Sandra Kantanen (B. 1974, Helsinki) lives
and works in HANKO, Finland. Her most recent exhibitions include shows at The
New World Trade Center in Jakarta, the Denver Art Museum and the Rovaniemi art
museum in Finland. Her works are included in several collections such as The
J.Paul Getty Museum US, HAM Helsinki Art Museum FI, Fondazione
Fotografia Modena IT, amongst others. Her most recent monograph "More
Landscapes" was released by Hatje Cantz verlag in 2019.
EDUCATION
2001 Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
1996-2003 MA Photography, University of Art and Design, Helsinki
1995 Fine Art, Västra Nylands folkhögskola
1994 Photography, Västra Nylands folkhögskola
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
More Landscapes, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
More Landscapes, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, DE
More Landscapes, Pohjoinen Valokuvakeskus, Oulu, FI
Smoke Works, Galleria Uusi, Kipinä, Lahti, FI
2015
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2014
Landscapes and Moths, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2013
Stockholm sjukhem, commissioned artwork, Stockholm, SE
2012
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2011
Korjaamo Gallery, Moscow, RU
2009
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
2008
Shadow Images, Gallery Taik, Berlin, DE
2005
Seydler SG Bank Frankfurt, Frankfurt, DE
Landscape and Variations, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, FI
Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, NO
2003
Black Landscape, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, FI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Winter Garden Photograph Project, Roland Barthes Camera Lucida 40 Year Anniversary, Houston Center for Photography HCP, Houston, TX
2019
It Came from the North, World Trade Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
2018
Vom Verschwinden und Ercheinen - Das Ephemere in der Fotografie, Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin, DE
New Territory, Landscape Photography Today, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2017
Yhtä Juhlaa!, Contemporary Finnish Art, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, FI
Herbarium - Fotografi&Botanik, FOTOGRAFISK CENTER, Copenhagen, DK
Five Finnish Photographers, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2016
Papilio, Isabelle Lesmeister Gallery, Regensburg, DK
Maihinnousu, Hangon Casino, Hanko, FI
Viidakko tulvii, Keravan Artmuseum, Sinkka, FI
2015
Moi Helsinki, Beijing, China
PULSE Miami, Purdy Hicks Gallery, Miami, FL
Kawaba Photography Festival, Kwaba Village, JP
2014
Fotografia dal nord europa, Fondazione Fotografia, Modena, IT
Le 19, Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain, Montbéliard, FR
Gumbostrand Art & Design Center, Söderkulla, FI
LOKAL Gallery, Helsinki, FI
Convergences: Selected Photographs form the Permanent Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
2013
X-ist Gallery, Istanbul, TR
Blütenzauber - Fotografien und Installationen Internationaler Künstler, Museum Bad Arolsen, Berlin, DE
Vasiputoissateenkaari ja muita tapahtumia luonnossa, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Sensibility, Korjaamo Galleria, Helsinki, FI
Summer Exhibition, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2012
7.Aalto- Taiteen Wihuri, Wihuri Art Collection, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI
2011
Female View - Part 2, Fotoraum, Vienna, AT
FLOWERS/TIME, DEATH AND BEAUTY FO.KU.S, Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, AT
BFAMI Auction Phillips de Pury, London, UK
Bukowski Hörhammer Autumn Auction, Helsinki, FI
KIAF/11 Korea International Art Fair, KR
Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, CH
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
Pyhäniemi Manor, Hollola, Finland
Nature Forte Korundi Opening Exhibition, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, FI
2010
Bukowski Hörhammer Spring Auction, Helsinki, FI
Highlighted, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
Ikkuna Portfolio, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
The Armory Show, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
AIPAD Photography Show, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Echoes of Light, Photographic Centre Valokuvakeskus Nykyaika, Tampere, FI
2008
Internal and External Landscapes, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Simple Life, Fiskars, FI
Incertitudes de la vision, Brussels, BE
100% Finlandais, Bordeaux City Gallery, Bordeaux, FR
Artist in Residence, Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori, JP
Views on Finnish Photography, Nordic Art Works, London, UK
2007
Det Blommar!, Galleri Elverket/Pro Artibus, Eknäs, FI
Union of Artist Photographers, Art Fair Finland, Helsinki, FI
TAJU - Idän Hyvinkää Artmuseum, Hyvinkää, FI
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
Stenersen Museum, Oslo, NO
2006
London Art Fair, Nordic Art Works, London, UK
Flower as Picture, Gallerie Anhava, Helsinki, FI
Paris Photo, Gallery Taik, Paris, FR
Naturally!, Mogadishni Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Joutsenen jäljillä, Lasipalatsi Gallery/LUME Center, Helsinki, FI
Artek House, Housefair, Espoo, FI
The Helsinki School, Brussels, BE
2005
The Helsinki School, Borås, SE
Copenhagen Art Fair, Gallerie Brandstrup, DE
Union of Artist Photographers Annual Exhibition, Art Fair Helsinki, Helsinki, FI
Stockholm Art Fair, Galerie Anhava, Stockholm, SE
Art Fair Berlin, Galerie Anhava, Berlin, DE
2004
The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE
Galerie Roellin/Duerr, St. Gallen, CH
CAFA Gallery, Beijing, CN
30 by Taik, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
Artforum Berlin, Galerie Anhava, Berlin, DE
The Helsinki School, Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, DE
2003
Fotofinlandia Finalist Exhibition, Finnish Museum of Photography/Oulu City Art Musseum, Oulu, FIHANKI, Union of Artist Photographers Annual Exhibition, Helsinki, FI
Artissima Torino, Galerie Anhava, Torino, IT
Landscape Now, City Art Museum, Mikkeli, FI
Artforum Berlin, Galerie Anhava, Berlin, DE
2002
Stockholm Art Fair, Galerie Anhava, Stockholm, SE
Artforum Berlin, Galerie Taik, Berlin, DE
Kultur-Räume Norden: An der Schwelle des Unbekannten, Kulturabteilung Bayer, Leverkusen, DE
Masters of Art, Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
Artissima Torino, Galerie Anhava, Torino, IT
2001
CAFA Department of Photography, Beijing, CN
Bordets Lust och Lov, Millesgården, Stockholm, SE
Gallery Brandstrup, Oslo, NO
Stockholm Art Fair, Gallery Taik, Stockholm, SE
2000
Having a ball, video installation, Profounders Gallery, Helsinki, FI
CULTUREN, Västerås, SE
1999
Takaikkuna, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
Bengtskär - projekti, City Gallery of Hanko, Hanko, FI
1998
Yksityisnäyttely, Gallery Huone, Helsinki, FI
1997
Rantaviiva - projekti, Gallery ATSKI, Helsinki, FI
1996
Näkymätön Kaupunki - Invisible City, Gallery ATSKI, Helsinki, FI
1995
Gallery FOKUS, Karjaa, FI
Photogallery ZEBRA, Karjaa, FI
Sekvens, Kirjakaapeli, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, FI
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
Fondazione Fotografia, Modena, IT
The Museum of Photography, Seoul, KR
HAM Helsinki City Art Museum, FI
Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, FI
National Gallery, State Art Collection, Helsinki, FI
EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo, FI
Olorvisual Collection, Barcelona, ES
Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, FI
Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi, FI
Stockholm sjukhem, Stockholm, SE
Guys and St. Thomas Hospital, London, UK
SOK Collections, Helsinki, FI
Pro Artibus Foundation, FI
Parliament of Finland, FI
Seydler AG Bank, Frankfurt, DE
Four Seasons Hotel, St. Petersburg, RU
Per Gessle Collection, Halmstad, SE
Bo Bjerggaard Gallerie, Copenhagen, DK
Pentti Kouri Collection, New York, NY
Oulu City Hospital, FI
Tres Hombres Art, SE