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