Anni Leppälä 

b. 1981 in Helsinki, lives and works in Helsinki.

Studies

2004-2011	University of Art and Design Helsinki, MA 
2000-2004	Arts Academy/Turku Polytechnic, BA

Group Exhibitions

2019	Sensual Closeness – A home exhibition, curated by Antonia Hamberg, Helsinki 
Growth and Loss – Hair In Contemporary Art, Oulu Museum of Art, Oulu, Finland
The Collector´s Gaze exhibition series, Arto Jurttila - With the eyes of my mind, Pori Art Museum, Finland
An der Nordkante  –  Mensch in der finnischen Gegewartskunst, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
Topsy-Turvy, Works from the Jenny ja Antti Wihurin Foundation collection, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
2018	The Artist’s View – Perspectives in the Collections of the Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland
	Goldilocks and Other Stories from Own Collections, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland 
	Zu neuen Ufern – Werke aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Sylter Heimatmuseum, Keitum, Germany
Sanctuary, Wallner gallery, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK
People in Focus – Works from the collection of the Heino Art Foundation, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
2017 	Lichtblicke|Zeitgenössische finnische Fotografie, Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam, Germany
I am not I – Famous and forgotten portraits, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Real celebration! Finnish contemporary art from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation collection, Rovaniemi Art Museum
2016   	Fragments, Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Paris
From Heino With Love – Collection exhibition, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
My Silence – Collection exhibition, Kuopio Art Museum, Finland
Moi Helsinki – Finnish Photographic and Video Art screening, Xidan Cultural Square, Peking, China
2015   	Nordic exchange – Inner and Outer Landscapes, CFF Centrum för Fotografi, Stockholm, Sweden
Nordic exchange – Inner and Outer Landscapes, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland
Close to me, Centre médical et pédagogique de Rennes Beaulieu, France
L'Arbre, le bois, la forêt, Centre médical et pédagogique de Rennes Beaulieu, France
The Presence of Absence, Berloni, London, UK
Nordic exchange – Inner and Outer Landscapes, Bergen Kjøtt, Norway
Mikä mikä, Never never land, Lokal, Helsinki, Finland
2014	Nordic exchange – Inner and Outer Landscapes, Banja Rathnov, Museumsbygningen, Copenhagen
	Nest, Kamarade, Falsterbo, Sweden
	Kaipuu/Longing ,Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki, Finland
	Collected north, Gallery x-ist, Istanbul, Turkey
Senza meta. Il libro come pensiero fotografico, Fotografia Europea Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italy
La femme d’à côté /The woman next door, Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Paris
ARCOmadrid, International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2013	New Wave Finland: Contemporary Photography from the Helsinki School, Scandinavia House, New York
	The 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Arts, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
	Materia, Harakka island, Helsinki, Finland
2012	Texture and Sense, Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori, Japan
	The 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Arts, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
	Alice in wonderland, ECCO - Espacio de Creación Contemporánea, Cadiz, Spain
	Harakka energy, Harakka island, Helsinki, Finland
	NordLichtBilder, Kunstverein Augsburg, Germany
	The Mutual Factor of Extremes, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku
2011	Heroines, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación Caja Madrid, Spain
	The Helsinki School - A Female View, Foto-Raum, Wien
	The Helsinki School - A Female View, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
	Touching dreams, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark
	Helsinki School group exhibition, Christophe Guye Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
	Parallels, Pori Art Museum, Project Space, Pori, Finland
	Alice in wonderland, Logomo, Turku, Finland
	Art works, Deutsche Bank towers, Frankfurt, Germany
2010	Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, South-Korea
	Highlighted - Contemporary Finnish Photography, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam
	Path – photographs and videos, Honkahovi Art Center, Mänttä, Finland
	Isn´t everything after all a part of our inner life, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt
	Red - Collection exhibition, EMMA-Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
	Purdy Hicks Gallery (with Susanna Majuri), London, UK
	Helsinki School - Photography and Video NOW, Art Museum Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland
	Helsinki 10, Rogaland Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway
	Seven Approaches, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York
2009	Tracking Traces - Collection exhibition, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
	Internal and External Landscapes, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
	Les nuages, lá-bas, les merveilleux nuages, Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France
	Au Féminin: Women Photographing Women, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbekian, Paris, France
	On Top of the Iceberg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
	Under the Circumstances, Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem, Czech
2008	La Position de la Terre / Maan Asema, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, France
	Under the Circumstances, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland 
	The Art of Humanity, Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
	Rose Boréal - Photographies de l’Ecole d’Helsinki, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
& Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France
	Photographs / Paintings (with Virve Lukka), Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa, Finland
2007	Mapping the Unknown, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lybeck, Germany
	In Search of the Miraculous, Triennial of Finnish Art, Kunsthalle, Helsinki
	Gallery Galica (with Jari Silomäki), Milan, Italy
	The Stenersen Museum. Oslo, Norway
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2006	Überall ist Wunderland, 14-1 Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
	Fotografia – Photofestival, Museum Andersen, Rome, Italy
	5th International Festival of Photography in Łodź, Manufactura, Łodź, Poland
Dialog: Helsinki School, 
- Borås Art Museum, Borås, Sweden
- Langhans Gallery, Prague, Czech 
- Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
	Still, APT-studios, London, UK
	Absolutely Private, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
	Presence, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland,		
2005	Backlight 2005: Untouchable Things, Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland
	Libris, The Young Photographer of the Year-exhibition, Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki, Finland
2004-01	Elämä - Life, VB-Photographic Centre, Kuopio, Finland
	Neljä – Four, Graduated Students, Taidepanimo, Lahti, Finland
	Joku päivä – Someday, The Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Kaari - Arc, Manilla, Turku, Finland

Solo Exhibitions

2019	Ancient Forest and Moon Bath, together with Eeva Peura, Finnish Institute in Stockholm, Sweden
2017           Sisters of Persephone, Leica Gallery Istanbul, Turkey
hyle|curtain|backdrop, Gallery Ama, Helsinki, Finland 
Über das Sichtbare, Kunstverein Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Visiting artist – program 2017-2018, Finnland-Institut, Berlin, Germany   
2016	Poésie de l´intime, Centre d´art Gwinzegal, Guingamp, France
the light of other days, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany
2015	80 Days of Summer | Stories of Identity - Photo Festival Ghent, St Peter's Abbey, Gent, Belgium
2014 	The Book of Images, Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
Forest interior, Turku Art Museum, Studio, Turku, Finland
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK			
2013	abc - art berlin contemporary, Berlin, Germany 
	Viime vuodet / Recent years, Gallery Ama, Helsinki, Finland
	Diaphane, La grange, Montreuil-sur-Bréche, France
2012	Les Rencontres d´Arles 2012, Discovery Award,  Parc des Ateliers, France
Kamarade, Stockholm, Sweden
	She resembles, Gallery Photology, Milan, Italy
2011	Barbara Gross Galerie, München, Germany
	Chapter V, VB-Photographic Centre, Kuopio, Finland
	Beings are silent, Gallery TH13, Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, Bern, Switzerland
2010	Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Finland
	Finnish Institute in Stockholm, Sweden
	Chapter IV, Gallery TaiK, Berlin, Germany
	Gallery Ama, Helsinki, Finland
	Young Artist of the Year 2010, Tampere Art museum, Finland
2009 	Arco Madrid 09, International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2008	Inner Yard / Sisäpiha
- Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
	- Gallery Kapriisi, Kuopio, Finland
2005-04	Lasitalo/Glasshouse, Hippolyte Photographic Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
	Taimet/Seedlings, 
- Peri Center of Photography, Turku, Finland
	- Northern Photographic Centre, Kummigallery, Oulu, Finland

Grants and Awards

	Shortlisted for the Nordic Dummy Award, 2015
	Shortlisted for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, 2015
Nomination for the Finnish Art Academy Prize 2013
	Nomination for the Discovery Award, Les Rencontres d´Arles 2012
	Young Artist of the Year 2010
	Backlight Award 2005
	Arts Council of Finland
	City of Helsinki
	Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region
	Alfred Kordelin Foundation
	The Finnish Cultural Foundation
	The Finnish Art Association, Grant for Young Artists
	The Central Association of Finnish Photographic Organizations

Works in collections

	Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
	EMMA Museum of Modern Art
	The Finnish Museum of Photography
	Helsinki City Art Museum
	Kuopio Art Museum
	Tampere Art Museum
	Parliament of Finland
	Pori Art Museum/AJ deposit collection
	State of Finland
	Wihuri Foundation
	Paulo Foundation 
	Heino Art Colletion
	The Finnish Art Association
	The Finnish Institute in London 
	Teutloff Collection
Statoil Art Colletion
                  Diaphane Collection
Sanders-Ten Holte Collection
Rolf Hoff Collection 
	Deutsche Bank
	Fondation d’entreprise Hermès