Jukka Korkeila is known as an artist who boldly breaks through boundaries in both the content of his images and his treatment of the tradition of painting. His powerful, genuine paintings can be seen as being both harsh and fragile at the same time. His oeuvre includes paintings, installations and drawings. The feelings in Korkeila’s works range from humour to disgust, from despair to hope.
Jukka Korkeila (b. 1968, Hämeenlinna) is one of Finland’s foremost painters; his works have been on display in various museums and galleries around the world. He lives and works in three cities: Berlin, Glauburg-Stockheim, and Helsinki. Korkeila has participated in exhibitions around Europe, and all the main Nordic collections include his works. Korkeila has had solo exhibitions at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and the Nordic Watercolour Museum in Skärhamn, Sweden. In 2014–2015, Korkeila participated in the 4th Bienal del Fin del Mundo in Mar del Plata, Argentina. In 2017–2018, he took part in the extensive retrospective Pleasure exhibition at the Helsinki Art Museum, HAM, and the Serlachius Museum in Mänttä. In 2018, Korkeila was included in the Sanguine/Bloedrood exhibition, curated by Luc Tuymans, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA) in Belgium. In 2019, Korkeila was awarded the Finnish State Prize for the Visual Arts. Together with Markus Karger, Korkeila curated the extensive international In Situ exhibition in Hirzenhain and Gedern, near Frankfurt am Main. In 2022, Korkeila’s works will be presented in the All of Finland weeps – Tears of sorrow, joy and healing exhibition at the Finnish Institute in Germany until November; in the Näyttämö exhibition, organised by Ars-Häme ry and curated by Aino Kannisto and Salla Laurinolli, in Hämeenlinna’s Lääninhallituksen talo, completed in 1834 and designed by C. L. Engel, until the end of August; and in the Biennale Le Latitudini dell’Arte V ed. Sweden and Italy exhibition, curated by Paul Thomassen, in the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, Italy, until the beginning of September.
The Manifesto of Stillness brings together five artists for whom silence is a central aspect of creating art to Hyvinkää Art Museum: Ulla Karttunen, Jukka Korkeila, Anni Löppönen, Ville Löppönen and Henry...
Jukka Korkeila: NEMO MORITUR (2012). Photo: Jussi TiainenJukka Korkeila participates in an exhibition ”Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque”, curated by the visual artist Luc Tuymans at M HKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art...
Anna Retulainen: Boukombe, apina, 2017, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cmArtists Jukka Korkeila and Anna Retulainen participate in a group exhibition Pleasure at Helsinki Art Museum HAM. Running from August 25 through 12 November, the...
Jukka Korkeila and Anna Retulainen are part of the exhibition Pleasure at Serlachius museum Gösta in Mänttä 10.6.2017-4.11.2018. Three Finnish contemporary have intuitively selected the works that interested them from the Fine Arts...
Rauha Mäkilä: Gerli (2013). Photo credit: Ville LöppönenThe summer exhibition Me: Self-Portraits Through Time at Kunsthalle Helsinki opens shows more than 160 self-portraits from the end of the 19th century until present day....
Jukka Korkeila: Theme from Erdbeerauge, 2017Jukka Korkeila participates in the group exhibition Don’t forget to put flowers in your hair in Galerie Hartwich on the island of Rügen in Germany together with five German artists: Heike Kati...
Galleri 21 in Malmö, Sweden presents sixteen Finnish contemporary artists in the exhibition Nordic Contemporary Art Part 3: Finland. Participating artists from the gallery are Pekka Jylhä, Jukka Korkeila and Henry Wuorila-Stenberg.The...
Heli Rekula, Teresa 3 (Visioned), 2015, Cyanotype on aquarelle paper, framed, 54 x 38,2 cm, ed.1. Photo: Stella Ojala, courtesy of Amos Anderson Art Museum.Jukka Korkeila, Heli Rekula and Henry Wuorila-Stenberg are participating in the group...
Vienna International Apartment and Black Market arrange in collaboration an exhibition at Vienna International Apartment on Saturday, June 20th. The event How did I get here? (Part 2) features artworks by seven contemporary artists, among them Jukka...
The second phase of the new Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection Exhibition Touch opens today at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art. This phase called Humanity, Identity and body, presents different tools visual artists use for dealing with...
Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art’s (Vaasa, Western Finland) group exhibition Out of the Box, presents more than twenty prominent Finnish artists and their most recent works. The exhibition is produced by the Cooperative Forum Box and Kuntsi Museum...
Villu Jaanisoo, Anssi Kasitonni, Jukka Korkeila and Pilvi Takala are among the forty internatiol artists participating in the 53rd October Salon in Belgrade, Serbia. The curatorial concept of the exhibit – GOOD LIFE Physical narratives and...
The exhibition Collected Works at Turku Art Museum showcases their collection from the perspective of stories. The selection consists of approximately one hundred works, ranging from older literary favourites to personal narratives in contemporary...
Five Finnish contemporary artists contribute to an exhibition presenting artist Touko Laaksonen's, aka Tom of Finland, career and art work. Jukka Korkeila's painting Siipien etsiminen, last seen in Helsinki Contemporary's exhibition Minä en...
Henry Wuorila-Stenberg, Pentti Otto, 2013, Charcoal and gouache on paper, 44,5 x 26,5 cm. Photo: Jussi Tiainen.Men – Any Feelings? –exhibition at Tampere art Museum deals with the theme of manhood and emotions. Ville Andersson,...
Pilvi Takala, still image from the video The Committee , 2013-2014.Jukka Korkeila and Pilvi Takala will exhibit in The Last Artists Exhibition, opening 29th of November at Kunsthalle Helsinki. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Artists’...
Jukka Korkeila, Kaksi kukkaa – Kukat ovat muistoja paratiisista (musta), 2014.Jukka Korkeila takes part in the fourth edition of La Bienal del Fin del Mundo held in Mar del Plata in Argentina. The biennial comprises works and projects from over...
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