Aki Koskinen
born 1983 in Karttula, Finland
lives and works in Pietarsaari, Finland
ART EDUCATION
2011 – 2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Novia University of Applied Sciences,
Pietarsaari
2010 – 2011 The Nordic Art School, Kokkola
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Ajan ilme, Art space, Jakobstad City Library (invited artist)
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
2016 Paintings, Jakobstad City Library
2013 Nordiska Sagan, Art space, library, Rautalampi
2012 Nordiska Sagan, Kellarikalleria, Suonenjoki
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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 (curator in Finland: Satu Kalliokuusi) (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 R.E.D., Black Wall Gallery, Vaasa
2020 Poikkeustila, Varikkogalleria, Seinäjoki
2020 ARS LONGA …Taide elää, K.H. Renlund Museum, Kokkola (curated by
Ingela Bodbacka-Rak) (invited artist)
2020 Poikkeustila, Black Wall Gallery, Vaasa
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
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, Vaasa (curated by Ulrika Ferm)
GRANTS
2022 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund, 1 year
working grant
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, COVID-19 grant, 2 months working grant
2021 Svensk-Österbottniska samfundet, project grant
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 6 months working grant
2020 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund, 1 year
working grant
2018 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund, 6
months working grant
2017 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund, 5 months
working grant
2016 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, travel grant
2016 Finnish Cultural Foundations, South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund, 6
months working grant
2015 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, 1 year Lärlingsstipendium
SPECIAL GRANTS
2021 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Systrarna Standertskjölds
Stipendium, Rekreationsstipendium
2015 Artist in residence (Novia University of Applied
Sciences), Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Saksa
2015 Konstverket rf/Taidevirasto ry, Pietarsaari
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
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021, 2023 Guest teacher, Novia University of Applied Sciences, Pietarsaari
2021- Part-time teacher, painting and drawing, The Finnish Adult Education
Centre of the City of Pietarsaari
OTHER ARTISTIC ACTIVITY (selected)
2022- Board member, Finnish Painters´ Union
2020- Board member, Union of Finnish Art Associations
2020-2022 Art expert, representative of the Vaasa Artists’ Guild, The art work
group of Vaasa Central Hospital’s H-building
2020, 2022 Assessor of competence, YA – Vocational College of Ostrobothnia
2019 Curator, with Annika Bergvik-Forsander, The Young Artists of
Ostrobothnia, Vaasa City Art Gallery, Vaasa City museums
2019 Artist Talk & workshop, Energiverket project space, Pietarsaari
2018 Jury, with Annika Bergvik-Forsander, Exhibition of Jakobstads artist´s
association, Tupakkamakasiini, Museum of Jakobstad
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Painters´ Union (board member)
The Ostrobotnian Artists´ Association
Vaasa Artists´ Guild