CV
Nestori Syrjälä
1983, Eura, Finland
Education
2004-2009, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2006-2007, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2007-2009, Nordic Sound Art, Royal Danish Academy of Fine arts, Malmö Art Academy, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art and Oslo Art Academy
Selected Exhibitions
2017
Return Flight Ticket, Max Estrella Gallery, Madrid
Glorious Time, Art Center Purnu, Orivesi
2016
Waiting for the Next Renaissance, HAM Gallery, Helsinki Art Museum
Collection Exhibition, Kiasma, Helsinki
Earthlings, Gallery Sinne, Helsinki
Earthlings, Mustarinda House, Hyrynsalmi
2015
Fit, Sorbus Gallery, Helsinki
You need to have a brain because you need to be able to move, Alkovi Gallery, Helsinki
2014
New Arrangements, Wizard Gallery, Oslo & Circulations Centralen, Malmö
Dissolving Frontiers, Gallery Augusta, HIAP, Helsinki
Objects on Oil, Helsinki Photography Biennial, Helsinki
Collector´s Choice, Titanik Gallery, Turku
Dispersion, Matadero, Madrid
2013
Pebbles in the Mouth, Gallery Augusta, Helsinki
All of a Sudden, Kuva X Tila Gallery, Helsinki
Gifthorse´s Mouth, Gallery Oksasenatu11, Helsinki
2012
Kapinapöytä, Forum Box Gallery, Helsinki
Architecture of Simplicity, Gallery Sinne, Helsinki
Beauty, Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi, Finland
2011
Hidden in Full View, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki City Art Museum
Humanscape, Asilo Bianco, Ameno, Italy
Subversiva Spår Art Festival, Stockholm
2010
Ground Station, Art and Nature Centre Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi, Finland
2009
Soundings, Roskilde museum for Contemporary Art, Denmark
Graduation show, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Double Talk, Holden Gallery, MMU, Manchester
2008
Mobility, satellite exhibition Prague Triennale 2008, several locations:
Czech National Gallery, Prague
FAFA gallery, Helsinki
National Museum of Bulgarian Art,
Sofia Perve Gallery, Lisbon
Lens Politica, Kiasma, Helsinki
Wundergrund, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Kahdeksan kokelasta, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki
Olohuone, Turku
Matchmaking, Art Festival, Trondheim
Works in Public Collections
Kiasma, Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki
HAM, Helsinki Art Museum
Prizes
Dukaattipalkinto / Ducat Prize, Suomentaideyhdistys, 2016
Kiasma Public Art Competition, shared 1st prize, 2016
Memberships
Mustarinda
Finnish Sculptors
Arte
Residencies
2014 Berlin, Finnish Arts Council
2014 Matadero, Madrid
2013 Hiap, Helsinki
2013 Fallsbjörken, Sweden
2013 Nida Art Colony, Lithuania
Grants
2016 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2015 Arts Council of Finland
2013 Arts Council of Finland
2012 City of Helsinki Cultural Office
2012 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2011 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
2011 Finnish Artists Association, Prize for Young Artists
2009 Anita Snellman Foundation
2009 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, New York Residency Grant