Born 1976 in Finland. Lives and works in Finland.
Education / Residencies
2013 – 2016 / Villa Snäcksund Residency Program, Pro Artibus, Ekenäs, Finland
2007 / Centre d´Art i Natura, Farerra, Catalonia, Spain
1997 – 2000 / BA Fine Art ( Hons ), Goldsmiths College, London
1995 – 1997 / The Nordic School of Art, Kokkola, Finland
Solo Shows
2023
417.5 ppm, Galleria Heino, Helsinki
Nothing is made, nothing disappears, Poikilo Museum, Kouvola
2019
Stories make worlds / Worlds make stories, Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2017
Uncanny Valley, Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2016
Ti-La, Jyväskylä, Finland
Showroom Berliini, Berlin, Germany
Long Player, Format, Malmö, Sweden
2015
Long Player, Sinne, Helsinki, Finland
2014
Natural High Frequency, Galleria Heino, Finland
2011
New to nature, Rokeby gallery, London UK
2010
Geometry of Place / Obstucted Views, Hippolyte Galleria, Helsinki, Finland
2008
Structures for the Unseen, Spacex, Exeter, UK
Axel Antas, Heino Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Axel Antas, Rokeby gallery, London UK
2007
Invention of solitude, HIAP project room, Helsinki, Finland
2006
Nature of things, Rokeby Gallery, London, UK
2005
Interventions, Galleria Heino, Helsinki, Finland
2004
Drawings, photographs and video, Galleria Heino, Helsinki, Finland
2003
vast, Senko Studio, Denmark
2001
Breathing Himself Invisible, e1 Gallery, London
Silent conversations, Kuvataideakatemian Galleria, Helsinki
2000
while we sleep, Economist, London
The Acrobat, Kari Kenetti Galleria / Project space, Helsinki, Finland
1998
transient, Studio Mezzo, Helsinki, Finland
Selected Group Shows
2024
Maailman menoa – Teoksia Jenny ja Antti Wihurin rahaston kokoelmasta, Kulttuuritalo Korundi, Kulttuuritalo Korundi, Rovaniemi
2022
Nested realities ACT I&II, Elverket, Ekenäs, Finland
ABC Collection, Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2021
A I S T I T / coming to our senses, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
When our eyes touch, Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France
When our eyes touch, Institut finlandais, Paris, France
Winter collection, Galleria Heino, Helsinki, Finland
ABC collection, Galleria Heino, Helsinki, Finland
2020
On behalf of nature, Poikilo Museum, Kouvola, Finland
2019
North Coast Art Triennial, Gribskov, Denmark
Photo Basel, SwitzerlandSolo project with Galleria Heino
Chart Art fair, Solo project with Galleria Heino, Copenhagen Denmark
2018
People in focus / Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland
In the crescent of truth / Kingsgate Project space, London
Photo Basel / with Galleria Heino, Basel, Switzerland
2017
Green Land – Blooming City / Kerava Art Museum Sinkka, Kerava, Finland
Extension.fi / Victoria Gallery, Samara, Russia
Extension.fi / Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2016
From Heino With Love / HAM / Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
Alchemy Film festival / Hawick / Scotland
Vienna Contemporary / Vienna / Austri
2014
Sato – Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Sibbo, Finland
Lokal Sato – Lokal, Helsinki, Finland
2013
The 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Force of Nature: Picturing Ruskin’s Landscape, Millennium Gallery, Museums Sheffield, UK
Malin Alhsved / Axel Antas, Elverket, Ekenäs, Finland
2012
Dark Hours | Fixed Space, & Abet, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK
Unseen Art Fair, Amsterdam
Solo Presentation – MARKET Art Fair / Galleria Heino, Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
2011
Reflective Shadow, Ordrupgaard Muesum, Copehangen, Denmark
In Arcadia, IMT Gallery, London, UK
The Drawing Room, London, UK
2010
(Un) Balance, Z33, Hasselt, The Netherlands
Synligt – Osynligt, Rackstad museet, Arvika, Sweden
Les nuages… -bas… les merveilleux nuages, Musee Malraux, Le Havre, France
2008
There Is No Road, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijon, Spain
Space Now, The Triangle, London, UK
This is Nowhere, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK
The Drawing Room, London, UK
Art Copenhagen 2008, Forum Copenhagen, Denmark
Fruehsorge contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Illy Prize, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Holland
2007
Nieuwe Collectie, City of Lier, Belgium
Bird Watching: Birds in Contemporary Art, De Vishal exhibition centre, Haarlem, Netherlands
Aurora, Norwich Arts Center, Norwich, UK
Wood for the Trees and Falling Leaves, Gimpel Fils, London, UK
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006 mac, Birmingham, UK, Bury St Edmunds Gallery, Suffolk, UK, DLI Museum & Durham Art Gallery, Durham, UK, Bay Art, Cardiff, UK
2006
Anatomy of Desire, Enconsta Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006, Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham, UK
Focus Finland, Carmelitas Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006, Jerwood Space, London
Statment, Paris Photo, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
Plug, White Space, County Hall, London UK
Naturally! Mogadishni, Copenhagen, Denmark
Divergent Gazes, Mutual apropriations, Encosta Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
PodArt II, 31Grand Gallery, New York
Loop 06, Galería dels Angels, Barcelona, Spain
2005
Treescapes, En Línea ( Córcega 284), Barcelona
The Unlimited Dream Company, Bisquit Factory, Newcastle, UK
Vadenspejl, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Instant of my Death, Galeria dels Angels, Curated by Hannah Collins, Barcelona
Under your skin, Curated by Raul Zamudio, White Box, New York
View 2005, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
The White Station, Pumphouse Gallery, London, UK
2003
I Want, I want!, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland &Towner Art Gallery
Video screening, 291 Gallery, London
Prospects 2003, The old truman brewery, London
Platform for Art, London
Video screening, The Kiosk Project, London
Recent work, Axel Antas & Micahel Samuels, Pumphouse Gallery, London
2002
RAPT, Prenelle Gallery, London
I Did it my way, Prenelle Gallery, London
Finnish video art, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Latest Group Show, e1 Gallery, London
Exile, Rum 64, Aarhus, Denmark
2001
Video screening at Lux, London
Video screening at Gallery Westland Place, London
Location, group show at Trinity Boye Wharf, London
London Art Fair 2001
2000
Holland Animation Film Festival
Still, still moving, two mans show at Artspace Peblinc, Copenhagen
Assembly, London
Shotgun, Video screening at Artspace Peblinc, Copenhagen
The Rest of the story, Chelsea College of Art 7 Design, London
Krok, animation festival, Moscow, Russia
Deptford X, London
Goldsmiths Degree Show, London
Self-Service, Five Years, London
Prizes
2012 William Thuring Prize, The Finnish Art Association
2006 Jerwood Drawing Prize shortlist
2004 Stina Kroks Stiftelsen.
Public Collections
Helsinki City Art Museum
Heino Art Foundation
Houthoff Buruma, Netherlands
Kiasma
Kouvola City
Pro Artibus
Saastamoinen Foundation
Wihurin säätiö
Publications
A I S T I T / coming to our senses, 2021, ISBN 978-952-7222-14-0
Natural High Frequency, 2014, ISBN 978-952-5636-29-1
There Is No Road, Exhibition catalogue, 2009, ISBN-13: 978-84-612-9263-9
Nowhere is Here, The Drawing Room, Exhibition catalogue, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9558299-0-1
Synligt – Osynligt, 2008 ISBN: 978-952-99875-2-8
Landscape, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007, Exhibition catalogue
Face (The new photographic portrait) Thames & Hudson, London, 2006
Interventions, Axel Antas, Publication catalogue, 2005, ISBN: 952-5636-01-1
Axel Antas & Michael Samuels Selected work, 2003, Pumphouse Gallery