CV
Suvi Härkönen
b. 1982 in Mikkeli, Finland
Living and working in Porvoo, Finland
Education
2014 Master of Arts, Visual Culture, Aalto University
2011 BA in Fine Arts, Lahti Institute of Design and Fine Arts
Solo exhibitions
Upcoming: 09/2025 Art Hall Häme
2022 Mirage, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki
Through, Gallery Fikka, Porvoo Art Hall
2021 Depth, Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2020 Need, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki
2017 Käännekohta, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
Other projects & work
2017 Portrait of the President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, made together with 100 artists. The Collection of Prime Minister's Office
2017 Robots Don't Dream dance performance, Museum of Technology, Helsinki.
A collaboration with Ismo Dance Company and dancer Tanja Illukka. The performance is based on and set in my installation Robots Don't Dream (2015)
Need, Cultural House Laikku, Studio, Tampere
2018 Dreams at the End of the Night, Porvoo Art Hall
2017 Let Them, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
2015 Robots Don't Dream, GalleriaKONE, Hämeenlinna
Almost, MUU Cable, Helsinki
2014 When You Hear This Sound, Gallery Å, Turku
Group exhibitions
2018 Dreams at the End of the Night, Porvoo Art Hall
2017 Let Them, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
2015 Robots Don't Dream, GalleriaKONE, Hämeenlinna
Almost, MUU Cable, Helsinki
2014 When You Hear This Sound, Gallery Å, Turku
Mechanical Waves, Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2013 Horizontal Relations, Gallery Mältinranta, Studio, Tampere
Invisible Collisions, Poriginal gallery, Pori
2012 Mieliasioita, Gallery 3h+k, Pori
2010 Coin Mandala, performance, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Paintings and Sculptures, Vapari6-gallery, Lahti
2007 Banished from the Wonderland, Villan Voimala, Hyvinkää
2023 Meri/Havet/Sea, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka
Winter Salon, Porvoo Artists' Association, Gallery Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo
2022 Pop Up Gallery, Lundi, Porvoo
Forest, Näsi Manor, Porvoo
Forest, Näsi Manor, Porvoo
2021 PTS Goes Porvoo Triennial, Näsi Manor, Porvoo
2020 Artists at Art Factory, Kulma, Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo
2016 Kohta on se aika, Ars Auttoinen, Padasjoki
Pori Biennaali 2016 – Saatanan kesänäyttely, Pori
2015 Pori World Expo, Pori (Sculptural pavilion for the exhibition, a public commision piece)
2014 Space Invaders II, Autotalo, Pori
2012 To Draw, Generator Gallery, Pori
Palas Art Path, Hyvinkää
2011 Happy Days, Thesis exhibition of Lahti Institute of Fine Arts, Art Museum of Lahti
2010 10 year anniversary exhibition of Hyria Art School, Promenadigalleria, Hyvinkää
2009 S. Alanissi, S. Härkönen, V. Kanerva, J. Salonen, Promenadigalleria, Hyvinkää
2008 Contact, Mikkeli-sali, Mikkeli city library
2007 Acid and turpentine, Final exhibition of Hyvinkää Art School, Postitalo, Hyvinkää
Other projects & work
2022- Curator, Gallery Fikka, Porvoo
2018 Robots Don't Dream dance performance, Jyväskylän kesä festival, Juomatehdas, Jyväskylä.
A collaboration with Ismo Dance Company and dancer Tanja Illukka. The performance is based on and set in my installation Robots Don't Dream (2015)
A collaboration with Ismo Dance Company and dancer Tanja Illukka. The performance is based on and set in my installation Robots Don't Dream (2015)
2017 Portrait of the President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, made together with 100 artists. The Collection of Prime Minister's Office
2017 Robots Don't Dream dance performance, Museum of Technology, Helsinki.
A collaboration with Ismo Dance Company and dancer Tanja Illukka. The performance is based on and set in my installation Robots Don't Dream (2015)
Memberships
Suomen Kuvanveistäjäliitto - The Association of Finnish Sculptors
UUTE - Finnish Association of New Textile Art
UUTE - Finnish Association of New Textile Art
Porvoo Artists' Association
Confidential posts
2022 Website & Social Media Manager, Porvoo Artists' Association
2019-2021 Member of Gallery Committee, Curator, Gallery Fikka
Confidential posts
2022 Website & Social Media Manager, Porvoo Artists' Association
2019-2021 Member of Gallery Committee, Curator, Gallery Fikka
2018-2019 Website & Social Media Manager, Porvoo Artists' Association
2018-2019 Board member, Porvoo Artists' Association
2018-2019 Board member, Porvoo Artists' Association
Grants
2023 Arts Promotion Center
2021 Arts Promotion Center
2020 Svenska kulturfonden, 1 year grant
Arts Promotion Center, Project grant
2019 Svenska kulturfonden, 1 year grant
Arts Promotion Center, Working & project grant
2017 Arts Promotion Center, Project grant
Arts Promotion Center, Project grant
2019 Svenska kulturfonden, 1 year grant
Arts Promotion Center, Working & project grant
2017 Arts Promotion Center, Project grant
The Paulo Foundation
2016 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Working & project grant
Arts Promotion Center, Public display grant
2015 Finnish Art Society, The Young Artist Grant
Arts Promotion Center, Uusimaa region
Arts Promotion Center, Project grant
2014 Arts Promotion Center, Travel grant
2013 Arts Promotion Center, Satakunta region, Project grant