My installations aim to faithfully recreate experiences I have had in nature or in a built environment. I use materials to create tactile surfaces that are interesting to touch. The idea of the work has to be apparent in the material and tools used, whether it’s a crayon pencil, chisel or a sewing kit. My art is three dimensional in order to share the space with viewers. They are tangible objects that can be experienced by touching, walking around them and spending time in them. The installations are like a stage ready for action. I spend a lot of time making them and hope that they also illustrate the passing of time and the wearing effect of time. I try to show the way I look at the world. Some installations include sounds in order to amplify the effect. My ceramics tell about my fascination with the direct contact with the material and the techniques used already a couple of millennia ago. I am also involved in community art events since 2008 as part of artists’ group called “Piirakkakerho”, Pie Club. The club has currently four other female artist members.
Curriculum vitae
Liisa Hilasvuori
24.11.1981 Helsinki
Art studies:
2019 Introduction to audio in sound art, University of the Arts Helsinki
2004-2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2003-2004 Pekka Halonen Academy, Community College
Other Studies:
2012-2013 pedagogy studies, approbatur, Helsinki university, open university
2000-2004 art history (approbatur, cum laude studies), aesthetics, archeology studies, Helsinki university, open university
2000 baccalaureate, Etelä-Tapiola High School, Espoo
Exhibitions:
Invitational exhibition:
2022 At Close Range, Finnish Nature Center Haltia, Espoo
2022 For Humans and Beetles - Secret of the Garden , Järvenpää Art Museum
2020 Näkymä, environmental art exhibition, Akaa
2017 Duo, invitational exhibition by Finnish Sculpture Union (Hilasvuori – Anneli Sipiläinen), Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
Solo exhibitions:
2020 Matkan päästä kaikki on pientä, Art Center Mältinranta, Tampere
2015 Vaeltavat puut ja tuttavallisen kokoinen vuori, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
2012 Mitä kuvitella saattaa, Gallery Aarni, Espoo
2010 Tarkemmin ottaen, Gallery Fafa (gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts), Helsinki
2008 Olinpaikka, gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Joint exhibitions:
2022 Kelluvia, maatuvia, hiutuvia, (Hilasvuori - Saara-Maria Kariranta - Eeva-Maija Priha), gallery Uusikuva, Kotka
2021 Road game (Hilasvuori - Leena Kangaskoski- Emma Rönnholm) gallery Huuto, Helsinki
2021 FLASH3, light art biennial, Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, Helsinki
2021 Coastline Sculpture Project, artists run site-specific exhibition, Hanko surroundings and Harha mobile app
2020 Punkaharju Art Up, Savonlinna
2019 Yhden suhde sataantuhanteen, together with Sanna Pajunen, P-gallery, Pori
2018 Näkemisen hetki, together with Sanna Pajunen, Gallery Muu Kaapeli, Helsinki
2014 Selected Works, Factory Street Gallery, Helsinki
2013 Koivussa lymysi muhkura, lammikossa lentokone ja takana kaduntäysi pimeää (Hilasvuori – Kati Lehtonen – Aki Turunen), Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki
2011 joint exhibition (Hilasvuori – Eeva-Maija Priha – Sanna Pajunen – Heini Nieminen), Gallery Vanha Kappalaisen talo, Porvoo
2009 Kuvan kevät, Degree show of the Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery Fafa, Helsinki
2008 Valos tilassa, the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2007 Rikkinäinen horisontti, sculpture students joint exhibition, Ateljee Bar, Hotell Torni, Helsinki
2007 Ars Kärsämäki, young artists` exhibition, Kärsämäki
2006-2008 Puun muisti, Hämeenpuisto-park, Tampere
2004 Palasia, final show, Pekka Halonen Academy, Tuusula
Related activities:
2019 Art review – write and walk in Oulu, a writing workshop for artists and art reviewers, participant, Artists` association Muu
2019 Art Fair Suomi, a drawing installation with sound
2019 workshop about the magazine in Art Fair Suomi, participant, leader of the workshop Ann Payenhuysen, Artists´ association Muu
2017 Art Fair Suomi, a documentary video, together with Markus Renvall and a writing workshop in Textual rendez-vous event
2013,2015 Art Fair Suomi (sculptures, installations)
Performances and happenings:
2022 Piirakkakerho: Superviced naps, Pori festival weeks, gallery 3H+K, Pori
2022 Piirakkakerho: Nap by Piirakkakerho, city space, Pori, Tampere
2021 Speech performance, Booked - Artists` Book Fair, Artists` Association Muu, Helsinki
2021 Speech performance and sculptures, Aletheia fest, Raasepori
2020 Piirakkakerho: Unipulla, one week happening, gallery Forum Box, Helsinki
2019 `A performance about ravens` Nerojen ilta ja normien yö -performance art event, gallery Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki
2018 Piirakkakerho: Värikylpy 15 vuotta, `Colour bath 15 years´, art event for small kids, organized together with Pori Art museum`s Center for Children`s culture (Lastenkulttuurikeskus)
2016 Piirakkakerho:Väsyneiden talo. The tenth-year anniversary of Piirakkakerho, a community art event, Lammassaari, Helsinki; Saunaa ja suolaa, uskomattomia uskomushoitoja, community art triennale, Annankatu 6, Youth Center, Pori
2015 Piirakkakerho:Ilmaista piparia, intervention in city space, Helsinki
2014 Piirakkakerho:Happening during the opening and installation, Ruoka, summer exhibition, Art Center Haihara, Tampere
2013 Piirakkakerho:Taidelataamo, Virka-gallery, Helsinki (happening as part of The Night of the Arts); Piirakkakerho:Hyllyvät lyllyt, moving installation, Gallery Saima, Helsinki
2012 Piirakkakerho:cake- and beard workshop, Vernissa Culture space, Vantaa; Kultaa, karvaa, kalsareita, workshop, Pax-festival, Helsinki; Tilkkutäkki, Kartanon kevät, Håkansböle manor, Vantaa; Luomukauneussalonki, happening, Pori Art Museum, Pori
2011 Piirakkakerho:Sosiaalinen piirakka, Rovaniemi University, city space, Kauppayhtiö Bar; Jos ei heilaa helluntaina, city space, Porvoo
2010 Piirakkakerho: Yhden yön monumentti, Virka Gallery, Helsinki (happening as part of The Night of the Arts)
2009 Piirakkakerho: Ilmaista Piirakkaa, Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2005 Nieltävä kokonaisena, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Prizes and grants:
2022 Arts Promotion Center (corona working grant)
2021 Arts Promotion Center (project grant with Leena Kangaskoski and Emma Rönnholm), Arts Promotion Center (corona working grant)
2020 Arts Promotion Center (project grant), Arts promotion center (corona II -grant for working)
2019 Arts Promotion Center (public display grant)
2017 Association of Finnish Sculptors (stipendium for materials for the invitational exhibition)
2016 AVEK (together with Markus Renvall)
2015 Oskar Öflunds stiftelse (together with Emma Rönnholm), AVEK (together with Pasi Rauhala and Markus Renvall)
2014 Arts Promotion Center Finland (artist grant for a year)
2013 Arts Promotion Center Finland (grant for residency)
2012 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
2011 The State`s Arts Committee (artist grant for half a year), Finnish Arts Society (young artist´s grant)
2010 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
2007 The Academy of Fine Arts (grant for materials)
2005 Tulikivi Oyj sculpture competition, 2nd prize
Residencies:
2016 Saaren kartano group residency, Kone Foundation
2013 Gullkistan residency for creative people, Laugarvatn, Iceland
2010 The residency of the Academy of Fine Arts, New York, United States
Positions of trust:
2020-21 Member of jury, artists` Book Fair, Artists` Association Muu
2019 Member of jury for curated performance for the Performance art day, representative of artist`s association Muu, Arts Promotion Center and Theatre Info Finland
2018-2019 Member of membership selection committee, Artists` Association Muu
2017 Member of jury of Art Fair Suomi, Artists` Association Muu
2016-17 2nd vice-chairperson in Artists` Association Muu
2012-15 Deputy member in executive committee, Artists` Association Muu
2006-08 Student member of the Education and Research Council of the Academy of Fine Arts
2006-07 Student representative, The Academy of Fine Arts´ student union Kuvyo
Memberships: Artists´ association Muu, Finnish Sculpture Union, Kuvasto (copyright society for visual artists), FLASH (The Finnish Light Art Society)
artists` group Piirakkakerho (Pie club), Muu writing (a writing group in Artists` association Muu)