KARIN KYTÖKANGAS - 1991 - from VETLANDA, SWEDEN - Lives IN The Hague, NL, studio in Billytown, The Hague, NL, Currently working under the mondriaan funds artist start grant.
Works within an autonomous art practice with painting, sculptures, fabric and wordplay.
playing with existential questions, shared thought patterns and the seemingly universal systems we have created. -A statement: silliness should not be taken lighthearted.
Upcoming exhibitions during 2022:
30 May - 30 June - eight participating artists uses eight transport containers to make individual shows in each container. a part of the h22 City expo, pixlapiren, helsingborg
23 june - de aanschoow, rotterdam
6-17 july - wasteland, a group exhibition about trash, grey space in the middle, the hague
8 july - 1 october - group show with the association for the palliative turn, künstlerhaus bremen
EDUCATION:
2021 - 2022 - ASSISTING KASIA FUDAKOWSKI, in an on and off manner, BERLIN, DE
october 2020 - workshop held by jan willem schrofer, former director at rijksakademie amsterdam
2016-2020 - BA FINE ARTS AT ROYAL ACADEMY OF ART, THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS
FEBRUARY 2019 - JUNE 2019 - EXCHANGE SEMESTER, CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
2012-2014 - PREPARATORY ART SCHOOL AT LUNNEVADS FOLKHÖGSKOLA, LINKÖPING, SWEDEN
A SELECTION of projects:
10 March 2022 - Almost a Performance at KW Contemporary Art Berlin, DE.
Organized by kasia fudakowski for the palliative turn. performances choosen by a wheel of fortune.
6-28 november 2021 - case study: the corporate stoner, quartair, the hague, NL
august - october 2021 - the palliative turn, potsdam, DE
july 2021 - the new current, rotterdam, NL
april 2021 - all inn, het hem, zaandam, NL
oktober 2020 - nr 999 at de aanschouw, rotterdam, NL
SEPTEMBER 2020 - GRaduation show, royal acAdemy of arts, the hague, NL
DECEMBER 2019 - BILLYTOWN, pre-exam show, THE HAGUE, NL
JUNE 2019 - ART NIGHT LONDON, UK - a selected group from central saint martins participated in the annual event
MAY 2018 - GALLERY RYMD, REYKJAVIK, ISL - group initiated project
OCTOBER 2017 - GALLERY TENT, ROTTERDAM, NL - after the course "genderousity"
JANUARY 2016 - MAY 2016 - MOVING ART PROJECT, swe: jury nominated GROUP EXHIBITION
AUGUST 2014 - AUGUST 2016 - MEMBER OF FRANK, MALMÖ, SWE, founded by mary toreld - SELF and group INITIATED PROJECTs. TOGETher AND INDIVIDUALLY, WE ORGANIZED OVER 20 EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS.
APRIL 2014 - GALLERI KRAFTVERK, MJÖLBY, SWE - EXHIBITION by students of LUNNEVADS FOLKHÖGSKOLA
APRIL 2012 - ERIKSBERGS MUSEUM, TRANÅS, SWE - For YOUNG EMERGING ARTISTS under the topic "green"
August 2011 - tranås konstraka, swe - craft and art festival
Commission and competition:
11-13 february 2022 - 10 meter long painting on fabric, for event at mama rotterdam, NL
october 2021 - mural painting made together with illustrator dunya atay, Atenor´s office, the hague, NL
oktober 2016 - the cardgame words like music was sold during the music and art´s festival crossing border, the hague, nl, the competition was initiated by the academy
SCHOLARSHIPS:
march 2022 - february 2023 - artist start grant from mondriaan funds
2021 - Svenska konstnärsnämnden - support in the pandemic
2017 - ANNA WHITLOCKS STIFTELSE - FOR ART STUDENTS
2013 & 2014 - LILJESONSKA STIPENDIET - FOR YOUNG EMERGING ARTISTS
Links:
WWW.MONDRIAANFONDS.NL/SUBSIDIE-AANVRAGEN/REGELINGEN/KUNSTENAAR-START/
www.thehagueartists.nl/cv/81556
www.palliativeturn.org
CONTACT me on: KARINKYTOKANGAS@GMAIL.COM
