SANNA SARVA (born in Hämeenlinna, FI, 1964)
CURRICULUM VITAE (selected)
EDUCATION
| 2024 | Museum studies / University of Jyväskylä / FI |
| 2013 | MA Curating, Managing and Mediating Art / Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture / Helsinki / FI |
| 2008 | Visual Art Teacher / Qualification Programme / University of Art and Design Helsinki / FI |
| 1998 | MFA Department of Media Studies / Academy of Fine Arts / Helsinki |
| 1998 | Vasari / Postgraduate Non-Degree Programme / Academy of Fine Arts and University of Helsinki |
| 1994 | BFA Department of Media Studies / Academy of Fine Arts / Helsinki / FI |
| 1992-93 | Exchange Program / Fine Art Media / Slade School of Fine Art / University College of London / GB |
| 1983-84 | Studies in Finnish Language and General Literature / Faculty of Arts / University of Helsinki / FI |
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
| Helsinki Art Museum (HAM) |
| Helsinki City Museum |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finnish National Gallery |
| Pori Art Museum |
| Gallery Koivulinna (private collection) |
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | Ultra, Art Center Ahjo, Joensuu Artist Association, Joensuu, FI |
| 2023 | swim, swam, swum, Studio Mustanapa, Artists’ Association of Lapland, Rovaniemi, FI |
| 2020 | Traversing Visions, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte Studio, Helsinki, FI |
| 2018 | Which is What, Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki, FI |
| 2017 | Forms of Remembrance, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, FI |
| Not Indifferent, Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki, FI | |
| 2016 | Limits, Gallery Augusta, HIAP, Helsinki, FI |
| 2015-16 | Citipati, Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo, FI |
| 2009 | My Teenage Years, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte Studio, Helsinki, FI |
| 2006 | Memento Mori, Kunsthalle Helsinki Studio, FI |
| 2005 | Once Upon a Time There Was a War, Gallery Kluuvi, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, FI |
| 2004 | unnamed, Galleri Leena Kuumola, Helsinki, FI |
| 2002 | I Say, Gallery Paletten, Gothenburg, SE |
| 2001 | I Say, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki, FI |
| 2000 | I Say - Readings, Gallery Kluuvi, Helsinki, FI |
| I Say, Sub Bau Networks, Gothenburg, SE | |
| 1996 | Portrait of Values, Migri, Helsinki, FI |
| Portrait of Values, Ministry for internal security and migration, Helsinki, FI | |
| Portrait of Values, Ministry for economic affairs and employment, Helsinki, FI | |
| Portrait of Values, Ministry for foreign affairs, Helsinki, FI |
BIENNALES, TRIENNALES AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
* there is a exhibition catalogue
| 2018 | Aspettando Manifesta, The pre-biennial programme, Palermo, IT |
| 2017 | Truth about Finland, Porin Kulttuurisäätö, Pori, FI * |
| 2012 | Baltic Biennale, Gallery Boreay, St. Petersburg, RU |
| 2010 | Silent Zone, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, FI |
| URB10, Stoa, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI | |
| 2008 | Fatal Moments - Images of War in Art, Finnish National Gallery and South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta, FI |
| 2006 | Winterland - Fifth Finnish Photography Triennale, Salo Art Museum, Salo, FI * |
| 2005 | Fractures of Life - Political Contemporary Art in Kiasma's Collections, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI * |
| 2003 | SymptomaniaKunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, BE |
| 2002 | Attachment+, Bruges, BE |
| 2001 | ARS 01: Unfolding Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI * |
| Killing Me Softly, BildMuseet, Umeå, SE | |
| Tirana Biennale, National Gallery, AL * | |
| Le MOIS de la PHOTO á Montreal, le pouvoir de l'image, Marché Bonsecours, Quebec, CA* | |
| 2000 | Manifesta 3., Gallery of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, SL* |
| Temp - Temporary Media Laboratory, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI | |
| Le Nord, Batofar, Paris, FR | |
| StandArt/Nefertiti Nordic LiveArt, Gothenburg, SE | |
| 1999 | Northern Echoes, The Gallery of Fine Art, Ostrava, CZ * |
| Northern Echoes, The West Bohemian Gallery, Plzen, CZ * | |
| Northern Echoes, The Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague, CZ * | |
| Sub Bau Networks, Gothenburg, SE | |
| 1998 | The Nude and the Masked, Helsinki Art Museum (HAM), Helsinki, FI |
| 1997 | Artist and Urban Environment, Gallery of Fine Arts, Slovenj Gradec, SL |
| Time, Helsinki Art Museum (HAM), Helsinki, FI | |
| Side by Side, Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI | |
| Smart Show, Ferry Helsinki-Stockholm, FI-SE | |
| Gallery 21, St. Petersburg, RU | |
| MAP (media.art.project), Cable Gallery, Helsinki, FI | |
| MUU 10 - Travels in Underground Art, Helsinki subway stations, FI | |
| 1996 | Galleri m. balgong, Oslo, NO |
| Galleri Otto Plonk, Bergen, NO | |
| 27.680.000 - nordisk samtidskonst i massmedia, Dagens Nyheter, Swedish radio and TV, SE | |
| Feeling the City, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, FI | |
| 1995 | Whore Academy, Theatre Museum, Helsinki, FI |
| Art Attack, Oslo, NO |
PUBLIC WORKS
| 2003- | Laajasalo Health Center, Helsinki, FI (owned by HAM) |
RESIDENCES
| 2015 | Art Promotions Center Finland, Matera, IT |
| Serlachius Museums and Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, FI | |
| 2012 | Artists' Association of Finland, Grassina, IT |
| 1999 | Batofar, Paris, FR |
CURATORIAL PRACTICE (selected)
| 2021 | Prosessi, Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, FI curating and exhibition planning |
| 2017 | Onni, Lapua Art Museum, Lapua, FI curating and exhibition planning |
| 2012 | Picturing death, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI curating and exhibition planning |
| 2010 | The 3 Inch Canvas, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, FI curating and exhibition planning |
| 2002 | View-festival, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI curating |
| 1995 | Whore Academy, Finnish Museum of Theatre ja Valkoinen Sali, Helsinki, FI curating, together with: Abu-Hannah, Erkkilä, Heikinaho, Lindman, Luukas, Peltomäki, Rossi |
GRANTS
| 2020 | Arts Promotion Center Finland |
| 2018 | Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 2017 | Arts Promotion Center Finland |
| 2016 | Arts Promotion Center Finland |
| 2012 | Frame |
| 2006 | Arts Promotion Center Finland |
| 2005 | Arts Promotion Center Finland |
| 2004 | Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 2003 | Arts Promotion Center Finland |
| AVEK | |
| Finnish Cultural Foundation | |
| 2002 | Frame |
| 2001 | Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 2000 | Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 1999 | Arts Promotion Center Finland |
| AVEK | |
| Finnish Cultural Foundation | |
| Sleipnir Foundation | |
| 1997 | Arts Promotion Center Finland |
| AVEK | |
| Pakolais- ja siirtolaisuusasiain neuvottelukunta | |
| Paulo Foundation | |
| 1996 | Kirjasto- ja kulttuurilautakunta |
| Oskar Öflund Foundation | |
| Sleipnir Foundation |