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Mari Sunna

Born 1972, Espoo, Finland
Lives and works in Finland

Education

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

Solo Exhibitions

2008
Winter Pictures, The Approach, London, UK
Ichduersiees, Otto Dix-House, Germany

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

2006
Intermission, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

2004
The Approach, London, UK

2002
Finsk-Norsk Kulturinstitutt, Oslo, Norway
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

2001
The Approach, London, UK
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

2000
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

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

1998
Gestures, Cable Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Group Exhibitions

2008
Transgressing mind, Prague Triennale, Czech Republic 

2007
Haava, Gallen-Kallela Museum/ Rauma Art Museum, Finland
Motion on Paper, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK

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

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

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

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

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

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

2000
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

1999
Many Ways of Painting, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Brainstorm, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Cable Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Borey Art Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia
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, Finland

Bibliography

2008
Coxhead, Gabriel, Mari Sunna, Time Out, 18-24 September
Brown, Neal, Inner Barbie World, The First Post, September

2004
Geldard, Rebbeca, Reviews, Time Out, October
Hubbard, Sue, Mari Sunna @ The Approach, The Independent Review, 12th October 

2001
Currah, Mark, Mari Sunna, Time Out, September 26-October 3
Mitchell, Stephen, Evening Standard, 12 September
Exhibitions, The Guardian 2, 24th September 

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