Biography

Eetu Sihvonen (b. 1994, Kotka, Finland) lives and works in Helsinki. They often work with tradition materials such as wood and metal, as well as 3D printing and animation. Sihvonen merges these processes into installations and singular works, which are informed by traditional handicraft techniques, storytelling, and the world of role-playing games. Their works have been previously exhibited in the Gaa Gallery, New York, US, Community Centre, Paris, France; Holešovická Šachta, Prague, Czech Republic; and Pitted Dates, Helsinki, Finland.

Education

2019	Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki Bachelor of Fine Arts Department of Sculpture
2018-19	Glasgow School of Art Exchange Student Sculpture and Environmental Art
2014-16	Aalto University Graphic Design

Exhibitions

2024	Saline Binds, Temnnikova Kasela, EE Lacrimal Lake House, Gaa Gallery, Cologne, DE Conk, Pitted Dates, Helsinki, FI Sacred Saline Dew Drops and Other High Jinks, Solstice Festival, Ruka, FI �’s 74th Birthday Party, Plicnik Space Iniative, London, UK Vessels, Cabin, Berlin, DE Escapism, Andrea Festa, Rome, IT
2023	Within the Well, Gaa Gallery, New York, NY, US this is not a toxic field, Pada Studios, Barreiro, PT Moving to make meaning, Kyykky Gallery, Helsinki, FI Tiny Art Gallery, Ruis, Nijmegen, NL Blues of the Broken Gate, Holešovická Šachta, Prague, CZ their room washed with hot light, Turku, FI Egg’s Lore, Light Harvesting Complex, Vantaa/Online, FI This Nest for Us to Rest, Pitted Dates, Helsinki, FI
2022	Kotka Art ‘22, Kotka, FI
2021	Music for Plants, Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden, Helsinki, FI Gothic Pastoral, Soloshow platform, Online Mystic May, The Community, Pantin, FR A Trip to Cockaigne, Titanik, Turku, FI Kuvan Kevät, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI Episode 7, Essenza Club/Dharma Initiatives, Online
2020	Bird Feeders, Pro Artibus, Online/Tammisaari, FI
2019	BFA Exhibition, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI Dimensions Tomorrow, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI Summerbabes, Helsinki Winter Garden, Helsinki, FI Egg Hunt at the Club Guggenheim, Kaiku, Helsinki, FI
2018	A Passing Permanence, Free Art Space, Helsinki, FI Rajallisia Tilaisuuksia, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2017	Animal and The Logic of Others, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI We’ve been having these weird thoughts lately, Free Art Space, Helsinki, FI
2016	WASD, Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, FI

Upcoming & Ongoing exhibitions

2024	Aug-Oct, solo show, Gaa Gallery, Cologne, DE Sep-Oct, group show, Pitted Dates, Helsinki, FI Oct-Dec, duo show with Man Yau, Temnikova&Kasela, Tallinn, EE Nov, duo presentation, Andra Festa at Art021, Shanghai, CN Dec, solo presentation, Gaa Gallery at NADA, Miami, FL, US
2025	Apr, Residency, La Bibi, Mallorca, ES Apr-May, solo show, La Bibi, Mallorca, ES

Residencies

2024	Cité des Arts Paris, FR
2023	PADA Studios Barreiro, PT
2018	Academy of Fine Arts Berlin, DE

Grants and Stipends

2024	The Cultural Endowment of Estonia, project grant Frame Contemporary Art Finland, travel grant Finnish Cultural Foundation, mobility grant Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Public Display Grant Arts Promotion Centre Finland, working grant
2023	Paulo Foundation, project grant Finnish Cultural Foundation, mobility grant
2022	Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant
2021	Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant Finnish Cultural Foundation, 1. year working grant Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant Anita Snellman´s Foundation, stipend for graduating students
2020	Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant Academy of Fine Arts, project grant
2018	Alfred & Greta Runeberg’s Foundation, project grant
2017	Academy of Fine Arts, project grant

Collections

Finnish Art Society Private Collections