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Pilvi Takala


Pilvi Takala uses performative interventions as a means to process social structures and question the normative rules and truths of our behaviour in different cultural contexts. Her works emerge out of research in a certain community and then reach out to a wider audience through different mediums, e.g. videos. Her works clearly show that it is often possible to learn about the implicit rules of a social situation only by its disruption. She quotes and stretches the limits of different genres, including documentary making and performance.

Pilvi Takala lives and works in Berlin (DE) and Helsinki (IS).

  • Artworks/Exhibitions
  • Solo Shows
  • Group Shows

Solo Shows:

2014 FUTURA, Prague, CZ
2014 KunstHaus Zurich, SW
2014 Lawyer Of The Week, Tartu Art Museum, EE
2014 Attires and Attitudes, FUTURA, Prague, CZ
2013 Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2012 Dissappearing Act, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL,
2012 Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK.
2012 Carlos-Ishikawa, London, UK 
2012 Suggested Value, Kunstlerhaus, Bremen, DE
2012 Broad Sense, Forum Box/Mediaboxi, Helsinki, FI.
2012 Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in, Kunsthalle Erfurt, DE.
2011 Sidelines, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, NO.
2011 Flip Side, Kunsthalle Lissabon, PT.
2010 You Canʼt Do What You Canʼt Imagine, Finnish-Norwegian Culture Institute, Oslo, NO.
2010 Fear Cure, Inkijk, SKOR, Amsterdam, NL.
2010 Real Snow White, Backspace, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL.
2009 The Trainee, Studio K, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki,FIN.
2009 Real Snow White, Masa-project, Istanbul,TK.
2009 The Trainee, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, NL.
2009 Angels and Messengers, Hiap Project Room, Helsinki, FIN.
2008 Outshiners, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, CR.
2008 The Angels, Turku Art Museum, FIN.
2008 The Trainee, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FIN.
2007 On Volatility with Elmas Deniz, Galeria Noua, Bucharest, RO.
2007 Between Sharing and Caring, FaFa-gallery, Helsinki, FIN.
2007 Between Sharing and Caring, Frac des Pays de La Loire, Nantes, FR.
2006 Wallflower, Rael Artel Gallery, Tallinn, EE.
2006 Wallflower, Rael Artel Gallery, Pärnu, EE.

Group Shows:

2015 Pipe Dream, WUK Kunsthalle Exgergasse, Vienna, AU
2015 The Disorderliness of Things, La Galeria Quoam, Université du Québec à Montréal, CA
2014 Play Time, Les Ateliers de Rennes - biennale d'art contemporain, Rennes, FR
2014 Last Artists Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI
2014 Emotional Resources, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
2014 Permanent Playfulness, Mendes Wood, São Paulo, BR
2014 Shifting Identities, Museum of Contemporary Art Rome (MACRO), IT
2014 Σnigma, /V⧵inibar, Stockholm, SE
2014 Don't Embarrass the Bureau, Lunds Konsthall, SE
2014 Private Matters, Apexart, New York, US
2014 Momentum?, PSM, Berlin
2014 Tonight, you can call me Trish (curated by RGSK), The LAB Gallery, Dublin, IR
2013 Moscow Biennial
2013 Culture Center, Belgrade,
2013 Rehearsal of the Real, Kunstverein Nurnberg
2013 Test City: Analog to Digital TV, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Art Gallery
2013 Border Line(curator Charlotte Cosson,Emmanuelle Luciani),Glaerie Arnaud Deschin(La GAD),Marseille,FR
2013 Door Between Either And Or (co-curated by Judith Hopf and Marlie Mul), Kunstverein Munich, DE
2013 Open City, Kunst Fort, Vijfhuizen, NL
2013 You Only Fall Twice, CCA Londonderry, UK
2013 The real thing?, Nouvelles Vagues, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
2013 Call of the Mall, Hoog Catarijne, Utrecht, NL
2013 The Invisible Lady, Amos Andersson Museum, Helsinki, FI
2012 4th International Short Video Biennial, P74 Gallery, Ljublijana, SI 
2012 Curated by _Vienna 2012, Projecktraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna, AUT
2012 Salon Belgrade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, RS. 
2012 Vers la lune en passant par la Plage, Amphitheatre of Arles, FR (curators Liam Gillick, Hans Obrist)
2012 Eva International- After the Future, Limerick City, IE.
2012 Mind the System, Find the Gap, Z33, Hasselt, BE.
2012 Survival Kit, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, LV.
2012 An Exhibition of a Study on Knowledge, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, AU.
2012 Theater of Life, Center of Contemporary Arts, Torun, PL.
2012 Our Work is Never Over, Matadero Art Canter, Madrid, ES.
2012 Cave Allegoerie, Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, FI.
2012 Track, Ghent, BE.
2012 The Ungovernables - The New Museum Triennial, New Museum, New York, USA.
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2011 4th Moscow Biennial, Special Projects, RU.
2011 VAN UIT HIER/OUT OF HERE, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL.
2011 Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA.
2011 Run, comrade, the old world is behind you, Kunsthall Oslo, NO.
2011 7th Shiryaevo Biennial, RU.
2011 How to Work (More for) Less, Kunsthalle Basel, CH.
2011 She Devil 5, Macro Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, IT.
2011 Too late, too little, (and how) to fail gracefully, KunstFort, Asperen, NL.
2011 KAAP, Utrecht, NL.
2011 Act / OUT, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL.
2011 Labour and Leisure, Alternativa, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk, PL.
2011 The Other Tradition, Wiels, Brussels, BE.
2011 Prix de Rome 2011 Exhibition, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, NL.
2011 Transgressions, Credo Bonum Galley, Sofia, BG.
2011 Scream – Exhibition about Fear, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, NO.
2011 Return of The Losers, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden
2011 Koh-i-noor, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK.
2011 If It’s Part Broke, Half Fix It, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT.
2011 How to Work, Kunsthalle Basel, CH.

CV :

Pilvi Takala, Slide show installation, Bag Lady (Installation view), 2008

BAG LADY (INSTALLATION VIEW), 2008

Slide show installation
Pilvi Takala

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BAG LADY (INSTALLATION VIEW)

Slide show installation

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, Posters and 5 minutes sound, Lost Pigeons (Detail), 2012

LOST PIGEONS (DETAIL), 2012

Posters and 5 minutes sound
Pilvi Takala

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LOST PIGEONS (DETAIL)

Posters and 5 minutes sound

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, 8:36 min. video (16:9), 19 T-shirts, Broad Sense (Still from video), 2011

BROAD SENSE (STILL FROM VIDEO), 2011

8:36 min. video (16:9), 19 T-shirts
Pilvi Takala

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BROAD SENSE (STILL FROM VIDEO)

8:36 min. video (16:9), 19 T-shirts

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, 7:50 min. video (16:9), Players (Still), 2010

PLAYERS (STILL), 2010

7:50 min. video (16:9)
Pilvi Takala

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PLAYERS (STILL)

7:50 min. video (16:9)

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, PowerPoint presentation from

WORKING AT DELOITTE FOR A MONTH (STILL), 2008

PowerPoint presentation from "Trainee" installation
Pilvi Takala

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WORKING AT DELOITTE FOR A MONTH (STILL)

PowerPoint presentation from "Trainee" installation

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, Installation, ar/ge kunst, Bolzano, The Trainee (Installation view), 2013

THE TRAINEE (INSTALLATION VIEW), 2013

Installation, ar/ge kunst, Bolzano
Pilvi Takala

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THE TRAINEE (INSTALLATION VIEW)

Installation, ar/ge kunst, Bolzano

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, 8:36 min video (16:9), 19 T-shirts, Broad Sense (Installation view), 2012

BROAD SENSE (INSTALLATION VIEW), 2012

8:36 min video (16:9), 19 T-shirts
Pilvi Takala

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BROAD SENSE (INSTALLATION VIEW)

8:36 min video (16:9), 19 T-shirts

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, 9:15 min. video (16:9), Real Snow White (Still), 2009

REAL SNOW WHITE (STILL), 2009

9:15 min. video (16:9)
Pilvi Takala

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REAL SNOW WHITE (STILL)

9:15 min. video (16:9)

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, 10:25 min. video (16:9), Wallflower (Still), 2006

WALLFLOWER (STILL), 2006

10:25 min. video (16:9)
Pilvi Takala

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WALLFLOWER (STILL)

10:25 min. video (16:9)

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, Poster and 5 minutes sound, Lost Pigeons (Installation view), 2012

LOST PIGEONS (INSTALLATION VIEW), 2012

Poster and 5 minutes sound
Pilvi Takala

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LOST PIGEONS (INSTALLATION VIEW)

Poster and 5 minutes sound

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, Installation,  Kunsthalle Basel, The Trainee (Installation view), 2011

THE TRAINEE (INSTALLATION VIEW), 2011

Installation, Kunsthalle Basel
Pilvi Takala

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THE TRAINEE (INSTALLATION VIEW)

Installation, Kunsthalle Basel

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, Slide show, book, performance, Bag Lady (A Slide), 2008

BAG LADY (A SLIDE), 2008

Slide show, book, performance
Pilvi Takala

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BAG LADY (A SLIDE)

Slide show, book, performance

Pilvi Takala

Pilvi Takala, 1:57:00 nine-channel video installation, contract , Admirer, 2018

ADMIRER, 2018

1:57:00 nine-channel video installation, contract
Pilvi Takala

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ADMIRER

1:57:00 nine-channel video installation, contract

Pilvi Takala

Exhibitions

  • Admirer

    Pilvi Takala
    26 Jan 2019 - 23 Feb 2019

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    Admirer

    Pilvi Takala

    26 Jan 2019 - 23 Feb 2019


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