Niina Vatanen

♀ Finland

Works

Solo exhibitions

Gravity Experiments and Cyclic Phenomena

Persons Projects, Berlin (DE)
14 Sep 2022 – 12 Nov 2022
Time is a Tragedy (vol. II)

Photographic Centre Peri, Turku (FI)
8 Jun 2018 – 1 Jul 2018
Time is a Triangle

Photographic Gallery , Helsinki (FI)
2 Sep 2016 – 25 Sep 2016
Beyond the Visible

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
24 Jan 2015 – 10 Apr 2015
Cloud Hunter's Eyes

Galerie Pleiku, Berlin (DE)
20 Aug 2013 – 1 Sep 2013
Grey Diary

Persons Projects, Berlin (DE)
30 Oct 2010 – 29 Jan 2011
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Photographic Gallery , Helsinki (FI)
8 Dec 2006 – 6 Jan 2007

Group

Constellations of Thoughts

Persons Projects, Berlin (DE)
7 Feb 2026 – 14 Mar 2026

with Niko Luoma, Jyrki Parantainen, Mikko Sinervo
The Helsinki School

Out of the Depths of Photography

Persons Projects / Helsinki School, Berlin (DE)
16 Nov 2024 – 18 Jan 2025

with Milja Laurila, Anni Leppälä, Niko Luoma, Jussi Nahkuri
The Helsinki School

Out of the Depths of Photography

Persons Projects, Berlin (DE)
16 Nov 2024 – 18 Jan 2025

with Milja Laurila, Anni Leppälä, Niko Luoma, Jussi Nahkuri, Jyrki Parantainen
Disappearances

Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen (DK)
25 Aug 2023 – 22 Oct 2023

with Torben Eskerod, Nicolai Howalt, Adam Jeppesen, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Kent Klich, Oscar Munoz, Trine Sondergaard
Bindings / Sidoksia

VB Victor Barsokevitsch, Kuopio (FI)
31 Mar 2023 – 4 Jun 2023

with Anni Leppälä, Hanna Linnove
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS / WENN DER WIND WEHT

Kunst Haus Wien, Wien (AT)
12 Mar 2022 – 28 Aug 2022

with Hoda Afshar, Bigert & Bergstroem, Olafur Eliasson, Karin Fisslthaler, Isabelle Ha Eav, Jana Hartmann, Sophie Jung, Sjoerd Knibbeler, Ulrike Königshofer, Eduardo Leal, Marina Abramovic/Ulay, Emily Parsons-Lord …
Notes from a Seamstress' Daughter

Persons Projects, Berlin (DE)
12 Mar 2022 – 23 Apr 2022

with Ulla Jokisalo, Zofia Kulik, Anni Leppälä
New Perspectives Through Photography

25 years of the Helsinki School

Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki (FI)
11 Sep 2021 – 30 Oct 2021

with Elina Brotherus, Tiina Itkonen, Ulla Jokisalo, Jaakko Kahilaniemi, Aino Kannisto, Sanna Kannisto, Sandra Kantanen, Eeva Karhu, Pertti Kekarainen, Timo Kelaranta, Ville Kumpulainen, Hilla Kurki …
A Kiss Given by Time to Light

Persons Projects / Helsinki School, Berlin (DE)
23 May 2020 – 25 Jun 2020

with Pertti Kekarainen, Timo Kelaranta, Kira Leskinen, Niko Luoma
A Kiss Given by Tim to Light

Persons Projects, Berlin (DE)
23 May 2020 – 25 Jun 2020

with Pertti Kekarainen, Timo Kelaranta, Kira Leskinen, Niko Luoma
Secret Agent

Hemera Collective

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
4 Sep 2015 – 16 Oct 2015

with Judith Barry, Beth Collar, Chiara Fumai, Maud Salter, Mathilde ter Heijne
Athens Photo Festival 2015

HCP, Ath (GR)
4 Jun 2015 – 26 Jul 2015

with Laia Abril, David Birkin, Andrea Botto, Pavel Braila, Marianna Christofides, David Favrod, Attila Floszmann, Dima Gavrysh, Simona Ghizzoni, Hertta Kiiski, Michel Kirch, Viktor Koen …
The future is not ours to see

<a href="http://www.phototriennale.de/exhibitions/containerdorf/" target="_blank">Triennale der Photographie</a> Containerdorf

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
18 Jun 2015 – 28 Jun 2015

with Ramon Haindl, Kalpesh Lathigra, Regine Petersen, Oliver Sieber, Katja Stuke
A Female View

Part 2 - aus der Helsinki School, kuratiert von Timothy Persons

FOTO-RAUM, Wien (AT)
29 Oct 2011 – 5 Jan 2012

with Elina Brotherus, Ulla Jokisalo, Sanna Kannisto, Aino Kannisto, Sandra Kantanen, Eeva Karhu, Milja Laurila, Anni Leppaelae, Susanna Majuri, Riitta Paeivaelaeinen, Nelli Palomaeki, Pernilla Zetterman
Touching Dreams - Helsinki School vol. 3

National Collection Photo, København (DK)
13 May 2011 – 27 Aug 2011

with Joonas Ahlava, Pasi Autio, Wilma Hurskainen, Hannu Karjalainen, Kalle Kataila, Milja Laurila, Anni Leppaelae, Noomi Ljungdell, Jaana Maijala, Susanna Majuri, Nelli Palomaeki, Mikko Sinervo …
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 …
HELSINKI SCHOOL - Photography and Video NOW

Meilahti Art Museum, Helsinki (FI)
24 Feb 2010 – 23 May 2010

with Joonas Ahlava, Pasi Autio, Carsten Benger, Wilma Hurskainen, Hannu Karjalainen, Kalle Kataila, Milja Laurila, Anni Leppaelae, Noomi Ljungdell, Susanna Majuri, Nelli Palomaeki, Mikko Sinervo …
Helsinki School - New Art Photography from Finland

Loft Project ETAGI, Saint-Petersburg (RU)
12 Sep 2009 – 12 Oct 2009

with Joonas Ahlava, Wilma Hurskainen, Hannu Karjalainen, Kalle Kataila, Milja Laurila, Anni Leppaelae, Susanna Majuri, Nelli Palomaeki, Jari Silomaeki, Mikko Sinervo, Ea Vasko
Rose Boréal - Photographies de l'école d'Helsinki

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris (FR)
1 Apr 2008 – 11 May 2008

with Joonas Ahlava, Pasi Autio, Hannu Karjalainen, Kalle Kataila, Milja Laurila, Anni Leppaelae, Noomi Ljungdell, Susanna Majuri, Tuomo Rainio, Jari Silomaeki, Mikko Sinervo, Santeri Tuori …
The Helsinki School

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
30 May 2007 – 26 Aug 2007

with Joonas Ahlava, Jenni Haili, Nanna Hänninen, Frank Heystermann, Tatu Hiltunen, Wilma Hurskainen, Hannu Karjalainen, Kalle Kataila, Milja Laurila, Anni Leppaelae, Susanna Majuri, Hanna Maunuksela …

Events

Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth C36

Persons Projects, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Grey Crawford, Nanna Hänninen, Sanna Kannisto, Sandra Kantanen, Eeva Karhu, Zofia Kulik, Milja Laurila, Niko Luoma, Mikko Rikala, Santeri Tuori, Ea Vasko
Rencontres d'Arles 2021

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
4 Jul 2021 – 26 Sep 2021

with Campbell Addy, Bas Jan Ader, Farah Al Qasimi, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Laurie Anderson, Jean-Michel André, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Kenneth Anger, Maria José Arjona, Knut Asdam, Ananké Asseff, Richard Avedon …
Circulation(s) 2020

European young photography festival

Circulation(s), Paris (FR)
14 Mar 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Joan Alvado, Chiara Avagliano, Marwan Bassiouni, Norman Behrendt, Olli Bery, Tamara Eckhardt, Camille Gharbi, Ihar Hancharuk, Jan Hoek, Ville Kumpulainen, Vincent Levrat, Marie Lukasiewicz …
Paris Photo 2019

Kehrer Verlag, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2019 – 10 Nov 2019

with Vladimir Antaki, Magda Biernat, Toby Binder, Francesca Catastini, Anja Conrad, Alexis Cottin, Norm Diamond, Alicja Dobrucka, James Hill, Aapo Huhta, Anni Leppälä, Ann Massal …
Paris Photo 2019

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2019 – 10 Nov 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Oliver Abraham, Marina Abramovic, Ansel Adams, David Adika, Jun Ahn, Albarran Cabrera, Pilar Albarracin, Laure Albin-Guillot, Helena Almeida, Darren Almond, Malala Andrialavidrazana …
Riga Photomonth 2019

Riga Photomonth, Riga (LV)
15 May 2019 – 2 Jun 2019

with Maria Kapajeva, Martin Kollar, Mathias Lovgreen, Andreas Meichsner, Simon Menner, Jari Silomaeki
Jäger & Sammler-Symposium

Ohne Worte II

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin