Eeva-Riitta Eerola
Photo: Ilkka Saastamoinen
In her works Eeva-Riitta Eerola explores perception and how we understand and experience images. Working in series and creating subtle links between her works are at the core of her practice. Through simplification and by minimizing the visual components in her works, Eerola studies the basic elements of painting, their friction and interaction, as well as the processes of viewing. There is a strong sense of space and presence in the the artist’s works – something you can feel although you might not quite recognise it.
Eeva-Riitta Eerola (b. 1980, Siilinjärvi) graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2010. She has also studied at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts in Paris. She has exhibited extensively in Finland and abroad, e.g. at Sara Hildén Museum of Art, Sinne gallery, Seinäjoki Kunsthalle, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard in Copenhagen, and at JAUS Gallery in Los Angeles. Eerola's last solo show, Locus, was seen at Helsinki Contemporary in 2022. Eerola also works in collaboration with video artist Jenni Toikka. Their collaborative works have been shown most recently at SIC in Helsinki (2025), Turku Art Museum (2017) and in France at Maison Louis Carré (2019). Eerola's works are represented in several Finnish public collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Sara Hildén Art Museum and the Wihuri Foundation.
Exhibitions
11.4.-4.5.2025
9.9.-9.10.2022
7.1.-30.1.2022
9.8.-1.9.2019
10.3.-2.4.2017
5.6.-28.6.2015
31.10.-23.11.2014
10.5.-2.6.2013
Works
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Dec 2021
27
Feb 2021
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Feb 2021
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Jun 2019
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Jun 2019
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Mar 2018
Helsinki Contemporary presents Eeva-Riitta Eerola and Sanna Kannisto at Market 2018
Sanna Kannisto, Papilio machaon (2017) Market Art Fair 2018 Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm 13-15 April, 2018 Preview 12 April Find us in the Main section at Booth 12.Helsinki Contemporary is pleased to present a selection...
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Feb 2017
Eeva-Riitta Eerola and Jenni Toikka’s joint exhibition in Turku Art Museum Studio
”To look at someone or something and then look again because you suddenly recognize him, her, or it or notice that something unusual is happening.”Cambridge dictionary: do a double takePainter Eeva-Riitta Eerola and Video Artist Jenni...
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Dec 2016
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May 2016
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May 2016
Stamps by Ville Andersson and Eeva-Riitta Eerola
Posti releases new stamps in the series Art Post in September 2016. The artworks in the stamps are created by Ville Andersson and Eeva-Riitta Eerola. This collection of stamps is the second release in the Art Post series and includes four stamps, two...
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Apr 2013
09
Jun 2014
24
Jul 2014
31
Oct 2014
10
Apr 2025
18
Jan 2022
07
Jan 2022
15
Aug 2019
08
Aug 2019
12
Apr 2018
11
Mar 2017
09
Mar 2017
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