news & past exhibitions
KYLÄSSÄ KYLÄSSÄ / VISIT–À–VILLAGE
3.12.–17.12.2023
Solo show
Kemijärven Kulttuurikeskus / Kemijärvi Cultural Centre
A Portrait of Luusua (Luusua potretti) is taking shape and presented here for the first time together with drawings on paper from the Absentees (Poissaolevat) –series that is based on lace pieces made by my great-grandmother Alina Tervo (1887-1956) who lived in Pelkosenniemi. The audience’s contribution to these on-going projects is welcomed and encouraged through an exhibition programme of events. Supported generously by TAIKE.
Click on the invite below to find the schedule (in Finnish). OHEISOHJELMAN AIKATAULU: klikkaa kutsua alla.
TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE 2023
Delighted to have two drawings – Great-Grandmother’s Little Dress with a Collar (on paper) & two months apart (video drawing) – selected for my favourite drawing exhibition Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023, the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing. A total of 124 works by 111 drawing practitioners were selected from 3,000 submissions from 1,450 candidates located across the world. More information at TBW & from Drawing Projects UK, for example here.
ABSENTEES / POISSAOLEVAT
Solo show, Korundin seinä, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland, 1.6.-31.7. 2023
Great-Grandmother’s ‘Hand Made’ Little Dress / Iso-Mummin ‘Hand Made’ pikkumekko, 2021
Great-Grandmother’s Flower Shirt / Iso-Mummin kukkapaita, 2022
Great-Grandmother’s Baby Tops (or Death) / Iso-Mummin vauvapaidat (tai kuolema), 2022.
Graphite on handmade paper, 77 x 57 cm or 57 x 77 cm.
LUUSUA POTRETTI / A PORTRAIT OF LUUSUA
Super excited to be working on this project after so many years of collecting material and thinking about it. Thank you TAIKE for making it possible! Thank you for everyone in Luusua and around who are somehow connected to this wonderful village of ours. Come and pay us a visit and share your story. More to follow....
Hei kyläläiset, klikkaa linkkiä, jos sinulla on salasana hallussa.
AIKA JA AJALLISUUS / TIME & TIMENESS curated by Juhani Tuominen
Group exhibition, Gallery Valo & Katve I & II, Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland, 15.12.2022-5.2.2023
Great-Grandmother’s Baby Collar / Iso-Mummin vauvakaulus, 2022
Great-Grandmother’s Collar, perhaps / Iso-Mummin kaulus, ehkä, 2021
Graphite on handmade paper, 57 x 77 cm
Fragmentary Memories / Keskeneräisiä muistikuvia, two-channel video with stereo sound, 26 mins.
BOOKED 2022 – Artists Book Exhibition
26.11.-18.12.2022
MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Helsinki, Finland
MUISTIN YTIMESSÄ / MEMORY NUCLEI solo show
9.11.-4.12.2022
Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland
TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE 2022
First Prize: Elisa Alaluusua, Unconceivable Line, single-channel video drawing, 2022.
From over 3,200 submissions by 1,673 artists located in 45 countries,134 works by 112 drawing practitioners were shortlisted for the TBWDP22. Video clip from the award ceremony on the 28th Sept 2022 at TBW London: '6 Feet' performative drawing by M. Lohrum in the foreground & the winning video drawing projected on the wall behind. More information at TBW & DPUK.
TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE 2022
Delighted to have TWO drawings included in this prestigious drawing exhibition: video drawing ‘Unconceivable Line’ (single-channel video drawing, 5 mins, 2022) & drawing on paper ‘Paula’s Lace Top IV’ (graphite on paper, 83x83cm, 2021).
Exhibition 29.9.-16.10.2022 at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
26.10.2022-22.01.2023 at the Willis Museum & Salisbury Gallery, Basingstoke
9.2.-26.3.2023 at ArtHouse, Jersey.
JUURET / ROOTS curated by Elisa Alaluusua
18.8.-9.10.2022
Gallery Valo & Katve I & II, Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland
Photos by Marko Junttila, artworks by Mari Parpala (Matti Tainio & Esa Meltaus in the background). Exhibition catalogue designed by Jutta Luukkonen can be found here.
ARTISTS’ BOOKS EXHIBITION
20.7.-14.8.2022
Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland
EHDOTON & MAASSA - trilogy part I & II solo shows
2020 & 2021
Gallery Katve 2, Rovaniemi, Finland
NÄKYMÄTÖN NÄKYVÄSSÄ / THE INVISIBLE IN THE VISIBLE
Group show: Elisa Alaluusua, Tom Engblom, Jaana Erkkilä-Hill, Michael Marnin Jacobs, Kalle Lampela,
Leila Lipiäinen, Esa Meltaus, Pirjo Puurunen. 13 February – 11 April 2021
Voipaala Art Centre, Valkeakoski, Finland
ALALUUSUA ON ALALUUSUA – PROPOSITIO(N) solo show
January 2020
Gallery Lovisa, Rovaniemi, Finland
SLICE OF SKETCHBOOKS / SI(I)VU LUONNOSKIRJOISTA
solo show, January 2020, Gallery Kopio, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Video works: sketchbooks of Elina Brotherus & sketchbooks of Chris Wainwright
Video Backstage Production: Elephant & Castle (2019)
produced by Theatrum Mundi and Lucia Sceranková (direction, camera, editing) together with Rui Pignatelli, John Scott & Roman Štětina. Visit to my studio in 4:00-4:43.
My Very Own Brexit –video drawing
KUOLLUTTA LIHAA [DEAD MEAT] exhibition
2 September – 3 November 2019
Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland
RE - A BERMONDSEY ARTISTS' GROUP EXHIBITION
10 October - 3 November 2019
Lake Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART
EILEEN HOGAN: Personal Geographies
9 May to 11 August 2019
I am delighted that my video: EILEEN HOGAN / Artist-in-Residence, Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London / SKETCHBOOKS (12'20'') is exhibited at Yale Center for British Art from May to August 2019. Eileen's Opening Lecture can be viewed here.
Image courtesy of Yale Center for British Art.
MUU Gala
November 2018 onwards
Exciting news - Making The Arctic Line / Circle (Part III) – has been selected to be part of MUU Gala 2018 and will be touring in Finland, Russia and beyond. Curated by artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Mika Taanila. The screenings, Beautiful Confusions and Pysäyttäjät, highlight the distinctiveness, diversity and richness of Finnish media art.
"The 30th anniversary year of Artists’ Association MUU culminates in the premiere of MUU Gala 2018 in Helsinki on 21 November 2018, treating the invited audience to the very best of Finnish media art!" The artists featured in the gala are:
ELISA ALALUUSUA | ANNA-KAISA ANT-WUORINEN | RISTO-PEKKA BLOM | JENNI ESKOLA | TAIJA GOLDBLATT | HELINÄ HUKKATAIVAL | JUHA VAN INGEN | PANU JOHANSSON | TUOMO KANGASMAA & MARKUS RENVALL | JOHANNA KETOLA | YASSINE KHALED | ARJA KÄRKKÄINEN | HARRI LARJOSTO | DAVID MUTH | ELINA OIKARI | SARA PATHIRANE | MIIA RINNE | JUKKA SILOKUNNAS | MINNA SUONIEMI | PINJA VALJA | MARJO VIITALA | TIMO WRIGHT
EXCERPT from Making The Arctic Line / Circle (Part III), 8 mins.
dRAWing strength
Montsalvat, Melbourne, Australia
Nov 2018 to Jan 2019
Couldn't be happier --- the Sketchbook video drawings are debuting in Australia!
Three videos from the Sketchbooks installation feature in 'dRAWing strength' exhibition near Melbourne, Australia, 16 November 2018 - 6 January 2019. This exhibition of contemporary drawings is curated by artist Jo Lane and Montsalvat's Arts Manager Jeannette Davison. It showcases international artists in the field of contemporary drawing and its expanded practice.
'dRAWing strength' presents:
sketchbooks of Stephen Farthing
sketchbooks of Anne Howeson
sketchbooks of William Raban
An exhibition view from dRAWing strength. Photo courtesy of Jo Lane.
Eileen Hogan’s Artist Not-in-Residence exhibition in The Garden Museum
I was delighted to be commissioned to make a video for Eileen Hogan's exhibition at the newly renovated Garden Museum in London (May-Sept 2017). Info here: https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/eileen-hogan/
Eileen Hogan is one of the artists I interviewed for my PhD research on Sketchbooks. A video I made about her sketchbook practice sketchbooks of Eileen Hogan is part of the installation that grew out of that research. Making another video of her most recent sketchbooks was fun. They are amazing!
Eileen Hogan Garden Museum Sketchbooks
Excerpt from video: EILEEN HOGAN / Artist-in-Residence, Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London / SKETCHBOOKS (12'20'')
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017
I am delighted to be included in the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017 with my video drawing The Arctic Circle (Part II).
This was the last year of Jerwood Drawing Prize - from now on known as Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.
Exhibition dates:
Jerwood Space, London 13 Sep – 22 Oct 2017
East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts 14 Nov 2017 – 20 Jan 2018
The Edge, Bath University 10 Feb – 31 Mar 2018
Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury Christchurch University 11 Apr – 6 May 2018
Vane Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne 26 May - 28 Jul 2018
Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge 18 Aug - 6 Oct 2018
The Arctic Circle (part II), 12 mins.