CURRICULUM VITAE Iiris-Lilja Kuosmanen
Born in Kuopio, Finland
lives and works in Helsinki
Education
2010-2011 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Exchange Program, Paris, France
2009-2012 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, MFA
2005-2009 Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, BA in Visual Arts, Specialisation in photography and printmaking
2004-2005 Snellman University of Applied Sciences, Fine Arts
2003-2004 Voionmaa Institute, Photography
Upcoming
New works with Anniina Lehtinen
Gallery Pleiku, Berlin
Nauvo Paratiisi
Water Rituals-performances with Anniina Lehtinen
2018 Kuopio Dance Festival, Elo-Forum
2018 Asbestos Gallery, Helsinki
2018 Finnish Institute in St Petersburg
2018 Micro Galleries Live Weekend, Kathmandu, Nepal
2019 Sibelius Museum, Turku
2019 Water Museum, St Petersburg
2019 Gallery Ars Libera, Kuopio
2020Finnish Institute in Madrid
2020 Micro Galleries global ‘2047’ liveprojections event
2020 Instagram Live- performance, Paris
2021 Performancefestival, Starptelpa, Riika, Latvia
2021 Belleville Artist Atelier Open Doors, Paris, France
2021 The World We Live In Online festival, Netherlands
2021 Cité internationale des Arts auditorio ft. Andrew Briggs (sello)
2022 Acousticmania-festivaali, Cotonou, Benin
2022 Wartsilä-hall, Tohmajärvi
2022 Gallery Ronga, Tampere
2023 Gallery Kipinä, Tohmajärvi
2023 Night of the Arts, Kulttuurikauppila, Ii
Water Rituals exhibitions
2022 Art Centre Itä, Lappeenranta
2022 Photo Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
2023 Gallery Huuto, Helsinki
2023 Kulttuurikauppila, Ii
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Nonville Road, Gallery G12, Kuopio, Finland
2013 Jackal’s wedding, Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa, Finland
2013 Jackal’s wedding, Cité des Arts Corridor Gallery, Paris, France
2012 Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, Finland
2012 Cover, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä
2011 Cover, Gallery of Finnish Academy of Fine Arts,Helsinki
2011 With Noel, Napa Gallery, Helsinki
2011 Another Me, Photographic Centre of South-East Finland, Lappeenranta
2010 On The Boundary, Gallery of University of Jyväskylä
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Micro Galleries, Kathmandu
2017 Micro Galleries, Indonesia
2017 Micro Galleries, India
2016, Micro Galleries, Graz, Austria
2015, Le Projet Kairouan, Group Show, Kairouan, Tunisia
2015, Le Projet Kairouan, Group Show,Tunis, Tunisia
2015, Microgalleries, Denpasar, Bali
2015 Micro Galleries, Nowra, Australia
2015 Micro Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa
2014 Expanded Photography, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Meeting no 12, Group Show, Art Museum of South Karelia, Lappeenranta
2012 Preview 5, Kollective Group Show, Finnish Museum of Photography, Project Space, Helsinki
2012 valoKuvA, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki
2011 Gate 2011, Fondazione Fotografia, Modena, Italy
2011 Horizonte Zingst, Zingst, Germany
2011 Culture Tram, Helsinki, with Laura Paavilainen
2011 Masters of Fine Arts 2011, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki
2011 Photokina, Cologne, Germany
2010 Behind The Moving Glass, Gallery Kaiku, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts,Helsinki
2010 The New Master Students of Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki
2009 The Sugar Tongues,Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2009 The Sugar Tongues, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra
2009 Transitional Forms, Atlanta, USA
2008 Seos II, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences spring exhibition, Culture Center, Imatra
2007 Sing Me To Sleep, photographs and paintings, with Janne Manérus, Business Research Center, Imatra
2005 Fragile, photographs, with Johanna Parviainen, Bar Vakiopaine, Jyväskylä
2004 VOV 2004, Voionmaa Institute spring exhibition, Culture House Telakka, Tampere
Works in collections
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
Imatra Art Museum
Private Collections
Grants and Awards
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2021 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2014 Koneen säätiö (for a group)
2014 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2013 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2013 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2012 Alfred Kordelin fund
2011 Academy meets Photokina-prize
2009 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Regional Fund
Memberships
Union of Artist Photographers
VOry, Union of Student Photographers
Photographic Centre Peri
Residencies
2018 Kathmandu, Nepal
2018Mazzano Romano, Italia
2015 Kairouan, Tunisia
2013 Hotêl Chevillon, France
2012 Cité, Paris, France
2010 Berlin,Germany, Finnish Academy of Fin