Nina Roos

Born 1956 in Porvoo, Finland

Lives and works in Helsinki

STUDIES

1975-79  University of Helsinki
1981-82  Grundskolan för konstnärlig utbildning, Stockholm
1983-88  The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Galerie Anhava
        Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2006 Arnstedt&Kullgren, Båstad
2005 Galerie Anhava, Studio, Helsinki
2004 Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
2003 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
        Shifting Spaces: A Rapid Touch, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
Nina Roos och Anne-Karin Furunes, Galleri K, Oslo
2002 Bergen Kunsthall, Galleri NO.5, Bergen
2001 Läpi kuvien/ Genom Bilder/ Through Images, Kiasma, Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1998 Nina Roos and Paula Modersohn-Becker, Brandts Klaedefabrik,Odense
          Galerie Gebauer, Berlin     
          Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
1997      Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1996 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
        Yoshii Gallery, New York
        Gallery Jutempos, Vilnus
1995 Galerie Gebauer u. Günther, Berlin
1994 Galerie Gebauer u. Günther, Berlin
1992 Galleri 11, Reykjavik
        Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1991 Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
        Galéria Arkad, Budapest
1990 Fiskars Museum, Fiskars
        Galleria Johan S., Porvoo
1989 Galleri Decorum, Stockholm
1988 Galleria Katariina, Helsinki

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 I Love Malmö, Turku Art Museum, Turku
2006 Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
        Connecting People, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen
2005 Kabusa konsthall, Ystad
        Ten foreign artists, Galleri K, Oslo
Arjen murtumia/The Fracture of Life, Kiasma The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2003-2004 Carnegie Art Award, First prize, Konstakademien, Stockholm; Listasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur; Kunsternes Hus, Oslo; Charlottenburg, Copenhagen; Victoria Miro Warehouse, London; Kunsthalle Helsinki
2003 Prophetic Corners, Periferic Contemporary Art Biennial, Iasi, Romania
2002 Grace - Nordic Contemporary Art, Samling Saltarvet, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
2001 Interface, Göteborg Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden
Sur Face, Lunds konsthall, Lund, Sweden
        Surface and Whirlpools, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
        The 366/2000 project, Muka Auckland, New Zealand
2000      Europe: Different Perspectives in Painting, Museo Michetti,  Francavilla al Mare, Italy
          Painterly Issues, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
          Under the same sky, Vuosaari, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2000-99   Red Shift Paintings In and Out of Focus, Trapholt, Denmark; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland;                              Kjarvalsstadir, Iceland; Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Holland
1998-99   Carnegie Art Award 1998 - Nordic Painting, Konstakademin, Stockholm, Sweden; Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark; Stenersensmuseet, Oslo, Norway; Kunsthalle Helsinki,  Finland
1998      "Nedbruten", Storkyrkan, Stockholm
1997 "Das erweiterte Feld: Transformation des Bildes", Kunstverein München, München
        "Ikkuna, peili", Kunsthalle, Helsinki; Arsenale, Riga
1996-97 "Above/Below the Surface", Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen; Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1996 "Konst i hem-miljö", Institute for Contemporary Nordic Art, Helsinki
1995 "The Image of Europe", Nicosia
        XLVI Biennale di Venezia, The Nordic Pavilion, Venice; Rostock Kunsthalle, Rostock
        Galleri Wang, Oslo
        "ARS 95", Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1994 "Nina Roos - Jussi Niva", Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
        "Tidsanda II", Malmö Art Museum, Malmö
        "X/Y", Turku Art Museum, Turku; Oulu Art Museum, Oulu
        "The Nordic 90's", Stockholm Art Fair
1993 "Ihanku", Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
        "Selections", Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
        "Prospect '93", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
        "Privat", Galleri F15, Moss
1992 "Love in the Ruins", The Museum of Modern Art, Tampere
        "Touch"", Villa Roma, Turku
1991-92 "The Image is the final Path", Sergei Diaghilev Museum, St.Petersburg
        "Aurora 4", The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki; Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1990-91 The Seoul Art Festival, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
        "Abject", Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm; The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki
1990 "1+1+1", Pyynikinlinna, Tampere

PUBLIC WORKS

2006 University of Gävle, Gävle
1992 Wasa Insurance, Stockholm
1998      University of Vaasa, Vaasa

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Apoteket AB, Stockholm
ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
The City of Espoo
Carnegie Art Award, Sweden
Gothenburg Art Museum
The Helsinki City Art Museum
Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö
The National Public Art Council Sweden
Paulo Foundation, Helsinki
Pro Artibus Foundation, Helsinki
Saastamoinen Foundation
Telenor, Oslo
Turku Art Museum
The City of Vantaa
Wihuri Foundation

TEACHING

2006- External tutor, Malmö Art Academy
2004-2007 Supervisor, Programme for research fellowships in the arts, Norway
2001-2004 Professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1996-2001 External tutor, Malmö Art Academy
1998       Guest Professor, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2004 Hannula, Mia "Location of Surprise and Perplexity", catalogue, Winö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
2003 Kreuger, Anders "Pictures Poetics", catalogue, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, 2003
2002 Kreuger, Anders "The not-yet-known", Nina Roos and Anne-Karin Furunes, catalogue, Galleri K, Oslo

2001 Kreuger, Anders "Formulating, Listening, Reading - notes from conversation with Nina Roos in Helsinki, February 11-13,2001, cataloigue, Kiasma, Helsinki, 2001
Kantokorpi, Otso (Nina Roos) Interface, Finnish Contemporary Art, catalogue, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Götebrg 2001
Träskman, Tomas Ivan "Nina Roos", NU: The Nordic Art Review, 5/01
Kreuger, Anders, (Nina Roos), Surface and Whirlpools, Finnish Contemporary Art, catalogue, Elisabeth Haglund (ed.), Borås konstmuseum, Borås 2001

2000 Vanhala, Jari-Pekka "Lost in Yellow - interview with Nina Roos", Under the Same Sky, Jari-Pekka Vanhala (ed.), Kiasma, Helsinki 2000

1998 Sandberg, Lotte "Interview with Nina Roos", Carnegie Art Award 1998, catalogue, Ulrika Levén (ed.), Värnmo, Farsta 1998
        Bogh, Mikkel "Thinking in Color", The Body of Color, catalogue, Lene Burkhard (ed.), Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense 1998

1997      Galerie Anhava, catalogue, Helsinki 1997

1996 Damianovitz, Maya: "Nina Roos: Abstraction re-inherited: Sight and reflection", Above below the Surface, exhibition  catalogue, ed. Jan Foncé, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Museum van  Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, 1996-97, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, 1997
          Damianovitz, Maya: "On a visually opulent semantic plurality", Siksi, 2/1996
          Herbstreuth, Peter: "Nina Roos", Flash Art, 190/96

1994 Olofsson, Anders: "Utkantens konst", Paletten, 2/1994 (217)
Roos, Rita: "A Shared Joy is a Double Joy", Nina Roos -  Jussi Niva, exhibition catalogue, ed. Riitta Valorinta, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere 1994

1993 Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Privat", Parkett, 37, September 1993
        Herbstreuth, Peter: "Kunstwelt Finnland", neue bildendekunst, 6/1993

1992 Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Take two", Form Function, 1/1992
Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Nina Roos", Aurora 4, exhibition catalogue, The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki 1992
        Roos, Rita: (untitled text), exhibition catalogue, Galleri 11, Reykjavik, 1992
        Nyberg, Annika: "El Arte de Nina Roos", Form Function, numero especial en espanol, 1992
        Casey, Michael: "Original Desire", Siksi, 4/1992
        Casey, Michael: "Hejdad rörelse och tung vila", Hufvudstadsbladet, October 16, 1992

1991 Sundell, Dan: "Beröringens ikoner", Hufvudstadsbladet, April 19, 1991

1990 Rossi, Leena-Maija: "1+1+1=4", Helsingin Sanomat, March 23, 1990
        Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Konstnärligt genombrott", Hufvudstadsbladet, March 30, 1990
        Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Det dubbla slaget", Hufvudstadsbladet, July 13, 1990
        "A Dialogue Between Nina Roos and Gertrud Sandqvist", Siksi, 3/1990
        Valjakka, Timo: "Merkkejä metallipinnalla", Helsingin Sanomat, October 28, 1990
1988 Valjakka, Timo: "Kuiskaus väkijoukossa", Helsingin Sanomat,  October 3, 1988
        Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Färgens planetarium", Hufvudstadsbladet, October 8, 1988