ULLA VÄÄTÄINEN
Visual artist
tel +358 44 3211 748
ulla.vaatainen@midday.fi
https://www.midday.fi
PHOTO / PHOTO COLLAGES (SOLO EXHIBITIONS)
2024 Flying Islands, KamiterArs Gallery, Helsinki
2020 Transitions, Gallery Rentola, Kustavi
2020 Transitions, Gallery Rikhard, Helsinki
2018 Something in Common, KamiterArs, Helsinki
2013 An Unexpected Encounter, Gallery Art Frida, Helsinki
2011 Gallery Women´s Room, Women´s Christmas Fair, Wanha Satama, Helsinki
2007 Makasiinit – the Old Warehouses!, Malmitalo´s Loft Gallery, Helsinki
2006 Makasinit – the Old Warehouses!, Gallery Lasipalatsi, Helsinki
GROUP EXHIBITONS
2021 Taide tahtoo teille!-Kolme taidelainaamoa yhdessä, Galleria Aarni, Sello, Espoo
2015 Frida´s Summer, Gallery Art Frida, Helsinki 2014 Crisis, Gallery Rantakasarmi/The Artists´Association of Helsinki, Helsinki
2014 Easter Exhibition, Gallery Art Frida, Helsinki
2013 Close to the Countryside – Bon Appétit, Koskisto Art Center, Ruotsinkylä
2013 Northern Love, Art Center Haihatus. Joutsa
2011 Home for Christman 3, Rööperi Art Center, Helsinki
2011 The Biennale of the Artists´Association of Helsinki, Kanneltalo, Helsinki
2011 ArtFair Finland 2011, Kaapeli, Helsinki
2011 The Artists´Association of Helsinki/Summer Exhibition, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki
2010 Home for Christman, Rööperin taidesalonki, Helsinki
2010 Let´s go into the Forest, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki
2010 At the Edge of Time, Gallery Akkuna, Lasipalatsi, Helsinki
VIDEOINSTALLATION (GROUP EXHIBITONS)
2006 Lahja, Espa Stage, Helsinki, script, direction, production, in cooperation with Liisa Karvonen and Katriina Koskinen
1992 Naisen nauru, Vapauden aukio, Helsinki, in cooperation with Liisa Karvonen
VIDEOWORKS
(in co-operation with Liisa Karvonen
Script: Ulla Väätäinen ja Liisa Karvonen
Shooting, sound and editing: Liisa Karvonen
Direction and production: Ulla Väätäinen
2010 Expectation
2006 Fear of Joy
2005 AquaRium
2003 It´s over, is it… (planned and produced under the name Ursula May)
2000 GroXX
1999 Via the point
1998 Wind Falls
1997 Dark Blotches, Women and Beetles
1994 The 7th Angel
1992 The Lady of the Lake
1991 Land´s end
1990 Neurosy 27
1990 The Seventh
1990 Sunday
1990 Inheritance
1990 Passion and duties
1990 Idea
SCREENINGS IN FINLAND/FESTIVALS
2024 Tampere Short Film Festival
2006 Kettupäivät – film and videofestival, Helsinki
2005 View06
2002 Kettupäivät – film and videofestival, Helsinki
2001 Kettupäivät – film and videofestival, Helsinki
1998 Tampere Short Film Festival/AV-arkki Screenings at TFF Film Market
1997 Kettupäivät – film and videofestival, Helsinki
1997 MuuMediaFestival, Helsinki
1997 Nordic Glory Festival, The Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä
1997 The 7th AV Biennale in Lahti
1994 Nordic Forum, Women`s Film and Video Festival, Turku
1992 The 4th International Video Festival, Helsinki
1991 The 3rd International Video Festival, Helsinki
1990 The 4th AV Biennale in Lahti
1990 The Second International film Festivals in Kuopio
1988 The 3rd AV Biennale in Lahti
OTHER SCREENINGS IN FINLAND
2024 Taidetta taiteen vuoksi/AV-arkki, Cinema Orion
2013 Maaseutu lähellä – Bon Appétit, Koskiston Taidekeskus, Ruotsinkylä (Elimäki)
2010 Forum Box/video room
2001 Muu Gallery, videoworks 1990–2001, Helsinki
2001 Gallery Kari Kenetti, Helsinki
1998 Lasipalatsi, Helsinki (projection on the outside wall)
1997 Yläkaupungin Yö festivaali, Jyväskylä
1995 Experiani – Lyhyt kevät, Bio Illusion, Helsinki
1994 Nainen taiteilijana, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
1994 Videon vuosikymmen, Oulu Art Museum
1994 Applikaatio – the First Triennal of Finnish Art, Hki
1994 VidBizz, Bio Illusion, Helsinki
1993 Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä
1992 Videon vuosikymmen, Oulu Art Museum
1990 Neitsytpolulta naistenklinikalle – suomalaiset naiset elokuvan tekijöinä, Helsinki
1990 10. naiskulttuuripäivät, Tampere
1990 The Museum of Contempory Art, Helsinki
1990 TV1, Finnish Broadcasting Company, Helsinki
SCREENINGS ABROAD/FESTIVALS
2005 International Video Art Festival Urban Flesh and Blood, Kalingrad, Russia
2001 Festival du Cinéma Nordique, Cafe Curieux, Rouen, France
2001 7th International Short Film and Video Contest, Antallay, Turkey
2000 European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
2000 Mediawave, Györ, Hungary
1998 Festival Video Medeja, Novi Sad Yugoslavia
1998 French-Baltic-Nordic Video and New Media Festival, Tallin, Estonia
1998 Troisièmme Internationales Art Cinéma/video/ ordinateurs, Paris, France
1997 European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
1997 Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Columbia
1995 International Festival Electronie d´arte e altre scritture, Rome, Italy
1994 International Women`s Film Festival FEMINALE, Cologne, Germany
1994 Nordiske film- og kulturdage, Esbjerg, Danmark
1994 A Decade of Finnish Video Art, Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
1992 Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, France
OTHER SCREENINGS ABROAD
2010 Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany
1998 Italy: Poevisioni Elettroniche 1998, Cagliari-Teotro Alkentis, Monza
Germany: KoKI, Hannover; Stuttgarter Filmhaus, Stuttgart
Switzerland: Neues Kino Basel, Basel; Aug´ Avion, Friburg; Kinok, St Gallen
Spain: Eurovideo 1998, Malaga
Poland: Kunstgalerie Bialystock; Goethe-Institut, Krakau; Center of Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Brasil: Goethe-Institut, Sao Paolo
1997 France: Institut Finlandais, Paris
Germany: AstA Uni Giessen, Giessen; Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln;
Cinemayence Inst. Francais, Mainz; Kino Caligari, Wiesbaden
Japan: Fukui Image Media Arts Center, Tokyo
1995 Italy: Pecci Museum, Prato-Firenze; Spaziotempo Gallery, Firenze;
Giubbe Rosse Electronic Art Café, Firenze;
Lavatoio Contuma – Ciale Cultural Association, Roma;
Damsterdamned – Link, Bologna,
Artifex Gallery, Torino;
Agave – Atelier Gluck Gallery, Milano;
Round Videofestival – Gambalunga Palace, Rimini
1994 Sweden: Nordisk Konstfilmtriennal, Kalmar Art Museum, Sweden
1993 Russia: A Decade of Finnish Video Art, St. Petersburg
1992 Germany: Gallerie Araquin, Berlin
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
2005 Olla oma itsensä (script, directing and producing)
2004 Viiniä ja vasikoita – Restaurant Kosmos of legends (script, directing and producing)
2000 Lepakkolinja (sound), Tositarina TV1, Finnish Broadcasting Company, Helsinki
WORKING ABROAD
Grassina, Italy 2014
MEMBERSHIPS
Helsingin taiteilijaseura (Helsinki Artist Association)
Kuvasto ry
The Artists Association of Finland
The Finnish Artist Association MUU
SUPPORTS AND GRANTS
2010 Arts Council of Finland
2009 AVEK
2006 City of Helsinki Cultural Office
2006 AVEK
2005 Arts Council of Finland
2001, 2000 AVEK
1998 City of Helsinki, Cultural Office
1998, 1997, 1994, 1991, 1990, 1989 AVEK, Promotion Center for Audiovisual Culture,
1991 The Foundation of Alfred Kordelin
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
AV-Ark, Finnish Media Art Distribution, Helsinki, Finland
The Museum of Contempory Art, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
