ELINA SALORANTA

Education:
1999-2002 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA)
1989-96 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (MFA)
1988-89 University of Art and Design, Helsinki

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2004 video installation "Le lit des amants", Kunsthalle Helsinki
2004 video installation "Pure", Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum, Turku, Finland
2004 "Pure" and "Le lit des amants", South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta
2003 video installation "Pure", Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
2003 Nykyaika Photography Center, Tampere, Finland
1998 "Muslim Trousers and the Nun", Gallery of the Helsinki City Art Museum and Victor Barsokevitsch Photography Center, Kuopio, Finland
1997 site-specific project "In Vitro", Geneva, Switzerland

Selected Group Exhibitions, Screenings and Festivals:
2005 Courtisane Short Film, Video and New Media Festival, Gent
2005 Art Space 300m3, Gothenburg
2005 International Film Festival Rotterdam
2005 "To Look or to See", Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
2005 Tampere Film Festival (View ­tour)
2005 "Tropical Table Party", Centre d'Art Santa Mònica , Barcelona
2005 Directors' Lounge, Berlin
2004 Bilbao Documentary and Short Film Festival
2004 "Superego", Gallery Huuto, Helsinki
2004 installation "Helene", Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland
2004 "Voids, Pads & Places", Kunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, Belgium
2003 "Process", Finnish Museum of Contemporary Art (Kiasma)
1998 group show of Finnish photography, Kunsthalle Helsinki
1998 Helsinki City Art Museum
1998 "In Vitro", Kunsthaus Zürich
1998 "In Vitro", Glassbox, Paris
1997 "Crossing Over", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
1996 Finnish Cultural Institute, Paris
1996 Gallery Otto Plonk, Bergen, Norway
1995 Lahti and Rauma art museums, Finland
1995 Gallery G, Helsinki
1992/1994   group show of young Finnish artists, Kunsthalle Helsinki

Publications:
"Le lit des amants", (book & DVD), Kustannus Oy Taide 2004
"Helene", (together with Hannele Rantala), Kustannus Oy Taide 2003
"Puhdas/ Pure" (exhibition catalogue), 2003
Works in collections: Finnish Museum of Contemporary Art (Kiasma), Helsinki City Art Museum, Finnish Museum of Photography, Foundation Saastamoinen

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