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).
PowerPoint presentation from "Trainee" installation
Pilvi Takala
| 2022 | Pilvi Takala, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, SE |
| 2022 | Pilvi Takala, Berlinische Gallery, Berlin, DE |
| 2022 | Close Watch, Finnish Pavilion, 59th International Art Exhibition –Venice Biennale, IT |
| 2021 | Sweat Equity, Krieg, Hasselt (online) |
| 2020 | Pilvi Takala, GL Strand |
| 2019 | The Stroker, Edith Russ Haus, Oldenburg |
| 2019 | Pilvi Takala Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin |
| 2019 | The Stroker, Stigter van Doesberg, Amsterdam |
| 2019 | An Enthusiastic Yes, Careof, Milan |
| 2018 | Second Shift, Kiasma, Helsinki |
| 2018 | The Stroker, Carlos/Ishikawa, London |
| 2017 | The Committee, Pump House Gallery, London |
| 2016 | Kunsthal Aarhus |
| 2016 | CCA, Glasgow |
| 2016 | Workers’ Forum,YAMA, Istanbul |
| 2015 | The Committee, Stacion - Centre for Contemporary Art, Prishtina |
| 2015 | Invisible Friend, Helsinki Contemporary |
| 2015 | Give a little bit, Collaboration with Amelie Befeldt, Alkovi, Helsinki |
| 2014 | Attires and Attitudes,Tartu Art Museum, FUTURA, Prague, CZ |
| 2014 | KunstHaus Zurich, SW |
| 2014 | Attires and Attitudes,Tartu Art Museum, Tartu Art Museum, EE |
| 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. |
| 2022 | Re-Enchant Work/Dream of a Happy Job, CCD OD, Tours |
| 2021 | Wild Frictions, CAC, Cincinnati |
| 2021 | Wellbeing Variables, Centre de Creation Contemporaine Oliver Debre, Tours |
| 2021 | State of High Performance, Basis, Frankfurt |
| 2021 | Architecture of Staged Realities, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam |
| 2021 | Smile! Emotions at Work, Musée d’art de Joliette, Quebec |
| 2021 | One Escape at a Time, Mediacity Biennale, Seoul |
| 2021 | Wild Frictions, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin |
| 2021 | In Theory, I’m Fine, Kunsthalle Mainz |
| 2021 | Re(al) Connection With The Public Space, IMPAKT (online), Utrecht |
| 2021 | Listening to Voices, Futura, Prague |
| 2021 | Oh, Museum, Cement Fondu, Sydney |
| 2021 | Everyday Strangeness, HAM (online), Helsinki |
| 2020 | Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, Museum Belvedere, Herenveen |
| 2020 | Extension of the Market Zone, Kallmann-Museum Ismaning, Munich |
| 2020 | Alone Together, Stuk, Leuven |
| 2020 | Parks and Recreation, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême |
| 2020 | Play and Loop II, Blind Spot Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2020 | A Call to Attention, UCCA Dune, Beidaihe District |
| 2020 | Being Safe is Scary, Survival Kit 11, Riga |
| 2020 | Wellness: Participate,Tend, Befriend, Kristianstads Konsthall |
| 2020 | Hidden Curriculum, transit.sk, Bratislava |
| 2019 | Playing Innocent, MMAG Foundation, Amman |
| 2019 | Muistatko Lumikin,Tuhkimon ja Punahilkan?, Taiteilijakoti Erkkola,Tuusula |
| 2019 | Do or Delegate: Entrepreneurial Means and Precarious Ends, Onomatopee, Eindhoven |
| 2019 | Considering Finland, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Mannheim |
| 2019 | KIDS, Galerija škuc, Ljubliana |
| 2019 | nkerö, Sayar,Takala, Kansallismuseo, Helsinki |
| 2019 | Tender Buttons, Künstlerhaus Bremen |
| 2019 | RE:WORKING LABOR, SAIC Sullivan Galleries, Chicago |
| 2019 | The Value of Freedom, Belvedere 21, Museum of Contemporary Art,Vienna |
| 2019 | Extended Noise, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem |
| 2019 | Touch, EMMA: Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo |
| 2018 | As Much About Forgetting,Viborg Kunsthal |
| 2018 | House for the Pursuit of Meaning, Kunstsaele, Berlin |
| 2018 | 10th Art Souterrain, Montreal |
| 2018 | A Well Played Game: Man and his Avatar, Alte Fabrik, Kurator, Rapperswil-Jona |
| 2018 | Suomi Finland 101,Vantaan Taidemuseo |
| 2018 | 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin |
| 2018 | A Clown Walks into a Gallery, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool |
| 2018 | Knock Knock, South London Gallery |
| 2018 | The Future of Money / Labour, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam |
| 2018 | Tension & Conflict:Video Art After 2008, MAAT, Lisbon |
| 2018 | B is for Bird, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen |
| 2017 | I Would Prefer Not To, La Casa Encendida, Madrid |
| 2017 | FAKE. It is not true, it is not a lie., IVAM, Valencia |
| 2017 | Body Media II, Power Station of Art, Shanghai |
| 2017 | I’m Not Here to Make Friends, Galerie BRD at Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg |
| 2017 | The Laughable Enigma of the Everyday, Arqipelago - Centro de Arts |
| 2017 | Contemporaneas, Ribeira Grande |
| 2017 | 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg |
| 2017 | Human Resources, FRAC Lorraine, Metz |
| 2017 | Share/Cheat/Unite, Physics Room, Christchurch |
| 2017 | Transaktionen, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin |
| 2017 | 9th Art Souterrain, Montreal |
| 2016 | What’s The Riddle, Pi-Artworks, London |
| 2016 | Condo, Carlos/Ishikawa, London |
| 2016 | Detail ist Alles, Kunsthalle Mainz |
| 2016 | Hacking Habitat, Former Prison Wolvenplein, Utrecht |
| 2016 | Momentum?, PSM, Berlin |
| 2016 | Bucharest Biennial 7, Bucharest |
| 2016 | Infinite Next, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik |
| 2016 | Double Act: Art and Comedy, Bluecoat, Liverpool |
| 2016 | No/Good Place, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, New York |
| 2016 | ST:RUNG, AKKU, Stuttgart |
| 2016 | The Profound Boredom of...,Riverside, Worblaufen |
| 2016 | S’Wonderful, La Casa Encendida, Madrid |
| 2016 | Manifesta 11, Zurich |
| 2015 | Pipe Dream, WUK Kunsthalle Exgergasse, Vienna, AU |
| 2015 | The Disorderliness of Things, La Galeria Quoam, Université du Québec à Montréal, CA |
| 2015 | O Que Caminha ao Lado, SESC, Sao Paulo |
| 2015 | The Player, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angloulême |
| 2015 | THIS STICKY MESS WILL GET US THERE, Nordic Contemporary, Paris |
| 2015 | Visitors, Governors Island, New York |
| 2015 | Five Artists, David Nolan Gallery, New York |
| 2015 | Office Space,Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts, San Francisco |
| 2015 | Les jeux de l’art, Le Nouveau Festival du Centre Pompidou - 6th edition, Centre Pompidou, Paris |
| 2015 | It’s Money Jim, but not as we know it, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna |
| 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 | Survival Kit, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, LV. |
| 2012 | Mind the System, Find the Gap, Z33, Hasselt, BE. |
| 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. |
| 2012 | |
| 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 | If It’s Part Broke, Half Fix It, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT. |
| 2011 | The Other Tradition, Wiels, Brussels, BE. |
| 2011 | How to Work, Kunsthalle Basel, CH. |
| 2011 | Koh-i-noor, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK. |
| 2011 | Return of The Losers, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden |
| 2011 | Transgressions, Credo Bonum Galley, Sofia, BG. |
| 2011 | Prix de Rome 2011 Exhibition, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, NL. |
| 2011 | Scream – Exhibition about Fear, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, NO. |
