Ville Löppönen

born 1980 Savonlinna, Finland

Lives and Works in Savonlinna, 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

2025 From Glory to Glory, Culture Centre Sofia Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

2024 The Head Speaks, Galleria Halmetoja, Helsinki, Finland

2024 Spirit of Play Guides to Metamorphosis, Gallery Pato, Kuusankoski, Finland

2022 Helsinki Contemporary, Five Space Helmets After Les Demoiselles d´Avingnon, 1.4. – 31.4.2022, Helsinki, Finland

2020 Art Center Ahjo, Interventions, Joensuu, Finland

2019 Helsinki Contemporary, Interventions, 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 Gallery 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 International Group Shows

2021 Portrait Now! Brewer J.C. Jacobsen Portrait Award, The Museum of National History          

         Fredriksborg Castle, Hillerod, Denmark          

2019 In Situ, Gedern, Hirzenhein Ortenberg ja Oberhessen, Germany

2017 Portrait Now! Brewer J.C. Jacobsen Portrait Award, Ljungbergmuseum, Sweden

2017 Portrait Now! Brewer J.C. Jacobsen Portrait Award, The Museum of National History          

         Fredriksborg Castle, Hillerod, Denmark 

2017 Stark Realism, beinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2017 Small Works Show, beinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2016 Inaugural Group Exhibition, beinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2014 Sincerely, De Luca Fina Art, Toronto, Canada

2013 TIAF (Toronto International Art Fair), DeLuca Fine Art, Toronto, Canada

2013 CoproGallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA

2013 Portrait Now! Brewer J.C. Jacobsen Portrait Award, Det Nationalhistoriske Museum på          

         Fredriksborg, Hiilerod, Denmark

2012 Taboo, The Last Rites Gallery, New York City, NY, USA

2012 VOLTA8 Basel Art Fair, Helsinki Contemporary, Svizerland

2011 Art Copenhagen, The Nordic Art Fair, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo, Köpenhamina, Denmark

2011 Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, New York, USA

2011 Cowboys and Indians, Cellspace, San Francisco, USA

2011 Nordic Darkness, Kristinehamn Museum of Art, Kristinehamn, Sweden

Selected Group Shows in Finland

2025 Henki ja Hekuma, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland

2025 Manifesto of Stillness, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland

2024 Ars Suruton, Gallery Villa Suruton, Savonlinna, Finland

2024 Summer Exhibition, Art Center Salmela, Mäntyharju, Finland

2024 Darwin Chapel, Riihisaari Museum, Savonlinna, Finland

2024 Pain, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland

2023-2024 Eläin elää, ihminen taituroi, Joensuu Art Museum Onni, Joensuu, Finland

2022 Facing Life, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland 

2022 Like Inconstant Dream, Riihisaari Museum, Savonlinna, Finland

2021 M_Itä? Biennale of Contemporary Art, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland

2018-2019 Manifest of Stillness, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää

2016 Manifest of Stillness, Culture Center Sofia, Helsinki, Finland

2015 Interior Castle, Joensuun Art Museum ONNI, Joensuu, Finland

2012 White Forest, Gallery 56, Savonlinna, Finland

2011 Close to a wonder, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland

2009 – 2010 Finnish Portraiture 1809–2009, Meilahti Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

2009 Rovaniemi Ar Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland

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