Curriculum Vitae
Niko Luoma
Visual Artist
Helsinki, Finland / Trieste, Italy
www.nikoluoma.net | luoma@nikoluoma.net
Education
2003
MA, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland
1998
Studio Program Diploma (120 credits), School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
1995
Diploma (60 credits), New England School of Photography, Boston, MA, USA
Solo And Two-Person Exhibitions
2025
Conditionalities, with Raimo Utriainen, Emil Aaltonen Museum, Pyynikinlinna, Tampere, Finland
2024
Adagissimo, Galerie Punctum, Tallinn, Estonia
2023
Niko Luoma & Ola Kolehmainen, Gallery Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2022
Faith is a Blindspot of Permanence, with Timo Lassy, The Cube Media Space, Helsinki, Finland
2021
For Each Minute, Sixty-Five Seconds, Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
One of Many Epilogues, Gallery Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2020
New Works, Atlas Gallery, London, UK (online exhibition)
2018
Down the Impassible Rivers, Gallery Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Content is a Glimpse of Something, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany
Proximity, Gallery Bryce Wolkowitz, New York, USA
2017
Rhythm, Direction and Weight, Atlas Gallery, London, UK
2016
A Depth Immaculate, Gallery Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2015
Plane Adaption, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany
Temporal Matter, Atlas Gallery, London, UK
2014
Variations on a standard of space, Gallery Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Focus Finland, Gallery Taik Persons, ARCO Madrid, Spain
2013
No Debris, No Ruin, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany
Finnish Frame of Mind, with Arno Minkkinen, Gallery Valerie Bach, Brussels, Belgium
And Time Is No Longer an Obstacle, Gallery Bryce Wolkowitz, New York, USA
2012
Symmetrium, Gallery Nikolaus Ruzicska (studio), Salzburg, Austria
Symmetrium, ABC Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2011
Inauguration show, Gallery Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2010
Equations, Taik Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2009
Every Now Is a New Past, Gallery Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland
2007
Flatland, Gallery Haus Schneider / Uschi Kolb, Karlsruhe, Germany
2006
Valley of Dying Stars, with Gabriella Basch and Jukka Korkeila, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
One, individual, unconditional, irrelative, range of perception, future me, Gallery 14-1, Stuttgart, Germany
2005
Passage of Information, Gallery Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany
2004
New Works, Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki, Finland
Sights, Riihimäki Art Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
Sights, Gallery Häme, Lahti, Finland
2003
Memory Sights, Gallery SPHN, Berlin, Germany
Rodeo, Koe Tila, with Ville Härkönen, Helsinki, Finland
1999
2/Kaksi, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, Finland
1996
Square Notes, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, Finland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Constellation of Thoughts, Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
Archive Spotlight, Punctum, Tallinn, Estonia
2024
Atlas at 30, Atlas Gallery, London, UK
Constructivist art from Finland from the 1950s to the present day, works from Miettinen Collection, Sammlung Peters-Messer, Viersen, Germany
Images that falls from the sky, State Gallery of Art, Sopot, Poland
Tensional Integrities, Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Constellations, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2023
The Borders, Marc Minjauw Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Hyper Digital Forces, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Türkiye
A touch of playfulness, Stiftung Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, Germany
The Helsinki School Perspective, Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
The Borders, MOB Art Studio, Luxembourg
2022
A Time Has Line in It, Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
Morning Coffee on the Roof of a Town, Serlachius Museum, Mänttä, Finland
Winter Selection, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, USA
A Matter of Pure Form, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany
Unique, Atlas Gallery, London, UK
2021
Artsua Suomen Parhaassa Betonissa, Merihaka, Helsinki, Finland
Another Apocalypse Is Possible, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Türkiye
Helsinki School 25 years, New Perspectives in Photography, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
Brought to Light, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, USA
2020
20/20 Twenty Artworks Celebrating Twenty Years, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, USA
Abstrakte Kunst aus der Miettinen Collection, Miettinen Collection, Berlin, Germany
A Kiss Given by Time to Light, Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
2019
Abstractions, Persons Projects, Berlin, Germany
They are uttered and unfinished, all the loves in the world part II, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Türkiye
ATLAS Gallery 25 Years, Atlas Gallery, London, UK
They are uttered and unfinished, all the loves in the world, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Türkiye
2018
ISCP Fall Open Studios, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ich bin ein Riss, Ich will durch Wände gehen, works from the Miettinen Collection and Peter Messer Collection, Salon
Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany
Killing me softly /, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany
Color, Colour, Taarasti Kunsthalle, Finland
Toisto, Purnu Art Center, Finland
Kunst Prägt Geld, Burg Hasegg Münze Hall, Tirol, Austria
2017
Abstract! 100 Years of Abstract Photography, 1917–2017, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Finland at 100, Abecita Konst Museum, Borås, Sweden
Foto View: Finland, Landskrona Museum, Landskrona, Sweden
Sammlung Haupt (Berlin) / 30 Silberlinge – Kunst & Gelb, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
Dreamaholic: The Miettinen Collection, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
2016
Soirée Graphique No. 9 Norden, KOMET, Bern, Switzerland
Summer exhibition, Taidekeskus Taarasti, Nastola, Finland
Deck Voyage, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Türkiye
2015
I plunge into black holes and emerge intact, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany
2014
Celebrated, Atlas Gallery, London, UK
2013
Summer group exhibition, Gallery Bryce Wolkowitz, New York, USA
Portraying Visions, Entrepreneur 4.0 Award Exhibition, WITTENSTEIN Innovation Factory, Germany
ISCP Fall Open Studios, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Now and Then; The first five countries of the ECB’s exhibition series, ECB, Frankfurt, Germany
Money, Money, Money, Kunstforum, Halle, Germany
Joachim Bandau, Niko Luoma, David Shapiro, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
New Wave Finland, Scandinavia House, New York, USA
RED, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
2012
Helsinki Abstrakt, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2011
Sights Unseen, Gallery Bryce Wolkowitz, New York, USA
Helsinki School, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Segment #1A, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Türkiye
2010
Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
Seven Approaches, Gallery Bryce Wolkowitz, New York, USA
2008
Entre chien et loup, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Image and After, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2007
Photo Finnish, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
2006
Nordic Cut, Art Pavilion, Zagreb, Croatia
Helsinki School, Borås Art Museum, Borås, Sweden
2005
Helsinki School, Photology, Milan, Italy
The Helsinki School, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Contemporary Nordic Sculpture 1980–2005, Wanås, Knislinge, Sweden
Personally / The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
30 by taik, The Helsinki School, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Public Collections
Aalto University Foundation
Ars Fennica Foundation
AXA Collection
Borusan Collection
Collection Meeschaert
The National Museum of Photography, Denmark
European Central Bank Collection
EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art
Finnish State Art Collection
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Haupt Collection
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Kouri Collection
Kunsthalle Weishaupt
Miettinen Collection
Nelimarkka Foundation
Emil Aaltonen Museum, Pyynikinlinna
Riihimäki Art Museum
Rovaniemi Art Museum
Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection
Serlachius Museums
Sir Elton John Collection
Statens konstråd, Sweden
The Wharf Collection
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection
Wanås Foundation
Public Commissions and Works in Public Spaces
2020 Louis Vuitton, Dubai
2019 Louis Vuitton, 5th Avenue, New York, USA
2015 Embassy of United States, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Malmi Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Consulate General of Finland, St. Petersburg, Russia
Artist-in-Residence
2018 ISCP, Alumni Residence, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2013 ISCP, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2010 Finnish Cultural Institute in New York Artist Residency, New York, USA
2006 SPHN, Berlin, Germany
2005 SPHN, Berlin, Germany
Selected Art Fairs
2000–2026
Participation in 117 international art fairs represented by galleries.
Paris Photo (21), Photo London (11), ARCO Madrid (10), AIPAD New York (9), Vienna Contemporary (8), Berlin Art Forum (8), CHART Copenhagen (7), Artissima Torino (5), Art Basel Hong Kong (5), Art Düsseldorf (4), The Armory Show New York (3).
Other fairs include Art Brussels, Arte Fiera Bologna, Stockholm Art Fair, Art Miami, Photofairs Shanghai and New York, Photo Basel, Expo Chicago, Unseen Amsterdam, Art Cologne, KIAF Seoul, Art Monte-Carlo, Art Genève, Cape Town Art Fair and Art Moscow.
Publications
Monographs
2021 Niko Luoma: For Each Minute, Sixty-Five Seconds, Hatje Cantz, 192 pp.
2012 Niko Luoma: And Time Is No Longer an Obstacle, Hatje Cantz, 136 pp.
Selected exhibition publications and catalogues
2025 Niko Luoma & Raimo Utriainen, Conditionalities, Raimo Utriainen Foundation, 35 pp.
2024 Niko Luoma: Adagissimo, Printon, 48 pp., edition of 100
2024 Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection
2022 A Matter of Pure Form. Constructivist – Concrete Art from Weishaupt Collection
2019 The Helsinki School; The Nature of Being, Vol. 6.
2017 Paris Photo by Karl Lagerfeld, Steidl, 232 pages
2017 Foto View: Finland, Landskrona Museum
2014 The Helsinki School; From the past to the future, Vol. 5. p 106-113
Entrepreneur 4.0 Award Exhibition Catalogue, WITTENSTEIN Innovation Factory, Wittenstein
2012 Niko Luoma: And Time Is No Longer An Obstacle, Hatje Cantz, 136 pages
The Wharf Art Collection, p.214-215
2010 The Helsinki School, Daegu Photo Biennale 2010, p 78-83
2008 Entre chien et loup, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, p 13, 26-27, 65
Image and After, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, p 77, 80, 86
2007 The Helsinki School, New Photography from Taik, Hatje Cantz, p74-79
2006 The Helsinki school, Photogarphy by Taik, Hatje Cantz, p 63-67
Artists Books
2013 One Minute in Grand Central Terminal, hand-bound A4 book, 36 pp., edition of 10
2012 Permutations, hand-bound A4 book, 24 pp., edition of 25
Grants And Awards
2020
Finnish Cultural Foundation, one-year working grant
2018
ISCP Alumni Residency, New York / Alfred Kordelin Foundation, two-month working grant
2017
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, quality support
2014
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, one-year working grant
2013
ISCP, New York / Alfred Kordelin Foundation, six-month working grant
William Thuring Award
2012
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Regional Fund, project grant
2011
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, project grant
Art Council of Finland, project grant
Frame, project grant
2010
Finnish Cultural Institute in New York
Finnish Cultural Foundation, artistic work and photography book
2009
Arts Council of Finland, one-year working grant
2008
Arts Council of Finland, six-month working grant
2006
Arts Council of Finland, visual artists’ grant
2005
Finnish Cultural Foundation, grant
2004
Finnish Cultural Foundation, six-month working grant
2003
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Regional Fund, grant
2001
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, project grant
2000
University of Art and Design Helsinki, project grant
1997
St. Botolph Club Foundation, project grant
Finlandia Foundation, project grant
Selected Professional Activities
2026 Jury member, Emerging exhibition, Fotografiska
2023 Jury member, The Most Beautiful Photo Book of Finland competition
2018—2025 Board member, Jouko Lehtola Foundation
2018 International artistic collaboration, UNIQLO Global / SPRZ NY
2005— Member, Union of Artist Photographers Finland