Auri Mäkelä
b. 1989
Lives and works in Finland
+ 358 40 7766689
aurimakela (at) gmail.com
www.aurimakela.com

EDUCATION
2014- Master of Arts, New Media Design and Production, Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture, Finland
2014 Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Degree Programme in Fine Art, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Tampere
2010 Liminka School of Art, Liminka, Finland
2008 Summer University of Kymenlaakso, Visual Arts Education of the Repin Institute in Finland, evening classes
2008 Matriculation examination, Iitti Upper Secondary School

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Kovia paketteja / Hard packages, Aleksanterin linna, Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, Finland
2013 Consecration II, Katko Galleria, Tampere
2012 "Nothing." Ikuinen Galleria, Tampere

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 "At the party, I write words on balloons", Node Gallery, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2015 GFFLHKLÖFGH /w Karin Gellman, Restaurant Kahvilla, Tampere
2015 Ways of Drawing, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway
2014 SUGAR, Bunny Collective & Areole Collective, Tactic Cork, Cork, Ireland
2014 Top button undone, TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere
2013 I Am Here!, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
2013 MindTrek OFF! Art Exhibition, Tampere
2013 Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää, Finland
2012 Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää
2010 POP-UP!, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
2010 Spring Exhibition, Liminka School of Art, Liminka

PERFORMANCES & EVENTS
2019 Lux Helsinki: Bring Your Own Beamer, Helsinki
2018 Deadline Demoparty, Berlin
2015 Otaniemi Pop-Up Living Room, Espoo
2014 SibHack, Ateneum, Helsinki
2013 [PARTY]kkeli Art Happening, Tampere
2010 Free Wall, Tampere

SCREENINGS
2014 Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany
2014 European Media Art Festival EMAF, Osnabrück, Germany
2014 Kädessä kipsi ja kukkia (tai nakit ja bluesia), Top button undone -screening, Finlayson, Tampere
2013 Proyector13 International Film Festival, Intercambiador Acart, Madrid, Spain
2013 Testbild Open Screening, Berlin, Germany
2013 Future Shorts Tampere, Finland
2013 Clip Video Festival, Pori, Finland
2012 Tampere Art Fair
2012 Pop-Up Space Rasti, Unettomien yö, Tampere
2012 Bring Your Own Beamer, Ikuinen Galleria, Tampere
2012 Tampere Film Festival, Kino-TAMK

CURATORIAL
2014 Skin Is the Largest Organ in the Human Body video screening w/ Areole, Women Culture Days, Tampere
2013 Absolutely Necessary video screening, Galerie Toolbox, Berlin

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2015 Serlachius Residency, Mänttä

GRANTS & AWARDS
2014 Auno ja Mauri Riutun Säätiö

MEMBERSHIPS
2014 MUU Artists’ Association

COLLECTIVES
2012 Areole Art Collective

WORKS IN PUBLICATIONS & EDITORIAL
2019 Infragraphy, Volume 1, Aalto University
2015 Kylteri 02/2015
2015 Monstera Zine #2
2015 Visible World / Invisible World - A Walk Around Paulus' plass, Ways of Drawing -workshop, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
2014 Top button undone, Exhibition Publication

HOBBIES & INTERESTS
VJing, hiking, video games, writing, garbage picking