Heli Rekula

♀ *1963 / Finland

Works

Solo exhibitions

As the crow flies

EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo (FI)
4 Oct 2017 – 17 Dec 2017
IN HEMINGWAY'S GARDEN

Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen (DK)
7 Jun 2014 – 17 Aug 2014
In Hemingway's Garden

Oslo Fine Art Society, Oslo (NO)
18 Jan 2014 – 2 Mar 2014
In Hemingway's Garden

Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese (NO)
19 Oct 2013 – 17 Nov 2013
Landscape no. 20 An Tiaracht

Kunsthal 3,14, Bergen (NO)
18 May 2012 – 1 Jul 2012
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Galleri 21, Malmö (SE)
14 Mar 2009 – 5 Apr 2009
In Between Worlds

Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork (IE)
10 Sep 2005 – 8 Oct 2005
Desert

Works from 1989-2004

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
5 Feb 2005 – 24 Apr 2005

Group

Untamed 90s – Finnish Photographic Art in the 1990s

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
20 Sep 2024 – 12 Jan 2025

with Lauri Anttila, Petri Anttonen, Elina Brotherus, Petteri Bülow, Henrik Duncker, Juha Allan Ekholm, Veli Granoe, Raoul Grünstein, Ilkka Halso, Marja Helander, Tuovi Hippeläinen, Juha-Pekka Inkinen …
A Tribute To Photography

Primo Marella Gallery, Milano (IT)
9 Jun 2011 – 31 Jul 2011

with Eleanor Antin, Eelco Brand, Mat Collishaw, Tim Davis, Destiny Deacon , Tacita Dean, WENG Fen, Naomi Fisher, YANG Fudong, Chitra Ganesh, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon …
3rd Daegu Photo Biennale -tru(E)motion

Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu (KR)
30 Sep 2010 – 24 Oct 2010

with Joonas Ahlava, Chan-Hyo Bae, Peter Bialobrzeski, Oliver Boberg, Robert Capa, Sung Eun Chang, Gerardo Custance, Joakim Eskildsen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), Ori Gersht, Denise Gruenstein, Ilkka Halso …
Big Girls: Large Format Photographs by Women Photographers

Rick Wester Fine Art, New York (US)
20 May 2010 – 30 Jul 2010

with Sharon Harper, Mona Kuhn, Jocelyn Lee, Bea Nettles, Melanie Schiff, Pinar Yolacan
Talking Loud and Saying Something!

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Göteborg (SE)
24 Sep 2008 – 16 Nov 2008

with Anna Viola Hallberg, Annica Karlsson Rixon
Landscape In Kiasma's collections

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
23 Sep 2007 – 4 Nov 2007

with Marte Aas, Axel Antas, A K Dolven, Taneli Eskola, Ilkka Halso, Heli Hiltunen, Lea + Pekka Kantonen, Esko Maennikkoe, Seppo Renvall, Pentti Sammallahti, Santeri Tuori
Here Then

Tampere Art Museum, Tampere (FI)
1 Sep 2007 – 30 Sep 2007

with Mika Elo, Pertti Kekarainen, Marjaana Kella, Harri Laakso
Photo Finnish - The Helsinki School

MUNCH, Oslo (NO)
8 Feb 2007 – 29 Apr 2007

with Joonas Ahlava, Pasi Autio, Joakim Eskildsen, Miklos Gaal, Ilkka Halso, Nanna Hänninen, Wilma Hurskainen, Ulla Jokisalo, Sanna Kannisto, Sandra Kantanen, Hannu Karjalainen, Pertti Kekarainen …
THE HELSINKI SCHOOL - Finnish photography from the 21st century

Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles, Brussels (BE)
8 Jul 2006 – 10 Sep 2006

with Joonas Ahlava, Ilkka Halso, Nanna Hänninen, Ulla Jokisalo, Sandra Kantanen, Pertti Kekarainen, Ola Kolehmainen, Janne Lehtinen, Jouko Lehtola, Anni Leppaelae, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Jorma Puranen …
ARS 06

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
21 Jan 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with AES+F, Willie Doherty, Jesper Just, Mariele Neudecker, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Motohiko Odani, Motohiko Odani, Susan Philipsz, Chloe Piene, Alexander Ponomarev, Mark Raidpere, Charles Sandison …
PRESENCE perspectives on Finnish photography

Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku (FI)
10 Feb 2006 – 23 Apr 2006

with Kristoffer Albrecht, Stefan Bremer, Elina Brotherus, Henry Edman, Pekka Elomaa, Taneli Eskola, Ilkka Halso, Vesa Hannuksela, Mikko Hietaharju, Juha-Pekka Inkinen, Ulla Jokisalo, Manno Kalliomäki …
The Helsinki School

Photology s.r.l., Milano (IT)
25 Nov 2005 – 21 Jan 2006

with Miklos Gaal, Ilkka Halso, Nanna Hänninen, Maarit Hohteri, Aino Kannisto, Pertti Kekarainen, Janne Lehtinen, Niko Luoma, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Jyrki Parantainen, Jorma Puranen
The Helsinki School - A New Approach

Photography by Taik

Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
16 Sep 2005 – 23 Oct 2005

with Elina Brotherus, Miklos Gaal, Ilkka Halso, Nanna Hänninen, Tiina Itkonen, Ulla Jokisalo, Sanna Kannisto, Aino Kannisto, Sandra Kantanen, Pertti Kekarainen, Ola Kolehmainen, Janne Lehtinen …
Personally

Photographs from the <a href="http://www.30bytaik.com" target="_blank">The Helsinki School </a>

Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm (SE)
26 Feb 2005 – 8 May 2005

with Elina Brotherus, Joakim Eskildsen, Miklos Gaal, Veli Granoe, Ilkka Halso, Nanna Hänninen, Maarit Hohteri, Tiina Itkonen, Ulla Jokisalo, Aino Kannisto, Sanna Kannisto, Sandra Kantanen …
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Örebro konsthall, Örebro (SE)
26 Feb 2005 – 3 Apr 2005

with Gun Holmstroem, Marko Vuokola
Love Me or Leave Me

Favourites from Collections

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
3 Apr 2004 – 27 Feb 2005

with Jean-Marc Bustamante, Hannele Rantala, Charles Sandison
Living, deel 1 van LAT

Odapark foundation, Venray (NL)
6 Nov 2004 – 23 Jan 2005

with Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk, Edwin Zwakman
Ars Fennica. 1991-2003

Ars Fennica Laureates in the Russian Museum

State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg (RU)
25 Nov 2004 – 15 Jan 2005

with Heli Hiltunen
No lo llames peformance / Don’t Call It Performance

El Museo del Barrio, New York (US)
18 Aug 2004 – 7 Nov 2004

with Carlos Amorales, Miguel Angel Rojas, Arahmaiani, Francisco Artigas, Sandra Bermudez, Carlos Betancourt, Catarina Campino, Yael Davids, Yan Duyvendak, Alicia Framis, Adriana Groisman, Quisqueya Henriquez …
No lo llames performance / Don’t Call it Performance

Colectiva de vídeo

Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca (ES)
12 Aug 2004 – 3 Oct 2004

with Carlos Amorales, Miguel Angel Rojas, Arahmaiani, Gustavo Artigas, Sandra Bermudez, Carlos Betancourt, Catarina Campino, Yael Davids, Yan Duyvendak, Alicia Framis, Adriana Groisman, Quisqueya Henriquez …
New Realities - Contemporary Finnish Photography

Reykjavík Arts Festival

Museum of Photography, Reykjavik (IS)
16 May 2004 – 25 Aug 2004

with Elina Brotherus, Veli Granoe, Ben Kaila, Marjaana Kella, Jorma Puranen
IX Mänttä Art Festival 2004

Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä (FI)
6 Jun 2004 – 15 Aug 2004

with Kari Cavén, Heli Hiltunen, Martti Jaemsae, Pertti Kekarainen, Liisa Lounila, Charles Sandison
The Helsinki School - A New Approach

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
5 May 2004 – 15 Aug 2004

with Stefan Bremer, Elina Brotherus, Joakim Eskildsen, Miklos Gaal, Veli Granoe, Ilkka Halso, Nanna Hänninen, Maarit Hohteri, Tiina Itkonen, Ulla Jokisalo, Aino Kannisto, Sanna Kannisto …
Transparent

curated by Jyrki Parantainen . Img.: Heli Rekula: Landscape no. 14 . 2000

Photographic Gallery , Helsinki (FI)
16 Jun 2004 – 16 Jul 2004

with Noomi Ljungdell, Janne Varis, Ea Vasko
No lo llames performance / Don’t Call it Performance

Centro Andaluz de Arte, Sevilla (ES)
9 Mar 2004 – 2 May 2004

with Carlos Amorales, Miguel Angel Rojas, Arahmaiani, Francisco Artigas, Sandra Bermudez, Carlos Betancourt, Catarina Campino, Yael Davids, Yan Duyvendak, Alicia Framis, Adriana Groisman, Quisqueya Henriquez …
Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland // Contemporary Finish Photography

Salo Art Museum, Salo (FI)
25 Mar 2004 – 12 Apr 2004

with Elina Brotherus, Henrik Duncker, Veli Granoe, Pertti Kekarainen, Jouko Lehtola, Esko Maennikkoe, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Jyrki Parantainen, Jorma Puranen
Contemporary Photography from Finland

Zeitgennössische Fotokunst aus Finnland

Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan (PL)
29 Jan 2004 – 21 Feb 2004

with Elina Brotherus, Henrik Duncker, Veli Granoe, Pertti Kekarainen, Jouko Lehtola, Esko Maennikkoe, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Jyrki Parantainen, Jorma Puranen
Identiteettiä etsimässä. Nykyvalokuvaa museon kokoelmista

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
29 Aug 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Elina Brotherus, Jari Silomaeki, Heidi Tikka, Salla Tykkae
LÄHES TÄYDELLINEN

Photographic centre Nykyaika, Tampere (FI)
4 Oct 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Stefan Bremer, Pekka Elomaa, Jaakko Heikkilae, Ulla Jokisalo, Jouko Lehtola, Pertii Nisonen
No lo llames performance / Don’t Call it Performance

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
9 Oct 2003 – 26 Oct 2003

with Carlos Amorales, Miguel Angel Rojas, Arahmaiani, Francisco Artigas, Sandra Bermudez, Carlos Betancourt, Catarina Campino, Yael Davids, Yan Duyvendak, Alicia Framis, Adriana Groisman, Quisqueya Henriquez …
Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland

Galerie Waldkraiburg, Kiel (DE)
4 Jul 2003 – 10 Aug 2003

with Elina Brotherus, Henrik Duncker, Veli Granoe, Pertti Kekarainen, Jouko Lehtola, Esko Maennikkoe, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Jyrki Parantainen, Jorma Puranen
Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Finnland

n.b.k., Berlin (DE)
15 Mar 2003 – 27 Apr 2003

with Elina Brotherus, Henrik Duncker, Veli Granoe, Pertti Kekarainen, Jouko Lehtola, Esko Maennikkoe, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Jyrki Parantainen, Jorma Puranen, Kati Rapia
Beyond Paradise: Nordic artists travel east

China Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
26 Mar 2003 – 13 Apr 2003

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Elina Brotherus, Olafur Eliasson, Maria Friberg, Mads Gamdrup, Peter Land, Jouko Lehtola, Esko Maennikkoe, Per Maning, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Torbjorn Rodland, Vibeke Tandberg …
New Realities - Contemporary Finnish Photography

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
15 Jan 2003 – 9 Mar 2003

with Veli Granoe, Ilkka Halso, Marja Helander, Marjaana Kella, Andrej Lajunen, Esko Maennikkoe, Jyrki Parantainen, Jorma Puranen, Pekka Turunen, Salla Tykkae
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Centre Photographique, Paris (FR)
13 Sep 2002 – 22 Dec 2002

with Marjaana Kella, Pekka Turunen
D i g i t a l R o o m S h o w # I I

Fotografisk Center, København (DK)
23 Nov 2002 – 22 Dec 2002

with Helena Blomqvist, Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen, Julie Monaco, Lillian Pollack

Events

hanki04 - Finnish Photographic Art Fair

Hippolyte Photographic Gallery

hanki04 at The Cable Factory, Helsinki (FI)
1 Oct 2004 – 10 Oct 2004

with Elina Brotherus, Veli Granoe, Ilkka Halso, Tuovi Hippeläinen, Wilma Hurskainen, Tiina Itkonen, Martti Jaemsae, Jan Kaila, Ari Kakkinen, Pertti Kekarainen, Marjaana Kella, Ville Lenkkeri …
49th International Art Exhibition

Plateau of Humankind

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
10 Jun 2001 – 4 Nov 2001

with Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Vanessa Beecroft, HAI Bo, Botto & Bruno, Tania Bruguera, Chris Burden, Loris Cecchini, Chris Cunningham, Josef Dabernig, Lucinda Devlin, Rineke Dijkstra …