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Born in Helsinki 1968. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.

Education
2002 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design Helsinki
         (now Aalto University – School of Arts, Design and Architecture)
1995 Turku School of Art and Communication, Turku

2024 The Awe of the Arctic, NY Public Library, New York, US
2023 Winter, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, UK
2023 Snowflakes and Other Surprises, Landskrona Foto, SE
2022 Due North!, Festival La Gacilly–Baden Photo, AT
2022 Snowflakes and Other Surprises, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, DK
2021 Due North!, La Gacilly Photo Festival 2021, La Gacilly, FR
2021 Piniartoq–Groenland, Photo Festival Baie de Saint-Brieuc, 9th Edition, Baie de Saint-Brieuc, FR
2020 Home, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, NO
2020 Extra tough: Women of the North, Anchorage Museum, Alaska, USA
2020 Chart De-centred, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, DK
2020 A Fresh Breeze from the North! Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lubeck, DE
2020 Galerie Hug, Paris, FR
2019 Belonging here, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, NO
2018 Aiviq and Nanuq, Anchorage Museum, Alaska, USA
2017 Human/Nature, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, FI
2016 The Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, FI
2016 Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, FI
2016 Northern Intiative, Anchorage Museum, Alaska, USA
14-15 Imaging the Arctic, together with Kristin Laidre and Maria Coryell-Martin,Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA
13-14 Neiges de Culture, Serre Chevalier, FI
13-14 Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art 1775-2012, Whatcom Museum, WA, USA
2013 Nanoq Arctic Museum, Pietarsaari, FI
2013 Galerie der Moderne, Munchen, DE
2013 New Wave Finland, Scandinavia House, New York, USA
2012 Paris Photo, Gallery TAIK, FR
2012 Breda Photo Festival, Breda, NL
2012 Äärimmäisyyksien yhteinen tekijä, Wäinö Aaltosen museo, Turku, FI
2011 Paris Photo, Gallery TAIK, FR
2011 Real Venice, Somerset House, London, UK
2011 Real Venice, Venice Biennale, IT
2011 ARCO, Gallery TAIK, Madrid, ES
2010 Paris Photo, Gallery TAIK, FR
2010 Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, KR
2010 Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AUS
2010 WEISS - Ice/White, Kunstverein KISS, Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen, DE
2010 Helsinki 10, Rogaland Art Museum, Stavanger, NO
2009 Photography matters: The Helsinki School, Statoil office, Oslo, NO
2009 Revive – Group Show, Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London, UK
2009 Internal and External Landscapes, Helsinki School, Shiseido Gallery, Tokio, JPN
2009 New York Photo Festival, All over the place! curated by William A. Ewing, USA
2009 Marks of Honour - A Striking Library, Kaune Sudendorf Gallery, Cologne, DE
2009 Marks of Honour, A Striking Library, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, NL
2009 On Top of the Iceberg, New Photography from Finland, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, DE
2008 Snow, Kitzbuhel Museum, AT
2008 Paris Photo, Gallery TAIK, FR
2007 Photoquai Biennale, le Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, FR
2007 Young Finnish Photography: Itkonen, Kannisto, Persson, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, DE
2007 Photo Finnish, Steenersenmuseet, Oslo, NO
2007 Kunst Zurich, Synart Art Gallery, CH
2007 Paris Photo, Gallery TAIK, FR
2007 Gulf Art Fair, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Dubai, UAE
2007 Stockholm Art Fair, Gallery Uusitalo, SE  
2006 Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, New York, USA
2006 C/o Moderna Museet, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, SE
2006 Finnish artists at l’USINE again, l`Usine Galerie, Bruxelles, BE
2006 Kunst Zurich, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand and Synart Art Gallery, CH
2006 Kunst zum Sammeln und Schenken, Synart Art Gallery, Frankfurt, DE
2005 Photo London, Michael Hoppen Gallery, UK
2005 Kunst zum Sammeln und Schenken, Synart Art Gallery, Frankfurt, DE
2005 Finnish Photography, Centrum Kultury Zamek . Galeria Fotografii PF, Poznan, PL
2005 Helsinki School - A New Approach, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2005 Helsinki School - Personally, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE
2004 Paris Photo, Helsinki School, FR
2004 30 by Taik, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2004 Fotofinlandia, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, FI
2004 Stockholm Art Fair, Helsinki School, SE

Selected publications2016 Up Here, The North at the center of the world, Anchorage Museum, USA
2016 Le Point, Long cours, FR
2016 Eyes Open, IT
2016 View, DE
2016 Lens Blog, New York Times, USA
2015 Seattle Times, USA
2015 Amica, portfolio, IT
2014 Avannaa, Tiina Itkonen, Kehrer Verlag, DE
2014 Exposure, USA
2013 Un Arriere-gout de Paradis, Allers Retours, Albert-Kahn Musée, FR
2013 Northern Intiative, Anchorage Museum, Alaska, USA
2012 Conde Nast Traveler Photographs, 25th anniversary collection, Assouline, USA
2012 Äärimmäisyyksien yhteinen tekijä, Turun ammattikorkeakoulu, FI
2011 Journal of Northern Studies, Vol 5, No 2, Umeå University, SE
2011 Real Venice, C Photo, Ivorypress, London, UK
2010 Daegu Photo Biennale catalogue, KR
2010 17th Biennale of Sydney cataloque, The Beauty of Distance, Thames and Hudson Australia
2010 Kunstverein KISS, Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen exhibition catalogue, DE
2010 Colors 77, The Sea, North Greenland - Keeping Cool, United Colors of Benetton, IT
2010 Exit, no. 38, Silent Landscapes, Madrid, ES
2010 Nordcite, Éditions J’ai VU, Québec, CA
2010 Scanorama, no. 03, "The Traveler, Breaking the ice with Tiina Itkonen”,
2010 Stockholm, SE
2010 Helsinki 10, exhibition cataloque, Rogaland Art Museum, Stavanger, NO
2009 Earth, Prix Pictet, teNeues Verlag, Kempen, DE
2009 Photography matters: The Helsinki School, Statoil exhibition catalogue, NO
2009 Internal and External Landscapes, Helsinki School, exhibition catalogue,Shiseido Gallery, JPN
2009 Helsinki School, Neue Fotografie aus Finnland, Hatje Cantz, DE
2009 View°14, BE
2009 Photographica, Summer Vol. 15 , JPN
2009 Conde Nast Traveler, February, USA
2009 Do not talk bullshit, What are you doing? Reflections on the unique homage project,
2009 Marks of Honour, Schaden, DE
2008 Vom Schnee/ On snow, Museum Kitzbuhel, AT
2008 Image, 9/08, issue 396, Ultima Thule by Tiina Itkonen at Michael Hoppen
2008 Contemporary,The association of Photographers Ltd, London, UK
2008 Taide 2/08, Kustannus Oy Taide, FI
2007 The Helsinki School, Hatje Cantz, DE
2007 Junge Finnische Fotografie, Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus Koblenz, DE
2007 C international photo magazine 05/2007, Ivory Press, London, UK
2006 Woolrich Greenlandic Roadtrip, Woolrich, IT
2006 Ögonvittne / Eye Witness, Dunkers Kulturhus, Moderna Museet, SE
2005 The Helsinki School, Hatje Cantz, DE
2005 The Times, 8 March 2005, Come into the cold, London, UK
2005 Flair, N.3 2005, fotoforum Verlag, DE
2005 Fotoforum 2/2005, fotoforum Verlag, DE
2004 Inughuit, Libris, FI

Selected awards and grants
2022 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2021 Art Promotion centre Finland, artist grant for 5 years
2020 Finalist, Rencontres Photographiques des Amis du Musée Albert-Kahn
2020 Finalist, Fondation Francois Schneider, Talents Contemporains
2020 Finnfoto
2019 The State Prize for Photographic Art
2020 Kone Foundation 2019      
2020 Finnfoto
2018 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2018 Patricia Seppälä Foundation
2016 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2014 Frame
2013 Art Promotion centre Finland
2012 Finnish Cultural Foundation, artist grant 3 years
2009 William Thuring prize
2008 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2008 The Arts Council of Finland: Quality Support for Publications of Photographic Art
2007 National Council for Photographic Art, artist grant 5 years
2007 Patricia Seppala Foundation
2005 The Finnish Book Arts Committee, Nomination for Distinguished Books Selection
2004 Fotofinlandia Finalist
2003 Young Photographer of the Year Award

Residencies and photographing journeys
2011 Venice, Italy
2010 Greenland
2010 Greenland
2009 Greenland
2007 Paris, France
2007 Greenland
2006 Greenland
2006 Greenland
2005 Greenland
2004 Paris, France
2002 Greenland
1998 Greenland
1995 Greenland

Works in collections
Nicolai Tangen collection/Kunstsilo Museum, NO
Modern Museum, Stockholm, SE
Fundacio Foto Colectania, Barcelona, ED
DZ-Bank, Frankfurt, DE
Statoil Collection, NO
Spagnuolo Collection, USA
Ernst Basler & Partner AG, Zurich, AT
Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection / EMMA, Espoo, FI
Helsinki City Art Museum, FI
Finnish State Art Collection, FI
Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, FI
Salo Art Museum, Salo, FI
Fine Arts Association of FI
Carl Gustav Ehrnrooth Collection, FI
Jenni and Antti Wihuri Foundation, FI
Swanljung Collection, FI
Pentti Kouri Collection, New York, USA
International Finance Corporation, Washington, USA

Private collections (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA)