hoffmann

works

painting 17.08.2017

painting 17.08.2017

2017

acrylic paint on canvas on wood

150 × 150 × 4 cm
4′ 11 116″ × 4′ 11 116″ ×  1 916

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painting 22.12.2017

painting 22.12.2017

2017

acrylic on canvas on wood

200 × 200 × 4 cm
6′ 6 1216″ × 6′ 6 1216″ ×  1 916

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construction

construction

1994/2019

wood, lacquer and steel

110 × 160 × 560 cm
3′ 7 516″ × 5′ 3″ × 18′ 4 816

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ohne titel

untitled

1990

acrylic, canvas and wood

dimensions variable

construction, model

construction, model

1980

wood, acrylic

50 × 30 × 30 cm
1′ 7 1116″ ×  11 1316″ ×  11 1316

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exhibitions

viewing rooms

biography

matti kujasalo (*1946, helsinki, finland) lives and works in helsinki, finland

selected solo exhibitions

  • 2026
    • 80th anniversary exhibition, galerie anhava, helsinki, finland
  • 2022
    • paintings, galerie friese, berlin, germany
  • 2020
    • matti kujasalo, galerie anhava, helsinki, finland
  • 2018
    • matti kujasalo. werke 1973-2017, galerie friese, berlin, germany
  • 2017
    • matti kujasalo. a retrospective 1971-2017, gask, kutná hora, czech republic
  • 2016
    • 70th anniversary exhibition, galerie anhava, helsinki, finland
  • 2015
    • matti kujasalo, galerie denise rené, rive gauche, paris, france
    • matti kujasalo, salon dahlmann, berlin, germany
  • 2014
    • auf den punkt, with jan meyer-rogge, edition & galerie hoffmann, friedberg, germany
  • 2013
    • matti kujasalo, galerie leonhard, graz, austria
  • 2011
    • matti kujasalo, pori art museum, pori, finland
    • matti kujasalo, pori art museum, pori, finland
  • 2010
    • matti kujasalo, galerie anhava, helsinki, finland
  • 2008
    • matti kujasalo, galleria pictor, nummela, finland
  • 2007
    • matti kujasalo, raum für zeitgenössische kunst, zürich, switzerland
    • matti kujasalo: strukturen, edition & galerie hoffmann, friedberg, germany
  • 2006
    • matti kujasalo, galerie forsblom, helsinki, finland
  • 2005
    • matti kujasalo, aithmeum, bonn, germany
    • matti kujasalo, galleria orton, helsinki, finland
  • 2001
    • matti kujasalo, gallery niklas von bartha, london, united kingdom
    • matti kujasalo, galerie forsblom, helsinki, finland
  • 1999
    • matti kujasalo, galerie forsblom, helsinki, finland
  • 1998
    • matti kujasalo, ars nova museum, turku, finland
    • matti kujasalo, ars nova museum, turku, finland
  • 1997
    • matti kujasalo, kunsthaus dresden, dresden, germany
    • matti kujasalo, museum für konkrete kunst, ingolstadt, germany
  • 1996
    • matti kujasalo, galerie emilia suciu, ettlingen, germany
  • 1995
    • matti kujasalo, wilhelm-hack-museum, ludwigshafen, germany
  • 1994
    • matti kujasalo, ludwig museum, budapest, hungary
    • matti kujasalo: artist of the year, kunsthalle helsinki, helsinki, finland
  • 1980
    • matti kujasalo, representation of finland, nordic pavilion, la biennale di venezia, venice, italy
    • the collection of the venice biennale, amos anderson art museum, helsinki, finland

selected group exhibitions

  • 2025
    • anhava + archives: selected works on paper, galerie anhava, helsinki, finland
  • 2024
    • experiments in concretism, espoo museum of modern art, emma, helsinki, finland
    • passions of the north, kunstsilo, kristiansand, norway
    • i feel, for now, amos rex, helsinki, finland
  • 2023
    • art in space, space in art, sara hildén art museum, tampere, finland
  • 2021
    • ink dreams, los angeles county museum of art, lacma, los angeles, ca, united states
  • 2019
    • finnish aalto, busan museum of art, busan, south korea
  • 2017
    • real celebration!, rovaniemi art museum, rovaniemi, finland
    • kreis, kugel, scheibe, edition & galerie hoffmann, friedberg, germany
    • dreamaholic, weserburg: museum of modern art, bremen, germany
  • 2014
    • sumarsýning, hverfisgalleri, reykjavik, iceland
    • les nordiques, galerie denise rené, paris, france
  • 2011
    • momentum 2011, 6th nordic biennial of contemporary art, momentum kunsthall, moss, norway
  • 2010
    • mirrors of continuous changes,, taekwang industrial, seoul, south korea
    • nordic art triennial, eskilstuna art museum, eskilstuna, sweden
  • 2009
    • entwicklungen, edition & galerie hoffmann, friedberg, germany
  • 2007
    • hand & fuß und andere geheimnisse, edition & galerie hoffmann, friedberg, germany
  • 2004
    • turhat pojat, lönnström art museum, rauma, finland
  • 2003
    • hommage to the square, edition & galerie hoffmann, friedberg, germany
    • turhat pojat, helsinki kunsthalle, helsinki, finland
    • europa konkret reduktiv, museum architektury, wrocław, poland
  • 2002
    • carnegie art award 2001, victoria miro gallery, london, united kingdom
  • 1994
    • projekt 30x30, wilhelm-hack-museum, ludwigshafen, germany
  • 1991
    • redukta, centrum sztuki współczesnej zamek ujazdowski, warsaw, poland
    • 3 konkreten, galerie garmer, gothenburg, sweden
  • 1990
    • vertical-diagonal-horizontal, kunsthaus hamburg, hamburg, germany
  • 1988
    • schneeschmelze, secession, vienna, austria
  • 1987
    • mathematik in der kunst der letzten dreissig jahre, wilhelm-hack-museum, ludwigshafen, germany
  • 1984
    • die sprache der geometrie, kunstmuseum bern, bern, switzerland
  • 1982
    • konstruktive kunst aus finnland, kunsthalle waaghaus, winterthur, switzerland
    • contemporary choice, serpentine gallery, london, united kingdom
  • 1979
    • finnish constructivism, the university of texas art museum, austin, tx, united states
    • 5 artists from today’s finland in japan, museum of modern art, kobe, japan
  • 1978
    • plus-minus, southampton art gallery, southampton, united kingdom
  • 1977
    • 200x200, stedelijk museum schiedam, schiedam, netherlands
  • 1975
    • finska idyller, nikolaj kirke, copenhagen, denmark
  • 1974
    • konstruktiv 74, moderna museet, stockholm, sweden

selected public collections

    • albertina, vienna, austria
    • amos anderson art museum, helsinki, finland
    • sammlung peter c. ruppert: konkrete kunst in europa nach 1945, museum im kulturspeicher, würzburg, germany
    • fondation ink collection, los angeles county museum of art, lacma, los angeles, ca, united states
    • forum konkrete kunst, erfurt, germany
    • gothenburg art museum, gothenburg, sweden
    • helsinki art museum, ham, helsinki, finland
    • josef albers museum quadrat bottrop, bottrop, germany
    • kajaani art museum, kajaani, finland
    • kiasma museum of contemporary art, helsinki, finland
    • malmö kunsthalle, malmö, sweden
    • moderna museet, stockholm, sweden
    • museum fur konkrete kunst ingoldstadt, ingolstadt, germany
    • museum ritter, waldenbuch, germany
    • muzeum sztuki w łodzi, lódź, poland
    • nylistasafn, reykjavik, iceland
    • the phillips collection, washington, d.c., united states
    • pori art museum, pori, finland
    • saastamoinen foundation, espoo museum of modern art, emma, espoo, finland
    • sara hildén museum, tampere, finland
    • stedelijk museum schiedam, schiedam, netherlands
    • turku art museum, turku, finland

education

  • 1968
    • diploma, academy of fine arts, uniarts helsinki, helsinki, finland
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supported by the federal minister for culture and media, neustart kultur and stiftung kunstfonds

Gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
Gefördert durch Neustart Kultur
Gefördert von der Stiftung Kunstfonds