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KATJA HÄRKKI

Born 1969 in Helsinki, Finland.

Lives and works in Lahti, Finland.

katja.harkki@gmail.com

STUDIES

2024 MA, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Degree Programme in Fine Arts

2014 BA, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Degree Programme in Fine Arts

1997 MA, University of Art and Design in Helsinki

1990 Visual Arts Program in Orivesi College

1989 Graduate, High School for the Visual Arts, Tampere

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 Slow Art Gallery 19.1.-22.3., The City of Helsinki

2026 Kehystarina, May 2026, The City of Tampere

2025 Dialogue, Atelier am Eck, The City of Düsseldorf

2025 Dialogue, Varikko Gallery, The City of Seinäjoki

2024 The Paradise, Keskusgalleria, The City of Tampere

2023 The Queen of Butterflies, Gallery Pihatto, The City of Lappeenranta

2021 Transience and joy, Knipnäs Well Being Center, The Municipality of Tammisaari

2020 Transience and Joy, Allergy House, The City of Helsinki

2020 Transience and Joy, Gallery Pleiku, The City of Berlin

2019 Winter Light, Tampere Hall, The City of Tampere

2018 Cathedral, Mältinranta Art Center, studio, The City of Tampere

2018 Gallery Koivulinna, The Municipality of Pukkila

2017 Dreamlike Visions, Poikilo Gallery, The City of Kouvola

2017 Dreamlike Visions, Gallery Katariina Studio, The City of Helsinki

2017 Central Gallery, March, The City of Tampere

2016 Into Darkness of The Deep, Gallery Ruutikellari, The City of Hamina

2016 Into Darkness of The Deep, Gallery Kellokas, The City of Muonio

2015 Into Darkness of The Deep, Ullakkogalleria, The City of Turku

2015 Into Darkness of The Deep, Gallery G12, The City of Kuopio

2015 Into Darkness of The Deep, Gallery Kapriisi, The City of Tampere

2014 Mating, Gallery Johan S., The City of Helsinki

2014 Mating, Art Center Mältinranta, The City of Tampere

2012 Forming a World of Mine, Gallery Johan S., The City of Helsinki

2011 Out from the Darkness, Portrait´s Gallery, The City of Pori

2011 Layers, Art Hall, The City of Porvoo

2010 The Vision of Tempelhof, Gallery Ulaani, The City of Helsinki

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Deformations / Muodonmuutoksia, The Municipality of Luopioinen

2024 Autumn Salon II, TM-gallery, The City of Helsinki

2024 Connection between conscious and subconscious - Finnish Spirit, The City of Helsinki

2023 Risk Of Accident, Voipaala Art Centre, The Municipality of Sääksmäki 

2023 Identity, Lapinlahden lähde, The City of Helsinki 

2022 On Fire, Röylän Paja, Luukintie 4, The City of Espoo

2021 Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Söderkulla, The City of Sippo

2020 Tampere Artists´ Association Festive Exhibition. Laikku, The City of Tampere

2020 Letters to the Baltic Sea. Gallery Kuja and Gallery Loop, The City of Helsinki

2019 Oxygen, The Finnish Nordic Art Association, Art Mansion, The Municipality of Veteli

2018 PINK- exhibition, Ava Galleria, The City of Helsinki

2018 PINK- exhibition, United Nations Headquarters / Gallery 43W4, The City of New York

2017 Gallery Bronda, The City of Helsinki

2016 Wiurila Manor summer exhibition, The City of Salo

2015 SKjL: an annual exhibition, Art Hall, The City of Seinäjoki

2015 Instant, Art Canter Mältinranta, The City of Tampere

2014 Art Vicagare, The Town of Kuhmalahti

2014 Artist Without a Name, Art Center Mältinranta, The City of Tampere

2012 War or Peace, Art Museum of South Karelia, The City of Lappeenranta

2010 Pictures of My Life, Gallery Akvart, The City of Helsinki

MEMBERSHIP

Finnish Painters´ Union

Tampere Artists´ Association

Lahti Artists´ Association. The exhibition committee member for 2022-23 and 2025. The board member 2022-23.

RESIDENCIES + GRANTS

2025  Finnish Cultural Foundation, 4 months working grant 

2025 Artist Exchange Scholarship, Tampere-Düsseldorf, Germany, 2 months

2024 The Finnish Institute at Athens, Greece, 1 month 

COMPETITIONS

2017 The winner of the year. https://www.basso.fi/taidekupla/

WALL PAINTINGS

2021 Mandala, acrylic, 150 x 150cm, Knipnäs Well Being Center, The Municipality of Tammisaari

2021 Paradise, acrylic, 212 x 445cm, Knipnäs Well Being Center, The Municipality of Tammisaari

COLLECTIONS

Collection of the Department of Culture, The City of Düsseldorf

Tampere Art Museum

City of Tampere

Insurance Company Turva, The City of Tampere

Jorvi Children´s Hospital, Newbies Department, Espoo, HUS Art Collections

Private Collections