Miklos Gaál

Biography

1974

Born in Espoo, Finland

1999-2004

University of Art and Design Helsinki, Department of photography, studies for Master of Arts

1997-1998

Högskolan för Fotografi och Film, Gothenburg, Sweden

1995-1999

University of Art and Design Helsinki, Department of graphic design, studies for Bachelor of Arts

1993-1995

Borgå hantverks- och konstindustriskola, Porvoo, Finland

Solo Exhibitions

2006

• 'Out of the Camera. Analoge Fotografie im Digitalen Zeitalter' (G) Bielefelder Kunstverein, Germany
• Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, Canada
• 'Sightseeing Tour' (S), Kunsthalle, Erfurt, Germany
• 'Kunstraum München' Soloshow, Munich, Germany
• 'reGeneratio. 50 Photographers of Tomorrow' (G) Aperture, New York, USA
• 'The Faraway Nerby : Multimedia Show from Finland' White Box, New York, USA

2005

• 'Sightseeing Tour' Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany
• 'New Works'Gaerie sphn (Herrmann & Wagner), Berlin, Germany
• 'Hyppolyte Photographic Gallery' Helsinki, Finland
• 'Populaaria triviaa' Galleria Titanik, Turku, Finland

2004

• 'Imitation of Life', Scalodieci, Milano, Italy
• 'Imitation of Life', Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany
• 'Imitation of Life', Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
• 'Imitation of Life', Mikkeli Photographic Centre, Finland
• 'Imitation of Life', Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

2003

• 'Imitation of Life', Chiasso, Switzerland

2001

• 'Imitation of Life', Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

1999

• 'Ideal', University of Fine Arts Gallery (with Kim Simonsson), Helsinki, Finland

1998

• 'Vardag om natten', City Museum, Böteburg, Sweden

Group Exhibitions

2006

• 'Arbeitsplätze/Work Place, Europäischer Architekturphotographie-Preis 2005', vhs-Photogalerie Stuttgart, Germany
• 'post_modellismus', Kunsthalle Bergen, Norway
• 'Fictions abound' (G) Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Great Britain
• 'PEACE gerollt - euroPART : Aktuelle Kunst aus Europa' (G) öffentlicher raum, Wien, Austria

2005

• 'Kidding: Children and Childhood in Contemporary Art', Les Cultural Foundation, New York, USA
• 'I like the guy...I think I'll let him sell some of my work', Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, Canada
• 'post_modellisum Krinzinger Projekte Vienna, Austria', The Helsinki School, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
• 'Prague Biennale', Prague, Czech Republic
• 'ReGeneration - 50 Photographers of tomorrow : 2005-2025', Musée de l’Éysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
• 'Heavy Snowflakes', Museo se Arte de Lima, Peru
• 'What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art', Pori, Finland
• 'Zwei Positionen zeitgenössischer Fotografie', Kunstalle Tüblingen, Tübingen, Germany
• 'Believe it or not, Kunstraum Bethanien', Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
• 'What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art', Tallinna Kunstihoone, Tallin, Estland
• '30 by TaiK - The Helsinki School', Suomen valokuvataiteen museo, Helsinki, Finland
• 'What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art', Former House of the City Council, Riga, Latvia
• 'The Helsinki School', Museet for Fotokunst - Brandts Kldœdefabrik, Odense, Denmark
• Heavy Snowflakes, Exteresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
• Model and Emotion, Ars Baltica exhibition of photographic art, Hanse Office, Brussels, Belgium
• 'The Helsinki School - Photography by TaiK', Gallery TaiK c/o Maxwell, Berlin, Germany
• 'Quand la photo fait son cinéma', Galerie Photo du Pòle Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
• 'Heavy Snowflakes', Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
• 'What is Important?' 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, SMC Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania

2003

• 'Quand la photo fait son cinéma', Usine Corot, Galerie Nathalie Parientè, Paris, France
• 'Fünf Positionen finnischer Fotografie', Kunstverein Arnsberg; Kunstverein, Schwerte, Germany
• 'ParisHelsinkiShanghai' - 6 finnische Fotografen, Marseille, France
• 'What is Important?' 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art: Stadtgalerie, Kiel, Germany
• 'Other Sight', National Center of Photography of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia

2002

• 'Korrelationen', Fotagalerie Wien, Austria
• 'Symptomania', Kunsthalle Lophem, Brügge, Belgium
• 'Masters of Art', Suomen Valokuvataiteen Museo, Helsinki, Finland

2001

• 'Kollisionen', Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
• '6' Internationale Fototage, Herten, Germany

2000

• 'sic', Kulturzentrum Västeras, Sweden
• Lebegés - Floating, Hungarian Center for Commerce and Science, Helsinki, Finland

1999

• Ideal, University of Arts Helsinki (with Kim Simonsson), Finland

Television Reports

2004

• Stadtradio Göttingen, 'die akustische vernissage'

2003

• ARTE (Metropolis), Sabine Willkop

Works in Public and Compay Collections

• Red Bull, Austria
• Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
• Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland
• Saastamoisen Säätiö Foundation, Finland
• FNAC, Paris, France
• Sammlung DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
• Rectus AG, Collection Peter Klein, Germany
• Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
• Uppsala Konstmuseet, Sweden
• Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Calder Foundation, New York, USA
• Microsoft Collection, Seattle, USA

Private Collection

• Austria, Finland, France, Sweden, USA, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Switzerland

Grants and Awards

2005

• Arts Council of Finland, 1-year artist grant
• Swedish Cultural Foundation of Finland, exhibition grant
• Arts Council of Finland, exhibition grant
• Arts Council of Finland
• Svenska kulturfonden
• European Prize of Architectural Photography, finalist
• Galerie papers 15 years contest, 1st prize

2004

• Oskar Öflund foundation
• The Finnish Cultural Foundation
• Arts Council of Finland
• Arts Council of Uusimaa
• Central Comittee of Art
• Crimson fotografifond, Sweden
• Culture foundation for Sweden and Finland
• The Finnish Cultural Foundation
• Finnish Foundation for the Visual Arts
• FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
• Nordic Council & Council of Ministers
• Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, University of Art & Design Helsinki
• Wihuri Foundation

2003

• Catalogue grant by FRAME

2001

• University of Arts and Design, Helsinki, exhibition grant
• Arts Council of Uusimaa, exhibition grant
• Wihuri Foundation, exhibition grant

2000

• Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, travel grant

1999

• Arts Council of Finland, work grant

1998

• Crimson, exhibition grant, Sweden

1997

• Nordplus