Nelli Palomäki

♀ *1981 / Finland

Works

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Nelli Palomäki

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Biography

Born 1981 in Forssa, Finland
Lives and works in Isnäs, Finland

Education
2011 London College of Communication, Photography, MA, Victor Fellowship Grant
2008– University of Art and Design Helsinki, Photography, MA
2004–2008 Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences, BA in photography

Works in collections
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Hasselblad Foundation, Sweden
Musée de l'Elysée, Switzerland
StatoilHydro Art Collection, Norway
The Finnish Art Association, Finland
The Paulo Foundation, Finland
Private Collections

Residencies
2010 Pole image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France

Grants
2012 Patricia Seppälä Foundation
2012 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2011 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2011 Arts Council of Finland
2011 Finnfoto ry
2010 Hasselblad Foundation
2010 Arts Council of Finland
2009 Finnfoto ry
2009 The Paulo Foundation
2008 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Varsinais-Suomi Regional Fund
2007 Finnfoto ry
2007 TOP-Foundation
2004 Väinö Voionmaa Fund

Awards and nominations
2012 Les Rencontres d’Arles, Discovery Award, nominated artist
2011 Paul Huf award, nominated artist
2010 Victor Fellowship, Hasselblad Foundation, winner
2010 reGeneration2–Tomorrow's photographers today, selected artist
2010 Sony World Photography Awards, 2nd place in fine art/portraiture
2010 EMMA Prize 2010, finalist

Publications and articles
2012 Black+White Photography Magazine, cover and interview, Issue 134
2011 The Helsinki School, Vol IV, A Female View, Hatje Cantz 2011
2011 ZOOM, New talent special issue, ISSN: 0393-4330, pages 52–55
2011 Alice in Wonderland, The Finnish Museum of Photography 2011
2011 Muze, April–June 2011, ISSN: 1768-6563, page 22
2010 reGeneration2 - Tomorrow’s Photographers Today, Thames & Hudson 2010
2010 reGeneration2 - Tomorrow’s Photographers Today, Aperture, 2010
2010 Daegu Photo Biennale 2010 – The Helsinki School
2010 Descubrimientos 2010, PHotoEspana, PHE Books 2010
2010 FOTO, 12/2010, Främlingar i Sovrummet, pages 8–17
2010 Exit, 10 years special issue: About ten, ISSN: 1577-272-1, pages 132–133
2010 On Display :, Hasselblad Foundation 2010
2010 British Journal of Photography, July 2010, Issue No 7778, ISSN: 0007-1196, page 43
2010 Next Level, Helsinki Issue, ISSN 1476-4369, page 79
2009 Elsa and Viola, The Paulo Foundation publication 2009

News

Breathing the Same Air

Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH, February 2013

1 May 2013
Rencontres d'Arles, Discovery Award 2012

<a href="http://www.rencontres-arles.com/" target="_blank">www.arles</a>

2 Jul 2012 – 23 Sep 2012
Video: in conversation with Nelli Palomäki at Next Level Projects, August 2011

<a href="http://vimeo.com/27865621" target="blank">http://vimeo.com/27865621</a>

Texts

Solo exhibitions

Holds

Turku Art Museum, Turku (FI)
3 Oct 2025 – 18 Jan 2026
Shared

Theatre La passerelle, Gap (FR)
12 May 2023 – 31 Jul 2023
SPEED OF DARK

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
17 May 2022 – 18 Jun 2022
Shared

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
30 Nov 2018 – 12 Jan 2019
Shared

Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul (TR)
9 Jan 2018 – 24 Feb 2018
Shared

Persons Projects, Berlin (DE)
1 Jul 2017 – 9 Sep 2017
Breathing the same air

Dans le cadre du festival Les Boréales

Artothèque Caen, Caen (FR)
14 Nov 2014 – 24 Dec 2014
About Ten

Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki (FI)
30 Aug 2013 – 22 Sep 2013
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BORCH Gallery, Berlin (DE)
26 Apr 2013 – 1 Jun 2013
MUOTOKUVIA / PORTRAITS

Centre Photographique, Rouen (FR)
15 Mar 2013 – 18 May 2013
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Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
16 Jan 2013 – 21 Apr 2013
Breathing the Same Air

Ordrupgaard Museum, Charlottenlund (DK)
8 Feb 2013 – 1 Apr 2013
Sons of Nakhimov

The Wapping Project Bankside, London (GB)
9 Nov 2012 – 21 Dec 2012
As Time Consumes Us

Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm (SE)
4 Nov 2011 – 22 Jan 2012
Elsa & Viola

Next Level projects, London (GB)
5 Aug 2011 – 28 Aug 2011
Elsa and Viola

Persons Projects, Berlin (DE)
31 Oct 2009 – 3 Jan 2010
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Photographic Gallery , Helsinki (FI)
2 May 2009 – 24 May 2009
I, daughter

VB Victor Barsokevitsch, Kuopio (FI)
20 Mar 2009 – 19 Apr 2009