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
| 2025 | The Pin, Frieze, New York |
| 2023 | Close Watch, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo |
| 2023 | On Discomfort, Goldsmiths CCA, London |
| 2023 | Close Watch, Migros Museum, Zurich |
| 2023 | On Discomfort, KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge |
| 2022 | Pilvi Takala, Berlinische Gallery, Berlin, DE |
| 2022 | Pilvi Takala, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, SE |
| 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 | An Enthusiastic Yes, Careof, Milan |
| 2019 | Pilvi Takala Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin |
| 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 | Workers’ Forum,YAMA, Istanbul |
| 2016 | CCA, Glasgow |
| 2016 | Kunsthal Aarhus |
| 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. |
| 2025 | Once Upon a Time..., CC De Werft. Geel |
| 2025 | City Trip 2, De Steiger, Menen |
| 2025 | Who’s Grafting Now!, Toplo Centrala, Sofia |
| 2024 | Vertigo: Video Scenarios of Rapid Changes, MAST, Bologna |
| 2024 | Tweetakt Festival, Utrecht |
| 2024 | On the Other Side, FACT, Liverpool |
| 2024 | The Architecture of Staged Realities, arc en rêve, Bordeaux |
| 2023 | The Seduction of the Bureaucrat, De Garage, Mechelen |
| 2023 | The Irreplacable Human, Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk |
| 2023 | Brave New Work, Municipal Gallery Adlershof, Berlin |
| 2023 | Almost Grown Up, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen |
| 2023 | Planned City Cinema, Simian, Copenhagen |
| 2023 | 16th Cuenca Biennial, Cuenca |
| 2023 | Visions, Missions, Values, Zilberman Selected, Istanbul |
| 2023 | Telling Stories, Transpalette, Contemporary Art Centre Bourges |
| 2023 | Out of Office: This Isn’t Working, IMPAKT, Utrecht |
| 2022 | Coalescence, ADN Platform, Barcelona |
| 2022 | How Do We Work Together?, Canakkale Biennale |
| 2022 | The Machine Is Us, Munch Triennial, Oslo |
| 2022 | 90s Onstage, SALT, Istanbul |
| 2022 | Re-Enchant Work/Dream of a Happy Job, CCD OD, Tours |
| 2021 | Oh, Museum, Cement Fondu, Sydney |
| 2021 | Everyday Strangeness, HAM (online), Helsinki |
| 2021 | One Escape at a Time, Mediacity Biennale, Seoul |
| 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 | Re(al) Connection With The Public Space, IMPAKT (online), Utrecht |
| 2021 | Smile! Emotions at Work, Musée d’art de Joliette, Quebec |
| 2021 | Wild Frictions, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin |
| 2021 | In Theory, I’m Fine, Kunsthalle Mainz |
| 2021 | Listening to Voices, Futura, Prague |
| 2020 | Being Safe is Scary, Survival Kit 11, Riga |
| 2020 | Play and Loop II, Blind Spot Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2020 | Parks and Recreation, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême |
| 2020 | Wellness: Participate,Tend, Befriend, Kristianstads Konsthall |
| 2020 | Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, Museum Belvedere, Herenveen |
| 2020 | Extension of the Market Zone, Kallmann-Museum Ismaning, Munich |
| 2020 | Alone Together, Stuk, Leuven |
| 2020 | A Call to Attention, UCCA Dune, Beidaihe District |
| 2020 | Hidden Curriculum, transit.sk, Bratislava |
| 2019 | KIDS, Galerija škuc, Ljubliana |
| 2019 | Considering Finland, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Mannheim |
| 2019 | Extended Noise, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem |
| 2019 | RE:WORKING LABOR, SAIC Sullivan Galleries, Chicago |
| 2019 | Touch, EMMA: Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo |
| 2019 | nkerö, Sayar,Takala, Kansallismuseo, Helsinki |
| 2019 | The Value of Freedom, Belvedere 21, Museum of Contemporary Art,Vienna |
| 2019 | Tender Buttons, Künstlerhaus Bremen |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Knock Knock, South London Gallery |
| 2018 | Suomi Finland 101,Vantaan Taidemuseo |
| 2018 | A Well Played Game: Man and his Avatar, Alte Fabrik, Kurator, Rapperswil-Jona |
| 2018 | 10th Art Souterrain, Montreal |
| 2018 | A Clown Walks into a Gallery, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool |
| 2018 | House for the Pursuit of Meaning, Kunstsaele, Berlin |
| 2018 | As Much About Forgetting,Viborg Kunsthal |
| 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 |
| 2018 | 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin |
| 2017 | Share/Cheat/Unite, Physics Room, Christchurch |
| 2017 | 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg |
| 2017 | 9th Art Souterrain, Montreal |
| 2017 | Body Media II, Power Station of Art, Shanghai |
| 2017 | Transaktionen, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin |
| 2017 | I Would Prefer Not To, La Casa Encendida, Madrid |
| 2017 | FAKE. It is not true, it is not a lie., IVAM, Valencia |
| 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 | Human Resources, FRAC Lorraine, Metz |
| 2017 | Contemporaneas, Ribeira Grande |
| 2016 | The Profound Boredom of...,Riverside, Worblaufen |
| 2016 | S’Wonderful, La Casa Encendida, Madrid |
| 2016 | No/Good Place, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, New York |
| 2016 | ST:RUNG, AKKU, Stuttgart |
| 2016 | Momentum?, PSM, Berlin |
| 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 | Bucharest Biennial 7, Bucharest |
| 2016 | Infinite Next, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik |
| 2016 | Double Act: Art and Comedy, Bluecoat, Liverpool |
| 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 | It’s Money Jim, but not as we know it, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna |
| 2015 | Les jeux de l’art, Le Nouveau Festival du Centre Pompidou - 6th edition, Centre Pompidou, Paris |
| 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 | Five Artists, David Nolan Gallery, New York |
| 2015 | Office Space,Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts, San Francisco |
| 2015 | Visitors, Governors Island, New York |
| 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. |
| 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 | Prix de Rome 2011 Exhibition, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, NL. |
| 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 | Return of The Losers, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden |
| 2011 | Koh-i-noor, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK. |
| 2011 | Scream – Exhibition about Fear, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, NO. |
| 2011 | Transgressions, Credo Bonum Galley, Sofia, BG. |
