Jósefina Alanko
Based in Finland and Poland
alanko.josefina@outlook.com
+358503422236
+48691551778
Education:
2014 – 2018 (FI) Kankaanpää Art school
2016 – 2017 (ES) Universidad Europea Madrid UEM / Visual arts, Architecture
2013 – (FI) Lahden Kansanopisto, Visual arts
Selected solo exhibitions :
2024 – (AT) Einzelausstellung / solo show at STRABAG Artlounge. Vernissage: 11.1.2024*
2022 – (PL) Deformation of life, Miejska Galeria Sztuki w Łodzi, Lódź
2022 – (FI) World eggs (alkumunat), B-Galleria projektitila,Turku
2022 – (FI) World eggs (alkumunat), Flow gallery, Fabryka Norblina, Warsaw
2021 – (PL) Eternal time is born today, Art Ikubator / The Art Factory, Lódź
2019 – (PL) On colors, Galleria OFF, OFF Piotrkowska, Lódź – (With Agata Ciehomska)
2018 – (FI) Moniuszki, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2017 – (FI) Time never ends, Galleria Poriginal, Pori (With Enda Mattila)
2017 – (FI) Paintings / Maalauksia, Galleria 3h+k, Pori
2017 – (ES) Paintings / Maalauksia, Gallery Quinta del sordo, Madrid
2016 – (FI) Magic carpet ride, Taidekoulun galleria, Kankaanpää – (With TouaToua)
2015 – (FI) Paintings / Maalauksia, Gallery DADA, Tampere
2015 – (FI) Paintings / Maalauksia, Library exhibition space, Juuka
Group exhibitions:
2023 – (AT) STRABAG Artaward International 2023, Finalists exhibition 2023, Vienna Vernissage: 15.06.2023
2023 – (ES) The Hug 10 years, Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia, Madrid
2022 – (FI) X-mas exhibition, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki
2022 – (FI) Synkkä kevät (Dark Spring), Myymälä2, Helsinki
2022 – (PL) Connections, Flow gallery, Warsaw
2022 – (FI) Summer exhibition, Möhkönvirta , Ruukkimuseo, Ilomantsi
2021 – (FI) Light and Death, FLASH3 Biennal, Suomenlinna / Helsinki
2021 – (FI) Kalevala and traditional Finland, Saimaa art cave, Pukaharju
2021 – (FI) Concreate Urban Art Festival, Keran Hallit, Espoo
2021 – (FI) Spring salon 21, Kosminen, Helsinki
2021 – (UK) BODY, Round lemon Artist collective / Online exhibition & art publication, London
2020 – (FI) Joensuun Taiteilijaseura ry 75-vuotta, Taidekeskus Ahjo, Joensuu
2020 – (FI) Joensuun Taiteilijaseura ry 75-vuotta, Kaapelitehdas/Puristamo, Helsinki
2020 – (RU) It’s not Your body, Gallary-Gallery, Moscow
2019 – (PL) First stone (Young artist in Lodz), Galleria Brukowa, Lodz
2018 – (PL) Woman artist in Poland, Galleria Kobro, Lodz
2018 – (FI) The Art of Basware, Hotel Clarion, Helsinki
2018 – (FI) Päätös, BFA final exhibition, Galleria Saskia, Raja-tila, Mältinranta, Tampere
2017 – (ES) Pop-up exhibition in the city, Madrid
2015 – (FI) Galleria Autio, Kankaanpää
2015, 2016 – (FI) Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää
2014, 2015, 2016 – (FI) Art school spring exhibition, Kankaanpää
Recognitions
2023 – (AT) STRABAG Artaward International 2023, Finalists 2023, Vienna
2020 – (UK) First price, BEOPEN Think Future fountadion, Painting competition, 2020
2017 – (ES) Jury member of poster competition for Hortaleza festival, City of Madrid/Hortaleza
Residences:
2022 – (FR) Cité internationale des arts, Paris, 3 months
2020 – (IT) The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation – Casa Finlandese, Grassina, 1 month
2019 – (PL) Internship/ Curator / Brukowa Gallery, Lódź, 9 months
2017 – (ES) The Hug residence, Madrid, 6 months
Collections & public artworks
(FI) Tohmajärvi library, Permanent installation
(PL) Innowator Elektrotechniki sp. z o. o.
(PL) Grupa brokerska Quantum sp. zo. o.
(FI) Spatial painting ”Karelian pies”, Concreate Urban Art Festival, Espoo
(FI) Basware, Espoo
(FI) Bar n°9 collection, Helsinki
(FI) Municipality of Juuka, Juuka – Puuhelmi nursery school
Private collections in Finland, Spain and Poland
Grants:
2023 – Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR), North Karelia Regional Fund
2023 – The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
2022 – Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR), North Karelia Regional Fund
2022 – The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
2022 – The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
2022 – Karelian Culture Promotion Foundation
2021 – The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
2021 – The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
2021 – The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
2020 – Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR)
2020 – The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), North Karelia
2017 – Porin Saskiat ry
Other projects
2022 – (FR) Open Studio presentation, Cité internationale des arts, Paris
2021 – (FI) Panelist / Young visual art (Nuori Taide)
2020 – (PL) Collection of ceramic miniatures for real estate investors, Lodz
2018 – (FI) Blog Illustrator to Karoliina Pentikäinen , Tampere
2018 – (PL) Lecture with art historian Katarzyna Szulc, University of Warsaw, Warsaw
2017 – (FI) Lied music and visual arts, North-Karelia
2012 – (ISL) Performing in Lifun, Novu 2012, Akureyri, Iceland
Memberships:
Kuvasto Ry
Finnish painters union
Joensuu artist association
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