| STUDIES |
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| 1999 | Master Degree of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki |
| 1991-92 | Academy of Fine Arts, Monumental Painting, Prague |
| 1988-92 | Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Department, Helsinki |
| 1988-89 | Institut de Saint-Luc, Painting department, Brussels |
| 1987 | University of Helsinki, Drawing department |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2011 | Sönderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tönder, Denmark |
| 2010 | Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad |
| 2010 | Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden |
| 2009 | Galerie Anhava, Helsinki |
| 2008 | Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen |
| 2005 | Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala |
| 2004 | Dahl Gallery of Contemporary Art, Luzern |
| 2004 | The Finnish Institute, Paris |
| 2003 | Galerie Anhava, Helsinki |
| 2002 | Galerie Anhava, Helsinki |
| 2001 | Kluuvin Galleria, Helsinki |
| 1999 | Kaapelin Galleria, Helsinki |
| 1996 | Espace Tristan Bernard, Paris |
| 1994 | Harjun Galleria, Helsinki |
| 1990 | Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2010 | Armory Show, Galerie Anhava, New York |
| 2009 | Elina Merenmies, Nina Roos, Mari Sunna, Anna Tuori; Kungliga Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2009 | Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, GBB 1999- , Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2009 | ArtBrussels, Galerie Anhava, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2008 | Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland |
| 2008 | Splatsh, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki |
| 2008 | Market, Galerie Anhava, Stockholm |
| 2008 | Finnish Art Now, Ars Fennica Nominees 2007, Scandinavia House, New York |
| 2007 | Images of Man Today, Arken Museum for Modern Art, Ishoj |
| 2007 | Drawing Class, Kunsthalle Helsinki |
| 2007 | Elina Merenmies, Tommy Støckel, Astrid Svangren, Tomoko Takahashi, Ulrika Minami Wärmling, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm |
| 2007 | Art Copenhagen, Galerie Anhava, Copenhagen |
| 2007 | Art Forum Berlin, Galerie Anhava, Berlin |
| 2007 | Ars Fennica Nominees 2007, Finnish Embassy, Washington DC |
| 2007 | Painting & Space & Society, Birgir S. Birgirsson, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Jens Fänge, Jukka Korkeila, Elina Merenmies and Fiew Norsker, Gothenburg Kunsthalle, Sweden |
| 2007 | Wound, Finnish Figurative Art, Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo; Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland |
| 2007 | Silent Violence, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland |
| 2006 | Art Basel Miami Beach, Galerie Anhava, Florida |
| 2006 | Ars Fennica nominees, Kiasma, Helsinki |
| 2006 | Art Copenhagen, Galerie Anhava, Copenhagen |
| 2006 | Book Blast, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma |
| 2006 | Art/37/Basel, Galerie Anhava, Basel |
| 2006 | Squelette de l'esprit, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Kopenhagen |
| 2006 | Contemporary finnish painting, Galerie Christian Roellin, St. Galen |
| 2006 | ArtBrussels, Galerie Anhava, Brussels |
| 2005 | Wille Mäkelä & Visitors, Painted into air, Mediatheque, Kiasma, Helsinki |
| 2005 | ArtBrussels, Galerie Anhava, Brussels |
| 2005 | Stockholm Art Fair, Galerie Anhava, Stockholm |
| 2005 | Nina Roos, Anu Tuominen, Marianna Uutinen, Pamela Brandt, Elina Merenmies, Kabusa Konsthall, Köpingebro |
| 2005 | Collaborations, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm |
| 2005 | MUU18v, Muu Ry, The Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki |
| 2004 | Aqua Forte, Elva kvinnliga konstnärer ur samlingen, Nordiska akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn |
| 2004 | Art Forum, Berlin, Galerie Anhava |
| 2004 | Galerie Anhava, Helsinki |
| 2004 | Rauma Balticum Biennale, Rauma |
| 2004 | vasta maalattu / peinture fraiche, la jeune creation finlandaise, Le Triage, Nanterre |
| 2004-05 | Arkens Samling, Arken, Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj |
| 2003 | ARTissima 2003/ Galerie Anhava, Turin |
| 2003 | About girls' lives, Amos Anderson Museum of Art, Helsinki |
| 2003 | Le Dernier Cri, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2003 | Le Dernier Cri, Dix Ans, Galerie de l'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Marseille |
| 2003 | "Summer", Kerava Art Museum, Kerava |
| 2003 | Night Train, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
| 2002 | NIFCA, STOP for a moment, Painting as presence, Arken, Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj |
| 2002 | NIFCA, STOP for a moment, Painting as presence, Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku |
| 2002 | NIFCA, STOP for a moment, Painting as narrative, Proje 4 L-Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul |
| 2001 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, La Siesta du Sud, Marseille |
| 2001 | Art goes to kapakka- festival, Kosmos, Helsinki |
| 2001 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Horse hospital, London |
| 2001 | DRAW 5!, Puristamo, Cablefactory, Helsinki |
| 2001 | Festival d'Art et de Litterature Nordique, Caen |
| 2000 | Le Dernier Cri, 6ème Festival d'Art Singulier, Roquevaire |
| 2000 | "Mäntän tuliaiset", Studio Mezzo, Helsinki |
| 2000 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Stripcore, Ljubljana |
| 2000 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Haus Schwartzenberg, Neurotitian, Berlin |
| 2000 | The 5th Festival of Fine Arts in Mänttä, Mänttä |
| 2000 | Group exhibition with Matti Hagelberg and Reijo Kärkkäinen at the Regard Moderne, Paris |
| 2000 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Extrapool, Nigmegen |
| 2000 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Brussels |
| 2000 | DRAW 4!, Gallery of the Cablefactory, Helsinki |
| 2000 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Galerie Triangle, Bordeaux |
| 1999 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Confort Moderne, Poitiers |
| 1999 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Heinsberg Cultural Festival, Heinsberg |
| 1999 | Brutal Comics in Sick-screenland at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki |
| 1999 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Kaapeli Gallery, Helsinki |
| 1999 | Le Dernier Cri, Hopital Brut, Fumetto, Lucerne Comics Festival, Lucerne |
| 1998 | Le Dernier Cri, Espace Herault and Regard Moderne, Paris |
| 1997 | Le Dernier Cri, Les Index, Rouen |
| 1997 | Le Dernier Cri, Le Grand Deballage, La Manufacture Art Center, Paris |
| 1997 | Le Dernier Cri, Mauvais Oeil, La Friche- Cultural Center, Marseille |
| 1997 | Le Dernier Cri, La Laiterie, Strasbourg |
| 1996 | Le Dernier Cri, Espace Tristan Bernard, Paris |
| 1992 | "Made in Space", Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2009 | Annorlunda Verkligheter, Martti Anhava, Juha-Heikki Tihinen, Galerie Anhava |
| 2008 | Hell Bound, New Gothic Art, Francesca Gavin, Lawrence King Publishing Ltd |
| 2008 | Elina Merenmies, New Works, Erik Steffensen, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2008 | Elina Merenmies, Selected Works 2004-07, Daniel Milan, Smittekilde Press, Copenhagen |
| 2007 | Kulturo, tidskrift for moderne kultur n.25/07: Ondskap, Copenhagen |
| 2006 | Ars Fennica 2007, Elina Brotherus, Markus Kåhre, Elina Merenmies, Anna Tuori. Juha-Heikki Tihinen: Three Views of Elina Merenmies' Art, Ars Fennica, Henna ja Pentti Niemistön kuvataidesäätiö, Helsinki |
| 2006 | De Brakke Hond 92, Erik Steffensen: You've got mail, De Brakke Hond, Mechelen |
| 2005 | Elina Merenmies, Alone, Juha-Heikki Tihinen, Vexi Salmi, Anders Jansson, Uppsala Konstuseum, Uppsala |
| 2005 | Tidskriften Fabrik 2-3.05, Göteborg |
| 2005 | Muu 18, Riikka Ala-Harja, Minna Heikinaho, Henni Oksman, Toppela, Kari Yli-Annala, Art Print Oy, Helsinki |
| 2004 | Arken Bulletin vol.2, Tomas Ivan Träskman : Elina Merenmies, Arken Museum For Moderne Kunst, Ishoj |
| 2004 | Elina Merenmies, Le Jardin de Jürgen, Les Religions Sauvages, Le Dernier Cri, Marseille |
| 2004 | Elina Merenmies, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki |
| 2004 | Talking To Me, Rauma Biennale Balticum, Rauma Art Museum |
| 2004 | vasta maalattu / peinture fraiche, la jeune creation finlandaise, Mika Hannula, Merja Laukia, Cecile Marie, Ambassade de Finlande, Institut finlandais, Deja-CIFC, Paris |
| 2003 | night train, Surrealist Routes to Kiasmas Collections, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Like, Helsinki |
| 2003 | Tyttöjen elämästä / Ur Flickors liv, Kaj Martin, Amos Anderson Museum of Art, Salpausselän Kirjapaino Oy |
| 2003 | Elina Merenmies: HOPE, Le Dernier Cri, Marseille |
| 2002 | STOP for a moment painting as presence, Vammalan Kirjapaino Oy |
| 2002 | STOP for a moment painting as narrative, Vammalan Kirjapaino Oy |
| 2001 | Hopital Brut 5/6, Le Dernier Cri, Marseille |
| 2001 | Vagina Mushroom, Le Dernier Cri, Marseille |
| 2001 | cd: Musique de danse et de transe pour robots electromenagers, Paris |
| 2000 | Elina Merenmies: ILMANPAIN, Le Dernier Cri, Marseille |
| 2000 | Hopital Brut 04, Le Dernier Cri, Marseille |
| 1999 | The Finnish Art Magazine NR 6, Kustannus Oy TAIDE, Helsinki |
| 1997 | Hopital Brut 03, Le Dernier Cri, Marseille |
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| WORKS IN COLLECTIONS |
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| The Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma |
| Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst |
| The Helsinki City Art Museum |
| The Saastamoinen Foundation |
| The Museum of Amos Anderson |
| Sara Hildén Art Museum |
| Nordiska akvarellmuseet |
| Leena and Kari Niemistö Collection |
| La Maison Rouge |
| Hämeenlinna Art Museum |
| Apoteksbolagets Konstföreningen |
| Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening |
| Finnish Art Association |
| Uppsala Art Museum |
| Private collections |
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| MEMBERSHIPS |
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| Finnish painters association |
| Finnish Artists Association MUU |
| Le Dernier Cri |
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| OTHER ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES |
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| 2004-05 | Virtual installations at the University of Technology, Otaniemi, Espoo, with Wille Mäkelä, researcher. The installations are painted with free hand into the air in a virtual environment with software being developed during the research project. To look at the installation one needs a real-time camera location in a special observation corner formed by stereoscopic walls. |
| 1991 | Tour of Czechoslovakia with the band Swinging C |
| 1990-91 | participation in the making of Radio Block at the Radio Aligre in Paris, an experimental electro-acoustic radio-program based on voices, noises and music. |
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| GRANTS |
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| 2006 | Walter Grönqvists Stiftelse |
| 2005 | 3-year grant of the State of Finland |
| 2004 | Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 2004 | 1-year grant of the State of Finland |
| 2003 | Oskar Öfflund Foundation |
| 2002 | 1-year grant of Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 2001 | VISEK-foundation |
| 2001 | Nordic Institute for Contemporary Arts |
| 2001 | Helsinki City Cultural and Library Foundation |
| 2000 | Finnish Art Association |
| 2000 | Kuvataiteen näyttökorvausapuraha |
| 2000 | Central Commision for Art |
| 1997 | A.Kordelin Foundation |
| 1996 | Art Foundation of Uusimaa |
| 1994 | Paulo Foundation |
| 1993 | Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 1991 | Academy of Fine Arts |
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| TEACHING |
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| 2000-06 Lecturer at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, Painting department |
| 2005-06 Tutor for the MFA-studies at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, Painting department |
| 2006 Visiting lecturer at Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Kopenhagen |