Venla Helenius
Education
2019 Exchange studies. Universität der Kunst. Berlin. Germany.
2019- (2021) Master of fine arts. Time and space art. Academy of Fine Arts. Helsinki. Finland.
2015-2019 Bachelor of fine arts. Time and space art. Academy of Fine Arts. Helsinki. Finland.
2015- 2017 Master of art. Art pedagogy. Aalto-university, university of art, design and architecture, Department of Art. Helsinki. Finland.
2010-2015 Bachelor of art. Art pedagogy. Aalto-university, university of art, design and architecture, Department of Art. Helsinki. Finalnd.
2009-2010 Visual culture, one year programme. Pekka Halonen academy.
Tuusula. Finland.
2005-2008 Kaarina high school. Kaarina. Finland.
Selected exhibitions, screenings and performances
// Upcoming // 2022 Leaking skin, Galleria Ars Libera, Kuopio. Finland.
// Upcoming // 2022 Tampere film festival, Tampere. Screening of the video work You Bring the light.
Tampere. Finland.
// Upcoming // 2022 +2 c. Multimedia opera in collaboration with composer Tytti Arola and Haloa choir. Music House Helsinki & Logomo Turku.
2021 Rönsy. Summer exhibition 2021 by Ars Häme ry. Gallery Linna. Hämeenlinna. Finland.
2021 Piu Mosso. Performance. Gallery Linna. Hämeenlinna. Finland.
2020 You bring the light screening. VAFT video art festival. Turku. Finland.
2020 HYPINÄ. Video installation. Exhibition Laboratory. Helsinki. Finland.
2020 Tyyntyminen. Performance in collaboration with poet Milka Luhtaniemi. Madhouse Helsinki. Helsinki. Finland.
2019 You bring the light. Audiovisual installation. In collaboration with Teo Ala-Ruona.
Titanik gallery. Turku. Finland.
2019 Poeten på Hörnet. Screening of the video work A Pool House. Poeten på Hörnet video art festival, Malmö. Sweden.
2019 Can’t Leave Home Without It. Exhibition. Galerija MKC. Split. Croatia.
2019 Aftercafe. Urban apa- festival. Ateneum Museum. Helsinki. Finland.
2019 Stragenly Familiar. Performance in collaboration with Minna Partanen sekä Joseph Wessmann. Ufer Studios. Berlin. Germany.
2019 Cry, Heart, but never give up. Installation In collaboration with Suvi Kemppainen.
Ufer Studios. Berlin. Germany.
2019 A Pool House II. Video installation in the exhibition Young Artists of 2019. Kunsthalle. Helsinki. Finland.
2018 A Pool House. Site specific audio work. Vuosaari hotel swimming pool. Helsinki. Finland. 2018 Object II. Multimedia installation in collaboration with Blaue Frau. SYMPOSIUM: #METOO. Kultur Verftet. Helsingør. Denmark.
2018 Lately this body has been quite hazy. Exhibition laboratory. Helsinki. Finland.
2018 Nowhere in Particular. Free Art Space. Helsinki. Finland.
2018 A Conch. Gängeviertel, Hamburg. Germany.
2017 Ksenos. Merihaka. Helsinki. Finland.
2017 Object I. Site specific installation in collaboration with Blaue Frau. Helsinki. Finland.
2016 RAVE. SIC – gallery. Helsinki. Finland.
2016 The Sense of being in Silence. Exhibition Laboratory. Helsinki. Finland.
2015 Atmospheres. Asematila. Helsinki. Finland.
2015 Ars Auttoinen 2015. Group exhibition. Auttoinen. Finland.
2014 White horses. B-galleria, Turku.
2012 Please Close the door. Werkstadt, Berlin, Saksa.
2012 Shivers. XL Art Space, Helsinki.
Other work experience in the field of art
2012- Freelancer photographer & videographer. Multiply commissions.
2020-2021 Assistant to video artist and film director Agnieszka Polska. Berlin. Germany.
2018 Dreaming of more sustainable artistic practices I. Serie of lectures. Aalto-university. Helsinki. Finland. 2016-2018 Assistant to artist Maarit Hedman. Espoo. Finland.
2015-2018 Head of Asematila art gallery. Helsinki. Finland.
2014 Yhteismaa ry. Intern in the urban art organization. Helsinki. Finland.
2013 Kiasma contemporary art museum & Ihme festival. Planning and teaching workshops. Helsinki. Finland. 2012-2013 Kiasma contemporary art museum. Art interpreter. Helsinki. Finland.
Publications
2020 Art and friendship in the book Ystävämö. Editor Aleksandra Kiskonen. Kuvataideakatemia. Helsinki.
2018 a Pool House. Kuvataideakatemia. Helsinki.
2017 Ole kuin kotonasi, Taiteen vieraanvaraisuudesta (Be at home – the hospitality of art). Aalto-yliopisto. Helsinki
2015 Olohuone ja spektaakkeli – Intertekstuaalinen tutkielma situationismin ja paikkasidonnaisen taiteen suhteesta.
(Living room and spectacle – intertextual research in International situationists and site specific art). Aalto-yliopisto. Helsinki.
Residencies
2019 Särö residency. Frankfurt Oder. Germany.
2018 Academy of fine arts residency. Berlin. Germany.
2017 Kilpisjärvi biological station residency. Kilpisjärvi. Finland.
Grants
2021 Arts promotion center Finland 2020 Arts promotion center Finland 2020 Arts promotion center Finland 2019 Kone foundation
2019 Paulo foundation
2019 Arts promotion center Finland 2017 Niilo Helander foundation