1973 Born in Helsinki, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
EDUCATION
2001 MA, Photography, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, (Now Aalto University –
School of Arts, Design and Architecture)
1998 BA, Photography, University of Art and Design, Helsinki,
SOLO EXHIBITION
2018 Women (on their own), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
2015 Faces, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
2014 Hotel Bogota, Gallery Taik Persons Berlin, Germany
Hotel Bogota, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain
2013 Hotel Bogota, Berlin, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, Germany
Hotel Bogota, Photo Platz, Berlin, Germany
2012 She and She. Since 1997, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
2011 Aino Kannisto, Johyun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Aino Kannisto, Städtiche Galerie Iserlohn, Germany
2009 Aino Kannisto, Kunstverein Kreis Ludwigsburg, Germany
Fiction, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Museu Nogueira da Silva (Encontros da Imagem), Braga, Portugal
2008 Aino Kannisto ja Riitta Päiväläinen, Gallery Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
Aino Kannisto, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrad, Serbia
2007 Aino Kannisto, Kunstverein Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Aino Kannisto, Museum Ludwig, Koblenz, Germany
2006 Staged Photographs, Espacio Líquido, Gijón, Spain
Valokuvia, Galleria Artina, Helsinki, Finland
Aino Kannisto, Transit Art Space, Stavanger, Norway
Aino Kannisto, Galeria Colón XVI, Bilbao, Spain, (kat.)
New Photographs, Gallerie m Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2004 Staged Photographs, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany, (cat.)
51 Salón International de Fotografia, Palacio Revillagigedo, Gijon, Spain, (cat.)
Valokuvia, Galleria Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Fotografier, Finlandsinstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Personlige Portretter, Finnish-Norwegian Institute, Oslo, Norway
Personal Photographs, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
Stiftung für Zeitgenössische Fotografie, Köln, Germany
2002 Portraits Personnels, Institut Finlandais, Paris, France, (cat.)
Staged Photographs, Galerie m Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Pohjoinen Nordic Photographic Centre, Oulu
Photographic Centre Peri, Turku
2001 Mikkeli Photographic Centre, Mikkeli, Finland
Galleria Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2000 Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2019 3. Mai 1969 - 3. Mai 2019, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
2018 Reflections: From Here to There, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany
2014 Shifting Identities, MACRO, Rome, Italy
2013 The Look behind, Märkisches Musseum Witten, Germany
2013 La Colección de Alicia Aza, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain
11-12 A Female View, Helsinki School, Foto-Raum, Wien, Austria
2011 That’s me. Fotografische Selbstbilder. Marta Herford, Germany
2010 Highlighted. Contemporary Finnish Photography from the Collection of P. And M. Sanders,
Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009 Contemporary Art from Germany and China, Wuhan Museum of Fine Arts, VR, China
Photography Matters: The Helsinki School, Statoil Office, Oslo, Norway
International fotografi i dag, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark
Fly Me to The MØØN, Gallery 44, Moen, Askeby, Denmark
Who killed the painting?, Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Häikäisevää! Wäinö Aaltonen Museum,Turku, Finland
Oikeilla jäljillä.../Tracking Traces..., Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
The Site of Painting, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
2008 Who killed the painting?, Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in
Nürnberg, Germany
Ihmisyyden taito, Mäntän XIII kuvataideviikot, Pekilo, Mänttä, Finland
Nordic Mood – Landscape Photography of Our Time, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
2008 Biennale d'art contemporain du Havre, Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France
2007 Naisten Salonki, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit/Between Dream and Reality,, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid,
Germany
The Helsinki School, Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway
Self Timer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania (cat.)
2006 Self Timer, Artspace Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.)
The Helsinki School, Borås Art Museum, Borås, Sweden
Art, Life & Confusion, October Salon, Belgrad, Serbia
Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit/Between Dream and Reality, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen,
Germany, (cat.)
Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, USA
The Faraway Nearby, White Box, New York, USA
Reflections, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Läsnäolo, Näkökulmia suomalaiseen valokuvaan, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland
2005 Selbstauslöser, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, (kat.)
The Helsinki School – A New Approach, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, (cat.)
IMunch Revisited - Edvard Munch and the Art of Today, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Matisse &, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, (cat.)
Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit/Between Dream and Reality, Museum der Stadt Ratingen,
Ratingen, Germany, (cat.)
Katsoa vai nähdä – Valokuvan merkityksiä etsimässä, Finnish Museum of Photography,
Helsinki, Finland
The Helsinki School – A New Approach, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, (cat.)
2004 Wirklich wahr!, Ruhrlands Museum, Essen, Germany, (cat.)
30 by TaiK, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
GOGANN/Suomen taiteilijain 109. näyttely/Neljäs triennaali, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
Opening Hours , Salo Art Museum,Veturitalli, Salo, Finland (cat.)
2003 GOGANN/Finnish Artists 109th Exhibition/4th Triennial,, Gallery Fleur, Kyoto Seika Univerisity,
Kyoto, Japan, (cat.)
Opening Hours , Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, (cat.)
Searching for Identity, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Trasparente, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy, (cat.)
z.B. Portrait, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany
Fünf Positionen finnischer Fotografie, Kunstverein Schwerte & Kunstverein Arnsberg
Arnsberg, Germany
2002 Talking about Space, Time and Stories…, 27th Pontevedra Biennial, Spain, (cat.)
Opening Hours, Statens Museet for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, (cat.)
Kenen jäljillä?, Salo Art Museum, Veturitalli, Salo, Finland, (cat.)
Suomen taiteilijan 107. näyttely, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
Omakuva, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2001 Omakuva, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
Hertenin 6. valokuvabiennale, Herten, Germany, (cat.)
Inside/Outside Stories, Galleria Sala Amadis, Madrid, Spain, (cat.)
Kollisionen, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
In a Lonely Place, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, Great Britain, (cat.)
1999 Photgraphic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Me, myself and I, Gallery Taik, Helsinki, Finland (cat.)
GRANTS AND PRIZES
2014 Frame, Finnish Fund for Art Exhange, project grant
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant
2013 Finnish Art Association William Thuring Prize
Frame, Finnish Fund for Art Exhange, project grant
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, public display grant
2012 Finnish Arts Counsil, travel grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, travel grant
2011 Finnish Arts Counsil, public display grant
2010 Finnish Arts Counsil, project grant
2009 Finnish Arts Counsil, project grant
2008 Finnish Arts Counsil, project grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, travel grant
2007 Finnish Arts Counsil, project grant
2006 Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, 5 year working grant
2005 Finnish Arts Counsil, travel grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, travel grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, travel grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, project grant
2004 FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exhange
Finnish Arts Counsil, public display grant
2003 Finnish Arts Counsil, travel grant
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Regional Fund, project grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, 1 year working grant
2002 FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exhange, project grant
Valtion valokuvataidetoimikunta, project gran
Finnish Arts Counsil, travel grant
2001 Finnish Arts Counsil, public display grant
Uudenmaan taidetoimikunta, project grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, travel grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, project grant
2000 Helsingin kulttuurikaupunkisäätiö, project grant
University of Art and Design, project grant
Finnish Arts Counsil, project grant
PUBLICATION
2014 Helsinki School Vol. 5., Hatje Cantz, DE
2011 The Helsinki School, Vol. 4 - A Female View, ISBN 978-3-7757-3211-6
That’s me. Photographic Self-Images, Marta Herford, Kerber, ISBN 978-3-86678-523-6
2009 Photography matters: The Helsinki School, Statoil art program, Exhibition Catalogue
The Helsinki School, Vol. 3 - Young Photography by Taik, Hantje Cantz, ISBN 978-3-7757-2404-3
Fly Me to The MØØN, Gallery 44, Moen, Denmark, Exhibition Catalogue
Aino Kannisto, Kunstvetein Kreis Ludwigsburg, Germany, Exhibition Catalogue
2008 Ihmisyyden taito, Mäntän XIII kuvataideviikot, Exhibition Catalogue
Nordic Mood – Landscape Photography of Our Time, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark,
Exhibition Catalogue
2007 The Helsinki Schlool, New Photography by Taik, ISBN 978-3-7757-1888-2
Fotografia Europea, Exhibition Catalogue, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2006 October Salon, Exhibition Catalogue, Belgrad, Serbia
Aino Kannisto, Exhibition Catalogue, Transit Artspace, Stavanger, Norway
Aino Kannisto, Exhibition Catalogue, Galeria Colon XVI, Bilbao, Spain
2005 Selbstauslöser, Exhibition Catalogue, Kunstahalle Fridericianum & Frame
Munch Revisited - Edvard Munch and the Art of Today, Kerber Verlag, ISBN 3-938025-03-4
Interior/Exterior Exhibition Catalogue, Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poland, ISBN 83-89313-50-2
Matisse & Exhibition Catalogue, Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Zwischen, Traum und Wirklichkeit, Exhibition Catalogue, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Germany,
ISBN 3-926538-57-0
2004 Aino Kannisto: Staged Photographs, Cajastur&Kunstverein Münsterland & Frame
2003 Vieraanvaraisuuksia, Exhibition Catalogue, Publisher. Pirkanmaa Arts Council
Trasparente, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy & Frame
2002 Minä, sinä, me, Exhibition Catalogue, France
Mois de la Photo a Paris, Exhibition Catalogue, France
Narrating space, time and stories, Exhibition Catalogue, Pontevedra Art Biennial, Deputación
de Pontevedra, Spain
Kenen jäljillä?, Exhibition Catalogue, Salo Art Museum, ISBN 951-96152-6-1
Opening Hours, Exhibition Catalogue, Denmark, ISBN 87-988826-1-9
2001 Pinx. Maalaustaide Suomessa, Arki ja pyhäpuvussa, W&G, ISBN 951-35-6598-X
In a Lonely Place, Exhibition Catalogue, National Museum of Photography, Film and TV, UK,
ISBN 0 948489 18 9
1998 Me, myself and I, Näyttelyluettelo, Taideteollinen korkeakoulu, Helsinki
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Centro Cultural Cajastur, Spain
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland
Helsingin City Art Museum, Finland
Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Spain
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, Great-Britain
Oulu City Art Museum, Finland
EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
Saastamoisen Foundation, Finland
Stadt Iserlohn, Germany
Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
City of Tampere, Finland
Jenny & Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finland
Private Collections in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA