Born in Pieksämäki, Finland 1961.
Lives and works in Helsinki and Berlin.
Education
1980–1985 The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
(Supervised by Matti Kujasalo, Paul Osipow)
1991–1992 Institut des Hautes Études en Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
(Supervised by Pontus Hultén, Daniel Buren)
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2026Who’s Afraid of Red Stains and Yellow Snow? Hua International, Berlin, Germany
2024Marianna Uutinen, Laukon Kartano, Vesilahti, Finland (Curator: Ilkka Tikkanen)
2023 Marianna Uutinen, Miettinen Collection, Berlin, Germany
2022Trashy Cosmos, Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2021 I Hear You, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Bathroom Stories, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2018 LIVE, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2017 WAIT LIGHT, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg; Kunststation, Wolfsburg, Germany (Curator: Susanne Pfleger)
So wie wir sind 1.0 / Miettinen Collection; Artist’s Space – Marianna Uutinen, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Germany (Curators: Ingo Clauß and Janneke de Vries)
2016 Free, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2015 Plastic Sky, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Trans, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2013 Last Supper, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany (together with Anselm Reyle)
I am Painting, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Marianna Uutinen, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Out and In, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (together with Jussi Niva)
2011
Marianna Uutinen – New Paintings, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Marianna Uutinen, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Marianna Uutinen, Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola, Finland
Marianna Uutinen, Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2007 Ytimestä / Coring, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland; Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland (Curator: Pilvi Kalhama)
2006 Marianna Uutinen, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Marianna Uutinen, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Marianna Uutinen, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2002 Acts from Every Place, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2001 Marianna Uutinen, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1999Marianna Uutinen, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Arkipelag, project room, History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden (Curator: David Neuman)
Marianna Uutinen, Galleria Figure, Turin, Italy
1997 Marianna Uutinen, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Marianna Uutinen – Teckningar, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Natural, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Marianna Uutinen, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Marianna Uutinen, Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway
1995
Marianna Uutinen works from 1989-95, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Timo Valjakka)
1994
Feelings, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1993
I go where the music takes me, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Marianna Uutinen, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
1991
Marianna Uutinen, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Marianna Uutinen, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
1989
Marianna Uutinen, Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
Group exhibitions (selection)
2025
A Single Hurt Color, Hua International, Berlin, Germany
I Will Look Into the Earth, Miettinen Collection at Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Curators: Linda Peitz and Florian Peters-Messer)
Where Are We Now, Highlights of the Miettinen Collection at the Philara Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany (Curators: Linda Peitz and Florian Peters-Messer)
From the Beginning, The Finnish Collection of the Sara Hildén Foundation, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Rock, Paper, Scissors – Kiasma’s Collection Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland (Curators: Saara Hacklin, Satu Oksanen and Saara Karhunen)
Group Show, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2024
Space is a Common Thing, Porvoo Contemporary Art Festival, Porvoo, Finland (Curators: John Rasimus and Petri Hytönen)
I Feel, For Now, Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (Curators: Kai Kartio, Krista Mamia, Kaj Martin and Katariina Timonen)
Konkretismi. Geometriche Wirklicheiten (works from Miettinen Collection), Sammlung Peters-Messer, Viersen, Germany (Curator: Mika Minetti)
2023 Extraordinary Form, Miettinen Collection, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Forsblom’s 45th-anniversary exhibition, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Unmaking, Galleria Mario Iannelli, Rome, Italy (Curators: Yorgos Stamkopoulos and Mario Iannelli)
Forty Years of The Corridor, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland (Curator: Vigdís Rún Jónsdóttir)
2022 We Belong To Each Other, carlierIgebauer, Berlin, Germany (Curator: Chus Martinez)
Winter Garden, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
>+1<, Galerie Lachenmann Art, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Lust for Life - Celebrating 15 Years of Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Mika Hannula)
Classics of Contemporary Art - the Kuntsi Collection, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland (Curator: Anne-Maj Salin)
Summer Show, Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Looking Through the Threshold, carlier|gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Subterranean, Amos Rex, Helsinki, Finland (Curators: Anastasia Isakova and Pontus Kyander)
2021 Ilmassa / On The Air, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, Finland (Curator: Arja Elovirta)
Group show, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
(in)visible, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden (Curators: Tawanda Appiah, Sofia Landström, Jari Malta, Sara Rydby and Jonelle Twum)
Kuntsi Collection, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland
Niemistö Collection, Aboa Vetus Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
2020My Perversion is The Belief in Art, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland (Curators: Martin Schibli and Saara Karhunen)
Abstract Art From The Miettinen Collection, Miettinen Collection / Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany
Fortieth Anniversary of The Corridor, The Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland (Curator: Helgi Fridjonsson)
2019So wie wir sind 1.0, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany (Curators: Ingo Clauß and Janneke de Vries)
OUT OF OFFICE, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
80 Days, Vantaa Art Museum Artsi, Finland (Curator: Jani Leinonen)
In situ, Duktus Bau, Kunstgussmuseum, Hirzenhein, Germany (Curator: Jukka Korkeila)
2018Verynice, Bloodygood, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2nd BIENNALE ARTE DOLOMITI, Cibiana Di Cadore, Italy (Curators: Andrea Zinato and Paivi Tirkkonen)
Love Land, Schwartz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Colour. Form. Texture, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
2017Dreamaholic / Miettinen Collection, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Germany (Curator: Ingo Clauß)
Me - Selfportraits Through Time, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2016Burning Towers, Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola, Finland (Curator: Timo Valjakka)
In Wonderland, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany
Illumination, Lousiana Museum of Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Face to Face, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Arja Miller)
Out of the Box, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland (Curator: Juha-Heikki Tihinen)
2014Einblicke, Collection Wemhöner, Osram Höfe, Berlin, Germany (Curator: Philipp Bollmann)
The Pleasure Principle, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin, Germany
Art As Passion, Works from the Collection of Vexi Salmi, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland
Kosketus (Touch), Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection Exhibition, EMMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Espoo, Finland
(Curators: Pilvi Kalhama, Päivi Karttunen and Henna Paunu)
Superpop!, Art Museum Gösta, Serlachius Museum, Mänttä, Finland (Curator: Timo Valjakka)
2013Curated By: Why Painting Now, Kerstin Engholm Gallery, Vienna, Austria (Curator: John Peter Nilsson)
Kiasma Hits, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Arja Miller)
Lies about Painting, Museum of Modern Art, Malmö, Sweden (Curator: John Peter Nilsson)
ICASTICA 2013, Arezzo Bienniale, Arezzo, Italy (Curator: Fabio Migliorati)
Popsicle, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Panorama, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
The 7th Wave - Wihuri and Visual Art, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma 2.2; South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta (Curator: Jukka Mäkelä)
2012The 7th Wave - Wihuri and Visual Art, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Science and Fiction – A Laboratory Of Drawing, Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland (Curator: Sebastian Utzni)
Muutosten pyörteissä / Art in Transformation, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Maaretta Jaukkuri)
2011Möte med Hill. Malmö Konstmuseum i urval, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden (Curators: Åsa Nacking and Marika Reuterswärd)
Group show, Paradise Row c/o Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany (Curator: Nick Hackworth)
The Pavement and the Beach, Paradise Row, London, UK (Curators: Guillaume Paris and Mick Finch)
Sijamuotoja, Purnu Art Center, Orivesi, Finland (Curator: Timo Valjakka)
2010Memory Traces, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany, The Finnish Institute in Germany, Berlin, Germany (Curators: Mikko Iljäs and Mika Karhu)
The Stressed Beauty, Platforme Finlande, Art Paris + Guests, Grand Palais, Paris, France (Curator: Leevi Haapala)
Carnegie Art Award for Nordic Painting, Listasafn Islands, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland;
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden; Kunsternes Hus, Oslo, Norway; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2009Carnegie Art Award for Nordic Painting, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Helsingborg; Malmö, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsinborg, Sweden
Swanljung möter, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
Broken Heart, Lars Swanljung Collection, Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu, Finland
Taaborin Vuori - Värillä On Väliä (Colour Matters), Taaborinvuori museum area, Palojoki, Nurmijärvi, Finland (Curator: Petri Hytönen)
2008The Real Thing - New Acquisitions, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Image and After, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Leevi Haapala)
Zuordnungsprobleme, Johann König Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Curator: Anselm Reyle)
Golden rain, Eigeroya Lighthouse, Stavanger, Norway (Curator: Michael Petry)
Konstnären som Konst, Aineen taidemuseo / The Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
Open XI: International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Lido di Venezia, Venice, Italy (Curators: Paolo De Grandis and Anna Caterina Bellati )
2007Baltico e Mediterraneo, Italia e Finlandia a confronto, Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy (Curator: Sergio Rossi)
Who’s on First?, Royal Academy Schools Gallery, Hornsey, UK (Curator: Michael Petry)
I Love Malmö - Works from Malmö Art Museum, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland
Zoo, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Animals Have Arrived In Ateneum, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2006The Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Connecting People, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Sweden (Curator: Göran Green)
2005A Passion for Art, Vexi Salmi Collection, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Helsinki International, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Timo Valjakka)
2004Rakastaa Ei rakasta / Love Me or Leave Me, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (Curators: Eija Aarnio and Marja Sakari)
Villa Lante 50, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Vasta maalattu - Peinture Fraîche, Le Triage, Nanterre, France; Keravan Art Museum, Kerava, Finland (Curator: Cécile Marie)
Yöjuna / Night Train, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland (Curator: Kari Kenetti)
Tusenfryd, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Drammen, Norway
101 Years of Contemporary Art, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2003Handlungsanweisungen / Instructions, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (Curator: Gerald Matt)
Maisema nyt, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland (Curators: Pilvi Kalhama and Mikko Kalhama)
Over the Horizon, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
2002Stop For a Moment - Painting as a place to be, Gävle Konstcentrum in collaboration with NIFCA, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle, Sweden (Curators: Mika Hannula and Kari Immonen)
Popcorn and Politics: Activists of Art, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Imaginaire Féminin, OPEN2002, 5th International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice Lido, Italy (Curators: Paolo De Grandis and Pierre Restany)
An der Schwelle des Unbekannten, Kulturabteilung Bayer, Leverkusen
2001Oskuldens århundrade - den vita monokromens historia, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden (Curator: Bo Nilsson)
Måleri & Måleri, Kristinehamns Art Museum, Kristinehamn, Sweden (Curator: Fred Andersson)
Remedy for Melancholy, Edsvik konst och kultur, Stockholm, Sweden (Curator: Anders Kreuger)
Sub Rosa, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark; Södertälje Art Hall, Södertälje, Sweden; Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Charlotte Brandt)
2000Premio Michetti, Museo Michetti, Palazzo San Domenico, Francavilla al Mare, Italy (Curator: Gianni Romano)
Töölönlahden taidepuutarhat with Robert Lucander, Helsinki 2000, Helsinki, Finland
North, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (Curators: Sabine Folie and Brigitte Kölle)
The Nordic Postmodernism, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
1999Words, The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (Curator: Tuukka Luukas)
Drawing, Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen
1998Words, Muu gallery, Helsinki; Glass Box, Paris
Momentum, Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway (Curators: Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum and Attle Gerhardsen)
This Side of the Ocean, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Maaretta Jaukkuri)
1997Finland festival in Russia, AIS, Moscow, Russia
Sex Snack´n Pop, Galleria Titanik, Turku
Radical Painting, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Clean & Sane, Edsvik konst och kultur, Stockholm, Sweden (Curator: Maria Lind)
Naturally Artificial, The Venice Biennale, The Nordic Pavilion, Venice, Italy (Curator: Jon-Ove Steihaug)
1996Enter, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Nykytaidetta kotimiljöössä, Nordic Art Center, Viaborg, Helsinki (Curator: Anders Kreuger)
Fin d’Histoires, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, France (Curator: Guillaume Paris)
1995ARS ‘95, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (Curators: Maaretta Jaukkuri and Tuula Arkio)
Finsk maleri, Galleri Sølvberget; Stavanger kulturhus; Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway
Das Abenteuer der Malerei, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany; Württembergischer Kunstverein,
Stuttgart, Germany (Curators: Martin Hentschel und Reimund Stecker)
Images and Installation, Rheinisches Industriemuseum, Cromford, Germany (Curators: Igor Antic and Ullrike Kessl)
1994Drawings & Drawings, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tidsanda II, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
Art & Virus, Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dialogue with the Other, Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark; Norrköping Art Museum, Norrköping (Curator: Lene Burkard)
Wanås 1994, Knislinge, Sweden (Curator: Marika Wachtmeister)
8 rum till måleri, Galleri F 15, Moss, Sweden (Curator: Gertrud Sandqvist)
Borta men hemma, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden (Curator: Bo Nilsson)
Fistful of Flowers, Grand Salon, New York, USA (Curators: Collins & Milazzo)
Applikaatio / Application, Finnish Art Triennial, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland; The State Museum of History, St. Petersburg, Russia (Curator: Kimmo Sarje)
1993Netwerk, Kunsternes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Ihanku, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Needlepoint, embroidery, macramé and crochet, Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA (Curators: Collins & Milazzo)
Elvis has left the building, Grand Salon, New York, USA (Curators: Collins & Milazzo)
L’Opera al Femminile, Galleria Arx, Turin, Italy (Curator: Gian-Carlo Pagliasso)
Transit, The National Museum of Finland, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Timo Valjakka)
Future lies ahead, Taejon Expo ‘93, Taedok Science Town, Taejon, Korea (Curator: Pontus Hulten)
Privat I Privat, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway (Curator: Gertrud Sandqvist)
Floor Show, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
1992Multiplar, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Ulf Rollof, Doris Salcedo, Cecile Huber, Lilliana Moro, Marianna Uutinen, Shedhalle Zürich, Switzerland (Curator: Harm Lux)
Changing 1 Dense Cities, Shedhalle/Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland (Curator: Harm Lux)
Inter Nos, The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Halldor Björn Runolfsson)
Alt er samtidigt, Galleri Susanne Ottesen Copenhagen, Denmark (Curator: Réne Block)
Rakkautta Raunioilla (with Nina Roos), Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere, Finland (Curator: Jyrki Siukonen)
Rauma Biennale Balticum, Rauma, Finland (Curator: Barbara Straka)
Weiter Horizont, Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany (Curator: Ritva Röminger)
1991Sergei Djagilev Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Art against AIDS, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Entrance to Exit, DAAD-Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Curator: Réne Block)
Cetinjé Bienniel, Cetinjé, Yugoslavia (Curator: Pontus Hulten)
Abject, The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki, Finland (Curator: Gertrud Sandqvist)
Multiples, Galleria Pieni Agora, Helsinki, Finland
1990Abject, Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm, Sweden (Curator: Gertrud Sandqvist)
Objects, Galleria Mikkola & Rislakki, Helsinki, Finland
1989Kohti 90- lukua I / Toward’s 90’s, Galleria Mikkola & Rislakki, Helsinki, Finland
Muu r.y., Helsinki, Finland
1988Trivial, Seinäjoki Art Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland
Solmu-Art, Pieksämäki, Finland
1987Trivial, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Curators: Eija- Liisa Ahtila and Maria Ruotsala)
Holst Halvorsens Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
1986Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland
Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
1985The Gallery of the Finnish Painters’ Society, Helsinki, Finland
The Young Artists’ Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Public Collections
Aktia Bank, Finland
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY, USA
Apoteksbolaget (now: Apoteket AM), Stockholm, Sweden
Bank of Finland, Finland
City of Espoo, Espoo, Finland
City of Mikkeli, Finland
City of Pieksämäki, Finland
Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Miettinen Collection, Helsinki, Finland, and Berlin, Germany
The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
The Nordic Watercolor Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden
OKO Bank, Finland
Olle-Olsson-Hagalund Foundation, Sweden
Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
Pyynikinlinna Collection, Pyynikinlinna, Finland
Saastamoinen Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
Sammlung Wemhöner, Herford / Berlin, Germany
Sampo-Leonia Bank, Finland
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Finland
Seoul Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Wihuri Foundation, Finland