Kikka Nyrén
Video: ”On the way to Iittala” – a mural I designed for the underpass tunnel of Iittala art station. It is part of Finland’s first thematic railway station built in 2018 in Iittala, Hämeenlinna. The art station embodies Iittala as a village of design, art and craftsmanship, and it was realized in honor of the 30th anniversary of the summer exhibition ”Naivists in Iittala”.
”On the way to Iittala”. A four-part mural at the ends of the underpass of the Iittala railway station, 2018. Video production: Pieni Mediatalo Oy. Subtitles: Kirsi Rajapuro.
Born in Helsinki, Finland, 1951
The artist has lived in Helsinki, Suonenjoki, Mikkeli, Heinola, and Lahti
STUDIES IN FINE ARTS
Lahti community college – Vellamo college ceramics 2005-12, teacher Marjut Liesmäki
Heinola civic college and sculpture 1998-2005, teachers Sirpa and Panu Patomäki
University of the Arts, basic art courses (open university), 1997-2005, teacher Taisto Rauta
Mikkeli civic college art courses 1993-98, teacher Tapio Salo
The graphic line of the arts and crafts evening school 1969-71
EXHIBITIONS
53rd Edizione Premio Internazionale di arte Naif ”Pierantonio Cavalli” Varenna Italy, August-September 2023
International meeting of Naive Artists, Normandy, France, August 2023
Summer exhibition in Villa Väinölä, Vaala, summer 2023
Naiva Bratislava, Slovakia, International Naive Art exh. Primalcialny Palac June 2023
Lepikko farm, Pielavesi, Three Naivists, summer 2023
Joy … Naivists in Varkaus, summer 2023
Lysice Castle, Czech Republic, exhibition 1.4. – 26.5. 2023
International meeting of Naive Artists, May 2023
Christmas in Raiku, Helsinki, December 2022-January 2023
Insita Praha, international exh. of naive art, brut art, outsider art, Czech Republic, winter 2022
International naive art salon ”Gheorghe Sturza” Romania, September 2022
Naiva Bratislava, international naive art exh, Slovakia, September 2022
52nd international naive art exh. ”Pierantonio Cavalli” Varenna Italy, September 2022
International naive art meeting and exh., Lysice, Czech Republic, summer 2022
In trade Salon naive, Sofia, Bulgaria, summer 2022
Naivist Summer, Art Center Väinölä. Varkaus 2022
Naivist Summer. Kuusankoski, Kouvola, summer 2022
Naivist Summer. Galleria Patina, Jyväskylä, summer 2022
Villa Väinölä, summer exhibition, Vaala 2022
Naivists in Iittala, summer 2022
FIAN, Brazil, summer 2022
5th Salon International d´Art Naïf en Baie de Somme & Rosana de Paula-Cessac with friends, St Valery and Le Crotoy, France, spring and summer 2022
Emil Cedercreuz art museum, Harjavalta, spring-summer 2022
Reg Árt Actuel Multidisclinary Exh. Beffroi de Bruges, Belgium, winter 2022
Neliö Gallery, winter 2022, Oulu
Gallery Patina Christmas 2021, Jyväskylä
Iittala naivists, winter 2021-2022, Iittala
Insita Prague 2021 Czech Republic
Naiva Bratislava 2021 Slovakia
51st edit.of International art Naif ”Pierantonio Cavalli” Varenna Italy summer 2021
Iittala naivists, summer exhibition 2021
Art Center Väinölä, Varkaus, naivist summer exhibition 2021
Galeria Patina, Jyväskylä, naivist summer exhibition 2021
PatoKlubi Kouvola, Kuusankoski, naive summer exhibition 2021
Gina Galleria, Tel Aviv Israel, winter 2021 and autumn 2021
Naivists in Iittala, winter exhibition, winter 2020-2021
”Strong women” Galleria Patina, Jyväskylä, autumn 2020
4th Biennale D´Art Naïve & Singular, Chateau de Waroux, Liege Belgium September 2020
3éme Salon International D´Art Naïf En Baie De Somme, France summer 2020
”Encima de la niebla” online exhibition, summer 2020
”Most-Bridge” Virtual exhibition, online exhibitions, summer 2020
MIANM online exhibition, summer 2020
”Gheorghe Sturza” International Salon of Naïve Art, Botosani Romania, summer 2020
”Dry weather palette” Galleria Patina, Jyväskylä, summer 2020
”Joy, hope, naïves” Art Center Väinölä, Varkaus summer 2020
”Wild, free, colorful” Naivists in Iittala, summer 2020
”Joy to life” PatoKlubi Kuusankoski Taideruukki, summer 2020
Naiva Bratislava online 2020, summer 2020
Art on a postcard, London, winter-spring 2020
Gina Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel September 2019
”In a good mood” naive art exhibition Liisa Ekqvist gallery Noormarkku, September 2019
Reg´Art Actuel Multidisclinary Exhibition Beffroi de Bruges Belgium, September 2019
”Naiva Bratislava” International naive art exhibition Primácialny palác Bratislava Slovakia, September 2019
”Seasons” naive art exhibition Galeria Gutman Art Berlin, September 2019
”Suven siekailut” Galleria Patina Jyväskylä, summer 2019
”7 Snow White and the Dwarfs” Gallery of one hundred paintings Kuusamo, summer 2019
12th Art Naïf Festiwal Katowice Poland, summer 2019
The exhibition of Finnish naivists association, Art Center Harri Alavus, summer 2019
”Joyful life” naïve artists in Varkaus Art center Väinölä, summer 2019
Naivists in Iittala ”Dare to rejoice”, summer 2019
Naivists in Iittala in winter 2019
”Humour flowers” Neliö-Galleria Oulu, January 2019
Naivists in Iittala at Christmas 2018
”Runaway trip to summer” SeinäGalleria Rautalampi, Christmas 2018 – winter 2019
”In the magic mirror.” Lapua Art Museum, September 2018-winter 2019
Fall exhibition of Naivists, Villa Armas, Pikonlinna, September 2018
3e Biennale d´Art Naïf&Singulier Chateau de Waroux Liege Belgium, September 2018
”Celebration of Naivism” 30th anniversary exhibition Iittala, summer 2018
”Years change, stories live” Väinölä Art Center Varkaus, summer 2018
Reg´Art Actuel Bruges Belgium, summer 2018
XI Art Naif Festiwal Katowice Poland, summer 2018
Lehtioja service center, spring 2018
”Naiveness blooms” Galleria Maria Helsinki, spring 2018
”Humor flowers” Neliö-Galleria Oulu, January 2018
Naivists on a summer visit in Hollola 2011
Naivists’ Christmas in Iittala 2011
Naivists in Iittala summer review 2011
”Freelancer’s day off” Galleria Laterna Magica, Helsinki, 2011
Naivists’ Christmas in Iittala 2010
Naivists in Iittala Summer review 2010
Illustration Gallery’s ”Children’s evening song” – illustration exhibition Helsinki, winter 2009-10
Naivists in Iittala Christmas exhibition, 2009
The pottery workshop summer gallery, Lahti 2009
Galleria Maria Helsinki winter, spring, summer and Christmas 2008
Art 2008, Helsinki
Gallery Own Room Helsinki, September 2008
Gallery Pigmentti Lahti, summer 2008
Heinola Art Museum jurors, 1999-2011
Galleria Maria Helsinki, spring and Christmas 2007
Gallery My Room Helsinki 2006
Art Center Ihana, Heinola, summer and Christmas 2006
Cafe Kariranta Lahti 2006
Lunch cafe Raiku Helsinki 2006
Sanoma House’s Media Market in Helsinki, Finnish Watercolor Art Association, 2006
Gallery Pigmentti Lahti 2005
Restaurant Rytmi Helsinki 2005
Restaurant Kuningaskalastaja Helsinki 2003-04
Restaurant Kattohaikara Helsinki 2003-05
Gallery Aleksi Lahti 2002
Old Locomotive Tower Gallery Heinola 2001
Gallery Novo, Helsinki, 1999-2001
Suonenjoki, Kuopio, Viitasaari, Mikkeli, Heinola, Lahti, Oslo, Tallinn
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Premio Miglior Straniero 51st Edizione Premio Internazionale di arte naif ”Pierantonio Cavalli,” 2021, Varenna, ITALIA
GRAND PRIX Naiva Bratislava 2021, SLOVAKIA
PRIX DE JURY 2016, Biennale Internationale d´Art Naïf et sing., Liege, BELGIA
Illustrators association grant 2007
Culture grant of the Central Confederation of Finnish Trade Unions 1998
Mikkeli civic college grant 1996
WORKS IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS
Salon naive and inituitive art, Belogradchik BULGARIA
Galerija Likovnih Samorastnikov, Trebnje SLOVENIA
MAGOG Musée international d’art naïf de Magog, Quebec CANADA
SOL- foundation
Friends of the Heinola Art Museum
The city of Varkaus
The Naivists in Iittala foundation
The Helsinki Mother and Child Home Association
Jan Hrusky memorial collection, Lysice
PUBLIC WORKS OF ART
Iittala art station’s murals in Hämeenlinna, Finland
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish naivists – association
Finnish Association of Watercolor Art
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