Nina Roos
Born 1956
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
Education
1983–1988 The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1982 Grundskolan för konstnärlig utbildning, Stockholm
1975–1979 University of Helsinki
solo exhibitions
2020 Lucid, Kohta, Helsinki
2019 In the Habit of Hearing, Galleri K, Oslo
2019 Regarding the Point of Restraint, Lund’s Konsthall, Lund
2016 The Cut, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris
2015 Inside Outside and Beside, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
2014 Balancing, Galerie Mansart, Paris
2013 situated/ separated, Galleri K, Oslo
2013 Galleri Gro, Campus Allegro, Pietarsaari
2013 Nina Roos and Astrid Svangren, Galleri Örsta, Kumla
2012 Borders, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
2010 shades, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2009 Kunstnernes Hus (together with Jasper Just and Edvine Larssen), Oslo
2009 passage, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
2009 Nu/Now, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2008 Positions and Reversals, Galleri K, Oslo
2008 Galleri Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup
2007 infinite points, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2007 Paul Petro Contemporary Art (together with Peter Bowyer), Toronto
2005 Galerie Anhava, Studio, Helsinki
2004 Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
2003 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2003 Shifting Spaces: A Rapid Touch, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
2003 Excursion into the slightest of Signs, Nina Roos and Anne-Karin Furunes, Galleri K, Oslo
2002 Bergen Kunsthall, Galleri no 5, Bergen
2001 Läpi kuvien/Genom bilder/Through Images, KIASMA, Museum for
2001 Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1998 Nina Roos and Paula Modersohn-Becker, Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense
1998 Galerie Gebauer, Berlin
1998 Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
1997 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1996 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
1996 Yoshii Gallery, New York
1996 Gallery Jutempos, Vilnius
1995 Galerie Gebauer u. Günther, Berlin
1994 Galerie Gebauer u. Günther, Berlin
1992 Galleri 11, Reykjavik
1992 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1991 Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
1991 Galéria Arkad, Budapest
1990 Fiskars Museum, Fiskars
1990 Galleria Johan S., Porvoo
1989 Galleri Decorum, Stockholm
1988 Galleria Katariina, Helsinki
selected group exhibitions
2022 Rippling, K-U-K, Trondheim
2022 Subterranean, Amos Rex, Helsinki
2020 La Musée, Galerie Italienne, Paris
2018 Prime Matter, Arsenale, Riga
2017 Wither the Winds, Lunds konsthall, Lund
2017 The Cloud of Unknowing, Värmlands konstmuseum, Karlstad
2017 Temporary Futures Exhibition, M HKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
2016 With Love Heino, HAM, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
2016 Painting Failures, Moderna Museet, Malmö
2015 The Nordic Miracle Revisited, Galleri F15, Moss
2015 Prime Matter, Teckningsmuséet, Laholm
2014 Here/Now, Artipelag, Stockholm
2013 Channelled, Lunds Konsthall, Lund
2012 Konst i förvandling, Amos Andersons konstmuseum, Helsinki
2011 Reflective Shadows, Ordrupgaard
2011 Spatial Places:The Poetry of Place, Copper Smithy, Fiskars
2010 False Recognition, Contemporary Art Center, CAC, Vilnius
2009 Annorlunda verkligheter, Konstakademin, Stockholm
2008 The Continental Unconcious, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn
2008 Image and After, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2008 Kuudes kattaus/Sixth Setting, HoviArt, Anttolanhovi
2007 Transparent, Granary, Fiskars
2006 Galleri Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup
2006 I Love Malmö, Turku Art Museum, Turku
2006 Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
2006 Connecting People, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen
2005 Kabusa konsthall, Ystad
2005 Ten foreign artists, Galleri K, Oslo
2005 Arjen murtumia/The Fracture of Life, Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2003– Carnegie Art Award, 2004 – Nordic Painting, First prize, Konstakademien, Stockholm;
2004 Listasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur; Kunsternes Hus, Oslo; Charlottenburg, Copenhagen;
Victoria Miro Warehouse, London; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
2003 Prophetic Corners, Periferic Contemporary Art Biennial, Iasi
2002 Grace – Nordic Contemporary Art, Samling Saltarvet, Fiskebäckskil
2001 Interface, Göteborg Konstmuseum, Gothenburg
2001 Sur Face, Lunds Konsthall, Lund
2001 Surface and Whirlpools, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås
2001 The 366/2000 project, Muka Auckland
2001 Hockey Flowers, Works from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection at Rovaniemi
Art Museum, Kunsthalle Helsinki
2000 Sonic Eye, with Marianna Uutinen, Yle-Radio Event, Helsinki
2000 Europe: Different Perspectives in Painting, Museo Michetti, Palazzo San Domenico, Francavilla al
Mare
2000 Painterly, The 11th Vilnius Painting Triennal, Contemporary Art Centre, CAC, Vilnius
2000 Under the same sky, Vuosaari, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1999– Red Shift: Painting in and out of focus, Trapholt, Kolding; Kunsthalle
2000 Helsinki, Helsinki; Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik; Centrum for Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam,
Rotterdam
1998– Carnegie Art Award 1998 - Nordic Painting, Konstakademin, Stockholm;
1999 Sophienholm, Lyngby; Stenersensmuseet, Oslo; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
1998 Nedbruten, Storkyrkan, Stockholm
1997 Das erweiterte Feld: Transformation des Bildes, Kunstverein München, München
1997 Ikkuna, peili, Kunsthalle, Helsinki; Arsenale, Riga
1996– Above/Below the Surface, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen;
1997 Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1996 Konst i hem-miljö, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1995 The Image of Europe, Nicosia
1995 XLVI Biennale di Venezia, The Nordic Pavilion, Venice;
1995 Rostock Kunsthalle, Rostock
1995 Galleri Wang, Oslo
1995 ARS 95, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1994 Nina Roos – Jussi Niva, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
1994 Tidsanda II, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö
1994 X/Y, Turku Art Museum, Turku; Oulu Art Museum, Oulu
1994 The Nordic 90's, Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm
1993 Ihanku, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1993 Selections, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
1993 Prospect '93, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
1993 Privat, Galleri F15, Moss
1992 Rakkautta raunioilla/Love in the Ruins, The Museum of Modern Art, Tampere
1992 Touch, Villa Roma, Turku
1991 The Image is the final Path, Sergei Diaghilev Museum, St. Petersburg
1991 Aurora 4, The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki; Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1990 The Seoul Art Festival, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
1990 Abject, Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm; The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki
1990 1+1+1, Pyynikinlinna, Tampere
1988 The Factory of Fiskars, Porvoo
public commissions
2013 Parallel, Campus Allegro, Pietarsaari
2012 Life is Echo and Answer, Altarpiece, The Church of Shadows, Chengdu
2006 Fall I och II, The Library, University of Gävle, Gävle
1998 University of Vaasa, Vaasa
1992 Wasa Insurance, Stockholm
collections
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Apoteket AB, Stockholm
ArtPace, San Antonio
Niemistö Collection, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna
EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
Carnegie Art Award, Stockholm
Gothenburg Art Museum, Gothenburg
HAM, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
Heino Foundation, Helsinki
Kistefos museum, Kistefos, Norway
KIASMA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The National Public Art Council, Stockholm
Paulo Foundation, Helsinki
Pro Artibus Foundation, Helsinki
Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
Swanljung Collection, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
Telenor, Oslo
Turku Art Museum, Turku
The City of Vantaa
The Foundation of Serlachius Art Museum, Mänttä
Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi
prizes and honours
2009 Prins Eugen medal, Sweden
2007 Pro Finlandia
2004 First Prize, Carnegie Art Award, Sweden
1998 Second Prize, Carnegie Art Award, Sweden
1995 The Edstrand Foundation Art Prize, Sweden
teaching experience
2006– External Tutor, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö
2004–2007 Supervisor, Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme
2001–2004 Professor of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1996–2001 External Tutor, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö
1998 Visiting Professor, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm