Hilla Kurki
Curriculum Vitae
Born 1985 in Anjalankoski, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
Education
2018 Master of Arts, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, FI
2015 Bachelor of Arts, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, FI
2015 Stanford Summer International Honors
Prizes
2023 Finalist, Finnish Photobook of the Year 2022, FI
2023 The Most Beautiful Books of 2022, The Finnish Book Art Committee, FI
2019 Still Life Prize, Festival d'Hyères, FR
Exhibitions & Art Fairs
2024 Almost All the Flowers in My Mother’s Garden, Vallilan Panimo Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2024 Nordic Light Festival Festival of Photography, Kristiansund, NO
2024 Nordeljiik Liicht, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
2023 Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, DK
2023 In Defense of Love, Fotografihuset , Oslo, NO
2023 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, SE
2023 Unha Colección Privada, Fundación DIDAC, Santiago de Compostela, ES
2022 BOOKED, MUU Contemporary Art Centre, Helsinki, FI
2022 tunglið, tunglið taktu mig, Gallery Korpúlfsstaðir, Reykjavik, IS
2021 Framed. Activities for the Camera. Gallery Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2021 New Perspectives Through Photography, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI
2021 PBFF Newspaper Vending Machine, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, FI
2020 PBFF Newspaper Vending Machine, Korjaamo, Helsinki, FI
2020 It’s Not the Same River, It’s Not the Same People, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, FI
2019 Wiesbaden Fototage, Wiesbaden, DE
2019 Festival de Hyères, Villa Noailles, FR
2018 Elles X Paris Photo, Paris, FR
2018 CHART Art Fair, Gallery Taik Persons, Copenhagen, DK
2018 The Log Lady - Ulla Jokisalo & Hilla Kurki in dialogue, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, DK
2018 ARCO, Gallery TaiK Persons, Madrid, ES
2017 Paris Photo, Gallery TaiK Persons, Paris, FR
2017 Thread Count, CO-OP, Unseen, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Finland at 100, Abecita Konstmuseum, Borås, SE
2017 Fallen Feathers (from the Phoenix series), Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, DE
2017 Viennacontemporary, Gallery TaiK Persons, Vienna, AT
2017 View:Finland, Landskrona Museum, Landskrona, SE
2017 ARCO, Gallery TaiK Persons, Madrid, ES
2016 Paris Photo, Gallery TaiK Persons, Paris, FR
2016 Viennacontemporary, Gallery TaiK Persons, Vienna, AT
2016 Land Transformed, Myymälä2, Helsinki, FI
2016 Error, Jukka Male Museum, Helsinki, FI
2013 Summer School, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2013 Summer School, TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere, FI
Screenings
2019 Futures Platform x Photo Vogue Festival, Milano, IT
2019 Futures Platform, Unseen, Amsterdam, NL
Publications
2022 Almost All the Flowers in My Mother’s Garden, Khaos Publishing, FI
2020 A Playbook For Friendship, PBFF Photo Books from Finland, FI
Works featured in
2019 The Helsinki School: Nature of Being vol. 6, Hatje Cantz, DE
2019 34e Festival International de Photographie à Hyères, FR
2017 View:Finland, Landskrona Museum, SE
2013 Book of Lies, Musta Taide, FI
Grants
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2021 Finnish Art Society’s Young Artist Grant
2021 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2020 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2019 Frame Contemporary Art Finland
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2017 Aalto University
Memberships
Association of Photographic Artists, Finland
FUTURES
Works in Collections
Collection of Pieter and Marieke Sanders
Finnish State Art Deposit
Villa Noailles Collection
Private Collections in Europe