curriculum vitae
Kristiina Koskentola
Born in Finland (1967)
Lives and works in Amsterdam, London and Beijing.
| Education | |||
| 2011- present | Chelsea College of Art and Design, CCW Graduate School, University of London, MPhil/PhD Practice Based Research, UK | ||
| 2005-2007 | Dutch Art Institute, M.F.A. In Research and Practice, Enschede, The Netherlands | ||
| 1995-2000 | Gerrit Rietveld Academy, B.F.A, Amsterdam | ||
| Exhibitions (selection) | |||
| 2012 | '2nd Cheung Kong Festival of Public Art' (Solo show) 'One Hundred Ten Thousand' (Solo) ‘Groupshow: Kristiina Koskentola, Otobong Nkanga, Jens Pfeifer, Ibrahim Quraishi and More’ |
Shantou, China Gallery Lumen Travo, Amsterdam Gallery Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
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| 2011 | ‘Jean Bernand Koeman, Monali Meher and Kristiina Koskentola’ curated by Ibrahim Quraishi | Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam | |
| ‘Recollected’ Glazenhuis / Zet Foundation, Amsterdam | |||
| ‘Art Beijing 2011/ Art Platforms’ | Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing | ||
| 'Dialogue with the Flows' (solo) | Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing | ||
| 'Body Language' | Gallery Lumen Travo, Amsterdam | ||
| 2010 | ‘Tangible Spiritualities’ | XAFA Art Museum, Digital Art Weeks, Xian, China | |
| ‘Art Beijing 2010: Foreign Artists in China’ Presented by the Delegation of Europe to China (EU), The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China | ||
‘Urbanization Gargoyles and Other Stories’ (solo) |
CCD 300 Beijing, China | ||
| 2009 | '4th Biennial of Conceptual Art 'Aluminum' Baku | Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan | |
| ‘Gobi’ (solo) | Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki | ||
| 2008 | Traverse Condition / with Nan Hao (solo) | Gallery Sign in collaboration with Groningen Museum and ‘Go China’, Groningen, The Netherlands | |
| Suomi Art Fair | MUU RY, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki | ||
| ‘Intrude:Art&Life’ | Shanghai Zendai MoMa, Shanghai, China | ||
| ‘Critical Mass’, The:Artist:Network, New York | Huang Yan Contemporary Art Center (HYCAC), Beijing, China | ||
| ‘Search and Research’ (solo) | Imagine Gallery Studio, Beijing, China | ||
| 2007 | ‘Here as the Centre of the World’ | Villa de Bank, Enschede, The Netherlands | |
| ‘Olfactoric Memory’ (solo) | Wg terrain, Gate building, Amsterdam | ||
| 2006 | ‘Brains Unlimited’ | Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands | |
| ‘KlankLangWelle’, D.A.I.R.O (Dutch Art Institute Radio Orchestra); Tonic Train and Xentos and John Butcher, soundperformance | Gasometer, Oberhausen, Germany | ||
| ‘Here as the Centre of the World’, public intervention at the Midhat Bashat street and presentation at NIASD ( The Netherlands Institute for academic studies) | Damascus, Syria | ||
| De Kunstvlaai 06, Inhalexhale | Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam | ||
| ‘Somebody’ (solo) | Gallery Link, Dusseldorf, Germany | ||
| ‘Hole in the brain’, presentation at the symposium of the Dr.G.J.Hoytema Foundation | University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands | ||
| 2005 | ‘Body Mapping and Big Mouth Radio Beam’ (BIMRAB) | Planet Art, Enschede, The Netherlands | |
| ‘Body Mapping and Big Mouth Radio Beaming (BIMRAB), and a live broadcast at cultural broadcaster Resonance FM, London | Gallery W 139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ||
| ‘Innerbeat’ | De Veemvloer, Amsterdam | ||
Projects |
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| 2013 | ‘Residency of the Triangle Foundation, Organhaus, Chongqing, China | ||
| 2011 | 'in Dialogue with the Flows' Publication with contribution by Mika Hannula, Ni Haifeng and the artist | ||
| 2009 | ‘Trans-Actions - On Kristiina Koskentola’ Publication: artists book / theoretical publication on the works in China and Mongolia With essays by Carol Yinghua Lu, Mika Hannula , Ruben de la Nuez , Marjolein Schaap Published by the artist in collaboration with 1000&1 Publishers |
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| 2007-8 | Artist in Residency, Imagine Gallery, Beijing | ||
| 2007 | ‘Cutting’ Performance-video project , Gobi desert, Mongolia | ||
| ‘Beautiful City’, Skultur Project Munster, Participation, as an actor, to the project of Maria Pask | |||
| ‘Essential Import Export Project’ research project on global cooking with Meiyu Tao | |||
| ‘Things Happen in Liminal Zones’, project in co-operation with The Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Armenia and Azerbaijan | |||
| 2006 | ‘Here as the Centre of the World’, Transnational artistic research project by Dutch Art Institute in Beirut, Damascus, Diyarbakir, Enschede, Khartoum and Taipei Curated by Lucy Cotter, Gabrielle Schleijpen and Alite Thijssen |
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| 'Writing Space' by Ansuya Blom | |||
| 'Hole In the Brain', Joined project by Dutch Art Institute, Rebecca Sakoun, Florian Goettke and Dr. Hoytema foundation. Project investigated the visual functioning of the brain and the effects of a stroke on the individuals perception of the world | |||
| 2005 | BIMRAB ‘Body Mapping and Big Mouth Radio Beam’, and A live radio broadcast at radio art station ResonanceFM, London. | ||
| Co-organiser exhibition ‘Innerbeat’ | |||
| Artist Talks / Lectures / Teaching | |||
| 2012 | Roundtable discussion 2nd Cheung Kong Festival of Public Art, Shantou, ChinaPresentation in the Summer Symposium of CCW Graduate School/ University of the Arts London |
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| 2011 | ‘On Nomadic Practices’, Himalaya’s Art Museum, Shanghai, lecture | ||
| Invited lecture on ‘Nomadic Practices’ by the University of Pittsburgh Multi-Region Academic Program (PittMAP), Pittsburgh, USA Location: Capital Normal University, Beijing, China Lecture |
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| ‘Nomadic Practices’ Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing Artist Talk |
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| 2010 | ‘Kauttakulkijoita’ KUVA, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki Lecture |
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| ‘Reactions and Transformations’ Himalays Art Museum (Former Zendai MOMa) Shanghai Lecture |
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| ‘Crossover Interventions- Intervening Hutong’ Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing Lecture and workshop. |
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| 2009 | ‘Substances’ 4th Baku Biennial of Contemporary Art Artist talk |
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| Traveling Book Launch ‘Trans-Actions – On Kristiina Koskentola’ Zendai MoMa, Shanghai Timezone 8, Beijing Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki Smart Project Space, Amsterdam Artist talks and a panel discussions with Rubén de la Nuez, Nan Hao, Mika Hannula, Kitty Zijlmans. Moderated by John Heymans |
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| ‘Contextualizing Interventionist Art’ Cheung Kong School of Art&Design, Shantou University, China. Lecture and workshop |
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| 2008 | ‘Traverse Condition’ with Nan Hao, Gallery Sign, Groningen | ||
| ‘Originalfassung 62’ General Public, Berlin | |||
| Prizes and Grants | |||
| 2012 | One Hundred Ten Thousand 1st Prize for visual presentation, 2nd Cheung Kong Public Art Festival 2012, Shantou University, China | ||
| Projects are generously supported by: Arts Council of Finland, The Finnish Culture Foundation, Frame Foundation, Finnish Fund for Public Display, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Embassy of Finland in Beijing, Embassy of the Netherlands in Beijing, Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan, Prince Bernhard Culture Foundation, Material Foundation, Smart Project Space, Shantou University, Zendai MoMa, Timezone 8, Gallery Hippolyte, Sign Foundation, Arts Council of Groningen |
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