Eric Hynynen
EDUCATION
2020 Artsource Mentorship with Sandra Murray, Perth, Western Australia
2009 Master of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
1999 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art), Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia
REPRESENTATION
Stala Contemporary, Perth, Western Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Nature of The Beast, Stala Contemporary, Perth, Western Australia
2021 Nothing in Between, Kolbusz Space, Perth, Western Australia
2015 Systematically Conditioned, PS Artspace, Fremantle, Western Australia
2011 Vanitas, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki
Lunch, MUU Gallery Studio, Helsinki
2009 Office, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2006 The New Icons, Kurb Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Small – a group exhibition, Stala Contemporary, Perth, Western Australia
Royal Art Prize 2024, Wilkinson Gallery, Claremont, Western Australia (finalist)
Remagine Art Prize 2024, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, Australia (honourable mention)
2023 Dirt, Stala Contemporary, Perth, Western Australia
City of Wanneroo Art Awards, Western Australia (winner best painting)
Winter Salon, Stala Contemporary, Perth, Western Australia
2022 Ensemble, Stala Contemporary, Perth, Western Australia
2021 Expander (Colour) - Stala Contemporary, Perth, Western Australia
In Our Nature, Lost Eden Creative, Dwellingup, Western Australia
2020 Art Mart, Kolbusz Space, Perth, Western Australia
2019 Scene, Nyisztor Studio, Perth, Western Australia
Artsource Salon: Now!, Fremantle, Western Australia
Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Melbourne, Australia
CYT Experimental Art Event, Perth, Western Australia
2018 Town of Bassendean Art Awards, Western Australia (highly commended)
2017 City of Wanneroo Art Awards, Western Australia (winner best painting)
The Bald Archies, touring exhibition Australia (finalist)
2016 Minnawarra Art Awards, Western Australia (winner of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Acquisition Award)
2015 Pulped Fictions - Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury, Western Australia
2014 Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Melbourne, Australia
New Perspectives, Blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup, Western Australia
2013 City of Melville Art Awards, Western Australia (winner best oil painting)
Memento Mori, Project Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012 The Snowball Effect: North Finland Biennial, Oulu Museum of Art, Finland
Ghost Lights '12: New Nordic Media Art, Malmitalo, Helsinki
2011 Celeste Prize Finalist Exhibition, New York
Madatac III, Contemporary AV Arts Festival, Madrid, Spain
LSD Skull, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Zeitgeist, The Archetype Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 Ars Auttoinen, Auttoinen, Finland
Factory Superstars, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Artists 2010, TR1, Tampere , Finland
Haihara 10, invitational exhibition, Haihara Art Centre, Tampere, Finland
2009 Never To Retire, Vantaa Art Museum, Finland
KuvAn Kevät 2009, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Graduate Show, Helsinki
2008 Lens Politica, Public Art Intervention, Helsinki
Alternative Party, New Media Art Exhibition, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Master Class, FAFA Gallery, Helsinki
2007 Still Moving, Photography Show, Galleria Välivuosi, Helsinki
1999 Edith Cowan Graduation Show, Perth, Western Australia
VIDEO SCREENINGS
2020 UNCG International Sustainability Short Films Competition, U.S.A. (3rd prize winner)
Atrabilious Amsterdam Experimental Film Festival, Holland
2013 Fear, Project Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Australian International Experimental Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Filmverkstaden, Vaasa, Finland
2012 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival - Czech (nominated for best Fantasy film)
The 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany
Signes du Nuit, Paris, France
Manipulated Image #1, Örebro, Vetlanda Museum, Sweden, Reykjavik, Festival Miden, Greece
Trash & Underground Film Festival, Tampere, Finland
100 International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
2011 Videoholica, Varna, Bulgaria
Toronto Urban Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Video Spinning Top, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Azyl 2011, Slovakia
60 Seconds Short Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Arktista Vimmaa, Rovaniemi, Finland
Doc Lounge, Helsinki, Finland
Filminute International Film Festival, online, (finalist)
Love & Anarchy 2010 (Helsinki International Film Festival), Helsinki, Finland
One Minute Film and video festival, Aarau, Switzerland
Crominute, Croatian One Minute Video Festival, Croatia
For Fun, Art on the Silver Screen, Helsinki
2009 Fox Off Short Film Festival, Helsinki
GIGUK Video Art Festival, Geiben, Germany (Winner of competition series)
RESIDENCIES
2015 City of Joondalup Inside Out Billboard commission, Joondalup, Western Australia
2010 Artists Residency, Kökar, Finland
2009 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Residency, Utö, Finland
2009 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Residency, Berlin
BIBLIOGRAHY
Caroline Roberts and Angus Hyland, “The Book of the Raven”. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2021.
Angus Hyland and Kendra Wilson, “The Book of the Bird”. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2016.