BIO
Sami Parkkinen (b. 1974) is a Finnish photographer. He employs photography and sculpture to investigate the human consciousness and the need to rebuild society. Since 2009, he has exhibited at a number of museums and galleries, including The National Museum of Finland (2021), Finnish Museum of Photography (2010), The National Portrait Gallery, London (2015), and Circulation(s) – Festival de la Jeune Photographie Européenne, Paris (2016). His works are also held by notable public and private collections.
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Sami Parkkinen (b. 1974)
tel / +358 50 379 3579
e-mail: sp@samiparkkinen.com
Instagram / @samiparkkinenstudios
Copyright © 2010 – 2025 Sami Parkkinen Photography.
All rights reserved.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS ( 2010-2025)
2025 ATLANTA ART FAIR, Atlanta, USA Represented by Momentum fine art
2025 GALLERY HEINO, Helsinki Finland
2024 JOENSUU ART MUSEUM Joensuu Finland
2023 GALLERY HEINO, Helsinki, Finland
2021 THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINLAND,, Helsinki, Finland
2020 MARKET ART FAIR, Stockholm, Sweden Represented by Gallery Heino
2019 GALLERY HEINO, Helsinki, Finland
2018 UNSEEN AMSTERDAM, Represented by Gallery Vasli Souza
2018 PHOTO BASEL, Reprensent by Gallery Heino
2017 HEAD ON PHOTO FESTIVAL, Museum of Sydney, Sydney Australia
2017 BACKLIGHT PHOTO FESTIVAL, Tampere, Finland
2017 MEKEN / Identity, Smedjebacken, Sweden
2017 ZWISCHEN LIGHT UND DUNKELHEIT, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
2017 NORTHERN PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTRE, Oulu, Finland
2017 GALLERY HEINO Helsinki, Finland
2017 GALLERY VASLI SOUZA, Malmö, Sweden
2017 FINLAND INSTITUT, Berlin, Germany
2016 CIRCULATION(S) Centquatre, Paris, France
2015 PORTRAIT NOW! Museum of National History, Fredriksborg castle, Denmark
2015 NEW NARRATIVE AND READER Bury art Museum, England
2014 TAYLOR WESSING PORTRAIT PRIZE National Portrait gallery, London, England
2014 NATURE AND MORE, Rostock kunsthalle, Germany
2013 DREAMS OF SOMETHING BETTER, Anna Akhmatova museum, St Petersburg, Russia
2012 DREAMS OF SOMETHING BETTER, Taidehalli / Kusthalle, Helsinki Finland
2010 PARADIS Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki Finland
2009 PLATFORM 09 Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Kiasma Museum of Modern Art, FI
Finnish national collections, FI
Finnish Museum of Photography, FI
Skåne region art collections, SWE
Serlachius Museum, FI
Joensuu Art Museum, FI
Heino collections, FI
Handelsbankens konstförening SWE
Jenny & Antti Wihuri Foundation FI
Private collections.
GRANTS
2022 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2019 Art counsil Finland
2017 Art counsil Finland
2017 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2015 Art counsil Finland
2013 Frame Visual Art Finland
2012 Art counsil Finland
2011 Patricia Seppälä Foundation
2010 Art counsil Finland
COMMISSIONED WORK
DIE ZEIT, FUTURZWEI, SOSTE, HESINGIN SANOMAT, SUOMEN KUVALEHTI, LAPSEN MAAILMA, RIIHIMÄKI ART MUSEUM.
Copyright © 2010 – 2022 Sami Parkkinen Photography.
All rights reserved.