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
| 2021 | Sweat Equity, Krieg, Hasselt (online) |
| 2020 | Pilvi Takala, GL Strand |
| 2019 | Pilvi Takala Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin |
| 2019 | The Stroker, Edith Russ Haus, Oldenburg |
| 2019 | An Enthusiastic Yes, Careof, Milan |
| 2019 | The Stroker, Stigter van Doesberg, Amsterdam |
| 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. |
| 2021 | One Escape at a Time, Mediacity Biennale, Seoul |
| 2021 | Wellbeing Variables, Centre de Creation Contemporaine Oliver Debre, Tours |
| 2021 | Oh, Museum, Cement Fondu, Sydney |
| 2021 | Listening to Voices, Futura, Prague |
| 2021 | Re(al) Connection With The Public Space, IMPAKT (online), Utrecht |
| 2021 | In Theory, I’m Fine, Kunsthalle Mainz |
| 2021 | Everyday Strangeness, HAM (online), Helsinki |
| 2021 | Wild Frictions, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin |
| 2021 | Wild Frictions, CAC, Cincinnati |
| 2021 | Smile! Emotions at Work, Musée d’art de Joliette, Quebec |
| 2021 | Architecture of Staged Realities, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam |
| 2021 | State of High Performance, Basis, Frankfurt |
| 2020 | Hidden Curriculum, transit.sk, Bratislava |
| 2020 | Wellness: Participate,Tend, Befriend, Kristianstads Konsthall |
| 2020 | Being Safe is Scary, Survival Kit 11, Riga |
| 2020 | A Call to Attention, UCCA Dune, Beidaihe District |
| 2020 | Parks and Recreation, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême |
| 2020 | Play and Loop II, Blind Spot Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2020 | Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, Museum Belvedere, Herenveen |
| 2020 | Alone Together, Stuk, Leuven |
| 2020 | Extension of the Market Zone, Kallmann-Museum Ismaning, Munich |
| 2019 | Touch, EMMA: Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo |
| 2019 | KIDS, Galerija škuc, Ljubliana |
| 2019 | Extended Noise, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem |
| 2019 | The Value of Freedom, Belvedere 21, Museum of Contemporary Art,Vienna |
| 2019 | RE:WORKING LABOR, SAIC Sullivan Galleries, Chicago |
| 2019 | Tender Buttons, Künstlerhaus Bremen |
| 2019 | nkerö, Sayar,Takala, Kansallismuseo, Helsinki |
| 2019 | Playing Innocent, MMAG Foundation, Amman |
| 2019 | Considering Finland, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Mannheim |
| 2019 | Do or Delegate: Entrepreneurial Means and Precarious Ends, Onomatopee, Eindhoven |
| 2019 | Muistatko Lumikin,Tuhkimon ja Punahilkan?, Taiteilijakoti Erkkola,Tuusula |
| 2018 | B is for Bird, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen |
| 2018 | Suomi Finland 101,Vantaan Taidemuseo |
| 2018 | Tension & Conflict:Video Art After 2008, MAAT, Lisbon |
| 2018 | The Future of Money / Labour, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam |
| 2018 | Knock Knock, South London Gallery |
| 2018 | A Clown Walks into a Gallery, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool |
| 2018 | 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin |
| 2018 | As Much About Forgetting,Viborg Kunsthal |
| 2018 | A Well Played Game: Man and his Avatar, Alte Fabrik, Kurator, Rapperswil-Jona |
| 2018 | 10th Art Souterrain, Montreal |
| 2018 | House for the Pursuit of Meaning, Kunstsaele, Berlin |
| 2017 | 9th Art Souterrain, Montreal |
| 2017 | Transaktionen, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin |
| 2017 | Share/Cheat/Unite, Physics Room, Christchurch |
| 2017 | Human Resources, FRAC Lorraine, Metz |
| 2017 | 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg |
| 2017 | Contemporaneas, Ribeira Grande |
| 2017 | The Laughable Enigma of the Everyday, Arqipelago - Centro de Arts |
| 2017 | I’m Not Here to Make Friends, Galerie BRD at Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg |
| 2017 | Body Media II, Power Station of Art, Shanghai |
| 2017 | FAKE. It is not true, it is not a lie., IVAM, Valencia |
| 2017 | I Would Prefer Not To, La Casa Encendida, Madrid |
| 2016 | S’Wonderful, La Casa Encendida, Madrid |
| 2016 | The Profound Boredom of...,Riverside, Worblaufen |
| 2016 | ST:RUNG, AKKU, Stuttgart |
| 2016 | No/Good Place, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, New York |
| 2016 | Double Act: Art and Comedy, Bluecoat, Liverpool |
| 2016 | Manifesta 11, Zurich |
| 2016 | Infinite Next, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik |
| 2016 | What’s The Riddle, Pi-Artworks, London |
| 2016 | Momentum?, PSM, Berlin |
| 2016 | Hacking Habitat, Former Prison Wolvenplein, Utrecht |
| 2016 | Detail ist Alles, Kunsthalle Mainz |
| 2016 | Condo, Carlos/Ishikawa, London |
| 2016 | Bucharest Biennial 7, Bucharest |
| 2015 | Pipe Dream, WUK Kunsthalle Exgergasse, Vienna, AU |
| 2015 | The Disorderliness of Things, La Galeria Quoam, Université du Québec à Montréal, CA |
| 2015 | Visitors, Governors Island, New York |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Office Space,Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts, San Francisco |
| 2015 | Five Artists, David Nolan Gallery, New York |
| 2015 | O Que Caminha ao Lado, SESC, Sao Paulo |
| 2015 | THIS STICKY MESS WILL GET US THERE, Nordic Contemporary, Paris |
| 2015 | The Player, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angloulême |
| 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. |
