Born in Helsinki 1974, lives and works in Gothenburg/Berlin since 2003
Nina Lassila is a visual artist working mainly with video and performance. In many of her works she deals with questions of identity – specifically identity affected by social barriers, conventions based on gender and upbringing and cultural differences. Her other bodies of work explore issues of supernatural phenomena and economic structures.
Education
Guest at ENSAD Paris 3months 2009
MFA Context & Media, Valand school of Arts ,Gothenburg Sweden 2004 - 2006
MA, School of photography and film, Gothenburg, Sweden 2000 - 2002
BA photography, Swedish Polytechnics in Nykarleby, Finland 1994 -1997
Selected Groupshows, festivals & screenings
on going / coming up:
SHEDEVIL Macro Museum Rome IT, Nordic Art Express Video on tour (Tallin, Riga, St. Petersburg), NYT2011 Together Raisio City hall FIN, VIDEOTATIONAL Minken & Palme Berlin, Waterpieces Contemporary Art & Videoart Festival NOASS Riga Latvia, Ladyfest Rome IT
2011
Une chambre à soi, curated by Helen Delprat, Galerie Christophe Gaillard Paris
Slippery Terrain at Nordic House Reykjavik IS
In der Not frisst der Teufel Fliegen at Kunstalle M3 Berlin
Strike, Atelierhof Kreuzberg Berlin
Screening Gothenburg Film Festival SE
Screening Beaconsfield London UK
Nordic Art Express - Nordic Video Art on tour : Supermarket Art Fair Stockholm, Landmark Bergen Kunsthall NO, Trajector Art Fair Brussels
CologneOFF 2011 videoart in global context
Athens videoart festival
LOOP Videoart Festival Barcelona
Urlaub in Berlin, Atelierhof Kreuzberg Berlin
2010
Screening Performance Stammtisch Berlin
Valie Plus Screening at Estudio Elefante Santiago del Chile
Reality Check TSSK Trondheim NO
XV Art Fair Mänttä FIN
Screen Realities IG Bildende Kunst Vienna AUT
Blanche-Neige Screening Centre Georges Pompidou Paris
Survival Kit, Film program Riga Latvia
Örebro International Videoart Festival SE
Art killed the Video star screening at Riff Raff Tel Aviv Israel
Cartes Flux Festival of New Media Helsinki FI
Slippery Terrain at Draakon Gallery Tallinn EST
Kassel Documentary Film & Video festival DE
Screening Catwalk, Kakelhallen Mariehamn FIN
Nordic Art Express: Nordic Video Art on tour, National Film School of Lodz PL & Fotogalleriet Oslo NO
2009
Slippery Terrain, Eastern Edge Gallery St Johns (NFL) CAN
Finland in Full Color, Copenhagen Denmark
LOOP videoart festival Barcelona
Women and mothers screening Raumerweiterungshalle Berlin
Waterpieces Festival Riga Latvia
Sweden for beginners Screening at Raulandkunstforening & Atopia Oslo NO
Amiens international Film Festival Eurolab France
Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival Germany
ValiePlus-Pocket Archive Screening by Bildwechsel at Kino Sputnik Berlin
Polyforme Performance Festival Marseilles France
PLATFORMA VIDEO9 Festival Athens Greece
2008
EMAA Art is in Lefkosa Festival Cyprus
Global Undergrounds Screening ATA, San Fransisco
Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin/ Madrid
Reykjavik Festival of Arts
Deviant Art Festival Trollhättan SE
Twilight Suite, Louise T.Blouin Institute London
Broken English and the missing piece festival Gothenburg SE
Cushion Project Seoul Korea
2007
Directors Lounge Festival, Berlin
700IS, videoart festival, Egilsstadir, IS
Nightcomers, Istanbul Biennial
Gothenburg Art Biennial SE
Kettupäivät, FoxOff, Helsinki FIN
Solo-shows
2008
Nainen Työssä - woman at work Formverk, Nyköping SE
Nainen Työssä" -woman at work SINNE Galleri Helsinki
Performances, public events
2010 EXPERIMENT 5:10 Raumerweiterungshalle Berlin
2009 EXPERIMENT 3:10 at Auditorium Cité des Arts Paris
2009 EXPERIMENT 1:10 at Eastern Edge Gallery, St Johns Canada
2008 Critical review of icelandic power structures Reykjavik Arts Festival
Bibliography:
The telegram: Slippery Terrain / St Johns New Foundland March 09
C-Magazine spring 08 "Cat thinks people are not living life to the full" by Jacob Wren
Helsingin Sanomat 0908 on "Nainen Työssä" exhibition at Gallery Sinne
Hufvudstadsbladet 0908 on "Nainen Työssä" exhibition at Gallery Sinne
Nyköpingsbladet 0408 on "Nainen Työssä" exhibition at Formverk
Morgunbladid 0508 on performance at Arts festival Reykjavik
Recidencies:
Pépinières Européennes Pour Jeunes Artistes Residency Paris 2009
AtelierHaus Mengerzeile Västra Götaland Residency Berlin 2011
Grants & support
Svenska Kulturfonden (FIN) 1998,2001,2002,2005, 2007, 2010, 2011
Svenska Kulturfonden travelgrants 2010
Arts Council, Sweden 2005, 2008
Arts Council Finland, travelgrants 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010
Sleipnir, Travelgrants 2004, 2005, 2006
Otto & Charlotte Mannheimer 2007, 2008
KKN for MobileBox group project 2008
KKN Mobility fund 2008, 2010
Grönstedtska fonden 2008
IASPIS exhibition funding 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
IASPIS for Mobile Box group project 2010
Letterstedtska Föreningen 2010, 2011
Collaborations: Private Archive with Lina Persson & Mari Lagerqvist, Roni Horny projects
Represented at / by IASPIS, Sweden, AV-Arkki Finland, MUU Finland
Member & working with: 300m3 Art Space, Skup Palet and Lådan/theMobileBox Gothenburg Sweden.