CV | VILJAMI HEINONEN
Born 1986 | Lives and works in Vesilahti, Finland
EDUCATION
2008-2012 Kankaanpää Art School | Kankaanpää, Finland
2010-2011 Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design | Slovenia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Laukko Manor Summer Exhibition | Vesilahti, Finland
TBA | MAKASIINI CONTEMPORARY | Turku, Finland
2021-2022
Arboretum | Galerie Forsblom | Helsinki, Finland
2021
Halcyon Days | MAKASIINI CONTEMPORARY | Turku, Finland
2020
Laukko Manor | Vesilahti, Finland
2019-2020
Weather The Storm | MAKASIINI CONTEMPORARY, Turku, Finland
2018
Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2017
Zone | MAKASIINI CONTEMPORARY, Turku, Finland
Phantasmagoria, MAKASIINI CONTEMPORARY | Turku, Finland
2016
TM-gallery | Helsinki, Finland
Galery Pleiku | Berlin, Germany
2014
Gallery Å | Turku, Finland
Gallery Technopolis | Espoo, Finland
Gallery Ronga | Tampere, Finland
2013
Gallery Katariina, Helsinki | Finland
Kankaanpää Art School | Kankaanpää, Finland
Poriginal Gallery | Pori, Finland
2011
Gallery Ronga | Tampere, Finland
2010
Paintings | Kankaanpää City Library, Kankaanpää, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Untitled Art | MAKASIINI CONTEMPORARY, Miami FL, USA
2020
My Perversion Is the Belief in Art | Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
The Centenary Exhibition of the Tampere Artists’ Association | Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
2017
Art Goes Logomo | Turku, Finland
Real Celebration! | Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Between the Past and the Future | Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland
2015
Young Artists 2015 | Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
The New Members of Tampere Artists’ Association | Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland
2014
The Art of Basware Exhibition | Music Hall, Helsinki, Finland
2013
ArtHelsinki International Contemporary Art Event | Gallery Katariina’s section, Helsinki, Finland
The Art of Basware Exhibition | Music Hall, Helsinki, Finland
2012
The Empire of Art | Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
The Art of Basware Exhibition | Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Finland
Kankaanpää Art School Degree Exhibition | ”Eyewitnesses” | Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
AvaraTaide ry: Group Exhibition | Tampere House, Tartu, Estonia
2011
The Art of Basware Exhibition | Sanomatalo, Helsinki, Finland
Ljubljana Art Academy Student Exhibition | Ljubljana, Slovenia
Imatra Art School Exchange Show | Imatra, Finland
2010
Spring Exhibition | Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää, Finland
2009
Fall Exhibition | Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää, Finland
Open Exhibition | Gallery Portaits, Pori, Finland
2008
Open Young Artists Exhibition | Rauma, Finland
AWARDS | GRANTS
2020
Art Promotion Centre Finland, COVID-19 Grant
2019
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project Grant
2017
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Public Display Grant
Finnish Art Society | Young Artist Grant
2015
Pirkanmaa Cultural Fundation, Finland | Grant for 6 months
2014
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Finland | Grant for 6 months
2013
The Art of Basware 2013, Finland | 1st Price
Satakunta Art Committee, Finland | Grant for 6 months
2012
Kankaanpää Art School, Finland | Exhibition grant
COLLECTIONS
HAM | Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
Saastamoinen Foundation | Finland
Tampere City | Finland
Kankaanpää Rehabilitation Centre | Finland
Kankaanpää Museum | Finland
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences | Finland
Pori Art Museum | Finland
Basware Ltd. | Finland
The State of Finland
Wihuri Foundation | Finland
Miettinen Collection | Finland
Heino Collection | Finland
Nelimarkka Foundation Collection | Finland