Ville Löppönen
born 1980 Savonlinna, Finland
Lives and Works in Helsinki, Finland
Studies
2018 Master of Orthodox Theology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu
2007 Master of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Liminka Art School, Liminka, Finland
1999 Savonlinna Senior Secondary School of Art, Savonlinna, Finland
Selected Solo Shows
2022 Helsinki Contemporary, Five Space Helmets After Les Demoiselles d´Avingnon, 1.4. – 31.4.2022, Helsinki, Finland
2019 Helsinki Contemporary, Interventions 10.5.-2.6.2019, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Helsinki Contemporary, Contemplation, Helsinki, Finland
2015 Mikkeli Art Museum, Painter Between Icon and Landscape, Mikkeli, Finland
2014 Helsinki Contemporary, Ghosts, Helsinki, Finland
2013 The Bonnafont Gallery, Broken Halo, San Francisco, CA, USA
2012 Galleria Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, I Killed My God, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Kustom Works Tattoo, In the Walk-in Closet, Savonlinna, Finland
2008 Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Mortification, Helsinki, Finland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Like a Shifting Dream, 21.1. – 20.3.2022, Riihisaari – Savonlinna Museum, Savonlinna, Finland
2021 M_Itä? Biennale of Contemporary Art 12.6. – 10.10.2021, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland
2021 Portrait Now! Brewer J.C. Jacobsen Portrait Award, The Museum of National History Fredriksborg Castle, Hillerod, Denmark
2019 In Situ, 5th – 28th of July, Hirzenhain & Geder, Germany
2018-2019 Manifest of Stillness, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland
2017 Portrait Now! Brewer J.C. Jacobsen Portrait Award, Ljungberg museum, Sweden
2017 Portrait Now! Brewer J.C. Jacobsen Portrait Award, The Museum of National History Fredriksborg Castle, Hillerod, Denmark
2017 beinArt Gallery, Stark Realism, Melbourne, Australia
2017 beinArt Gallery, Small Works Show, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Culture Centre Sofia, Manifest of Stillness, Helsinki, Finland
2016 beinArt Gallery, Inaugural Group Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Joensuu Art Museum ONNI, Interior Castle, Joensuu, Finland
2014 De Luca Fina Art, Sincerely, Toronto, Canada
2013 CoproGallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2013 Portrait Now! Brewer J.C. Jacobsen Portrait Award, The Museum of National History Fredriksborg Castle, Hillerod, Denmark
2012 The Last Rites Gallery, Taboo, New York City, NY, USA
2011 Cellspace, Cowboys and Indians, San Francisco, CA, USA
2011 Kristinehamn Museum of Art, Nordic Darkness, Kristinehamn, Sweden
2011 Oulu Art Museum, Close to a Wonder, Oulu, Finland
2010 Helsinki Art Museum Meilahti, Virtually Real, Helsinki, Finland
2009 – 2010 Helsinki Art Museum Meilahti FINLANDIA 200 – Finnish Portraiture 1809-2009, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Buzz Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2009 Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
2008 Phillip J. Steele Gallery, RMCAD, Denver, CO, USA
2008 The Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan, Manchester, England
2007 Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus, Finland
2007 Musée de Marrakech, Cultural fusion, Marrakech, Marocco
2006 Finlandsinstitutet Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Fair
2013 TIAF (Toronto International Art Fair), Toronto, Canada
2012 VOLTA8 Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
2011 Art Copenhagen The Nordic Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, New York, USA
Works in Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli Finland
Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
Finnish Art Society, Helsinki, Finland
Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Finland
Mäntyharju Municipality, Mäntyharju, Finland
Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju, Finland
In Private Collections in
USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Lebanon