Mari Sunna

Born 1972, Espoo, Finland
Lives and works in London

Education

1999-00
MA Fine Art & Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design
1994-98
Free Art School, Helsinki
1989-94
Lahti Design Institute, Lahti

Solo Exhibitions

2007
Everynoanysomeone, Studio of Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Turku Art Museum & Eskiltuna Art Museum

2006
Intermission, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

2004
The Approach, London

2002
Finsk-Norsk Kulturinstitutt, Oslo
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

2001
The Approach, London
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

2000
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

1999
Galllery of the Finnish Institute, Stockholm
A Scent More Mature Than Childhood, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

1998
Gestures, Cable Gallery, Helsinki

Group Exhibitions

2007
Haava, Gallen-Kallela Museum/ Rauma Art Museum

2006
Contemporary Finnish Painting, Galerie Christian Roellin, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Motion on Paper, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
25^th Anniversary of Deutsche Bank Collection, Deutsche Guggenheim, Mori Museum, Tokyo

2005
25^th Anniversary of Deutsche Bank Collection, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
No Painting, Tallinna Kunsthall, Estonia
Labyrinitti, Fiskars, Finland

2004
How Would You Light Heaven, Carlier-Gebauer, Berlin
Om Reason and Emotion, The Biennale of Sydney, curated by Isabel Carlos
The Hare /MOT London
Peinture fraiche-Vasta Maalattu ,Le Triage, Paris

2003
50 Mothers, K3, Zurich
Inside Outt, Milton Keynes Gallery
Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London

2002
The Galleries Show' Royal Acaemy of Arts, London
nausea: encounters with ugliness, djanogly art gallery, Nottingham
S.1972, Kunsthalle Helsinki
Chamois, MOT, London
Kultur-Raume Norden: An der Schwelle des Unbekanten, Bayer, Leverkusen

2001
Art in Saint Mary Magdalene Church and Crypt, CAP, London
Polarflex, Aroma Project Space, Berlin
Baltic Painting Biennale, Vasby Art Exhibition Hall, Sweden
Brighton Icons, THE CAP, Brighton

2000
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

1999
Many Ways of Painting, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Brainstorm, Goldsmiths College, London
Cable Gallery, Helsinki
Borey Art Gallery, St Petersburg
Homes for Broken Mind Campaign, various venues, Finland
Boxing, Myyrmaki House, Vantaa

1998
Maarja Gallery, Tallinn
10 m2, BA Fine Art Show of the Free Art School, Cable Factory, Helsinki

Bibliography

2001
Mark Currah, ‘Mari Sunna', Time Out, September 26-October 3

Publications

2004
‘On Reason and Emotion', Biennale of Sydney Exhibition catalogue

2002
‘Mari Sunna' exhibition catalogue, galerie anhava, Helsinki

2001
‘Mari Sunna', exhibition catalogue, The Approach publication, London

Collections

Amos Anderson Museum
SOK
Deutche Bank
Frank Cohen Collection
Saatchi Collection
Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
Paulo Foundation, Helsinki
Tampere City, Finland
Apoteksbolagts Konstforening, Sweden
Nordisk Akvarellmuseet, Sweden
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Finland
The Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo
The Nelimarkka Foundation, Helsinki
Vihuri Collection
Franche-Comté