Born 1979 in Helsinki, Finland
Living and working in Paris, France
Exhibitions
Solo & duo :
2022 Contour, Sprüth Magers, London
2021 Night-time, Sprüth Magers, Window-space, Berlin
2020 Henni Alftan & Dike Blair, Various Small Fires, Seoul
2020 Henni Alftan, Karma, NYC
2019 Henni Alftan, Studiolo, Milan, Italy
2018 Horizon, TM-Galleria, Helsinki, Finland
2017One Sweet Moment, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2017 Shadows in the Mirror, Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver, BC. Canada
2016 The Missing Picture, Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Entrevu, Iconoscope, Montpellier, France
2015 Enlighten, Forum Box Monttu, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Henni Alftan, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2013 Henni Alftan, Galerie Anhava Studio, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Série noire, Galleria Huuto Viiskulma, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Two Shadows, Gallery Artists’Studio, Helsinki, Finland
2007 Henni Alftan & Susanna Majuri, Histoires singulières, Galerie de la Ferronerie, Paris
2006 L’art de s’echapper, Pollen/Monflanquin, France
2006 Henni Alftan, Les Bains Douches, DAC Antibes, France
Group :
2022
Unnatural Nature, Post-Pop Landscapes, Acquavella, New York
Finger Bang, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
Figure Fire Fantasy, ICA Miami
Artists inspired by music, Interscope reimagined, Lacma, Los Angeles
Dark Light, The Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon, curated by Massimiliano Gioni
2021
Go Figure!? Sprüth Magers, online
Fragmented Bodies III, Albertz Benda, NYC
Les apparences, A cent metres du centre du monde, Perpignan, France
2020
High Voltage, Nassima-Landau Project, Tel Aviv
(Nothing But) Flowers, Karma NYC
Gennariello (Part II), Balice / Hertling, Paris
Clichés-Peintures, paintings from the collections of Frac-Artotheque du Limousin, ENSA Limoges, France
2019
Henni Alftan, Matt Hilvers, Ruth Ige, Andrew Sim, Karma, NYC, USA
Collection 7, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Gyeongju International Residency Art Festival, Gyeongju Arts Center, South Korea
2018
A Desired World - contemporary drawings, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
The Vexi Salmi Collection, Kajaani Art Museum, Kajaani Finland
Rêver deux printemps, Galerie Detais , Paris, France
People in Focus; works from the Heino foundation collection, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland
J'aime, by Marion Bataillard, Galerie Henri Chartier, Lyon, France
2017
Color and Form - works from the Vexi Salmi collection, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland
Les retrouvailles, by Guillaume Pinard, Musée des beaux-arts de Brest, France
Peindre, dit-elle- Chap.2, Musée des Beaux-arts de Dole, France, curators Annabelle Ténèze, Julie Crenn & Amélie Lavin
2016
J'ai des doutes, est-ce que vous en avez?, curated by Julie Crenn, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Virus, galleria Lapinlahti, Helsinki, Finlande
Frenzy of collecting - works from the Veksi Salmi Collection, Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
2015
Open Studios, International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Cinematic Senses, cur. Ville Laaksonen, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland
Collection 6, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Shift In The Shadows; works from the collection, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
2014
Voyageurs, The nominees for Révélations Emerige, curated by Gaël Charbau, Villa Emerige,Paris
Collection 5, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Intohimona taide, works from the Vexi Salmi collection, Lahti Museum of Art, Lahti, Finland
2013
Effect, curator Petri Eskelinen, Purnu Art Center, Orivesi, Finland
Un rembrandt comme planche à repasser, curating and participation, le 6b, Saint-Denis
Valon houkutus- Allure of Light, Lahti Museum of Art, Lahti, Finland
2012
Moite, one-night-show, curated by Maxime Thieffine, le 6b, Saint-Denis
Present ruins, curated by Harri Laakso, Anni Venäläinen & Anna Jensen, Fotographic center Nykyaika, TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere, Finland
Family & Friends, Backslash Gallery, Paris
Henni Alftan, Elina Merenmies & Anna Tuori, Galerie Anhava Projectroom, Helsinki, Finland
2011
Le royaume et l’exil, Backslash Gallery, curated by Gaël Charbau, Paris
Jeune Création Européenne, Museu Municipal Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Amarante, Portugal, + Tecla Sala Art Center, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, + Villa Croce & Sala Dogana, Genova, Italy
2010
Jeune Création Européenne, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria, +Pecs Art Exhibition Hall, Hungary, + Bratislava City Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, + Klapeida Exhibition Hall, Lithuania
2009
Biennale Itinérant de la Jeune Création Européenne, french section, Montrouge
MOHLL’148/homestudioshow, curators Florentine & Alex Lamarche-Ovize, La Maladrerie, Auberviliers
Hauts en couleurs, curated by Pia Setälä, Galerie de la Ferronnerie, Paris
54e Salon d’art contemporain de Montrouge, curator Stéphane Corréard, Montrouge
2008
L’oeil de Poisson, Galerie de la Ferronnerie, Paris
2007
A la surface de l’eau, Parcours Contemporain, Fontenay-le-Comte
2005
L′oeil du touriste, Paris for ever, curated by Jeanne Truong, Galerie Alain Le Gaillard, Paris
L′oeil du touriste, La Tour Eiffel n′a jamais été aussi belle, curated by Jeanne Truong, Galerie Frédéric Giroux, Paris
Première Vue, curated by Michel Nuridsany, Galerie Passage de Retz,
2004
L′instant d’avant 1, Espace Console, Paris
L′instant d’avant 2, Galerie Pitch, Paris
Valse, Musée Zadkine, Paris
2001
432 km, le Hall, Lyon
Works in collections
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
Hammer Museum, California, USA
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
McEvoy Foundation for The Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
JNBY Art Center, Shanghai, China
Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
EMMA-museum, Saastamoinen Foudation Collection, Espoo, Finland
Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art - Swanljung collection, Vaasa, Finland
Hämeenlinna Museum of Art- Vexi Salmi collection, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Heino Art Foundation, Finland
Collection Clermont-Auvergne Métropole, France
FRAC (Fonds régional d'art contemporain) Limousin, France
High Museum Atlanta, USA
EMMA Museum of Modern Art Espoo, Finland
Portland Museum of Art, USA
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
UBS Art Collection
Perez Art Museum, Miami, USA
Grants and Prizes
Stina Krooks stiftelse, Finland
Frame Finnish fund for art exchange, Finland
Arts Promotion Center Finland, Finnish State
Swedish Cultural Foudation in Finland, Svenska Kulturfonden
Young Artist Grant, Finnish Art Society
Finnish Fund for Culture, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
Alfred Kordelin foundation, Finland
Kone foundation, Finland
Oskar Öflund foundation, Finland
Pollen Association des Artistes en Résidence à Moflanquin, France
prize, Prix Diamond, Ensb-a, France
CNASEA, Délégation régionale Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Nominated for prix Révélations Emerige 2014, France
CNAP- soutien à la première exposition, France
CNAP- soutien à la première publication, France
Frederick Hammersley grant
Residencies
2021, The Frederick Hammersley residency at Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
2019 Gyeongju International Residency Art Festival, Gyeongju Arts Center, South Korea
2015 6 months at International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York and The Finnish Institute in New York USA
2011 Lietsalo-project studio of Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Salzburg Kunstverein, Künstlerhaus, Austria
2009 Kone foundation, at Saari manor, Finland
2006 Pollen Association des Artistes en Résidence à Moflanquin, with solo exhibition and publication, France
Education
2001-2004 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, DNSAP (MFA)
2001 exchange student at The Edinburgh College of Art
1998-2001 Ecole Pilote Internationale d′Art et de Recherche de la Villa Arson, DNAP (BFA)
Memberships
Finnish Painters Union / Taidemaalariliitto (varsinaisjäsen)
Press (selection)
USA:
Paper:
- Art in America, Henni Alftan, Hannah Stamler, Jan/Feb 2021
- The New Yorker, Goings On About Town : "Henni Alftan" by Johanna Fateman, October 10 2020
- The New York Times, 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now, Roberta Smith, September 30 2020
- The New York Times, A Bouquet of Group Art Shows Near Houston Street, Roberta Smith, August 13th 2020
- The New Yorker, Goings On About Town, (Nothing But) Flowers, Andrea K. Scott
- Circumference, Fall 2020
- Galerie Magazine, Next Big Things, Winter 2020-2021
- The Art Newspaper, Fees revamp brings new blood to Miami, by Margaret Carrigan, n°318 December 2019
- The New York Times, "New York Galleries: what to see right now", by Will Heinrich, 21.8. 2019
- Time out (New York), The top five New York Art Shows This Week, by Howard Halle, 26. 8. 2019
- Harper's Magazine, Five Stories by Diane Williams, November 2019
Web:
- Air Mail "Henni Alftan » by Elena Clavarino, October 2020
- Artnet news, Top Contemporary Artists Put Their Stamp on Flower Paintings in This Beautiful Bouquet of a Group Show at Karma Gallery, by Caroline Goldstein, August 18th 2020
- Art Forum, Monster Mash, By Sabrina Tarasoff, 31.10 2019
- Good questions (from) all over·: Open Studios at ISCP, Paul d’Agostino, Brooklyn Magazine 20.11.2015
France:
Paper:
- Banalités extravagantes, Judicaël Lavrador, Beaux-Arts magazine, mars 2021
- Introducing Henni Alftan, Julie Crenn, Art Press n°468, juillet-août, 2019
- Notre musée imaginaire, wish list Art Paris, Mikael Zikos, IDEAT magazine n°107, mars 2014
- Une certaine idée du réel, La montagne, 27.9.2014
- As I Run And Run Happiness Comes Closer et Voyageurs, Anaël Pigeat, Art Press n°419, 2015
- Le show des Solo Shows, Mikael Zikos, IDEAT magazine n°114, mars-avril 2015
- Art Paris Art Fair, le changement par petites touches, Frédéric Bonnet, Le journal des arts, 13.3.2015
- Art Paris, l’Asie près de chez vous, par Harry Bellet, Le monde, 27.3.2015
- Art Paris Art Fair franchit un cap par Roxana Azimi, Quotidien de l’art, 26.3.2015
- Philosophie magazine n°91 été 2015, photo d'une peinture en illustration d'une phrase de Roland Barthes, p.67
-Henni Alftan à la Galerie Claire Gastaud, La montagne, 22..9.2017
Web:
- A Paris l’art fair, Elisabeth Couturier, www.parismatch.com /culture, 29.3.2014
- Backslash, réunion de famille, Libération Next, 11.12.2012
- Peintures anatomiques, Maxime Thieffine, Mémoire vive
- ArtsHebdoMedias, La jeune création célébré, 2014
- Interview for AMA-Art Media Agency, 2015
Television:
- Arte, Henni Alftan - Atelier A
- France 3 Auvergne, 19/20, 10.10. 2014
Finland:
Paper:
- Pariisin kautta New Yorkin taidemaailmaan, Aino Frilander, Helsingin Sanomat, 31.1. 2021
- Viikonlopun näyttelyvinkit, Aino Frilander, Helsingin Sanomat, 1.10. 2016
- Heini Ahon, Henni Alftanin ja Ilari Hautamäen teokset heijastavat informaation kyllästämää maailmaa,
Timo Valjakka, Helsingin Sanomat18.2.2015
- Leikkiä kahdessa hiekkalaatikossa, Anu Uimonen, Helsingin Sanomat, 7.2.2015
- Best of Summer 2013, Pessi Rautio, Taide magazine, 4-2013, p. 63-65
- Nähtyjä, Pessi Rautio, Taide magazine, 3-2013, p.24-25
- Purnu pääsi yllättämään, Kaisa Viljanen, Helsingin Sanomat, 20.6.2013
- Valosta varjoon, Harri Mäcklin, Helsingin Sanomat, 13.10. 2012
- Salivahti, Varjoissa tapahtuu, Anu Uimonen, Helsingin Sanomat, 28.5. 2011
Web:
- Henni Alftan - Série noire, an interview by Hanna Saarikoski, Puhetta Huudossa
- Rapeiden rakenteiden rytmiä, notkeiden vetojen kertomaa sekä täydellisiä objekteja tilassa, Jonna Hyry, Mustekala, 18.2. 2015
Canada:
Paper:
- 芬蘭女畫家畫展 追逐光和影的日常, Exposition d’une artiste finlandaise, L’ombre et la lumièe chasse le quotidien, Ming Pao, 12.4. 2017
- La peintre finlandaise Henni Alftan présente sa première exposition nord-américaine, Shadows in the Mirroir, Suzy Sabla, La source, 25.4. 2017
Web:
- Shadows in the Mirror·reflects an anxoius Henni Alftan, Kris MCDermott, Westender, 20.4.2017
Israel:
web:
https://galithatan.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/זה-לא-ציור-זו-סדנת-כתיבה/
Korea:
- Henni Alftan & Dike Blair, Art In Culture magazine, January 2021
Monaco:
- D'art et de culture-magazine, cover, spring 2021