Mika Taanila

*1965 / Finland

Solo exhibitions

Film without Film

Galerie Anhava, Helsinki (FI)
25 Nov 2021 – 19 Dec 2021
THE END

STUK Arts Centre, Leuven (BE)
17 Oct 2018 – 16 Dec 2018
Plastic Heart

EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo (FI)
17 Aug 2018 – 16 Sep 2018
The Earth Who Fell to Man

widmertheodoridis, Eschlikon (CH)
17 Mar 2018 – 28 Apr 2018
NARRATIVE TREMOR

Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (SE)
9 Sep 2017 – 1 Oct 2017
THE EARTH WHO FELL TO MAN

Miettinen Collection , Berlin (DE)
9 Jun 2017 – 26 Aug 2017
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Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
1 Nov 2013 – 23 Feb 2014
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Cont Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis (US)
31 May 2013 – 11 Aug 2013
The Future Is Not What It Used To Be

Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus (DK)
12 Jan 2013 – 13 Mar 2013
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Galleria Heino, Helsinki (FI)
12 Jun 2010 – 14 Jul 2010
Human Engineering

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
2 Apr 2005 – 22 May 2005
Hotel Futuro

Spacex Gallery, Exeter (GB)
5 Mar 2005 – 30 Apr 2005

Group

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Kiasma’s Collection Exhibition

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
14 Feb 2025 – 18 Jan 2026

with Marcel Broodthaers, Jacob Dahlgren, A K Dolven, Maria Duncker, Wade Guyton, Eeva-Mari Haikala, Ann Veronica Janssens, Ulla Jokisalo, Eeva Karhu, Maanantai Collective, Sini Pelkki, Nina Roos
Der Traum der Bibliothek

MGK Siegen, Siegen (DE)
31 Mar 2019 – 1 Sep 2019

with Julius Brauckmann, Rodney Graham, Candida Hoefer, Axel Huette, Abigail Reynolds, Erdem Tasdelen, Erwin Wurm
Was vom Kino übrig blieb / The Remains of Cinema

Künstlerhaus Graz, Graz (AT)
10 Feb 2018 – 22 Apr 2018

with John Baldessari, Erica Baum, Anne Collier, Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Karl Holmqvist, Johann Lurf, Bernd Oppl, Eric Rondepierre, Constanze Ruhm, Hans Scheugl, John Stezaker, Antoinette Zwirchmayr
Mirrored

Venice Biennale - NORDIC, Venezia (IT)
13 May 2017 – 26 Nov 2017

with Jumana Manna
The Powers That Be

Station Independent , New York (US)
17 Jul 2015 – 9 Aug 2015

with Marcel Marien, Erkki Pirtola, Danila Tkachenko
What It Is To Come Has Already Arrived

MUSAC Museo de Arte, León (ES)
24 Jan 2015 – 3 May 2015

with Peter Coffin, David Diao, Dionisio Gonzalez, Mathias Poledna, Stefanos Tsivopoulos
dOCUMENTA (13)

documenta, Kassel (DE)
9 Jun 2012 – 16 Sep 2012

with Lida Abdul, Bani Abidi, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Kader Attia, Judith Barry, Gerard Byrne, Kudzanai Chiurai, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Attila Csoergoe, Manon de Boer …
ARCTIC HYSTERIA

Contemporary Art from Finland

ROSPHOTO, Saint-Petersburg (RU)
3 Feb 2012 – 1 Apr 2012

with Veli Granoe, Ilkka Halso, Erkki Kurenniemi, Tea Maekipaeae, Jari Silomaeki, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Salla Tykkae
Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland

MoMA PS1, New York (US)
1 Jun 2008 – 15 Sep 2008

with Veli Granoe, Ilkka Halso, Tea Maekipaeae, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Salla Tykkae
Lost & Found

S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum, Gent (BE)
2 Dec 2006 – 18 Mar 2007

with Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen
Dreamlands Burn - Nordic Art Show 2006

Műcsarnok, Budapest (HU)
8 Dec 2006 – 25 Feb 2007

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Miriam Baeckstroem, Johanna Billing, Elina Brotherus, Jonas Dahlberg, Jacob Dahlgren, Felix Gmelin, Veli Granoe, Alexander Gutke, Jens Haaning, Jesper Just, Ragnar Kjartansson …
ECLIPSE

NTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM

RAM Foundation, Rotterdam (NL)
25 Jan 2007 – 18 Feb 2007

with Dirk Braeckman, Pieter Geenen, Anri Sala
36th International Film Festival Rotterdam

InternationalFilm Festival Rotterdam IFF, Rotterdam (NL)
24 Jan 2007 – 4 Feb 2007

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Karim Ainouz, Knut Asdam, Herman Asselberghs, Tessio Barba, Yael Bartana, Ondrej Brody, Matthew Buckingham, David Byrne, David Claerbout, Phil Collins, Bruce Conner …
Thank you for the music

Sketch, London (GB)
4 Jul 2006 – 29 Jul 2006

with Ellen Cantor & John Cussans, David Lamelas
Une histoire saccadée

Institut Finlandais, Paris (FR)
9 Mar 2006 – 28 Apr 2006

with Erkki Kurenniemi
Music For People

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (GB)
25 Feb 2006 – 26 Mar 2006

with Johanna Billing, Phil Collins, Pierre Huyghe, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Mark Leckey, Oliver Payne & Nick Relph
Thank You For The Music

interfaces between visual arts and music

Sprüth Magers Projekte >> Berlin, München (DE)
24 Nov 2005 – 11 Feb 2006

with John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Jeremy Deller, Thomas Demand, Robert Frank, Douglas Gordon, Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, David Lamelas, Robert Mapplethorpe, Christian Marclay, Wolfgang Tillmans
Heavy Snowflakes

Arte Contemporáneo de Finlandia.

MAMBA Museo de Arte Moderno BA, Buenos Aires (AR)
25 Nov 2004 – 30 Jan 2005

with Miklos Gaal, Anu Pennanen, Seppo Renvall, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen
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Galería Salvador Díaz, Madrid (ES)
10 Dec 2004 – 28 Jan 2005

with Elina Brotherus, Miklos Gaal, Ilkka Halso, Pertti Kekarainen, Ola Kolehmainen, Anu Pennanen, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen
SITUATIONS CONSTRUITES

Live in your head, Genève (CH)
23 Oct 2004 – 18 Dec 2004

with John Bock, Jordi Colomer, Joost Conijn, Stephen Dean, Jeremy Deller, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Christoph Draeger, Jeanne Faust, Michel Francois, Gabriela Golder, Bob Gramsma, Amy Granat …
Criss-Cross

Baltic Art Center, Visby (SE)
31 Oct 2004 – 12 Dec 2004

with Knut Asdam, Johanna Billing, Kajsa Dahlberg, Matias Faldbakken, Veli Granoe, Gun Holmstroem, Laura Horelli, Gintaras Makarevicius, Pia Roenicke, Arturas Raila, Egle Rakauskaite, Annika Ström
Gokann The Fourth Triennial of Finnish Art

(C) Roi Vaara, Artists Dilemma, 1997

Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki (FI)
13 Mar 2004 – 18 Apr 2004

with Elina Brotherus, Maria Duncker, Aino Kannisto, Marjaana Kella, Liisa Lounila, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Ari Saarto, Salla Tykkae, Roi Vaara
3. berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
14 Feb 2004 – 18 Apr 2004

with Willie Doherty, Isaac Julien, David Lamelas, Mark Lewis, Ryuji Miyamoto, Piotr Nathan, Fanni Niemi-Junkola, Melik Ohanian, Ulrike Ottinger, Mathias Poledna, Aura Rosenberg, Constanze Ruhm …
Heavy Snowflakes // Pesados Copos de Nieve

Ex Teresa Arte Actual, México (MX)
30 Jan 2004 – 29 Feb 2004

with Miklos Gaal, Anu Pennanen, Seppo Renvall, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen

Events

Tallinn Photomonth 2021

Tallinn Photomonth, Tallinn (EE)
1 Sep 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Gabriele Beveridge, Jasmina Cibic, Tanja Engelberts, Terike Haapoja, Saodat Ismailova, Maryam Jafri, Peeter Maria Laurits, Herkki-Erich Merila, Marge Monko, Kristina Norman
Code Art Fair 2018

Code Art Fair, Copenhagen (DK)
30 Aug 2018 – 2 Sep 2018

with Heba Y. Amin, Stine Deja, Andreas Duscha, Ornella Fieres, Kerstin Honeit, Bohnchang Koo, Till Krause, Romain Mader, Hans Op de Beeck, Molly Soda, Frank Theys
Thank You for the Music (1997) / Futuro - A New Stance for Tomorrow (1998)

Shedhalle Zürich, Zürich (CH)