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, who each year takes part in exhibitions abroad. He lives and works in Helsinki, Berlin and Oberhessen. He initially studied architecture and interior and furniture design, before studying at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and the Berlin University of the Arts during the 90’s. In 1999, Korkeila was named Young Artist of the Year in Finland. Korkeila represented Finland at the São Paulo Art Biennial in 2004 and participated in the Prague Biennale in 2003 and 2007. In 2014, he participated in the Bienal del Fin del Mundo at Mar del Plata, Argentina. Korkeila has had solo exhibitions at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and the Nordic Watercolour Museum in Skärhamn, Sweden. He has participated widely in exhibitions around Europe and his works are in all the main Nordic collections.In 2014–15, Korkeila participated in the 4th Biennial of the End of the World in Mar del Plata, Argentina and, in 2017–18, in the extensive retrospective exhibition Pleasure at Helsinki Art Museum, HAM, and the Serlachius Museums in Mänttä. In 2018, Korkeila was included in the LucTuymans-curated Sanguine/Bloedrood exhibition at M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp. In summer 2019, Korkeila and Markus Karger co-curated the extensive international In Situ exhibition in Hirzenhain and Gedern, Oberhessen, near Frankfurt am Main.
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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