CV
Laura Laukkanen
b. 1984 Imatra, Finland
Works in
Tampere,
Finland
lasulauk(at)gmail.com
www.tehonrakentajat.fi
www.tampereentaidehalli.fi
Portfolio (in english)
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Portfolio (in finnish)
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Education
2019–
Master of Arts in Art History, University of Turku
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts,
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
2008 Bachelor of Arts (Art history), University of
Jyväskylä
Solo exhibitions
2019 Muu Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2018 Poriginal, Pori, FI
2017 Rajatila Gallery, Tampere,
FI
2017 Lapinlahti Gallery,
Helsinki, FI
2017 B-gallery, Turku, FI
2016 Pikkujätkä,
Huuto, Helsinki, FI
2015 Kirnu, Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, FI
Group exhibitions (selected)
2016 Uusi Muu, Muu Cable,
Helsinki, FI
2015 Tesoma Kunsthalle,
Pirkanmaa 6th Triennial, Tampere, FI
2014 Grey Cube Galleries,
Korkeasaari, Helsinki, FI
2014 Oops/Ups!, Convoi Gallery,
Helsinki - Genova - Tallinn
2014 INTAC,
Pseudo-Fake-Simulation, Toronto - Tampere, FI
2013 It Could Be Anything
Really, Center of Contemporary Art Pispala, Tampere, FI
2013 Ole oma itsesi, ole
optimisti, ole monsteri, Ars Auttoinen, Padasjoki, FI
2013 Muuntujat, Stockfors Art
Fair, Pyhtää, FI
2013 Himona, Kunsthalle TR1,
Tampere, FI
Tehonrakentajat collective (exhibitions, workshops, curatorial
work)
2018 Gallery Uusi Kipinä,
Kulma, Lahti, FI
2017 Oi maamme!, screening,
production of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, The National Museum
of Finland, Helsinki, FI
2017 Oi maamme!, exhibition,
production of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Kajaani Art Museum,
FI
2017 Oi maamme!, exhibition,
production of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Jyväskylä
Art Museum, FI
2017 Oi maamme!, screening,
production ofthe Finnish Broadcasting Company, Love and Anarchy,
International Film Festival, Helsinki, FI
2017 Oi maamme!, exhibition,
production of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Kuopio Art Museum,
FI
2017 Oi maamme!, workshop,
Museum centre Vapriikki, Tampere, FI
2017 Krimifest, Art Center
Krimi, Imatra, FI
2016 Tampere Maja, Tartu,
Estonia
2016 Tehonrakentajat, Bingo,
Oulu, FI
2016 Headliner, curatoria work,
Werstas, The Finnish Labour Museum, Tampere, FI
2015 Headliner, curatorial
work,Y-festival, Tampere, FI
2015 Tehonrakentajat, Titanik
Gallery, Turku, FI
2014 Tehonrakentajat, XL Art
Space, Helsinki, FI
2014 Tehonrakentajat, Rajatila
Gallery, Tampere, FI
2013-2014 Tehonrakentajat
TehoSuomi workshops (Pori, Tampere, Lappeenranta), FI
2013 Tehonrakentajat, Hoi Sie,
Gallery Lappeenranta, FI
2013 Tehonrakentajat, 3h+k, Pori, FI
Performances
2017 Art Solutions, Tampere
Kunsthalle workgroup, Suomi Areena, Pori, FI
2016 Art Solutions, Tampere
Kunsthalle workgroup, B-gallery, Turku, FI
2014 Hehku ja Palo, Rajatila
Gallery, Tampere, FI
2014 Utopia, Väinö
Linnan aukio, Tampere, FI
2014 Perfo!, Nokia Tehdassaari, Nokia, FI
Awards
2010 Fanni Maliniemi ja Laura Laukkanen. Winner of the
artwork competition produced by Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art,
Tampere, FI
Other artistic activities (selected)
2017 Residency, Krimi Art
Center, Imatra, FI
2017 Residency, Eckerö
Post- och Tullhuset, Eckerö, Åland
2017 Plaster and clay casting
workshop, Oma Tesoma project, Tesoma Comprehensive School, Tampere,
FI
2016-Yösäilö
gallery, curator and founding member, Tampere Kunsthalle, Tampere,
FI
2016 Contemporary art workshops
for children, Taidekummi project, Rajataide Association, Tesoma day
care center, Tampere, FI
2016 Public artwork commission
(with Hinni Huttunen), Tampere Tunnetuksi Association, Tampere, FI
2016 Presentation, Taiteen
käyttöopas seminar, Tampere University of Applied
Sciences, Mediapolis, Tampere, FI
2016 Curator, Art Bae, Tampere
Kunsthalle, Tampere, FI
2014–2015 Visual consult,
community arts worker ja graphic designer , #Uusiarki -poster
exhibition, OmaTesoma project and Department of social research,
Tampere University, Tampere
2013 International Assistant (3
months), Arteles Residency Program, Hämeenkyrö
2012–2013 Curator and producer, Stockfors Art Fair,
Laura Laukkanen ja Laura Impola, Tampere-Pyhtää
Collaborations
2016– Yösäilö
Gallery (founding member)
2016– Tampere Kunsthalle
(founding member)
2014–2016 Tesoma
Kunsthalle (founding member)
2012– Tehonrakentajat Association and art collective
(founding member, 2015 chairwoman)
Memberships
2020– The Union of Finnish
Art Associations, member of the board
2016– Association of
Finnish Sculptors
2015̣̣–2016
Artists’ Association MUU
2015–2018 Tampere Artists’ Association, member
of Executive Committee
Grants
2018 Arts Promotion Center
Finland, The Arts Council of Pirkanmaa
2017 Public Display Grant, Arts
Promotion Center Finland
2016 The Young Artist Grant,
Finnish Art Society
2016 Norden Mobility Fund,
Kulturkontakt Nord (with Tehonrakentajat)
2014 Arts Promotion Centre
Finland, The Arts Council of Pirkanmaa (with Tampere Kunsthalle)
2015 Production grant, The Board
of Culture and Quality of Life, City of Tampere (with
Tehonrakentajat)
2015 Arts Promotion Centre
Finland, The Arts Council of Pirkanmaa
2014 Arts Promotion Centre
Finland, The Arts Council of Pirkanmaa (with Tehonrakentajat)
2014 Scholarship for
Professional Artist, City of Tampere
2013 Niilo Helander Foundation (with Tehonrakentajat)