KirsiMarja Metsähuone Sarianna Metsähuone

Sarianna Metsähuone
sarianna@sarianna.com


Born in Helsinki, Finland, 1966. Lived and worked in Sweden since 1988.

Education 
1998-2000 
School of Photography and Film, Göteborg, Sweden, Master of Fine Arts 2000, Photo Dept.

1994-1997 
School of Photography and Film, Göteborg, Sweden, Bachelor of Fine Arts 1997, Photo Dept.

1996 
San Francisco State University, USA, Independent studies, Photo Dept, 

Upcoming Exhibitions 
2002 
Gallery Mors Mössa, Göteborg, Sweden

Exhibitions
2002 
Forest Room. Porvoo Kunsthalle, Finland
2000
Photographs. Finnish Institute Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 
1998 
Camera Foresta. Gallery Mazarin, Söderhamn, Sweden

Selected Group Exhibitions 
2002 
Light and Space. Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
2000 
Cashbox. Gallery Box, Göteborg, Sweden
Parallel Worlds. FH, Dortmund, Germany
Trashing. Göteborg City Museum, Göteborg, Sweden
Correct. Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden
1999 
Fictive Holiday. Gallery Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden 
Cashbox. Gallery Box, Göteborg, Sweden
1998
Cashbox. Gallery Box, Gothenburg, Sweden
1997
2400 points. Kunsthalle Göteborg, Sweden
1996 
The Power of Seeing. Gallery Gufot, Göteborg, Sweden

Film festivals 
1998 
Tampere Short Film Festival. Tampere, Finland 
1997 
Nordic Panorama Festival. Helsinki, Finland 
Grimstad Film Festival. Grimstad, Norway 

Grants, Prizes, Residencies 
2002 
Grant from the Cultural Foundation of Finland 
Grant from the Cultural Foundation of Finland and Sweden
2001 
Grant from Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation, Sweden 
2000 
Victor Hasselblad Scholarship. Sweden
Artist-in-Residence, Grez-sur-Loing, France
1st prize in AMF-photo competition, Sweden 
1997 
Robert Frank Scholarship. Göteborg, Sweden

Represented at
Göteborg Art Museum, Sweden
Private collections in Sweden and Finland

Specials
Oct.23 - Nov.5 2000 A photograph from MA Final Thesis Work exhibited in downtown Stockholm over an entire skyscraper facade, size c. 2500 square meters. Published by a Swedish pension foundation as part of their advertising campaign.

Reviewed / Published
April 13 2002
Feeling of being an outsider brings together two sisters in joint exhibition.
Borgåbladet (Newspaper), Finland
April 13 2002
Metsähuone sisters search for identity with photographs.
Uusimaa (Newspaper), Finland
April 25 2002
In the middle of a forest at Kunsthalle. Photographs and digital photocollages.
Uusimaa (Newspaper), Finland
Dec. 2001
The artists guide you.
Presens # 3-4 (Art Magazine), Sweden
Sept. 23 2001
Hello – Why are you photographing Swedish homes?
GT/Expressen (Evening paper), Sweden
Oct. 2000
Parallel Worlds.
Exhibition Catalogue. Dortmund, Germany
Oct.29 2000
Finnish naturalness caused a stir at Sergel Market Square.
Helsingin Sanomat (Newspaper), Helsinki, Finland
Oct.23 2000
Artistic skyscraper.
Dagens Nyheter (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
Oct.6 2000
Lydmar Hotel.
Dagens Nyheter (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
Sept. 2000
Million Dollar Hotel.
Forum 3.00 (Swedish architecture magazine), Stockholm, Sweden
Sept.17 2000
Chaos at home.
Aftonbladet (Evening paper), Stockholm, Sweden
Aug.25 2000
Sarianna Metsähuone likes home and everyday life.
Dagens Nyheter (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
Aug. 2000
Two new Masters of Fine Arts received scholarship.
Foto # 7-8 (Photography magazine), Stockholm, Sweden
May 23 2000
Finnish photographer awarded for her thesis work.
Helsingin Sanomat (Newspaper), Helsinki, Finland
May 18 2000
Photographer presenting everyday life from birds’ eye view.
Svenska Dagbladet (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
May 10 2000
Three artists granted Artist-in-Residence at Grez-sur-Loing.
Arbetet Ny Tid (Newspaper), Gothenburg, Sweden
April 29 2000
Images from large and small worlds.
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Gothenburg, Sweden
April 2000
Hasselblad Center # 6.
Exhibition Catalogue, Gothenburg, Sweden
March 29 2000
Jury fell for young photographer from Gothenburg
Dagens Nyheter (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
March 2000
A little more to live for. A photographic initiative from AMF Pension.
(Photography book), Sweden
June 1997
The first Robert Frank scholarship granted.
Foto # 7 (Photography magazine), Stockholm, Sweden
May 22 1997
Forest Room.
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Gothenburg, Sweden
May 7 1997
Face to face with thesis work.
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Gothenburg, Sweden
Dec 30 1995
The naked truth.
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Gothenburg, Sweden
Nov 29 1995
Two women two lives.
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Gothenburg, Sweden