Biography

Fanny Tavastila (1977) is a Finnish visual artist, who lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Fanny studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki between 2002-2004, and Art History and Visual Culture at University of Copenhagen, 2007. Her work has been exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions in Finland, US and Denmark. Most recently she held solo exhibitions at OHO Galleria and Galleria Ama in Helsinki. Fanny was part of recent group shows in Helsinki with the SERIOUS Art Collective at Cable Factory, LOKAL’s Summer Exhibition at Glasshouse Helsinki and Reframing at Marcy the home gallery by Antonia Hamberg.

In 2022, Fanny will be the artist in residence at The Finnish Artist’s Studio Foundation, Marbella, Spain. Her upcoming solo exhibitions in 2022 include and online show at the Taymour Grahne Gallery, in London, UK, Galleria Vanha Kappalaisentalo in Porvoo, Finland. In 2023, Fanny will hold a solo show at Galleria Snow, Berlin. Fanny was awarded with the grant by the Hélène Walter Grönqvist’s Foundation in 2021, and she is the creator and curator of the ongoing exhibition program for Runo Hotel in Porvoo, Finland.

"Nature has always been very important to me, and I find the everlasting balance between the structured and the organic truly interesting to study. Ever since I was a child, I have found the Winter Garden to be a magical place, a place to travel in time, in fantasy and in the ever changing life of plants and nature within a certain space. In my new silk screen prints I Vinterträdgården (In the Winter Garden) I explore the relations between light and shadow, the built and the organic, the inner and the outer room and how these all traverse and become one. I am fascinated by colors, and each of the works are unique, with different color combinations within the same theme." - Fanny Tavastila

Portrait by Anton Sucksdorff

Photos of art by Anna Autio