BIO
Sami Parkkinen (b. 1974) is a Finnish photographer. He employs photography and sculpture to investigate the human consciousness and the need to rebuild society. Since 2009, he has exhibited at a number of museums and galleries, including The National Museum of Finland (2021), Finnish Museum of Photography (2010), The National Portrait Gallery, London (2015), and Circulation(s) – Festival de la Jeune Photographie Européenne, Paris (2016). His works are also held by notable public and private collections.
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Sami Parkkinen (b. 1974)
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e-mail: sp@samiparkkinen.com
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Copyright © 2010 – 2022 Sami Parkkinen Photography.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS ( 2010-2021 )
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINLAND 2021, Helsinki, Finland
GALLERY HEINO 2019, Helsinki, Finland
UNSEEN AMSTERDAM 2018, Represented by Gallery Vasli Souza
PHOTO BASEL 2018 , Reprensent by Gallery Heino
HEAD ON PHOTO FESTIVAL 2017, Museum of Sydney, Sydney Australia
BACKLIGHT PHOTO FESTIVAL 2017, Tampere, Finland
MEKEN / Identity 2017, Smedjebacken, Sweden
ZWISCHEN LIGHT UND DUNKELHEIT 2017, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
NORTHERN PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTRE 2017 Oulu, Finland
GALLERY HEINO 2017 Helsinki, Finland
GALLERY VASLI SOUZA 2017, Malmö, Sweden
FINLAND INSTITUT 2017, Berlin, Germany
CIRCULATION(S) 2016 Centquatre, Paris, France
PORTRAIT NOW! 2015 Museum of National History, Fredriksborg castle, Denmark
NEW NARRATIVE AND READER 2015 Bury art Museum, England
TAYLOR WESSING PORTRAIT PRIZE 2014 National Portrait gallery, London, England
NATURE AND MORE 2014 Rostock kunsthalle, Germany
DREAMS OF SOMETHING BETTER 2013 Anna Akhmatova museum, St Petersburg, Russia
DREAMS OF SOMETHING BETTER 2012 Taidehalli / Kusthalle, Helsinki Finland
PARADISE 2010 Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki Finland
PLATFORM 09 / 2009 Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Kiasma Museum of Modern Art, FI
Finnish national collections, FI
Finnish Museum of Photography, FI
Skåne region art collections, SWE
Serlachius Museum, FI
Joensuu Art Museum, FI
Heino collections, FI
Private collections.
Handelsbankens konstförening
GRANTS
2019 Art counsil Finland
2017 Art counsil Finland
2017 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2015 Art counsil Finland
2013 Frame Visual Art Finland
2012 Art counsil Finland
2011 Patricia Seppälä Foundation
2010 Art counsil Finland
COMMISSIONED WORK
DIE ZEIT, FUTURZWEI, SOSTE, HESINGIN SANOMAT, SUOMEN KUVALEHTI, LAPSEN MAAILMA, RIIHIMÄKI ART MUSEUM.
Copyright © 2010 – 2022 Sami Parkkinen Photography.
All rights reserved.