Adam Avikainen
b. 1978, USA
Education
2005-2007 De Ateliers, Amsterdam
2003-2005 Art Academy, Helsinki. MFA.
2001-2003 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. BA.
1996-1998 University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 Monitor gallery, Rome
2008 SARAKURA, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2008 DAIJOUBU, Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan
2007 AKI AKARI,Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan
2007 Art Athina, Athens
2007 Sweathertz, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
2006 Loyly Ikebana, Monitor Gallery, Rome
2005 Miss Mary Mannerheim of Minneapolis, Minnesota Memorial, Kasarminkatu Gallery, Helsinki
2005 Viva Sisu, KTA Gallery, Helsinki
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 ANIMISM, Kunsthalle Bern (upcoming, May)
2009 SLOW MOVEMENT ODER: Das Halbe und das Ganze, Kunsthalle Bern
2008 Tears of Joy, Amsterdam
2007 Beauty Unrealized, PSWAR, Amsterdam
2006 Just In Time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2006 Aesthetics of Resistance, Assab One, Milan
2005 Aesthetics of Resistance, Ex-Ticosa, Como, Italy
2005 Winter War, Holden Gallery, Manchester
Residencies
2007-2008 Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan
Collections
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
De Nederlandsche Bank
Reviews and Bibliography
2009 Slow Movement or: Half and Whole, Kunsthalle Bern
2008 Metropolis M 2008 n2, Psychofysisch Spiritueel Realisma, by Maxine Kopsa,pg. 38
