Eric Hynynen
Email: eric.hynynen@gmail.com
Represented in Western Australia by Stala Contemporary
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Fine Arts - Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 2009
Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art) - Edith Cowan University, Perth 1999
Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health) - Curtin University of Technology, Perth 1992
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Nature of the Beast - STALA Contemporary, Perth 2022
Nothing In Between - Kolbusz Space, Perth 2021
Systematically Conditioned - PS Artspace, Fremantle 2015
Vanitas - Galleria Huuto, Helsinki 2011
Lunch - MUU Gallery Studio, Helsinki 2011
Office - Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 2009
The New Icons - Kurb Gallery, Perth, Western Australia 2006
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Dirt - Stala Contemporary 2023
City of Wanneroo Art Awards (winner best painting) 2023
Winter Salon - Stala Contemporary 2023
Ensemble - Stala Contemporary 2022
Expander (Colour) - Stala Contemporary 2021
In Our Nature - Lost Eden Creative, Dwellingup 2021
Art Mart - Kolbusz Space, Perth 2020
Scene - Nyisztor Studio, Perth 2019
Artsource Salon: Now!, Fremantle 2019
Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Melbourne 2019
CYT Experimental Art Event, Perth 2019
Town of Bassendean Art Awards (highly commended) 2018
City of Wanneroo Art Awards (winner best painting) 2017
The Bald Archies finalist - Eastern States touring exhibition 2017
Minnawarra Art Awards (winner of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Acquisition Award) 2016
Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury 2015
Pulped Fictions - Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne 2015
Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Melbourne 2014
New Perspectives - Blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup 2014
City of Melville Art Awards (winner best oil painting) 2013
Memento Mori - Project Gallery, Toronto 2013
The Snowball Effect: North Finland Biennial - Oulu Museum of Art 2012
Ghost Lights '12: New Nordic Media Art – Malmitalo, Helsinki 2012
Celeste Prize Finalist Exhibition, New York 2011
Madatac III - Contemporary AV Arts Festival, Madrid 2011
LSD Skull - Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne 2011
Zeitgeist - The Archetype Gallery, Sydney 2011
Ars Auttoinen, Auttoinen Finland 2011
Factory Superstars - Cable Factory, Helsinki 2010
Artists 2010 - TR1, Tampere 2010
Haihara 10 - invitational exhibition, Haihara Art Center, Tampere 2010
Never To Retire - Vantaa Art Museum 2009
KuvAn Kevät 2009 - Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Graduate Show 2009
Lens Politica – Public Art Intervention, Helsinki 2008
Alternative Party – New Media Art Exhibition - Cable Factory, Helsinki 2008
Master Class - FAFA Gallery, Helsinki 2008
Still Moving - Photography Show, Galleria Välivuosi, Helsinki 2007
Edith Cowan Graduation Show, Perth 1999
VIDEO SCREENINGS
UNCG International Sustainability Short Films Competition, U.S.A. (3rd prize) 2020
Atrabilious Amsterdam Experimental Film Festival, Holland 2020
Fear - Project Gallery, Toronto 2013
Australian International Experimental Film Festival - Melbourne 2013
Filmverkstaden - Vaasa 2013
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival - Czech (nominated for best Fantasy film) 2012
The 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge - Berlin, Germany 2012
Signes du Nuit - Paris, France 2012
Manipulated Image #1 - Örebro, Vetlanda Museum, Sweden, Reykjavik, Festival Miden, Greece 2012
Trash & Underground Film Festival - Tampere, Finland 2012
100 International Film Festival - Tehran, Iran 2012
Videoholica - Varna, Bulgaria 2011
Toronto Urban Film Festival - Toronto, Canada 2011
Video Spinning Top - Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2011
Azyl 2011 - Slovakia 2011
60 Seconds Short Film Festival - Copenhagen, Denmark 2011
Arktista Vimmaa - Rovaniemi, Finland 2010
Doc Lounge - Helsinki, Finland 2010
Filminute International Film Festival - (finalist) 2010
Love & Anarchy 2010 (Helsinki International Film Festival) - Helsinki, Finland 2010
One Minute - Film and video festival - Aarau, Switzerland 2010
Crominute - Croatian One Minute Video Festival, Croatia 2010
For Fun, Art on the Silver Screen - Helsinki 2010
Fox Off Short Film Festival - Helsinki 2009
GIGUK Video Art Festival - Geien, Germany (Winner of competition series) 2009
RESIDENCIES
City of Joondalup Inside Out Billboard commission, Joondalup 2015
Kökar, Artists Residency 2010
Utö, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Residency 2009
Berlin, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Residency 2009
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Artsource
NAVA
Finnish Painters Union
AV Ark
Artists' Association MUU
