Markus Jäntti-Tuominen

Markus Jäntti-Tuominen

was born in Finland in 1994. He received a scholarship from the Alfred Kordelin Foundation at the age of 15. From 2013 to 2019 he studied as a master student at the Berlin University of the Arts under Professor Robert Lucander. In 2018 he participated in the Master’s programme “Studio Art” at Hunter College, New York. In 2020 Jäntti-Tuominen’s Unicorn Stories exhibition was presented at the Finnish Institute in Germany in Berlin as part of its Visiting Art/ist programme.

– Dr Christine Nippe
Author and curator

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Date of Birth; 08.08.1994
Nationality; Finnish

Education:

2013–2019 Universität der Künste Berlin, Fachklasse Professor Robert Lucander, Meisterschüler der Künste

2018 Hunter College, City University of New York, MFA programme in studio art

Group exhibitions:

Mänttä Art Festival 2018, Mänttä, Finland

GIFC, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, USA 2018

Showpiece by pro temp, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark 2018

Auswahlausstellung Märkisches Stipendium für Bildende Kunst 2017, Städtische Galerie Iserlohn, Iserlohn, Germany

Solo exhibitions:

Geschichten von Einhörnern – Unicorn Stories, Finnland Institut in Deutschland, Berlin, Germany, 2020

Trampoliini – Trampolinen, ARTag Galerie, Helsinki, Finland 2018

I.M.M.J. – It's the Most Marvellous Joy, VAERK_stedet, Copenhagen, Denmark 2017

Residencies:

Tapiola Guest studio, The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation, Espoo, Finland 2020

Stipends:

Saastamoinen Foundation, 2020 (Working Group)
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2020
Finnish Art Society, The Young Artist Grant, 2020
Kulturprojekte Berlin, 2020
Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse, 2020
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2020
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 2020
City of Espoo, Finland, 2020
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 2009

Publications:

Geschichten von Einhörnern – Unicorn Stories, Finnland Institut in Deutschland (edit Dr Christine Nippe), 2020

Memberships:

MUU Artists’ Association