Artist Gallery

Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
e-mail: annilaakso@hotmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

Education
1997 MA, the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1990-94 BA, the Academy of Fine Arts,Helsinki
1980-82 Studies in biology, University of Helsinki

Individual exhibitions
2000 Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
1999 Push Firma Beige, Helsinki
1996 The Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1995 Ministery of education, Helsinki
1994 The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

Group exhibitions
2002 Lights of the harbour-exhibition in the Helsinki South Harbour, Association of Finnish Sculptors
The exhibition of the Association of Finnish Artists, Helsinki Arthall
2000 Feeling the city (art in the city), Helsinki, European cultural capital 2000-event
The exhibition of the Association of Finnish Artists, Helsinki Arthall
1998 Kunstraum Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland
MuuMediaFestival 98, Helsinki
ArtGenda98, Stockholm, Sweden, PARASITE installation, (Laakso, Mann, Mäkipää)
1997 PARASITE project in Espoo city bureau, Finland, MAP (Media.Art.Project.), (Laakso, Mann, Mäkipää)
The exhibition of the Association of Finnish Artists, Helsinki Arthall
1994 EcoPhoto? (Group4) Search for ecological photography, the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1993 EXIT-young finnish photography, The Museum of Photographyart, Helsinki and several museums in Finland, 1993-95 (Group 4)
Ecstasy, installation and performance of collective Group 4, the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1991 Collective Group 4: Social drawings, the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Installation (with Minna Heikinaho), the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

Videography
2000 History-today at home, 50 min, 2 monitor video installation
2000 Tv, 17 min

Sculptures for public places
1995 Sculpture in Congrecational centre, Espoo, Finland
2002 A public outdoor sculpture, comissioned by the City of Helsinki through the Per Cent for Art Scheme

Bibliography
1998 Pessi Rautio: "Arkkitehtuurin Hannu Karpot", Finnish Architectural review, 1/98,p. 54
1998 William Easton: "Threats of disregard", Mare Articum, issue 2-3, p.10-15.

Works in catalogues
1998 Artgenda98, Stockholm, Sweden, Artgenda98 CD-rom, MuuMediaFestival98, Helsinki
1997 MAP (Media.Art.Project.) Helsinki, Kuva, contemporary imagery review 4/97, 5/97

Teaching work
1999, 2000 Lahti polytechnic, institute of art , 2000, 2001, Maa art school, Helsinki

Residencies
2002 Nifca: Qaqortoq, Greenland
2001 Cite' internationale des arts, Paris
2000 Finnish Foundation for Visual Arts, New York