Sirpa Häkli

Sirpa Häkli is a visual artist and a painter based in Helsinki, Finland. Häkli has exhibited in Finland and abroad. Her work is included in collections such as the Finnish State Art Deposit Collection, the Parliament of Finland, Frans Masereel Center (Belgium), Sándor Nógrádi Museum (Hungary) and the Luciano Benetton Collection Imago Mundi (Italy). Häkli was granted the Finnish State's Artist Pension in 2024.

Sirpa Häkli's mediums are oil and acrylic colours combined with dry pigments, aquarell, ink and collage. Her visual language is non-figurative and expressive. Häkli's themes and subjects range from the visual depiction of various concepts – such as time, voice and existence – to landscapes and topics in art history.

Artist's web page:
Instagram: .hakli/
Artist Register Finland:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMl67reCOe1mvK2biiLf_w/videos

2009 M.A. in Art History, University of Helsinki, Finland
1984-1986 Postgraduate Studies, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow, Poland
1984 Diploma in Visual Arts, Turku School of Art, Finland

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Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2024 "Nature of Time", Gallery A2, Helsinki, Finland: https://www.galleria-a2.fi/exhibition/sirpa-hakli-nature-of-time-maalauksia-ajasta/
2024 "Time Series", Gallery Tyko, Nurmes Finland
2023 "In Time", Duo Exhibition with Helena Hartman
Gallery Naantalin Taidehuone, Naantali, Finland
2020-2021 "Everything Flows", Teijo Masuuni Gallery, Salo, Finland: https://www.teijonmasuuni.fi/nayttelyt/
2019 "State of Nature", Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland: https://www.taidegraafikot.fi/nayttelyt/tulevatjamenneet-nayttelyt/sirpa-hakli-24-4-19-5-2019/
2016 "(Mind) Space", Porvoo Art Hall, Finland
2015 "Tabula Rasa", Poriginal Gallery, Pori, Finland
2014 "Clear and Obscure", Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland 2014, 2013-2014 "Aesthetic Diary", Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Finland
2013-14 "Explanations", Kouvola Art Museum Gallery, Finland
2013 "Paintings", Duo Exhibition with Carita Maury, Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Åland, Finland
2013 "Painter's Diary", Gallery Ville, Nurmijärvi, Finland
2011 "Confessions and Other Paintings", Gallery TM, Helsinki, Finland
2011 "TOP 25 Turku", Gallery Berner, Turku, Finland
2011 "TOP 25 Kuopio", Gallery Carree, Kuopio, Finland

Group Exhibitions since 1983 in:

Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, De...