Samu RAATIKAINEN
1971, Finland
Samu Raatikainen was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1971. In 1995 he moved to Spain for a year, and then lived in the UK for 14 years. He moved back to Finland in 2010 and now lives in Pori.
He studied at The Free Arts School in Helsinki and completed a MA in Painting at Chelsea College of Art & Design in London in 1997.
In 2003 he was nominated the Young Artist of the Year in Finland.
His earlier three dimensional paintings were minimalist in style, consist of simple colour, mark and form.
His new works have more organic base, with figurative elements referring to man-made structures and concepts.
Born
1971, Helsinki, Finland
Education
1996-97 Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, MA Painting
1991-94 The Free Art School, Helsinki
Future exhibitions
2014 Gallery Heino, Helsinki
Solo exhibitions
2012 Talligalleria, Keitele library
2011 Gallery Heino, Helsinki
2011 Galleria Maaret Finnberg/Studio, Turku
2010 Poriginal Gallery, Pori, Finland
2009 Gallery Just, Turku, Finland
2008 Gallery Osokool, London
2007 Gallery Heino project room, Helsinki
2006 Gallery Heino, Helsinki
2005 Embassy of Finland, London
2004 Gallery Heino, Helsinki
2003 Young Artist of the Year 2003, Finland, Tampere Art Museum
2002 Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
2000 Robert Sandelson Gallery, London
Galerie Anhava/studio, Helsinki
1998 Finnish Painters’ Union Gallery, Helsinki
Group exhibitions
2013 Young Artists of the Year 1985-2012, Gumbostrand, Sipoo
7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma
and South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta
2012 The 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Kunsthalle Helsinki
The snake that ate its own tail, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
Kymönkoski summer exhibition, Finland
2009 Eastern Open 09, King's Lynn Arts Centre
2007 SKjL 07 Minimi, KH Renlund Museum, Kokkola, Finland
2006 Signs, Pori Art Museum, Wing
EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art Inaugural exhibition, Finland
Art and Ideas, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, Canada
Cold Climate, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
The Golden section - art purchases 2000-05, Oulu Art Museum
2005 The Free Art School 70th Anniversary Exhibition, The FAS, Helsinki
Art on the Map, Lincoln
Sthlm Art Fair 05, Gallery Heino
2004 Suvi-Pinx, Sysmä, Finland
Cold Climate, The APT Gallery, London
2002 14 x 14 Exhibition, Century Gallery, London
Finnish Artists 107th Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki
2001 Peterborough Prize Exhibition, Peterborough Museum
First RWA Open Painting Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2000 Art Forum Berlin, Galerie Anhava
ART 2000, London, Robert Sandelson Gallery
1999 Ways of painting, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Kaskadenkondensator, Basle, Switzerland
City Project, “Reference Points”, Basle
1998 ARTfutures, Royal Festival Hall, London
Finnish Art Associations’ Annual Exhibition, Savonlinna Art Museum
Debut, The Nunnery, London
1997 Beardsmore Gallery, London
1995 Uusimaa County Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum
Art Machine touring exhibition, Finland
48th Young Contemporaries of Finland, Helsinki Art Hall
Awards and other activities
2013 The Arts Council of Finland State artist grant, 3 years
2012-13 Mentor at Kankaanpää Art School for final year painting students
2012 The Arts Council of Finland State artist grant, 1 year
2011 Curator for Environment exhibition at Portait’s Gallery, Pori
2009 William Thuring prize, Finnish Art Society
2004 The Arts Council of Finland State Grant
2003 Young Artist of the Year 2003, Finland, City of Tampere and Nokia Corporation
1999 IAAB Residency in Basle, the Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation and Arts Council of Finland
1996 Residency Casa Manilva, Spain, The Delfina Studio Trust, London
1994-95 The Free Art School studio scholarship, Helsinki
1994 Prizewinner in Art Machine competition, Finland
Collections
Heino collection
Oulu Art Museum
Saastamoinen foundation
Finnish Art Society
Raimo Anttila foundation
Tampere Art Museum
Nokia Corporation
Paulo foundation
Wihuri foundation
Pori Art Museum
The Art of Analyste
The Finnish Arts Board
Member of Finnish Painters’ Association