Born Turku, Finland
Lives and works in London
Education
2014 - 2015 Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA), Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2011 - 2014 Turku Arts Academy, Turku, Finland
Exhibitions
2019
Elevate 02, Group Exhibition, The Shard, London, UK
Continuum, Group Exhibition, The Folded Space Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, UK
ArtCan Group Exhibition, 44 Hallam Street venue, London, UK
Boundaries & Beyond, Group Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
Solo exhibition, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam, The Netherlands curated by Lisette Schumacher
2018
Summer Salon 2018, Candid Arts Trust, London, UK
Summer Salon 2018, Islington Arts Factory, London, UK
Anamnesis, Studio Seine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017
Angel Christmas Fair salon exhibition, Candid Arts Trust, London, UK
401½ Studios Pop-up exhibition, Circus West Village, London, UK
A Letter In Mind, Callery OXO, London, UK
Summer Salon 2017, Islington Arts Factory, London, UK
Matter of time, Cacaofabriek – group, Helmond, the Netherlands
2016
Group Exhibition, Candid Arts, London, UK
Meet the Artist Pop-up Exhibition, Meet the Artist Pop-up Gallery, London, UK
Emerging Art Now - 2ª edição, Galeria Emergentes dst, Braga, Portugal
Bath Open Art Prize, 44AD Artspace, Fringe Arts Bath – group, Bath, UK
New thing 2, Next Gallery, Piacenza, Italy
Transmogrify, Assembled by Root – group, Duo exhibition with Mark Vrinzen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
That Missing thing, Art Week Rotterdam, Assembled by Root – group, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2015
A Spacebetween, The Stone Space Gallery, London, UK
Platform for Emerging Arts #8, Leyden Gallery, London, UK
Go and get'em, WDK Finals, Hofplein 20, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Echoes from the Guest House, Duo exhibition with Lisette Schumacher,
Niffo Project Space, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2014
Public & Private, Group exhibition, Gelderseplein 46, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
A B.A.D Social Club, Group exhibition, Foundation b.a.d, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2013
Rajamailla, Duo exhibition, Köysirata Gallery, Turku, Finland
2012
Rakenteilla, Group exhibition, Köysirata Gallery, Turku, Finland
Skin, Solo exhibition, Turku Book Café, Turku, Finland
Residencies
2016 Art Camp Residency, Maine, USA
Prize/Nomination
2016
Shortlisted Blooom Award
2nd Prize, Bath Open Art Prize, Bath, UK
Projects
2014
Walking in your mind; Community art project, Laurens Binneweg, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2013
In-House Artist; Design and creation of a multi-wall painting, Theater Toivo, Helsinki, Finland
Taidelma; Community art project. Turku’s Mental Health Society (ITU ry), Turku, Finland
Synthesis; Art Collaboration, Somero Kivimeijeri Gallery, Somero, Finland
Work experience
2015 Summer art trainee, Bold Tendencies, London, UK
2014 Summer art trainee, Bold Tendencies, London, UK
05/2013 – 08/2013 Artist Assistant to Eemyun Kang, London, UK
Web publicatios
2016
assembledbyroot.com. Root Interview|Meeting Maria Kokkonen, 18-01-2016
flaneur.me.uk. Platform for Emerging Artists #8 at @LeydenGallery, 15-10- 2015
lost-painters.nl, Eindexamen Expositie; Willem de Kooning Academie, 11-07-2015
blikvangen.nl, ‘NIFFO - Maria Kokkonen / Lisette Schumacher’, 26-05-2015
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