CV

Visual artist
SAIJA KOPONEN
Born 1980 in Lohja, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland

Education

2020 Master of Culture and Arts, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
2007 Colorado College (student exchange), Colorado, USA

Private exhibitions

2022 Gallery Luts, Lohja (invited by the Kanneljärvi Community College Art Department)
2022 Any Event Horizon and Happy Go Lucky, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki
2022 You Are My Lucky Star, Art Center East, Lappeenranta
2019 Naive Melody, Gallery Ars Libera, Kuopio
2018 Innuendo, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki
2018 Restaurant Sunn, Helsinki (invited by the Finnish Art Agency)
2016 Shine on You, tm•gallery, Helsinki
2015 Relation, G12 Gallery, Kuopio
2014 Analogue, Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi
2013 Khimaira, Gallery AARNI, Exhibition Centre WeeGee, Espoo
2012 Divided Thought, The Old Town Hall Gallery, Turku
2012 OverFlow, Poriginal Gallery, Pori Art Museum, Pori
2011 Curiosity, Napa Gallery & Shop, Helsinki
2010 My Favourite Thought, Pihatto, Lappeenranta
2007 Resent, Coburn Gallery, Colorado Springs, USA

Selected group exhibitions

2023 Huh-huh! – Kalasatama opening exhibition, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki
2022 Oooooooh! – Huuto’s 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki
2022 Stoffwechsel – Aineenvaihdunta, galleria Plan. d., Dusseldorf, Germany
2021 First International Festival of Manuports, Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki
2021 Kuvat! Kanneljärvi Community College, Lohja (invited by the Kanneljärvi Community College Art Department)
2019 Rooms of Light, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2018 A Home Named Krimi, Art Center Krimi, Imatra
2016 5000 m2, Lappeenranta
2015 FAIL/stage for abandoned art, Space for Free Arts, Helsinki
2012 Kokous nro.12, South-Karelia Art Museums Green Stockhouse, Lappeenranta
2011 SKjL 2011, Cable Factory, Puristamo, Helsinki
2009 The Sugar Tongues, Cable Factory, Valssaamo, Helsinki
2009 The Sugar Tongues, Imatra Art Museum
2009 Transitional Forms, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, USA
2008 Zerkalo, Stockfors, Pyhtää

Memberships

Finnish Painters’ Union
Helsinki Artists’ Association
Kuvasto
Mehiläispesä ry / Galleria Huuto

Grants

Artist Promotion Center Finland
Frame Contemporary Art Finland

Collections

Finnish Art Society
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
Private Collections in Finland and USA