photo: Maria Pääkkönen

Visual artist living and working in Helsinki.
b.1990, Turku
henna.jula(a)gmail.com
+358415396434

 

UPCOMING:
FALL 2026 artist in residence, Cité internationale des arts, Paris

PAST:
APR 25th till MAY 19th 2026, a solo exhibition at Gallery Mältinranta, Tampere
SPRING 2026  artist in residence,  Eckerö Mail and Customs House, Åland

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

2016   Master of Fine Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2012   Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
2010   Orivesi Institute, Fine Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026   Sublimate, Gallery Mältinranta, Tampere
2023   Centripetal, Poriginal gallery, Pori Art Museum, Pori
2023   Centripetal, Huuto Gallery, Helsinki
2020   Plant Body, Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo
2020   Exoskeleton, tm•gallery, Helsinki
2019   Waterscapes, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku
2018   Spheres, GalleriaKONE, Hämeenlinna
2018   Scopes, B-galleria, Turku
2016   Ephemera, Saariaho Järvenpää, Helsinki

SELECTED COLLABORATIVE AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Mud, Heat & Pressure, Hirvitalo Center of Contemporary Art Pispala, Tampere (duo with Maria Pääkkönen)
2025   Earth/Air Makasiini Contemporary, Turku
2021   Mad Love: The Seppo Fränti Collection Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta
2020   Mad Love: The Seppo Fränti Collection at Kiasma museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2018   Summer 2018, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku
2018   on paper / from wood, Cross Gallery, THAV, Taipei, Taiwan (duo with Jan Lütjohann)
2017   Villa Roosa 10th Contemporary Art Exhibition, Orimattila
2016   Haava – Seppo Fränti Collection, Lapinlahden lähde, Helsinki
2015   LIQUIDY, Exhibition Laboratory Project Room, Helsinki (duo with Bogna Wisniewska)
2015   Kuvan Kevät graduation exhibition, Helsinki
2014   Everything You Can Think Of Is True, Fotografins Hus, Stockholm
2013   Y-Festival, Näsilinna, Tampere
2013   Art of Basware, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki
2012   Art of Basware, Sanomatalo, Helsinki
2012   Gardeners, TNUA, Taipei, Taiwan (duo with Chang Bui)
2012   Extended Studio, XL Art Space, Helsinki

AWARDS / SCOLARSHIPS / GRANTS

2026   Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2024   Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Regional Fund
           Niilo Helander Foundation
           Visek
2023   Finnish Art Society, Young Artist Grant
           Arts Promotion Centre Finland
           Paulo Foundation
2022   Arts Promotion Centre Finland
           Paulo Foundation
2021   Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2020  Arts Promotion Centre Finland
           Paulo Foundation
2018   Finnish Cultural Foundation
           Arts Promotion Centre Finland
           Paulo Foundation
2016   Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Regional Fund
2015   Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Support Foundation stipend
           Anita Snellman Foundation stipend
2012   Art of Basware, first price

RESIDENCIES

2026   Eckerö Mail and Customs House, Åland
2024   Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2023   Treasure Hill Artist Village, AIR Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2022   Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi, Finland
2018   Treasure Hill Artist Village, AIR Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2018   Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
2017   MoKS, Mooste, Estonia
2015   Finnish Academy of Fine Arts & The Royal Institute of Art residency, Berlin, Germany
2013   Finnish Academy of Fine Arts & The Royal Institute of Art residency, Berlin, Germany
2012   Utö residency, KUVYO, Utö island, Finland

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
The Finnish National Gallery
Seppo Fränti collection
Basware Oyj
Kuhanen, Asikainen & Kanerva Oy
Private Collections

OTHER WORKS

2022   Kiasma museum of Contemporary Art Edition I, Kiasma Support Foundation printmaking folder
2016   Ilon Kuvia, Lux Helsinki 2016 Light Festival

MEMBERSHIPS

The Finnish Painters’ Union

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