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Sampo Laaksonen
b. 1981 Jyväskylä, Finland
Working in Lahti, Finland
Email: laaksonen.sampo(at)gmail.com

EDUCATION

2015 Master of Arts, Visual Culture, Aalto University
2008 BA in Fine Arts, Fine Art Kankaanpää, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
2003 Orivesi Art School
2000 Matriculation Examination, Jyväskylän Lyseo

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Sininen verho, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2019 THE TRASHMAN WILL COME EVENTUALLY, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 Turf / Mapping Intensities, Gallery "Akademija", Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 MARS!, scolarship exhibition, Gallery of Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää
2009 Idylli, Pori Airport, Pori
2009 Terminaali, Gallery of Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää
2009 Shiimess, Media Centre Lume, Helsinki
2008 Outotalo 1, Autotalo, Pori
2008 Veto – Tension, Generaattorigalleria, Pori
2008 Taiteen sankarit (super), Thesis exhibition of Fine Art Kankaanpää, Mältinranta, Tampere
2007 Kivi, paperi, sakset, Gallery of Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää
2006 5+5 taideopiskelijaa, 3h+k, Pori
2005 Aiheita riippuu silmillämme, Ikuinen galleria, Tampere
2003 Orivesi Art School graduation exhibition, Kulmagalleria, Helsinki

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2021 Opening Exhibition of Gallery Katariina, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki
2021 TAIDE TAHTOO TEILLE! – Three Artotheques Together, Galleria Aarni, Espoo
2008 Jyväskylän Lyseo 150 years, Galleria Hoppa, Jyväskylä
2008 Jyväskylän maalaiskunta 140 years - Young artists, Wanha Woimala, Vaajakoski
2006-07 Fine Art Kankaanpää Christmas exhibitions, Gallery of Kankaanpää Art School
2007 Sadonkorjuu, Gallery of Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää
2006 Sadonkorjuu, Gallery of Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää

SCHOLARSHIPS

2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, COVID-19 grant
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, COVID-19 grant
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, COVID-19 grant
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, COVID-19 grant
2008 Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Finnish Arts Society (art lottery)

MEMBERSHIPS

Finnish Painters' Union
Helsinki Artists' Association
Kuvasto
T.E.H.D.A.S. ry, registered association

HONORARY OFFICES

2021–2022 Exhibition Committee of the Finnish Painters’ Union

RESIDENCIES

2019 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France