Camilla Vuorenmaa has been shortlisted as one of the candidates for the next Ars Fennica art prize in 2017. The Ars Fennica Award presented by the Henna and Pertti Niemistö Ars Fennica Art Foundation is the biggest Finnish art award that has been awarded since 1991. Chaired by the Leena Niemistö, the award committee consists of…
Visual artist Tiina Pyykkinen (b. 1983) has been chosen as the Young Artist of the Year 2017. The prize consist of 20 000 € stipendium and a solo exhibition in Tampere Art Museum and Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum in Turku, together with an accompanying publication. The exhibition in Tampere will open in June…
Even though it’s almost April, Finnish Art Agency wants to look back to our amazing collaborations and projects of the past year 2015. Finnish Art Agency started the year 2015 by welcoming the new assistant curator Darja Zaitsev to the team. In February Hanna Haaslahti won the HISTORIC category of Sculpture Shock 2015 award resulting…
Camilla Vuorenmaa has been awarded with Fine Arts Academy of Finland’s award. The prize consists of 25,000 euros and a solo exhibition at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art and the accompanying publication. The exhibition will open in February 2016. Biannual award is given for the second time, the first awarded artist was Tuomas…
“In Supermarket Art Fair Camilla Vuorenmaa’s raw wood reliefs gave me the greatest pleasure!” Art critic Jacob Anckarsvärd (Stockholm 2012) Fine Arts Academy of Finland founded a new prize in the beginning of January 2014 to promote Finnish art. The winning artist will be awarded with 25 000 euros and the prize is given every…