Nordic AiR 2006 Awarded Artists

The artists have been selected by an international panel, who used this opportunity to gain knowledge of the work of a multitude of contemporary artists in the Nordic and Baltic region.

For the selection panel we invited:

Tiina Erkintalo, curator, Forum Box, Helsinki
Fredrikke Hansen, curator, Berlin
Cristina Ricupero, curator, NIFCA

For the selection of the Nordic AiR residencies at IASPIS in Stockholm, Maria Lind (director, IAPSIS, Stockholm) participated in the selection panel.



Denmark

Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen
Rita Leppiniemi, Helsinki, FI
Fia Stina Sandlund, Stockholm, SE
Tuomas Toivonen, Helsinki, FI

Hollufgård, Funen
Ásta Olafsdottir, Reykjavik, IS
Kalle Turakka Purhonen, Helsinki, FI
Pauliina Turakka Purhonen, Helsinki, FI


Estonia

Estonian Artist's Association, Tallinn
Björn Kowalski Hansen, Berlin, DE (NO)
Kristian Varnik, Arlington, US (EE)


Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands Residency
Bjarte Gismarvik, Haugesund, NO
Kathrin Höhne, Haugesund, NO


Finland

Suomenlinna, Helsinki
Maria Bustnes, Oslo, NO
Maria Finn, Copenhagen, DK (SE)
Andrius Juknys, Kaunas, LT
Conny Karlsson, Göteborg, SE
Eva Linder, Göteborg, SE
Lars Mathisen, Copenhagen, DK
Olof Olsson, Copenhagen, DK (NL/SE)
Daniel Salomon, Copenhagen, DK
Lina Selander, Hägersten, SE

Koppelo, Inari
Markus Degerman, Stockholm, SE
Kassandra Wellendorf, Copenhagen, DK


Greenland

The Refugium Upernavik, Upernavik
Tiina Itkonen, Helsinki, FI
Minna M. Kurjenluoma, Helsinki, FI


Iceland

Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjördur
Eeva-Liisa Isomaa, Helsinki, FI
Ieva Jerohina, Riga, LV
Piret Räni, Tallinn, EE

Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
Ingvil Aarbakke, Copenhagen, DK (NO)


Latvia

Art Home at Artists' Union of Latvia, Riga
Johanna Gustavsson, Malmö, SE
Minna L. Henriksson, Helsinki, FI


Lithuania

Lithuanian Artists' Association, Vilnius
Saskia Holmkvist, Stockholm, SE
Maja Nilsen, Trondheim, NO


Norway

Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen
Elena Sakalauskeite, Vilnius, LT
Jaan Toomik, Tallin, EE


Pikene på Broen, Kirkenes
Kirsten Dufour Andersen, Copenhagen, DK
Solvej Dufour Andersen, Kobenhavn, DK


Russia

Pro Arte Institute, St. Petersburg
Annica Karlsson Rixon, SE
Jacob Kirkegaard, DK

National Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA) at Kronstadt, St. Petersburg
Veronica Franca, Stockholm, SE
Anne-Britt Rage, Berlin, DE (NO)


Sweden

Konstepidemin, Gothenburg
Silvija Knezekyte, Kaunas, LT
Maya Økland, Bergen, NO

Rooseum, Malmö
Piia Salmi, Weimar, DE (FI)

IASPIS, Stockholm
Mari Laanemets, Tallin, EE
Rikke Luther, Copenhagen, DK
Tommy Støckel, Copenhagen, DK
Killu Sukmit, Tallinn, EE
Darius Ziura, LT


Åland Islands

Eckerö Post and Customs House, Eckerö
Marja Pirilä, Helsinki, FI



Waiting List

Tiina Carlsson, Gothenburg, SE
Per Teljer, Berlin, DE (SE)
Sara Björnsdottir, Reykjavik, IS
Maja Ljungberg, Visby, SE


Statistics

Awarded artists: 47 (10.4 % of all the applicants)

Female: 33 (70.2 %)
Male: 14 (29.8 %)

Denmark: 10 (21.3%)
Estonia: 5 (10.6%)
Finland: 10 (21.3%)
Iceland: 1 (2.1%)
Latvia: 1 (2.1%)
Lithuania: 4 (8.5%)
Norway: 7 (14.9%)
Sweden: 9 (19.1%)

Born:

1940-1949: 2 (4.3 %)
1950-1959: 4 (8.5 %)
1960-1969: 9 (19.1 %)
1970-1979: 31 (65.9 %)
1980-1985: 1 (2.2 %)


All applicants: 451

Female: 282 (62.5 % of all the applicants)
Male: 169 (37.5 % of all the applicants)

Denmark: 31 (6.9%)
Estonia: 28 (6.2%)
Finland: 102 (22.6%)
Iceland: 29 (6.2%)
Latvia: 12 (2.7%)
Lithuania: 19 (4.2%)
Norway: 74 (16.4%)
Sweden: 151 (33.5%)
Other/not eligible: 3 (0.7%)


Born:

1930-1939: 1 (0.22%)
1940-1949: 11 (2.4%)
1950-1959: 37 (8.2%)
1960-1969: 110 (24.4%)
1970-1979: 279 (61.9%)
1980-1985: 13 (2.9%)



For more information please contact project coordinator Aura Seikkula:
residencies(at)nifca.org, TEL (+358 9) 686 43 108, FAX (+358 9) 668 594