KIRSI MIKKOLA

KIRSI MIKKOLA

born in Helsinki, Finland
lives in Berlin

Education
1991 Meisterschüler, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1986-1991 Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1985-1986 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France

Solo Exhibitions

2013
Qumquat, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany

2012
CentrePasquArt, Biel, Switzerland

2011
Abschied der Lumpenliese, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany

2010
Dark Core Breathing, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Flex, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2004
Galerie Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland

1996
Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany

1995
BravinLee Gallery , New York, NY, USA
Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

1994
BravinLee Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Ruth Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1993
White Columns, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Gebauer & Günther, Berlin, Germany
Konstmuseet, Malmö, Sweden

1992
Trial Balloon, New York, NY, USA
Pieni Agora-Galleria, Helsinki, Finland

Group Exhibitions

2013
The Oracle - What is your prphecy for the future?, The Wand, Berlin, Germany
Sommerprogramm, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany

2012
New Abstractions, White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg
2010
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, Teverina Fine Art, Athens, Greece

2009
Mäntän Kuvataideviikot, Mänttä-Vilppula, Finland

2008
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

1996
Comic Inspirations, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Gramercy International, New York, NY, USA

1995
Chroniques New Yorkaises, Soho Festival, Agnes b, New York, NY, USA
A Vital Matrix, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Estradi, Helsinki, Finland
Menschenbilder, Galerie Gebauer & Günther, Berlin, Germany

1994
Toys Are Us, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY, USA
Sex, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Multiples, n.b.k., Berlin, Germany
Update, White Columns, New York, NY, USA
The Game Show, Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, CA, USA
Sculpture, Tom Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO, USA

1993
Blue Velvet, Galerie Gebauer & Günther, Berlin, Germany
Interzone, John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Transit Art, The Finnish National Museum, Helsinki, Finland

1992
Little Women, Little Men, White Columns, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Gebauer & Günther, Berlin, Germany
Pieni-Agora Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

1991
Perlen für die Säue, Galerie Laden für Nichts, Berlin, Germay

1990
Kunstszene Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany

1989
Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung, Berlin, Germany
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Potpourri, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany

1988
Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung, Berlin, Germany

1987
Exposition des Jeunes, Grand Palais, Paris, France

Public Collections

CentrePasquArt, Biel, Switzerland

Articles and Publications (Selection)
v. Klot, Kristina: Jäger & Sammler, in: Mobil. Der Magazin der Deutschen Bahn, January 2013.
Werneburg, Brigitte: Das Schiefe rückt gerade, in: TAZ, November 2011.
Händler, Ruth: Kunst=Kapital, in: Capital, March 2011.
Moyer, Carrie: Kirsi Mikkola, in: Art in America, December 2010.
Frenzel, Sebastian: Künstler, die uns aufgefallen sind: Kirsi Mikkola, in: Monopol Magazine, October 2010.
Seward, Keith: Kirsi Mikkola - Bravin Post Lee, New York City, in: Artforum, May 1994.