Aki Koskinen
born 1983 in Karttula, Finland
lives and works in Pietarsaari, Finland
EDUCATION
2011 – 2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Novia University of Applied Sciences,
Pietarsaari
2010 – 2011 The Nordic Art School, Kokkola
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Pohjalaismuotokuvia, Vaasa Art Hall
2020 Unen ja todellisuuden välillä (Between dream and reality),
Patruunagalleria, Lapua
2018 Ihmisyys (Humanity), Tupakkamakasiini, Museum of Jakobstad (invited
artist)
2018 Anamnesis, The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 Tehdä maalaus maailmaksi (To make the painting to be a world), Gallery
Bruno, Culture House Ax, Pännäinen
2013 Nordiska Sagan, Art space, library, Rautalampi
2012 Nordiska Sagan, Kellarikalleria, Suonenjoki
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Skanno X Finnish Painters´ Union, Skanno Showroom, Helsinki
2024 Observations, Pärnu City Gallery Artists House, Estonia
2023 ME t SÄ – Toivosta, rohkeudesta ja kestävyydestä, Galleria Pihatto,
Lappeenranta (curated by Marika Tomu Kaipainen) (invited artist)
2023 Katse, Taide Vionoja, Vionoja Säätiö, Yli-Ullava, Kokkola
2023 Tegelikkus ja kujutlus / Reality and imagination, MONA Museum of New Art,
Pärnu, Estonia (curated by Jaan Elken) (invited artist)
2023 Ten years after, anniversary exhibition of Novia University of Applies
Sciences, Invited alumni, Banking hall, Campus Allegro, Pietarsaari
(curated by Ingela Bodbacka-Rak)
2022 R.E.D., Black Wall Gallery, Vaasa
2022 Mini, Villa Väinölä, Nelimarkkamuseo, Alajärvi
2021 First International Festival of Manuports, Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki
2021 Environmental art path, Art Cave Saimaa, Punkaharju (curated by Satu
Kalliokuusi and Reetta Gröhn-Soininen) (invited artist)
2020 Agenda – Art 2030, The National Museum of Finland, Finlandia Hall,
Winter Garden, Villa Kivi, Helsinki (curated by Marika Tomu Kaipainen)
2020 Joel Slotte & Aki Koskinen, White Box, Campus Allegro, Pietarsaari (invited
artist)
2020 Poikkeustila, Varikkogalleria, Seinäjoki
2020 ARS LONGA …Taide elää, K.H. Renlund Museum, Kokkola (curated by
Ingela Bodbacka-Rak) (invited artist)
2019 Nature Morte 2.0, Energiverket project space, Pietarsaari (invited artist)
2019 Selfportrait, Black Wall Gallery, Vaasa
2019 Muutos, Tupakkamakasiini, Museum of Jakobstad, Jakobstad
2018 JUHLAT / BILEET / PARTY / FEST / HïEJE, Art Center Ahjo, Joensuu (curated
by Mika Karhu)
2017 Finland – Med våra och deras ögon, Västerås Cathedral, Sweden (curated by
Anna Törrönen)
2017 Finnische Künstler und Ihre Landschaft, Neue Galerie Dachau, Dachau,
Germany (curated by Jutta Mannes) (invited artist)
2017 Vaellus, Galleri Konstrummet, Lindesberg, Sweden (invited artist)
2016 Here´s to us!, Energiverket, Pietarsaari
2016 Inside landscapes, Stundars Open Air Museum and Centre Of Culture and
Art, Mustasaari (invited artist)
2016 Al fresco, Gallery Elverket, Tammisaari (curated by Juha-Heikki Tihinen)
2015 Kuvataiteen Valtakunta 2015, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
2015 WW2 – Jälkimaininkia, Gallery GRO, Pietarsaari (invited artist)
2014 Allegro Moderato, Gallery GRO, Pietarsaari
2014 Artopus Festival, Pietarsaari
2014 Sjunker Sjunger, The Centre of Folk Art, Kaustinen
2014 Places&Spaces, Villa Sveden, Pietarsaari
2013 100 1000 Lumen, Nygårds verkstad, Pietarsaari
2013 Inblickar, Jakobstad City Library
2012 In the air, Vaasa City Art Gallery (curated by Ulrika Ferm)
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
City of Jakobstad
Roger Broo´s Collection
JULKAISUT PUBLICATIONS
2019 Galleri Gro 5 år, Konstverket rf / Taidevirasto ry
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2020 Majaoja-säätiö, Helsinki
2015 Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus. Schwandorf, Germany
OTHER ART EDUCATION
2016 Workshop with Valérie Favre & Robert Lucander, Universität der Künste
Berlin, Germany
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Painters´ Union
The Ostrobothnian Artists´ Association
Vaasa Artists´ Guild
11/2024