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Abstract, Art Professional, Artist, Digital, Drawing, Installation, Landscape, Other, Painter, Photographer, Pop, Realism, Sculptor, Surrealism |
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Quick Facts
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Finland |
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Kotka |
| Address 1 : |
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Tervasaarenkatu 3 |
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48910 |
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http://www.ninamattila.fi |
| Blog : |
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-by-Nina-Mattila/157472814294551 |
| Birthplace : |
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Boras, Sweden |
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1974-09-19 |
| Statement : |
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"As a little girl I used to love sit under a fir tree and watch people passing by. In my mind I always tried to step into their shoes and imagined where I was going and what could happen on a way there.
Being this invisible bystander, I always try to capture moments as they are and how I see them. I think that posing is taking away all those genuine impressions and emotions that you can see if you just watch people little further away.
As an visual artist and a photographer my work presents emotional and touching, but still everyday things. The stories and emotions that shows on the artwork are depending on the mindset of the viewer. Someone finds piece of their childhood, others may see glimpse of present.
My childlike curiosity is encouraging me to try new techniques and styles to reveal my thoughts.
I will always want to do snow angels." |
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Nina Mattila née Kuoksa
Born 1974 Borås, Sweden
Married (graphic designer/entrepreneur Tommi Mattila)
3 children (born 1995, 1997, 1998)
Visual artist, photographer, graphic designer,
entrepreneur (advertising agency LANIQAproduction) 11/2000 -
POSITION OF TRUST
Kotka Photographic Center, board member, 2011 -
Kotka Art Association, board member, 2012 -
Member of the Development Group of the Repin Institute of Kotka, 2010-
Member of the Planning Committee of the Kolahtaako? -movie weeks in Kotka, 2004 -
STUDIES
2010-2012 Visual arts education of the St. Petersburg I. E. Repin Institute in Kotka, Finland
2010-2011 Printmaking course, The Adult Education Centre of Kotka
2010 Live model drawing course, The Adult Education Centre of Kotka
2010 Mosaic course, The Adult Education Centre of Kotka
2010 Drawing course, Orivesi Institute
1999 – 2004 Software Engineering, Kyamk, University of Applied Sciences
1991-1992 Ceramics course, Harjula Settlementt Association
1991-1994 Chef, Kotka Maritime & Transport Institute
EXHIBITIONS
8.5.-3.6.2012 a solo exhibition at Hanna Kaarina Gallery, Finland (paintings)
3.-26.5.2012 a solo exhibition Galería La Perla, Spain (paintings)
2012: Spring exhibition, Gallery Nikolai, Kotka Finland (paintings)
2012: 4×6/6×4 Postcard Legacy Campaign Exhibit at Colorado Mesa University Art Gallery, Colorado, USA (paintings)
2012: a group exhibition at Gallery Art Frida, Helsinki, Finland (paintings)
2012 Photo project: She blocks the highway – a collaborative exhibition at Fontanian Studios, Hong Kong, China. (photographs: Childhood serie)
2011: a collaborative exhibition of Repin Institute of Fine Arts Education at Kotkan Höyrypanimo, Finland(paintings, drawings)
2011: Members exhibition at Kotka Photographic Center, Finland (photographs)
2011: a collaborative exhibition of Repin Institute of Fine Arts Education at Galleria Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland (paintings)
2011: a collaborative exhibition with Niko Lauhkonen at Moisio mansion, Kouvola, Finland (paintings)
2011: a collaborative exhibition of Kotka Art Association at Kotka public library (juried) (painting)
2011: Gallery Event & discussion panel, Kotka, Finland
2011: Fashon Night & Culture, collaborative with Timo Mähönen and Sofia Virtanen at Pasaati, Kotka, Finland (photographs)
2011: Fashon Night & Culture, group exhibition with Repin Institute of Fine Arts at Pasaati, Kotka, Finland (juried). (paintings)
2011: “20×20″ – a collaborative exhibition with Niko Lauhkonen at Galleria Nikolai, Kotka, Finland (paintings – 20×20 series)
2011: a collaborative exhibition at Koskisto Art Center, Kouvola, Finland (Childhood installation: Childhood serie)
2011: Not Not The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition at McNeill Fine Art Gallery, United Kingdom (drawings)
2011: Konstrundan @ Studio Nina Mattila, Östringinkatu 2, Kotka, Finland. (juried) (paintings, drawings, photographs)
2011: Repin Institute of Fine Arts Education exhibition at Kotkan Höyrypanimo, Finland. (paintings, drawings)
2011: “Women in the Arts Edition 2″ – a Top Ten Winners’ online exhibition at ARTROM Gallery, Rome, Italy. (photographs)
2010: ‘Another reality’ , Imatra Art Museum, Finland (juried). (photographs)
2010: ‘Charm of Winter’, Gallery Amalia (online exhibition) (paintings)
2010: ‘Immortalis’, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Kymenlaakso Fund’s 50th anniversary and the Repin Institute of Fine Arts Education at Kouvola Art Museum, Finland (juried). (paintings)
2010: Repin Institute of Fine Arts Education exhibition at Kotkan Höyrypanimo, Finland (paintings, drawings)
2010: provincial exhibition at Kotka Photographic Center, Finland (juried). (photographs)
2004: Stopped Time- solo exhibition, Loviisa Peace Forum, Finland (photographs)
Upcoming Exhibitions
6-8/2012 a collaborative exhibition at Koskisto Art Center, Kouvola, Finland. (installation)
18.6.-2.7.2012 a residency period in Assisi (Perugia), Italy
27.-29.7.2012 Konstrundan @ Studio Nina Mattila, Östringinkatu 2, Kotka, Finland (juried).
28.8.-7.10.2012 a collaborative exhibition with Niko Lauhkonen at Haiko Mansion, Finland (paintings)
5.-28.10.2012 a collaborative exhibition with Hanna Leppänen at Gallery Voima, Kemi, Finland. (paintings)
2.-9.12.2012 a collaborative exhibition Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy.
27.3. – 21.4.2013 a solo exhibition at Gallery Kapriisi, Tampere, Finland. (paintings)
25.5.-13.6.2013 a collaborative exhibition with Maria Liitola at Gallery Art Frida, Helsinki, Finland. (photographs)
2014 a collaborative exhibition with Leticia Bernadac Lintunen, Tiina Vainio and Marianne Pinomaa at Kuusankoskitalo, Finland(paintings, drawings)
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2012 Honorable mention winner of PX3 Prix de la photographie Paris – Altered images competition, France
2011 People’s Choice award – Second Prize of PX3 Prix de la photographie Paris, France
2011 PX3 Prix de la photographie Paris official selection, France
2010 A Top 10 winner of Women in the Arts E d i t i o n N o. 2 , ArtRom Gallery, international art competition, Rome, Italy.
2009 Kolahtaako? -movie week. Culture Act of the Year in Kotka 2009.
Asessor in advertising. Event’s graphic design and website.
2009, 2008, 2007 Loviisansanomat.net. Best Finnish local newspapers internet service.
Graphic design and website.
2005 Kotka Goes Document. Culture Act of the Year in Kotka 2005.
Asessor in advertising. Event’s graphic design and website.
GRANTS
2012 Project grant, City of Kotka.
2011 Project grant, City of Kotka.
2011 Project grant, City of Kotka.
SERIES OF WORKS
2011 Childhood
2011 Small world
2010 20 x 20
2010 Urban moments (PX3 Prix de la photographie Paris – People’s Choice award – Second Prize)
2004 Stopped Time
COLLECTIONS
City of Kotka / Kotkan kaupunki
MEMBERSHIP
Finnish Art Association
Contemporary art association Nyte
Kotka Photographic Center
Kolmas kerros Artists’ Association
Kotka Art Association
Friends of Kiasma |
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abstract, collective, digital, drawing, figurative, gallery, graffiti/street-art, landscape, mixed-media, modern, other, painting, photography, pop, realism, sculpture, surrealism, traditional |
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