Katja Maarit TUKIAINEN
born in Pori 1969, lives and works in Helsinki, Finland

Education
Studies for the Doctor of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, 2009-
Master of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, 2007-2009
Master of Arts, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, 1990-1996
Studies in painting, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, 1994-1995

Group Exhibitions (selection)
Punahilkka / Little Red Riding Hood, Oulu Art Museum, 2010
Mäntän XV Kuvataideviikot/The XV Mänttä Art Festival, Finland, 2010
8140 kg Kasitonni-Leinonen-Tukiainen, TR1 Arthall Tampere, 2010
Contemporary Nordic Comics, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Sweden, 2010
Hyvät naiset, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland, 2009
Jahaa! Felleshus, Berlin, 2009
Kalevala, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, 2009
Trickle Down Theory / Valumateoria, Galleria Korjaamo, Helsinki, 2009
Tell Me More, The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), Riga, Latvia, 2009
The last match, Baltanakts, Riga, Latvia, 2009
Henki, Galleria Jangva, Helsinki, 2008
"Be Honest!", Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
Liebe malerei maler me, Show Room X, Helsinki, 2008
Katja Tukiainen and Inga Saetre, Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Oslo, 2008
"SAMPO. VISA TO FINLAND", FORMULA Gallery / Loft, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2008
DRAWING CLASS, Kunsthalle Helsinki, 2007/2008
Nord in progress, Firenze, Italy, 2007
Akkurat! Bomuldsfabfiken kunsthall, Arendal, Norway, 2007
Idän taju, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, Finland, 2007
Points Of Viev, Fiskars, Finland, 2007
Contemporary Art from the Collection of Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, 2007
Amerikka! Art Center Lovely, Heinola, Finland, 2007
Kuvia ja kuplia, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland, 2007
Glasgow Art Fair, UK, 2007
Affordable Art Fair, London, UK, 2007
Terrortory, Pakt-gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2006
Terrortory, Muu-gallery, Helsinki, 2006
Unterwegs, Fumetto, Luzern, Sveitsi , 2006
Regardless of the weather, Gallery Karton, Budabest, Hungary, 2006
Katja Tukiainen & Matti Hagelberg en Inde, Finnish Institute in Paris, France, 2006
Soleil de minuit, Angouleme, France, 2006
Helsinki international, Korjaamo culture factory, Helsinki, 2005
Pictures & words, Magma Clerkenwell, London, UK, 2005
6. Salaolisboa, Lissabon, Portugal, 2005
Fumetto - Comics aus Finnland, Luzern, Switzerland, 2005
Nian, Reykjavik art museum, Iceland, 2005
Keep on the asphalt, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005
Tyttöjen elämästä, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, 2003
Tiettyä magnetismia, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, 2003
Keep on the asphalt, Cable factory, Helsinki, 2003
Keep on the asphalt, Biennale of young artist’s, Athens, Greece, 2003
106. Annual Exhibiton Of Finnish Artists, Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, 2001
A letter for a dead friend, Picasso Museum, Luzern, Switzerland, 2001
Mänttä Art Weeks, Mänttä, Finland, 2001
Time in Mazzano, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, 2001
Young artists exhibition 2001, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, 2001
Bd@fi, Paris, Caen, Antwerben, Berlin, Kemi, Stockholm, Göteborg, Helsinki, 2001-2003
Biennale di arte emergente, Torino, Italy, 2000
Whom should I call next?, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, 1999
Ruudun valossa, Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere, 1996
Rassegna d'Arte, Sassoferrato, Italy, 1995
Auto Arte, Venice, Italy, 1995
Arte a Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy, 1995

Works in Public and Museum Collections
Nordic Watercolour Museum, 2010
Saastamoinen Foundation in EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, 2009
The City of Oulu Art Collection, 2008
KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008
The State Art Collection of Finland, 2006
Amos Anderson’s Art Museum, 2005
Helsinki City Art Museum, 2005
Kouvola Art Museum, 2004
Teresia and Rafael Lönnström Foundation, 2001
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation in Rovaniemi Art Museum, 2000
Helsinki City Art Museum, 2000
Helsinki City Art Museum, 1999

Grants
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2009
Niilo Helander Foundation, 2009
Public Display Grant for Visual Artist, 2008
Otava Foundation, 2007
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2006
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2005
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 2004
Public Display Grant for Visual Artist, 2003
Visual Arts Council Project Grant, 2003
1 Year State Grant for Artist, 2002
Tammi Foundation, 2001
Library Grant, 2001
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2000
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 1998
Finnish Cartoonists' Association, 1998
Väinö Tanner Foundation, 1997

Awards and Other
The State Prize for Desing, 2007
Puupää hat, Finland’s Comics Association’s Award, 2003
The Regional Artist of the Arts Council of Uusimaa, 1999-2001

Artist in Residence
Spiral / Walcoal Art Center & Bank Art Recidence, Japan, 2009
New York, Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, 2008
Mazzano Romano, Italy, Väinö Tanner Foundation, 1997

Memberchips
Finnish painters' union
Helsingin taiteilijaseura
Artists' Association MUU

Monography
KATJA TUKIAINEN WORKS
(paintings 1999-2007, Timo Valjakka's article, english/french/finnish)
112 pages, Daada, 2007

Graphic novels / Comic books published
Russinet, 100 pages, Optimal press, Sweden, 2008
Rusina, 96 pages, Like, 2008
Kisun ABC, 32 pages, Otava, 2007
Brev från Indien, 96 pages, Optimal press, Sweden, 2003
Postia Intiasta (Post from India), 96 pages, Suomen Yrityslehdet, 2002
Jos olisin prinsessa (If I were a princess), 24 pages, Suomen Yrityslehdet, 1999
A-B-C, 128 pages, author's edition, 1999
Tyttö ja mummo (Girl and granny), 45 pages, publishing house Jalava, 1998
Tyttöjen leikit (Girls plays), 46 pages, publishing house Jalava, 1997

Graphic novels published in Finland and Sweden.
Graphic short stories published in Europe and USA.

graphic short stories/comics and illustrations, (almost) complete list