Sarianna Metsähuone

Born 1966 in Helsinki, Finland, living in Sweden since 1988.

Education

1998-2000
School of Photography, Gothenburg, Sweden
Master of Fine Arts
1994-1997
School of Photography, Gothenburg, Sweden
Bachelor of Fine Arts
1996
San Francisco State University, USA
Independent studies, Photo Dept.


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011
Göteborgs konstförening, Gothenburg, Sweden
2010
Galleri Magnus Winström, Gothenburg, Sweden
2009
Tidaholms Konsthall, Sweden
2007
Nordhems Konst, Gothenburg, Sweden
2006
Nordhems Konst, Gothenburg, Sweden
Maqs, Gothenburg, Sweden
2005
Galerie Poller, Frankfurt, Germany
Centre de photographie de Lectoure, Lectoure, France
Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden
ValentinByhr, Gothenburg, Sweden
Kunsthalle Vitehall, Kungsbacka, Sweden
2003
Lowe Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2002
Gallery Mors Mössa, Gothenburg, Sweden
MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Porvoo Kunsthalle, Finland
1998
Gallery Mazarin, Söderhamn, Sweden


Selected Group Exhibitions

Oct 2011 - Feb 2012
South-Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
2011
Maqs, Gothenburg, Sweden
2010
Nordhems Konst, Gothenburg, Sweden
2009
Gothenburg Art Museum
2007
Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, Russia
Nordhems Konst, Gothenburg, Sweden
Kunsthalle, Gothenburg, Sweden
Nordens Hus, Reykjavik, Iceland
2006
Nordic Cultural Center of Frederiks Bastion, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Dals-Långed Kunsthalle, Sweden
Studio Thomas Kellner, Siegen, Germany
VB-Photographic Centre, Kuopio, Finland
2004
PhotoEspana -04. Madrid, Spain
2003
Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
Helsinki Kunsthalle, Finland
2000
Gallery Box, Gothenburg, Sweden
FH, Dortmund, Germany
Finnish Institute Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Göteborg City Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
1999
Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gallery Box, Gothenburg, Sweden
1997
Kunsthalle Gothenburg, Sweden
1996
Gallery Gufot, Gothenburg, Sweden

Art Fairs

2005
Photo-London, UK
Art Frankfurt, Germany
Scope, New York, USA
Art Fair-Palmbeach3, Florida, USA
2004
Art Fair-Cologne, Germany
Art Fair-New York, USA

Film festivals

1998
Tampere Short Film Festival. Tampere, Finland
1997
Nordic Panorama Festival. Helsinki, Finland
Grimstad Film Festival. Grimstad, Norway

Represented by

Nordhems Konst, Göteborg, Sweden


Represented in collections

Maqs, Göteborg
ValentinByhr, Göteborg
Vitehall, Kungsbacka kunsthalle, Sweden
Apoteksbolagets konstförening, Sweden
Metsäliitto, Finland
The National Public Art Council (Statens konstråd), Sweden
Hasselblad Center, Sweden
Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
Private collections in Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, USA, Australia

Grants, Prizes, Residencies

2005
Konstnärsnämnden/The Arts Grants Committee, Sweden
2003
Iris-Grant, KvinnorKan, Sweden
Gothenburg City Cultural Grant, Sweden
The Cultural Foundation of Finland
2002
The Cultural Foundation of Finland
The Cultural Foundation of Finland and Sweden
2001
The Hasselblad Foundation, Sweden
2000
Victor Hasselblad scholarship, Sweden
1st prize in AMF-Photo competition, Sweden
1997
Robert Frank scholarship, Göteborg, Sweden

Specials

Oct.23 - Nov.5 2000
A photograph from MA Final Thesis Work exhibited in downtown Stockholm
over an entire skyscraper facade, size c. 2500 square meters.


Reviewed / Published

Feb 2011
Interviewed by the Swedish Radio Finnish Section
Aug 2010
A portrait from above, published in aspekt.nu, Gothenburg, Sweden
October 2007
Bukowskis Modern Autumn Auction Catalogue 2007 No. 519+520, Stockholm Sweden
April 2007
Bukowskis Modern Spring Auction Catalogue 2007 No. 456A, Stockholm, Sweden
Jan/Feb 2007
Fotómüvészet, Budapest, Hungary
October 2006
Bukowskis Modern Autumn Auction Catalogue 2006, Stockholm, Sweden
July-August 2005
Photographers:network selection 2005 "different realities"
Profifoto nr 4/2005, Germany
July 9 2005
Sarianna Metsähuone: Forest Room
Fotografie-Forum, Germany
May 21 2005
Cheminements: Le programme continue avec le Centre de photographie
Le Depeche, France
May 3 2005
"Cheminements": un succes des la premiere journee
Le Depeche, France
May 2005
Cheminements paralleles
ArtZimut supplement a FLASHebdo, France
April 29 2005
L'expo "Cheminements" arpente la Lomagne
Le Depeche, France
February 2 2005
Finnish photography conquering the world, Stockholm City, Sweden
Oct. 25 2004
For you who want to look down on people
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Sweden
Oct. 23 2004
Gothenburg from above - Sarianna Metsähuone shows pictures of every day life from a new perspective
GT/Expressen (Evening paper), Sweden
September 2004
Sarianna Metsähuone
random spaces city homes random homes city spaces random city home spaces
Newsletter for Röda Sten
July 11 2004
"Summer talk", one hour program on The Swedish Radio.
I talk about my photography, my tattoos, my son, my divorce and my Finnish roots...
July 2004
Sarianna Metsähuone is getting higher (in Finnish)
Kamera-lehti (Photo magazine), Finland
May 13 2004
Homes from an unusual angle, Kungsbacka Tidning (Newspaper), Sweden
Nov. 2003
Konstrevyn 2003, Sweden
Oct. 24 2003
The world seen with the eyes of a bungee jumper (in Finnish)
Helsingin Sanomat (Newspaper), Helsinki, Finland
Sept. 4 2003
Tough competition for the grants (in Swedish)
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Sweden
April 2003
Watch out (in Swedish)
FORUM 0203 (design magazine), Sweden
Dec. 2002
Homes from above (in Finnish)
Kamera-lehti (Photo magazine), Finland
Oct. 18 2002
Forestlike rooms from above (in Swedish)
Forest & Land (Magazine), Sweden
Sept. 17 2002
From above in Haga, Gothenburg (in Swedish)
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Sweden
Sept. 14 2002
Two different ways of describing the forest (in Swedish)
GT/Expressen (Evening paper), Sweden
Aug. 29 2002
Metsähuone (=Forestroom) makes forest rooms with photographs (in Finnish)
Helsingin Sanomat (Newspaper), Helsinki, Finland
April 13 2002
Feeling of being an outsider brings together two sisters in joint exhibition
Borgåbladet (Newspaper), Finland
April 13 2002
Metsähuone sisters search for identity with photographs
Uusimaa (Newspaper), Finland
April 25 2002
In the midst of a forest at Kunsthalle. Photographs and digital...
Uusimaa (Newspaper), Finland
Dec. 2001
The artists guide you
Presens # 3-4 (Art Magazine), Sweden
Sept. 23 2001
Hello – Why are you photographing Swedish homes?
GT/Expressen (Evening paper), Sweden
Oct. 2000
Parallel Worlds
Exhibition Catalogue. Dortmund, Germany
Oct.29 2000
Finnish naturalness caused a stir at Sergel Market Square
Helsingin Sanomat (Newspaper), Helsinki, Finland
Oct.23 2000
Artistic skyscraper
Dagens Nyheter (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
Oct.6 2000
Lydmar Hotel
Dagens Nyheter (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
Sept. 2000
Million Dollar Hotel
Forum 3.00 (Swedish architecture magazine), Stockholm, Sweden
Sept.17 2000
Chaos at home
Aftonbladet (Evening paper), Stockholm, Sweden
Aug.25 2000
Sarianna Metsähuone likes home and everyday life
Dagens Nyheter (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
Aug. 2000
Two new Masters of Fine Arts received scholarship
Foto # 7-8 (Photography magazine), Stockholm, Sweden
May 23 2000
Finnish photographer awarded for her thesis work
Helsingin Sanomat (Newspaper), Helsinki, Finland
May 18 2000
Photographer presenting everyday life from birds’ eye view
Svenska Dagbladet (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
May 10 2000
Three artists granted Artist-in-Residence at Grez-sur-Loing
Arbetet Ny Tid (Newspaper), Göteborg, Sweden
April 29 2000
Images from large and small worlds
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Göteborg, Sweden
April 2000
Hasselblad Center # 6
Exhibition Catalogue, Göteborg, Sweden
March 29 2000
Jury fell for young photographer from Göteborg
Dagens Nyheter (Newspaper), Stockholm, Sweden
March 2000
A little more to live for. A photographic initiative from AMF Pension.
(Photography book), Sweden
June 1997
The first Robert Frank scholarship granted
Foto # 7 (Photography magazine), Stockholm, Sweden
May 22 1997
Forest Room
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Göteborg, Sweden
May 7 1997
Face to face with thesis work
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Göteborg, Sweden
Dec 30 1995
The naked truth
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Göteborg, Sweden
Nov 29 1995
Two women two lives
Göteborgs-Posten (Newspaper), Göteborg, Sweden