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Sanna Kannisto
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Biography

Sanna Kannisto

born 1974 in Hämeenlinna/FI, lives and works in Helsinki
 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022
Research on Wonder, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Sense of Wonder, Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne

2020
Sanna Kannisto: Sense of Wonder, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki

2019
Fieldwork, Centro de la Imagen, Lima
Observing Eye, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki

2018        
Wanderer, Observer and Conveyor, EMOP photofestival, Gallery Taik, Berlin
A Song System, Metronom Gallery, Modena

2017          
Ulisse Aldrovandi Museum, Bologna
Gallery Metronom, Modena

2015        
Local Vernacular, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki       
Local Vernacular, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris

2013          
Far, Fabbrica Arte Rimini, Galleria d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Rimini

2012
Fieldwork, Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse
Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin
Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris

2011        
Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
Fieldwork, Aperture Gallery, New York
Gallery Kalhama & PIIPPO Contemporary, Helsinki

2010        
Close Observer, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Le centre photographique d'lle-de-France CPIF, Pintault Compault (mit Ikka Halso)
Festival of Photography, Knokke-Heist
Äärimmäisyyksien yhteinen tekijä, WAM, Turku
Baltimore Contemporary, Baltimore
Für Hund und Katz ist auch noch Platz,Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt am Main
The romantic construct,Prague Bienniale, Prague

2008        
Observations, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Contemporary Art Centre, Bignan
Korjaamo Culture Factory, Gallery 1 & 2, Helsinki
Etrange Fascination, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt

2007        
act of flying, Georg Kargl BOX, Vienna

2006        
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
Tangle* *enchevêtrement, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Yours Gallery, Warsaw
Private Collection, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Berlin
Gallery F-Station, Month of Photography in Krakow, Krakow
Galleria K, Huittinen
Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen

2004        
Private Collection, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris 

2002
MinäSinäMe, Finnish Institute, Paris 
Finnish Institute, Madrid
Hippolyte Photographic Gallery, Helsinki

2001        
CuLTUR, Västerås
VB-Photographic Centre, Kuopio
Rantagalleria, Oulu

2000        
Gallery of the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki 
Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
Böse Blumen, ERES Projects, Munich
BESTIAIRES, Centre Culturel Jacques Brel, Thionville

2022
Snowflakes and Other Surprises, Landskrona Foto, Sweden
Festival photo of La Baden-Gacilly, Baden
Snowflakes and Other Surprises, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen

2021
New Perspectives Through Photography - 25 Years of Helsinki School, Kunsthalle Helsinki
Model Animal, Kunsthaus Göttingen, Göttingen
Langt ud i skoven, Skovhuset Kunst & Natur, Værløse
Whose Natur?, Jyväskylä art Museum, Jyväskylä

2020
Illusionary Observations, Museum für Photographie Braunschweig
Frischer Wind aus dem Norden!, Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lubeck
Working on it, Helsinki Contemporary
Life under Threat: Intersections of art and science, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki

2018
Nature as a Playgrounde, The Museum of Photography, Seoul
Considering Finnland, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen and Port25 Raum für Gegenwartskunst, Mannheim
Endangered Species: Artists on the Fornt Line of Biodiversity, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA

2017          
Kerava Art Museum, Kerava
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki

2016         
Les Explorateurs, Parc de Clères, Clères
Longing for Landscape – Landscape Photography, Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin
Paradise Lost, Kunsthalle and Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot

2015          
Fotografia Contemporanea dall’Europa nord-occidentale, Fondazione Fotografia Modena

2014          
Collective Collection, volet 2, BBB centre d’art, Toulouse
Summer Selections– De Buck Gallery, New York City, New York
Asombrosas afinidades, PHE2014,Fundación Antonio Saura. Casa Zavala, Cuenza
Nordic Light International Festival of Photography, Kristiansund
Le bestiaire des photographes,Centre culturel Henri-Desbals, Toulouse

2013          
ARTE Vidéo Night 5/ screening, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Reality Bites(2 Nov. 2012 – 14 April 2013),Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki 
Drôles d’oiseaux, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
The Near and the Distant – Photography and Space, Künstlerhaus Dortmund

2012        
Jäger und Gejagte -  Insekten in der Gegenwartskunst, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot 
State of the Art - New Contemporary Photography, NRW-Forum, Dusseldorf

2011        
A Female View. Part 2-aus der Helsinki School, Foto Raum, Vienna
Beautiful Vagabonds, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Essays on Geopoetics, 8th Mercos ul Biennial, Porto Alegre

2010        
Strange Travelers, curated by Mark Dion, Tanja Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Wald, Städtische Galerie Waldkaiburg, Waldkraiburg
Speed, Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas
Repeat All, Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas

2009        
The Tree, Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Toreby
Les Nuits d’été, La Galerie la Ferronnerie, Paris
Urban Story, Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki
Contemporary art in Finland and Sweden, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna
Nature en kit, MUDAC, Lausanne

2008        
Struggle for life, ERES-Stiftung, Munich
observing beast, time, evolution – Kunst und Naturwissenschaft, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
CPIF - Le Centre Photographique d'Ile de France, Pontault-Combault

2007        
Repeat all, Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago de Chile
Forschen und Erfinden - Die Recherche mit Bildern in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Self-timer, National Museum of Bucharest, Bukarest
Eläinten aika – Age of the Animal, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
Photo Finnish - The Helsinki School, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo

2006        
Selvudløser / Self-Timer, Kunsthallen Nikolaj – Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen
Art, Life & Confusion, 47th October Salon 2006 - The Belgrade Biennial, Belgrade Cultural Centre, Belgrade
3 photographes finlandais, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Focus Finland, KBB - Kültur Büro Barcelona
Repeat All, Vevey
Vidifestival06 - The International Festival of Video art of Valencia, Valencia 
Art et Science: Nature Objective, Galerie de la maison de la culture de Nevers
Art Supermarket, Pikasso, Helsinki
Glasgow Festival of Contemporary Visual Art, Tramway, Glasgow
The Faraway Nearby, White Box, New York
Self-timer/ Selbstauslöser, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Presence, Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku

2005        
Cinema Capacete V – loop // not video, nor cinema, neither televison, Florianópolis
Trophées, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
The Helsinki School – A New Approach, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 
Paris Photo 2005, for Gallery Van Zoetendaal and Gallery Taik, Amsterdam, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
To be continued, Helsinki Photography Festival, Kunsthalle, Helsinki 
To Look or to See, the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
Personally, Kulturhuset, Stockholm 
À Table(s), Art Center Chamarande - Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, Chamarande
Kallankukka ja muita terälehtiä, Hippolyte Photographic Gallery, Helsinki
Elina Brotherus invite sur La Cimaise, FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville lès Rouen

2004        
PhotoFesta 2004, Maputo, Mozambique
Art Forum Berlin – Messe Berlin, for Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, Messegelände Berlin, Berlin
The world of Objects, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere
Festival de photographie nature et paysage 2004, La Gacilly
La Maison des Arts d’Antony, Paris 
30 by Taik, the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
Arpenteuses, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
The world of Objects, Kunsthalle, Helsinki

2003        
Au bord du lac ...de Paris a Zürich, Erlenbach-Zürich, Zurich
Fünf Positionen Finnischer Fotografie, Kunstverein Schwerte, Schwerte
Nuoret 2003, Kunsthalle, Helsinki 
Selfportrait, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris

2002        
Photography and Video, Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere
Iquitos–Helsinki.com, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris
Masters of Arts, the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki


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