Susanna Majuri
*1978 Helsinki, Finland

2004-07 MA Photography, University of Art and Design, Helsinki
2000-04 BA Photography, Turku Art Academy
1999-00 Photography, Voionmaa College
1999      Orivesi College, Creative Writing
1994-98 Kangasala Upper Secondary School
   

Solo Exhibitions
2011 Susanna Majuri, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, Norway
        Susanna Majuri, Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo, Japan
        Nordic water tales, Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
        Nordic water tales, Galerie ADLER, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2010 Portreet, Hå gamle Prestegård, Nærbø, Norway
        Water Ballads, Gallery TaiK, Berlin, Germany
        Susanna Majuri, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK (with Anni Leppälä)
        The Water Researcher's Daughter, Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Kunst im Foyer, Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Dependance Berlin, Berlin, Germany
        Susanna Majuri, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2008 Vom Wasser verweht, Galerie Adler Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Saved with water, Galerie Adler New York, New York, USA
        Histoires singulières (with Henni Alftan), Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, France
        Þið, þessi norrænu, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2006 Sinä pohjoinen, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Kissamaa, Skotgalleri, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 Ihastus, Northern Photography Center, Oulu, Finland
        Ihastus, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland
        Ihastus, Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland


Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Dead_Lines, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
        Sijamuotoja, Purnu Art Centre, Orivesi, Finland
        RE/VOLT, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
        Turku 2011: Liisa ihmemaassa - Alice in Wonderland, The Finnish Museum of Photography,
        Helsinki, Finland
        H2O - heijastuksia, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland
        IKKUNA, Hippolyte Photographic Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Inter-cool 3.0, Jugend – Bild – Medien, HMKV im Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität, Dortmund,
        Germany
        H2O - heijastuksia, The Archipelago Centre Korpoström, Korppoo, Finland
        MAPAMUNDISTAS ´10, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain
        Highlighted, Contemporary Finnish photography from the collection of Pieter and Marieke
        Sanders, Niew Dakota, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
        It’s a Set-up, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
        Tool, International Fotofestival Knokke-Heist, Cuulturcentrum Knokke Heist, Belgium
        The Helsinki School – Seven Approaches, Bryce Wolkowitz, New York, USA
        The Helsinki School, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Tracking Traces … Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland
        Helsinki School, Loft project ETAGI, St. Petersburg, Russia
        Ei saa peittää - Får ej övertäckas - Eskilstuna Konstmuseum , Eskilstuna, Sweden
        Von hier aus, wohin?, 3. Internationales Fotografiefestival F/Stop, Buntgarnwerken,
        Leipzig, Germany
        Helsinki School, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
        Über / Unter Wasser - Vom Aquarium zum Videobild, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven,
        Wilhelmshaven, Germany
        Sylt – Insel Zwischen Himmel und Meer, Kunst: Raum Sylt Quelle, Germany
        The National Museum of Photography - The Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
       
Turku Biennaali, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
        FERMO & MOSSO: SPAZI, CORPI, TEMPI (STILL & BLURRED: SPACE, BODY, TIME),
        Associazione Culturale “OCCHIO!", Genova, Italy
        Platform 09 - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
2008
Water I, Museum of Photography in Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece/Griechenland
        (curated by: Gabriel Bauret, Vangelis Ioakimidis
)
        Tom Hunter, Susanna Majuri, Jyrki Parantainen - New Photographsb, Purdy Hicks Gallery,
        London, UK
        Helsinki School, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK (with Tom Hunter and Jyrki Parantainen)
        Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, Lille, France
        Som en tjuv om natten, Pro Artibus - Galerie Elverket, Ekenäs, Finland
       
Sommerfrische - Die Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies, TUI AG, Hannover, Germany
        Värähtelyä, Danielson-Kalmari Museo, Vaaksy, Finland (curated by Roger Gustafsson)
        Nordic Moods - Landscape Photography of Our Time, ARKEN Museum of Modern
        Art, Ishoj / Kopenhagen, Denmark
        Cheminements - Le paysage comme terrain de jeux, Centre de photographie de Lectoure,
        France
        Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
        Parrotta Contemporary Art, Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany (with Hannu Karjalainen and Pasi    
        Autio)
2007 Mapping the Unknown, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany
        Sommerfrische, die Sehnsuht nach dem Paradies, Kunst: Raum Sylt Quelle, Germany
        Dis/connected, APT-studio, London, UK
        Helsinki School – New Photography by Taik, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki,
        Finland
        Square Minutes – Young Finnish Photography, Galleria Ars Nova, Lodz, Poland
        Square Minutes, F-Stop, Leipzig, Germany
        Masters of Arts, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
        Tampere Art Film Festival, Tampere, Finland
        Photo Finnish, The Helsinki School, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway
2006 France Winterland, The Fifth Triennal of Finnish Photography, Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland
        What’s Up North, Northern Center of Photography, Oulu, Finland
        What Is Photography, The Helsinki School, Borås Konstmuseum, Sweden
        Au-delà des Apparences, Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, France
        Pikasso, Art Supermarket, Helsinki, Finland
        Loterie d’art contemporain, Galerie des Minimes, Paris, France
        Art Center Salmela, Mäntyharju, Finland
        Helsinki5, Jugendsali, Helsinki, Finland
        Film9, Museum of Work, Norrköping, Sweden
        Rising, Photographic Center Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
2005 Work in Progress, Arles, France
        Manifest04-05, Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland
2004 Nordic and Baltic Videos at Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
        Valokuvakoulutus 4, Taidepanimo, Lahti, Finland
        Garden of Eden, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Holiday at The Airport, Virasto, Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
        The Young 2003, Suomen Taiteilijain 108. näyttely, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
        Joku päivä, Lönnströmm Art Museum, Rauma; Rantakasarmi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Joku päivä Manilla, Turku, Finland
2001 Kaari, Manilla, Turku, Finland


Collections
StatoilHydro collection, Norway
Museum of Photography in Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland
Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle, Germany
Malmö Art Museum, Sweden
Helsinki City Art Museum
Artists’ Association of Finland
Association de l’ENSP, France
Finnish Art Association
Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf
City of Salo, Finland
RAY, Finland
Heino Collection
Pentti Kouri Collection
Private collections in France, UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands, Finland
Fundation Foto Collectania, Spain
JoMo Art Collection, Belgium


Grants & Awards
State Grant to Artists, Finland 2008 - 2013
Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle 2007
Art Council of Finland 2006
Finnish Fund for Art Exchange 2006
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uudenmaa Provincial Art Committee 2006
Kangasala Commune Culture Stipend 2005
Residency with a monthly grant in Reykjavik, Iceland, NIFCA, 2005, Sleipnir –travel grant, NIFCA 2005
Finnish Cultural Foundation 2006
Gras Savoye Award, Les rencontres d’Arles, France 2005


Publications
Narrating the image, NY Arts Magazine, November / December 2008, page 20/21

Die Geschichtenerzählerin, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 29. Juni 2008

Wasserzeichen, U-mag, Das Magazin der Popkultur und Gegenwart, Juni 2008, S. 66-73

Dailyserving.com, 21.11.2007
Vokabelkrieger, Kunst: Raum Sylt-Quelle 2007
The Helsinki School, Vol II, New Photography by Taik, Hatje Cantz 2007
Uusi Muoto, 3/2007
Square Minutes – Young Finnish Photography, University of Art and Design Helsinki 2007
Helsinki, You Should Be Here, Bulgaria Magazine 2007Winterland, The Fifth Triennal of Finnish Photography, Musta taide 2006HotShoe, Fresh Perspectives on Contemporary Photography, issue #143, 2006
Tv-Resistori: Intiaanidisko, Fonal 2004; Manifest05, Joyspoilers Design osuuskunta 2004
Nordic Reach, Number 9, Volume XVII
Lomamatka lentokentälle (Holiday at the Airport) –postcards, Turku 2003