Artist Statement.
I grew up in Finland, in a home where my mother had a chronic longing for her roots in Karelia (an area shared with Russia). Bullying defined my life since it lasted throughout my elementary school and it affected my experience of being different. This experience of being different made me an expatriate; I moved to Denmark when I was 19, and after that, I lived in Sweden, Singapore, sometime in Finland, and now in Austria.
I have researched the theme of not belonging beyond borders for over 10-years, in my artistic work as well as in my Master degrees (MA of Arts and MA of Design). In my artwork you can see the design and art side of thinking, not forgetting the Nordic aesthetics. I have lived for six years in Austria, where I work at the edge of the forest, on the mountainside.
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I was born and raised in Orimattila, Finland.
Currently I am working and living in Radstadt, Austria.
Contact. veera.komulainen@gmail.com
2016-2017 – Master of Arts, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
2011-2012 – Master of Design, Raffles Design Academy, Singapore
2006-2009 – Post Graduate, Hansenberg Nordic Multimedia academy, Kolding, Denmark
2002-2005 – Artisan, Lahti College of Arts and Crafts, Lahti, Finland
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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
NOVEMBER 2022 – Solo show – Galleria Pleiku, Berlin, Germany
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SOLO & GROUP SHOWS
2022 – Group show – Barok museum, Salzburg Austria
2022 – Solo show – Mältinranta Art Centre, Tampere, Finland
2021 – Solo show – Pop-up Imberg, Salzburg Austria
2021 – Group show – Gegner-Haus, Attersee Austria
2020 – Group show – Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Festung Salzburg, Austria
2016 – Solo show – Toinen tuleminen, Valkee Oulu, Finland
2014 – Solo show – Graphic pop-up, Tuba Oulu, Finland
2014 – Solo show – Siunattu yksinäisyys, Design Valkea Oulu, Finland
2013 – Group show – KUŠ!: THE LAST MATCH – the largest small exhibition, Urban culture center Kino Šiška Ljubljana, Slovakia
2013 – Group show – Taidekeskus Taarasti yhteisnäyttely, Nastola, Finland
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PUBLIC ART
2019 – Art Linnakallio Goes Baana Symposium
Kempele, Finland
2018 – Competition price: HKL metro station artwork Mellunmäki Helsinki, Finland
2014 – Brain Capacity mural Linnasaari Oulu, Finland
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GRANTS
2022 – TAIKE Art Support Centre of Finland / working grant 2 months
2021 – TAIKE Art Support Centre of Finland / working grant 6 months
2020 – TAIKE Art Support Centre of Finland / working grant 2 months
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PUBLICATIONS
2015 – NIETOS – Lapin kansan synty
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WORKSHOPS
2019 – Veera K. Workshops
Started on 15.5.2019 – 2022. Salzburg, Austria
2017 – Street Art workshop for slum kids
June 2017 – August 2017 Koseli school, Kathmandu, Nepal
2017 – Contemporary Art Workshop in Ludwig Museum Ludwig Museum, Budapest Hungary
2014 – Street Art workshop for teens
Nuorisoseura, Kemi, Finland
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Apr 2013- Dec 2015, Oulu, Finland
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Mar 2008-Mar 2011, Locations: Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden
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