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.

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;

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2026 "Aesthetics and the Artist | Vol. 3", Gallery RaumArs, Rauma, Finland;
2024 "Nature of Time", Gallery A2, Helsinki, Finland;
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;
2019 "State of Nature", Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland;
2016 "(Mind) Space", Porvoo Art Hall, Finland;
2015 "Tabula Rasa", Poriginal Gallery, Pori, Finland;
2014 "Clear and Obscure", Gallery G, Helsinki, Finland; 2013-14 "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, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States.