Ville Andersson
Ville Andersson (b.1986) is a versatile artist, both in his use of different media and in his variety of styles and themes. His series comprise, among others, photographs, drawings, 3D computer design, coding, paintings, installations and texts.
Andersson lives and works in Helsinki. He studied at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. He has exhibited actively, including at: EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Vitraria Glass +A Museum, Venice; Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen; The Centre for Photography, Stockholm; FOMU – Fotomuseum provincie Antwerpen, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo & The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
He was named Young Artist of the Year 2015 in Finland, an honour which included two solo exhibitions – at Tampere Art Museum and Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku – and a published volume of his works. Andersson has been awarded also with the Grönqvistska stiftelsen prize, Anita Snellman Foundation grant, the Stinka Krooks Foundation prize and William Thuring Prize. In 2022 Andersson was awarded the Watermill Center's Inga Maren Otto Fellowship.
Besides exhibitions, Andersson is actively involved in many communal and interdisciplinary projects. Previous projects include: a series of stamps for the Finnish postal service, tableware for the company Arabia, stage-set and costume designs for a theatre play, collaboration with the Academic Bookstore and artworks for a home for senior citizens.
In 2020-2021, the city of Tampere built a tram system. Andersson created graphic patterns for all the new tram stop shelters in the city. In 2020, Andersson created artworks for the End-of-life care at Kerava Public Health Care Center.
Andersson is one of the artists chosen for Platform GÁTT. Five high profile multidisciplinary arts festivals and institutions in the Nordic region band together in Platform GÁTT, with the mission to bring together and highlight young artists living and working in the Nordic countries. The arts festivals are Reykjavík Arts Festival, Bergen International Festival, Nuuk Nordic Culture festival, Helsinki Festival & The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands.
Andersson’s works are in several public collections, including: Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma; Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection; the Amos Anderson Art Museum; and the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection |
Contact:
info (a) villeandersson.com
Represented by
Education
The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Artek Helsinki, Helsinki 2021 Helsinki Contemporary 2018 Loko Gallery, Tokyo 2018 Finnland-Institut in Deutschland, Berlin 2018 Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki 2016 Iittala & Arabia Design Centre, Helsinki 2016 The Centre for Photography, Stockholm 2016 Diesel Art Gallery, Tokyo 2016 Market Art Fair, Stockholm 2016 Finlandsinstitutet, Stockholm 2015 Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku 2015 Tampere Art Museum, Tampere 2015 Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki 2014 Vasa Konsthall, Vasa 2014 Loviisa cultural center, Lovisa 2014 ARCOmadrid, Madrid 2014 Pro Artibus Foundation, Ekenäs 2012 Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki 2010 Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki 2010 My o My, Helsinki
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki 2022 What Cafe - Warehouse of art, Tokyo 2021 The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 2021 Kunsthal Charlottenborg - Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen 2021 Lappeenranta Art Museum 2020 Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi 2020 Helsingin Juhlaviikot - Helsinki Fest, Helsinki 2020 Loko Gallery, Tokyo 2019 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo 2019 Oulu Museum of Art, Oulu 2019 Stymphalia Environment Museum, Stymphalia 2019 Toshima City Hall, Tokyo 2019 Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio 2019 Pinxinmäki, Sysmä 2019 Galleri Sinne, Helsinki 2018 Seinäjoki Kunsthalle, Seinäjoki 2018 Max Ernst Museum, Brühl 2018 Nordic Museum, Seattle 2018 Bank of Finland, Helsinki 2017 Lachenmann Art, Konstanz 2017 Unseen Amsterdam, Amsterdam 2017 Kunsthal Charlottenborg - Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen 2017 Museum of Sydney, Sydney 2017 Salon Dahlmann, Berlin 2017 Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld 2017 Museum Weserburg, Bremen 2017 Kallio Kunsthalle, Helsinki 2017 Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki 2016 Design Museum Arabia, Helsinki 2016 FOMU Fotomuseum, Antwerp 2016 Art Helsinki, Helsinki 2016 Watermill Center, New York 2016 Salon Dahlmann, Berlin 2016 Lokal, Helsinki 2016 Xidan Square, Beijing 2016 Taidekeskus Taarasti, Nastola 2016 Kuparipaja, Fiskars 2015 The Teresia and Rafael Lönnström Home Museum, Rauma 2015 Loviisa cultural center, Lovisa 2014 EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo 2014 Vitraria Glass +A Museum, Venice 2014 Rare gallery, New York 2014 Casa de Cultura de Grado, Asturias 2014 Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin 2014 Festival Horizonte Zingst, Zingst 2014 Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki 2014 Tampere Art Museum, Tampere 2013 Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki 2013 Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää 2013 Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki 2013 Lokal Art Space, Helsinki 2012 Kuntsi Museum of modern art, Vaasa 2012 Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki 2012 Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki 2012 The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki 2012 National Art Center, Tokyo 2012 EteläKarjala Art Museum, Lappeenranta 2012 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 2011 Kerava Art Museum, Kerava 2011 Museo Tornielli, Ameno 2011 Riihimäki Art Museum, Riihimäki 2011 Fotofestival Horizonte Zingst, Zingst 2010 Diamantenbörse, Frankfurt Am Main 2010 White Night Skopje 2010 Photokina, Cologne 2010 Lönnström Art Museum, Raumo 2010 Lasipalatsi Square, Helsinki
Works In Collections:
Private Collections Amos Anderson Art Museum Finnish Art Society The Bank of Finland Lönnström Art Museum Pro Artibus Foundations Ostrobothnian Museum Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art Tampere Art Museum The Paulo Foundation Päivi & Paavo Lipponen Foundation Heino Art Foundation Kouvola Art Museum The Watermill Center National Treasures Museum Japan FAN museum Japan Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Art Collection - City of Rovaniemi Saastamoinen Art Foundation Espoo Museum of Modern Art Lars Swanljung Art Collection Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art
Grants:
2021 Finnish Cultural Foundation 2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland 2019 Finnish Cultural Foundation 2017 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland 2016 The Nordic Art Association 2015 Finnish Cultural Foundation 2014 Frame Visual Art Finland 2014 Arts Promotion Centre Finland 2013 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland 2013 Finnish Cultural Foundation 2013 Art Promotion Centre Finland
Prizes, nominations and stipends:
2023 William Thuring Prize 2022 Inga Maren Otto Fellowship 2015 The Young Artist of the Year in Finland Award 2014 ARCO - Spanish Art Critics Association (AECA) Award - Finalist 2012 Grönqvistska Stiftelsen stipend 2012 Anita Snellman Foundation stipend 2012 Japan Media Arts Festival Jury Selection works 2011 Stina Krook Foundation Prize 2010 Photokina Best Stand Jury Prize
2016 The book Ville Andersson 2009-2015 was chosen as one of the most beautiful books of the year 2015 by the Finnish Book Art Committee
2016 Ville Andersson 2009-2015 won the book of the year 2015 (1st prize) at Antalis Design & Print awards in Finland.
2015 The exhibition catalogue My Little Empire was chosen as one of the most beautiful books of the year 2014 by the Finnish Book Art Committee
Residences:
2023 Art Quarter Budapest, Budapest 2022 The Waternill Center, New York 2018 The Waternill Center, New York 2016 The Centre for Photography, Stockholm 2012 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Prize New York Residence 2012 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Residence Berlin
Talks / Lectures:
The Nordic House - Faroe Island, University of Osaka, The Swedish Embassy in Tokyo, The Fine Arts Academy of Finland, Pecha Kucha, Helsinki Design Week, Habitare Design Event, the Finnish parliament, University of Helsinki, Iittala & Arabia Design Centre, The Arts Promotion Centre Finland + various museums, galleries and schools.
Interviews, Articles, Reviews
Among others:
Domus, GQ Japan, Huffington Post, Numéro Japan, Helsingin Sanomat, Finnair Blue Wings, Yatzer, Oak - Nordic Journal, KUNSTforum, Taide, Taide & Design Sweden's public broadcaster SVT, TV-Nytt, MTV3 Uutiset, To magazine, DailyServing, Niin&Näin, Madame Figaro Suomen Kuvalehti, Creators - Vice, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, TimeOut, Geo.de, Cinra.net PAC Plataforma de Arte Contemporaneo, Eeva, Kansan Uutiset, Hits Paper, Studenbladet, Art.es, Anna, Kuriren, HBL, Hypocrite Design, Turun Sanomat, Republica.com, Fashionsnap.com Tokyo Art Beat, Kotiliesi, Radio Helsinki, FAT magazine, Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, El Mundo, Hämeen Sanomat, Deko, Åbo Underrättelser, Kulttuurihaitari, Shift.jp, Cinemacafe.net Booooooom, Optio, EDIT media, Aamulehti, Classic FM, Olivia, Cross Connect Magazine, Creat.fi Blouin Art Info, Frontier, Asun, Taiteilija-lehti, Mustekala.info, Gloria, Sveriges Radio, National Geographic, The Carolina Quarterly, Nyt, Östnyland, thenumber4, Ny Tid, ARTNAU, Kauppalehti, Plus81 Magazine, Fashion-headline.com, EstElle, Yahoo! Beauty Japan, Designcollector Tokyo Weekender, Fashion-press.net, El Cultural + various Finnish newspapers.
Other artistic activities:
2020- Member of Platform GÁTT Project collaboration between Reykjavík Arts Festival, Bergen International Festival, Nuuk Nordic Culture festival, Helsinki Festival and The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands. 2020 Grahpic patterns for the roofs of tram stop shelters in the city of Tampere 2020 Collaboration with Kerava Health Care Center 2019 Tote Design for the Watermill Center 2018 Visual Identity - Home for senior citizens 2018 Collaboration with the Academic Bookstore 2017 Hej Hylje-charity project for the benefit of the Baltic Sea. 2016 Collaboration with Arabia 2016 Stamps for the Finnish postal service 2015 Jury member in the PON-drawing competition organised by the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland 2015 Set Design for the play "Lungs" at Klockriketeatern 2014 May & June - Exhibition at Hasan & Partners, Helsinki 2014 Mars - Exhibition at Helsinki Contemporary Showroom 2013 Flow Festival, Helsinki The hate destroyer wall painting 2012 Artworks for the tv-series Helsingin Herra 2011 Turku365 - European Capital of Culture event: Art to the people 2010 Manifesta8, Murcia workshop with Chamber of Public Secrets 2010 Artworks for the movie Bad Family
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