STUDIES
1975-79	University of Helsinki
1981-82	Grundskolan för konstnärlig utbildning, Stockholm
1983-88	The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009	Kunsternes Hus (together with Jesper Just and Edvine Larssen), Oslo
	Passage, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
	Now, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2008	Galleri K, Oslo
	Galleri Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
2007	Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
	Paul Petro Contemporary Art (together with Peter Bowyer), Toronto
2005	Galerie Anhava, Studio, Helsinki
2004	Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
2003	Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
	Shifting Spaces: A Rapid Touch, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
	Nina Roos och Anne-Karin Furunes, Galleri K, Oslo
2002	Bergen Kunsthall, Galleri NO.5, Bergen
2001	Läpi kuvien/ Genom Bilder/ Through Images, Kiasma, Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1998	Nina Roos and Paula Modersohn-Becker, Brandts Klaedefabrik,Odense
	Galerie Gebauer, Berlin
	Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
1997	Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1996	Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
	Yoshii Gallery, New York
	Gallery Jutempos, Vilnus
1995	Galerie Gebauer u. Günther, Berlin
1994	Galerie Gebauer u. Günther, Berlin
1992	Galleri 11, Reykjavik
	Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
1991	Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
	Galéria Arkad, Budapest
1990	Fiskars Museum, Fiskars
	Galleria Johan S., Porvoo
1989	Galleri Decorum, Stockholm
1988	Galleria Katariina, Helsinki
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010	False Recognition, Contemporary Art Center, CAC, Vilnus
2008	The Continental Unconscious, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn
	Image and After, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2007	Galleri Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
	I Love Malmö, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2006	Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
	Connecting People, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen
2005	Kabusa konsthall, Ystad
	Ten foreign artists, Galleri K, Oslo
	Arjen murtumia/The Fracture of Life, Kiasma The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2003-04	Carnegie Art Award, First prize, Konstakademien, Stockholm; Listasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur; Kunsternes Hus, Oslo; Charlottenburg, Copenhagen; Victoria Miro Warehouse, London; Kunsthalle Helsinki
2003	Prophetic Corners, Periferic Contemporary Art Biennial, Iasi, Romania
2002	Grace - Nordic Contemporary Art, Samling Saltarvet, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
2001	Interface, Göteborg Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden
	Sur Face, Lunds konsthall, Lund, Sweden
	Surface and Whirlpools, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
	The 366/2000 project, Muka Auckland, New Zealand
2000	Europe: Different Perspectives in Painting, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
	Painterly Issues, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
	Under the same sky, Vuosaari, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2000-99	Red Shift Paintings In and Out of Focus, Trapholt, Denmark; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland; Kjarvalsstadir, Iceland; Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Holland
1998-99	Carnegie Art Award 1998 - Nordic Painting, Konstakademin, Stockholm, Sweden; Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark; Stenersensmuseet, Oslo, Norway; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
1998	"Nedbruten", Storkyrkan, Stockholm
1997	"Das erweiterte Feld: Transformation des Bildes", Kunstverein München, München
	"Ikkuna, peili", Kunsthalle, Helsinki; Arsenale, Riga
1996-97	"Above/Below the Surface", Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen; Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1996	"Konst i hem-miljö", Institute for Contemporary Nordic Art, Helsinki
1995	"The Image of Europe", Nicosia
	XLVI Biennale di Venezia, The Nordic Pavilion, Venice; Rostock Kunsthalle, Rostock
	Galleri Wang, Oslo
	"ARS 95", Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1994	"Nina Roos - Jussi Niva", Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
	"Tidsanda II", Malmö Art Museum, Malmö
	"X/Y", Turku Art Museum, Turku; Oulu Art Museum, Oulu
	"The Nordic 90's", Stockholm Art Fair
1993	"Ihanku", Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
	"Selections", Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
	"Prospect '93", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
	"Privat", Galleri F15, Moss
1992	"Love in the Ruins", The Museum of Modern Art, Tampere
	"Touch"", Villa Roma, Turku
1991-92	"The Image is the final Path", Sergei Diaghilev Museum, St.Petersburg
	"Aurora 4", The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki; Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1990-91	The Seoul Art Festival, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
	"Abject", Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm; The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki
1990	"1+1+1", Pyynikinlinna, Tampere
PUBLIC WORKS
2006	University of Gävle, Gävle
1992	Wasa Insurance, Stockholm
1998	University of Vaasa, Vaasa
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Apoteket AB, Stockholm
ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
The City of Espoo
Carnegie Art Award, Sweden
Gothenburg Art Museum
The Helsinki City Art Museum
Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Moderna Museet
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö
The National Public Art Council Sweden
Paulo Foundation, Helsinki
Pro Artibus Foundation, Helsinki
Saastamoinen Foundation
Telenor, Oslo
Turku Art Museum
The City of Vantaa
Wihuri Foundation
TEACHING
2006-	External tutor, Malmö Art Academy
2004-07	Handledare, Stipendiatprogrammet för konstnärligt utvecklingsarbete, Norway
2001-04	Professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1996-01	External tutor, Malmö Art Academy
1998	Professor, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004	Hannula, Mia "Location of Surprise and Perplexity", catalogue, Winö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
2003	Kreuger, Anders "Pictures Poetics", catalogue, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, 2003
2002	Kreuger, Anders "The not-yet-known", Nina Roos and Anne-Karin Furunes, catalogue, Galleri K, Oslo
2001	Kreuger, Anders "Formulating, Listening, Reading - notes from conversation with Nina Roos in Helsinki, February 11-13,2001, cataloigue, Kiasma, Helsinki, 2001
	Kantokorpi, Otso (Nina Roos) Interface, Finnish Contemporary Art, catalogue, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Götebrg 2001
	Träskman, Tomas Ivan "Nina Roos", NU: The Nordic Art Review, 5/01
	Kreuger, Anders, (Nina Roos), Surface and Whirlpools, Finnish Contemporary Art, catalogue, Elisabeth Haglund (ed.), Borås konstmuseum, Borås 2001
2000	Vanhala, Jari-Pekka "Lost in Yellow - interview with Nina Roos", Under the Same Sky, Jari-Pekka Vanhala (ed.), Kiasma, Helsinki 2000
1998	Sandberg, Lotte "Interview with Nina Roos", Carnegie Art Award 1998, catalogue, Ulrika Levén (ed.), Värnmo, Farsta 1998
	Bogh, Mikkel "Thinking in Color", The Body of Color, catalogue, Lene Burkhard (ed.), Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense 1998
1997	Galerie Anhava, catalogue, Helsinki 1997
1996	Damianovitz, Maya: "Nina Roos: Abstraction re-inherited: Sight and reflection", Above below the Surface, exhibition catalogue, ed. Jan Foncé, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, 1996-97, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, 1997
	Damianovitz, Maya: "On a visually opulent semantic plurality", Siksi, 2/1996
	Herbstreuth, Peter: "Nina Roos", Flash Art, 190/96
1994	Olofsson, Anders: "Utkantens konst", Paletten, 2/1994 (217)
	Roos, Rita: "A Shared Joy is a Double Joy", Nina Roos - Jussi Niva, exhibition catalogue, ed. Riitta Valorinta, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere 1994
1993	Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Privat", Parkett, 37, September 1993
	Herbstreuth, Peter: "Kunstwelt Finnland", neue bildendekunst, 6/1993
1992	Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Take two", Form Function, 1/1992
	Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Nina Roos", Aurora 4, exhibition catalogue, The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki 1992
	Roos, Rita: (untitled text), exhibition catalogue, Galleri 11, Reykjavik, 1992
	Nyberg, Annika: "El Arte de Nina Roos", Form Function, numero especial en espanol, 1992
	Casey, Michael: "Original Desire", Siksi, 4/1992
	Casey, Michael: "Hejdad rörelse och tung vila", Hufvudstadsbladet, October 16, 1992
1991	Sundell, Dan: "Beröringens ikoner", Hufvudstadsbladet, April 19, 1991
1990	Rossi, Leena-Maija: "1+1+1=4", Helsingin Sanomat, March 23, 1990
	Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Konstnärligt genombrott", Hufvudstadsbladet, March 30, 1990
	Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Det dubbla slaget", Hufvudstadsbladet, July 13, 1990
	"A Dialogue Between Nina Roos and Gertrud Sandqvist", Siksi, 3/1990
	Valjakka, Timo: "Merkkejä metallipinnalla", Helsingin Sanomat, October 28, 1990
1988	Valjakka, Timo: "Kuiskaus väkijoukossa", Helsingin Sanomat, October 3, 1988
	Sandqvist, Gertrud: "Färgens planetarium", Hufvudstadsbladet, October 8, 1988