Marja Pirilä

♀ *1957 / Finland

Works

Solo exhibitions

Light Diaries

Galleria Heino, Helsinki (FI)
26 Apr 2025 – 18 May 2025
Because of Light

Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki (FI)
20 Jan 2024 – 17 Mar 2024
The light in the Darkness

VB Victor Barsokevitsch, Kuopio (FI)
13 Jan 2023 – 26 Mar 2023
In Strindberg's Rooms

Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu (FI)
12 Apr 2018 – 13 May 2018
Strindbergin huoneissa

Galleria Heino, Helsinki (FI)
10 Feb 2018 – 11 Mar 2018
Minä olen

Galleria Heino, Helsinki (FI)
9 Jan 2010 – 31 Jan 2010
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Galleria Heino, Helsinki (FI)
9 Sep 2006 – 1 Oct 2006
CAMERA OBSCURA interior/exterior

ROSPHOTO, Saint-Petersburg (RU)
13 Aug 2005 – 25 Aug 2005
Camera obscura - interiör/exteriör

Finlandsinstitutet, Stockholm (SE)
6 May 2004 – 12 Jun 2004

Group

Remembrance beyond images

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
1 Mar 2024 – 9 Jun 2024

with Trinh Thi Nguyen, Kishin Shinoyama, Tomoko Yoneda
Navigating North

Works from the Wihuri Foundation Collection

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
7 Oct 2022 – 2 Apr 2023

with Jaakko Heikkilae, Marja Helander, Eeva-Liisa Isomaa, Elina Juopperi, Joel Karppanen, Kaija Kiuru, Raakel Kuukka, Antti Laitinen, Esko Maennikkoe, Ville Mäkikoskela, Pekka Turunen
Shared dreams

Works from the Heino Art Foundation collection

Oulun City Art Museum, Oulu (FI)
5 Oct 2019 – 26 Jan 2020

with Adel Abidin, Elina Brotherus, Ilkka Halso, Anita Jensen, J. A. Juvani, Otto Karvonen, Pekka Luukkola, Susanna Majuri, Sami Parkkinen, Tamara Piilola, Charles Sandison, Iiu Susiraja …
One Picture Manifesto

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
13 Sep 2019 – 17 Nov 2019

with Harri Paelviranta, Maija Savolainen, Maija Tammi
Summer '19

C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore (US)
27 Jun 2019 – 17 Aug 2019

with Chul-Hyun Ahn, Ben Marcin, Bernd Radtke
Zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit

Das Licht Finnlands in der Gegenwartskunst

Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel (DE)
11 Mar 2017 – 28 May 2017

with Veli Granoe, Jorma Puranen, Charles Sandison
Within/Without

C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore (US)
21 Oct 2015 – 16 Jan 2016

with Wouter Deruytter, Frank Dituri, Alfredo Jaar, Isaac Julien, Dimitra Lazaridou, Ben Marcin, Neil Meyerhoff, Bernd Radtke, John Ruppert
Pôle Nord

Collection de photographie finlandaise du Pôle Image Haute-Normandie

Centre Photographique, Caen (FR)
13 Nov 2014 – 20 Dec 2014

with Sebastiaan Bremer, Anne Haemaelaeinen, Janne Lehtinen, Ville Lenkkeri, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Erica Nyholm, Nelli Palomaeki, Ida Pimenoff, Pentti Sammallahti
Nature and More

Zeitgenössische finnische Kunst – Video, Objekt, Fotografie, Installation

Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock (DE)
29 Jun 2014 – 14 Sep 2014

with Veli Granoe, Jaakko Heikkilae, Janne Lehtinen, Susanna Majuri, Sami Parkkinen
Landschaft im Dekolleté

das Fenster als Element und Metapher

Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim (DE)
9 Apr 2014 – 20 Jul 2014

with Jessica Backhaus, Lucinda Devlin, Thomas Florschuetz, Andreas Gefeller, Clay Ketter, Andrej Krementschouk, Beatrice Minda, Loredana Nemes, Inta Ruka, Shizuka Yokomizo
BODIES, BORDERS, CROSSINGS

Pori Art Museum, Pori (FI)
27 Sep 2013 – 19 Jan 2014

with Jaakko Heikkilae, Raakel Kuukka, Minna Rainio & Mark Roberts, Elena Naesaenen, Hannele Rantala, Catarina Ryöppy, Minna Suoniemi
Pirilä & Nuutinen

Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu (FI)
5 Mar 2011 – 4 Apr 2011

with Petri Nuutinen
(DE)KONSTRUKTIONEN

Fotogalerie Wien, Wien (AT)
7 Apr 2009 – 6 May 2009

with Wiebke Elzel, Claudia Larcher, Jana Mueller, Klaus Pamminger
France-FinLande : 3-3

Centre Photographique, Rouen (FR)
20 Mar 2009 – 30 Apr 2009

with Grégoire Alexandre, Marina Gadonneix, Anne Haemaelaeinen, Thomas Humery, Ida Pimenoff
Aletheia

Positions in Contemporary Photographies

Meilahti Art Museum, Helsinki (FI)
23 Jan 2009 – 22 Mar 2009

with Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil, Francois Buecher, Maria Hedlund, Liisa Lounila, E.J. Major, Oscar Munoz, Chino Otsuka, Jari Silomaeki, Michael Wesely, Richard Whitlock, Kimiko Yoshida
Ranskalainen päiväkirja

Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu (FI)
20 Oct 2007 – 25 Nov 2007

with Anne Hämälainen, Ville Lenkkeri, Ida Pimenoff
Mapping the Unknown

Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck (DE)
19 Aug 2007 – 30 Sep 2007

with Ilkka Halso, Janne Lehtinen, Anni Leppaelae, Susanna Majuri
The fifth Finnish Photography Triennial 2006: TALVIMAA - WINTERLAND

Salo Art Museum, Salo (FI)
3 Nov 2006 – 7 Jan 2007

with Pasi Autio, Ilkka Halso, Martti Jaemsae, Janne Lehtinen, Jouko Lehtola, Susanna Majuri, Minna Rainio & Mark Roberts, Aada Niilola, Petri Nuutinen, Hannu Pakarinen, Catarina Ryöppy, Sanna Sarva …
Välitiloja | Moving in Margins

Vantaa Art Museum, Vantaa (FI)
21 Apr 2006 – 23 Sep 2006

with Petri Nuutinen, Anu Pennanen, Hannele Rantala, Kari Soinio
Pointers

FLUSS, Wolkersdorf (AT)
14 May 2006 – 4 Jun 2006

with Antti Haapio, Joanna Karanka, Ville Lenkkeri, Petri Nuutinen, Selja Palmu, Jari Silomaeki
Pointers

Centre d'Art Nei Liicht, Dudelange (LU)
31 Mar 2006 – 30 Apr 2006

with Antti Haapio, Joanna Karanka, Ville Lenkkeri, Petri Nuutinen, Selja Palmu, Jari Silomaeki
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 …
TO LOOK OR TO SEE

IN SEARCH OF MEANINGS IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
28 Jan 2005 – 11 Dec 2005

with William Henry Fox Talbot, Nan Goldin, Maria Hirn, Ulla Jokisalo, Kazuhiko Kakegawa, Aino Kannisto, Sanna Kannisto, Yousuf Karsh, Pertti Kekarainen, Timo Kelaranta, Marjaana Kella, Anne Koskinen …
WSPOLCZESNA FOTOGRAFIA FINSKA

Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan (PL)
8 Sep 2005 – 2 Oct 2005

with Maarit Hohteri, Tiina Itkonen, Aino Kannisto, Marjaana Kella
Koti on...

VB Victor Barsokevitsch, Kuopio (FI)
22 Apr 2005 – 29 May 2005

with Ben Kaila, Mikko Mälkki, Sarianna Metsähuone
4. International Festival of Photography in Lodz :: Fotofestiwal 2005

Fotofestiwal, Lódz (PL)
11 May 2005 – 15 May 2005

with Steven Benson, Alain Ceccaroli, Dohnány, Alena Dvoráková, Gregoire Eloy, Antti Haapio, Joanna Karanka, Andre Kertesz, Karine Laval, Ville Lenkkeri, Jerzy Lewczynski, Dolores Marat …
LOCUS LOPPEM

Different locations, Loppem

Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem-Zedelgem (BE)
15 Jan 2005 – 14 May 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Marie Julia Bollansée, Mirjam de Zeeuw, Jef Geys, Anthony Goicolea, Cor Hageman, Gun Holmstroem, ZHANG Huan, Aino Kannisto, Minna Rainio & Mark Roberts, Ingrid Mwangi, Petri Nuutinen …
Facing East: Contemporary Landscape Photography from Baltic Areas

Impressions Gallery, York (GB)
20 Nov 2004 – 22 Jan 2005

with Mara Brasmane, Joakim Eskildsen, Ane Hjort Guttu, Margareta Klingberg, Ritva Kovalainen, Petter Magnússon, Herkki-Erich Merila, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Gatis Rozenfelds, Sanni Seppo, Jari Silomaeki, Juha Suonpaeae …
Contemporary Finnish Photography

House of Photography, Praha (CZ)
3 Nov 2004 – 12 Dec 2004

with Päivi Eronen, Veli Granoe, Jaakko Heikkilae, Kati Koivikko, Sanni Seppo, Pekka Turunen
II Edição do Photofesta - Festival Internacional de Fotografia

Associação Moçambicana de Fotografia (AM, Maputo (MZ)
14 Oct 2004 – 15 Nov 2004

with Elina Brotherus, Päivi Eronen, Inês Gonçalves, John Hogg, Ritva Kovalainen, Raakel Kuukka, Peter Magubane, António Muchave, Tsvangirai Mukwazhi, Ricardo Rangel, Ilha Reunião, Albie Sachs …
Facing East: Contemporary Landscape Photography from Baltic Areas

curator: Liz Wells

The Gallery Bournemouth, Bournemouth (GB)
19 Apr 2004 – 14 May 2004

with Mara Brasmane, Joakim Eskildsen, Ane Hjort Guttu, Margareta Klingberg, Ritva Kovalainen, Daníel Magnússon, Petter Magnússon, Herkki-Erich Merila, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Gatis Rozenfelds, Sanni Seppo, Jari Silomaeki …
Fantastic Realism

Estonian, British and Finnish photography

Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (EE)
27 Feb 2004 – 28 Mar 2004

with David Bate, Infotakistid, Kai Kaljo, Marjaana Kella, Eve Kiiler, Ville Lenkkeri, Outi Liusvaara, Arne Maasik, Maike Marshall, Herkki-Erich Merila, Piret Räni, David Robinson …
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY IN FINLAND

DOM Fotografie / NGO House of Photograph, Poprad (SK)
23 Oct 2003 – 7 Dec 2003

with Jaakko Heikkilae, Kati Koivikko, Sanni Seppo, Pekka Turunen
People in the Eastern Border Country - <a href="http://www.visualcity.org/index2.htm" target="_blank">The first Imatra Biennale of Photographic Art</a>

Imatra Art Museum, Imatra (FI)
6 Jun 2003 – 29 Aug 2003

with Boris Missirkov & Georgi Bogdanov, Krisztina Erdei, Andras Fékété, Veli Granoe, Jaakko Heikkilae, Dagmar Hochova, Kati Koivikko, Martin Kollar, Dana Kyndrova, Lucia Nimcova, Sanni Seppo, Jindrich Streit …

Events

Art Miami 2018

The Art Miami Pavilion, Miami (US)
4 Dec 2018 – 9 Dec 2018

with Doug Aitken, Francis Alys, Nobuyoshi Araki, John Baldessari, Harry Benson, Tom Blachford, Erwin Blumenfeld, David Burdeny, Edward Burtynsky, Daniel Canogar, Chuck Close, Liz Cohen …
Art New York 2016

Art New York, New York (US)
3 May 2016 – 8 May 2016

with David Burdeny, David Drebin, Joshua Jensen-Nagle, Astrid Kruse Jensen, Tom Leighton, Tomas Van Houtryve, Nick Veasey
9. Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie 2016

Projektion – Fotografische Behauptungen

DTDF, Darmstadt (DE)
22 Apr 2016 – 24 Apr 2016

with Viktoria Binschtok, Georg Brueckmann, Marina Gadonneix, Alexander Gehring, Gosbert Gottmann, Stephanie Gudra, Anna Homburg, Michel Le Belhomme, WANG Ningde, Emanuel Raab, Thomas Ruff, Joerg Sasse …
1st Vintage Photo Festival 2015

Fundacja Fotografistka, Bydgoszcz (PL)
10 Oct 2015 – 30 Oct 2015

with Anita Andrzejewska, Anna Grzelewska, Eugenia Maximova, Wojciech Prazmowski, Eva Rubinstein
II Edição do Photofesta - Festival Internacional de Fotografia

Associação Moçambicana de Fotografia (AM, Maputo (MZ)
14 Oct 2004 – 15 Nov 2004

with Elina Brotherus, Päivi Eronen, Inês Gonçalves, John Hogg, Ritva Kovalainen, Raakel Kuukka, Peter Magubane, António Muchave, Tsvangirai Mukwazhi, James Nachtwey, Ricardo Rangel, Ilha Reunião …