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Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen
2017
Wood (Spruce), ash
68 x 31 x 28 cm, 26.7 x 12.2 x 11 inches
JPML17-3
A tree fell and snapped in two, leaving a stump firmly rooted in place. The roots were dug up, sawn off of the stump and burned to ashes together with the rest of the tree apart from the stump, which was hollowed to contain the ashes.
Exhibitions at Corvi-Mora:
Biography
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Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen
2017
Wood, wool
18 x 64 x 25 cm, 7 x 25 x 9.8 inches
JPML17-5
A tool to reach and catch a piece of a rockface about to detach and fall. Made over the course of a month from the jumper worn at the time of committing to preempt the imminent disaster.
Exhibitions at Corvi-Mora:
Biography
2015 2017 2019 2020 2023 -
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Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen
Born in Helsinki, Finland 1982
Lives in Helsinki, Finland and Skövde, Sweden
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2005 Nordic Art School in Kokkola, Kokkola, Finland
2009 Yakutsk State University, Yakutsk, Russia
2006-2011 MFA, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden
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- Solo Exhibitions
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2023
“Argonaut” Corvi-Mora, London
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2022
"Buoyancy", Gasworks, London
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2019
“See Through Golden Eye”, Kunstverein München, Munich
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2017
"Osan otto", Kohta, Helsinki
"First Seconds” Corvi-Mora, London
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2015
“Within a Hollow Sphere”, Corvi-Mora, London
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2014
"Tsimtsum", The /// Project, Bergen, Norway
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2012
"Suuri Sinetinpainaja Ja Kaupungin Marjat", Malonioji 6, Vilnius, Lithuania
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2011
"Entrance", Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
"Kastepiste", KHM Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
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- Group Exhibitions
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2022
"Fenestella", Piacenza
“ARS22: Living Encounters”, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki -
2020
CONDO with greengrassi and Hot Wheels (Athens). Adam Buick, Gretchen Faust, Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen, Maria Toumazou and Pae White, Corvi-Mora, London
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2019
“Blood and Soil: Dark Arts for Dark Times”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Condo with blank projects, greengrassi, Proyectos Ultravioleta and Sagrada Mercancía, Corvi-Mora, London -
2016
"Trekking in Time", Ystads Konstmuseum, Ystad
"I Went to the Woods: The artist as wanderer", Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
“Hybrid(...)scapes”, Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius -
2015
“Double Blind”, Rupert, Vilnius
"Disappearing Acts", Lofoten International Art Festival, Svolvær -
2014
"Don’t You Know Who I Am? Art after Identity Politics", MHKA, Antwerp, Belgium (cat)
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2012
"Genius Loci", Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre, Klaipeda, Lithuania
"Dear Gertrud", Pleasant Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Lyhytelokuvafestivaali", Art Goes Kapakka, Helsinki, Finland -
2009
"Authentic Forgeries", KHM Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
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- Performances
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2022
"Flock of Birds", Gasworks, London
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2009
"Speech Contest", Yakutsk State University, Yakutsk, Russia
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2006
"Two in Line", La-Bás, Helsinki, Finland
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- Publications
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2022
Leevi Haapala, Joäo Laia, “ARS22: Living Encounters”, Kiasma, Mousse Publishing, pp. 222-225
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- Bibliography
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2021
Matthew Turner, "Woven into the Earth: Ghosts of Natural Navigation, the Artwork of Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen", PEAR, Issue 8
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2017
Caroline Douglas, “Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen at Corvi-Mora and Aaron Angell at Rob Tuffnel”, Contemporary Art Society, October 28
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2016
Oliver Basciano, “Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen, Within a Hollow Sphere”, Artreview, Jan-Feb
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2015
Contemporary Art Writing Daily, Dec 23
“Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen at Corvi-Mora”, Contemporary Art Daily, Dec 23
Maya Tounta, “Double Blind”, Rupert, Nov
“The Biennial Questionnaire: Matt Packer and Arne Skaug Olsen Curators of the Lofoten International Art Festival, 28 August – 27 September 2015”, Artreview, August