CV

Taija Goldblatt

b.1978

Petsamonkatu 5 A 3,
33500 Tampere
040-8224302
taija.goldblatt(a)gmail.com
taija.goldblatt.fi

Studies:

2015   Tampere University of Applied Sciences: Bachelor of Fine Arts
2008   University of Turku, faculty of humanities/folkloristics: Bachelor of Arts
2006   Printmaking Studio Himmelblau, Tampere, Art printer
2004   Ikaalinen College of Crafts and Design, Ikaalinen: Illustrator

Solo exhibitions:

April 2024: Favorite Things, B-Gallery, Turku 
December 2024: MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Center

2020   Hidden MUU Studio, Helsinki
            Kulttuuritalo Laikku / Studio, Tampere
2019   On being, Pori Art Museum / RAPPU, Pori
2019   Orangerie, Galleria 2, Pirkkala

2018   On Being, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
            Third Space, Helsinki
            Gallery Kouta, Kouvola
2017   This State, Gallery Huuto Jätkäsaari, Helsinki

Selected group exhibitions:

June 2024 Art Realm -bienniale, Hämeenlinna Art Museum

2023   ARS Nartae, Äkäslompolo
2022   MUU – Media Art Fair, MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre    
2021   Castro, FokiaNou Art Space, Athens, Greece
2021   Ars108, Tehdas 108, Nokia
2021   Videotaidekesä, Kunsthalle Turku
2021   Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen, Saarijärvi Museum, Saarijärvi
2020   
Tampere Artist association 100 years, Gallery Saskia, Tampere
2019   Platform Projects, Athens, Greece
2018   Total Horror, Voipaala Art Centre, Valkeakoski
2016   VAFT, Videoart festival exhibition, Turku
2016   Läsnä, Haihara art center, Tampere
2016   Crossings, Ahvaland gallery, Lemland, Åland
2015   Pintaa syvemmälle, SKjL’s annual exhibition, Seinäjoen Taidehalli, Seinäjoki
2015   Based on a True Story, Gallery Emil, Tampere
2014   SKjL’s annual exhibition, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra
2011   Positiivinen virus, environmental art exhibition, Tampere
2011   Pop-up, Finlayson’s campus, Tampere
2005   Lume, Finland’s Cultural Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Screenings:

2022   Tampere Film Festival, Urban scenes-screening
2021   Les Mains Gauches – queer feminist short movies, Marseille, France
2018   MUU-Gaala, Helsinki, Joensuu & Saint Petersburg
2018   Turku Animated Film Festival, VAFT’n’TAFF screening, Turku
2017   Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2016   Tehran International Short Film Festival: Video art selection, Tehran, Iran
2016   Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway
2015   Oikeus olla olematta hiljaa, screening, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
2015   FAQ- Feminist and Queer film festival, Bucharest, Romania
2015   Finnish competition screening, Animatricks, Helsinki
2015   Screening, Loud Silents festival, Tampere
2014   Competition screening, Helsinki short film festival, Helsinki
2014   Short film competition, Reikäreuna festival, Orivesi

Works in collections:

State Art Deposit Collection
City of Tampere

Private collections

Grants and prizes:

2023   Finnish Cultural foundation / Pirkanmaa Regional Fund, working grant
2023   Otto A. Malm Foundation, grant
2022   Finnish Cultural foundation, working grant
2021   Kimmo Kaivanto foundation, grant
2021   Taike, artist grant
2020   Taike, artist grant
2019   Alfred Kordelin foundation, working grant

2019   Taike Pirkanmaa, project grant
2018   Taike  Pirkanmaa, working grant
2017   Taike / The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant
2016   Kari Mattila foundation, grant
2015   C. V. Åkerlundin säätiö, stipend
2013   Napa Flipbook Competition, third prize
2004   Karjalaisen kulttuurin edistämissäätiö, study grant

Memberships:

AV-arkki, the Distribution Centre for Finnish Media Art
Muu ry.
Tampere Artists’ Association
Rajataide ry.
Kuvasto