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Born in 1973 in Helsinki, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki.

Education
2001 Master of Arts (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH)
         (now Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture)
1998 Master of Arts (Photography), University of Art and Design, Helsinki2022 Little Angels, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, DE
2018 Women (on their own), Galerie m, Bochum, DE
2015 Faces, Galerie m, Bochum, DE
2014 Hotel Bogota, Gallery Taik Persons Berlin, DE
2014 Hotel Bogota, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, ES
2013 Hotel Bogota, Berlin, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, DE
2013 Hotel Bogota, Photo Platz, Berlin, DE
2012 She and She. Since 1997, Galerie m, Bochum, DE
2011 Aino Kannisto, Johyun Gallery, Seoul, KR
2010 Aino Kannisto, Städtiche Galerie Iserlohn, DE
2009 Aino Kannisto, Kunstverein Kreis Ludwigsburg, DE
2009 Fiction, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Museu Nogueira da Silva (Encontros da Imagem), Braga, PT
2008 Aino Kannisto ja Riitta Päiväläinen, Gallery Camara Oscura, Madrid, ES
2008 Aino Kannisto, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrad, RS
2007 Aino Kannisto, Kunstverein Schwäbisch Hall, DE
2007 Aino Kannisto, Museum Ludwig, Koblenz, DE
2006 Staged Photographs, Espacio Líquido, Gijón, ES
2006 Valokuvia, Galleria Artina, Helsinki, FI
2006 Aino Kannisto, Transit Art Space, Stavanger, NO
2006 Aino Kannisto, Galeria Colón XVI, Bilbao, ES, (kat.)
2006 New Photographs, Gallerie m Bochum, Bochum, DE
2004 Staged Photographs, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, DE, (cat.)
2004 51 Salón International de Fotografia, Palacio Revillagigedo, Gijon, ES, (cat.)
2004 Valokuvia, Galleria Artina, Helsinki, FI
2003 Fotografier, Finlandsinstitutet, Stockholm, SWE
2003 Personlige Portretter, Finnish-Norwegian Institute, Oslo, NO
2003 Personal Photographs, Galleri Image, Aarhus, DK
2003 Stiftung für Zeitgenössische Fotografie, Köln, DE
2002 Portraits Personnels, Institut Finlandais, Paris, FR, (cat.)
2002 Staged Photographs, Galerie m Bochum, Bochum, DE
2002 Pohjoinen Nordic Photographic Centre, Oulu, FI
2002 Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, FI
2001 Mikkeli Photographic Centre, Mikkeli, FI
2001 Galleria Artina, Helsinki, FI
2000 Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
2000 Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, DK

Group exhibitions (selected)
2023 Mensch und Landschaft, Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin, DE
2022 Zwischen Welten, Galerie m, Bochum, DE
2019 3. Mai 1969 - 3. Mai 2019, Galerie m, Bochum, DE
2018 Reflections: From Here to There, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, DE
2014 Shifting Identities, MACRO, Rome, IT
2013 The Look behind, Märkisches Musseum Witten, DE
2013 La Colección de Alicia Aza, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, ES
2011/12 A Female View, Helsinki School, Foto-Raum, Wien, AT
2011 That’s me. Fotografische Selbstbilder. Marta Herford, DE
2009 Contemporary Art from Germany and China, Wuhan Museum of Fine Arts, VR, CN
2009 Photography Matters: The Helsinki School, Statoil Office, Oslo, NO
2009 International fotografi i dag, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, DK
2009 Fly Me to The MØØN, Gallery 44, Moen, Askeby, Denmark
2009 Who killed the painting?, Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, DE
2009 Häikäisevää! Wäinö Aaltonen Museum,Turku, FI
2009 Oikeilla jäljillä.../Tracking Traces..., Kiasma, Helsinki, FI
2009 The Site of Painting, Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
2008 Who killed the painting?, Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, DE
2008 Ihmisyyden taito, Mäntän XIII kuvataideviikot, Pekilo, Mänttä, FI
2008 Nordic Mood – Landscape Photography of Our Time, Arken Museum of Modern Art, DK
2008 Biennale d'art contemporain du Havre, Musée Malraux, Le Havre, FR
2007 Naisten Salonki, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
2007 Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit/Between Dream and Reality,, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, DE
2007 The Helsinki School, Stenersen Museet, Oslo, NO
2007 Self Timer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, FO (cat.)
2006 Self Timer, Artspace Nikolaj, Copenhagen, DK (cat.)
2006 The Helsinki School, Borås Art Museum, Borås, SWE
2006 Art, Life & Confusion, October Salon, Belgrad, RS
2006 Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit/Between Dream and Reality, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, DE, (cat.)
2006 Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, USA
2006 The Faraway Nearby, White Box, New York, USA
2006 Reflections, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SWE
2006 Läsnäolo, Näkökulmia suomalaiseen valokuvaan, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, FI
2005 Selbstauslöser, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, DE, (kat.)
2005 The Helsinki School – A New Approach, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE, (cat.)
2005 IMunch Revisited - Edvard Munch and the Art of Today, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, DE
2005 Matisse &, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, DK (cat.)
2005 Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit/Between Dream and Reality, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, DE, (cat.)
2005 Katsoa vai nähdä – Valokuvan merkityksiä etsimässä, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2005 The Helsinki School – A New Approach, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SWE, (cat.)
2004 Wirklich wahr!, Ruhrlands Museum, Essen, DE, (cat.)
2004 30 by TaiK, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2004 GOGANN/Suomen taiteilijain 109. näyttely/Neljäs triennaali, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI
2004 Opening Hours , Salo Art Museum,Veturitalli, Salo, FI (cat.)
2003 Opening Hours , Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, SWE, (cat.)
2003 Searching for Identity, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2003 Trasparente, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, IT, (cat.)
2003 z.B. Portrait, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, DE
2003 Fünf Positionen finnischer Fotografie, Kunstverein Schwerte & Kunstverein Arnsberg Arnsberg, DE
2002 Talking about Space, Time and Stories…, 27th Pontevedra Biennial, ES, (cat.)
2002 Opening Hours, Statens Museet for Kunst, Copenhagen, DK, (cat.)
2002 Kenen jäljillä?, Salo Art Museum, Veturitalli, Salo, FI, (cat.)
2002 Suomen taiteilijan 107. näyttely, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI
2002 Omakuva, Turku Art Museum, Turku, FI
2001 Omakuva, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, FI
2001 Hertenin 6. valokuvabiennale, Herten, DE, (cat.)
2001 Inside/Outside Stories, Galleria Sala Amadis, Madrid, ES, (cat.)
2001 Kollisionen, Stadtgalerie Kiel, DE
2001 In a Lonely Place, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, UK, (cat.)
1999 Photgraphic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
1998 Me, myself and I, Gallery Taik, Helsinki, FI (cat.)

Publications
2019 Helsinki School Vol. 6., Hatje Cantz, DE
2014 Helsinki School Vol. 5., Hatje Cantz, DE
2011The Helsinki School, Vol. 4 - A Female View, ISBN 978-3-7757-3211-6
        That’s me. Photographic Self-Images, Marta Herford, Kerber, ISBN 978-3-86678-523-6
2009 Photography matters: The Helsinki School, Statoil art program, Exhibition Catalogue
         The Helsinki School, Vol. 3 - Young Photography by Taik, Hantje Cantz, ISBN 978-3-7757-2404-3
         Fly Me to The MØØN, Gallery 44, Moen, Denmark, Exhibition Catalogue
         Aino Kannisto, Kunstvetein Kreis Ludwigsburg, DE, Exhibition Catalogue
2008 Ihmisyyden taito, Mäntän XIII kuvataideviikot, Exhibition Catalogue
         Nordic Mood – Landscape Photography of Our Time, Arken Museum of Modern Art, DK

Exhibition catalogues
2007 The Helsinki Schlool, New Photography by Taik, ISBN 978-3-7757-1888-2
         Fotografia Europea, Exhibition Catalogue, Reggio Emilia, IT
2006 October Salon, Exhibition Catalogue, Belgrad, SR
         Aino Kannisto, Exhibition Catalogue, Transit Artspace, Stavanger, NO
         Aino Kannisto, Exhibition Catalogue, Galeria Colon XVI, Bilbao, ES
2005 Selbstauslöser, Exhibition Catalogue, Kunstahalle Fridericianum & Frame
         Munch Revisited - Edvard Munch and the Art of Today, Kerber Verlag, ISBN 3-938025-03-4
         Interior/Exterior  Exhibition Catalogue, Centrum Kultury Zamek, PL, ISBN 83-89313-50-2
         Matisse &  Exhibition Catalogue, Statens Museum for Kunst, DK
         Zwischen, Traum und Wirklichkeit, Exhibition Catalogue, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, DE, ISBN 
         3-926538-57-0
2004 Aino Kannisto: Staged Photographs, Cajastur&Kunstverein Münsterland & Frame
2003 Vieraanvaraisuuksia, Exhibition Catalogue, Publisher. Pirkanmaa Arts Council
         Trasparente, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy & Frame
2002 Minä, sinä, me, Exhibition Catalogue, FR
         Mois de la Photo a Paris, Exhibition Catalogue, FR
         Narrating space, time and stories, Exhibition Catalogue, Pontevedra Art Biennial, Deputación de 
         Pontevedra, ES
         Kenen jäljillä?, Exhibition Catalogue, Salo Art Museum, ISBN 951-96152-6-1
         Opening Hours, Exhibition Catalogue, Denmark, ISBN 87-988826-1-9
2001 Pinx. Maalaustaide Suomessa, Arki ja pyhäpuvussa, W&G, ISBN 951-35-6598-X
         In a Lonely Place, Exhibition Catalogue, National Museum of Photography, Film and TV, UK, ISBN 
         0 948489 18 9
1998 Me, myself and I, Näyttelyluettelo, Taideteollinen korkeakoulu, Helsinki, FI

Works in collections
Centro Cultural Cajastur, ES
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, FI
Helsingin City Art Museum, FI
Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, ES
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, UK
Oulu City Art Museum, FI
EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, FI
Saastamoisen Foundation, FI
Stadt Iserlohn, DE
Finnish Museum of Photography, FI
City of Tampere, FI
Jenny & Antti Wihuri Foundation, FI

Private Collections in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA.