Suvi Karjalainen (1996) is a Finnish artist. She earned her BFA from Parsons the New School for Design in 2018. Her work is interested in artefact - how individual objects hold in them not only a record of an individual maker, but can also capture a culture, time, or material reality. Since 2017, she has been working on the Scroll Painting, a ten centimetre high continuous painting which presently spans sixty two metres. The work has been shown at the Old American Can Factory in New York, in Badenweiler, Germany, and most recently at Galeri Kertas in Depok, Indonesia. She has participated in international residencies in Denmark, Iceland, and most recently at the Ventspils Writers and Translators House in Latvia.
Selected Art Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Sakit Gigi (?), Grafis Minggiran, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 2024
The Scroll Painting, Galeri Kertas, Studiohanafi, Depok, Indonesia. 2023
Makan Garam Asam, Gudsgallery, Gudskul Ekosistem, Jakarta, Indonesia. 2023
Sections of the Scroll Painting, Psychomatik Badeneweiler, Badenweiler, Germany. 2022
Sections of the Scroll Painting, The Old American Can Factory, New York, U.S.A. 2019
Group Exhibitions
Nandur Srawung, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 2024
Kaliwungu Performance, Kaliwungu, Indonesia. 2023
Pekan Seni Grafis, Yogyakarta 2023, Kiniko Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 2023
Art of Basware, Clarion, Helsinki, Finland. 2019
Three Painters, Huang, Gregor, Karjalainen, 367 Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 2019
BFA Thesis Show, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, U.S.A. 2018
Will Barnett Student Show, National Arts Club, New York, U.S.A. 2018
Open Studios, 25 East Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 2017
Bushwick Open Studios 2017, Fuchs Projects, New York, U.S.A. 2017
Twist, 25 East Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 2016
Print Fest, IPCNY, New York, U.S.A. 2016
SELECT Art Fair, New York, U.S.A. 2015
Publications
Jurnal Karbon, Interview for BLACKBOX KARBON, streamed on Ruru Radio. 2023
Grafis HahaHehe, ”Etching”, a Printmaking Manual, GHH x Suvi. 2023
The Revenant Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 1/2 - Winter/Spring. 2020
Residencies
Artist in Residence, Ventspils Writers and Translators House, Latvia. November 2022
Leif Hasles Fond Artist-in-Residence Faxe, Denmark, 2021
Artist in Residence, Old School Art House, Hrisey, Iceland. November 2019
Teaching
Art Tutor, drawing, painting, printmaking, art history. 2017 - present)
Visiting Teacher, Palakali Creative. 2024
Teacher, Residency program for young artists at Galeri Kertas. 2023
Visiting Teacher, Gudskul Kolektiv. 2023
Education
Parsons the New School for Design
BFA Fine Arts, Minor in Creative Entrepreneurship
Dean’s Merit-based Scholarship
2015 - 2018