HENRIKA LAX
Date of Birth 15.11.1971, Helsinki, Finland
Active in Helsinki and on Åland
www.henrikalax.fi
henrikalax@gmail.com
STUDIES AND DEGREES
- Master of Art 2002, University of Art and Design Helsinki, the Department of Art (2000-2002)
- Master of Art 1997, University of Helsinki (1991-1997), main subjects Nordic literature and women’s studies
- 1997 Fine Artist, Diploma in Visual Arts, Free Art School Helsinki (1993-1997)
- Post graduate certificate of education 2004, Open University, Helsinki
INDIVIDUAL/EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITIONS
- Nurmijärven kulttuuritalo 2009
- “Motus” Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn 2008
- “Motus” Gallery Uusitalo Helsinki 2007
- Ålands lagting, Mariehamn 2006
- ”Praesens”, Bruxelles 2005
- ”Departure”, Gallery Uusitalo Helsinki 2004
- “In memoriam” Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn 2003
- “In memoriam”, invited artist by the Paulo foundation, the Academy of Fine Art´s Gallery Helsinki 2003
- The Town Hall Gallery, Hankoo 2002
- the Cable Gallery, Helsinki 2002
- the Atski Gallery, Helsinki 2002
- the Bengeldorff Gallery, Helsinki 2000
- the Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn 2000
- the Cable Gallery, Helsinki 1999
- the Åland Institute of Health, Mariehamn 1998
- the Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn 1997
- the Gallery Bagarstugan, Mariehamn 1995
- the Library of Godby, Åland 1994
GROUP- AND SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- Tali manor, Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki 2009
- Billnäs, Gallery Uusitalo 2009
- arthelsinki.com, art fair wanha satama, 17-19.-08 Helsinki
- Union of Finnish Art Association “minimi” Kokkola Art Museum 2007
- groupexhibition in Gallery Uusitalo 2007
- groupexhibition in Varkaus museum 2007
- groupexhibition 8 knots, Porvoo Art Gallery 2007
- groupexhibition 8 knots in Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki 2007
- konstmässan I Sollentuna, Sollentuna EXPO center Sweden 2007
- groupexhibition, STOA, Helsinki 2006
- groupexhibition CAVA, Tahkovuori 2006
- groupexhibition Sovintolan Kesägalleria, Kesälahti 2006
- “Invisibility”, Frederiks bastion, Copenhagen Denmark 2006
- “Invisibility”, the Faroe Islands 2006
- “Invisibility”, Greenland Nuuk 2005
- “Invisibility”, Iceland, Reykjavik 2005
- “Fear”, Poriginal, Pori 2005
- “Snowstorm”, happening Helsinki 15.12.2005
- “Line”, performance, Helsinki 25.11.2005
- “Praesens”, invited artist, Salmela Art Centre, Mäntyharju 2005
- “Invisibility”, the Åland Art Museum, Mariehamn 2005
- Konstmässan i Sollentuna, Sollentuna EXPO center, Sollentuna 2005
- “Fear”, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki 2005
- Union of Finnish Art Association, 66th annual exhibition, Rovaniemi Art Museum 2005
- “Black and White”, Performance, Cecilia and Gustav Ceder workshop, Eckerö post- och tullhus, Åland 2004
- Union of Finnish Art Association, 65th annual exhibition, Varkaus Art Museum 2005
- Forum Box, MA exhibition by UIAH, Helsinki 2002
- Åland Art Association annual exhibition, Åland Art Museum, Mariehamn 2002
- “Kohtaamispaikka”, the Cylinder Room of the Cable Factory, Helsinki 2002
- “Viivasta voimaa”, the Hospital of Jorv, Espoo 2002
- Lume Media Centre, Helsinki 2002
- “Open”, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki 2001
- “The Art of Analyste”, the Cable Factory, Helsinki 2001
- Gallery Nevograf, St Petersburg 2000
- “Contrast”, Young Artists’ exhibition, Åland Art Museum, Mariehamn 2000
- Ulaani Gallery, Helsinki 1999
- “Art Farm”, Kastelholm, Åland 1999
- “den åländska kvinnan”, Eckerö post- och tullhus, Åland 1997
- “Riitelijät”, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki 1997
- the event “Folkens dag”, 6.8.1995, Stockholm 1995
- Young Artists exhibition, the Helsinki Art Gallery 1995
FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
- exclusive exhibition in Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki 2009
- participating in Magdalena Åberg art project Helsinki
SCHOLARSHIPS
Swedish Cultural foundation 2009, Föreningen Konstsamfundet 2008, Oscar Öflund Foundation 2008, Swedish Cultural Foundation 2008, The Nygréns Foundation 2008, Finnish Cultural Foundation 2007, Oscar Öflund Foundation 2007, Konstsamfundet 2007, Arts Council of Finland 2007, Helene och Walter Grönqvists Foundation 2006, Swedish Cultural Foundation 2006, Oscar Öflund Foundation 2006, Föreningen Konstsamfundet 2006, sleipnir 2005, Stina Krooks Foundation 2005, the Arts Council of Uudenmaa 2005, the Nordic Institute on Åland 2005, Arts Council of Finland 2005, the Arts Council of Uudenmaa 2005, Arts Council of Finland 2004, Swedish Cultural Foundation 2004, The Nygréns Foundation 2004, Föreningen Konstsamfundet rf 2004, Föreningen Konstsamfundet rf 2003, Town of Mariehamn 2003, Finnish Cultural Foundation 2003, The Paulo Foundation 2003, Swedish Cultural Foundation 2002, Föreningen Konstsamfundet rf 2002, Oskar Öflund Foundation 2001, Swedish Cultural Foundation 2001, Finnish Cultural Foundation 2001, Arts Council of Finland 2000, Swedish Cultural Foundation 1998, Föreningen Konstsamfundet rf 1998, Swedish Cultural Foundation 1997
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Yliopiston apteekki 2008, The city of Mariehamn 2008, Finnish Art Council 2007, Amos Anderson 2007, Elintarviketeollisuusliitto 2005, the city of Mariehamn 2005, the city of Helsinki 2005, VR 2004, The Paulo Foundation 2003, 2005, the Proartibus foundation 1998, 2003, the city of Mariehamn 2000, the city of Espoo 1999
ILLUSTRATIONS
- Holger Weiss, Between Accomodation and Revivalism: Muslims, the State and Society in Ghana From the Precolonial to the Postcolonial Era, Åbo Akademi University and University of Helsinki
- the cover to Katarina Gäddnäs Vitbok, Schildts 2007
- Ålandsposten filateli, “Women´s suffrage in Finland 100 Years, Stamp, FDC, Cancel, Collector´s sheet, design Henrika Lax, Date of Issue 8.3.2006
- the cover to Holger Weiss, Obligatory Almsgiving:An Inquiry into Zakat in the Pre-Colonial Bilad al-Sudan, Helsinki: Finnish Oriental Society (Studia Orientalia 96), 2003 (ISBN 951-9380-56-6)
- the cover and illustrations to an anthology in Swedish of women’s literature, Men det var hennes kläder, nedslag i den samtida svenskspråkiga kvinnolitteraturen, ed. Paqvalén&Strandén, Söderströms 2002
- the cover and illustrations to the book Minorities and Women, the Åland Islands Peace Institute 1998
TEXTS
- essay “Av jord är du kommen” in Rapport från planet mamma, Söderströms 2004
- University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, the Department of Art 2002 Måleriet som metafor för tid, minne och tillblivelse I människan. Processer och berättelser
- University of Helsinki 1997 Det ambivalenta jaget. Fredrika Runebergs självbiografiska verk
- Exhibitiontexts: ”Post” 2009, “Motus” 2007, Porträtt av Margareta Pietikäinen 2007, “Självporträtt på resa” 2007 “Resan” 2006, “Praesens” 2005, “Departure” 2004, “Diary” 2004, ”In memoriam” 2003, “Painting as a metaphor for time, memory and birth in the human being. Processes and narratives. 2002, ”Mother” 1999, ”Jouissance” 1997, ”Mirror” 1995,
EDUCATIONAL WORK
- Hanko summeruniversity 2008-09, Axxell 2008-09, private tutoring 2002, 2004, 2007-2009, Helsingfors arbetarinstitut 2004-2009, Esbo arbetarinstitut 2004-2005, The University of Art and Design Helsinki 2002, Free Art School Helsinki 2002, private tutoring 2001-2004, Mattlidens högstadium (elementary school) 2000, Sökövikens högstadium (elementary school) 1999, Gymnasiet Lärkan (secondary school) 1990-1991, Munksnäs högstadium (elementary school) 1990-1991
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS
- portrait of Margareta Pietikäinen 2007, member of the board of the Free Art School 2004-2005, member of the jury of the Finnish artists exhibition, arranged by the Artist Association of Finland, Portreait of Margareta Pietikäinen
PARTNERS
- Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki
MEMBERSHIPS
- member of the Painter’s Association in Finland
