Education

Finnish Academy of Fine Arts 78-83

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Kaarina Kaikkonen, Art Open Örebro, Sweden
2008 Kaarina Kaikkonen, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden
2007 Kaarina Kaikkonen “Inner Borders”, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.
2007 And It Was Empty, Universtity Wyoming Art Museum, Wyoming,USA
2006 Across the Deep, ,Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida,USA
2006 Kaarina Kaikkonen, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
2006 Kaarina Kaikkonen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005 Kaarina Kaikkonen, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
2004 And It Was Empty, Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
2004 Birds, Galleri Orton, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Too Far from Home, Galleri 21, Malmö, Sweden
2003 Beyond Reach, Fabrica, Brighton, United Kingdom
2003 Like a Bird of Passage, Gallery Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Wohin, Rastatt Schloss, Rastatt, Germany
2001 From Generation to Generation, Gallery Artina, Helsinki, Finland
2001 And The Wind Blows Over You, Helsinki Kunsthalle Studio, Helsinki, Finland
2000 Way, Helsinki Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland
2000 Kaarina Kaikkonen, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland
2000 And the Wind Blows Over You, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland

Group Exhibitions

2008 Kaarina Kaikkonen, Borås Internationella Skulpturfestival, Borås, Sweden
2006 20/20, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, Florida, USA
2006 Etchigo -Tsumari triennial, Nigata, Japan
2005 Art Basel – Miami Beach, Omniart project, Miami, USA
2005 Vogelfrei 6, Stattparadies, Darmstadt, Germany
2005 Une certaine Finland, atelier340muzeum, Bryssel, Belgium
2004 Art Basel – Miami Beach, OmniArt project, Miami, USA
2004 Umedalen Skulptur Umeå, Sweden
2004 Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague, Holland
2004 Den Gyldne , Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 Postcards from Cuba, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norge
2004 Sound and Fury, Iisalmi Art Hall, Iisalmi, Finland
2003 8th Havana Biennial, Wifredo Lam Center for Contemporary Art, Havana,Cuba
2003 Loud and proud, Anttolanhovi, Mikkeli, Finland
2003 Night Train, Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
2002 In & Out , Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland
2001 In Via, Flemish Ministry, Brussels, Belgium
2001 Turpahöylä-Metamorphoses in Sculpture, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2001 The Spirit of The Forest, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2001 New Paper Art, Crafts Council, London, England
2001 Art in Savo - Savo in Art,Lapinlahti Art Museum, Finland
2001 MIELI-kuva Mänttä Art Festival, Finland
2001 Premiére, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, France
2001 Paper+Finland=Art, Galerie Montcalme, Hull, USA
Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Canada
Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
2000 Transitions, Malmö Art Museum, Sweden
Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
2000 Qui a plante ces grands arbres? Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, France
Espace Huit November, Paris, France
2000 Transformations, Natural History Museum in Helsinki, Finland
2000 Paper+Finland=Art, The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Triangle Gallery, Galgary, Canada
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg,USA

Awards

2004 The Public Prize, Den Haag Sculptuur 2004, Holland
2001 The Prize of Enviromental Art, Finland
2001 Finland Art Reward
1998 2nd prize in the art competition in Espoo, Finland
1996 2nd prize in the art competition in Hyvinkää, Finland
1989 State Art Reward, Finland
1985 Price in Nurnberg Drawing Triennale, Germany
1982 1st prize in the art competition for Finnish Club, Helsinki, Finland
1979 Iisalmi City Art Reward, Finland

State 5-year stipendium 1994-98, 2000-04, 2006-2010
Candidate of Ars Fennica Prize 2001
Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant 1999

Public Works

2006 Children of Light, Savon Voima OY, Kuopio, Finland
2005 And the Wind Blows Over You, Ylöjärvi City Hall, Finland
2005 On the Wing, Heinola School, Heinola, Finland
2004 Towards Sun, Towards Moon, Viikki School, Helsinki, Finland
2004 Song of Songs, Lapinlahti School, Lapinlahti, Finland
2000 Hope, Espoo Congregation House, Finland

Collections

State of Finland
Foundation of Jenny and Antti Wihuri
Helsinki Art Museum
Kuopio Art Museum
City of Iisalmi
City of Mikkeli
City of Pieksämäki
Lapinlahti Art Museum
Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art
Collection Swanljung
City of Joensuu
Joensuu Art Museum
Saastamoisen säätiö
Aine Art Museum