Born in 1973. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.

Education
2001 MA, Photography, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, (Now Aalto University – School of Arts, Design and Architecture)
1998 BA, Photography, University of Art and Design, Helsinki,

Solo exhibitions
2018 Women (on their own), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
2015 Faces, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
2014 Hotel Bogota, Gallery Taik Persons Berlin, Germany
2014 Hotel Bogota, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain
2013 Hotel Bogota, Berlin, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, Germany
2013 Hotel Bogota, Photo Platz, Berlin, Germany
2012 She and She. Since 1997, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
2011 Aino Kannisto, Johyun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Aino Kannisto, Städtiche Galerie Iserlohn, Germany
2009 Aino Kannisto, Kunstverein Kreis Ludwigsburg, Germany
2009 Fiction, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Museu Nogueira da Silva (Encontros da Imagem), Braga, Portugal
2008 Aino Kannisto ja Riitta Päiväläinen, Gallery Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
2008 Aino Kannisto, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrad, Serbia
2007 Aino Kannisto, Kunstverein Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
2007 Aino Kannisto, Museum Ludwig, Koblenz, Germany
2006 Staged Photographs, Espacio Líquido, Gijón, Spain
2006 Valokuvia, Galleria Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Aino Kannisto, Transit Art Space, Stavanger, Norway
2006 Aino Kannisto, Galeria Colón XVI, Bilbao, Spain, (kat.)
2006 New Photographs, Gallerie m Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2004 Staged Photographs, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany, (cat.)
2004 51 Salón International de Fotografia, Palacio Revillagigedo, Gijon, Spain, (cat.)
2004 Valokuvia, Galleria Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Fotografier, Finlandsinstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 Personlige Portretter, Finnish-Norwegian Institute, Oslo, Norway
2003 Personal Photographs, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
2003 Stiftung für Zeitgenössische Fotografie, Köln, Germany
2002 Portraits Personnels, Institut Finlandais, Paris, France, (cat.)
2002 Staged Photographs, Galerie m Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2002 Pohjoinen Nordic Photographic Centre, Oulu
2002 Photographic Centre Peri, Turku
2001 Mikkeli Photographic Centre, Mikkeli, Finland
2001 Galleria Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2000 Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
2000 Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Selected group exhibitions
2019 3. Mai 1969 - 3. Mai 2019, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
2018 Reflections: From Here to There, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany
2014 Shifting Identities, MACRO, Rome, Italy
2013 The Look behind, Märkisches Musseum Witten, Germany
2013 La Colección de Alicia Aza, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain
2011/12 A Female View, Helsinki School, Foto-Raum, Wien, Austria
2011 That’s me. Fotografische Selbstbilder. Marta Herford, Germany
2010 Highlighted. Contemporary Finnish Photography from the Collection of P. And M. Sanders, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009 Contemporary Art from Germany and China, Wuhan Museum of Fine Arts, VR, China
2009 Photography Matters: The Helsinki School, Statoil Office, Oslo, Norway
2009 International fotografi i dag, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark
2009 Fly Me to The MØØN, Gallery 44, Moen, Askeby, Denmark
2009 Who killed the painting?, Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
2009 Häikäisevää! Wäinö Aaltonen Museum,Turku, Finland
2009 Oikeilla jäljillä.../Tracking Traces..., Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2009 The Site of Painting, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
2008 Who killed the painting?, Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Germany
2008 Ihmisyyden taito, Mäntän XIII kuvataideviikot, Pekilo, Mänttä, Finland
2008 Nordic Mood – Landscape Photography of Our Time, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
2008 Biennale d'art contemporain du Havre, Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France
2007 Naisten Salonki, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2007 Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit/Between Dream and Reality,, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Germany
2007 The Helsinki School, Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway
2007 Self Timer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania (cat.)
2006 Self Timer, Artspace Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.)
2006 The Helsinki School, Borås Art Museum, Borås, Sweden
2006 Art, Life & Confusion, October Salon, Belgrad, Serbia
2006 Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit/Between Dream and Reality, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Germany, (cat.)
2006 Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, USA
2006 The Faraway Nearby, White Box, New York, USA
2006 Reflections, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Läsnäolo, Näkökulmia suomalaiseen valokuvaan, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland
2005 Selbstauslöser, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, (kat.)
2005 The Helsinki School – A New Approach, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, (cat.)
2005 IMunch Revisited - Edvard Munch and the Art of Today, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
2005 Matisse &, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, (cat.)
2005 Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit/Between Dream and Reality, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany, (cat.)
2005 Katsoa vai nähdä – Valokuvan merkityksiä etsimässä, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2005 The Helsinki School – A New Approach, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, (cat.)
2004 Wirklich wahr!, Ruhrlands Museum, Essen, Germany, (cat.)
2004 30 by TaiK, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2004 GOGANN/Suomen taiteilijain 109. näyttely/Neljäs triennaali, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
2004 Opening Hours , Salo Art Museum,Veturitalli, Salo, Finland (cat.)
2003 GOGANN/Finnish Artists 109th Exhibition/4th Triennial,, Gallery Fleur, Kyoto Seika Univerisity, Kyoto, Japan, (cat.)
2003 Opening Hours , Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, (cat.)
2003 Searching for Identity, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Trasparente, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy, (cat.)
2003 z.B. Portrait, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany
2003 Fünf Positionen finnischer Fotografie, Kunstverein Schwerte & Kunstverein Arnsberg Arnsberg, Germany
2002 Talking about Space, Time and Stories…, 27th Pontevedra Biennial, Spain, (cat.)
2002 Opening Hours, Statens Museet for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, (cat.)
2002 Kenen jäljillä?, Salo Art Museum, Veturitalli, Salo, Finland, (cat.)
2002 Suomen taiteilijan 107. näyttely, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
2002 Omakuva, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2001 Omakuva, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
2001 Hertenin 6. valokuvabiennale, Herten, Germany, (cat.)
2001 Inside/Outside Stories, Galleria Sala Amadis, Madrid, Spain, (cat.)
2001 Kollisionen, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
2001 In a Lonely Place, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, Great Britain, (cat.)
1999 Photgraphic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Me, myself and I, Gallery Taik, Helsinki, Finland (cat.)

Publications

2019 Helsinki School Vol. 6., Hatje Cantz, DE
2014 Helsinki School Vol. 5., Hatje Cantz, DE
2011The Helsinki School, Vol. 4 - A Female View, ISBN 978-3-7757-3211-6
2011 That’s me. Photographic Self-Images, Marta Herford, Kerber, ISBN 978-3-86678-523-6
2009 Photography matters: The Helsinki School, Statoil art program, Exhibition Catalogue
2009 The Helsinki School, Vol. 3 - Young Photography by Taik, Hantje Cantz, ISBN 978-3-7757-2404-3
2009 Fly Me to The MØØN, Gallery 44, Moen, Denmark, Exhibition Catalogue
2009 Aino Kannisto, Kunstvetein Kreis Ludwigsburg, Germany, Exhibition Catalogue
2008 Ihmisyyden taito, Mäntän XIII kuvataideviikot, Exhibition Catalogue
2008 Nordic Mood – Landscape Photography of Our Time, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, Exhibition Catalogue
2007 The Helsinki Schlool, New Photography by Taik, ISBN 978-3-7757-1888-2
2007 Fotografia Europea, Exhibition Catalogue, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2006 October Salon, Exhibition Catalogue, Belgrad, Serbia
2006 Aino Kannisto, Exhibition Catalogue, Transit Artspace, Stavanger, Norway
2006 Aino Kannisto, Exhibition Catalogue, Galeria Colon XVI, Bilbao, Spain
2005 Selbstauslöser, Exhibition Catalogue, Kunstahalle Fridericianum & Frame
2005 Munch Revisited - Edvard Munch and the Art of Today, Kerber Verlag, ISBN 3-938025-03-4
2005 Interior/Exterior  Exhibition Catalogue, Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poland, ISBN 83-89313-50-2
2005 Matisse &  Exhibition Catalogue, Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
2005 Zwischen, Traum und Wirklichkeit, Exhibition Catalogue, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Germany, ISBN 3-926538-57-0
2004 Aino Kannisto: Staged Photographs, Cajastur&Kunstverein Münsterland & Frame
2003 Vieraanvaraisuuksia, Exhibition Catalogue, Publisher. Pirkanmaa Arts Council
2003 Trasparente, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy & Frame
2002 Minä, sinä, me, Exhibition Catalogue, France
2002 Mois de la Photo a Paris, Exhibition Catalogue, France
2002 Narrating space, time and stories, Exhibition Catalogue, Pontevedra Art Biennial, Deputación de Pontevedra, Spain
2002 Kenen jäljillä?, Exhibition Catalogue, Salo Art Museum, ISBN 951-96152-6-1
2002 Opening Hours, Exhibition Catalogue, Denmark, ISBN 87-988826-1-9
2001 Pinx. Maalaustaide Suomessa, Arki ja pyhäpuvussa, W&G, ISBN 951-35-6598-X
2001 In a Lonely Place, Exhibition Catalogue, National Museum of Photography, Film and TV, UK, ISBN 0 948489 18 9
1998 Me, myself and I, Näyttelyluettelo, Taideteollinen korkeakoulu, Helsinki

Works in collections
Centro Cultural Cajastur, Spain
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland
Helsingin City Art Museum, Finland
Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Spain
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, Great-Britain
Oulu City Art Museum, Finland
EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
Saastamoisen Foundation, Finland
Stadt Iserlohn, Germany
Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
City of Tampere, Finland
Jenny & Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finland
Private Collections in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA

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