HANNA HAASLAHTI

Hanna Haaslahti (1969) is a media artist working and living in Helsinki. She works in the field of visual arts and new media (interactive installations and experimental films). She has background in photography (BA Lahti Institute of Design, Finland) and set design (Art Academy of Verona, Italy).  She was an exchange student in Arts & Technology-department in the School of the Art Institute in Chicago (1996-1997) and she completed her media studies in Medialab at University of Arts and Design Helsinki (MFA 2001). She has been artist-in-residence at MagicMediaLab, Brussels (2000), in Helsinki-Brussels artist exchange program (2002) and in Nifca NewMediaAir, St.Petersburg (2003). She has received honorary mention at Vida 6.0 Art and artificial life-competition (2003) and was selected in 50 best category in ZKM Medien Kunst Preis (2003). She has received the most prestigious finnish media art award, AVEK-award (2005) and was granted 5-year artist grant by Arts Council of Finland (2010).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011            Unity, Galerie Vieille du Temple, Paris, France
2010            Old and New exits, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2009            Superpositions, Gallery Heino, Helsinki
2007            Space of two Categories, Gallery Heino, Helsinki
2003            White Square, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1997            Tangible Cosmologies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (together with Veli Granö)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS and FESTIVALS

2010           
ArtParis + Guests, Grand Palais, Paris
It´s a set-up, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
MediaFacade-festival, Statue of Mannerheim, Helsinki
MediaFacade-festival, Flagey Square, Brussels
MediaFacade-festival, Ars Electronica, Linz
Dance and Media festival, DownStreamGarage, Shanghai, China
Nuit Blanche, Paris
Space of two Categories, Finland Institute in Germany, Berlin

2009            
Stray Trek, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma
Dans över gränsen, Dansens Hus, Stockholm
Irrfarht, Felleshus, Berlin
South-Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta
VAD International Festival for Video and Digital Arts, Girona, Spain
Play! Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland

2008           
Phenomena, Pori Art Museum, Pori
Nyt 08, Raisio Art Museum, Raisio
After Image, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Residency at Citè International des Arts, Paris

2007           
The 25 best artists of Finland, Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
ACM 2007, Interactive Arts Program, Augsburg, Germany
Festival della Creatività, North in Progress, Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, Italy
Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland

2006
Den Gyldne, Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art&Playing, Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Circulo Bellas Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
The light of light, SESC, São Paolo, Brasil

2005
Boston Cyberarts, Studio Soto, Boston
Skyggen/Shadow, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Sorø, Denmark
2005 Daejeon FAST, DMA Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

2004
17. Stuttgarter Filmwinter-festival for expanded media, Stuttgart
Voids, pads and places, Concertgebouw, Brugge
ISEA 2004, Helsinki

2003
F2F-New Media Art from Finland, Cité Administrative, Brussels
Arts média de Finlande, Centre Culturel Finnois, Paris
Viper - International festival for video, film and new media, Basel
AIM IV:Interference Patterns, Armory Northwest, Pasadena

Honorary Mention
Vida 6.0 Art and Artficial Life International Competition by Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid

2002
Attachment+, Kunsthalle Lophem, Brugge Belgium
Symptomania, Kunsthalle Lophem, Brugge Belgium
F2F-New Media Art from Finland, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Montreal
F2F-Sheila and Arnold Aronson Galleries at Parsons School of Design, New York
Artist in Residence, Maison Art Actuell Chartreux, Brussels
Artist in Residence, Valkoinen Sali, Helsinki

2001
F2F-New Media Art from Finland, Finnish Embassy, Washington
F2F-New Media Art from Finland, Design Exchange, Toronto
Entropy in a living room, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

2000
F2F-New Media Art from Finland, The New Wight Gallery (UCLA), Los Angeles
Entropie dans un salon, Galerie Quang, Paris
F-scapes, Vanderborght Building, Brussels
Continent-New Media Art, Vanderborght Building, Brussels
Continent-New Media Art, Lasipalatsi Media Center, Helsinki

1999
Pakattu-multimedia zapping, Lasipalatsi Media Center, Helsinki

1998
II triennal of finnish art, Taidehalli, Helsinki
Short Film Festival of Tampere, Multimedia gallery, Tampere
Lovebytes-MediaArt festival, Sheffield, England
Retina`98, Budapest, Hungary
Open Windows, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Gazes-Media Art from Finland, Knitting Factory, New York, US

1997
Media.Art.Project, Into-gallery, Helsinki
Tangible Cosmologies, Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki
11. Stuttgarter FilmWinter, Stuttgart, Germany
European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany


FILMOGRAPHY

Solarium 2003

ZKM Medien Kunst Preis 2003 “50 best” nomination
Parcours Revé, Hotel de l´Industrie, Galerie Quang, Paris
Montages of Sound Atmospheres-Interactions between moving images and music,
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Regensburg
Viper - International festival for video, film and new media, Basel
Nordic Glory, Jyväskylä

Be allways with us 2002

Ultima/dance for camera, Filmens Hus, Oslo
Nordisk Panorama, Oulu
Kettupäivät, Helsinki
Nordic Glory, Jyväskylä
Cinedans, Amsterdam (winner of the 1st prize)
International Thessaloniki Film Festival, Athens
TTV Festival-Performing Arts on the Screen, Bologna

Falling through the force of gravity 2000

Avanto-Helsinki Media Art Festival
Ultima/dance for camera, Filmens Hus, Oslo Norway
Nordic Glory, Jyväskylä, Finland
VIEW-Festival of Finnish Media Art, AV-arkki

ARTWORKS IN COLLECTION

Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Concertgebouw Brugge, Belgium
Pori Art Museum, Pori