Elena Näsänen

b. 1968
lives and works in Helsinki

Sauvontie 7 A 05
00280 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: 358+ (0)40-751 5187

CURRICULUM VITAE
Selected

Studies:
1996-98 Academy of Fine Arts, MA, Helsinki, Finland
1997 Slade School of Fine Art, London, England
1992-96 Academy of Fine Arts, BA, Helsinki, Finland

Solo Exhibitions:
2000 Muu Gallery, Videoinstallation, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Kluuvi Gallery, Videoinstallation, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Graduation exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Once in a life time and maybe more, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Group Exhibitions:
2002 Popcorn and Politics, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Following Whom? Salo Art Museum, Finland
2000 Stockholm Art Fair, Selection of AV-Arkki and Frame, Stockholm, Sweden
1998 Young Scene, The Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria
1997 Impermanent, The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
1997 New Agora, The Internet project
1995, 1992 Young Contemporaries, Helsinki, Finland
1994 The picture and the text,The Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Screenings:
2002 Connected? New vidwo art from Helsinki. The Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2001 Connected? New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
2001 Connected? CCA (Center for Contemporary Art) Glasgow, UK
1999 Thirty five Seconds later, Contemporary Art Museum, Lyon, France
1998 Galleria Leena Kuumola, Helsinki, Finland
1995 Finnish videos, Galleri Rotor, Göteborg, Sweden

Video Festivals:
2001 Outer Limits, Video Lounge, New York, USA
2000 Video Garden, Helsinki Finland
2000 International Video & Multimedia Art Festival, Clermont Ferrand Cedex, France
2000 The Media City Experimental Film and VideoFestival , Windsor, Canada
1999 Split, Split, Croatia
1998, 1997 Muu Media Festival, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
1995 Bandits Mages video festival, Bourges, France

Ne+, Performance Group:
2001 Palo, Brr -Festival, Porto, Portugal
1998 Palo, Artgenda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Palo, Living Art Museum, Reyjavik, Island
1996 Live-installation, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Live-installation, Time and Space department, Helsinki, Finland

Other:
2002 Nifca recidency, Malongen, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 Chairperson of Young Contemporaries jury, Art Hall and Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2000- Chairperson of the artist organisation "Muu", Helsinki, Finland

Works in collections:
Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

Future events:
2002 Connected? New video art from Helsinki. Tate Modern, London, UK
2002 Solo Exhibition, Studio, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland