CURRICULUM VITAE

Eeva-Mari Haikala
(b. 1974 Lappeenranta, Finland)
www.eeva-mari.net
email: mari(at)eeva-mari.net


Studies

2001 - 2004 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Department of Fine Arts
1998 - 2001 Estonian Academy of Arts
1997 - 1998 Muurla School of Photography

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Galleria Pihatto, Lappeenranta
2008 Kluuvi gallery, Helsinki
2008 Attempt, Turku Art Museum Darkroom
2008 Three minutes attempt, Gallery Huoltamo, Tampere
2008 Still, HIAP Project Room, Helsinki
2007 Still. SPACEX, Exeter, UK
2007 The Gallery at Dartington, UK
2006 Gallery Huuto, Helsinki
2006 Tableaux Vivants, Kunsthalle Helsinki Studio
2004 Muukalainen ja muita videoita, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki 2004 Eteisgalleria,
               South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta
2004 Gallery Huuto, Helsinki (together with Hannu Karjalainen)
2003 Kellarinuket, diploma exhibition, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma

Group Exhibitions

2007 Av-arkki Hallelujah! Queer Eurovision!, Cabel Factory, Helsinki
2006 Why Perform?, Trondheim, Norway
2006 Distgustlingly Delicious, The Finnish Museum of Photography and
               Hotel and Restaurant Museum, Helsinki
2006 Mänttä 11th Art Fair, Mänttä
2006 View06, Finnish Media Art Festival, Helsinki
2006 The Young Artists 2006, The 111th Annual Exhibition of the
               Finnish Artists, Kunsthalle Helsinki
2005 Videolounge, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki
2005 Art Fair Suomi, Cabel Factory, Helsinki
2004 ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio
2004 Masters of Arts, Cabel Factory, Helsinki
2004 City Mind, Gallery Huuto´s group exhibition, Vaasa
2003 The Young Artists 2003, 108th Annual Exhibition of the Finnish
               Artists, Kunsthalle Helsinki
2002 Pallas vallasta, Cabel Factory, Helsinki
2001-2002
               Mitä ei voi sanoa- Photography from East Finland, Kouvola
               Art Museum, Imatra Art Museum, Otso Gallery Espoo,
               Libraries of Parikkala, Rautjärvi and Hamina ,
               VB-Photography Center Kuopio, Photography Center Tampere
2001 Ave M. Laterna Magica Gallery, Helsinki
2001 Muutuv kujund, Tallinna XII International Triennial of Graphic
               Art, Estonia
2000 Rumour, Gallery Pappilan pellon pihatto, Lappeenranta
2000 International Self Portrait Exhibition of Pärnu, Estonia

Performances & Video screenings

2008 Reversed gesture, Muu ry / View08
2008 Videojamit, HIAP, Helsinki
2007 SPACEX-gallery Summer Screen
2007 Helsinki Festivals, Night of the Arts
2007 View07, Helsinki
2007 Tampere International Film Festival
2006 Rakkautta ja anarkiaa. 19th International Film Festival,
               Helsinki 2006 Forum Box, Helsinki
2006 Loop Festival Barcelona, Spain
2006 Breaking the Ice, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2006 Tampere International Film Festival
2005 Videoscreening, Malmö, Sweden
2005 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2004 Gallery Huuto´s Christmas screening
2003 Performance at Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki
2003 Performance at Rauma Art museum, part of a diploma
               exhibition, Rauma

Residencies

Dartington College of Arts / Spacex-gallery November 2006 – February 2007
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, January-May 2005

Collections

Helsinki City Art Museum
South-Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta
Finland State Art Collection

Memberships

Muu ry, The Finnish Artists´ Association
AV-arkki, Distribution Center for Finnish Media Art

My art works have been generously supported by

2008 Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region

2007 Arts Council of Finland (travel grant)
               Arts Council of Finland (grant for media art)
               Arts Council of Finland (6 month grant for artistic work)

2006 FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
               Kordelinin säätiö
               AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
               VISEK

2005 AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
               Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Regional Fund
               AVEK

2004 AVEK

2001City of Lappeenranta