Enni Vekkeli (b. 1983, Heinola, Finland) graduated from Department of Sculpture at Saimaa University of Applied Sciences in 2018.  Working with moving images and sculpture she strives for a poetic and condensed form of expression and to establish a dialogue with philosophy and ecology. Vekkeli has exhibited in solo- and group exhibitions, in Finland and internationally. Her works are represented in collections of Finnish State Collection and Museo La Mole Vanvitelliana (Italy) among others. 

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Enni Vekkeli
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland


EDUCATION
2018               Bachelor in Visual Arts,
                         Saimaa University of Applied Scienses (Sculpture)
2017               Studies at Accademia Belle Arti, Macerata, Italy
    

SOLO EXHIBITIONS                
2021                 Gallery Live, Helsinki  
2020                 Gallery Huuto, Helsinki
2019                 Taidekeskus Itä, Lappeenranta
2019                 Magazzini Uto, Macerata, Italy
2019                 Shch/šč – gallery, Vilna, Lithuania
2018                 Book Café, Turku
​2018                 Gallery Taidebunkkeri, Imatra
2017                 Sala Mirionima, Macerata, Italy
2009                 Gallery Stoa, Helsinki

 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 
2021             VIDS21, Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta
2021             Skanno Showroom, Helsinki
2020              Lux Sippola, Art Center Antares, Sippola
2020              Ceramega 2020, Voipaala Art Center, Valkeakoski
2019              Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä (with Janette Holmström)
2019              Kylässä, Gallery Pato, Kouvola
2019              Baltic Drawing II, Imatra Art Museum
2019               Uusi Perliini, Pieksämäki
2019               Loppu - The End, Gallery Taidebunkkeri, Imatra
2019               Skulptura ir Vitrazas, Kirtimu Sculpture Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018               Demolition House Exhibition: A home called Krimi, Art Center Krimi, Imatra
2018                Muu, mikä? Imatra Art Museum, Imatra
2018                Iltapiirtäjät 2018, Culture House Virta, Imatra
2018                International Conference of the Art of Drawing - exhibition, Culture House Virta, Imatra
2018                Meetings, Gallery Noorus, Estonia
2018                Maasta, Gallery Taidebunkkeri
2018                 Pelko joka virrassa ui ei kosketa sinua Gallery Taidebunkkeri, Imatra
2017                 Gallery Krimi, Imatra (with Reeta Suvanto)
2017                 Il Segno della Sibilla Campocavallo di Osimo, Osimo, Italy
2017                 MIMMO PALADINO e I giovani artisti La Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy
2017                 Stockfors Art Fair 2017 Pyhtää
2017                 ZOO Gallery Taidebunkkeri, Imatra
2016                 Gallery Krimi, Imatra (Suvanto - Vekkeli)
2016                 Stone Targi Branzy Kamieniarskiej Industry Fair, Poznan, Poland
2016                 Piirustuksia Gallery Taidebunkkeri, Imatra
2016                 Stockfors Art Fair 2016 Pyhtää
2016                 Uurna Gallery Taidebunkkeri, Imatra
2016                 Kontakt Köysirata Gallery, Turku
2016                 PIEN Gallery Taidebunkkeri, Imatra
2015                 Mikhail Anikushin’s Workshop, State Museum Of Urban Sculpture, St. Petersburgh, Russia
2015                 Stocfors Art Fair 2015 Pyhtää
2015                 Iltapiirtäjät 2015, Culture House Virta, Imatra
2005                Rauha – Nuorten tekijöiden näkemyksiä rauhasta, Taidepanimo, Lahti
 
FILM SCREENINGS/COMPETITIONS
2019                 Iiriksen Aaveet, Kino Iiris, Lahti
2017                 Pesaro Film Festival, Pesaro, Italy
2017                 Oulu Music Video Festival, Oulu
 
PUBLIC WORKS
2015                 Mountain Of Warmth, Mäntyharju Heating Plant, Mäntyharju
 
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Finnish State Collection
La Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy
Mäntyharju Municipality
Art Center Salmela
Private Collections

RESIDENCIES
2019                 Art Center Salmela, Mäntyharju
2018                 Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi
2009                 Satakunta Arts Council, Berlin, Germany

SYMPOSIUMS
2017                 Baltic Stone Symposium, Imatra
2016                 Gravitas Stone Symposium, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko, Poland
2016                 Baltic Drawing, Imatra
 
AWARDS
2017                Outdoor Artwork for Finnish Embassador’s Residency in Ireland, 1st honorary award (in collaboration
                          with Nunnu Raatikainen) State Art Comission,
​                          National Gallery of Finland, Ministery for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Finnish Embassy in Ireland
2016                 Lämpöä Liikkellä – competition, HUMAK University Of Applied Scienses, Finnish Energy Industries
 
GRANTS
2020                Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Savo Regional fund
2020                Arts Promotion Centre
2019                Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Regional fund
2019                City of Imatra
2016                William and Ester Otsakorpi Foundation (Italy)
2016                William and Ester Otsakorpi Foundation (Poland)

MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Finnish Sculptors
Art association of South Karelia