Karoliina Hellberg

Biography

Born 1987 in Porvoo, Finland

2015

MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 

2013

Slade School of Fine Art, London

2012

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

2009

Visual culture programme, Pekka Halonen Academy, Tuusula 

Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland 

Solo Exhibitions
2025

I only count the sunny hours, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki 
Fireflies, Galerie KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark

2024

Labyrinth, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London

2022

I Gave Them My Nights and They Gave Me Back My Days, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen

2020

Under Marguerite’s Bed, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik 

2019

What Do You Mean, You Don’t Remember?, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen
Knot, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki 
Karoliina Hellberg, Pro Arte Exhibition, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki 

2017

Forget Me Not, Finnish Institute, Saint Petersburg

2016

E, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

2015

Ville, HAM Helsinki Art Museum Gallery, Helsinki
Dark Garden, Gallery Kulma, Porvoo Art Factory 

2014

Guggenheim Art Club at Kaiku, Helsinki

2012

Fight!, Napa Gallery, Helsinki

2011

Tunafish, Kapina Gallery, Helsinki

2009

Artist of the Month (December) at the library of Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Mitäs tytöt?, Vaihtolava, Night of the Arts, Helsinki 

2004

Bar Mary, Porvoo

Group Exhibitions
2025

Nordic noir: works on paper from Edvard Munch to Mamma Andersson, British Museum, London, UK
Parallel dimensios, Gallerí Úthverfa, Ísafjödur, Iceland 
Quiet Hours, Maison Louis Carré, France
Inaugural Exhibition, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London

2023

Jólasýningin, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland
Abstraction, Runo Hotel, Porvoo 

2022

Toast, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
SinuaSinua Rakastan, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki
Sow Water Harvest, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Cholmondeley Ladies, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London

2021

Between Us, Amos Rex, Helsinki

2020

Mad Love: Seppo Fränti Collection, Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum

2018

On the Homefront, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen
Upside Down, Kuopio Art Museum, Helsinki 

2017

Porvoo Triennial 2017
Keskeneräiset utopiat, Alvar Aalto’s Villa Kantola, Sunila, Kotka
Klassikot – Classics with WSOY, Helsinki Contemporary
The Tower of Presence, Finland’s Institute, Stockholm
Economy Plus, Gallery ElverketEkenäs 

2016

Salon de Porveux, Porvoo Kunsthalle, Porvoo
Haava – Seppo Fränti Collection, Lapinlahden Lähde, Helsinki
18.98 Hz, Götan maailma, Helsinki 

2014

Bravo, Peckham Rye Studios, London
Tänään kotona / Hemma hos, home exhibition by Juha-Heikki Tihinen and Magnus Strandberg
Kuvan Kevät – MFA Degree Show, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

2012

Taidebussi – Art on Wheels, Night of the Arts, Helsinki
BFA Degree Show, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki
Landscape Beyond the Border, South Karelia Museum, Lappeenranta

2011

Pop-up Gallery Kymmenen, with Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki
Landscape Beyond the Border, Kerava Art Museum, Finland 

2009

Afterparty, Kaiku Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

Awards & Residencies
2023

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris 

2020

Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík, Iceland

2019

The Academy of Fine Arts Foundation, Helsinki
HIAP, Suomenlinna, Helsinki 

2018

Didrichsen Pro Arte award, Finland

2014

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

2011

Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Academy of Fine Arts residency, Berlin 

Public Artworks
2022

Lilacs, Anemones and Wind, Kallio General Upper Secondary School, Helsinki, commissioned by City of Helsinki’s Art Collection

Collections
FI

Academy of Fine Arts Collection, Helsinki
Seppo Fränti Collection, deposited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Päivi and Paavo Lipponen Fund, deposited at the Museum of Contemporary
Art Kiasma, Helsinki

Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, Espoo
The Finnish Art Society
Vexi Salmi Collection at Hämeenlinna Art Museum  

UK

The British Museum’s Prints and Drawings Collection, London

Private collections in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, England, Belgium, the United States, France, Iceland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Norway  

Collaborations/ Commissions/ Artistic Activities
2023

Typography for artist Paperi T’s album Joka päivä jotaion katoaa, posters and concert visual

2022

A commissioned painting to restaurant Café Savoy, Helsinki, Finland
Artwork for the cover of Anna Järvinen’s & Tapio Viitasaari’s album: Dagen var mulen – songs by Kaj Chydenius EP 

2020

Artek 85th Anniversary poster
Artwork for the cover of Otto Donner’s book Alla de Levande och Alla de Döda

2017

Book cover design for the WSOY 12 Classics project, Tove Jansson: Moominpappa at the Sea

2015

Collaboration with Samuji, including curating the Spring show, concept planning for videos, and a design for Annual Scarf

2014

Member of the art collective Helsingin Feministinen Salaseura 

2013

Founding member, illustrator and writer for the Art Tabloid 13-toista, Published by University of the Arts

2011

Pop-up Gallery Kymmenen, in cooperation with Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, Curator, Producer, Artist

2008

Member of the culture collective Mitäs tytöt?