Nordic AiR 2006 Awarded Residencies

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


Koppelo, Inari


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


NIFCA, 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


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

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


Waiting List

Tiina Carlsson
Per Teljev
Sara Björnsdottir
Maja Ljungberg



Nordic AiR 2006 Statistics


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%)


Awarded artists: 47 (10,4 % of all the applicants)

Female: 33 (70,2% / 11,7 % of all the female applicants)
Male: 14 (29,8% / 8,3 % of all the male applicants)

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 %)