My artistic work operates within the field of moving image, installation and sculpture. I am interested in the material world, it's ability to last, change and disappear in time. I circulate materials such's as collected wood and clay and pit fire my ceramic sculptures. The key element in my artistic work is to stretch the boundaries of sculpture and moving image towards each other. The starting point of an art work can be purely in a work with a material world, which is the home of unconscious levels and poetic visions.
Finland-based visual artist Enni Vekkeli has graduated from Saimaa University of Applied Sciences. Vekkeli has held solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions and screenings since 2015. Her sculptures are featured in Finnish State Collection and in Collection of Museo Omero, State Museum of Italy.
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EDUCATION
2018 Saimaa University of Applied Scienses, Bacheror in Visual Arts (Sculpture)
2017 Studies at an educational istitution of Art Academy of Macerata, Italy
2002 Savonlinna senior secondary school of Music and Arts, Matriculation Examination
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2023 Woikka Contemporary, Voikkaa
2021 Live Gallery, Helsinki (invitation)
2020 Huuto Gallery, Helsinki
2019 Shch/šč – gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Art Center Itä, Lappeenranta
2019 Magazzini Uto, Macerata, Italy (invitation)
2017 Sala Mirionima, Macerata, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2023 Huh-huh! Huuto Gallery, Helsinki
2022 No More Wounds, GABA Art Gallery, Macerata, Italy (invitation)
2022 Aaltoilevat kadut, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka
2022 Public Art (What?) Now, Project Room, Helsinki
2021 VIDS21, Vihreä Makasiini, Lappeenranta
2020 Lux Sippola, Art Center Antares, Kouvola (invitation)
2020 CERAMEGA 2020, Voipaala Art Center, Valkeakoski (invitation)
2019 Nature of Things, Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä (with Janette Holmström)
2019 Kylässä, Gallery Pato, Taideruukki, Kouvola
2019 Uusi Perliini, Pieksämäki
2019 Skulptura ir Vitrazas, Kirtimu Sculpture Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 Home called Krimi, art in to-be-demolished house, Art Center Krimi, Imatra, Finland
2018 Muu, mikä? Imatra Art Museum, Imatra
2018 Meetings, Gallery Noorus, Tarto, Estonia
2017, Il segno della Sibilla, Campocavallo di Osimo, Osimo, Italy
2017 Mimmo Paladino e i giovani artisti, La Mole Vanvitelliana - Museo Omero, Ancona, Italy (competition)
2017 Stockfors Art Fair 2017, Pyhtää
2017 Zoo, Gallery Taidebunkkeri, Imatra
2016 Pyörähdyksiä pimeässä, Gallery Krimi, Imatra (with Reeta Suvanto)
2016 Stone Targi Branzy, kamieniarskiej industry fair, Poznan, Poland
2016 Stockfors Art Fair 2016, Pyhtää
2016 Uurna, Gallery Taidebunkkeri, Imatra
2016 Kontakt, Köysirata Gallery, Turku
2015 Mikhail Anikushin’s Workshop, State Museum of City Sculpture, St.Petersburgh, Russia
SCREENINGS/FESTIVALS (SELECTED)
2023 Iiriksen Aaveet III, Kino Iiris, Lahti
2023 Art Fair Suomi Goes Galleries, Muu Gallery/Art Center Itä, Helsinki/Lappeenranta
2023 KINOS Film Festival, Lahti
2021 Kinoclub, Cultural Centre Caisa, Helsinki
2019 Iiriksen Aaveet, Kino Iiris, Lahti
2017 Pesaro Film Festival, Pesaro, Italia
2017 Oulu Music Video Festival 2017, Oulu
PUBLIC WORKS
Lämpövuori, Mäntyharju Heating Plant, Mäntyharju, 2015
RESIDENCIES
2018 Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi
2009 Satakunta Art Council, Berlin, Germany
SYMPOSIUMS
2016 Gravitas Stone Symposium, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko, Poland
AWARDS
2017 Outdoor Artwork for Finnish Embassador’s Residency in Ireland, 1st honorary award (in
collaboration with Nunnu Raatikainen) State Art Comission, National Gallery of Finland,
Ministery for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Finnish Embassy in Ireland
2015 Lämpöä Liikkellä – competition, HUMAK University Of Applied Scienses, Finnish Energy
Industries
WORK IN COLLECTION
Finnish State Collection
Museo Omero, Ancona, Italy
Privat Collections
GRANTS
Art Council of Finland
Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Regional Fund
Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Savo Regional Fund
William and Ester Otsakorpi Foundation
MEMBERSHIPS
Mehiläispesä Ry 2022 -
Association of Finnish Sculptors 2019 -
South Karelia Artist Association 2018 -