Where is Where?, 2008 6 channel projected installation with 8 channel sound; 53 min, 43 sec Inv.#11832
Where is Where?, 2008 6 channel projected installation with 8 channel sound; 53 min, 43 sec Inv.#11832
Where is Where?, 2008 6 channel projected installation with 8 channel sound; 53 min, 43 sec Inv.#11832
Where is Where?, 2008 6 channel projected installation with 8 channel sound; 53 min, 43 sec Inv.#11832
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
(b. 1959 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki.)
Eija-Liisa Ahtila studied filmmaking at the London College of Printing, UCLA, and at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. In 1990 she received the Young Artist of the Year Award, Tampere, Finland. Since then, she has received numerous grants and awards, including an AVEK-award for important achievements in the field of audio-visual culture (1997), the Edstrand Art Price (1998), a DAAD fellowship (1999), honorary mention at the 48th Venice Biennale (1999), the Vincent Van Gogh Bi-annual Award for Contemporary Art in Europe (2000), and a five-year grant from the Central Committee for the Arts (2001), as well as the Artes Mundi Prize (2006). She also exhibited in Documenta XI (2002) and the 50th Venice Biennale (2005).
RECENT SOLO SHOWS
2011
Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
The House, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
The Annunciation, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy
2010
Eija-Liisa Ahtila: INT. STAGE–DAY, DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, Quebec
2008
Eija-Liisa Ahtila: A Retrospective, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France; K21, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006
The Wind, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
2004
Le cinéma est un tresor: Rétrospective Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Institut Findlandais, Paris, France
RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2011
The Last First Decade, Ellipse Foundation, Portugal
Blockbuster: Cinema for Exhibitions, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico
2010
elles@centrepompidou, artistes femmes dans les collections du Centre Pompidou, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Le Meilleur des Mondes, MUDAM – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand–Duc Jean, Luxembourg
2009
Becoming Animal, Becoming Human, Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin, Germany
2008
Listen Darling... The World is Yours, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal
2007
Auto Emotion, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
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Eija-Liisa Ahtila Exhibitions
30/40 Part II
A Selection of Forty Artists from Thirty Years at Marian Goodman Gallery
October 23 - November 24, 2007
New York
Eija-Liisa Ahtila Publications
The Cinematic WorksEija-Liisa Ahtila
Marian Goodman Gallery
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New York, NY 10019
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Monday - Saturday, 10 AM - 6 PM
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