EEMIL KARILA - CURRICULUM VITAE

Born 1978, Rovaniemi
Lives and works in Berlin

Studio:
Oldenburger Straße 3a
10551 Berlin
info@eemilkarila.net
www.eemilkarila.net

EDUCATION
2006–2008 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland (MFA)
1997–2002 Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia (BFA)
1999–2000 Instituto de Artes Plasticas de Armando Reveron, Caracas, Venezuela

EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2016–2017 All We Can Hope is a Beautiful End, Korundi Studio, Rovaniemi Art
Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
2016 All We Can Hope is a Beautiful End, Galleria Orton, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Kingdom Fall, GSL Projekt, Berlin, Germany
2014 Rua Luiz de Camoes 68, Centro Municipal de Arte de Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013 Crellestraße 44, Musterzimmer, Berlin, Germany
2011 Alte Schönhauser Straße 26, Suvi Lehtinen Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010 One Night Stand, Tammen Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010 EKKM Eemil Karila Kunst Museum, Estonian Contemporary Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Surface Values, Program Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 ARTSCAPE, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2008 MIKÄ ON MINUN ON MEIDÄN, WHAT´S MINE IS OURS, Rovaniemi Art Museum
2007 Painted plates, Bar9, Helsinki, Finland
2006–2007 How to Seduce a Cynic?, Gallery Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland
2006–2007 Fart in a Sahara, Aine Art Museum, C.S.C.A.A., Tornio, Finland
2005–2006 Touring exhibition arranged by the Oulu Art Museum, Finland
2006 Selected works, Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute, Oslo, Norway
2006 Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Helsinki Art Museum, Gallery Kluuvi,
Helsinki, Finland
2005–2006 MADE IN LAPLAND, Galleria Jangva, C.S.C.A.A. (Eemil Karila & Kalle Lampela), Helsinki, Finland
2005 POST OFFICE, Linnagalleria, Tallinn, Estonia
2005 Finnish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Jingle!, C.S.C.A.A., Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
2004 GLOBAL HOME, Finnish Painters’ Union’s Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2004 Trans Air, Transformers, Viinistu Art museum, Estonia
2004 EXERCISE, Contemporary Santa Claus artist association, gallery
napa, Rovaniemi, Finland
2004 “titled”, gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland
2003 “titled”, napa gallery, Rovaniemi, Finland
2003 Eemil from Lapland - Eemil Lapimaald, Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia

Selected group exhibitions

2015 We are all born naked and the rest is drag, Fahrbereitsaft, Berlin,
Germany
2015 Out of the Box, Art Museum of Kuntsi, Vaasa, Finland
2014 Winter Collage, Meinblau, Berlin, Germany
2014 AV-Arkki 25-aniversary selection, Helsinki, Turku
Tampere, Jyväskylä and Oulu, Finland
2014 Lousseau Presents, Berlin Art Week, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany
2014 HKI1952, Torstraße 66, Berlin, Germany
2014 Black Market, L7 Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2014 Men, any feelings?- Miehet, onko tunteita? Art Museum of Tampere,
Tampere, Finland
2013 With Tekijänoikeudella, Helsinki Showroom, Helsinki, Finland
2013 WRO 15th Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland
2012 Maalauksia/Paintings, WIP-Konsthalle, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 Muu-Ry 10-vuotta, Muu-galleria, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Art is so gay, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2012 C.S.C.A.A., cooking performance, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
2012 Antidote, Muu-galleria, Helsinki, Finland
2012 ModernTimesTalking, Suomesta Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2011 Lapin taika, Magic of Lapland, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Antidote 2, Körner Park Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2011 Beyond private and public, Galleries Katve, Kajo and Lume, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
2011 Little White Lies, Aubin Gallery, London, UK
2011 Metrospective, Program Galleria, Berlin, Germany
2010 Artists association of Lapland, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Art goes kapakka, Club YK, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Mind the box, Berlin, Germany
2009–2010 Ban-Parents Art Biennial, Travelling exhibition from: Oslo, Tråmso,
Rovaniemi, Murmansk, Moscow and Helsinki
2009 Smart, Christmas viewing, Gallery Korjaamo, Helsinki Finland
2008 Souvenirs, Gallery S12, Bergen, Norway
2008 New Works, Gallery Fafa, Helsinki, Finland
2008 Todella Siistiä, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
2007 Piirustusluokka, Kunsthalle/Taidehalli, Helsinki, Finland
2007 Nulle terre sans seigneur, C.S.C.A.A., part of
methodological research seminar “Locations of Emancipation”,
University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
2007 Souvenirs, Svolvær Lofooten, Norway
2007 Constructing the identitty, Hornsey galllery, London, UK
2007 Lecture of contemporary art, Keminmaa county office, Keminmaa,
Finland
2007 Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
2007 Ars Kärsämäki, Kärsämäki, Finland
2007 “Collage”, Oulu Art museum, C.S.C.A.A., Oulu, Finland
2007 “I would want to be a dog”, “Minä haluaisin olla koira”, Rauma Art
Museum, Rauma, Finland
2006 “LEFT”, Kiila ry:s 80th anniversary exhibition, Art hall, Helsinki, Finland
2006 “Masters of the university”, Academy gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2006 ”Permission to grow old”, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2006 Pikasso, Art Supermarket, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä , Finland
2005 110. annual Finlands artists exhibition, Helsinki Art hall, Finland
2004 “Rajaton”, national drawing exhibition, Joensuu Art museum, Finland
1.prize (C.S.C.A.A., Eemil Karila & Kalle Lampela)
2002 Auto portrait, Theatre gallery, Pärnu, Estonia
2002 Exhibition of diploma works, Art Museum of Tallinn, Estonia
2003 The big moose exhibition, Den Store Elg utstillingen, Telemark Fylkesgallerii, Nodtodden, Norge
2003 Old and new Art, Uutta ja vanhaa, Art Museum of Kerava, Finland
2003 ARS Arctica, Art Museum of Rovaniemi, Finland
2002 Artist union of Lapland in Kerava, Art Museum of Kerava, Finland
2002 Drawing 2002, Annual exhibition of Graphic Union of Estonia, Art Hall of Tallinn, Estonia
2002 Old and young, Residence of Albu, Estonia
2002 Annual exhibition of Painters Union of Estonia, Art Hall of Tallinn, Estonia

SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

2016 Art Council of Finland, for artistic practice
2014 Art Council of Finland, for materials
2013 Art Council of Finland, for artistic practice
2012 Finnish Culture Fund, for artistic practice
2012 Art Council of Finland project grant
2011 Art Council of Finland project grant
2010 Kordelin Foundation, for artistic practice and for material costs
2010 Culture Contact NORD, mobility fund
2010 Finnish Culture Fund, for artistic practice
2010 Art council of Lapland, for artistic practice
2010 Art Council of Finland, project grant
2009 Foundation of Niilo Helander, for artistic practice
2009 Art Council of Finland, for artistic practice
2008 Finnish Culture Fund (Lapland region), for artistic practice
2008 Visek, project grant
2007 Lapland Art Council, for artistic practice
2006 Valtos’ foundation, project grant
2006 Finnish Culture Fund (Lapland region), for artistic practice
2006 Lapland Art Council (residence grant)
2005 Finnish Culture Fund, for artistic practice
2004 Art Council of Finland (material costs)
2004 Lapland Art Council (1/2 year grant), for artistic practice
2004 Finnish Culture Fund (one year grant), for artistic practice
2003 Paulo Foundation (for exhibition activity)
2003 Finnish Culture Fund (one year grant), for artistic practice

PUBLIC ARTWORKS

University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland

MEMBERSHIPS

- AV-Arkki, The distribution Centre for Finnish Media Art
- Finnish Painters’ Union
- Artists’ Association of Lapland
- Kuvasto ry

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

- Finnish Cultural Foundation, Lapland county collection, Rovaniemi Art Museum
- Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation’s collection, Rovaniemi Art Museum
- Aune Laaksonen Foundation, Art Museum of Kerava
- Aine Art Foundation, Art museum of Tornio, Finland
- Miettinen Collection, Helsinki/Berlin