Maria Finn
Elmegade 14 st.tv.
DK-2200 Copenhagen N
email: maria [at] mariafinn.dk


Represented by The Apartment, Athens - www.theapartment.gr
Blog: http://www.plumvelvet.dk/wordpress


Education

Ph.D. in Fine Arts at Copenhagen Doctoral School, Department of Literature, Cultural Studies, and the Arts and Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 2007 - 2010
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1991-1997
Kunsthøjskolen, Holbæk 1988
Gerlesborgsskolan Bohuslän 1987 - 1988
Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm 1985 - 86

Solo Exhibitions

2010 "Images Between the Word and the Film", Overgaden, Copenhagen
2009 "Las babas del diablo / Soundtrack For A Park", The Armory Show, New York @ The Apartment
2007 "Summer After Monika", The Apartment, Athens
2005 "Sometimes the Desert is Red", The Apartment, Athens
2003 "Deceptive Nature", Gallery Axel Mörner, Stockholm
2002 "Maria Finn", The Apartment, Athens
"New Games", Galleri 54, Gothenburg
2001

”Naturel”, Gallery Axel Mörner, Stockholm

2000 "Summer Games", Overgaden, Copenhagen
1998 ”Juicy Details”, Gallery Axel Mörner, Stockholm
”23 embroidered tablecloths”, Zoolounge, Oslo
1996 ”Du må”, Udstillingsstedet Nørre Farimagsgade, Copenhagen
1995 ”Party”, Udstillingsstedet Nørre Farimagsgade, Copenhagen
“3 x Paris", Overgaden, Copenhagen
”Paranoia”, window show, Udstillingsstedet Nørre Farimagsgade, Copenhagen
Group Exhibitions
2010 Astronomical Frontiers”, BKS Garage, Henningsen Contemporary, Copenhagen
Tables of Thought”, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2009 "Fri porto", Den Frie, Copenhagen
"Plum Velvet Nr. 4", Overgaden, Copenhagen
2008 Technically Sweet, Participant Inc. Anthology Film Archives, New York
“Strip”, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart
"In Silent Conversation with Ingmar Bergman", Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun
“Digital Romance: Selected Works from the Aris Stoidis Collection”, VILKA, Thessaloniki
Technically Sweet, Overgaden, Copenhagen
”And Now?”, The State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2006 "Now Here and Never Again", Den Frie, Copenhagen
"Black & White", Hellenic American Union, Athens
"Strip", Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel
"Esplanaden", Den Frie, Copenhagen
"The Anniversary Show", The Apartment, Athens
"Strip", Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
"Here, I Disappear", The Apartment, Athens
2005  "Map and Fiction", Østre Anlæg/Amorparken/Fælledparken, Copenhagen
"Strip", Kunstverein, Hannover
"Strip", Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin
"Deserted Lot", Southfirst, New York
2004 "The Nature of the Place", Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle
"The Rain is Always most beautiful by the Water", I-N-K, Copenhagen
"The Drawing Project", Vamiali's, Athens
"Summer Breeze", The Apartment, Athens
"The Charlottenborg Fall Exhibition", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2003  "Spheres of Valency", Bratislava City Gallery, Bratislava
"Plum Velvet Nr. 3", Overgaden, Copenhagen
"Drawings", Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad, Sweden
"Fra Objektiv til Objekt", Den Frie, Copenhagen
2002 "Transpose", Passagen, Linköping, Sweden
"DK", ESAP, Perpignan, France
"Breathing Space", Parc André Citroën, Paris
"Esplanaden", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
"Alibi", Den Frie, Copenhagen
2001 “Omstilling 4“, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
”Omstilling 3”, Jyväskylää Art Museum, Finland
“Maria Finn & Marion Meyer“, Colette, Paris
"KOM", Mozarts Plads, Copenhagen
2000 ”Sweet dreams (are made of this)", Exedra, Hilversum, Netherlands
”Omstilling 2”, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden
”Crack is wack”, Transmission, Glasgow
”What if”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
”Park”, Momentum, Moss, Norway
”Elysian Fields”, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1999 ”Cities on the Move 4”, Louisiana, Humlebæk, Denmark
”Oh no, not me, I never lost control”, Gallery Specta, Copenhagen
”9 Drawings”, with Lars Jörgen Svensson, Lödöse Museum, Sweden
”Visions of periphery”, Gallery Carlos Falchi, New York
”Omstilling”, Jungersted & Broström, Copenhagen
Plum Velvet Nr. 2”, fanzine
”Out of focus”, Rhizom, Århus, Denmark
”LAB – because you are worth it”, Overgaden, Copenhagen
1998 ”Boomerang”, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen
”Wrapped”, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Sorø
"B&B unlimited presents", Galerie des Archives, Paris
1997 ”Alikeness”, Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
”Purple fashion Nr. 3”, Colette, Paris
”Projekt IV”, Gallery Axel Mörner, Stockholm
”Stofskifte”, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde
”D-I-Y”, Mapping and Instruction”, Bricks and Kicks, Wien
”Your home is an ideal place for crying”, B&B Gallery, Paris
"Sju sorters kakor", with Lisa Strömbeck, 1997, Tomelilla  Konsthall, Sweden
1996 ”Beige” by Purple Prose, Compartments, Saga Basement, Copenhagen
Plum Velvet Nr. 1”, fanzine
1995 ”Åben udstilling”, groupshow Udstillingsstedet, Copenhagen
”Love all, serve all”, performance with Cecilia Wendt, Saga Basement, Copenhagen
Bibliography
“Kan man fimatisere Kafkas romaner?”, Eva Novrup Redvall, Information, June 26, 2010 [doc dansk] [pdf dansk] [doc english]
“Når det politiske mudrer til”, Mette Sandbye, Weekendavisen, Nov. 28, 2008 [doc english] [pdf dansk]
“Bergmans filmreifer Einzug ins Museum”, Isolde Schaffter-Wieland, Schweitzer Ilustrierte, Aug. 11, 2008

“In Silent Conversation with Ingmar Bergman”, Petra Giezendanner, catalogue, Kunstmuseum Thun, 2008 [doc english]

“On the fringes of narrative”, Despina Zefkili, Athinorama, Dec. 27, 2007 [doc english]

"Maria Finn: Summer After Monika", Andrea Gilbert, City Uncovered, Dec. 6, 2007

“Summer After Monika”, Rania Georgiadou, E, Nov. 2007
"All Alone", Augustine Zenakos, a:athens contemporary art review #9, Jan. 2007 [pdf english]
"The Stripped and the Naked", Yannis Constantinides, Athens Voice, March 31, 2005 [doc english]
"White Drawings on Red Desert", Fotini Barka, Efetherotypia, April 27, 2005
"Black & White Desert", Despina Zefkili, Athinorama, April 24, 2005 [doc english]

"Svensk konst nu", Sophie Allgård, SAK årsbog 2004 [doc english]

"Kunstnerisk frirum", Kristine Kern, Politiken, July 4, 2003

"Finn belyser de förföriska modereportagens retorik", Thomas Olsson, Svenska Dagbladet, April 5, 2003 [doc english]

"Naughty Nectar", Katherina Zacharopoulos, Ethnos, Sept. 22, 2002

"White drawings and Parks", Maria Aroni, Anti, Sept. 20, 2002

“Popular culture and art; an effective mix”, Alexandra Koroxenidis, Herald Tribune, Sept. 16, 2002

“Drawing like Sex”, Augustine Zenakos, TO VIMA, Sept. 15, 2002
"Maria Finn", Despina Zefkili, Athinorama, July 25, 2002

"Portraits", Jeff Rian, Purple 10, spring issue 2002

”Kurragömma i naturen”, Lars O Ericsson, Dagens Nyheter, March 3, 2001

"Trendmönstring i konstens Moss", Fred Andersson, Svenska Dagbladet, June 10, 2000

"Tvetydig sommer", Kristine Kern, Politiken, Nov. 3, 2000

"Mærket på kroppen”, Rune Gade, Information, Nov. 1, 2000

”On Maria Finn’s Photographic Works”, Jonas Ekeberg, catalogue ”Park”, Momentum, Moss 2000

”Baseball”, Kristine Kern, Art magazine 1% #5, 1999

”Forbidden Figs”, Lars O Ericsson, Dagens Nyheter, Nov. 15, 1998

"Kvindekunsten vender tilbage", Naja Alberdi Platz, Information, Feb. 24, 1998

”Purple Buste”, Simon Sheikh, Purple Prose #11, 1996

”Du må”, Simon Sheikh, Øjeblikket #27, 1996

Magazines - contributions

SUM #1 2007 [pdf]

Fabrik #2-3 2005
Øjeblikket #44 2004
Purple #5 2000, #10 2002
bang #1 1999
Purple #2 1998, #3 1999, #4 1999
Purple Fashion #3 1997, #4 1998
Index #2 1998
S.cr.a.m. #3 1998

updated May 4, 2011