Pilvi Takala was born 1981 in Helsinki, graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2006 (MFA), was artist-in-residence at Rijksakademie, Amsterdam 2009-2010 and won the Dutch Prix de Rome 2011. Her solo exhibitions include Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; Carlos/Ishikawa, London; Site Gallery, Sheffield; Künstlerhaus Bremen; Kunsthalle Erfurt, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; Turku Art Museum; Kunsthalle Lissabon; Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway; Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb; Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes. Her work has been shown in group shows in Palais de Tokyo, Paris; The Kitchen, New York; Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart; Warwick Arts Center; Harris Museum, Preston; New Museum, New York; 53rd October Salon, Belgrade; TRACK, S.M.A.K., Ghent; The LUMA Foundation, Arles, France; EVA International, Limerick City, Ireland; Kunsthalle Basel; De Hallen Haarlem; Wiels, Brussels; 4th Moscow Biennial; Witte de With, Rotterdam; CAC, Vilnius; 4th Bucharest Biennial; Eskilstuna Art Museum, Sweden; 5th Berlin Biennial; 9th Istanbul Biennial; Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul and Kunsthalle Helsinki.

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