Curriculume Vitae
SIRPA HÄKLI
PAINTER | VISUAL ARTIST
EDUCATION
2009 University of Helsinki, Finland, Master of Arts
1984–1986 Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow, Poland, Postgraduate Studies
1984 Turku School of Fine Arts, Turku, Finland, Diploma in Visual Arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Upcoming: Gallery A2, Helsinki
2024 Upcoming: Gallery Tyko, Nurmes
2021 Aesthetics and the Artist (II), Arabianranta Publlic Library, Helsinki
2020-2021 Everything Flows, Teijo Masuuni Gallery, Salo
2019 State of Nature, Gallery G, Helsinki
2016 (Mind) Space, Porvoo Art Hall, Art Factory, Porvoo
2015 Obscure and Clear, Gallery G, Helsinki
2015 Tabula Rasa, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
2014 Aesthetics and the Artist, Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2013-2014 Explanations, Kouvola Art Museum Gallery, Kouvola
2013 Painter's Diary, Gallery Ville, Nurmijärvi
2011 Top 25 – Confessions and Other Paintings, Gallery tm, Helsinki
2011 Top 25 Turku, Gallery Berner, Turku
2011 Top 25 Kuopio, Gallery Carrée, Kuopio
2010 Light Therapy, Gallery Rikhard, Helsinki
2009 Updated Autoportrait, Malmitalo Gallery, Helsinki
2008 Metamorphosis, Arabianranta Public Library, Helsinki
1996 Esse - To Be, Gallery G, Helsinki
1993 Monotypes, Gallery Duetto, Helsinki
1993 Landscapes, Gallery Rantagalleria, Turku
1990 Prints and Collages, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
1989 Gallery Taidegraafikot, Helsinki
1988 Gallery Okra, Vantaa
1988 Gallery Artteli, Joensuu
1986 Gallery Joella, Turku
1986 Gallery Sciana Wschodnia, Warsaw, Poland
1986 Gallery Rysunku i Grafiki, Gdynie, Poland
1985 Gallery Maly Rynek, Cracow, Poland
SELECTED DUO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Sirpa Häkli & Carita Maury, Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Åland
1996 Sirpa Häkli & Melek Mazici, Hämeenlinna Art Museum
1990 Jaana Hytönen & Sirpa Häkli, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka
1989 Jaana Hytönen & Sirpa Häkli, Oulu Art Museum
1983 Sirpa Häkli & Ulla-Maija Kallinen, Gallery Naantalin Taidehuone, Naantali
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Upcoming: Thread of Coincidence, Voipaala Art Center, Valkeakoski
2022-2023 Skanno x Finnish Painters' Union, Skanno Showroom, Helsinki
2022 Booked 2022, Muu Contemporary Art Center, Helsinki
2022 Future, Viborg Artists' Association, Gallery Tärinä, Riihimäki
2022 Art Goes Kapakka Festival, Solo Exhibition at Restaurant Kosmos, Helsinki
2019 Unknown Time, Wiurila Summer, Wiurila Manor, Salo
2018 The Light of the North, Vyborg Artist's Association, Gallery Myötätuuli, Raahe
2018 Art Goes Kapakka Festival, Solo Exhibition at Wonderland Work, Helsinki
2018 From Here to There, Vantaa Art Museum Collection Exhibition, Gallery K, Vantaa
2018 Limitless, Kuusisto Art Manor, Kaarina
2017 Unseen Routes, Wiurila Summer, Wiurila Manor, Salo
2016 In and Out; Backman, Fuat Sari, Häkli, Immonen, Särkijärvi, Gallery OnePoint, Turku
2016 86th Annual Exhibition, Viborg Artists' Association, Imatra Art Museum
2014 Vitas 85, Jubilee Exhibition, Vyborg Artists' Association, Järvenpää Art Museum
2014 Printti, Exhibition of Small Prints, Nokia Art House
2013 Drift–Ajelehtia–Drift; Häkli, Butt Juvonen, Maury, Ollikainen, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka
2013 Drift–Ajelehtia–Drift; Häkli, Butt Juvonen, Maury, Ollikainen, Gallery Mältinranta, Tampere
2013 Summer in Gumbostrand, Gallery Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Sibbo
2013 83rd Annual Exhibition, Vyborg Artists' Association, Gallery Poriginal, Pori
2013 Viborg Artists' Association Group, Art Center Honkahovi, Mänttä
2012 Studies on Transformation, Helene Schjerfbeck Jubilee Year Show, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki
2009 Visions; Häkli, Lamminen, Salmijärvi, Ulmanen, Gallery Vanha Raatihuone, Turku
2009 Views; Häkli, Lamminen, Salmijärvi, Ulmanen, Gallery Järnatti, Järvenpää
2008 New Art from Uusimaa Region, Gallery Artborg, Sipoo
2008 New Prints, Gallery G, Helsinki
2007 Quartet – Helsinki Artists' Association 40 Years, Gallery Vuotalo, Helsinki
2006 75 Printmakers; Jubilee Exhibition, Association of Finnish Printmakers, Gallery G, Helsinki
2005–06 The Small g – National Miniprints, Finnish Printmaking 110 Years, Gallery Joella, Turku
2005 The Flower of Death – Finnish Printmaking 110 Years, Lahti Art Brewery
2004–05 66th Annual Exhibition, Union of Finnish Art Associations, Rovaniemi Art Museum
2001 The City Awakens, Vantaa Art Museum
1997–98 Helsinki Artists' Association 30 Years – Finnish Art, Artists' House, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Henna and Pertti Niemistö Contemporary Art Collection, Hämeenlinna Art Museum
1997 30th Jubilee Exhibition, Helsinki Artists' Association, Cable Factory, Helsinki
1997 59th Annual Exhibition, Union of Finnish Art Associations, Hyvinkää Art Museum
1997 Studio Grafiris, Matinpalo Museum, Nastola
1996 Sirpa Häkli, Vappu Johansson, Taina Kokkonen, Gallery Joella, Turku
1995 Regional Exhibition of the Metropolitan Area and The Uusimaa County, Kerava Art Museum
1995 Miniprint Triennial, Gallery Marian portti, Lahti
1994 Suvi-Pinx 25th Jubilee Exhibition, Sysmä
1994 Sirpa Häkli, Eeva-Liisa Isomaa, Melek Mazici, Ann Sundholm, Gallery Artina, Helsinki
1993 Monotype,s Gallery G, Helsinki
1993 98th Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Högfors Factory, Karkkila
1993 New Art from Uusimaa, Gallery Bremer, Karkkila
1992 Pro Graphica Triennial, Gallery Mino, Lohja
1992 Miniprint Triennial, Gallery Marian portti, Lahti
1992 Pictures on Cards, Gallery Rantagalleria, Turku
1992 Sirpa Häkli, Kirsi Neuvonen, Tuomo Saali, Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä
1992 Garner Tullis Master Class, Gallery of Jyväskylä Artists' Association, Jyväskylä
1990 The Print Event, Art Salon Bellarte, Turku
1989 Pro Graphica Triennial, Gallery Mino, Lohja,
1989 Salon Maila Talvio, Mansion of Vanha-Koskipää, Hartola
1989 94th Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Kouvola Art Museum
1988 93rd Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists, Helsinki Art Hall
1988 Free Artists, Gallery Brinkkala, Turku
1987 40th Exhibition of Young Artists, Helsinki Art Hall
1986 Turku Printmakers' Association, Hamina & Masku
1986 Turku Printmakers' Association, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä & Gallery Joella, Turku
1985 38th Exhibition of Young Artists, Helsinki Art Hall
1985 Piet Clement Master Class, School of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1984 State Exhibition, Art Museum of South Carelia, Lappeenranta
1983 36th Exhibition of Young Artists, Helsinki Art Hall
1983 Regional Exhibition of Turku and Pori County, Åland Art Museum, Mariehamn
1983 45th Annual Exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, Pori Art Museum
1983 10th Jubilee Exhibition of the Vantaan Artists' Association, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2019 Postcard Perspectives, Artspace at Untitled, Oklahoma City, United States
2018 Enter into Art, International Art Installations, Cologne, Germany
2009 Transitions–Siirtymiä–Förskjutningar-Átmenet, Gallery Padlás, Balatonalmádi, Hungary
2001-2002 Nordic Aquarelle, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki & Mikkeli Art Museum & Pohjanmaa Museum, Vaasa, Finland
1997-1999 International Print Triennial Cracow ´97, Contemporary Art Gallery Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow, Poland & Fair Center, Nurenberg, Germany & Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1997 International Mini Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania
1995 Biennial of Graphic Art, Nykobing-Falster, Denmark
1995 International Miniprint Triennial, Gallery Marian Portti, Lahti, Finland
1994 Qvinnlia Art, Nordic Female Artists' Exhibition, Lycksele, Sweden
1990 International Print Triennial, Vaasa Art Hall, Finland
1989 International Quadriennial the Small Graphic Forms, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
1989 Exhibition the Small Graphic Forms, Museum of Education, Habana, Cuba
1987 Biennial the Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland
1987 Salgotarjan Intersymposion, Nógrád Historical Museum, Salgótarján, Hungary
1987 Turku Printmakers' Association, Art Hall Kunsthaus Grenchen, Switzerland
1984 International Print Triennial, Vaasa Art Hall, Finland
1984 Aberdeen Youth Festival, Exhibition of Prints and Photos, Aberdeen, Scotland
1983 5th Polish-Finnish Maritime Print Exhibition, National Museum, Gdansk, Poland &
COLLECTIONS
Public Collections in Finland
Finnish State Art Deposit Collection
Finnish Parliament Art Collection
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finnish Printmakers Collection
Keuruu Art Museum
Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
Salo Art Museum Veturitalli
Vantaa Art Museum Artsi
City of Turku Art Collection
Municipality of Tohmajärvi Art Collection
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Contemporary Art Collection
Miina Sillanpää Foundation
Nordea Art Foundation
Fortum Ltd., Huhtamäki Ltd., Kemira Ltd., Sampo Group, Tapiola Ltd., Telia Finland
Public Collections Abroad
Central Slovak Gallery, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
City Art Gallery, Lódz, Poland
Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
Luciano Benetton Collection Imago Mundi, Treviso, Italy
Lyan Fonden, Lycksele, Sweden
Ministry of National Education, Poland
National Art Museum, Cluj, Romania
National Museum, Gdansk, Poland
Sándor Nógrádi Museum, Salgótarján, Hungary
AWARDS AND TITLES
2022 Arts Promotion Center Finland, Covid-19 Grant for Visual Artists
2021 Arts Promotion Center Finland, Covid-19 Grant for Visual Artist
2016 Arts Promotion Center Finland, Residency Grant
2015 Arts Promotion Center Finland, Project Grant
2015 Arts Promotion Center Finland, Arts Council of Uusimaa, Project Grant
2014 Vyborg Artists' Association, Honorary Award
2011 Arts Council of Finland, Project Grant
2011 Arts Council of Finland, Public Display Grant for Visual Artists
2002 Arts Council of Finland, Public Display Grant for Visual Artists
1997 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Grant for Visual Artist
1995 Oskar Öflund Foundation, Grant for Visual Artist
1995 Arts Council of Uusimaa, Grant for Visual Artist
1995 Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, Residency Grant
1994 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Grant for Visual Artist
1994 Niilo Helander Foundation, Grant for Visual Artist
1993 Finnish Academy of Arts, Grant for Visual Artist
1991 Arts Council of Finland, Arts Council of Uusimaa, Grant for Visual Artist
1990 Arts Council of Finland, Project Grant
1990 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Grant for Visual Artist
1989 City of Vantaa 10 Years Jubilee Fund, Grant for Visual Artist
1988 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Cultural Foundation, Grant for Visual Artist
1987 City of Vantaa 10 Years Jubilee Fund, Grant for Visual Artist
1986 Leo and Regina Wainstein Foundation, Grant for Visual Artist
1984–1986 Polish Ministry of Education, Scholarships for Postgraduate Studies
1983 5th Polish-Finnish Maritime Print Competition, Honorary Award
1982 Turku Art Association, Study Award
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2021 Tohmajärvi Municipality, Finland
2019 Arenys de Mar, Spain
2016 Cité International des Arts Paris, France
2012 Åland Achipelago Artist-in-Residence, Kökar, Finland
2011 Casa de artistas finlandeses, Marbella, Spain
2009 10th International Artists' Symposium, Felsőörs, Hungary
1999 Finnish Cultural Institute in Athens, Greece
1996 Frans Masereel Art Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
1995 Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, United States
1991 Onni Oja Residence, Keuruu, Finland
1990 Cité International des Arts Paris, France
1987 Salgótarján Intersymposion, Mátra Almás, Hungary
1983 5th Polish-Finnish Artists' Symposium, Jastarnia, Poland
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Painters' Union (Member)
Helsinki Artists' Association (Member)
Vyborg Artists' Association (Member)
Copyright Society for Visual Artists Kuvasto (Member | Client)