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Susanna Majuri – CV

Born 1978 in Helsinki, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.



Education
2004-07 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Photography
2000-04 Bachelor of Arts, Turku Art Academy, Photography
1999-00 Voionmaa College, Photography
1999 Orivesi College, Creative Writing

Membership
Union of Artist Photographers in Finland

Solo Exhibitions
2011 Susanna Majuri, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, NO
2011 Susanna Majuri, Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo, JP
2011 Nordic water tales, Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, BE
2011 Nordic water tales, Galerie ADLER, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2010 Water Ballads, Gallery TAIK, Berlin, DE
2010 Susanna Majuri & Anni Leppälä, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2010 Water researcher's Daughter, Hå galmle prestegård, Nærbø, NO
2010 Water researcher's Daughter, Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2009 Nolde Stiftung Seebühl, Dependance Berlin, Berlin, DE
2009 Susanna Majuri, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2008 Vom Wasser verweht, Galerie Adler Frankfurt, DE
2008 Artist of the Year, Oulunsalo Soi Festival, Oulunsalo, FI
2008 Histoires de coeur, Centre de photographie de Lectoure, Miradoux, FR
2007 Saved with Water, Galerie Adler, New York, US
2007 Histoires singulières (with Henni Alftan), Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, FR
2007 Pio, Pessi norrænu, Nordic House, Reykjavik, IS
2006 Sinä pohjoinen, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
2005 Kissamaa, Skotgalleri, Reykjavik, IS
2004 Ihastus, Northern Photography Center, Oulu, FI
2004 Ihastus, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, FI

Group Exhibitions (selected)
2011 A Female View - Part 2, Fotoraum, Vienna, AT
2011 A Female View, Purdy Hicks, London, UK
2011 Christophe Gruye, Galerie, Helsinki school Exhibition, Zurich, CH
2011 Alice in Wonderland, Logomo, Turku, FI
2011 Water - sense and Sensation, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, FI
2011 RE/VOLT, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, FI
2011 I Love Malmö, Västerås Museum of Art, Västerås, SE
2011 Dead_Lines, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, DE
2011 Sijamuotoja, Purnu Art Centre, Orivesi, FI
2011 RE/VOLT, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, FI
2011 Turku 2011: Liisa ihmemaassa - Alice in Wonderland, The Finnish Museum of
Photography, Helsinki, FI
2011 H2O - heijastuksia, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI
2011 IKKUNA, Hippolyte Photographic Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2010 Inter-cool 3.0, Jugend - Bild - Medien, HMKV im Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität Dortmund, DE
2010 H2O - heijastuksia, The Archipelago Centre Korpoström, Korppoo, FI
2010 MAPAMUNDISTAS ´10, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, ES
2010 Highlighted, Contemporary Finnish photography from the collection of Pieter and Marieke Sanders, Niew Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
2010 Itʼs a Set-up, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
2010 Tool, International Fotofestival Knokke-Heist, Cuulturcentrum Knokke Heist, B
2010 The Helsinki School - Seven Approaches, Bryce Wolkowitz, New York, US
2010 The Helsinki School, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
2010 The Helsinki School, Daegu Biennale, Daegu, KR
2010 The Helsinki School, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
2009 Helsinki School, Loft project ETAGI, St. Petersburg, RU
2009 Ei saa peittää - För ej övertäckas - Eskilstuna Konstmuseum , Eskilstuna, SE
2009 Von hier aus, wohin?, 3. Internationales Fotografiefestival F/Stop, Buntgarnwerken, Leipzig, DE
2009 Helsinki School, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2009 Über / Unter Wasser - Vom Aquarium zum Videobild, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, DE
2009 Sylt Insel Zwischen Himmel und Meer, Kunst: Raum Sylt Quelle, DE
2009 The National Museum of Photography - The Royal Library, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Turku Biennaali, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, FI
2009 Fermo & Mosso: Spazi, Corpi, Tempi (Still & Blurred: Space, Body, Time),
Associazione Culturale OCCHIO!", Genova, IT
2009 Platform 09 - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH
2008 New Photographs, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2008 Rose Boréal, Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, Lille, FR
2008 Sommerfrische - Die Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies, TUI AG, Hannover, DE
2008 Nordic Moods - Landscape Photography of Our Time, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, DK
2008 Rose Boréal - Photographies de l'école d'Helsinki, Ecole des Beaux-Arts Paris, Paris, FR
2007 Mapping the Unknown, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, DE
2007 Sommerfrische, die Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies, Kunst: Raum Sylt Quelle, DE
2007 Dis/connected, APT-studio, London, UK
2007 The Helsinki School - New Photography by Taik, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2007 Square Minutes - Young Finnish Photography, Galleria Ars Nova, Lodz, Poland, F-Stop, Leipzig, DE
2007 Photo Finnish, The Helsinki School, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, NO
2006 Winterland, The Fifth Triennal of Finnish Photography, Salo Art Museum, Salo, FI
2006 Whatʼs Up North, Northern Center of Photography, Oulu, FI
2006 Vad är fotografi?- The Helsinki School, Borås Konstmuseum, SE
2006 Au-delà des Apparences, Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, FR
2005 Work in Progress, Arles, FR
2005 Manifest04-05, Korjaamo, Helsinki, FI

Grants (selection)
2010 Year State Grant to Artists, FI
2009 Year State Grant to Artists, FI
2008 State Grant to Artists, FI
2008 Finnish Cultural Foundation, FI
2008 Art Council of Finland, FI
2007 Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle, DE
2006 Finnish Cultural Foundation, FI
2006 Art Council of Finland, FI
2006 Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, FI
2005 Gras Savoye Award, Les rencontres dʼArles, FR
2005 Kangasala Commune Culture Stipend, FI
2005 Residency with a monthly grant in Reykjavik, Iceland, NIFCA, IS

2005 Sleipnir -travel grant, NIFCA, IS

Works in Collections
The Finnish Museum of Photography, FI
Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, NO
EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, FI
The Museum Centre of Turku, FI
Pieter and Marie Sanders collection, NL
Kone Foundation, FI
StatoilHydro collection, NO
Museum of Photography in Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GR
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, FI
Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle, DE
Malmö Art Museum, SE
Helsinki City Art Museum, FI
Artists Association of Finland, FI
Association de l´ENSP, FR
Finnish Art Association, FI
Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, DE
City of Salo, FI
RAY, FI
Heino Collection, FI
Pentti Kouri Collection, FI
Fundation Foto Collectania, ES
JoMo Art Collection, BE

Private collections in France, UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland

Selected Publications
The Helsinki School vol. 4 - A Female View, Hatje Cantz, 2011
Alice in Wonderland catalogue, 2011
The Helsinki School, Vol. III, Hatje & Cantz 2009
Pinta - Catalogue of Turku Biennaali, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku 2009
Photos Nouvelles, N:50, Paris, France 2008; Die Geschichtenerzählerin, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 29.7. 2008
Wasserzeichen, U-mag, Das Magazin der Popkultur und Gegenwart, 2008, S. 66-73; Kulturaustausch, Zeitschrift für internationale Perspektiven 1/2008; Photo Magazine, Dec 2007
Satu Manninen: Sateeseen unohdettu saari, Gummerrus 2007; Sommerfrische, die Sensucht nach dem Pardies, Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle 2007
Drome Magazine, Arts, Culture, Visions, D11, 2007; Vokabelkrieger, Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle 2007; Morgun Blaðið, 2007; Uusi Muoto, 3/2007
The Helsinki School, Vol II, New Photography by Taik, Hatje Cantz 2007; Square Minutes - Young Finnish Photography, University of Art and Design Helsinki 2007
Helsinki, You Should Be Here, Bulgaria Magazine 2007; Winterland, The Fifth Triennal of Finnish Photography, Musta taide 2006
HotShoe, Fresh Perspectives on Contemporary Photography, issue #143, 2006; Tv-Resistori: Intiaanidisko, Fonal 2004; Islaja: Ulual yy, Fonal 2007
Holiday at the Airport postcards, Turku 2003

Documentaries
K-reppu: Äkkisyviä kuvia, Finnish Broadcasting Co. 2008, portrait of an artist, aired15.4.2008, TV1

Meet the Artist: Susanna Majuri, video portrait, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, 2008