Ville Kumpulainen

Born 1988 in Rovaniemi, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki.

Education

2019 Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Master of Arts in Photography, Helsinki, FI
2016 Arts Academy/Turku University of Applied Sciences, Bachelor of Arts in Photography, Turku, FI

Solo Exhibitions

2020 The Voice of Objects, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
2019 Eye and Idea, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2019 Eye and Idea, Turun Taidehalli, Turku, FI
2016 Out of Sight, Galleria Titanik, Turku, FI

Group Exhibitions

2020 Circulation, the European Young Photography Festival, Paris, FR

2019 Paris Photo with Persons Projects, Paris, FR
2019 Artissima Fair with Persons Projects, Torino, IT
2019 Chart Art Fair with Persons Projects, Copenhagen, DK
2019 Photo London with Persons Projects, London, UK

2018 SPACED, Galleria Lapinlahti, Helsinki, FI

2018 Athens Photo Festival, phonebook exhibition, Athens, GR
2018 Lens Culture Exposure awards, Photo London, Somerset House, London, UK
2018 Bomb Magazine 37th Anniversary Gala, New York, The USA
2017 Test Lab: Duration, Space for free arts, Helsinki, FI
2016 Der Greif, A Process 2.0 / Krakow Photomonth 2016, Krakow, PL
2015 Dark room, (with Renja Leino), The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2015 Kaikki sanat on jo käytetty, Stockfors art fair, Pyhtää, FI
2015 Deadline, Jukka Male Museo, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, FI

2015 20 000HUF, Galleria Zebra, Karjaa, FI

2015 20 000HUF, Köysiratagalleria, Turku, FI

2014 Venäjä@fi, Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, FI

2014 Contemporary Self-Potraits, Köysiratagalleria, Turku, FI
2013 27 Näkymää todellisuuteen, Köysiratagalleria, Turku, FI
2010 VOV 2010, Telakka, Tampere, FI

Publications

2019 The Helsinki School, The Nature of Being, Vol. 6, Berlin, DE
2018 The Best of LensCulture, Volume 2
2018 Bomb Magazine, Spring issue 143
2018 New Publications Spring 2018, Hajte Cantz
2017 Out of Sight, Hatje Cantz, Berlin, DE
2016Gallery-Titanik 2016 exhibition publication, Turku, FI
2013 Väritettyjä totuuksia - Book of Lies, Musta taide, Helsinki, FI

Grants

2020 Working grant,12 months, Finnish Cultural Foundation
2019 Finnish Art Society, Grant for Young Artists
2019 Chart Artproof Award 2019
2018 LensCulture Exposure Awards Finalists
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2017 Project grant, Aalto University

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