Büdelsdorf, Germany. From 10th of June until 8th of October, 2017.


Katja Tukiainen's solo show Hang Loose will take place at gallery Saariaho Järvenpää  at Helsinki from 1st of September until 1st of October 2017.

Katja Tukiainen's big girl paintings will be part of Malmö Museum's Finnish Fireworks / Finskt Fyrverkeri - Finland 100 years celebration exhibition in Malmö, Sweden. From 6th of May until 27th of September 2017.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings will be included in the group exhibition Art Goes Logomo, Turku, 11.6.-13.8.2017. Collaboration with MAKASIINI CONTEMPORARY.

Katja Tukiainen's large size painting "Happiness is a slippery thing." is included in the group show OPEN STORAGE - Remembering for the Future in Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland, until 25.2.2018.

Katja Tukiainen's girl paintings are part of the exhibition Rascal / Vallaton in Artsi Vantaa Art Museum, from 16th of March 2017 until 14th of January 2018.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition Dangerous Landscapes at Galleria Himmelblau's Puuvillasali from 18th of March until 30th of April 2017, Tampere, Finland.

The museum exhibition
Katja Tukiainen VS. Sigga Björg Sigur
šardottir will take place at TeckningsmuseetMuseum of Drawings, Laholm, Sweden from 1st of October 2016 until 15th of January 2017.

Helsinki Art Guide's Alexandra Marila made a great in-depth intierview with Katja Tukiainen in her studio at 30th of November 2016. In English, here you go!

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are taking part into group show Peak Experience in P Galleria, Pori from 2nd to 20th of November 2016. Curated by Kati Heljakka.

Katja Tukiainen's artworks are included in the group exhibition European Cuteness in Sofia Arsenal, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria, from 15th of September until 30th of November 2016. Curated by Giancarlo Carpi.

HAPPY to announce a new collaboration with the Helsinki based gallery Saariaho Järvenpää.
Katja Tukiainen's new works in Gallery Saariaho Järvenpää's booth at ArtHelsinki from 7th until 11th of September, 2016. Artnet news writes about the happening.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are included in the group exhibition Hyper Mentalized artworks - Hypo mentalized artists at Art Yourself Gallery, Bucharest, Romania from 9th of August until 9th of September 2016. Curated by Giancarlo Carpi.

Katja Tukiainen
's work is included in the group show PoPism - da Warhol a Banksy, at LOC Museo Comune di Capo D'Orlando, Sicily, Italy, from  21st of July until 11th of September 2016.
Curated by Giuseppe Stagnitta, Julie Kogler and Giancarlo Carpi.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings and reliaf are included in the group show SUMMER FAIR at Auran Galleria, Turku, 1.7.- 7.8.2016.

Mikko Hallikainen, Nanna Susi & Katja Tukiainen will have a three artists' group exhibition at G12 Gallery, Kuopio, 18.6. - 21.7.2016 at Kuopio, Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's work is included in the group show PoPism, Palazzo Corvaja, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, among e.g. Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Banksy, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara and Mark Ryden's, until 2nd of July, 2016.
Curated by Giuseppe Stagnitta and Julie Kogler in collaboration with Giancarlo Carpi.
Un bell'articolo in Italiano

Katja Tukiainen's painting from year 1998 is included in the Haava / Wound, Seppo Fränti's Art Collection Exhibition at Lapinlahden Lähde, Helsinki, until 29th of May, 2016.

Katja Tukiainen
's solo exhibition Luna Park Abbandonato takes place in CORE Gallery, Rome, Italy, from 1st of April until 31st of May 2016. Benvenuti! Un bell'articolo in Italiano qui.


Katja Tukiainen's works are included in the group exhibition EXTENSION European Cuteness Art in Istituto di Cultura Italiano in Romania, Bucharest, Romania, from 15th until 25th of April, 2016. Curated by Giancarlo Carpi.

Katja Tukiainen's Cuteness Overdose is included in the group show European Cuteness Art in the Palace of Parliament of Romania, Constantin Brāncusi Exhibition Hall, from 18th of March until 25th of April, Bucharest, Romania. Curated by Giancarlo Carpi.

Katja Tukiainen
's Pölysokeri is included in the Touch, the new Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection Exhibition at EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art
, until 19.3 2017.

Katja Tukiainen's & Samu-Jussi Koski's
Girl Evacuees are part of Boutique -Where Art Meets Fashion exhibition at The Nordic Embassies Felleshus, Berlin. From 21st of January until 28th of February 2016. Curated by Annamari Vänskä.

Katja Tukiainen's large scale watercolour painting is included in the museum collection exhibition The Advebture Can Begin in Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden 20.9.2015 - 28.2.2016.

Katja Tukiainen's painting is part of The Light Festival LUX Helsinki 6.-10.1.2016, and is projected on the fasade of Helsinki Catedhral among seven other artist. The show goes on every day from 5 pm until 10 pm, until 10th of January 2016.

Katja Tukiainen
's solo exhibition P is for Paradise takes place in Auran Galleria, Turku, Finland, from 17th of November until 13th of December 2015.
Helsingin Sanomat article, see this link.


Katja Tukiainen's painting is included in the group show BEYOND EDEN 15, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA, from 3rd until 5th of October, 2015.

Katja Tukiainen's & Matti Hagelberg's exhibition will take place in Taiga Space, Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 26th of September until 11th of October 2015.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are included in the group show SUMMER FAIR, together with Nanna Susi and Miina Äkkijyrkkä at Auran Galleria, Turku, 6.6.- 5.7.2015.

Katja Tukiainen's sculpture is part of the group show Gisp! at Stoa, Helsinki, from 20.8. until 12.9.2015.

Katja Tukiainen's sculpture is part of the group show Gisp! at Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, from 25th of April until 4th of June, 2015.

Katja Tukiainen's work is included in the End of the World Biennal / Bienal del Fin del Mundo 2014, Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 11th of December 2014 until 22nd of February 2015. Curated by Massimo Scaringella.

Katja Tukiainen's & Samu-Jussi Koski's Girl Evacuees are part of Boutique exhibition at Spiral Art Space, Tokyo, Japan. From 17th of December 2014. Curated by Annamari Vänskä and Ikuko Kato.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are included in the group show CONTAMINAZIONI 014 ROME at Gard Gallery, Via dei Conciatori 31, 00154 Rome, from 3rd until 9th of December 2014, curated by Giancarlo Carpi.

Katja Tukiainen's works will be included in the group show CONTAMINAZIONI 014 curated by Maurizio Scudiero, Anna D'Elia and Giancarlo Carpi at Varna City Art Gallery, 1 Lyuben Karavelov street, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria, from 19th of October until 10th of November 2014.

Katja Tukiainen's works will be part of the group show Gisp!, Nordic House, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, from 24th of October until 24th of November 2014. Curated by Lotte Nishanthi Winther.

Katja Tukiainen's drawings are inluded in the group show BUSINESS TALK PARTNER ZONE exhibition at Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn NY, from 9th of November 2014.

Katja Tukiainen's installation is included in the group show Nykytaiteen alttarilla at Tuusula Art Museum from 4th of October 2014 until 11th of January 2015, Tuusula, Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are be included in the group show Häntä Pystyyn at Oulu Art Museum, from 7th of October 2014 until 4th of January 2015, Oulu, Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's comics are inluded the group show KUTIKUTI AAPISTOUKKA exhibition at MUU Galleria Kaapeli, Helsinki, Finland, from 29th of August untill 28th of September 2014.  

Katja Tukiainen's works will be included in the group show CONTAMINAZIONI 014 curated by Maurizio Scudiero, Anna D'Elia and Giancarlo Carpi at Muzeul de Istorie Nationala si Archeologia de Constanta, Piazza Ovidiu 12, Constanta, Romania, from 29th of August until 21st of September 2014.

Katja Tukiainen's exhibition A Midsummer Night's Dream at Galleria Koivulinna, Pukkila from 6th of August until 31st of August 2014. WELCOME to the opening Tuesday 5th of August 7 PM!

Katja Tukiainen's small activists will be included in the contemporary art happening LOVIISA CONTEMPOPARY at Loviisa town, Finland, 30.-31. August, 2014.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings will be included in the group show UNDER THE CUTENESS curated by Giancarlo Carpi and Graziano Menolascina at Hybrida Contemporanea, Rome, from 9th of May until 5th of June 2014.

Katja Tukiainen's exhibition Paradis n (Névtelen hősök)/Paradis n (Nameless heroes) at Luukku, Budapest, Hungary, from 16th of May until 6th of June, 2014. Curated by Finnagora.

Katja Tukiainen's mini exhibition, Comrades! / Toverit!, will take place at Toy Museum Hevosenkenkä, Tapiola, Espoo, Finland from 25th of March until 30th of August 2014.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition, Kaunis Maailma / Beautifull World, will take place at Galerie Forsblom from 22nd of November until 22nd of December 2013, Helsinki.

KATJA TUKIAINEN WORKS PART TWO art book / monography (216 pages, Katja Tukiainen's paintings and installations 2008-2013, with Raul Zamudio's article and Riiko Sakkinen's foreword, full colours & hardcover, text in english & finnish, 216 pages, published by Parvs Publishing,) will be released 21st of November 2013 at Galerie Forsblom.

Katja Tukiainen & Riiko Sakkinen's work Baking Capitalism is included in the group exhibition Schenken als Problem at Group Global 3000, Berlin. From 29th of November until 24th of January 2014.

Katja Tukiainen's work will be included in The Blab Show in  COPRO GALLERY, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, California,  from 14th of September until 5th of October. Curated by Monte Beauchamp.

Katja Tukiainen's installation 200 tastes will be included at "The Name, The Nose" exhibition at MUSEOLABORATORIO, Citta Sant'Angelo (PE), Italy, opening 8th of September 2013, curated by Raul Zamudio.

Katja Tukiainen's comic originals at solo show KISU and Mademoiselle Good Heavens at Galleria Art Kaarisilta, Sanomatalo, Helsinki, form 27th of August until 8th of September 2013. Exhibition is part of Helsinki Comics Festival 2013.

Katja Tukiainen's & Samu-Jussi Koski's Girl Evacuee will be part of Boutique exhibition at Embassy of Finland, Washington D.C., USA, from 10th of October 2013.

Riiko Sakkinen & Katja Tukiainen's exhibition Cake Theory
at Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana, Slovenia, opens 4th of April 2013.

Katja Tukiainen's girl sculpture Kisu is part of the department store Stockmann's Argos-hall art happening 11-27th of January 2013.

Katja Tukiainen's & Samu-Jussi Koski's installation Girl Evacuees is part of Boutique exhibition at Amos Anderson Art Museum, 17th of August - 12th of November 2012. Curated by Annamari Vänskä.

Narrative painting in space Symposium, organized by visual artist Katja Tukiainen, is taking place at Kiasma Theatre 4th of September 2012. Invited speakers are Yoshitomo Nara (Japan), Mieke Bal (Netherlands) and Kai Mikkonen (Helsinki).

Katja Tukiainen Suite in Klaus K Hotel, Helsinki, will be launched 2 pm at Thursday 23th of August press meet. Opening party at Katja Tukiainen Suite & Ahjo, Friday 24th August, 2012.

Katja Tukiainen's painting installation Paradis k is part of the Päin Näköä! exhibition at KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, 9th of March - 9th of September, 2012.

Katja Tukiainen's solo show Paradis L (Love) at the Lönnström Art Museum from 2nd of June until 26th of August 2012, Rauma, Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's silk screen prints and installation at Himmelblau in the Retretti Art Center.

Katja Tukiainen's installation Paradis n will be part of the Mazzano! exhibition at The Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn, 11.5.2012-, curated by Timo Valjakka.

Katja Tukiainen's window work Mademoiselle Good Heavens is at Kasino Creative Studio's
@BAR, Kalevankatu 13, Helsinki, March 2012.

Katja Tukiainen's solo show Such a lovely place at the Galerie Forsblom from 25th of November 2011 until SUNDAY 8th of January 2012, Helsinki.

The Finnish Art Society granted Katja Tukiainen with William Thuring Prize 2011. The Finnish Art Society awards the prize annually without application for about ten artists.

Katja Tukiainen's painting installation Paradis j is part of the Mazzano! exhibition at the Tampere Art Museum 25.11.2011 - 5.2.2012, curated by Timo Valjakka.

Katja Tukiainen is presented at Helsinki Contemporary Art Fair, Art Helsinki, 14. - 18. of September, 2011 by Galerie Forsblom.

Katja Tukiainen's painting is included in the group show Kesä-Sommar-Summer 2011
in Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, until 14th august 2011.

Katja Tukiainen welcomes you to look her fresh paintings in her studio at the Cable Factory (stair D, floor 5) during the Konstrundan weekend fri 29.- sun 31. of July, 12-6 pm.

Katja Tukiainen's painting installation Paradis i (Idylls) is included to the Camping Trip exhibition in Salo Art Museum, 10 June - 28 August, 2011.

Katja Tukiainen's painting installation Paradis h (Happy go lucky) is included to the Little Red Riding Hood exhibition in Lahti Art Museum, 11 February - 25 April 2011.
Katja Tukiainen is the first artist invited to exhibit in a series of exhibitions in the FRAME office in Helsinki on February 1st until March 13th 2011.
Katja Tukiainen's painting installation Paradis g (Gräfenberg Spot) is part of the Mazzano! exhibition in Amos Anderson Art Museum
28.1.-14.3.2011. Curated by Timo Vajakka.

Katja Tukiainen's Candy Cane is included in the visual art showcase of Finland Station @ Loft Project Etagi, St. Petersburg, 7-12 Feb. 2011.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings and comics are included to the group exhibition Sarjakuvaa - Taidetta in Tuusula Art Museum 19.1. - 22.5.2011.

Miten minusta tuli minä: Kuvataiteiija Katja Tukiainen Radio show in Finnish. With Krista Mikkola, Riiko Sakkinen and Sonja Viskari.

"When you feel you're inside of a beautiful snow globe" - Interview with Katja Tukiainen by Arlinda Sipilä in Design Finland.

Katja Tukiainen's painting is included to No 9’s Chicken Coriander group exhibition at Cafe Bar 9, Uudenmaankatu 9, Helsinki 9.1.-6.2.2011.

Katja Tukiainen's painting installation Good Heavens! takes over the thoughts from 29th of September until 9th of January 2011 at EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art. Opening tuesday 28.9.2010.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition Paradis f (Fake) 17.-27. November 2010 at Tasty Gallery, Riga, Latvia. Welcome to the opening tuesday 16.11. 6-8 pm!

Katja Tukiainen's silk screen prints in Katja Tukiainen Candy Cane frames are included and exhibited by the Persten collection at the exhibition Candy Cane meets 61 Hearts at the Falkmanin ateljeetalo, Katariinankatu 3, Helsinki, until 13.11. 4 PM.

Helsingin Sanomat Kuukausiliite, the Monthly Magazine of the largest Finnish newspaper sold "Sophie" called oilpainting by Katja Tukiainen in auction. The magazine has one artist and one art piece for a month and the half of the prize goes to the charity.
http://www.huuto.net/kohteet/154714363

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition Paradis e (Extension of my personality) at Finnish Institute in Estonia, Harju 1 (ring the doorbell please), Tallinn, 1.10.-30.10.2010.
Interview in Muurileht # 11/2010 pages 12-13, in english.

Katja Tukiainen is presented at Art Copenhagen, 17th - 19th of September by Korjaamo Gallery.

Katja Tukiainen's solo exhibition Paradis d (Discotheque pick up lines) at Cafe Bar 9
Uudenmaankatu 9, Helsinki, 9.8. - 6.9.2010. Sold out.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings and serigraphies are presented at Art Helsinki, 1st - 5th of September by Korjaamo Gallery.

Katja Tukiainen's wallpainting and paintings Paradis c are included in "Punahilkka / Little Red Riding Hood" Exhibition in Oulu Art Museum 12.6.- 26.9.2010.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings are included in the group show Cool Rooms at Punkaharju State Hotel, Finland, until 31.8.2010, curated by Jani Leinonen.

Katja Tukiainen, Anssi Kasitonni and Jani Leinonen are exhibited in "8140 kg Kasitonni-Leinonen-Tukiainen" in TR1 Arthall at Tampere 5.6.-15.8.2010. Collaboration with Tampere Art Museum. Katja Tukiainen's exhibits her work Paradis b. Read the art critic from Helsingin Sanomat.

Katja Tukiainen's painting installation Paradis a is included in Mäntän XV Kuvataideviikot / The XV Mänttä Art Festival 13.6.- 22.8.2010.

Katja Tukiainen's paintings Pink Water & Red Water are included in the group show Water, at Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, 11.6. - 8.8.2010.

Katja Tukiainen's big painting Happiness is a place called Kuusankoski is included in The Wasteland Festival in Kouvola, Finland, 24 - 25th July 2010. Article by Henna Mäkelin in Kouvolan Sanomat 24.7.2010.

Katja Tukiainen's installations, paintings and comics are curated by Annamari Vänskä into the new on-line show http://www.culturegallery.fi

Katja Tukiainen's wallpainting and drawings are included in "Contemporary Nordic Comics" Exhibition in Nordiska Akvarellmuseet 31.1-14.3 2010. Read Katja's interview here.

Katja Tukiainen's wallpainting and drawings are included in "Hyvät Naiset" Exhibition in Hyvinkää Art Museum 11.12.2009- 31.1.2010. Opening 10.12.2009.

Katja Tukiainen's work is included in the GHost II night, 18.12.2009 at St John’s Church on Bethnal Green, London. Curated by Sarah Sparkes and Ricarda Vidal.

Katja Tukiainen Exhibition in KUD France Preseren will be open from 8th of December 2009 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Katja Tukiainen pimps up the christmas tree of the Espoo Museum of Modern Art, EMMA. Exposed for the audience from 25. November 2009.

Katja Tukiainen solo exhibition Playground, My work is my pleasure takes place in Korjaamo Galleria / Korjaamo Gallery 16.10.-22.11.2009, Töölönkatu 51 B, 00250 Helsinki. Read the article from leading Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and Mikko Oranen's article from Skenet.fi.

Katja Tukiainen's works will be presented at Art Helsinki art fair by Korjaamo Gallery 13.-15. November 2009.

Katja Tukiainen Exhibition in Saint Petersburg, Russia will be open 24.9.-18.10.2009 Gallery 100 Svoih, Ligovsky prospect 39.

12.10.2009 Diili, the Finnish version of TV reality show The Apprentice, has a task where two teams have to sell art. The female team chooses Katja Tukiainen and the male team Riiko Sakkinen to be two artist whose art to represent.

Niko Luoma, Katja Tukiainen and Riiko Sakkinen take part to the Biennale of Young Artists of Mediterranean in Skopje, Makedonia as the Asphalt Curatorial Service. Curated by Krista Mikkola, a project of City of Helsinki.

Katja Tukiainen and Yukiharu Takematsu collaborated with school kids of Yokohama and made art stools and painting installation for Zou-No-Hana Terrace. Collaboration with Artek.

Katja Tukiainen's painting installation  is included in Kalevala exhibition  in
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki 27.2.–9.8.2009.

Katja Tukiainen's work will be installed in the main lobby of the Finnish Academy of
Fine Arts' Degree Show, Helsinki 14.5.-7.6.2009.

Katja Tukiainen's work  is  included in Valumateoria exhibition in
Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, 18.4.-10.5.2009.

"Through the Looking-Glass" / "Peilimaa", Katja Tukiainen's paintings preview,
for October 2009,  Korjaamo Gallery Korjaamo Hall Lounge, Helsinki 15.4.2009 5 - 8 pm.

Katja Tukiainen's work  is  included in TELL ME MORE exhibition in
The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) 7.2.-8.3.2009.

Katja Tukiainen's Lace Girl poses for the Helsinki Book Fair 2009.

Katja Tukiainen's SOLO EXHIBITION "Red Curtains", PAINTINGS 
at Nordic ArtWorks London Gallery, Pall Mall Deposit, North Kensington, W10, London
27.11.2008 - 23.12.2008

Artist Katja Tukiainen’s action PASSION deals with the questions of art as pleasure
and object of desire. READ MORE
Katja Tukiaisen taideakti INTOHIMO koskettelee kysymyksiä taiteesta mielihyvän
tuottajana ja halun kohteena. LUE LISÄÄ

Katja Tukiainen is exhibiting her wall painting at Jani Leinonen Show Room,
Lauttasaarenkatu 7, Helsinki, 17.9.2008 ->

Katja Tukiainen's works  at Galleria Jangva's group exhibition Henki
Helsinki, 9.10 - 26.10.2008

Katja Tukiainen and Inga Saetre have an exhibition together at
Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Oslo, Norway, 28.8 – 11.10.2008.

Katja Tukiainen's work is included in "Be Honest!" exhibition by Artek and
Marimekko in Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan, 9-23 September 2008.

"SAMPO. VISA TO FINLAND"
Jani Leinonen, Riiko Sakkinen and Katja Tukiainen at FORMULA Gallery
Ligovsky pr. 74, 4rd floor, Saint-Petersburg 191040, Russia, 4.6.- 30.8.2008.
Curated by Irena Kuksenayte and Eero-Pekka Rislakki

Katja Tukiainen created a Stool Girl / Jakkaratyttö painting for Artek.

Katja Tukiainen's A POEM OF CLICHES and Matti Hagelberg's HARD WEST
clothing collections (first editions) at Kansa Shop
Pengerkatu 22, 00500 Helsinki, from 1.4.2008.

RUSSINET, Katja Tukiainen's new comic book now in Swedish from Optimal Press

RUSINA, Katja Tukiainen's new comic book in Finnish from Like Publishing

KATJA TUKIAINEN WORKS art book (paintings 1999-2007, Timo Valjakka's article,
full colours, 112 pages, hardcover, english/french/finnish) is awailable. Orders from
Daadabooks.com .
Retailers in Europe and USA

Katja Tukiainen's comic strip is replacing Viivi ja Wagner 31.7.-6.8.2008
in Helsingin Sanomat.

Katja Tukiainen, Paintings, SOLO EXHIBITION at Finlandsinstitutet's Gallery
Snickarbacken 4 (at Birger Jarlsgatan 35) Stockholm, Sweden, 14.5. - 13.6.2008.
open tue–thu 12–18, fri–sat 11–15.

Katja Tukiainen's  work is included in "100% Finlande" in Paris 17.4.2008-
27.4.2008 at the Helsinki į la Place Saint Sulpice art and design happening.

Katja Tukiainen, Paintings, SOLO EXHIBITION at Galleria Krista Mikkola
Helsinki, 6.3. - 30.3. 2008.

Katja Tukiainen's  work is included in the group exhibition MASTER CLASS
5.3.2008 - 23.3.2008 at FAFA Gallery (Finnish Academy of Fine Arts gallery).

Katja Tukiainen's  work is included in Finnish Academy of Fine Arts' group
exhibition DRAWING CLASS 11.12.2007 - 13.1.2008 at Kunsthalle Helsinki.

KATJA TUKIAINEN WORKS art book release at Galleria Krista Mikkola
17.12.2007, 12 am. Art curator and critic Timo Valjakka interviews Ms. Tukiainen.

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