CURRICULUM VITAE

Anna Korpilinna

lives and works in Tampere

born 1984 in Helsinki

Education
2017–2021  Free Art School, Helsinki – Painter
2010–2013  Viita Academy – Three-year creative writing school

Solo Exhibitions
2025             Temple Dogs, Pispala Clothing, Tampere
2024          Creatures of the Night, Idle Hands Gallery, Tampere
2024          Heartplace, Porvoo City Cultural Services, Porvoo
2023          Image of the Passing Smile, Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo (with Kim Somervuori)
2023          About Freedom, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki
2022          Ultra Original, Guido's/Ysibaari, Espoo
2021          Suburb 1.0, Make Your Mark Gallery, Helsinki
2020         Painting of the Month, Helsinki District Court
2019          Ambivalent Burdens, Galleria Vaaga, Helsinki
2019          It's Kind of Nice to Have Company, Huvila Härkä, Somero
2018          Long Live Life!, Galleria Fria, Helsinki

Group and Joint Exhibitions
2024–2025  Summer Art Pop-Up, Pispala Clothing, Tampere
2024         Spectacle, Anna Korpilinna, Anna Pekkala & Sanna Ulvila, Make Your Mark Gallery, Helsinki
2023–2024  Autumn Salon, tm-gallery, Helsinki
2024         Light, Galleria Toinen Silmä
2024         Into the Light and Joy, Espoo Art Lending, Espoo
2023         Catch This!, Helsinki
2023–2024  Finnish Painters' Union & Skanno, Skanno Showroom, Helsinki
2023         Mosaic of Poems, Galleria Aarni, Espoo
2022         On One's Own Path, Design Museum, Helsinki
2022         Fan Club, Anna-Stiina Korhonen, Anna Korpilinna & Sanna Ulvila, Mältinranta Art Centre, Tampere
2021          In One's Own Company, Free City Living Room, Helsinki
2021          VAPAA'21, Graduation Exhibition of the Free Art School, Puristamo, Helsinki
2021          Cocktail, Molotow Finland, Helsinki
2020         The Beginning of the End, Galleria Vaaga, Helsinki
2018          Wonderful Woman, Sanomatalo, Helsinki
2017           Lowest Common Denominator, Galleria Vaaga, Helsinki

Grants and Awards
2024          Finnish Cultural Foundation – Mobility Grant
2022          City of Espoo – Cultural Grant
2021           Anita Snellman Foundation – Scholarship

Works in Collections
Finnish Art Society (art lottery)
Ysibaari Collection
Private Collections

Teaching
2024–2025   Painting Workshop Instructor, Idle Hands, Tampere
2023          Children's Art Camp (ages 7–12), Karkkila Art School

Illustration
Kaisa Kottarainen's Fabergé Eggs, by Marita Korpilinna, 2021

Memberships
Finnish Painters' Union
Tampere Artists' Association
Espoo Visual Artists Association
Kuvasto (Copyright Society for Visual Arts in Finland)