ANNA PEKKALA
Born 1989 in Mänttä, Finland. Lives and works Helsinki, Finland.
anna.a.pekkala(at)gmail.com
@annapekkala.art
STUDIES
2015 Fine Art (BA), Tampere University of Applied Sciences
2008-2009 Orivesi Art School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Gallery Halmetoja, Mänttä, Finland (Upcoming)
2026 UNIDENTIFIED, Galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany (Upcoming)
2025 REEF, Galleri Apoteket, Gotland, Sweden
2024 I think I mossed up, Phone Booth / Gallery Huuto, Helsinki
2024 Being ___ in paradise is easy, Pispala, Tampere
2022 Paradise Ghost, Kenno, Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2020 Killer and The Devil, Art Centre Mältinranta, Tampere
2019 Free Billy, Huuto I, Helsinki
2018 ARTZOO, ARTag Gallery, Helsinki
2017 Mielummin hyvis kun pahis, Galleria 2, Pirkkala
2017 Karvaiset skenaariot, Myymälä 2, Helsinki
2016 Kehrääjä, TAMK exhibition grant, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Mytology, Päivölä Gallery, Mänttä (Upcoming)
2025 Taidekaupungin kasvatit, Honkahovi, Mänttä
2025 Koivukuja Biennale, Iisalmi
2025 Idea, Päivölä Gallery, Mänttä
2025 II, Gallery Toinen Silmä, Helsinki
2024 Spektaakkeli: Korpilinna, Pekkala & Ulvila, Make Your Mark, Helsinki
2024 Polygala Biennale, Natural History Museum, Helsinki
2024 Vihreä siirtymä, Päivölä Gallery, Mänttä
2024 Flow Festival, Suvilahti, Helsinki
2024 Lumo, Gallery Toinen Silmä, Helsinki
2024 Vehkaniemi Summer Exhibition, Pohjaslahti
2024 Horisontti, Lapua Art Museum, Lapua
2023 Alla, Pocket Gallery, University of the Arts, Helsinki
2023 Tuska Festival, Suvilahti, Helsinki
2023 Kannun Henki, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio
2023 Naivists in Iittala, Iittala
2023 Kuvan Kevät Degree Show, University of the Arts, Helsinki
2022 H2O – Spirit of Water, Riihisaari – Savonlinna Museum, Savonlinna
2022 Pehmee, pehmee, pehmee, Gallery Halmetoja, Helsinki
2022 Shake, Rattle, Mold, Project Room, Helsinki
2021 Voittajafiilis , Gallery K, Vantaa
2021 Kerättyjä kertomuksia, Cultural Centre Poleeni, Pieksämäki
2020 Paikan päällä – Park Exhibition, Finlayson Palace Park, Tampere
2020 Finlayson Art Area 2020, Tampere
2019 Art by the Tammerkoski, Tampere 240 years anniversary, Tampere
2019 Monument, Rajatalo environmental art project, Keuruu
2019 The Picture Book, Nastola summer exhibition, Nastola
2019 Jeff Goldblum (taking off his sunglasses and evaluatingly) staring at a (large) pile of shit, Laikku Studio, Tampere
2018 Sellaisena kuin olen, Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere
2018 Total Horror, Voipaala Art Centre, Valkeakoski
2018 Roadmap, Mänttä Art Festival XXIII, Mänttä
2018 Kupla, Seinäjoen taidehalli, Seinäjoki
2017 Kananlihalla, Poriginal gallery, Pori
2017 100-20, Ravintola 931, Tampere
2017 Sparkling selfie, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2017 Katajainen kansa – taidetta purkutalossa, Mäntyharju
2017 Uusin silmin, Art Center Mältinranta, Tampere
2015 Oikeus olla olematta hiljaa – screening , Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
2015 Based on True Story, Art Center Mältinranta, Tampere
2014 Art Squatters, World of Tango Festival, Vastavirta, Tampere
2014 Simulation, Guangzhou, China
2014 Pseudo, Scotiabank Contact Photo Festival, Toronto, Kanada
2013 Loputon temppeli, Y-festival, Näsilinna, Tampere
2013 Animal, Haihara Art Centre, Tampere
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Finnish Art Society
Tampere Art Museum
Private collections
Tampere University
MEMBERSHIPS
Mehiläispesä ry
Mänttä Art Lovers (Mäntän kuvataiteen ystävät ry)
Kuvasto
The Association of Finnish Sculptors
GRANTS AND STIPENDS
2025 Mobility Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation
2025 Artist grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2025 Public Display Grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2025 Travel Grant, Frame Contemporary Art Finland
2024 Young Artist Grant, Finnish Art Society
2024 Working Grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Uusimaa Fund
2024 Working Grant, Niilo Helander Foundation
2023 Project Grant (Polygala Biennale group), Kone Foundation
2023 Project Grant, Paulo Foundation
2023 Project Grant, Greta and Alfred Runeberg Foundation
2022 Project Grant, University of the Arts Helsinki
2022 Project Grant, University of the Arts Helsinki
2021 Working Grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Pirkanmaa Fund
2020 Exhibition Grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2020 Working Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation
2018 Project grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2018 Stipend, Alli and Allan Salo fund
2018 Professional artists stipend, City of Tampere
RESIDENCIES
09–10/2025 Serlachius Residency, Mänttä
06/2024 Godzilla, Örö
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2023–2024 Museum Guard, Finnish National Gallery
2018–2021 Exhibition Committee, Tampere Artists’ Association
2018–2020 Deputy Board Member, Rajataide Association
2017–2022 Exhibition Technician, Printmaking Workshop Himmelblau & Finlayson Art Area
2017 HEJHYLJE! – Finland100 Fundraising Project for the Baltic Sea
2017 Board Member, Rajataide Association
2016 Treasurer, Rajataide Association
2016–2019 Process Gallery Working Group
2015–2018 Raivoryhmä Collective Working Group
2014– Children’s Art Workshops (Serlachius Museums, Taidetuubi, Nastola Summer Exhibition)