Eija-Liisa Ahtila
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Eija-Liisa Ahtila is a video art
ist and photographer. She lives and works in Helsinki
.
In 1998 Eija-Liisa Ahtila participated in the second edition of Manifesta
. She was the winner of the inaugural Vincent Award
in 2000. In 2002 she had a solo show at Tate Modern
, and in 2006 her multi-screen video piece The Wind (2006) was exhibited at MoMA
. In the same year she won the £40,000 Artes Mundi Prize in Cardiff
, Wales
.
Her work is held in the collection of the Tate
. She is professor at the department of Time and Space-based Art at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts (Finland)
.
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
ist and photographer. She lives and works in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
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In 1998 Eija-Liisa Ahtila participated in the second edition of Manifesta
Manifesta
Manifesta, the , is a European pan-regional contemporary cultural biennale, described in 2010 by the as "stunning in its scope and uncompromisingly experimental in its approach".-Manifesta History:...
. She was the winner of the inaugural Vincent Award
Vincent Award
The Vincent Award is awarded every two years to a European artist that judges believe "will have significant, enduring impact on contemporary art."...
in 2000. In 2002 she had a solo show at Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
, and in 2006 her multi-screen video piece The Wind (2006) was exhibited at MoMA
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
. In the same year she won the £40,000 Artes Mundi Prize in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
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Her work is held in the collection of the Tate
Tate
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. She is professor at the department of Time and Space-based Art at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts (Finland)
Academy of Fine Arts (Finland)
The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, Finland provides the highest university-level theoretical and practical training in the country in fine arts....
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