Born 1978 in Helsinki, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
2013 - Doctoral studies, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2004–2007 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Photography
2000–2004 Bachelor of Arts, Turku Art Academy, Photography
1999–2000 Voionmaa College, Photography,
1999 Orivesi College, Creative Writing
1994–1998 Kangasala Upper Secondary School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Water is Fiction, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France
Imaginary Homeland, PHOS, Centro Polifunzionale per la Fotografia e le Arti Visive, Torino, Italy
2013
The Breath of Water, Macula - Centro Internazionale di Cultura Fotografica, Pecaro, Italy
2012
Imaginary Homeland, MC2 Gallery, Milan, Italy
Imaginary Homeland, Gallery Heino, Helsinki, Finland
Imaginary Homeland, Mullsjo International Photofestival, Mullsjo, Sweden
2011
Susanna Majuri, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, Norway
Nordic Water Tales, Musèe de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Nordic Water Tales, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, Germany
2010
Susanna Majuri, Hå gamle Prestegård, Nærbø, Norway
Susanna Majuri (with Anni Leppala), Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
Water Ballads, Gallery Taik, Berlin, Germany
The Water Reseacher's Daughter, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2009
Susanna Majuri, Nolde Stiftung Seebühl, Dependance Berlin, Germany
2008
Vom Wasser verweht, Galerie Adler Frankfurt, DE
Artist of the Year, Oulunsalo Soi Festival, Oulunsalo, Fi
Histoires de coeur, Centre de photographie de Lectoure, Miradoux, FR
2007
Saved with Water, Galerie Adler, New York, USA
Histoires singulières (with Henni Alftan), Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, FR
Pio, Pessi norrænu, Nordic House, Reykjavik, IS
2006
Sinä pohjoinen, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
2005
Kissamaa, Skotgalleri, Reykjavik, IS
2004
Ihastus, Northern Photography Center, Oulu, FI
Ihastus, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, FI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Nature and More, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, DE
In Other Worlds, Kiel Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Arts, Kiel, DE
Commenting on the Present, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, FI
2013
Visual Arts Competition for Young Artists, Art Center Salmela, Mäntyharju, FI
Suuri Näytelmä, Villa Roosa, Orimattila, FI
Magic and Dreams, Centre D'Art Nei Licht, Luxembuorg, LU
Valon Houkutus, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, FI
From Grimm to Reality, The Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury, UK
Winter-Reise, Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, DE
Supermarket 2013, Independent Art Market, Tukholma, SE
Arte Fiera Bologna, IT
2012
In the Limelight of the Infinite. Romanticism and the Present, The Sinclair-House of the ALTANA Art Foundation, Bad Homburg, DE
POLAROID, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
Pala Taivasta, Art House Project with Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, FI
Alice in Wonderland, ECCO Espacio de Creación Contemporánea, Cadiz, ES
The Armory Show, ryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, US
The Mutual Factor of Extremes, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, FI
2011
Touching Dreams, National Museum of photography, Copenhagen, DK! H2O - Reflections, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI! Sijamuotoja, Purnu Art Center, Orivesi, FI
A Female View, Purdy Hicks, London, UK
Christophe Gruye, Galerie, Helsinki school Exhibition, Zurich, CH
Screaming from the Mountain, SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, NO Alice in Wonderland, Logomo, Turku, FI
Water - sense and Sensation, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, FI
RE/VOLT, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, FI
I Love Malmö, Västerås Museum of Art, Västerås, SE
2010
Dead Lines, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, CH
Dead Lines, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, DE
Uitgelicht/Highlighted, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
Helsinki 10, Rogaland Art Museum, Stavanger, NO
The Helsinki School – Seven Approaches, Gallery Bryce Wolkowitz, New York, US
The Helsinki School – Photography and video NOW, Helsinki City Art Museum Meilahti, Helsinki, FI! ARCO, Gallery TAIK, Madrid, ES
Tool, Cultural Centre Knokke-Heist, BE
H20 - Reflection, The Archipelago Centre Korpoström, Korpo, FI
Järjestetty juttu, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
Inter-cool 3.0, Jugend – Bild – Medien, HMKV im Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität, Dortmund, DE! MAPAMUNDISTAS ́10, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, ES
2009
Helsinki School, Loft project ETAGI, St. Petersburg, Russia
Ei saa peittää - För ej övertäckas - Eskilstuna Konstmuseum , Eskilstuna, Sweden
Von hier aus, wohin?, 3. Internationales Fotografiefestival F/Stop, Buntgarnwerken,
Leipzig, Germany
Helsinki School, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Über / Unter Wasser - Vom Aquarium zum Videobild, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven,
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Sylt Insel Zwischen Himmel und Meer, Kunst: Raum Sylt Quelle, Germany
The National Museum of Photography - The Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
Turku Biennaali, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
Fermo & Mosso: Spazi, Corpi, Tempi (Still & Blurred: Space, Body, Time),
Associazione Culturale OCCHIO!", Genova, Italy
Platform 09 - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
2008
New Photographs, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
Rose Boréal, Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, Lille, FR
Sommerfrische - Die Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies, TUI AG, Hannover, DE
Nordic Moods - Landscape Photography of Our Time, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art,
Copenhagen, DK
Rose Boréal - Photographies de l'école d'Helsinki, Ecole des Beaux-Arts Paris, Paris, FR
2007
Mapping the Unknown, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany
Sommerfrische, die Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies, Kunst: Raum Sylt Quelle, DE
Dis/connected, APT-studio, London, UK
The Helsinki School – New Photography by Taik, The Finnish Museum of Photography,
Helsinki, FI
Square Minutes – Young Finnish Photography, Galleria Ars Nova, Lodz, Poland, F-Stop,
Leipzig, DE
Photo Finnish, The Helsinki School, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, NO
2006
Winterland, The Fifth Triennal of Finnish Photography, Salo Art Museum, Salo, FI
What's Up North, Northern Center of Photography, Oulu, FI
Vad är fotografi?- The Helsinki School, Borås Konstmuseum, SE
Au-delà des Apparences, Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, FR
2005
Work in Progress, Arles, FR
Manifest04-05, Korjaamo, Helsinki, FI
2003
Young Artists 2003, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, FI
Joku Päivä, Art Museum Lönnström, Rauma, FI
Joku Päivä, Rantakasarmin galleria, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, FI
2002
Joku Päivä, Manilla, Turku, FI
2001
Kaari, Manilla, Turku, FI
GRANTS (selection)
2013
Finish Fund for Art Exchange, FI
Kangasala Commune, FI
State Grant to Artists, FI
2008
Finnish Cultural Foundation, FI
Art Council of Finland, FI
2007
Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle, DE
2006
Finnish Cultural Foundation, FI
Art Council of Finland, FI
Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, FI
2005
Gras Savoye Award, Les rencontres d'Arles, FR
Kangasala Commune Culture Stipend, FI
Residency with a monthly grant in Reykjavik, Iceland, NIFCA, IS
Sleipnir –travel grant, NIFCA, IS
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, FI
The Finnish Museum of Photography, FI
EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, FI
Helsinki City Art Museum, FI
Tampere Art Museum, FI
The Finnish State Art Collection, FI
The Museum Centre of Turku, FI
Artists' Association of Finland, FI
City of Salo, FI
Kone Foundation, FI
Pro Artibus, FI
RAY, FI
Finnish Art Association, FI
Museum of Photography Tessaloniki, CR
Malmö Art Museum, SE
Song og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, NO
Zabludowitcz Collection, UK/US
Fundation Foto Collectania, ES
Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle, DE
Association de l'ENSP, FR
Statoil Collection, NO
Pieter and Marie Sanders collection, NL
Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooths collections, FI
Private collections in France, UK, USA, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Finland, Benelux-countries
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Selected publications
In the Limelight of the Infinite. Romanticism and the Present, The Sinclair-House of the ALTANA Art
Foundation 2012
Pieces of Energy, From the Statoil Art Collection, 2012
Äärimmäisyyksien yhteinen tekijä, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum 2012
La Stampa 11.11.2012; La Repubblica, 4.11.2012
A Female View, Hatje Cantz 2011
Dead_Lines, Hatje Cantz 2011
Alice in Wonderland, Suomen valokuvataiteen museo 2011
Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2.02.2011
Azart Photographie, Nr. 51 2011
Blue 1, Dream, 1/2011
Photo+, June 2010
Helsinki 10, Rogaland Art Museum 2010
Saraste, Leena, Valokuva: muisto, viesti, taide, Musta Taide 2010
Next Level 20 - Helsinki Issue 2010
Philosophie Magazine, Novembre 2010
Taide ja Design 02/2010
Järjestetty juttu, Kiasma 2010
Photo Graphica, Vol. 15. 2009
The Daily Yomiori, 10.07.2009
The Japan Times, 17.07.2009
The Helsinki School, Vol III, Hatje Cantz 2009
Ei saa peittää, Contemporary Art in Finland & Sweden, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum 2009
Pinta - Catalogue of Turku Biennaali, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova 2009
NY Arts Magazine, Narrating the Image, Vol 13 No 11/12/2008
Som en tjuv om natten, Pro Artibus 2008
Nordic Moods - Landscape Photography of Our Time, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art 2008
Rose Boréal - Photographies de l é́ cole d H́ elsinki, Ecole des Beaux-Arts 2008
Sommerfrische, die Sensucht nach dem Paradies, Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle 2007
DOCUMENTARIES
K-reppu: Äkkisyviä kuvia, TV1, YLE 15.4.2008
Meet the Artist: Susanna Majuri, video portrait, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst 2008
Radio documentaries: Kultakuume, Ylen yksi, 2010; Ajassa, Ylen yksi, 2010