NEWS  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 Candy Cane is included in the visual art showcase of Finland Station @ Loft Project Etagi, St. Petersburg, 7-12 Feb. 2011. * Katja Tukiainen's painting installation Paradis h (Happy go lucky) is included to Little Red Riding Hood exhibition in Lahti Art Museum 11 February - 25 April 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 Valjakka. * 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. Vote for the artist grant here: http://www.bar9.net/poll.htm. * 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. * 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's big painting Happiness is a place called Kuusankoski is included in The Wasteland Festival in Kouvola, Finland, 24 - 25th July 2010. * 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, 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. * 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 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 * 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 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 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 in 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 is included in Valumateoria exhibition in Gallery Korjaamo,Helsinki, 18.4.-10.5.2009. * "Through the Looking-Glass" / "Peilimaa", Katja Tukiainen's paintings preview for October 2009, Gallery Korjaamo Korjaamo Hall Lounge, Helsinki 15.4.2009 5 - 8 pm. * 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. * A surprising candidacy of the artist. Vuoden Eeva / The Eve of the Year * Katja Tukiainen's SOLO exhibition at Nordic ArtWorks London Gallery Pall Mall Deposit, North Kensington, W10, London, 27.11.-23.12.2008 * Katja Tukiainen's Lace Girl poses for the Helsinki Book Fair 2009 * Artist Katja Tukiainen’s action PASSION deals with the questions of art as pleasure and object of desire. * Katja Tukiainen's work is included in "Be Honest!" exhibition by Artek and Marimekko in Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan, 9-23 September 2008. * Katja Tukiainen and Inga Saetre have an exhibition at Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Oslo Norway, 28.8 – 11.10.2008. (Photographs from the opening) * Katja Tukiainen, Iina Kuusimäki and Ingrid Ung at Galleria Jangva Helsinki, 9.10 - 26.10.2008 * Katja Tukiainen is exhibiting her wall painting at Jani Leinonen Show Room 17.9. - 30.10.2008 * "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. See the video from the opening * Katja Tukiainen created a Stool Girl / Jakkaratyttö painting for Artek.
* Katja Tukiainen's comic strip is replacing Viivi ja Wagner 31.7.-6.8.2008 in Helsingin Sanomat. * 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). Orders from Daadabooks.com Retailers in Europe and USA  * 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 á 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 monday 17.12.2007. 12 am. Art curator and critic Timo Valjakka interviews Ms. Tukiainen. * (this page is updated 15.4.2011) |
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