Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born August 6, 1959 in Hämeenlinna , Finland ) is a Finnish filmmaker and video artist. She lives in Helsinki.
In 2000 she won the Vincent Award ( The Vincent van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe ), which was then endowed with 50,000 euros . Two years later a solo exhibition at the Tate Modern in London followed. In the same year Ahtila was represented at the Documenta in Kassel with her video work The House , in which she, spread over three projection surfaces, addresses the psychosis of a young woman who is gradually losing her sense of space and time. This work was based on conversations between the artist and psychotic women. In 2006 Ahtila won the Artes Mundi Prize .
In 2011 she was appointed to the competition jury of the 68th Venice International Film Festival .
Works (selection)
- 1993 Me / We, Okat, Gray , 35 mm film and DVD installation for 3 projectors with sound, 3 × 90 seconds
- 1995 If 6 was 9 , 35 mm film and DVD installation for 3 projectors with sound, 10 minutes
- 1996/97 Today , 35 mm film and DVD installation for 3 projectors with sound, 10 minutes
- 1998 Anne, Aki and God , DVD installation for 2 projectors and 5 monitors with sound, 30 minutes
- 1999 Consolation Service , 35 mm film and DVD installation for 2 projectors with sound, 24 minutes
- 2001 The Present , DVD installation for 5 monitors with sound
- 2001 The Wind , DVD installation for 3 projectors with sound, 14 minutes
- 2002 The House , DVD installation for 3 projectors with sound, 14 minutes
- 2002 Love is a treasure , 35 mm film, 55 minutes,
- 2008 Where is where? , HD installation for 4 projectors, 55 minutes
- 2011 Marian Ilmestys , short film, 38 minutes
- 2011 Horizontal, media installation: 6-channel projection with sound, 6 min.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1997: 5th Istanbul Biennale
- 1999: Melbourne International Biennial 1999
- 1999: Museum of Contemporary Art , Chicago
- 2000: Center for Art and Media Technology , Karlsruhe
- 2002: Tate Gallery of Modern Art , London
- 2002: 13th Biennale of Sydney
- 2002: 11th Documenta , Kassel
- 2005: 51st Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 2006: Museum of Modern Art , New York
- 2008: Art Collection North Rhine-Westphalia , Düsseldorf
- 2008: 28th São Paulo Biennial
- 2009: Musée National d'Art Moderne , Paris
- 2014, Lehmbruck Museum , Duisburg: Horizontal
- 2018, M - Museum Leuven , Leuven, Belgium: retrospective
- 2019, Lehmbruck Museum , Duisburg: Retrospective
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- ↑ Artes Mundi Prize ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Munzinger International Biographical Archive 48/2008 from November 25, 2008 (ds)
Web links
- [1] Homepage of the artist
- Literature by and about Eija-Liisa Ahtila in the catalog of the German National Library
- Materials by and about Eija-Liisa Ahtila in the documenta archive
- Eija Liisa Ahtila in the nbk video forum
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ahtila at the-artists.org
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila on kunstaspekte.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ahtila, Eija-Liisa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish filmmaker and video artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hämeenlinna , Finland |