CURRICULUM VITAE
Kristoffer Ala-Ketola 2018
Kristoffer Ala-Ketola
1991, Oulu
lives and works in New Haven, CT, US
kristofferalaketola (at) gmail.com / kristoffer.ala-ketola (at) yale.edu
https://kristofferalaketola.myportfolio.com/
1991, Oulu
lives and works in New Haven, CT, US
kristofferalaketola (at) gmail.com / kristoffer.ala-ketola (at) yale.edu
https://kristofferalaketola.myportfolio.com/
Education and work experience
2017- Yale School of Art, Connecticut, US, MFA: Sculpture study program
2017- University of the Arts Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts, Finland,
MFA: Time and Space study program
2016 Yale School of Art, Connecticut, US, Yale Norfolk summer program
2013- University of the Arts Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts, Finland
2016 BFA: Time and Space study program
2016 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Student Exchange, VAV-program
2015 European Exchange Academy (EEA), Residency Dale i Sunnfjord, Norway
2014- Club Guggenheim, Kaiku / Mad House festival, Helsinki
2015 Organizer, founding member and curator of a club night displaying new art
2011- Kultu group, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2014 Public Programmes; art projects and event organizing
2011 Kulttuuribingo, Oulu, founding member of a gallery, event and studio space
2017- University of the Arts Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts, Finland,
MFA: Time and Space study program
2016 Yale School of Art, Connecticut, US, Yale Norfolk summer program
2013- University of the Arts Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts, Finland
2016 BFA: Time and Space study program
2016 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Student Exchange, VAV-program
2015 European Exchange Academy (EEA), Residency Dale i Sunnfjord, Norway
2014- Club Guggenheim, Kaiku / Mad House festival, Helsinki
2015 Organizer, founding member and curator of a club night displaying new art
2011- Kultu group, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2014 Public Programmes; art projects and event organizing
2011 Kulttuuribingo, Oulu, founding member of a gallery, event and studio space
Selected exhibitons, events & screenings
2018 Kun katsoit minuun, Magyar Kulturális és Tudományos Központ, Helsinki, FI
2017 1st Year MFA Show, Yale Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT, US
2017 Finland 100 - Critical Map, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2017 University of the Arts Helsinki Opening Ceremony, Helsinki, FI
2017 Närmare Borta, Kungliga kunsthögskolan, Stockholm, SE
2017 We’ve been having these weird thoughts lately, Space for Free Arts, Helsinki, FI
2017 Untitled exhibition, Fondia, Helsinki, FI
2016 BFA Degree Show, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2016 Friendship screening, Battell House, Norfolk CT, US
2016 Rietveld uncut, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Techniques of Delusion, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2016 I miss you forever and ever Norway xoxo, Blip blip blip, Leeds, UK
2015 Kristoffer Ala-Ketola TBH, Solo exhibition, Asematila, Helsinki, FI
2015 Pocket Gallery, Pocket Gallery, Reykjavík, IS
2015 Nuoret 2015 / Young Artists 2015, Taidehalli / Kunsthalle, Helsinki, FI
2015 ⌷⌷ ⌷⌷⌷ ⌷⌷ ⌷⌷⌷⌷, Normcritical Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2015 Friendship, w/ Reija Meriläinen & Artor Jesus Inkerö, Free arts space, Helsinki, FI
2015 After Nature, Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Dale i Sunnfjord, NO
2015 Sorbus video week, Sorbus Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2014 Club Guggenheim 28.8.2014, w/ Artor Jesus Inkerö, Club Kaiku, Helsinki, FI
2014 Club Guggenheim 30.1.2014 one day solo exhibition, Club Kaiku, Helsinki
2013 Who’s In?, Gallery Fafa, Helsinki, FI
2013 Summer exhibition, Kulttuuribingo, Oulu, FI
2017 1st Year MFA Show, Yale Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT, US
2017 Finland 100 - Critical Map, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2017 University of the Arts Helsinki Opening Ceremony, Helsinki, FI
2017 Närmare Borta, Kungliga kunsthögskolan, Stockholm, SE
2017 We’ve been having these weird thoughts lately, Space for Free Arts, Helsinki, FI
2017 Untitled exhibition, Fondia, Helsinki, FI
2016 BFA Degree Show, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2016 Friendship screening, Battell House, Norfolk CT, US
2016 Rietveld uncut, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Techniques of Delusion, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2016 I miss you forever and ever Norway xoxo, Blip blip blip, Leeds, UK
2015 Kristoffer Ala-Ketola TBH, Solo exhibition, Asematila, Helsinki, FI
2015 Pocket Gallery, Pocket Gallery, Reykjavík, IS
2015 Nuoret 2015 / Young Artists 2015, Taidehalli / Kunsthalle, Helsinki, FI
2015 ⌷⌷ ⌷⌷⌷ ⌷⌷ ⌷⌷⌷⌷, Normcritical Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2015 Friendship, w/ Reija Meriläinen & Artor Jesus Inkerö, Free arts space, Helsinki, FI
2015 After Nature, Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Dale i Sunnfjord, NO
2015 Sorbus video week, Sorbus Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2014 Club Guggenheim 28.8.2014, w/ Artor Jesus Inkerö, Club Kaiku, Helsinki, FI
2014 Club Guggenheim 30.1.2014 one day solo exhibition, Club Kaiku, Helsinki
2013 Who’s In?, Gallery Fafa, Helsinki, FI
2013 Summer exhibition, Kulttuuribingo, Oulu, FI
Works in collections:
University of the Arts Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts
Moving Away, 2013, pigment print on aluminium composite
Moving Away, 2013, pigment print on aluminium composite
Grants:
Nanny Lilius Stipend, 2017
Yale School of Art Scolarship, 2017
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship 2016
Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki 2016
Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki 2015
Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki 2015